A knockout event is just as it sounds like-- knock out a player and you'll win his or her bounty, in this case $50. Drawing the third-largest field thus far in the 2011 WCOOP, Event #14 boasted 3,568 runners, creating a $713,600 prize pool. 450 players won a share of it with the champion set to take home $110,609.02. Team PokerStars Pro and Team Online made a strong showing with JP Kelly (22nd), Leo Fernandez (23rd), Juan Pastor (96th), George "gkap13" Kapalas (221st), Shane "shaniac" Schleger (311th), Daniel Negreanu (362nd), and Matthias de Muelder (435th) all notching cash finishes.

16 players advanced to Day 2, among them Aaron "aaronbeen" Been, a man who is no stranger to a PokerStars final table. Been was crippled when he lost a coinflip to crispoker10, his pocket threes failing to hold against AK. Left with less than one-tenth of a big blind, he put those chips in on the next hand with KQ and flopped a king, but Hustlaaaaaa's A7 caught trip sevens on the river to collect his $50 bounty and eliminate Been in 10th place.

Tat0chka held a 2.3 to 1 chip lead over crispoker10 as heads-up play commenced:

Seat 3: Tat0chka (12,450,127 in chips)
Seat 4: crispoker10 (5,389,873 in chips)

Tat0chka quickly had crispoker10 on the ropes, building her stack up to 15 million. Crispoker10, however, was able to stay alive by winning a coinflip, his AhKc flopping an ace against Tat0chka's pocket sixes. That hand took him up to 5.95 million and on the next deal he picked up another million in chips. A deal discussion briefly broke out, but the two could not come to terms. Tat0chka wanted a guarantee of a $95,000 payday but crispoker10 would not yield to her request.

Cards went back in the air and only four hands later, all the chips were in the middle. With the blinds up to 80,000/160,000, crispoker10 opened for 320,000 and Tat0chka called. The flop came down Js9c8d and Tat0chka checked over to crispoker10, who et 412,555. Tat0chka raised to 1,123,550 and crispoker10 smooth-called. The turn came the 6c and this time Tat0chka led out for 1,576,550. Crispoker10 shoved for 6.24 million and Tat0chka made the call, turning over 8c9h for two pair. Crispoker10 showed KhKc and needed to hit a jack, a six, or a king to survive. The river, however, was the 7s and the WCOOP title belonged to Mother Russia and Tat0chka, who collected $110,609.62 for the win. Congratulations are also due to Portugal's crispoker10, who earned $80,993.60 for his runner-up finish.

WCOOP Event #14 ($265 NLHE 6-max KO) results

1. Tat0chka (Russia) $110,609.02
2. crispoker10 (Portugal) $80,993.60
3. Hustlaaaaaa (Canada) $59,585.60
4. rivichico (Spain) $38,177.60
5. probirs (Hungary) $23,192.00
6. ghth (Ireland) $12,488.00

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