Another Sunday is in the books with a lot of big names making nice runs in the majors. It seems every Sunday more and more big names are making their way to the top of these huge fields, and it is only a matter of time until a top-ranked Pro takes down a Sunday Major. PokerStars and Full Tilt continue to lead the way in Sunday tournaments, with huge guarantees and enormous fields. It would seem these two sites have separated themselves from their competition.
Changing things up this week, let’s start with the three Full Tilt majors: the $750k, Brawl, and Mulligan. The “Sunday Brawl” is a knock-out style tournament, awarding players $40 for each competitor they eliminate. The $240+$16 buy-in, $350,000 guaranteed tournament always attracts a large field of professionals and amateur players. This week 1,919 players combined to create a $383,800 prize pool, $79,062 of which went to eventual champion Jeff “GrampaJeff” Gray who seems to be finding his name in our report a lot recently. Gray, who already has an FTOPS jersey avatar (awarded for winners of FTOPS events) and multiple wins in the PokerStars $109r took home first place after dominating the final table. Here’s the final hand:
GrampaJeff posts the small blind of 25,000
Mharju posts the big blind of 50,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
GrampaJeff raises to 5,100,000
Mharju has 15 seconds left to act
Mharju calls 485,990, and is all in
GrampaJeff shows [Js Jd]
Mharju shows [3s Kc]
Uncalled bet of 4,564,010 returned to GrampaJeff
*** FLOP *** [As 6s 5d]
*** TURN *** [As 6s 5d] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [As 6s 5d Jh] [4d]
GrampaJeff shows three of a kind, Jacks
Mharju shows Ace King high
GrampaJeff wins the pot (1,083,980) with three of a kind, Jacks
FullTilt Sunday Brawl $350k Guaranteed
1919 Entrants
1. GrampaJeff – $79,063
2. Mharju – $52,197
3. lei_kung – $38,764
4. Aashutosh – $30,320
5. phatchoy888 – $22,644
6. OUSOONERS24 – $15,736
7. eisenhower1 – $9,595
8. threatnasty – $6,525
9. drDREV – $4,606
Full Tilt’s biggest tournament every Sunday is the $750,000 Guarantee, a $200+$16 buy-in which brings out all the heavy-hitters in both online and live poker. 33 Full Tilt “red pros” were on hand to compete for the $132,787 first place check. WSOP Player of the year Allen Cunningham, WPT Champion David “the dragon” Pham, and online superstar PearlJammer (PeralJammed) all played. Making the deepest run of the pros was Steve Brecher who finished in 19th for $2,775. In the end Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin would take home the title, edging out “playnwithnada” in what amounted to a $52,000 heads-up SNG. Basebaldy has been on quite the run lately, having won the $100k on Bodog twice this year and the $65k on Full Tilt in April. Overall he has 9 five-figure scores to his name, which is quite a feat in today’s online landscape. Here are the final table stacks and results:
Seat 1: ZioStefano (1,142,585)
Seat 2: thinkinghard (1,544,976)
Seat 3: playnwithnada (1,655,079)
Seat 4: basebaldy (1,546,034)
Seat 5: MattZman (423,202)
Seat 6: JLizard (1,230,997)
Seat 7: 13TH BASS PRO (576,280)
Seat 8: ALLinwithdaBEST (1,589,554)
Seat 9: BerkeleyBoss (842,293)
FullTilt Sunday $750k Guaranteed
3517 Entrants
1. basebaldy – $132,788
2. playnwithnada – $80,250
3. ZioStefano – $52,500
4. ALLinwithdaBEST – $41,400
5. thinkinghard – $31,050
6. BerkeleyBoss – $23,025
7. MattZman – $17,250
8. JLizard – $13,500
9. 13th BASS PRO – $10,050
