UBOC5 Day Two Recap Featuring the No Limit Hold 'em 4-Max $100K GTD Scott Ian Ultimate Bet Well known tournament player ANTESVANTE wins UBOC Event #3 for $29,079 and DIVERTER surges to top spot in the corresponding $15K GTD Mini-UBOC Event. SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA (Friday, August 20, 2010) - UB'S Online Poker Championship Series, which guarantees over $4 Million in tournament money and competition prizes, continued on Thursday, August 19th with the third of the UBOC5 tournament schedule's twenty guaranteed events, attracting 359 players to the tables for the 4-Max NL Hold 'em $100K GTD. Online poker players showed up in force for UB's $300+20 buy-in 4 handed event, which kicked off at 20:05 ET last night, and boasted a prize pool of $107,700. A number of Team UB Pros turned out for the $100K GTD event, including BRANDONCANTU (242nd), MARK 'P0KER H0' KROON (239th) and SCOTT IAN, who ran deep in the tournament to finish in 66th place. After over seven hours of play, it was well known tournament player ANTESVANTE who triumphed heads up against TOOHOTTOTROT. ANTESVANTE's two pair - pocket aces and sevens on the board - trounced the runner-up, TOOHOTTOTROT's two pair, queens and sevens, to take down UBOC Event #3 and the $29,079 first-place payday. 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! An accomplished land-based tournament player, ANTESVANTE proved his online skills yet again at UB's virtual felt last night against a tough opponent, TOOHOTTOTROT. " I got lucky heads up. He was playing fairly aggressive, and I had to take a couple of gambles that just paid off," explained ANTESVANTE. "I've been playing so well lately, but this is like the cream on top, I guess you could say. Winning always feels so good." UBOC5 Event #3 (NLH 4-MAX) Buy-in: $300+20 Prize Pool: $107,700 Entrants: 359 1. ANTESVANTE - $29,079 2. TOOHOTTOTROT- $18,309.00 3. TIGGER2 - $11,847.00 4. ELIASHARRIS - $8,616.00 Other Notables: CRAZYZACHARY in 13th and DAVIDPERKINS in 14th place ($1,130.85 ea) The popular Mini-UBOC continued alongside the UBOC5 event, with a corresponding 4-Max NL Hold 'em $15K GTD tournament, hosted by the ubiquitous online player S U F F E R, who has turned his back on a Business Management career to focus on poker full-time. The $30+3 buy-in tournament drew 644 runners, creating a prize pool of $19,320 - well above the $15,000 guarantee. LOWHANGINSET busted S U F F E R from the tournament in 44th place, picking up the $30 bounty on the tournament host's head, to add to his 18th place paycheck of $135.24. DIVERTER ploughed his way through the field to win the event, pocketing the top prize of $4,878.30. MINI-UBOC5 Event #3 (NLH 4-MAX) Buy-in: $30+3 Prize Pool: $19,320.00 Entrants: 644 1. DIVERTER - $4,878.30 2. JACKOVICH - $2,849.70 3. BIGFLOPPER01 - $1,883.70 4. BETITALL - $1,400.70 Notable finishes: P0KER H0 in 14th place ($173.88) Win your seat into the next 2012 WSOP or WPT event by joining Bovada Poker and playing in a satellite tournament! NEXT UP ON THE UBOC5 SCHEDULE: Friday, August 20th @ 20:00 ET UBOC5 EVENT # 4 - Sniper NLH ($20 Bounty) Host: Trishelle Cannatella Buy-in: $150+12 Guarantee: $100,000 Mini-UBOC Event #4 - Sniper NLH ($4 Bounty) Host: TRADEBYDAY Buy-in: $15+1.50 Guarantee: $10,000 So, get in the UBOC mood, bring your best game, and gear up for a share of some serious UBOC5 prize money. Play against Team UB Pros and the best online poker players from across the globe. Follow UB's Live Coverage here 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 20, 2010
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