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POKERSTARS CROWNS 2010 WORLD CHAMPION OF ONLINE POKER AND ANNOUNCES REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS OF ONLINE POKER

The 2010 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has ended with
POTTERPOKER from Missoula, USA, being crowned Main Event champion. The man from
Montana won the first-place prize of $2,278,097.50 – a new world record for online poker –
after defeating joeysweetp, from Portsmouth, USA, heads-up.
POTTERPOKER’s victory came at the end of a long and hard-fought event that lasted more
than 25 hours. In the final hand, with blinds at 100,000/200,000 and joeysweetp trailing by 8
million chips to POTTERPOKER’s 40.5 million, the board read J♥-8♣-2♥-K♥ when
POTTERPOKER bet out and joeysweetp moved all-in as a bluff. Unfortunately for him
POTTERPOKER snap-called with the nuts – A♥-4♥ – to claim the 2010 WCOOP Main Event
title, while runner-up joeysweetp pocketed $1,404,725 for his efforts.
As the victory sunk in, POTTERPOKER said: “I wouldn’t be here without so many amazing
people in my life! All my friends, family, poker buddies.”
The two-day $5,200 Main Event was the last of 62 tournaments in the 2010 WCOOP. It
boasted a field of 2,443 players (299 more than last year) which created a record-breaking
prize pool of $12,215,000 (almost a $1.5 million increase on last year’s $10.72 million) and
shattered the event’s $10 million guarantee.
This year’s record-breaking ninth WCOOP continued its domination in the world of online
poker tournaments, guaranteeing $50 million in total prize money. In the end, a staggering
$63,157,150 was awarded, $11m more than last year’s series.
The 2010 WCOOP featured 141,126 buy-ins, with 18 different countries represented on the
WCOOP bracelet honours list. The 2010 WCOOP saw first bracelets for players from Russia
(with three wins), Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Netherlands Antilles, Monaco, Ukraine and
Uruguay. The United States, meanwhile, can boast the most bracelet winners of the online
festival, with 33. The second-highest total was won by Australian players, earning four
WCOOP bracelets in 2010, after previously only winning one.
All WCOOP 2010 bracelet winners will be invited to a special bracelet presentation
ceremony during the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure festival in January, in the Bahamas.
In the overall 2010 WCOOP Leader Board, Australian pro Andy McLEOD won Player of the
Series after earning the most points with four final-table appearances. Other stand-out
players this year include Xaston, who was the only player this year to win two WCOOP
bracelets, and PearlJammer, who topped the table of most cashes with 15.
In the all-time WCOOP record books, g0lfa now stands on his own as the only player to win
three WCOOP bracelets. After earning two bracelets in 2009, he triumphed in 2010’s Event
55 – the $530 No Limit Hold’em with one rebuy and one add-on.
Earlier on the final day, Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko overcame an incredibly
tough final table on the second day of Event 61 – the $10,300 8-Game High Roller – to
scoop the first prize of $345,800 and win his first WCOOP bracelet. He edged out fellow
PokerStars pro Jose “nachobarbero” Barbero in the closing stages, the Argentinian finishing
third for $172,900.
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier also had a stellar WCOOP, winning his first bracelet in
Event 42 – $1,050 No Limit Hold’em, and taking down the $435,862.07 first prize. Team
Online Pro ‘Donald’, Anders Berg, took down the title in Event 34, the $320 FL Triple Draw
2-7, winning $25,890.30.
To watch hand for hand coverage of the WCOOP Main Event final table, go to the
PokerStars Blog: http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/wcoop/2010/wcoop-2010-main-event-day-
2-live-blog-074078.html and PokerStars.tv http://www.pokerstars.tv/poker-channel-144-
wcoop-2.html. More information on the 2010 WCOOP, including all event winners, prize
money and statistics can be found at: www.wcoop.com
Regional Championships of Online Poker
While the WCOOP may now be over for another 12 months, a new series of tournaments is
about to start. PokerStars.com will be launching the regional Championships of Online Poker
over the next few weeks, which are region-specific tournaments aimed at players in all areas
of the world.
Areas of competition will throw the best players together in regions covering the Alpine
countries, America, Canada, the Nordics, the UK and Ireland, Benelux, the Commonwealth
of Independent States, Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Baltic States, Iberian Peninsula,
Latin America and the Mediterranean.
The emphasis is on local players, with guaranteed prize pools and satellites running to each
regional event. The Championships will take the success of the global WCOOP to the local
level, making new regional champions around the world.
For more information go to http://www.pokerstars.com/rcoop/

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