Sep 16 2011
Alexander Debus Wins $206k in WCOOP 28
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The 28th event of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker played to completion on Wednesday and the winning player was Alexander “Schildy1984″ Debus who earned $206k for his impressive performance.
A total of 1,146 players paid $1,000 buy-ins to WCOOP 28, a Two-Day NLHE event, creating a prize pool of $1,146,000 and nearly doubling the $600k guarantee. Only 65 of those players made it to Day 2 and the field was studded with big name pros including Mark Radoja, Chris Lee, Adam Levy, Will Molson, Christian Kruel and Christina Lindley.
The only player from that list to make the final table was Christina Lindley, who competed against players such as Ben Delaney, Valentyn Shabelnyk and the aforementioned Debus. Delaney eliminated two online regulars early on in the action. Lindley was next to hit the the rail after her Q-10 suited fell to TheFan83′s pocket aces.
Shabelnyk, djibh and d-mon-d were eliminated thereafter, leaving only TheFan83, Debus and Delaney to compete three-handed. Debus quickly passed TheFan83′s chip stack by winning a 3.7 million chip pot. A few hands later, Delaney was drawing dead towards a straight while Debus held two-pair. Delaney pushed all-in and was eliminated, taking home $110k and leaving TheFan83 and Debus for heads-up action.
Just 10 hands later, the tournament was over. On the final hand, Debus completed trip queens on the turn while TheFan83 showed J-4 suited to score a two-pair on the flop. The river was no help to either player and Debus walked away with the title and the top money prize.
The top 3 money finishes are as follows:
3. Ben Delaney – $110,016
2. TheFan83 – $147,031
1. Alexander “Schildy1984″ Debus – $206,280
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