A total of 1,307 players took part in the $1,050 buy-in Main Event of the fourth Ultimate Bet Online Championship (UBOC). At the end of Sunday’s tournament, Dave “DOUBLEDAVE22” D’Alesandro took down the title and its corresponding $279,000 payday.
D’Alesandro is fresh off a win in the UB.com $150,000 Guaranteed Deep Stack for $46,000 in October and made his mark on the online poker community after registering a third place in a Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) event back in August 2008. He recorded a fourth place showing during the 2009 running of the UBOC for $72,000 and has proven his prowess in high-dollar tournament series. D’Alesandro is a native of New Jersey and, over the last six weeks, has also recorded wins in the UB.com $50,000 Guaranteed and Full Tilt Poker $40,000 Guaranteed for a combined payday of $31,000.
Heads-up, D’Alesandro bested Lauren “SUPERMODL” Kling. The Las Vegas native finished ninth in August’s FTOPS Main Event for $28,000 and final tabled the Full Tilt Poker $1K Monday two weeks ago for $45,000. Last week, Kling was up to her winning ways once again, recording a third place showing in the Full Tilt $100 rebuy for $25,000. Her runner-up effort on Sunday in the UBOC 4 Main Event was worth $163,000.
Brett “BS0228” Switzer took third place in the UBOC 4 Main Event and earned $115,000. Switzer won the Full Tilt $100 rebuy back in August for $49,000 and took down the PokerStars $11 rebuy one month prior for $14,000. Earning $83,000 by virtue of his fourth place showing was WAWA711, who also hails from the great state of New Jersey. WAWA711 final tabled the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up in October and banked $37,000. He’s also defeated the field of the Full Tilt Poker $24,000 Guaranteed twice.
Rounding out the final nine in the UBOC 4 Main Event were MICHAELBINGER (fifth place for $69,925), MUCKANDLOSE (sixth place for $56,855), DAHJINERAT (seventh place for $43,131), EBSCR00GE (eighth place for $30,715), and GSKI6986 (ninth place for $21,566). The top 135 players finished in the money and the tournament generated a total prize pool of $1.31 million, the second largest of UBOC 4 next to the $1.57 million up for grabs in the $2,600 buy-in $1 Million Guaranteed (Event #8). The latter tournament featured the richest purse in UB.com’s 10-year history.
Here’s how the final table of the UBOC Main Event shook out:
1. DOUBLEDAVE22 – $279,045
2. SUPERMODL – $163,244
3. BS0228 – $115,016
4. WAWA711 – $83,648
5. MICHAELBINGER – $69,925
6. MUCKANDLOSE – $56,855
7. DAHJINERAT – $43,131
8. EBSCR00GE – $30,715
9. GSKI6986 – $21,566
Also playing out over the weekend was a $109 No Limit Hold’em Turbo with Rebuys event as part of UBOC 4. The 17th event on the schedule attracted 514 players and, after taking into account buy-ins and rebuys, the prize pool swelled to $160,900. UB.com member I AM CLUTCH defeated one of the top names in the poker world heads-up, Mike “SOWERSS” Sowers, after a three-way deal was struck. Also part of the chop was NIKOBALAKHOF, who earned $23,000. Here’s how the rest of the table panned out:
1. I AM CLUTCH – $30,678
2. SOWERSS – $26,336
3. NIKOBALAKHOF – $23,033
4. MR_BIGQUESO – $11,263
5. GIT PAPER – $9,252
6. ALL_DAY_DHI3 – $7,643
7. KICE32 – $6,034
8. BULLD07 – $4,425
9. AWICE – $3,138
The UBOC tournament series will likely return in early 2011. By all accounts, this year’s running marked one of the most talked-about UBOC series to date. UB.com features a stable of top-tier pros, including Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Annie Duke, 11-time World Series of Poker bracelet holder Phil Hellmuth, and “Poker2Nite” host Joe Sebok.
