PiMaster clenches a Pot-Limit Omaha Hi victory at UBOC

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi was the game and PiMaster was the ruler of Day 7 in the UltimateBet Online Championship (UBOC).

As first-place winner, PiMaster claimed a $26,676 pot in the guaranteed $75,000 event.

During the Omaha event he dominated the final table, taking out several of his competitors. PiMaster held a commanding chip lead going into a lengthy battle of heads-up play with winters1 and was rewarded with the win following more than seven hours of play.

The final table results are as follows:

Place Name Prize
1st PiMaster $26,676
2nd winters1 $15,808
3rd arbianight $11,362
4th me4504 $8,398
5th eatschips $6,916
6th classyploppy $5,928
7th mecu $4,940
8th johnnybax $3,952
9th Tony Pisser $2,964
10th rps5000 $1,976

The tournament started off with 175 players, but within one hour there were 168 rebuys. By the first break, 151 players used the final add-on feature which grew the prize pool to nearly $99,000.

Tonight's event is a $200,000 guaranteed No-Limit Hold'em event with a $200 + $15 buy-in. The series wraps up this weekend, with a $1 million guaranteed No-Limit Hold'em event on Sunday with a $500+ $30 buy-in.

The championship game will feature commentary from 10-time World Series of Poker champ Phil Hellmuth, who will go heads-up with the winner for an additional $10,000 prize.

courtesy of Erin Warner

News Added: 09 December, 2006

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