GENET1X Wins UBOC5 Event #13 Deepstack NL Holdem $200,000 GTD Mark Seif Poker Chump Tournament host Mark Seif wasn't safe from early elimination, but online poker player GENET1X proved he was, emerging as the last man standing against 543 others to pocket the $66,640 first prize in UBOC Event #13 San Jose, COSTA RICA, Thursday, August 26, 2010 - UB's summer Online Championship tournament series continues to draw the crowds back to the UB poker room, and Wednesday night was no exception with their $500+30 buy-in Deepstack No Limit Hold 'em $200K GTD. UBOC5 is delivering prize pools surpassing the guarantees predicted, and players turned out in strong support of yesterday's UBOC Event #13. Hosted by Absolute Poker's Mark Seif, the $200K GTD event attracted 544 players to UB's virtual felts, creating a prize pool of $272,000 with the top 54 places to be paid. The UBOC5 Event #13 kicked off at 20:05 ET last night, and came down to the final hand at 05:06 ET today. It took nine hours of play before the final hand heads up between GENET1X and RAILBEGGER12 decided the winner. Are you ready to play online poker? Sign-up at Poker Host and receive a 100% Sign-up Bonus! Besides excepting U.S. poker players, huge bonuses, 24/7 customer service and fast, easy and secure deposit methods, they still boast the LOOSEST TABLES filled with fish making their players WIN & LOYAL! With over $5 million in guaranteed poker tournaments, earn FPP Points for free-roll rournaments and play some cards with poker pro "Cowboy" Kenna James right now at PokerHost.com! The match-up finished with GENET1X holding Qh-9C to RAILBEGGER12's 2d-Qc. The Flop came 7h-Kd-10c, and the Turn card Jd connected with GENET1X to deliver his Straight, with no joy for RAILBEGGER12 on the River with the 8c. In the end it was GENET1X's Straight, nine to king, that held the measure of RAILBEGGAR12's king high, with first place paying $66,640, and $40,800 awarded to the runner-up. MARK SEIF was sent packing early, finishing his run in 499th position, while other Team UB Pros who came out to play included DEBO34 (508th), HOLLYWOOD DAVE (505th), BRANDON CANTU (446th), JOE SEBOK (444th), ADAM "ROOTHLUS" LEVY (338th), MATT GRAHAM (322nd), and SCOTT IAN, who was knocked out in 159th place. UBOC5 EVENT #13 (DEEPSTACK NLH $200K GTD) Buy-in: $500+30 Prize Pool: $272,000 Entrants: 544 1. GENET1X - $66,640 2. RAILBEGGER12 - $40,800 3. GRAHAMGREENE - $27,880 4. AAAAOWNS - $19,040 5. MIG_NET - $15,640 6. THEDECANO - $12,920 7. BADCARDSAA - $$10,200 8. PBJAXXIN - $7,480 9. URINAL42 - $5,304 10. STR8ROSSIN - $3,128 Also running last night at UB.com was the UBOC5 Event #14, hosted by DEBO34, a $300+20 buy-in PL Omaha 2X 6-MAX $100K GTD. This tournament saw 207 players competing for the $100,000 prize pool, and with only the top 24 to be paid, the competition promised to be hard fought. Once again the Tournament host suffered an early exit, with DEBO34 the first of the Team UB pros to go in 161st place. Other Team UB pros to buy-in to this event include MATT GRAHAM (123rd), ADAM "ROOTHLUS" LEVY (113th), and BRANDON CANTU, who missed the money by 3 spots, finishing up in 27th place LMNOPONU took out the honors in this UBOC event with two pair - aces and eights - versus JDPC27's one pair of tens. Win your seat into the next 2010 WSOP or WPT event by joining Bodog Poker and playing in a satellite tournament! UBOC5 EVENT #14 (PLO 2X 6-MAX - 1 REBUY $100K GTD) Buy-in: $300+20 Prize Pool: $100,000 Entrants: 207 (75 Rebuys) 1. 2. LMNOPONU - $27,000 3. JDPC27 - $15,400 4. UNCLE_LEO - $12,150 5. KIDCARDIFF6 - $9,250 6. JEFFBEESDAT - $7,250 7. EDDYTOWN21 - $5,250 UB's Online Championship series, featuring over $4 Million in tournament guarantees and competition prize money, continues tonight leading up the $1 Million GTD UBOC Championship Monster Stack NLH event hosted by Phil Hellmuth, scheduled for Sunday August 29th at 16:00 ET. NEXT UP ON THE UBOC5 SCHEDULE: Thursday, August 26th @ 20:05 ET EVENT #15 - Sniper NLH ($30 Bounty) Mini-UBOC Event #15 - Sniper NLH Host: Brandon Cantu Host: IAMMAVERICK Buy-in: $300+20 Buy-in: $30+3 Guarantee: $150,000 Guarantee: $20,000 EVENT #16 - Limit Omaha 8 or Better Mini-UBOC Event #16 - L Omaha 8 or B. Host: Annie Duke Host: 011POKERDR Buy-in: $200+15 Buy-in: $20+2 Guarantee: $50,000 Guarantee: $6,000 Players can keep up to speed with all the UBOC action at the UB Blog: http://blog.ub.com/category/online-championship/ Join us for real times updates over on Twitter http://twitter.com/ub (UBOC will be referenced with #UBOC) About UB.com Raise. Stack. Own. Built for the passionate poker player, UB.com offers top poker rewards, optimal tournament structures and fast-paced action games in one of the largest online poker communities in the world. Players can download the free poker software, play in free ring games and tournaments, plus meet and chat online with Phil Hellmuth and other Team UB pros to learn and enhance their playing strategy. UB provides the best poker games available on the net as part of the CEREUS poker network. For further media information, contact: Kathryn Farrell PR Manager  --- by Bones at Poker Room on August 27, 2010
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