Swedish player jalla79 was victorious in the third event of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker - the Pot-Limit Omaha (6 Max) - defeating Norwegian TomNordli heads-up in a battle of Scandinavia. The final lasted just over three hours and with two of these passing without a player being eliminated.

Following a two way chop, jalla79 took home $67,740 with TomNordli settling for $49,740 in what was one of four debut events in the WCOOP this weekend. A field of 1,818 started making a prize pool of over $363k.

Full report to follow shortly...

PokerStars WCOOP Event #3 Final Table Results

1. jalla79 (Sweden) $73,738.08 ($67,740 after chop)
2. TomNordli (Norway) $43,741.08 ($49,740 after chop)
3. ely_cash41 (United States) $27,379
4. madiso (Estonia) $16,432
5. smittymatt (United States) $9,162
6. lefty2506 (United States) $5,500

Full 2007 WCOOP Event #3 Results