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"MauriceSch" Wins PokerStars WCOOP High Roller; Mercier Nearly Grabs Third Title

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Jason Mercier

On Monday, plenty more action in the 2013 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) took place, highlighted by the big and bad Event #23: $10,300 High Roller.

Two other prizes of over a quarter of a million dollars were won, and one of those victories came when Jonathan "Iftarii" Jaffe earned his third WCOOP title in Event #22: $215 NL Hold'em. Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier nearly notched his third in Event #24: $700 NL Hold'em, but ended up just short in third place.

PokerStars WCOOP Event #22 �� $215 NL Hold'em ($1.25M Guaranteed)

It was Jaffe who shined brightest in the massive field of 9,394 players in Event #22 to earn his third WCOOP bracelet, but it wasn't easy. Jaffe had to overcome Miguel "LOL_U_91" Use and Brian "brianm15" England in the final three to claim victory.

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+159,394$1,878,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1Jonathan "Iftarii" Jaffe$251,673.45*
2Miguel "LOL_U_91" Use$226,673.44*
3Brian "brianm15" England$140,910
4RickyAs27$94,940
5Skrigepas$75,152
6jinji men$56,364
7danger0us$37,576
8VyruAlus$20,666.80
9toolhead82$14,560.70

*Denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: David "dpeters17" Peters (22nd - $4,133.36)

PokerStars WCOOP Event #23 �� $10,300 High Roller NLHE ($2M Guaranteed)

The High Roller event attracted 276 players an additional 22 rebuys for a total of 298 entries, which juiced up the prize pool to a whopping $2,980,000. When it was all said and done, Germany's "MauriceSch" earned the top spot and $533,200 in first-place prize money. He managed to make a heads-up deal with second-place finisher Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson before going on to secure the title.

Other notables reaching the final table were Mustapha" lasagnaaammm" Kanit, Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko, and Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood. 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg "gregg20723" Merson narrowly missed out on the final table, finishing in 12th place.

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$10,000+300298$2,980,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1MauriceSch$533,200*
2Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson$480,000*
3uri1013$327,800
4Mustapha" lasagnaaammm" Kanit$238,400
5OLD TIME GIN$163,900
6Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko$119,200
7Frenzuh$89,400
8Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood$74,500

*Denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Greg "gregg20723" Merson (12th - $59,600), Darren "darrenelias" Elias (13th - $44,700), Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger (14th - $44,700), Andrew "RunThisTable" Lichtenberger (15th - $44,700)

PokerStars WCOOP Event #24 �� $700 NL Hold'em ($1.5M Guaranteed)

Event #24 attracted 3,491 players, but all eyes were on Jason Mercier at the final table as the Team PokerStars Pro eyed his third WCOOP title. Mercier had been battling a short stack for quite some time as the event grew deeper and deeper into the money, but then hit a rush after tripling up with the Q?Q? against the A?K? for "yaffy" and the 8?8? for "paleta25" back in Level 27 with the blinds at 5,000/10,000/1,250.

With eight players left at the final table, Mercier once again found himself short on chips. Thanks to a double up with the Q?J? against the A?8? for "romanooo64," Mercier found some momentum and rode it out until the final four players remained. It was here that a deal was brokered between the remaining competitors, with the Netherlands' "Pimmss" locking up the most money.

When the dust settled, though, "vovanmillion" earned the extra $30,000 set aside for the winner and the bracelet, taking home a total of $271,889.75.

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$665+353,491$2,321,515
PlacePlayerPrize
1vovanmillion$271,889.75*
2Pimmss$247,457.00*
3Jason Mercier$229,965.47*
4romanooo64$212,957.88*
5chosenwinner$99,384.05
6javdani$75,449.23
7DEX888$52,234.08
8Michael "Sk?mmes" Tureniec$29,018.93
9glupakat$18,572.12

*Denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Michael "wywrotX" Wywrot (13th - $10,795.04), Olivier "Adonis112" Busquet (19th - $6,152.01), Jason "jakoon1985" Koon (31st - $5,339.48)

For more news on the 2013 PokerStars WCOOP, please head over to the PokerStars Blog.

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