Josh Arieh at the EPT Monte Carlo Tournament(credit: Poker Stars Blog)
1,524 players put up their cash to play in the NLHE rebuy tournament at PokerStars on Thursday September 11, 2008. The event had a guarantee of $1,000,000. However, with the entries, rebuys and add-ons, the players drove the prize pool up to an impressive $1,278,600.
The final table was a star-studded affair with Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul, recent leaderboard winner at the Full Tilt Online Poker IX Tournament series and Josh “nitbuster” Arieh sitting down to play. Both men played brilliant poker. However, neither won the day. Saul finished in sixth position, adding nearly $50,000 to his online tournament bankroll while Arieh made it to three-handed play before succumbing to lrdvoldemort’s evil charms. Arieh, who recently became a full-fledged Full Tilt Pro, received more than $110,000 for his efforts.
In the end, lrdvoldemort defeated moe32746 in heads-up play. “He who must not be named” had a fantastic payday with $207,773 in his coffers and a snazzy WCOOP bracelet.
These are the final results:
1) lrdvoldemort — $207,773
2) moe32746 — $153,432
3) nitbuster— $110,215
4) omalos — $74,159
5) imcastleman — $61,373
6) BeL0WaB0Ve — $48,587
7) Sykoen — $35,801
8) TheKaas — $23,015
9) ACESEDAI — $14,192
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