The final major on Full Tilt is the appropriately named “Sunday Mulligan,” which, as in golf, gives players a second chance at a big score. “DontBluffMePlZZ” who has made our report in the past was able to navigate his way through 1,068 players and take home the title and $48,060 in first place money. Here were the stacks entering the final table and the final hand:
Seat 1: wooder2 (440,337)
Seat 2: chickengod (513,544)
Seat 3: becomelegendary (462,350)
Seat 4: Falfaris (541,356)
Seat 5: bad_egg (333,218)
Seat 6: mordan (175,958)
Seat 7: tedlogan19 (228,825)
Seat 8: whatamistake (76,288)
Seat 9: DontBluffMePLZZ (432,124)
Seat 2: chickengod (683,302)
Seat 9: DontBluffMePLZZ (2,520,698)
chickengod posts the small blind of 25,000
DontBluffMePLZZ posts the big blind of 50,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
chickengod calls 25,000
DontBluffMePLZZ checks
*** FLOP *** [6d 7h Ks]
DontBluffMePLZZ checks
chickengod bets 100,000
DontBluffMePLZZ raises to 333,333
chickengod raises to 627,302, and is all in
DontBluffMePLZZ calls 293,969
chickengod shows [Kd 3c]
DontBluffMePLZZ shows [5c 4s]
*** TURN *** [6d 7h Ks] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [6d 7h Ks 6h] [8h]
chickengod shows two pair, Kings and Sixes
DontBluffMePLZZ shows a straight, Eight high
DontBluffMePLZZ wins the pot (1,366,604) with a straight, Eight high
FullTilt Sunday Mulligan $200k Guaranteed
1068 Entrants
1. BontBluffMePLZZ – $48,060
2. chickengod – $30,972
3. tedlogan19 – $22,962
4. mordan – $17,622
5. bad_egg – $13,350
6. Falfaris – $9,612
7. wooder2 – $6,408
8. becomelegendary – $4,806
9. whatamistake – $3,418
PokerStars ran their typical slew of Sunday majors, of which we’ll cover the Warm-Up, Million, Second Chance, 500, and $215r. All of these events attract the biggest and best fields because of PokerStars’ great structure, software, and levels of competition. Getting the day going as always in the Sunday Warm-Up. The $750,000 guarantee tournament rivals FullTilt’s biggest major, and it’s just the first one of the day! 3751 players entered, just ONE more than what is necessary to reach the guarantee. In the end, it was “Shotgun7811” who would out last another very good player, “eatyourstac,” for first place and $101,277 in first place money. Shotgun7811 is not known for winning majors, with his previous best cash being a $13,300 score in a $55 buy-in event. However, I’m sure we’ll see a lot more from him in the future after this win. FlopTurnRiver member “busto_soon” entered the final table 2nd in chips but would lose a huge pot early and go out in 9th place, for a mere $6,752.
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up $750k Guaratneed
3751 Entrants
1. Shotgun78111 – $101,277
2. eatyourstac – $71,269
3. stirhepot – $48,763
4. KevinV – $38,635
5. keramiken – $30,758
6. vishnu24 – $23,256
7. FatsoFat6969 – $15,754
8. sbj1000 – $9,753
9. busto_soon – $6,752
The Sunday500 has become an event which always produces a final table chalk-full of huge names. “Pipedream17,” who has made our report before, is a big online-MTT name along with “Jovial Gent” and short-stacker “FatalError.” Unfortunately, only 929 players showed up for the event, creating a large amount of overlay of about $35,000. Here were the final table stacks:
Seat 1: simon1471 (1318951 in chips)
Seat 2: Neubi205 (834797 in chips)
Seat 3: Jovial Gent (1217431 in chips)
Seat 4: GeoffRas22 (1395392 in chips)
Seat 5: CHATTON1 (1256714 in chips)
Seat 6: FatalError (336006 in chips)
Seat 7: Pipedream17 (437030 in chips)
