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September 05 2011, Brett Collson, Mickey Doft
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One day down, 22 to head. The 2011 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) at PokerStars began on Sunday with three events at the docket. Greater than 17,000 took to the virtual felt for the WCOOP on Day 1, and what an afternoon 1 it was. A BRAND NEW champion was crowned, six players are six-figures richer, and the stage was set for an exhilarating three weeks of tournament poker.
PokerStars WCOOP 1 – $200 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max Two-Day ($1M Guaranteed)
Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
| $200+$15 |
7,500 |
$1,500,000 |
Event #1 kicked off with a bang Sunday as 7,500 players entered the two-day $200 No-Limit Hold ‘em Six-Max event. The huge turnout generated a prize pool of $1.5 million as players prepared to duke it out for 34 20-minute levels before play concluded on Day 1. The sector was trimmed down to 37 when play ended. Dutch player “Fisherman903″ held greater than 5.7 million chips because the overall leader. Russia’s “Dimka19881″ and Canada’s “qbgoose” were also some of the big stacks vying for the WCOOP bracelet and a first-place prize of $225,000.Two members of Team PokerStars made deep runs in Sunday’s inaugural event. Jan Heitmann and Liv Boeree each cracked the highest 100 late within the evening, but Heitmann eventually made his exit in 83rd place after losing twice with the most productive hand when the chips went in — both times with pocket jacks.That left only Boeree representing the house team, and the previous PokerStars European Poker Tour San Remo champ was in a position to squeeze her way into Day 2 with a brief stack of 596,697 (17 big blinds). Boeree’s biggest pot of the day came in a preflop confrontation with 
against “Wh0c4r3s’” 
. The 

flop put “Wh0c4r3s” in front, however the
at the turn gave Boeree Broadway. A meaningless
landed at the river and Boeree reeled in a pot worth nearly 1.5 million. She built her stack as high as 1.75 million later within the day, but then lost several pots before play ended.Day 2 got underway at 1000 EDT (1500 BST) on Monday and can play down until to a champion. Here is a have a look at the highest 10 stacks entering Day 2:
PlacePlayerChips
| 1 |
Fisherman903 |
5,757,336 |
| 2 |
Dimka19881 |
4,375,903 |
| 3 |
qbgoose |
3,673,132 |
| 4 |
BrightStripe |
3,659,439 |
| 5 |
Roma-Tilt |
3,512,158 |
| 6 |
Mrazeg |
3,391,323 |
| 7 |
AntiTop1 |
3,370,165 |
| 8 |
petter85 |
3,134,625 |
| 9 |
Glenmorangie |
3,019,287 |
| 10 |
rumnchess |
2,997,894 |
PokerStars WCOOP 2 – $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller ($1.25M Guaranteed)
Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
| $10,000+$300 |
200 |
$2,000,000 |
The only event to crown a champion on Day 1 of the 2011 WCOOP, the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller drew a field of 200. A few of poker’s biggest names took to the virtual felt for this one. We knew that many American players would discover a new “home” for the WCOOP and that certainly showed when the names registered for the High Roller. Already reaping the advantages are Americans Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee and Tom “kingsofcards” Marchese, now living in Canada and already with a WCOOP final table under their belts.Team PokerStars Pro Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu was also in action Sunday and he tangled with Tobias “PokerNoob999″ Reinkemeier in what we are going to dub our “hand of the day.”With the blinds at 30/60, Reinkemeier opened to 150 under the gun. Negreanu made it 420 to head from middle position and Reinkemeier called to look an 

flop. Reinkemeier check-called 600 from Negreanu, and did the similar for 1,500 when the
landed at the turn. The river brought the
and Reinkemeier checked for a 3rd time. Negreanu bet 3,600, and we will only imagine his surprise when Reinkemeier shoved for 9,950. A DECISION from Negreanu revealed 
for Reinkemeier, having bested Negreanu’s 
. Nearly 12 hours later, Reinkemeier found himself on the final table.These were the chip counts at the beginning of the general table:
SeatPlayerChips
| 1 |
roi kin23 |
76,435 |
| 2 |
Evan “SenorPokes” Jarvis |
275,219 |
| 3 |
MatchBalla |
238,785 |
| 4 |
Ashley “DYBYDX” Mason |
84,062 |
| 5 |
xraypies |
139,394 |
| 6 |
Tobias “PokerNoob999″ Reinkemeier |
258,933 |
| 7 |
Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee |
464,693 |
| 8 |
Tom “kingsofcards” Marchese |
47,736 |
| 9 |
Skilled G |
414,743 |
A short-stacked Tom “kingsofcards” Marchese got the last of his chips in with 
but bumped into chip leader Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee’s 
. No help came for Marchese who was eliminated in ninth place for $40,000. Evan “SenorPokes” Jarvis was the following to fall. He four-bet shoved for 30 big blinds with 
and Ashley “DYBYDX” Mason looked him up with 
. No ace or king hit the board for Jarvis, and he pocketed $60,000 for his efforts. Another one of the most early chip leaders, “MatchBalla”, bowed out in seventh place. Once again, Ashley Mason held a couple of eights, this time 
, and held against “MatchBalla’s” 
.Tobias Reinkemeier held the chip lead with six players left, but he finished in sixth place after a run of losing hands. The largest of which was when his pocket queens didn’t hold against Ashley Mason’s 
all-in preflop. An ace hit the flop, beginning Reinkemeier’s downward trend. He got the last of his chips in with 
, but found himself dominated and sent to the rail by Mason’s 
.Five-handed play saw Mason chip up quite a lot and become the primary player to crack seven figures. Both “Skilled G” and “roi kin23″ traded turns because the short stack, at one point each having under five big blinds. It was “roi kin23″ who exited in fifth place with 
, failing to crack “xraypies’” 
. “Skilled G” busted shortly thereafter with 
, bested by Kevin MacPhee’s 
.Ashley Mason held the chip result in start three-handed play and extra extended it before MacPhee found an enormous double. With the blinds and antes on the 6,000/12,000/1,500 level, MacPhee raised to 30,000 from the small blind. Mason popped it to 68,900, only to peer MacPhee move all-in for 448,329. Mason called immediately with 
, slightly trailing MacPhee’s 
. The board ran out 



