PokerStars Sunday Million
The PokerStars Sunday Million was the monthly $500 buy-in version of the event last night, and an impressive 3,187 entrants bucked up the larger buy-in. That attendance meant the tournament’s prize pool came to $1,593,500, which amounted to a possible $278,000 first-place payday (if no deals were made).
The final four players in the tournament chose to divvy up the money relative to their chip stacks, with money left on the line for the eventual winner, per the PokerStars dealmaking rules. Annekechillo was the chip leader when the deal was made, with the other three players much closer to each other in terms of stack sizes and usourcek as the short stack. Surprisingly, annekechillo became the first player eliminated after the deal (earning $197,000 from the chop), and usourcek, previously the short stack, made it to heads-up play versus hotmark777. Usourcek eventually capped off the tournament by eliminating his opponent, and he earned a total of $150,000 with the extra money he received for winning.
The final results were:
- usourcek — $150,000 *
- hotmark777 — $121,175 *
- tayballer — $126,071 *
- annekechillo — $196,751 *
- PokerTov — $62,465
- backmanslivs — $46,212
- HissiProppen — $33,464
- Clayton “cnew27” Newman — $21,034
- sami31 — $12,429
* Payout reflects a four-way deal made at the final table
Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee
Last night’s $750,000-guaranteed tournament at Full Tilt sported the largest field the weekly tournament has ever seen. The event lured 4,730 entrants to generate a total prize pool of $946,000, which meant a $164,000 payday for first place.
Philtherabbi and Demonfrost were the final two players in the event. Demonfrost ultimately left the table in second place, collecting a payday of barely less than six figures for his finish. Philtherabbi took the top prize with the final elimination.
The final results were:
- philtherabbi — $163,620
- Demonfrost — $99,330
- werpennstate23 — $64,328
- rfb03deuce — $50,138
- maxit22 — $37,840
- BB_defender — $28,380
- TommySibast — $21,758
- pdj316 — $16,555
- celtics2 — $12,298
UltimateBet $200,000 Guarantee
The UltimateBet $200,000-guaranteed tournament had 946 entrants last night, still disappointingly down from its record-breaking January (when the tournament never required an overlay). UltimateBet forked over $10,800 to match the $200,000 guarantee for the event.
When action was down to just two players remaining, it was Maruis “Hulk25” Grotan versus geirto for the top prize. Geirto muscled out Hulk25 to snag the $45,000 first-place payday.
The final results were:
- geirto — $45,000
- Marius “Hulk25” Grotan — $26,500
- mr_money57 — $18,000
- Jeff “caaashier” Cates — $13,100
- ddickel — $10,500
- davedopeman — $8,500
- Travis “tykoon35” Klein — $6,500
- judithj — $4,500
- BudmansCom — $3,500
- Tim “Tmay_420” West — $2,000
Bodog $100,000 Guarantee
The Bodog $100,000-guaranteed event had low turnout once again this weekend when 781 entrants bought in. Bodog was required to put up a $21,900 overlay to match the guaranteed prize pool.
In the end, 350zoom, a player who had made the final table of this event before, faced off with ETHANSCHASING for the $25,000 first-place prize. 350zoom eventually sped past ETHANSCHASING to snatch up all of the chips on the table and eliminate his opponent.
The final results were:
- 350zoom — $25,000
- ETHANSCHASING — $14,300
- makeutap247 — $9,200
- king silas — $6,900
- glH6s — $5,500
- charlie h222 — $4,500
- OGHowie — $3,500
- Tiltyjoker — $2,500
- marco1980 — $1,600
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