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World Championship of Online Poker 2004
Official Report
August 5, 2004
Limit Omaha High-Low
Buy-in: $500 (+$30)
| Total Entries: | 513 |
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| Total Prize Pool: | $256,500 |
Started - 8/4/2004 3:00:00 PM (EST)
Finished - 8/5/2004 12:56:44 AM
Raptor Swoops Down and Captures Omaha High-Low World Championship of Online Poker
| Official Results (Note: Standings reflect order of finish, payouts reflect prize money received - deal made between last two players) |
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| 1. | Raptor19 | Leander | TX | United States | $51,300.00 |
| 2. | TheRoll | Omaha | NE | United States | $51,300.00 |
| 3. | borman111 | Archangelsk | Russian Federation | $24,495.75 | |
| 4. | JohnWayne | Helsinki | Finland | $17,955.00 | |
| 5. | get crunk | Brighton | MA | United States | $14,107.50 |
| 6. | Rocky River | London | United Kingdom | $11,542.50 | |
| 7. | lookout | Bristol | United Kingdom | $8,977.50 | |
| 8. | PeacePiper | Brantford | ON | Canada | $6,669.00 |
| 9. | rustty | Chicago | IL | United States | $4,360.50 |
| 10th through 18th place paid $2,821.50 19th through 27th place paid $1,539.00 28th through 36 th place paid $1,154.25 37th through 54th place paid $897.75 |
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| Overall 2004 WCOOP Statistics Total Entries to Date: 7,700 Total Prize Money Distributed: $2,923,300 |
A quarter of a million dollars was divided amongst the world's top 54 Omaha High-Low online poker players in the 8th event at this year's WCOOP.
Over 500 players entered this year's Omaha championship, hosted by PokerStars.com. Many players put up $500 of their own money (plus a $30 entry fee) to earn the title "online world champion." For others the entry fee was significantly less. A sizable number of Omaha players qualified through online satellites held at PokerStars.com. Many players gained their entry into the tournament from "Frequent Player Points" (FPP) alone - which meant the entry fee essentially cost nothing. Fifty-four places were paid from a prize pool of $256,500.
The winner was "Raptor19," from Texas. Raptor's prey was a payoff totaling $51,300 (he agreed to a deal), 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 betting limits set at $20-40. It took winner Raptor a total of 579 hands to ultimately triumph in the tournament.
Five countries were represented at the final table -- including Canada, England (2 finalists), Finland, Russia, and the United States. Seating and chip counts were as follows:
THE FINAL TABLE
Seat 1: Raptor19 (354,316 in chips)
Seat 2: rustty (24,870 in chips)
Seat 5: Rocky River (209,801 in chips)
Seat 6: lookout (24,746 in chips)
Seat 7: get crunk (162,838 in chips)
Seat 8: borman111 (127,067 in chips)
Seat 9: TheRoll (103,051 in chips)
Seat 3: PeacePiper (46,017 in chips)
Seat 4: JohnWayne (229,794 in chips)
Raptor came to the final table with an impressive chip lead - 354K in chips versus his closest rivals, with 230K and less. At three hours, it was the longest final table on record, at this year's WCOOP - no surprise since so many hands involved split pots. It took Raptor 133 hands to conquer the final table. The last hand of the tournament was dealt, as hundreds of observers watched from their computers all over the world:
THE FINAL HAND
Hand #579
PokerStars Game #593236449: Tournament #1742805, Omaha Hi/Lo Limit - Level XVIII (20000/40000) - 2004/08/05 - 00:56:22 (ET)
Table '1742805 17' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Raptor19 (1246818 in chips)
Seat 9: TheRoll (35682 in chips)
Raptor19: posts small blind 10000
TheRoll: posts big blind 20000
Raptor19: raises 20000 to 40000
TheRoll: calls 15682 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Jd 9d 7d]
*** TURN *** [Jd 9d 7d] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 9d 7d 7h] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TheRoll: shows [Ts Ah 3c 6c] (HI: three of a kind, Sevens)
Raptor19: shows [6s Ks Qd As] (HI: three of a kind, Sevens - King kicker)
Raptor19 collected 71364 from pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 71364 | Rake 0
Board [Jd 9d 7d 7h 7c]
Seat 1: Raptor19 (button) (small blind) showed [6s Ks Qd As] and won (71364) with HI: three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 9: TheRoll (big blind) showed [Ts Ah 3c 6c] and lost with HI: three of a kind, Sevens
Raptor's trips were higher and he took the championship. He becomes the eighth PokerStars.com 2004 WCOOP Champion - with four events still to go. Nearly $3 million has been awarded to players thus far, which makes the World Championship of Online Poker one of the largest poker tournaments on earth.
Report by Nolan Dalla
Director of Communications - PokerStars.com
