PokerStars Sunday Million
PokerStars held its monthly $500 buy-in (with $30 entry fee) version of its Sunday Million tournament last night, and 2,617 entrants tried their luck, generating a total prize pool of $1,308,500. The first-place finisher of the event stood to pocket almost a quarter of a million dollars. The $500 buy-in version of the event had 2,644 entrants the last time it was held, on Aug. 26, 2007 (a month was skipped for September's World Championship of Online Poker), meaning the tournament's attendance has been holding fairly steady.
The final nine players had outlasted 2,608 other entrants, and had earned at least $10,000 for their troubles. It was the top two six-figure prizes that were the real targets here, though, and every player at the table was achingly close to seeing those figures in their PokerStars accounts. In the end, it was only blanconegro and Chris "SlippyJacks" Vaughn left in contention, and they'd each earned their six-digit paydays. SlippyJacks managed to outlast his final opponent to take the biggest chunk of change, the $240,633 top prize.
SlippyJacks' win is particularly impressive considering he took down the $1 million-guaranteed event on Full Tilt just last Sunday, making this his second win in a Sunday major in as many weeks. His combined winnings for the tournaments come to almost $439,000. He also hopped within arm's reach of the top-20 spots in the Card Player Online Player of the Year race. (He currently sits in 22nd place with 3,240 points.)
The final results were:
- Chris "SlippyJacks" Vaughn – $240,633.15
- blanconegro – $122,344.75
- forcewithme9 – $80,996.15
- PerPer – $66,733.50
- yeamanyeaman – $53,648.50
- LuckyLady519 – $40,563.50
- domingo32 – $28,525.30
- MrKorvOla – $18,057.30
- Hasn82 – $10,468
Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee
Full Tilt's $750,000-guaranteed tournament experienced yet another overlay last night, the week after a successful run of its monthly $1 million-guaranteed tournament. The 3,734 entrants in last night's event meant the tournament got painfully close to avoiding an overlay, but, nevertheless, Full Tilt had to come out of pocket for a relatively insignificant $3,200 to match the posted guarantee. This marks the fifth of eight $750,000-guaranteed tournaments that has required an overlay since the event's inception.
Like at the Sunday Million this week, the final nine players were each guaranteed at least $10,000 for their efforts. In this case, however, only one player would manage to snag a six-figure prize. When it came down to it, it was mSobeJim versus moneytree09 in a heads-up battle for the top payout. Almost $43,000 was on the line as the difference between first and second place. Moneytree09 eventually withered to mSobeJim's stack as mSobeJim raked in the final pot to take down the $132,787 first-place prize.
The final results were:
- mSobeJim – $132,787
- moneytree09 – $80,250
- FastEddie267 – $52,500
- rash123 – $41,400
- OneOfTheseDays – $31,050
- Brian "tsarrast" Rast – $23,025
- Dasassassin – $17,250
- NewSeptember – $13,500
- Frenchie64 – $10,050
UltimateBet $200,000 Guarantee
The UltimateBet $200,000-guaranteed tournament took a slight hit this weekend when 869 entrants bought in compared to last week's 896. This weekend's attendance meant UltimateBet had to provide a $26,200 overlay for the tournament, almost as much as the second-place prize.
The duel to avoid taking home that second-place prize was between johne147 and G0 F1SH, as the first-place prize was $18,000 sweeter. It was eventually johne147 telling G0 F1SH to go fish with his $27,000 payday as johne147 won the final hand and the $45,000 first-place prize.
The final results were:
- johne147 – $45,000
- G0 F1SH – $27,000
- maddmike – $18,500
- laughatthis – $13,000
- skiboy1 – $11,000
- Sean "broodogg" Bruder – $9,000
- takemehigher – $7,000
- MMZentner – $5,000
- 2GR84U2 – $3,500
- jerkstore_ – $2,000
Bodog $100,000 Guarantee
Attendance at the Bodog $100,000-guaranteed tournament has been in the mid- to high-700s throughout October, and last night was no different. Sunday's tournament lured 774 entrants, down just three entrants from last week. Bodog put up $22,600 to match the guarantee for the event (basically first-place prize money).
Notable online player Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin made it to heads-up play in the event versus BlueFlare. BlueFlare put up a fight and eventually struck basebaldy out in second place ($14,300). BlueFlare took home $25,000 for his win in the event.
The final results were:
- BlueFlare – $25,000
- Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin – $14,300
- vita500 – $9,200
- NippleFlipper – $6,900
- Joe McGuire – $5,500
- sfish513 – $4,500
- J Lew – $3,500
- PokerKaiser – $2,500
- northwest888 – $1,600
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