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WCOOP 2010: Feltin'donks decimates field for supremacy in Event #50 Big Antes

Date: Thu, Sep 23, 2010

Big Antes. Whenever I say those two words aloud, I expect to hear Richard Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra (otherwise known as the theme song from Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey) playing ominously in the background. The 50th event...

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WCOOP 2010: APowers1968 muscles through to win Event 48

Date: Thu, Sep 23, 2010

When players tuned in to see the action of Day 2 of Event 48, the tournament clock said that Event 48 had been running for 24 hours. Technically, that was correct, but there was a solid 14.5-hour break in there...

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WCOOP 2010: dcg30 annihilates final table to capture WCOOP Event 49 victory

Date: Thu, Sep 23, 2010

"Never fold on the first leg of a two-legged game," was a popular refrain at a screw-around home game I played in more than a decade ago when I was a university student. The specifics of why we held to...

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tbvle wins $56,140 with PokerStars' 50 billionth hand

Date: Wed, Sep 22, 2010

Oh my. We knew it would be big, but even we were surprised at the intensity of the 50 Billion Hand climax. As the moment drew near, there were 220,000 people on PokerStars playing on 33,000 tables, all hoping to...

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WCOOP 2010: Mrvogt leads Day 1 of Event 48, Dennis Phillips in top ten

Date: Wed, Sep 22, 2010

The two-day events that appeared at various points throughout the 2010 World Championship of Online Poker were welcomed by many players. Those who were willing to put up the $1,000 + $50 buy-in to play in a no-limit hold'em WCOOP...

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WCOOP 2010: Event #46 - FlyingSumo rises to challenge, wins $320 Mixed PLH/PLO

Date: Wed, Sep 22, 2010

Event 46 of the World Championship of Online Poker, $320 Mixed Pot-Limit Holdem/Pot-Limit Omaha featured alternating rounds of each game after each. A field of 1,123 players meant the prize pool would remain at the guaranteed amount of $400,000...

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WCOOP 2010: Xaston snares second bracelet in Event #47 ($530 Stud H/L)

Date: Wed, Sep 22, 2010

The $530 buy-in Stud Hi/Low event attracted a number of familiar names, particularly when it comes to WCOOPs and SCOOPs. Just about every starting table seemed to feature at least one player who'd had some success either in the 2010...

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Feeling lucky? Fortune awaits 50 billionth hand winner TODAY

Date: Wed, Sep 22, 2010

How do you fancy winning $50,000 just for playing a hand on PokerStars? Sounds pretty neat, eh? Well, that's the good fortune awaiting one player later today when PokerStars is expected to deal its 50 billionth hand. Don't bother trying...

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Twitter Poker League: Taketime takes down the league, p1ke spikes a win

Date: Wed, Sep 22, 2010

by Joanne Haslam PokerStars has dealt nearly 50,000,000,000 hands and that's a number so huge I lose count typing the zeroes. While big hand milestones are impressive, a smaller number has significance to a bunch of PokerStars players; the number...

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WCOOP 2010: Mviper256 strikes and succeeds in capturing Event 44 victory

Date: Tue, Sep 21, 2010

Everyone deserves a second chance, or so they say. And Event 44 of the 2010 World Championship of Poker gave players just that via the $300 + $20 NLHE 2X Chance tournament. It wasn't exactly a typical rebuy tournament, as...

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WCOOP 2010: $320 PLO w/ rebuys - Dapalma150 lays the smackdown to win Event 43 bracelet

Date: Tue, Sep 21, 2010

The final week of the World Championship of Online Poker kicked off Monday afternoon with event #43 - $320 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-max with rebuys. The tournament drew a field of 759 players, with 771 rebuys and 529 add-ons creating...

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WCOOP 2010: Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier wins Event #42 and $435K

Date: Tue, Sep 21, 2010

And... we are back in action after that 12 hour nap after knocking our field of 3122 to just 176. To catch up on how this massive $1,050 buy-in tournament got to this point check out day one's write up....

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WCOOP 2010: JuneauJyack takes turbo NLHE title for Event 45

Date: Mon, Sep 20, 2010

You say you want action? We've got that action right here, with a knockout no-limit hold'em tournament played at turbo speed. From the moment the first hands were dealt, it was wild ride! Event 45 required several things, first being...

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WCOOP 2010: Money_1985 collects more money for winning Event 41

Date: Mon, Sep 20, 2010

Many Sunday night WCOOP players are happy with the selection of tournaments offered, but it was Event 41 that made them a little nostalgic. The $200 + $15 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament with a $1.5 million guarantee reminded them of...

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