Last night marked a first for the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker. This was the first year that they have held a NL Hold’em 4-max event. Event #9 was a $215 buyin offering a $400K guaranteed prize pool. The turnout was impressive, even for such a popular new format. A total of 3,290 players entered, resulting in a total prize pool of $658K, far exceeding the guarantee.
With 30 minute blinds levels, one might think that patience would be a major factor in any tournament. Not so in 4-max, where aggression is the key, 3-bets are common, and preflop all-ins dominate the action early. Big stacks were built quickly, and the field narrowed significantly in the first few hours.
Play slowed down a bit as the big money drew near. By the time the last 4 players hit the final table, the stacks were very close, with no player having more than 20 times the big blind. Here are the chip counts as the final table began with blinds at 8000/16000 and antes 1600:
jonasof87 3,022,109
Eiriks 2,361,237
emiwarg 2,333,212
3232 2,134,242
The play proceeded cautiously at the final table, with each player eyeballing the top prize of $95,410. After almost 2 and a half hours, jonasof87 played the right hands at the right time and ended up taking down the top spot. After knocking out 3232 with trip kings, he took out EirikS with AQ vs A6.
Heads up play began with jonasof87 holding a commanding 3 to 1 chip lead, with stacks still relatively deep. Blinds were 30,000/60,000 with 6,000 antes, and emiwarg had slightly over 2.3 million chips to work with. It ended with jonasof87 turning a broadway straight with KJo vs emiwarg’s 99 to bring a close to this exciting tournament.
Congratulations to all 480 players who made the money in Event #9:
1 jonasof87 $95,410.00
2 emiwarg $55,930.00
3 EirikS $36,190.00
4 3232 $26,320.00
5 playboy99999 $16,713.20
6 bufo523 $16,713.20
7 Blute $10,528.00
8 FasterMB $10,528.00
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