Thursday, September 17th, at the PokerStars World Championship Of Online Poker seems to have been designated 6-max day, with both of the day's event's featuring that particular action stimulating, short-table setup.

Whether that was the plan-or merely just a coincidence- it seems to have paid off big for PokerStars, as each event easily eclipsed its posted guarantee by more than $300,000.

Both events, the No-Limit Hold 'em w/rebuys and the Pot-Limit Omaha, once again attracted numerous well known pros and event #37 even saw many of those pros go deep including Chris Moneymaker (40th), Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (19th), Matt "plattsburgh" Vengrin (4th) and Brazil's Felipe "mojave14" Ramos, who scored second place in the event, seemingly as a direct response to WCOOP Radio host Scott Huff, who in a recent broadcast pretty much directly challenged his entire country, to step it up a little and earn some bigger cashes.

Event #36
$530 No-Limit Hold 'em W/Rebuys (6-Max)
1,030 Entrants

1st.  Astrolux85- $210,000.00*

2nd.  VLs85s- $192,480.00*

3rd.  supadphat- $130,720.00

4th.  GtRealGtOut- $89,440.00

5th.  djalminha- $58,617.60

6th.  oncommand- $41,280.00

Event #37
$2,100 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-Max)
453 Entrants

1st.  kiiski- $172,140.00

2nd.  Felipe "mojave14" Ramos- $126,840.00

3rd.  genoa_st- $92,865.00

4th.  Matt "plattsburgh" Vengrin- $63,420.00

5th.  hartwith- $45,300.00

6th.  Crisper- $28,992.00

*Totals reflect final table deal.

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Story by Mark Anderson