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After nine months of exciting action the curtain has fallen on the 2008 WTCC Race Trophy, and what an amazing journey it has been! It started out all the way back in March with Race Trophy Brazil and since then we have crisscrossed the globe to Spain, Czech Republic, UK, Germany and Italy before finishing it all off with the $500,000 Race Trophy Final in Austria. Fast cars, big parties, great poker and $500,000 of cold, hard cash - the Race Trophy has had it all!
In the end it was Finnish player DoggyP75 who came out on top, beating out Marky_Crash in heads up play to take down the Race Trophy Final and the massive $285,000 first prize. DoggyP75 was a popular and deserving champion and had an amazing journey throughout the event, firstly winning a freeroll to qualify for Race Trophy Spain before outlasting and outplaying all challengers to take down the Race Trophy crown.
With a large contingent of DoggyP75's friends and family making the trip to Austria to watch the final, the celebrations went long into the early hours of Sunday morning as everyone celebrated not only Doggy's win, but also what a fantastic success the 2008 WTCC Race Trophy has been.
Well that's all from the 2008 WTCC Race Trophy. It has been an absolute pleasure to be involved in this series and I hope all you loyal PokerRoom.com readers have enjoying following it as much as we have enjoyed reporting on it. I will leave you with one last look over all the highlights of the amazing 2008 WTCC Race Trophy journey, including a video we put together with highlights from the first four races;
The Race Trophy Final has been run and won and it is Finnish player DoggyP75 who came out on top. It was an amazing effort by DoggyP75, knocking out 5 of his 6 opponents and crippling the one opponent who he didn't bust.
The quiet and composed Finn managed a big smile when picking up his $285,000 and even a few celebratory fist pumps. His entourage of supporters who had made the trip to watch him play certainly had a great time and enjoyed every moment of Doggy's win. Very loudly!
It was a great effort by all the players and there were certainly no losers from the Race Trophy Final. Here is a quick recap of the prizes;
DoggyP75 - 1st Place $285,000
Marky_Crash - 2nd Place $100,000
Masterka7x - 3rd Place $50,000
Puggy82 - 4th Place $35,000
VikoBosse 5th Place $20,000
4erkess - 6th Place, $10,000
Well that's all for tonight from Vienna, join us tomorrow as we bring you all the photos from tonight celebrations as I am sure it is going to be a night to remember! Thanks for following the tournament on PokerRoom.com, and make sure you stay tuned for all the action still to come. Goodnight!
Just a few hands into the heads up battle, DoggyP75 has knocked out Marky_Crash to take home the $285,000 first prize.
Marky_Crash was able to double up once in heads up, but the definitive hand would be a all-in preflop showdown with DoggyP75 pushing all-in with 44, and Marky calling with KJ.
The board ran out with neither player connecting and Marky_Crash was out in 2nd with a $100,000 pay day and the Finnish maestro DoggyP75 become the inaugural WTCC Race Trophy Champion.
Congratulations to all players! It was a fantastic Final and DoggyP75 is a very worthy champion.
Masterka7x has just busted in third place after pushing all in on a 4c 9c 6h board with Ac 8h, but was called by DoggyP75 with 4c 8s.
4d on the river gave Doggyp75 trips and a huge chip lead going into heads up against Marky_Crash.
DoggyP75 - 49,000 in chips
Marky_Crash - 11,000 in chips
Masterka7x - 3rd Place $50,000
Puggy82 - 4th Place35,000
VikoBosse 5th Place $20,000
4erkess - 6th Place, $10,000
Puggy82 has crashed out of the Race Trophy Final in fourth place after getting on the wrong end of two consecutive pre-flop all-in showdowns. The Scottish marvel had actually moved back into the chip lead by stealing some blinds and pushing his opponents around, but his night would come to an end after two big hands in a matter of minutes.
In the first hand Puggy82 pushed all-in from BB with deuces facing a min raise from DoggyP75 on SB. Doggyp75 called with 15K and turned over QQ for the big pre-flop advantage. The board ran out with neither player improving their hand and Puggy82 was suddenly the shortest stack on the table.
Two hands later Puggy82 pushed the remainder of his stack in from the button holding KT and was called by Masterka7x on BB with AQ. An A on the Turn was enough for Masterka7x to almost double up and send Puggy82 to the rail in fourth spot with $35,000 for his days work.
