2005 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Results and CoverageWCOOP Event #1 ($500 NL Hold'em) ResultsWCOOP Event #1 ($500 NL Hold'em) Final Table ReportWCOOP Event #2 ($200 PL Omaha) ResultsWCOOP Event #2 ($200 PL Omaha) Final Table ReportWCOOP Event #3 ($200 Heads-Up NL Hold'em) ResultsWCOOP Event #3 ($200 Heads-Up NL Hold'em) Final Table ReportWCOOP Event #4 ($2000 Short-Handed PL Hold'em) ResultsWCOOP Event #4 ($200 Short-Handed PL Hold'em) Final Table ReportWCOOP Event #5 ($200 NL Hold'em) ResultsWCOOP Event #5 ($200 NL Hold'em) Final Table ReportWCOOP Event #6 ($200 Limit Hold'em) ResultsWCOOP Event #6 ($200 Limit Hold'em) Final Table ReportWCOOP Event #7
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2005 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Results
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WCOOP Event #15 Final Table Report
"You're at the final table of the richest tournament of ANY kind in online history."--PokerStars Card Room Manager Lee Jones as the WCOOP Main Event final table got underwayIt was 3:42am on America's eastern shorelines. The sun was still below the horizon, but the late-night infomercials on television were good...more
WCOOP Event #15 Results
Editor's note: A full WCOOP Event #15 Report will be out later on MondayThe fourth annual World Championship of Online Poker has crowned its champion. The 15 WCOOP events generated an amazing $12,783,900 in prize money, making the 2005 WCOOP not only the biggest ever online poker event, but the...more
WCOOP Event #14 Final Table Report
Something was happening. No one knew it at the time, but PokerStars Championship of Online Poker was on its was to becoming the third biggest poker festival in the world. Ever. It only sits behind the 2005 World Series of Poker and the 2005 WPT Championship events at Bellagio.In the...more
WCOOP Event #14 Results
Who says limit hold'em can't be exciting? WCOOP Event #14 was a $1000 buy-in limit event and it turned out to be one of the best poker matches of the entire online festival. It culiminated in a fantastic heads-up match between DietDrPoker and sambot. After a grueling back and forth...more
WCOOP Event #13 Final Table Report
More often than not in brick and mortar casino tournaments, many of the final table players know something about each other. Chances are, they've been playing together for years. Online, that changes. Time zones, languages, continents, and age are just a few of the things that separate the players.To wit:...more
WCOOP Event #13 Results
In one seat was a man who made a European Poker Tour final table this year. In another seat was a member of one of the semi-final teams in PokerStars' 2005 World Cup of Poker. Seven other players rounded out the table for the last Omaha match of this year's...more
PokerStars $100 Hurricane Katrina Relief Tournament Results
$127,805 After four tournaments, a private donation, Barry Greenstein donating his winnings from a WCOOP event, and PokerStars matching all funds 100%, the contributors have put together $127,805 that will be sent to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina disaster relief.Conceived and hosted by Team PokerStars member Wil Wheaton,...more
WCOOP: Joe Sebok speaks
Editor's note: After making a WCOOP final table, Joe Sebok, two-time 2005 WSOP final table finisher, professional poker player, and son to Barry Greenstein agreed to let us know what it's really like for a pro player at a WCOOP final table. The following is his account.VIRTUALLY ALL THE RIGHT...more
WCOOP Event #12 Final Table Report
Online poker is suited for anonymity. It's suited for convenience. It's suited for playing in your underwear. It's suited for being able to convince yourself that, despite any evidence to the contrary, there is a very good chance you are the best player at the table at all times. After...more
WCOOP Event #12 Final Table Results
Moneymaker. Fischman. A WCOOP bracelet on the line. It was 7-card Stud Hi-Lo and one man stood in the way of the two WSOP bracelet-holders. His name was Matt Mortensen (aka Bunsen), a guy who told the two champions that he spends 12 hours a day playing the game of...more
WCOOP Event #11 Final Table Report
There was a time a a youngster that I stood on the sporting field and heard the phrase, "It's like kissing your sister." I didn't have a sister, nor did I particularly want one. And if I had, I certainly wouldn't have wanted to kiss her. Chances are she would...more
WCOOP Event #11 Results
Anyone who has been a parent for any length of time knows, the kids ain't cheap. So, with one on the way in just about a week, PokerStars player "musher" could use a little money. Wonder how he fancies $81, 289? After nearly twelve hours of Omaha Hi-Lo, musher walked...more
WCOOP Event #10 Final Table Report
So, here we are the OK Corral.--Lee Jones as the final table WCOOP Event #10, a triple-shootout, beganIf you listen clearly enough, you'll hear the whistle from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." If you watch closely enough, you'll see a tumbleweed bounce across the screen. If your nose...more
WCOOP Event #10 Results
By WCOOP standards, Event #10 was a fast one. It took just more than six hours to thin the field from 635 to one. The triple shootout just moved lightning fast. Of the final three players, two of them had parlayed $17 satellite wins into tens off thousands of dollars....more
WCOOP Event #9 Final Table Report
Call it what you will. Call it "running well." Call it "lucky." I call it pretty neat. When we reached the final table of WCOOP Event #9, there were names that I'd already written about here during the WCOOP coverage. Ziggy47 had placed sixth in Event #1 for $53,585. Lenny...more
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