Last Friday, the WCOOP kicked off its final weekend with the $530 PLO tournament. Over 1,000 peeps put up the entry fee to play, bringing the prize pool to a whopping $523,000. The event got off to a fast start with 800 players going down in the first four hours alone.
ronenon was the last player eliminated before the final table got underway. His tenth place departure at the hands of buck21 got the party started. buck21 also claimed the first victim of the final table when Taknapotin went all-in after the flop with two pair and an open-ended straight draw. buck21 paired his eights on the turn to move ahead in the hand. The river was a blank and Taknapotin collected $6,014 for his ninth place finish.
Buck21 struck again to clip Egar1m’s wings in seventh place. This gave him a commanding chip lead all the way to heads-up play against Gu Minda. After striking a deal, leaving $16,000 for the winner, buck21 gradually chipped away at Gu Minda’s stack and won the day.
These are the final table facts, folks:
1) buck21 - $97,262
2) Gu Minda - $77,053.00
3) muzzu - $41,840.00
4) tralaira - $33,472.00
5) cpfactor - $26,934.50
6) villepn - $20,397.00
7) Egar1m - $15,167.00
8) Niiiv - $10,460.00
9) Taknapotin - $6,014.50