After several weeks of poker tournament action on Global Poker, the Rattlesnake Open VI has reached its conclusion. The series on the popular social poker site featured 109 events in each of Global Poker’s in-game currencies—Gold Coins (GC) events and Sweeps Coins (SC) with combined guarantees of GC 896,500,000 and SC 1,943,000.
The series, which kicked off on May 7 and wrapped up on May 28, culminated with two main events that saw “Donkeychem” and “Nobsfor1” being named champions. “Donkeychem” took down the GC 40,000,000 guaranteed 31-H: Main Event NLHE for GC 8,160,000, while “Nobsfor1” emerged victorious in 31-H: Main Event NLHE SC 200,000 Guaranteed for SC 34,420.
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“Donkeychem” Denies “HumboldtRat” in GC Main Event
The Gold Coin Main Event had a buy-in of GC 99,000 and attracted 201 players as it got underway on May 28.
Some of the players who ran deep in the GC Main Event include“GAM8L3R777” (8th – GC 1,000,000), “Dking4207” (6th – GC 1,800,000), “Oriholic” (4th – GC 3,400,000) and “Fishie1554” (GC 4,520,000), all of whom received seven figures of Gold Coins after their final table runs.
But it was “Donkeychem” who walked away with the top prize of GC 8,160,000 and the rattlesnake trophy after defeating “HumboldtRat”, who earned GC 6,000,000 for their runner-up finish.
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE (IN GC) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “Donkeychem” | 8,160,000 | |
| 2 | “HumboldtRat” | 6,000,000 | |
| 3 | “Fishie1554” | 4,520,000 | |
| 4 | “Oriholic” | 3,400,000 | |
| 5 | “Ace Theodore” | 2,320,000 | |
| 6 | “Dking4207” | 1,800,000 | |
| 7 | “Wolfyt” | 1,400,000 | |
| 8 | “GAM8L3R777” | 1,000,000 | |
| 9 | “CincyKid23” | 780,000 |
“Nobsfor1”, “Qwazzy” & “PostivelyGhoulish” Top SC Main Event
Looking at the Sweeps Coins side of things, the 31-H: Main Event NLHE SC 200,000 Guaranteed drew a field of 1,009 runners with a buy-in of SC 99. In the end, it was “Nobsfor1” who walked away with the trophy and SC 34,420 after defeating heads-up opponent “Qwazzy” (2nd – SC 25,000).
Other players who ran deep in the SC Main Event include third-place finisher “PostivelyGhoulish” (SC 19,000), fourth-place finisher “KybalionKing” (SC 13,920) and fifth-place finisher “Crazysixes” (SC 9,900).
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE (IN SC) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “Nobsfor1” | 34,420 | |
| 2 | “Qwazzy” | 25,000 | |
| 3 | “PostivelyGhoulish” | 19,000 | |
| 4 | “KybalionKing” | 13,920 | |
| 5 | “Crazysixes” | 9,900 | |
| 6 | “YoursTruly-“ | 7,900 | |
| 7 | “Shamwowed” | 5,900 | |
| 8 | “Happydeath” | 3,900 | |
| 9 | “Illegit21” | 2,300 |
Other Rattlesnake Open Winners
There were plenty of other big winners during the nearly monthlong Rattlesnake Open. PokerNews highlighted several early winners in the series, including Team PokerNews streamer Kyle “KAA17” Anderson, who started things off by winning the GC 9,000,000 guaranteed 01-M: NLHE for GC 1,837,440.
Other Rattlesnake Open winners include 24-M: NLHE GC 6,000,000 Guaranteed winner “Toughtobeat” (GC 1,352,520), 24-M: NLHE SC 10,000 Guaranteed victor “TheRealCappy” (SC 2,032.67) and 25-L: NLHE SC 6,000 Guaranteed champion “Muppet Baby” (SC 1,410.94).
More recently, “Scootorama” took down 31-M: NLHE GC 20,000,000 Guaranteed for GC 4,290,000 and “YouGonGetThisWork” won 31-M: NLHE SC 50,000 Guaranteed for SC 9,350.