WCOOP Day 10: Eugene ��MyRabbiFoo�� Katchalov Wins 21-Hour Marathon
Day 10 of the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker kicked off with Event 24, a $530 no-limit hold��em heads-up tournament. The $1 million guarantee was not surpassed because only 1,564 registered, meaning an overlay of $218,000. However, the real story of the tournament was its length. It began Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on the East Coast and ended about 40 minutes before NFL kickoff Sunday with Eugene ��MyRabbiFoo�� Katchalov claiming the top prize. After running for 21 hours, the tournament came to an end when Katchalov defeated ��JakusKhan��.
On the final hand, Katchalov called a raise with K?8? and was happy to see the flop roll out 8?9?K?. He led out with a bet and ��JakusKhan�� put in a raise. Katchalov three-bet and ��JakusKhan�� was quick to four-bet all-in, immediately getting called by Katchalov. ��JakusKhan�� tabled 10?2? for a bluff and did not pull off the miracle bad beat. Eugene ��MyRabbiFoo�� Katchalov pocketed $140,000 and the WCOOP bracelet.
PokerStars WCOOP 24 - $530 No-Limit Hold'em (heads-up matches)
Buy-in: $500+30
Prize Pool: $1,000,000
Entrants: 1564
*1. Eugene ��MyRabbiFoo�� Katchalov - $140,000
*2. JakusKhan - $120,000
3. joe E scar - $55,000
4. imashokU - $55,000
5. William ��William�� Thorson - $27,500
6. pilsuhng - $27,500
7. Leo ��Pechorin�� Wolpert - $27,500
8. Dokosoko - $27,500
* denotes two-way deal
Notable Finishes: Ryan ��p2ryan2003�� Jones (11th - $9,000), Jamie ��pokerjamers�� Armstrong (19th �C 6,000), Connor ��blanconegro�� Drinnan (22nd - $6,000), Jon ��xxjondxx�� Delong (35th - $3,000), Dustin ��neverwin�� Woolf (45th - $3,000), JP ��JP 5-time�� Kelly (46th -$3,000).
Event 25 also reached into PokerStars�� wallet with just 1,180 entrants, resulting in an overlay of $46,000. Starting the final table as the chip leaders were ��marked aces�� and ��todch��. Sure enough, they found themselves heads-up for the bracelet. The battle did not last long, though, as ��todch�� secured the victory within a few hands. It happened during the Stud rotation when they got it all-in on fifth street. It was ��todch�� in the lead with kings up over the tens of ��marked aces.�� A third ten did not fall, notching the victory and WCOOP bracelet for ��todch��.
PokerStars WCOOP 25 - $320 HORSE
Buy-in: $300+20
Prize Pool: $400,000
Entrants: 1,180
1. todch - $70,000
2. marked aces - $50,000
3. Gerald ��viking47�� Ringe - $38,000
4. ROXY24 - $28,000
5. Brad ��finsfan7�� Ruben - $20,000
6. $30K - $12,000
7. CitadelCap - $8,000
8. Aleph Omega - $4,000
Notable Finishes: PokerSavage1 (12th - $3,000), Aaron ��AaronC�� Clark (16th - $2,400), Jagz7 (23rd - $1,800).
Plenty of WCOOP events remain, so sign up for a PokerStars account and win your bracelet today.
