Sep 27 2011
Katchalov’s continues his impressive 2011 in PokerStars WCOOP
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As the final two tournaments of the 2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) were in action on Sunday one player –who has already had a fair amount of success in live poker tournaments in 2011—has put himself in position to have a very, very, nice Monday. Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov managed to not only survive Day 1 of the WCOOP Main Event, but also made it through to Day 2 of the $10,300 8-Game Mix Championship where he will play heads-up for the title against a Russian player using the screen-name “Ostrov”!
Katchalov not only has the chance to win the $210k prize from the 8-Game Mix tournament, but sitting in 37th place out of the remaining 176 players in the tournament has also positioned him for a run at the $1.4 million that will be awarded to the winner of the WCOOP Main Event.
Katchalov was one of 1,627 players who registered for the WCOOP Main Event, creating a total prize-pool of $8,135,000, with two players set to become millionaires as first place is worth $1,464,300 and second-place being worth $1,008,740.
Here is a look at the Top 10 chip counts heading into Day 2 of the WCOOP Main Event:
- “NUTZBOT” — 649,769
- “dan82mur” — 600,527
- “zivziv” — 587,440
- “tonkaaaa” — 494,260
- Luke “lb6121″ Schwartz — 465,817
- Andrey “ThePateychuk” Pateychuk — 460,641
- Denys “SantaZzz” Chufarin — 458,036
- Chris “Big Huni” Hunichen — 438,229
- Dave “sexygee” Gent — 424,339
- Marty “TheLipoFund” Mathis — 417,848
Both the 8-Game Mix and WCOOP Main Event will conclude on Monday, wrapping up another successful year for the PokerStars WCOOP.
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