pbdrunks Wins Kickoff UBOC 5 Online Poker Tournament
If the first tournament is any indication, the fifth Ultimate Bet Online Championship, or UBOC, is shaping up to be one of the largest ever. The kickoff 0 No Limit Hold’em Sniper tournament generated a starting grid of 903 entrants, which meant that a 3,000 prize pool was up for grabs.
UB.com, one-half of the USA-friendly CEREUS Network, guaranteed a 0,000 purse for the first event, meaning that the actual prize pool was about 20% larger than its guarantee. In the end, Joshua “pbdrunks” Van Duyn, a longtime member of the online poker community, trumped the pack and banked nearly ,000. Two years ago, Van Duyn took down the PokerStars Super Tuesday for ,000, his largest online poker cash to date according to PocketFives.com.
Heads-up, Van Duyn defeated longtime poker pro Felipe “improved” Montenegro, who walked away with ,000. Montenegro is a three-time Triple Crown winner on PocketFives.com, which entails winning three ,000 prize pool tournaments across three sites tracked for the site’s Online Poker Rankings in a one-week span. Montenegro owns the 51st spot in the aforementioned Rankings and has banked over million in his online poker career.
Another brand name pro finished third in the 0 No Limit Hold’em Sniper event, the first on the UBOC 5 docket. Darren “darrenelias” Elias cashed for ,000, adding to a tournament resume that includes a jersey in a 0 Cubed No Limit Hold’em event held during the February 2009 running of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series, or FTOPS. Here’s a look at how the final table of UBOC 5 Event #1 shook out:
1. PBDRUNKS – ,760
2. IMPROVED – ,792
3. DARRENELIAS – ,309
4. MESCALIN8 – ,726
5. MURIBE – ,288
6. POOPLUS – ,850
7. LUFTMENSCHEN – ,411
8. 9BARELL – ,973
9. MARIO_BASLER – ,145
In January, UB.com member “AnteSvante” took down the PokerStars Sunday 500 to the tune of ,000. Flash forward to Thursday, when he defeated Jesse “toohottotrot” Haabak heads-up in UBOC 5 Event #3, a 0 No Limit Hold’em Four-Max affair. “AnteSvante” walked away with a ,000 cash prize, while Haabak boosted his online poker bankroll by ,000. Others at the final table included “TIGGER2” and “eliasharris,” who took third and fourth, respectively:
1. ANTESVANTE – ,079
2. TOOHOTTOTROT – ,309
3. TIGGER2 – ,847
4. ELIASHARRIS – ,616
If you missed out on the first three UBOC 5 tournaments, don’t fret. A total of 19 will play out before the series’ ,050 No Limit Hold’em Monster Stack Main Event on August 29th at 4:00pm ET. The final event, hosted by UB.com front man Phil Hellmuth, sports a million guaranteed prize pool.
Running concurrently with UBOC 5 is MiniUBOC 5, which boasts the same slate of events, but with shrunken buy-ins. UBOC 5 events are open to players from the United States. Visit UB.com or its sister site, Absolute Poker, to enter today.
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on Aug 20 2010 Filed under Online Poker.
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