DONT_RIVER_ME Wins UBOC 6 Kickoff Event

The first event of the sixth UB.com Online Championship (UBOC) kicked off on Sunday night and featured a healthy field of 664 players. The $530 No Limit Hold’em contest whittled down to one man, Laurence “DONT_RIVER_ME” Houghton, who came away with a $78,000 top prize. In September, Houghton took down a PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) title; he also owns a Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) jersey.

Second place belonged to TIETYMM, who pulled down nearly $50,000. The German online poker player took second in a WCOOP event last September for $90,000 and also final tabled the PokerStars Wednesday Quarter Million in June for $34,000. TIETYMM is a Triple Crown winner on PocketFives.com, an award that requires a player to win three $10,000 prize pool online poker tournaments across three sites tracked for the site’s prestigious Rankings in a seven-day period.

David “DSANDS25” Sands grabbed third place on the Event #1 leaderboard and collected $33,000. Sands is a member of the DoylesRoom Brunson 10 and earned his spot in the club after winning a leaderboard contest during last year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. Sands won an FTOPS event in May 2009 for $259,000 and is also a former winner of the Full Tilt Poker $750,000 Guarantee, Sunday Mulligan, Cake Poker $250,000 Guarantee, Full Tilt $1K Monday, and PokerStars Sunday 500, just to name a few.

The final table of the opening event was chalk full of top-tier poker talent, including Joe “MWC1337SAUCE” Hebda, whose fifth place showing was worth $19,000. Hebda hails from Bloomington, Indiana and is a former winner of the Bodog $100,000 Guarantee. In addition, he grabbed second in that site’s Bodog Poker Open Main Event last October for $32,000.

David “FABOLOUS_” Randall took sixth place in the opening UBOC 6 event and earned $15,000. His claim to fame in the live poker arena was taking third in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event during the 2010 WSOP for $270,000. That tournament featured Tom “durrrr” Dwan taking second to Australia’s Simon Watt, potentially costing Dwan millions of dollars in real money from bracelet bets. Watt banked $614,000, while Dwan scurried away with $381,000 in cash.

Jason “JASPUDUF” Lee finished seventh in Event #1 for $11,000. Lee hails from Florida and is also a former Triple Crown winner on PocketFives.com. He owns a WCOOP crown and took down the July 4th, 2010 running of the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan.

Taking 17th in the opening tournament was UB.com sponsored pro Adam “Roothlus” Levy, who will serve as the host of Event #4 today, a $320 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Four-Max contest. Other brand name players who landed in the top 50 in the opening UBOC 6 tournament included Jonathan “THEROOKIEQQ9” Plens, Corwin “MIG_NET” Mackey, and Jon “PEARLJAMMED” Turner.

Here were the final table results from Event #1 on Sunday:

1. DONT_RIVER_ME – $78,020
2. TIETYMM – $48,970
3. DSANDS25 – $33,200
4. ENTVALEXM111 – $22,410
5. MWC1337SAUCE – $19,090
6. FABOLOUS_ – $14,940
7. JASPUDUF – $11,620
8. COOL0813 – $8,300
9. BTIDMARSH515 – $5,810

If you missed out on the raucous opening event, you’re not out of luck. Two more events are on tap for today and both begin at 20:05 ET:

UBOC 6 Event #4: $320 NLHE Four-Max
Monday at 20:05 ET
$100,000 Guaranteed
Hosted by Adam “Roothlus” Levy

UBOC 6 Event #5: $215 NLHE Rock Star Bounty
Monday at 20:05 ET
$100,000 Guaranteed
Hosted by Scott Ian

UBOC 6 wraps up on January 30th with a $1,050 Championship Stack No Limit Hold’em Main Event. At least $1 million will be on the line. Stay tuned to Poker News Daily for the latest UBOC 6 results.

Related Online Poker News:

Huge 100% Match Bonus up to $500 Free! Plus $75 Free Refer-A-Friend!

Full screen 3D animated & 2D ("bird's eye") view options, Extra games

Poker glossary:

FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
EVEN-MONEY - A bet that pays off exactly the amount wagered. E.g., "Double or nothing" is an even-money bet.
FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.

♥ Bookmark Us! ♠

Poker Information