ECOOP Event #3 - NLHE $350k Guaranteed

December 06 2007, Damien Oborne

The third tournament of the European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP) was the $250 + $18 NL Hold'em freezeout tournament. This event exceeded its 350k guaranteed prizepool, with a whopping 1491 players took part making the pot $372,750. The tournament lasted for more than 10 hours before a winner was found. "Addict1968" outlasted the field and won more than 78k and an ECOOP Bracelet.

Congratulations to the following players on making the final table;

VicMakey 124,408
momoski74 211,344.25
Dnors47 308,296
ChelseaIan 240,691
bigpat60 (D) 1,070,485.75
Addict1968 363,922
Antroff 858,525.50
pinozaurus 197,256
faucon666 209,728
foggen 888,343.50

The final table had two players eliminated in consecutive hands with "momoski74" the first player knocked out after going all-in pre flop with and running into "antroff" with .

The very next hand saw "VicMakey" all-in pre flop with . He was unlucky to run into "Addict1968" with and he was heading out in 9th place.

"faucon666" was eliminated in 8th place. Again the action was pre flop with "faucon666" all-in with against "antroff" with . The board didn't help and we were down to seven.

In a trend on this final table, all the chips were in pre flop when we lost "Dnors47" in 7th place. He was all-in with and was unlucky to bump into "bigpat60" with . The flop came and "Dnors47" was in big trouble. The arrived on the turn giving him a straight draw, but the river was a blank and the tournament was over for "Dnors47".

The table remained 6 handed for a little while before a massive million dollar pot saw "foggen" exiting in 6th position. Surprise, surprise, the players were all-in pre flop with "foggen" holding and "antroff" {Ak}. The board was blank until the river, when the dashed "foggen's" hopes of an ECOOP Bracelet.

The only player eliminated on the final table post flop was "Chelsealan". There was a lot of action pre flop with "Chelsealan" holding and "antroff" . The flop was and "Chelselan" was all-in for her final 115k. The turn and river didn't help adn she was gone in 5th.

An extremely short stacked "pinozaurus" was the next player eliminated when all-in pre flop. His ran into "bigpat60" with . The flop of provided "pinozuarus" with a straight draw, but the turn and river didn't help.

The next elimination hand was huge. "Addict1968" was on the button and made a raise of 125k with . "bigpat60" was the BB and re-raised all-in for 807k total with . "Addict1968" made the call and "bigpat60" got no help fromt he board and was gone in 3rd position.

After 15 minutes of heads-up action "antroff" was all-in on the SB for a total of 1.7k after losing a massive pot the previous hand. Although the tournament was effectively over, the final hand was played out. "Addict1968" was holding and "antroff" . The flop came and the turn was the . The river was the giving "Addict1968" the straight, the tournament and the bracelet.

Congratulations on all the players who made the final table and won the following payouts;

Addict1968 $78,277.50
antroff $41,002.50
bigpat60 $29,820.00
pinozaurus $22,365.00
ChelseaIan $18,637.50
foggen $14,910.00
Dnors47 $11,182.50
faucon666 $7,455.00
VicMakey $5,218.50
momoski74 $3,727.50

To take part in the remaining ECOOP events log into Titan Poker and try one of the many daily satellites.

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