2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker

PokerStars WCOOP Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$1,260,019
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$8,135,000
Entries
1,627
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
70,000 / 140,000
Ante
17,500

"BackDoorovic" Eliminated in 4th Place ($650,000)

"BackDoorovic" raised to 200,000 in the cutoff and was met with a Thomas Pedersen three-bet to 423,467 on the button. The blinds folded, "BackDoorovic" called, and a {J-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} flop came down.

A check from "BackDoorovic" led to a Pedersen bet of 657,432. "BackDoorovic" raised to 1.4 million, leading Pedersen to shove with the bigger stack. "BackDoorovic" called all in for an additional 3,515,769 and tabled {K-Spades}{J-Diamonds}. Pedersen led with {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds} and maintained it through the {7-Diamonds} turn and {Q-Diamonds} river for the nut flush.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas "Kallllle" Pedersen
21,179,633
2,339,912
2,339,912
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"BackDoorovic"
Busted

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"VadziMoney" Eliminated in 5th Place ($750,000)

"VadziMoney" is the latest casualty of the Thomas "Kallllle" Pedersen buzzsaw. The two players got into a preflop raising war in the blinds that resulted in "VadziMoney" all-in for close to 4 million with pocket tens. Pedersen had {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and got there on the river when the board rolled out {9-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}.

"VadziMoney" collects $750,000 for his two days of work.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas "Kallllle" Pedersen
15,579,132
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"VadziMoney"
Busted

Ruzicka Doubles Through Leah

Thomas "Kallllle" Pedersen opened to 200,00 in the cutoff, only to see Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah three-bet to 510,000 in the small blind. From the big blind, Vojtech "Vojta_R" Ruzicka shoved for 4,360,098. Pedersen folded, but Leah called.

Leah: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Ruzicka: {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Leah took the lead as the flop came down {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}, but the {9-Spades} landed on the turn to lock up the pot for Ruzicka. The river was the {J-Hearts} leaving Leah, once again, as the short stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Vojtech "Vojta_R" Ruzicka
8,982,696
5,080,653
5,080,653
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Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah
1,859,672
-4,218,562
-4,218,562
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

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Level: 39

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 12,500

Leah Survives Again

Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah just won't go away. The Canadian pro has doubled again, this time with pocket tens against the {7-Clubs}{7-Spades} of Thomas 'Kallllle' Pedersen. The chip leader has lost 5 million chips since he secured a seven-figure payday.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas 'Kallllle' Pedersen
13,886,464
-1,770,274
-1,770,274
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Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah
4,070,548
2,200,274
2,200,274
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

"BackDoorovic" Doubles Through Pedersen

"BackDoorovic" min-raised to 160,000 on the button and Thomas "Kallllle" Pedersen three-bet to 401,234 in the small blind. "VadziMoney" folded from the big blind, "BackDoorovic" shoved for 3,112,983, and Pedersen called with {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

"BackDoorovic" tabled {A-Spades}{2-Spades} and got there when the board ran out {Q-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{3-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas "Kallllle" Pedersen
15,606,738
-3,232,983
-3,232,983
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"BackDoorovic"
6,355,966

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We have a deal!

Level 38 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

After what felt like an eternity, the players have finally come to an agreement on a five-way deal. Here's how the money was divided with $100,000 left for the winner:

Thomas 'Kallllle' Pedersen: $1,160,018.50 (18,829,721 chips)
"VadziMoney": $750,000 (4,764,979 chips)
Vojtech "Vojta_R" Ruzicka: $710,000 (3,792,043 chips)
"BackDoorovic": $650,000 (3,092,983 chips)
Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah: $560,000 (2,060,274 chips)

The cards are back in the air for another four minutes, at which point the players will go on a five-minute break.

While We're Waiting...

Level 38 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Thomas Pedersen
Thomas Pedersen

Since the players are stil discussing a deal, we decided to do some digging to figure out some of our mystery players' identities.

Well, thanks to our Danish PokerNews team, we've discovered that our chip leader and final-table bulldozer is Thomas 'Kallllle' Pedersen.