Since the calamity of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has calmed down, the regular superstars of the online world have resumed their winning ways, claiming multiple victories during the inflated Sunday tournament schedule.
Over at Full Tilt, John "SkewpTroop" Clancy took down the $200 heads-up event, and Tom "titantom32" Braband was able to cash in with a win in the $50,000 guarantee.
PokerStars saw a number of notables take down the various rebuy events. In the first $100 rebuy, Nick "FU_15" Maimone (pictured above right) defeated Rami "arbianight" Boukai heads up for the $71,000 first-place prize. In the next $100 rebuy, David "GRinDer444" Redlin took out Hunter "HEMIpowerSWT" Frey for nearly $40,000. When the buy-in doubled to $200, Russell "rdcrsn" Carson outlasted the field for over $46,000.
The big heads-up tournament attracted 254 entrants, and the final two were none other than Travis "TravestyFund" Rice and Kyle "kwob20" Bowker. Rice got the best of Bowker and claimed the title.
Read the recaps for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UltimateBet, and Bodog below:
UltimateBet Online Championship
The normal $200,000 tournament on UltimateBet was thrown aside for the UltimateBet Online Championship (UBOC) main event, which featured a $1,000 buy-in and a $1 million guarantee. The tournament attracted a field of 1,115 players, of which 108 made the money.
Notables who cashed included Dovid "The_Yid" Yisrael (48th), Todd "koolkeith13" Lewis (46th), Ryan "ryanbluf" Karp (31st), Frank "gator93" Hernandez (22nd), and Justin "Roothlus2" Levy (12th).
The final table featured pros Steven "Zugwat" Silverman (ninth), Mohsin "ChicagoCards1" Charania (sixth), and Thayer "UCF_ThAYER" Rasmussen (third).
In the end, Hafiz "YUNGMONEY209" Khan (pictured above right) defeated Shane "THEBUBBLE1" Pacheco heads up for the win and the first-place prize of over $245,000.
Here were the final table results:
- Hafiz "YUNGMONEY209" Khan aka Hafizzle — $245,189
- Shane "thebubble1" Pacheco aka Anbessa — $144,616
- Thayer" UCF_THAYER" Rasmussen — $99,793
- Dave "DOUBLEDAVE22" D’Alesandro — $71,918
- BOOTSWILD — $59,653
- Mohsin "chicagocards1" Charania — $48,503
- METROCAT — $37,353
- UBRAMAUCCH — $26,760
- Steven "zugwat" Silverman — $18,955
Full Tilt $1 Million Guarantee
The big tournament on Full Tilt played out its $500 version on Sunday with 2,247 entrants. The site increased its guarantee by 33 percent, and the end result was a $1,123,500 prize pool.
Amanda "Mandy B" Baker (39th) was the highest-finishing Full Tilt pro, but joining her in the money was Allen Cunningham (66th), Diego Cordovez (88th), Dave Colclough (137th), Michael Gracz (141st), and Eric "Peachy Keen" Liu (255th). Jon "PearlJammed" Turner (351st) barely avoided the bubble and was the first to bust inside the money.
Other notables to make a deep run at the win included Dutch "Dutchalicious" Boyd (24th), Christian "charder30" Harder (23rd), Anthony "D1rtyR1v3r" Nardi (14th), Jason "Jcarver" Somerville (11th), and LUVEMnLEAVUM (10th).
Steve "gboro780" Gross (pictured above right), who finished second in Card Player’s 2008 Online Player of the Year race, finished in second in the tournament, losing heads up to bigdennys.
Here were the final table results:
- bigdennys — $206,106
- Steve "gboro780" Gross — $126,506
- pokerfiend48 — $82,802
- 4kappa — $66,062
- luckbox — $49,996
- icefisherman5 — $35,952
- shhookem — $26,402
- callcallfold — $20,672
- jkerr31 — $15,729
PokerStars Sunday Million
The Sunday Million also had a successful showing with 8,260 entrants, beating its guarantee and creating a prize pool of $1,652,000.
A number of strong players made a deep run, including Va Shon "vinnie verse" Watkins (63rd), Faraz "The-Toilet0" Jaka (62nd), Scott "SCTrojans" Freeman (61st), Greg "DuckU" Hobson (60th), Paul "ComeOnPhish" Lieu (59th), Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis (35th), Mark "P0ker D0h" Kroon (27th), Stu "thedonator" Paterson (24th, pictured at right), and 4ofaKindBud (13th).
After a heads-up deal was made, LosChief took out Birdstone44 to claim the lion’s share of the prize pool and the additional $30,000 they left for the winner.
Here are the final table results:
- LosChief — $183,134*
- Birdstone44 — $151,560*
- twopairdad — $91,686
- swifterjet — $74,340
- Oracle MCA — $57,820
- dyeti — $41,300
- play2call — $28,910
- AngeL_fH — $18,998
- Raccabacka — $11,564
* Based on a two-way deal made at the final table.
Cake Poker $100,000 Guarantee
The big tournament over at Cake Poker met its guarantee on Sunday when 763 players put up the $150 buy-in. The total prize pool amounted to $114,450.
The final two players were General Ts0 and TheBadTouch. The general came out on top and scored more than $23,000 in winnings.
Here were the final table results:
- General Ts0 — $23,291
- TheBadTouch — $16,424
- HAWKDADDYTJ — $11,044
- sleaze8548 — $8,218
- ChurBro — $5,608
- smide — $4,258
- ultimatemike — $3,147
- imaddictedfu — $2,381
- RedDevil — $2,014
Bodog $100,000 Guarantee
Sunday’s Bodog tournament drew 642 players and provided a $35,800 overlay.
Among the notables to cash were Steve "gboro780" Gross (41st), Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin (37th), Eric "Rizen" Lynch (31st), Johnathan "UFPokerStar" Westra (27th, pictured at right), Ari "ari" Engel (21st), and David "SirSands" Sands (fifth).
When it got down to heads-up play, 1ManCrew, who also plays as dont77, beat cyoung for the top prize.
Here were the final table results:
- 1ManCrew — $23,600
- cyoung — $13,600
- skinzbonez — $9,100
- DisgraceD — $7,000
- David "SirSands" Sands — $5,700
- mike home — $4,500
- veronica88 — $3,300
- 1_newbie — $2,200
- kingpinjls — $1,300
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