Scott Fischman(credit: Wikipedia)
Event #21 of the 2008 Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker got underway on Monday September 15, 2008. 525 entrants bought into the $500 Stud Hi/Lo tournament, generating a total prize pool of $262,500.
Although the field wasn’t nearly as large as some of the other events in the tournament, it was no less star-studded. The final two tables had both Scott ‘emptyseat88” Fischman and PokerStars pro Chad “ChadBrownPRO” Brown sitting at them. In the top eight was one James “Andy McLEOD” Obst, winner of the 16th event, a PLO competition that had both Chris Moneymaker and Isaac “westmenloAA’ Baron at its final table.
This time McLEOD bowed out in seventh position, adding $6,563 to his series bankroll. When the final two faced each other, they got down to brass tacks and talked chop. aldenpogi and weaktight went by the chips, guaranteeing the each would receive no less than $34,000. They’d play on for $4,000 and the bracelet.
On the last hand, weaktight defeated aldenpogi with a full house and took possession of that additional four grand, the WCOOP bracelet and the Hi-Lo title.
These are the final standings:
1) weaktight — $42,736
2) aldenpogi — $34,439
3) sagwise — $19,688
4) Bad Beat Oz — $14,438
5) CR00K — $9,188
6) The_Drow — $7,875
7) Andy McLEOD — $6,563
8) 7CardRyon — $5,250
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