[Name Deleted] Proves NL 2-7 Single-Draw/WCOOP Prowess
Well whaddya know … Pokerati fave [name deleted] still plays poker … and last night he (”luvgamble”) won WCOOP event #24: $530 NL 2-7 Single Draw. (Which really is the best psychology-based poker game of all.)
308 runners, 49 in the money. First Place paid a nice $42k … glad to see [name deleted] finally book a noticeable win in 2008, which will make me feel better taking a chunk of it in our presidential election wager.
The one unfortunate thing … [name deleted] always liked to play anonymously, and wouldn’t even tell me his PokerStars screen name for fear that I’d publicize it. But now, as it goes in poker because I have no conscience he actually won a semi-public event, I get to out him, and the “Shmonkey Shmomber” is stuck playing a Googleable screen name into perpetuity. Ha ha, er, I mean congrats!
Other notable money finishers with trackable screen names:
newhizzle - Mark Newhouse
Bill Chen - Bill Chen
GavinGriffin - Gavin Griffin
KidPoker - Daniel Negreanu
BeL0WaB0Ve - Kevin Saul
Meanwhile, here’s a moment of Zen from 10th-place finisher Bill Chen, speaking on “The Power of Acceptance”, and even the necessity of embracing plausible death:
5 Comments to “[Name Deleted] Proves NL 2-7 Single-Draw/WCOOP Prowess”
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Kevin Mathers Says:
September 17th, 2008 at 5:30 am
2nd place was Mike “SirWatts” Watson, Bellagio Cup IV winner.
Also worth noting, a 46k overlay in last night’s event.
DanM Says:
September 17th, 2008 at 5:49 am
Nice! It seems the WCOOP is having a mix of bigger-than-usual and smaller-than-usual fields.
Think the main event will better its field from last year and be the biggest in history?
Kevin Mathers Says:
September 17th, 2008 at 7:13 am
They’ll break the 10m guarantee with at least 1m to spare.
Tom Schneider Says:
September 19th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
that luvgamble is one helluva deuce player
Kevin Mathers Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Prize pool for the WCOOP Main Event was $10.925m, off by 17 buyins from my prediction.