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World Championship of Online Poker 2004
Official Report
August 1, 2004
No-Limit Texas Hold'em
Buy-in: $200 (+$15)
| Total Entries: | 1,389 + 771 rebuys + 755 add-ons |
|---|---|
| Total Prize Pool: | $583,000 |
Started - 7/31/2004 4:30:00 PM (EST)
Finished - 8/1/2004 4:10:07 AM (EST)
"Dblgutshot" Becomes Latest World Championship of Online Poker Event Winner - Collects Over Six Figures!
| Official Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | dblgutshot | Las Vegas | NV | United States | $109,033.00 |
| 2. | Rabscuttle | Richmond | VA | United States | $75,033.00 |
| 3. | ayd17 | London | United Kingdom | $80,033.00 | |
| 4. | akfoldem | Renton | WA | United States | $37,895.00 |
| 5. | Donald | Oslo | Norway | $30,899.00 | |
| 6. | TheBase | Budapest | ON | Canada | $25,069.00 |
| 7. | myran | Linköping | Sweden | $19,239.00 | |
| 8. | HoldemPhil | NJ | United States | $13,409.00 | |
| 9. | GeeDuckets | Phoenix | AZ | United States | $8,745.00 |
| 10th through 18th place paid $4,664.00 19th through 27th place paid $2,623.50 28th through 36th place paid $2,040.50 37th through 45th place paid $1,749.00 46th through 63rd place paid $1,457.50 64th through 81st place paid $1,166.00 82nd through 99th places paid $874.50 100th through 135th place paid $583.00 |
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| Overall 2004 WCOOP Statistics Total Entries to Date: 4,312 Total Prize Money Distributed: $1,230,300 |
Prize money at the 2004 World Championship of Online Poker surpassed the $1 million mark, following the fourth event at this year's championships. Another $583,000 was added to the prize pool - which now amounts to $1,230.300 through just the first four events. These figures have catapulted the WCOOP into the elevated ranks of the world's largest poker tournaments - along with other prestigious events held at land-based casinos in the United States, Europe, and Australia.
The easy access of online poker to people of all ages and backgrounds in countries all over the globe has contributed to the overwhelming success of this year's WCOOP. All poker players must do is sign onto their computers, download the easily accessible software at PokerStars.com, and start playing poker. Internet poker knows no boundaries. Champions can come from anywhere in the world.
The fourth event at this year's WCOOP, hosted by PokerStars.com, was the $200 buy in No-Limit Hold'em event - with re-buys. It was the first major online poker tournament (with re-buys) in history. A total of 135 places, roughly ten percent of the field, were paid from a prize pool which exceeded half a million dollars.
The ultimate winner was "dblgutshot" from Las Vegas. He collected $109,033 plus the coveted 14 karat gold bracelet awarded to each world champion. The gold bracelet is engraved with the name of the event, along with the PokerStar's 2004 WCOOP trade mark.
Players started the tournament with $2,500 in chips with blinds set at $10-20. It took dblgutshot a total of 717 hands to triumph in the tournament.
The final table was very much an "international affair." Five countries were represented, including Canada, Sweden, England, Norway, and the United States. Seating and chip counts were as follows:
THE FINAL TABLE
Seat 1: Rabscuttle (1,056,484 in chips)
Seat 2: GeeDuckets (1,240,998 in chips)
Seat 3: ayd17 (1,383,594 in chips)
Seat 4: dblgutshot (608,682 in chips)
Seat 5: akfoldem (1,103,082 in chips)
Seat 6: myran (320,668 in chips)
Seat 7: HoldemPhil (240,581 in chips)
Seat 8: Donald (1,183,549 in chips)
Seat 9: TheBase (527,362 in chips)
Dblgutshot came to the final table in sixth chip position, with just over $600K. Five opponents had over $1 million in chips, making Dblgutshot's task quite a challenge. He gained the chip lead about midway through the finale and exactly 120 hands into the final table, he won the last hand of the tournament:
THE FINAL HAND
Hand #717
PokerStars Game #583951258: Tournament #1742793, Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (20000/40000) - 2004/08/01 - 04:08:57 (ET)
Table '1742793 108' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Rabscuttle (3118420 in chips)
Seat 4: dblgutshot (4546580 in chips)
Rabscuttle: posts the ante 2000
dblgutshot: posts the ante 2000
Rabscuttle: posts small blind 20000
dblgutshot: posts big blind 40000
Rabscuttle: raises 80000 to 120000
dblgutshot: raises 4424580 to 4544580 and is all-in
Rabscuttle: calls 2996420 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Th Ks 4h]
*** TURN *** [Th Ks 4h] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [Th Ks 4h 7c] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dblgutshot: shows [Js 8d] (a pair of Eights)
Rabscuttle: shows [5c 3d] (high card King)
dblgutshot collected 6236840 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6236840 | Rake 0
Board [Th Ks 4h 7c 8c]
Seat 1: Rabscuttle (button) (small blind) showed [5c 3d] and lost with high card King
Seat 4: dblgutshot (big blind) showed [Js 8d] and won (6236840) with a pair of Eights
Dblgutshot's pair of eights was victorious. He becomes the fourth PokerStars.com 2004 WCOOP Champion -- and has won more money than any other player (to date) at this year's online world championships.
Report by Nolan Dalla
Director of Communications - PokerStars.com
