WCOOP Round Up Show 2

Date: Tue, Sep 15, 2009

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2009 WCOOP Event #27

Date: Tue, Sep 15, 2009

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2009 WCOOP: spencerman3 sails to victory in Event #30, $320 2x chance NLHE

Date: Tue, Sep 15, 2009

Double chance? It really is just that. It's not a freezeout, it's not a rebuy, it's not even a single rebuy. Event #30 of the 2009 WCOOP gave players a one-hour window where if they happened to get felted,...

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2009 WCOOP: Unsyatisfied Likely Satisfied with $513,076 Win in Two-Day $1050 NLHE

Date: Tue, Sep 15, 2009

It was a two-day event that began on Sunday, September 16. After 22 levels and a very full day of poker, only 176 out of the 3,268-starting field remained, and they were given a little over 11 hours to recuperate,...

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2009 WCOOP: g0lfa clubs competition, lands 2nd bracelet in Event #29, $320 PLH/PLO

Date: Tue, Sep 15, 2009

The $320 buy-in Event #29 combined the two flop games -- hold'em and Omaha -- with the pot-limit betting format ensuring many flops would be seen. A total of 1,407 entrants came out for this one. That meant a total...

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WCOOP Profile: It's Science.

Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2009

Yadin Shemmer is no dummy. The man worked on Wall Street and ran a hedge fund. He plays poker--high stakes Pot-Limit Omaha, to be exact--as a hobby. Yes, a hobby. That's a short way of saying, you don't expect him...

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WCOOP: Baby needs a new pair of shoes!

Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2009

Silly us. We feel sort of bad about this. See, we like to hear from more voices than our own during WCOOP, so we always look to our friends over on Team PokerStars Pro. They're usually playing every event, winning...

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Macau Poker Cup ready for October

Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2009

PokerStars is set to kick off satellites that could get you playing in China's first-ever live poker room in the Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon Main Event October 22-25. Word has just crossed the wire that PokerStars will be hosting...

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2009 WCOOP: Event 26 title goes to lelijk22 for $215 NLHE win

Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2009

No frills. No complications. Event 26 simply brought no-limit hold'em action with a reasonable buy-in for the poker-playing masses. It was simple, straight-forward, and still as exciting as any WCOOP tournament can get. But that plain, ordinary NLHE tournament boasted...

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2009 WCOOP: Day 1 of Event 28 finds padjes with chip lead ($1050 NLHE)

Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2009

In light of the 21+ hour tournament that was Event 24, let's take a moment to hail the greatness that is the two-day tournament. For players, it allows them to plan their poker tournament schedule, not to mention non-poker activities...

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2009 WCOOP: Iftarii tops elite field in Event #27, $25,500 Heads-Up NLHE

Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2009

A staggeringly elite field of the world's best no-limit hold'em players spent their Sunday glued to their screens for the WCOOP's High Roller Heads-Up NLHE event. Carrying a buy-in larger than the WSOP Main Event and the EPT Grand Final,...

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WCOOP Profile: Jellybeans for everybody!

Date: Sun, Sep 13, 2009

We always ask people what they are going to do with their winnings. It's a natural question to someone who has just won a ton of cash. More often than not, the answers are throwaways, because people have barely had...

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WCOOP Profile: MUSTAFABET goes from freerolls to bracelet

Date: Sun, Sep 13, 2009

When you don't have a bankroll big enough to throw money off a bridge just to see the fish nibble at the bills, you sometimes have to start a poker career with next to nothing. Or in the case of...

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2009 WCOOP: todch takes down Event #25, $320 H.O.R.S.E.

Date: Sun, Sep 13, 2009

1,180 mixed-games enthusiasts saddled up for the WCOOP's $320 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event and enjoyed a bit of an overlay on the $400,000 guaranteed prize pool. 176 places were paid with first place set to earn $70,400. Flying the flag...

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