The 18th event of the ongoing Ultimate Bet Online Championship, or UBOC, featured 269 players turning out for a $109 No Limit Hold’em Turbo with Rebuys tournament. The contest fell short of its $100,000 guarantee, but when the smoke cleared, PocketFives.com member John -BlackFours- May (pictured) took down the title and claimed a $26,000 payday. May is a decorated member of the online poker community who holds the 38th spot on the Poker Rankings and is a three-time Triple Crown winner.

Heads-up, May defeated fellow community member Franco fbonacci Bonacci, who hails from Pittsburgh. Bonacci banked $15,000 and is the 80th player in the Rankings. He added to a tournament resume that already includes runner-up performances in the PokerStars $100 rebuy in back-to-back months for over $100,000 combined. Fourth place in Event #18 and an $8,000 payday belonged to Filipp filkgb Khavin, a poker player from Florida.

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Matt papamat25 Iles (pictured) finished in sixth place in Event #18 for $5,500. He’s a former two-time winner of the Full Tilt Poker $1K Monday and is fresh off an $80,000 score for taking down a Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) event. David My Brim Low Ivers finished right behind Iles on the leaderboard, pulling down $4,500 for seventh place. Rounding out the final table were two veterans of the PocketFives.com community, rusostreet and Joe JoeBlazenyc Chaplin:

1. -BLACKFOURS- - $26,000 (-BlackFours-)
2. FBONACCI - $15,500 (fbonacci)
3. MARCELEBOEUF - $11,000
4. FILKGB1181 - $8,000 (filkgb)
5. SUNNYCA - $6,550
6. IPAYURRENT - $5,500 (papamat25)
7. MY BRIM LOW - $4,500 (My Brim Low)
8. RUSOSTREET - $3,500 (rusostreet)
9. JBLAZE20 - $2,500 (JoeBlazenyc)

Also held on Saturday was UBOC 5 Event #19, a $320 Eight Game tournament. The event also fell short of its $100,000 guarantee, but you won’t hear any griping from UB.com member COLOBERRY, who walked away with the UBOC championship watch and $28,000 bankroll boost. COLOBERRY bested ZIKKZAKK heads-up in a final table that featured PocketFives.com member 2mark finishing fourth. 2mark hails from Germany and in March, he final tabled a MiniFTOPS event and the Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee.

Two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and former UBOC champion Brock t soprano Parker (pictured) final tabled the Eight Game event and nabbed seventh place for $3,500. Here’s how the final table cashed out:

1. COLOBERRY - $28,000
2. ZIKKZAKK - $19,000
3. ULTIMATEMARC - $12,000
4. COLLIEN - $8,000 (2mark)
5. SOMEGUY9 - $6,200
6. TOESANDERS - $4,500
7. MARIA NUCCIA - $3,500 (t soprano)
8. BEL0WAB0VE - $2,500

There’s only one UBOC tournament on the docket for Sunday, but it’s a big one. The long awaited Championship Event of UBOC 5 begins today at 4:00pm ET and offers up a $1 million guaranteed purse. Eleven-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth will host the $1,050 buy-in tournament. Visit UB.com or Absolute Poker for more details and check out our UBOC 5 final table results.