RaiseOnce wins WCOOP Event #39 - earns almost $350K
There was a lot to rail last night at PokerStars, when a total of 31 players paid the huge $25,500 buy-in to play in the WCOOP Event #39 ($25,5K NLHE HU).
This tournament attracted some of the biggest names in the poker world: Brian “$tinger88″ Hastings, Phil “MrSweet28″ Galfond, Daniel “w00ki3z” Cates, Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo, Daniel "KidPoker" Negreanu and also mystery Swede "grolongo" were all hunting down the $349K first prize.
It was however "RaiseOnce", who eventually took down the WCOOP bracelet and $348,750.
Last hand of the tournament was quite brutal for the second place finisher "SkaiWalkurrr":
"The gap was down to 11,000-to-9,000 a short time later when a series of pre-flop raises put SkaiWalkurrr all in and 18,000 chips up for grabs. SkaiWalkurrr opened to 180; RaiseOnce re-raised to 540. After a short pause, SkaiWalkurrr four-bet to 1,215. RaiseOnce was undeterred and put in the fifth bet with a raise to 3,300. SkaiWalkurrr moved all in for 9,260 with A♦A♠ and was called by RaiseOnce, who showed Q♣Q♥. SkaiWalkurrr's aces would not hold. RaiseOnce flopped a set of queens, Q♦K♥T♠, then held on to duck SkaiWalkurrr's outs as running bricks were delivered, 3♠ and 8♥."
WCOOP 2010 Event 39 - $25,500 No-Limit Hold'em (High-Roller Heads-Up) results:
1st: RaiseOnce ($348,750)
2nd: SkaiWalkurrr ($193,750)
3rd: 0Human0 ($116,250)
4th: IMALLIN723 ($116,250)
-There is a lot of rumors on who is playing under "RaiseOnce", who do you think he/she is?
Source: PokerStars Blog