By David Richardson
09/17/2008
The World Championship of Online Poker is well underway with 24 of its 33 events already decided. Players from all over the world have come together online bringing the total of countries represented to 113, of which 77 have had players that cashed. So far PokerStars has doled out $22,671,000 of the guaranteed $30 million in prize money.
So where are the winners coming from? There’s a reason that poker rooms are so concerned about having a strong base of U.S. player traffic. Players from the U.S. have won 16 of the 24 events so far with Noway, Sweden and Canada claiming 2 victories, and the U.K. and Australia have both had a player win an event.
Below is the latest update on who’s won, the pay out, the prize pool and more.
Event 1 – NL Hold’em (6 max)
Winner - shane147
Prize - $200,856.66
Total Players - 7,217
Buy-in - $215
Prize Pool - $1,443,400
Event 2 – PL 5-Card Draw
Winner - ImBillMcNeal
Prize - $34,201.60
Total Players - 1,024
Buy-in - $215
Prize Pool - $204,800
Event 3 – Limit Hold’em
Winner - cwp394
Prize - $73,385.00
Total Players - 2,258
Buy-in - $215
Prize Pool - $451,600
Event 4 - 2-7 Triple Draw
Winner - playitsafe
Prize - $24,809.20
Total Players - 734
Buy-in - $215
Prize Pool - $146,800
Event 5 – High Roller NL Hold’em
Winner - dorinvandy
Prize - $617,925.00
Total Players - 312
Buy-in - $10,300
Prize Pool - $3,210,000
Event 6 – NL Hold’em
Winner - Calvin32
Prize - $452,086.50
Total Players - 7,351
Buy-in - $530
Prize Pool - $3,675,500
Event 7 – PL Omaha (6 max)
Winner - Mary 717
Prize - $71,730.20
Total Players - 2,457
Buy-in - $215
Prize Pool - $491,400
Event 8 – 8 Game Mixed Event
Winner - Ulett_23
Prize - $50,797.28
Total Players - 1,128
Buy-in - $320
Prize Pool - $338,400
Event 9 – NL Hold’em (4 max)
Winner - jonasof87
Prize - $95,410.00
Total Players - 3,290
Buy-in - $215
Prize Pool - $658,000
Event 10 – Razz
Winner - dinho_style
Prize - $43,096.48
Total Players - 1,288
Buy-in - $215
Prize Pool - $257,600
Event 11 – PL Omaha Hi/Lo
Winner - 92848
Prize - $88,383.00
Total Players - approx. 1,600
Buy-in - $320
Prize Pool - $300,000 Guarantee
Event 12 – Mixed Hold’em (6 max)
Winner - Randers
Prize - $66,000
Total Players - 1496
Buy-in - $320
Prize Pool - $448,800
Event 13 – NL Hold’em with Rebuys
Winner - lrdvoldemort
Prize - $207,772.50
Total Players - 2234
Buy-in - $215
Prize Pool - $1,278,600
Event 14 – 7 Card Stud
Winner - Mildred53
Prize - $28,608.50
Total Players - 627
Buy-in - $320
Prize Pool - $188,100
Event 15 – Heads Up NL Hold’em
Winner - Huxfluxen
Prize - $89,744
Total Players – 2,048
Buy-in - $320
Prize Pool - $614,400
Event 16 – PL Omaha (1R1A)
Winner - Andy McLEOD
Prize - $98,280
Total Players – 1,223
Buy-in - $215
Prize Pool - $546,000
Event 17 – PL Hold’em (6 max)
Winner - poker1O1
Prize - $80,400
Total Players - 960
Buy-in - $530
Prize Pool - $480,000
Event 18 – HORSE
Winner - Sensor
Prize - $57,421.66
Total Players – 2,091
Buy-in - $215
Prize Pool - $418,200
Event 19 – High Roller Heads Up NL Hold’em
Winner - stevesbets
Prize - $560,000
Total Players - 64
Buy-in - $25,500
Prize Pool - $1,600,000
Event 20 – NL Hold’em
Winner - NYC P.I.M.P
Prize - $257,953.38
Total Players – 3,467
Buy-in - $1,050
Prize Pool - $3,467,000
Event 21 – 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo
Winner - weaktight
Prize - $42,735.78
Total Players - 525
Buy-in - $530
Prize Pool - $262,500
Event 22 – Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo (6 max)
Winner - BUCKIZ6
Prize - $55,800
Total Players - 620
Buy-in - $530
Prize Pool - $310,000
Event 23 – NL Hold’em (1R1A)
Winner - ddrufnek
Prize - $263,384
Total Players – 1,159
Buy-in - $530
Prize Pool - $1,460,000
Event 24 – NL 2-7 Single Draw
Winner - luvgamble
Prize - $42,000
Total Players - 308
Buy-in - $530
Prize Pool - $200,000