On Tuesday, a field of 543 players turned out for Event #7 of the ongoing UB.com Online Championship, or UBOC. The $320 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack tournament featured two-time bracelet winner Brandon Cantu as its host and offered up a $162,000 prize pool. When the final cards were dealt, ED_ANGELIS walked away with a $40,000 top prize.
Unlike yesterday’s Rock Star Bounty tournament, no chop ended matters on Tuesday in Event #7. Second place went to a longtime member of the online poker community, Joe “HOODINI10” Udine. The Philadelphia resident banked a $24,000 consolation prize, adding to his legacy that already includes an August win in the Full Tilt $150 Rebuy for $72,000 and a final table in the PokerStars Super Tuesday in October for $54,000.
Udine is somewhat of a legend on the popular online poker forum PocketFives.com. He’s the nephew of poker pro Joseph “JOEYTHEB” Brooks and, in August 2009, stormed through the field of a $1,060 Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) tournament to collect over $300,000 after a heads-up chop. He’s made the final tables of the biggest poker events on the planet, including the PokerStars $100 Rebuy, Sunday Warm-Up, and a $1,000 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) tournament.
Third place in the Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em UBOC event belonged to Massachusetts’ Christopher “BONEZEE” Bonita. His exit was worth $16,000. In June 2009, Bonita took sixth place in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event held during the annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, cashing for $117,000. Tony Veckey defeated Jason Wheeler in the finals of that tournament and pocketed nearly $700,000 along with a coveted gold bracelet.
Other in the money finishers included PocketFives.com Triple Crown holder Sitan “JOHNNYBELOW” Stabell, former World Poker Tour Bay 101 winner McLean “PUREPROFITFO” Karr, and Corwin “MIG_NET” Mackey, who cashed in his second UBOC 6 event.
Here’s a look at the top nine finishers in UBOC 6 Event #7:
1. ED_ANGELIS – $39,910.50
2. HOODINI10 – $24,435.00
3. BONEZEE – $16,697.25
4. JADI1981 – $11,403.00
5. BELOWAVG_IQ – $9,366.75
6. LUCKY-7 – $7,737.75
7. CHIPMONGRL – $6,108.75
8. _MICAHJ_ – $4,479.75
9. KINGGORN – $3,176.55
Also held on Tuesday was UBOC 6 Event #6, a $215 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max contest. The first non-Hold’em event of the UBOC 6 schedule attracted 292 players and offered up a prize pool of nearly $60,000. In the end, KERVO5 earned $14,000 for the win and edged out Belgium’s Stephan “STEPOK” Jacquet heads-up. Jacquet pulled in $8,900 for second place. The final table shook out as follows:
1. KERVO5 – $14,600.00
2. STEPOK – $8,906.00
3. SOMEDUMBFISH – $6,424.00
4. THEDECANO – $4,964.00
5. JOAOMATHIAS – $3,942.00
6. NATHALIE111 – $2,920.00
7. ATXGEYER – $2,190.00
8. RELMAT – $1,606.00
9. HEADFROG – $1,022.00
Three events and $400,000 in guaranteed prize money are on the docket for Wednesday in the sixth UBOC. At 16:05 ET, check out a $162 No Limit Hold’em tournament with at least $50,000 up for grabs. At 20:05 ET, look for a $215 Pot Limit Omaha Cubed contest with a $100,000 guarantee and a $530 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Six-Max affair. The latter features former “Amazing Race” contestant Tiffany Michelle as its host and will likely draw some of the top names in the world of poker. In addition, a quarter of a million dollars will be on the line.
Visit UB.com or its sister site, Absolute Poker, for more details.
