Not one, not two, but three players participated in a chop of Event #12 of the sixth UB.com Online Championship, or UBOC. The $162 Sniper No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack tournament drew a field of 563 players and boasted a prize pool that passed $75,000. In addition, a bounty prize pool of $8,400 was up for grabs.
THE_DOSE101 officially came away with the win following the chop and banked $15,000. The tournament’s deal featured an equity chop when the action was three-handed. Then, the survivors played on, with the winner taking home $1,500 in cash.
In the final hand of the Sniper tournament, second place finisher CRACKERJOHNR was all-in before the flop and ahead with A-2 and up against THE_DOSE101’s 9-7. The flop brought a nine and THE_DOSE101 found another one on the turn. The river gave THE_DOSE101 a full house for good measure when a seven hit and he became the newest UBOC event winner.
THE_DOSE101 hails from Illinois and is a former winner of the $75,000 Guarantee on Full Tilt Poker, a tournament he won in August for just over $20,000. He also won the PokerStars Turbo $30,000 Guarantee for $18,000 and the Full Tilt $60,000 Guarantee for $15,000. Meanwhile, CRACKERJOHNR hails from Oklahoma and has over $100,000 in earnings tracked for the prestigious PocketFives.com Rankings.
The final participant in the chop was MORLEY1523, who walked away with $11,000. MORLEY1523 calls Massachusetts home and won the PokerStars $3 Rebuy in January 2009 for $7,400.
Fourth place, and landing one out of the chop, was Eric “ELMUW” Wasserson. He’s a former Triple Crown winner on PocketFives.com, which requires a player to win three $10,000 prize pool tournaments across three sites tracked for the site’s Rankings in a seven-day span. Wasserson goes by “gpokerg” on PocketFives.com and Full Tilt. He’s a former winner of the PokerStars $200 Rebuy, Absolute Poker $150,000 Guarantee, and Full Tilt $100 Rebuy, among other tournaments. He picked up $5,300 for his fourth place showing on Friday night.
Rounding out the top five was Canada’s CALLITKARMA, who earned $4,300 for his final table run. Here’s how the top nine looked in the UBOC $162 Sniper No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack tournament:
1. THE_DOSE101 – $15,035.00
2. CRACKERJOHNR – $11,668.00
3. MORLEY1523 – $11,109.00
4. ELMUW – $5,320.35
5. CALLITKARMA – $4,370.28
6. STACKNSHARKS – $3,610.23
7. RUNSONFIRE – $2,850.18
8. SMIGGIE_BALL – $2,090.13
9. MAPSFLY – $1,482.09
There are two events on tap for Saturday as part of UBOC 6. At 15:00 ET, new pro Prahlad Friedman will make his UBOC hosting debut in Event #13, a $1,050 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up tournament. The $128,000 guaranteed contest does not have late registration, so make sure to register on time if you want to play.
At 16:00 ET today, look for a $215 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Triple Chance event that coughs up $100,000 in guaranteed prize money. No host has been announced for the second event of the day.
Visit UB.com or its sister site, Absolute Poker, for more information. Both happily accept players from the United States.
“Not one, not two, but three players participated in a chop of Event #12”
How would one player participate in a chop?