, securing the double for MacPhee and giving him an oh-so-slight one-small-blind chip lead. Unfortunately for MacPhee, it was all downhill from there. He didn’t win a single pot over the following 28 hands and located himself because the short stack. His final stand came with 
, racing with Mason’s 
. The board came down 



to offer Mason the nut flush, ending MacPhee’s tournament in third place for $235,000.Heads-up play began with Mason holding 1,528,990 to “xraypies’” 471,010. A SNAPPY race ensued when “xraypies’” 
held against Mason’s 
to bring the duel to just about even. On the break, they discussed a potential deal, nevertheless it quickly fell through and the cards were back within the air. It didn’t take long for Mason to re-establish a large lead and at 7,000/14,000/1,750, it was all over the place. After “xraypies” limped at the button, Mason shoved with the massive stack. A COUPLE OF moments later, “xraypies” called all-in for 227,328 with 
, needing to enhance against Mason’s 
. No improvement came, because the final board ran out 



to eliminate “xraypies” in second place for $310,000.For his outstanding performance, Ashley “DYBYDX” Mason earned $430,000 and a WCOOP bracelet.
PlacePlayerPrize
| 1 |
Ashley “DYBYDX” Mason |
$430,000 |
| 2 |
xraypies |
$310,000 |
| 3 |
Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee |
$235,000 |
| 4 |
Skilled G |
$175,000 |
| 5 |
roi kin23 |
$120,000 |
| 6 |
Tobias “PokerNoob999″ Reinkemeier |
$100,000 |
| 7 |
MatchBalla |
$80,000 |
| 8 |
Evan “SenorPokes” Jarvis |
$60,000 |
| 9 |
Tom “kingsofcards” Marchese |
$40,000 |
Notable Finishes: Ruben “rubenrtv” Visser (12th – $35,000), Phil “takechip†D’Auteuil (15th – $30,000), Chris “d0r1t0s” McClung (16th – $25,000), JP Kelly (18th – $25,000), Greg “gregior” Howard (21st – $20,000), Joe Hachem (24th – $20,000), Mark “AceSpades11″ Rodoja (25th – $20,000), Jean-Francois “bmwmcoupe” Talbot (26th – $20,000)
PokerStars WCOOP 3 – $200 No-Limit Hold’em Two-Day ($1.25M Guaranteed)
Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
| $200+$15 |
10,107 |
$2,021,400 |
A field of 10,107 entered Event #3, the $200 No-Limit Hold’em Two-Day. Only 69 players are left heading into Day 2 with “ChiphunterTH” from Germany is leading the way in which. The shortest stack remaining is Team PokerStars Online’s Kevin “WizardOfAhhs” Thurman who certainly has his work cut out for him, returning on Day 2 with a stack of not up to six big blinds. Johan “busto soon” van Til could also be still within the mix, sitting with a stack of 13 big blinds.Here are the highest ten chip stacks heading into Day 2, set to renew 1400 EDT (1900 BST) on Monday.
PlacePlayerChips
| 1 |
ChiphunterTH |
5,003,166 |
| 2 |
O-Totoro |
3,886,006 |
| 3 |
4mc4 |
3,840,432 |
| 4 |
anneka 15 |
3,795,211 |
| 5 |
jakof IV |
3,395,669 |
| 6 |
ishlibidish |
3,393,587 |
| 7 |
derlude89 |
3,360,754 |
| 8 |
K 0 S T Y A |
3,046,700 |
| 9 |
Kreskin666 |
2,842,453 |
| 10 |
sjaak2afhaak |
2,816,040 |
We might be providing in-depth daily recaps of all WCOOP final tables, so make sure to keep it here at PokerNews to stick up to the moment on all the exciting action because it occurs.For news, updates, and more, follow PokerNews on Twitter and Facebook.
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