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The long awaited Poker Stars.com 2008 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) kicked off Friday, September 5th with Events #1 and #2, followed by Event #3 and #4 on Saturday. The results are in, so let’s take a brief look at the winners of each PokerStars WCOOP Event.

PokerStars.com WCOOP Event #1: $200+$15 6-Max NL Hold’em, $1m GTD
A field of 7,217 started off the opener is stellar fashion, upping the $1m guaranteed prize pool to $1,443,400. It was an exhausting 17-1/2 hours before a winner was revealed, but in the end, “shane147” eliminated “pffwhatever” in heads-up to claim the 1st place win.

Final Table Results
1st – shane147 ($212,179.81)
2nd – pffwhatever ($148,670.21)
3rd – SilverSocks ($106,089.91)
4th – – DoV – ($76,500.21)
5th – CURDOG1KCK ($49,075.61)
6th – scarface_79 ($23,686.20)

www.PokerStar.net WCOOP Event #2: $200+$15 PL 5 Card Draw, $100k GTD
Another 1,024 players joined in the action for WCOOP Event #2, which got underway at 4:30pm ET. With a much lower guaranteed prize than the previous event, the high entry rate boosted the prize pool by more than double to pay the top 156 finishers their share of $204,800. As the final cards fell, “ImBillMcNeal” took the WCOOP title for ousting “wedlowjones” in heads-up.

Final Table Results
1st – ImBillMcNeal ($34,201.60)
2nd – wedlowjones ($25,395.20)
3rd – Isidor3 ($18,739.20)
4th – Yamzit ($14,848.00)
5th – nathalie111 ($11,038.72)
6th – xoxol73 ($7,680.00)
7th – RaiNKhAN ($4,096.00)
8th – Crispy86 ($4,096.00)
9th – lasker ($4,096.00)

www.PokerStars.net WCOOP Event #3: $200+$15 Limit Hold’em, $300k GTD
Again, the prize pool was bolstered by excessive player participation as 2,258 entries jumped the guaranteed prize pool to $451,600, paying 324 positions. The relentless competition brought about another nearly 18 hour battle that came to an end when “cwp394” eliminated “#1PEN” for the 1st place victory.

Final Table Results
1st – cwp394 ($73,385.00)
2nd – #1PEN ($54,192.00)
3rd – Teacher G ($38,927.92)
4th – Bdbeatslayer ($26,192.80)
5th – edwinv070 ($21,676.80)
6th – skizer ($17,160.800
7th – Perumov ($12,644.80)
8th – BadcardsAA ($8,128.80)
9th – lucky_aces08 ($5,012.76)

PokerStars WCOOP Event #4: $200+$15 2-7 Triple Draw, $100k GTD
One more time, PokerStars saw enough entries to hike the prize pool to $146,800 as 734 players converged on the WCOOP Event #4 tables. This time it took not quite 15 hours for a victor to emerge as “mardene” fell victim to “playitsafe” in the final hand of heads-up action.

Final Table Results
1st – playitsafe ($24,809.20)
2nd – mardene ($18,555.52)
3rd – thevoice72 ($13,579.00)
4th – jordan999 ($11,010.00)
5th – Mills23 ($8,074.00)
6th – gudfaren ($5,505.00)
7th – GymZQuirk ($3,009.40)
8th – SgtKyle ($3,009.40)
9th – thetinkerman ($3,009.40)