The PokerStars USA Championship of Online Poker ended early Tuesday morning with the completion of the $530 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event. John “trainwrecks” Hayes walked away with $140,743.43 as the winner after he bested a field of 1,650 entrants. Notables John “JohnFR” Riley, Steve “gboro780” Gross and Matt “schnizeltoe” Keikoan all made the final table, finishing in second, fifth and seventh, respectively.
Eleven events were held for the series, and David “gaucho2121” Paredes was able to get his hands on two titles! First he won the $215 NLHE Heads-Up for $25,000 and then he won the $320 PL Omaha 1R1A for $32,443.50. He beat fields of 398 and 208, respectively, to claim those two titles. That’s quite the performance. Adam "squee451" Sherman finished runner-up to Paredes in the Omaha event and final-tabled another event during the series.
Probably the largest shocker of them all is that out of the 11 events held, nine failed to reach the guarantee. It’s almost unheard of for PokerStars to fall short of a guarantee, especially in a big series. They did so here and it cost them. There was a total of $764,650 in combined overlays. The only two events to get more money in the prize pool than their allotted guarantee were the first and the tenth events. Even so, those events only beat the guarantee by a combined $98,850. The bulk of that came from the first event; the tenth event was only $900 over the $150,000 guarantee.
Here are the results from all 11 events.
USA COOP - 01 $55+R NLHE 6-Max
Buy-in
Entrants
Guarantee
Prize Pool
$50+$5
1,147
$150,000
$197,950
Place
Player
Prize
*1
akb1
$30,450.40
*2
ShipshapeSir
$27,450.40
3
Andrew “AndrewBoccia” Boccia
$18,805.25
4
Adam “Roothlus” Levy
$12,866.75
5
ant0730
$8,492.05
6
Jeremy “thechemist83” Gaubert
$5,938.50
*denotes heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Amanda “manderbutt” Musumeci (7th - $3,464.12), Eric “sheets” Haber (19th - $1,247.08), Jamie “Xaston” Kaplan (24th - $1,247.08), Mike “3Kingme3” Del Vecchio (33rd - $831.39), Dan “Danny98765” Smith (43rd - $613.64), Dave “SexSeen” Sands (46th - $613.64)
USA COOP - 02 $215 PL Omaha H/L
Buy-in
Entrants
Guarantee
Prize Pool
$200+$15
459
$100,000
$100,000
Place
Player
Prize
*1
takitdown
$13,817.96
*2
duss2320
$8,484.74
*3
tweeprise
$12,795.44
*4
mondo nutz
$12,411.74
*5
Premier
$9,040.12
6
RoyalCrusher
$4,250.00
7
babs7
$3,250.00
8
Avalanche10
$2,250.00
9
XCappucinoX1
$1,660.00
*denotes five-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Derek “dray313” Raymond (56th - $440.00)
USA COOP - 03 $215 NLHE 2X Chance, Turbo
Buy-in
Entrants
Guarantee
Prize Pool
$200+$15
593
$200,000
$200,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Dane "WatchTheSea" Miller
$37,600.00
2
rob131986
$27,400.00
3
“88k”
$20,200.00
4
LadyBlue072
$15,200.00
5
Tyson “POTTERPOKER” Marks
$10,680.00
6
pgcannonball
$8,500.00
7
HR_Dub
$6,500.00
8
anglefish12
$4,500.00
9
Mr nOmadsen
$3,000.00
Notable Finishes: Bryan “bparis” Paris (12th - $2,300.00), Danny “THE_D_RY” Ryan (15th - $1,900.00), Robert “Little Kraut” Deppe (27th - $1,100.00), Chris “Big Huni” Hunichen (30th - $900.00), Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy (34th - $900.00), Anthony “D1rtyR1v3r” Nardi (38th - $800.00), Victor “VictorRamdin” Ramdin (50th - $750.00)
USA COOP - 04 $320 NLHE
Buy-in
Entrants
Guarantee
Prize Pool
$300+$20
1,326
$750,000
$750,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Christina “lindeyloo22” Lindley
$127,500.00
2
Happymon32
$93,750.00
3
Ready24Poker
$71,175.00
4
LUHMAN
$51,000.00
5
lak3rs888
$37,125.00
6
Harrison "gibler321" Gimbel
$29,625.00
7
Sharukh10
$22,125.00
8
Antonio7
$14,625.00
9
Aquis
$8,100.00
Notable Finishes: John “$30K” Racener (19th - $3,000.00), Todd “tbt4653” Terry (30th - $2,625.00), Shaun “shaundeeb” Deeb (32nd - $2,625.00), Ryan “HITTHEPANDA” Franklin (46th - $2,025.00)
USA COOP - 05 $215 NLHE Heads-Up
Buy-in
Entrants
Guarantee
Prize Pool
$200+$15
398
$100,000
$100,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
David “gaucho2121” Paredes
$25,000.00
2
JaFos
$13,000.00
3
Ari “BodogAri” Engel
$7,000.00
4
smsuwrestler
$7,000.00
5
TwinMSU
$3,200.00
6
3mptyS0ul
$3,200.00
7
Aaralynn
$3,200.00
8
MI_turtle
$3,200.00
Notable Finishes: Alex “AJKHoosier1” Kamberis (12th - $1,200.00), Eric “sheets” Haber (15th - $1,200.00), Joseph “subiime” Cheong (16th - $1,200), Patrick “pmahoney22” Mahoney (26th - $800.00), Anthony “D1rtyR1v3r” Nardi (35th - $400.00)
USA COOP - 06 $320 HORSE
Buy-in
Entrants
Guarantee
Prize Pool
$300+$20
314
$150,000
$150,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
BackdoorNutz
$29,250.00
2
EL SOUP
$21,750.00
3
crazyjanie
$16,500.00
4
furiosantana
$12,000.00
5
TheDarkElf
$8,250.00
6
bikocruz
$6,000.00
7
JEFFREG
$4,500.00
8
Jameson “bugstud” Painter
$3,750.00
Notable Finishes: Kevin “BodogBanshee” Hercules (30th - $1,012.50), George “Jorj95” Lind III (32nd - $1,012.50)
USA COOP - 07 $320 NLHE 6-Max
Buy-in
Entrants
Guarantee
Prize Pool
$300+$20
655
$300,000
$300,000
Place
Player
Prize
*1
JoeJ1337
$50,886.45
*2
shipdatchz
$38,228.19
*3
rmthawk64
$38,535.36
4
Stephen "sizzlinbetta" Reynolds
$21,000.00
5
kiaser
$15,000.00
6
U_Get_Mucked
$9,000.00
*denotes three-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Ravi “goshark2” Raghavan (28th - $1,770.00), David “dwilliams” Williams (37th - $1,380.00), Dan “Lenny” Heimiller (42nd - $1,380.00)
