WCOOP: Main Event Decided
The possibly most spectacular online tournament of the year came to an end last night. PokerStrategist abreid finished the tourney as 30th. The 22-year old Carter 'ckingusc' King came off as the winner.
liberace arranges 5-way Deal
However, the biggest cash went to 'liberace' from London. As the clear chip leader, he arranged a 5-way deal and thus secured the biggest share of the prize pool. 'liberace' waived about $200,000 of his entitled prize money based on his stack, and came out of the deal with a guaranteed $1,375,249.
Time period:
21.09 - 22.09
Buy-in:
$5.000 + 200
Participants:
2,185 players
Prize pool:
$10,925,000
Paid places:
324 players
Prize money rank 1:
$1,775,312
Winner:
Carter 'ckingusc' King
ckingusc wins the Bracelet
$200,000 and the bracelet remained in the middle of the table. These trophies were finally secured by 'ckingusc' from South Carolina. In the heads-up, the online pro prevailed over 'liberace'. Alex 'AJKHoosier1' Kamberis finished third, a known online MTT player as well.
PokerStrategist 'abreid' on Rank 30
The citizen of Vienna Niki 'kovi99' Kovacs even folded himself to rank 9 at the end for $121,276. PokerStrategist 
abreid reached rank 30 and was more than happy about the result:
"YESSSSSSSSSSS! Real madness… So far, my biggest cash EVER! Thanks HoRRoR, nice to meet you. To run into fkn aces, there's nothing you can do about it, but without you, I would have gone busto before already. Obv. To all the PS.de spectators, thank you for watching and bolstering me! Yesterday, you really inspired me!!! Till then, I'm on vacation."
Korn in the Money
Herr_Jude finished the tournament on rank 21, diemaus36o on rank 55 and 
Pokern00b (Rank 58) dropped out shortly after Day 2 began.
Furthermore, 
Korn (Rank 136) finished in the money ranks who commented his elimination with the short line "Too bad, next time". Further PokerStrategists in the game were opTi (Rank 146) and sebbauuu (Rank 184).
Below, the deal and the $200,000 for rank 1 have already been included.
| WCOOP Main Event 2008 |
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| Rank | Nickname | Country | Prize money |
| 1 | ckingusc | USA | $1,265,432 |
| 2 | liberace | UK | $1,375,249 |
| 3 | AJKHoosier1 | USA | $782,542 |
| 4 | Markush13 | Belarus | $961,718 |
| 5 | ShoesRDurrty | USA | $801,153 |
| 6 | Sumpas | Sweden | $415,150 |
| 7 | klslcz | USA | $305,900 |
| 8 | BOLLPOKER | France | $196,650 |
| 9 | kovi99 | Austria | $121,267 |
