Tournaments
- October 29, 2008
LEOCOP IV Event 2 Played
Second event of currently on-going LEOCOP IV - European Online Poker Championship from Ladbrokes has been played. This time it was $50 buy-in No-Limit Texas Hold’em Rebuy event. Even though this event saw many high-profile online poker players, another player from Scandinavia took the first place - player MrHanky111.
The $50 rebuy event drawn attention of 417 hungry players, looking for a piece of this cake. We remind you that Ladbrokes recently decided to throw in some additional money into their prize and added extra $10,000 to their prize. After all the rebuys got counted, MrHanky111 took home $16,887.51.
For his hard work, player from Norway also got an invitation to play in LEOCOP Masters Event
MrHanky111 became a leader right after the finale table started. He started leading in cheaps after he crushed his opponent’s pocket nines with pocket aces.
Here are the top 10 players of second event:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | MrHanky111 | $16,887.51 |
| 2nd | Chelsead | $10,808 |
| 3rd | Wallyayay | $7,092.75 |
| 4th | davorsukei | $5,066.25 |
| 5th | jkhp | $3,715.25 |
| 6th | Roxity | $3,039.75 |
| 7th | CALLIFUDARE | $2,364.25 |
| 8th | Inoriisss | $1,182.12 |
| 9th | mugger | $1,182.12 |
| 10th | Juicem | $844.37 |
According to Ladbrokes, after they added $500,000 to the prize, LEOCOP became very popular and is now a well known European online poker festival.
Edward Ihre, MD of Ladbrokes Poker:
“The number of players from countries all over Europe playing in our festival is really gratifying, it’s been a great start to the 2008 LEOCOP IV and day three of the 15-day event brings us the Daddy.”
The Daddy is a a $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold’em Freezeout with a $300 buy-in, which was added recently. There will still be lots of events and qualifiers for them, so you might want to check out their official website.