Seat 8: Big_Nemo (2014088 in chips)
Seat 9: hellzito (479591 in chips)
Heads-up would come down to Pipedream17 and “CHATTON1” who would eventually agree to a chop after a long discussion over $1-$2k. CHATTON1 would take $83,000 for first and Pipedream17 would accept $75,000 for second:
PokerStars Sunday 500 $500k Guaranteed
929 Entrants
1. CHATTON1 – $83,000
2. Pipedream17 – $75,000
3. Jovial Gent – $50,000
4. Big_Nemo – $37,500
5. hellzito – $26,250
6. Neubi205 – $21,250
7. simon1471 – $16,250
8. FatalError – $11,250
9. GeoffRas22 – $7,000
The biggest event every Sunday is the $1,500,000 Guaranteed Sunday Million on PokerStars. This week 7,577 players created a $1,515,400 prize pool with $185,637 going to first. However, the first place check would not be quite as big, as a chop would be made when play would become five-handed. Here are the final table stacks and how each player busted:
Seat 1: hiclimber (6243555 in chips)
Seat 2: drritalin (14670216 in chips)
Seat 3: herdgolf86 (9750193 in chips)
Seat 4: Winn8D (7103357 in chips)
Seat 5: mozitas (3488167 in chips)
Seat 6: Aftret (6387148 in chips)
Seat 7: mrvogt (7929158 in chips)
Seat 8: JSchnett (4743206 in chips)
Seat 9: ggiillaadd (15455000 in chips)
Seat 1: hiclimber (5588555 in chips)
Seat 2: drritalin (14735216 in chips)
Seat 3: herdgolf86 (8969494 in chips)
Seat 4: Winn8D (7168357 in chips)
Seat 5: mozitas (4998866 in chips)
Seat 6: Aftret (5882148 in chips)
Seat 7: mrvogt (8444158 in chips)
Seat 8: JSchnett (4413206 in chips)
Seat 9: ggiillaadd (15570000 in chips)
Aftret: posts small blind 150000
mrvogt: posts big blind 300000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
JSchnett: folds
ggiillaadd: folds
hiclimber: raises 477777 to 777777
drritalin: folds
herdgolf86: folds
Winn8D: folds
mozitas: folds
Aftret: raises 1622223 to 2400000
mrvogt: folds
hiclimber: raises 3158555 to 5558555 and is all-in
Aftret: calls 3158555
*** FLOP *** [8h Kh Kc]
*** TURN *** [8h Kh Kc] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [8h Kh Kc 2d] [9s]
drritalin said, “nh”
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Aftret: shows [Ks Kd] (four of a kind, Kings)
hiclimber: shows [Ts Td] (two pair, Kings and Tens)
Aftret collected 11687110 from pot
Seat 2: drritalin (14705216 in chips)
Seat 3: herdgolf86 (8249494 in chips)
Seat 4: Winn8D (5668357 in chips)
Seat 5: mozitas (4278866 in chips)
Seat 6: Aftret (11980703 in chips)
Seat 7: mrvogt (8744158 in chips)
Seat 8: JSchnett (5073206 in chips)
Seat 9: ggiillaadd (17070000 in chips)
mrvogt: posts small blind 150000
JSchnett: posts big blind 300000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
ggiillaadd: folds
drritalin: folds
herdgolf86: raises 425698 to 725698
Winn8D: folds
mozitas: raises 3523168 to 4248866 and is all-in
Aftret: folds
mrvogt: folds
JSchnett: folds
herdgolf86: calls 3523168
*** FLOP *** [3d 3s Tc]
*** TURN *** [3d 3s Tc] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [3d 3s Tc 2s] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
herdgolf86: shows [Kc Ad] (a pair of Threes)
mozitas: shows [Ac Qs] (a pair of Threes – lower kicker)
herdgolf86 collected 9187732 from pot
Seat 2: drritalin (16798414 in chips)
Seat 3: herdgolf86 (11751761 in chips)
Seat 4: Winn8D (4968357 in chips)
Seat 6: Aftret (12309104 in chips)
Seat 7: mrvogt (11039158 in chips)
Seat 8: JSchnett (3973206 in chips)
Seat 9: ggiillaadd (14930000 in chips)
JSchnett: posts small blind 200000
