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WCOOP Event #18: $2,600 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Online Tournaments, 2006-10-02, by Ozone
In hindsight, PokerStars was conservative with their guarantee of a $3,000,000 prize pool for the World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event. The event drew 2,510 entrants. At $2,600 apiece, the prize pool reached a staggering $6,275,000 which set a record for the largest prize pool in online poker history.
The scheduled payouts had a whopping $1,157,737 going to first place. Second was scheduled to win $632,520. The actual payouts were altered when the final six players all decided to make a deal that left even the lowest paid of the group a massive $353,000 payout for a one-day tournament.
The player who eventually wound up with all of the chips was none other than professional poker player J.C. Tran, who plays as "area23JC" on PokerStars.
The scheduled payouts had a whopping $1,157,737 going to first place. Second was scheduled to win $632,520. The actual payouts were altered when the final six players all decided to make a deal that left even the lowest paid of the group a massive $353,000 payout for a one-day tournament.
The player who eventually wound up with all of the chips was none other than professional poker player J.C. Tran, who plays as "area23JC" on PokerStars.
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