With three players remaining DoggP75 has a big chip lead with a 2-1 advantage over both opponents.
DoggyP75 - 32,000 in chips
Masterka7x - 14,300 in chips
Marky_Crash - 13,200 in chips
Puggy82 - 4th PLace $35,000
VikoBosse 5th Place $20,000
4erkess - 6th Place, $10,000
The blinds have just moved up to 600/1200 with a 200 ante meaning the 4-handed play will be fast and furious from now on. Masterka7x is under the most pressure, only having 5 or 6 big blinds left.
Marky_Crash has just doubled up through Puggy82, with his Aces holding up against Puggy82's JsTs. With the action folded to Puggy82 on the button, he pushed all in over his two shorter stacked opponents on the blinds. Marky_Crash snap called with his stack of almost 9k before Masterka7x folded the BB.
Marky_Crash was well ahead when he turned over his AsAh agaisnt Puggy's JsTs, but Puggy got some outs on the flop with two spades giving him a flush draw. The turn then blanked and Marky_Crash doubled up to over 17k when he dodged a spade on the river.
The hand moved DoggyP75 to a clear chip lead, and Marky_crash has now moved his stack into second place. Full chip counts will come at the next break.
VikoBosse's amazing Race Trophy journey has ended with the Swede getting busted in fifth place holding KdQd. VikoBosse opened the pot with a raise to 2k from the button and was re-raised all in by Finnish player DoggyP75 on BB. VikoBosse went to the tank before making the call and pushing his remaining 4,625 into the middle.
VikoBosse turned over his KdQd and was just behind Doggyp75 who turned over Ac9s. The flop came Jd 4c Td giving VikoBosse plenty of outs with the open ended straight-flush draw. A Qs then came on the turn, giving VikoBosse a pair and putting him at about 85% to take the hand and double up. Unfortunately for our Swedish Team Member, a dreaded 8h dropped on the river giving Doggyp75 an unlikely straight and ended VikoBosse's night in fifth place.
It has been a truly amazing ride for Vikobosse, who qualified for Race Trophy Germany via a freeroll and then beat out a quality field including flushgordon and gbpoker to qualify for the Final here in Vienna. Vikobosse was disappointed to be busted on such a brutal river, but enjoyed his Race Trophy journey immensely and is looking forward to spending his $20,000 renovating his house in Sweden.
With that hand DoggyP75 took a slender chip lead from Puggy82, and Masterka7x is now lowest stacked with 7,200. When we return from the break the blinds will be 300/600 with a 50 ante.
DoggyP75 - 22,575 in chips
Puggy82 - 22,075 in chips
Marky_Crash - 11,550 in chips
Masterka7x - 7,200 in chips
VikoBosse 5th Place $20,000
4erkess - 6th Place, $10,000
The players have returned from the break and after 4erkess' exit the five remaining players have continued to play cautious, tight poker. With so much money on the line it is hardly surprising that caution has prevailed, but with the blinds and antes increasing every 30 minutes it is likely we will start to see some action pretty soon.
Blinds are now 200/400 with a 50 ante and there has been no major change to chip stacks since the last break.
Latvian player 4erkess has finished in sixth place in the Race Trophy Final after getting his Pocket K's cracked by DoggyP75's AQ.
With action folded to 4erkess on SB, he raised it to 700 before DoggyP75 pushed all in over the top from BB. 4erkess snap called and turned over his Kings with DoggyP75 needing some help with AQ. The flop blanked with 2s 3d 9c, but when an Ah fell on the turn 4erkess was suddenly behind and needing to hit on the river to stay alive in the tournament. A 4d came on the river and 4erkess was was unlucky to be out in sixth spot with $10,000 for his troubles.
As the players take a break Puggy82 is still in the chip lead with over 18,000 in chips and DoggyP75 has moved to second with 14,600. Here are the rest of the chip stacks;
Puggy82 - 18,125 in chips
DoggyP75 - 14,600 in chips
Masterka7x 10,425 in chips
Marky_Crash 9,075 in chips
VikoBosse 7,775 in chips
4erkess - 6th Place $10,000
When the players return the blinds will be 150/300 and an ante of 25 will be introduced.