ggiillaadd: posts big blind 400000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
drritalin: folds
herdgolf86: folds
Winn8D: folds
Aftret: folds
mrvogt: folds
JSchnett: raises 3533206 to 3933206 and is all-in
ggiillaadd: calls 3533206
*** FLOP *** [9d 4d Td]
*** TURN *** [9d 4d Td] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [9d 4d Td 6s] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JSchnett: shows [Tc As] (a pair of Tens)
ggiillaadd: shows [9h 9c] (three of a kind, Nines)
ggiillaadd collected 8146412 from pot
Seat 2: drritalin (18078414 in chips)
Seat 3: herdgolf86 (5862036 in chips)
Seat 4: Winn8D (7668328 in chips)
Seat 6: Aftret (7929104 in chips)
Seat 7: mrvogt (15026103 in chips)
Seat 9: ggiillaadd (21206015 in chips)
Winn8D: posts small blind 250000
Aftret: posts big blind 500000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
mrvogt: folds
ggiillaadd: folds
drritalin: folds
herdgolf86: raises 5312036 to 5812036 and is all-in
Winn8D: folds
Aftret: calls 5312036
*** FLOP *** [Kh 7h 5c]
*** TURN *** [Kh 7h 5c] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 7h 5c 3h] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Aftret: shows [Ah Qd] (a flush, Ace high)
herdgolf86: shows [Qh Jc] (a flush, King high)
Aftret collected 12174072 from pot
The final five would agree to the following chip-chop, leaving $30,000 to the winner:
drritalin: $106,021
Winn8D: $78,701
Aftret: $92,881
mrvogt: $96,458
ggiillaadd: $114,355
Seat 2: drritalin (23848414 in chips)
Seat 4: Winn8D (5988328 in chips)
Seat 6: Aftret (8961140 in chips)
Seat 7: mrvogt (11196103 in chips)
Seat 9: ggiillaadd (25776015 in chips)
drritalin: posts small blind 300000
Winn8D: posts big blind 600000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Aftret: raises 1000000 to 1600000
mrvogt: folds
ggiillaadd: folds
drritalin: folds
Winn8D: raises 4328328 to 5928328 and is all-in
Aftret: calls 4328328
*** FLOP *** [Qs Ts Kh]
*** TURN *** [Qs Ts Kh] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [Qs Ts Kh 3h] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Winn8D: shows [Jd Jh] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
Aftret: shows [Td Tc] (a full house, Tens full of Kings)
Aftret collected 12456656 from pot
Seat 2: drritalin (23428414 in chips)
Seat 6: Aftret (15069468 in chips)
Seat 7: mrvogt (11616103 in chips)
Seat 9: ggiillaadd (25656015 in chips)
mrvogt: posts small blind 300000
ggiillaadd: posts big blind 600000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
drritalin: folds
Aftret: raises 1000000 to 1600000
mrvogt: raises 9956103 to 11556103 and is all-in
ggiillaadd: folds
Aftret: calls 9956103
*** FLOP *** [Ks 4s 4h]
mrvogt said, “gg nh”
*** TURN *** [Ks 4s 4h] [Qd]
Aftret said, “gg”
*** RIVER *** [Ks 4s 4h Qd] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mrvogt: shows [Kh Tc] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
Aftret: shows [Kc Kd] (a full house, Kings full of Fours)
Aftret collected 23952206 from pot
Seat 2: drritalin (24019671 in chips)
Seat 6: Aftret (17194314 in chips)
Seat 9: ggiillaadd (34556015 in chips)
drritalin: posts small blind 400000
Aftret: posts big blind 800000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
ggiillaadd: raises 1600000 to 2400000
drritalin: folds
Aftret: raises 14714314 to 17114314 and is all-in
ggiillaadd: calls 14714314
*** FLOP *** [3d Jc Kd]
*** TURN *** [3d Jc Kd] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [3d Jc Kd 6h] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Aftret: shows [Ah Th] (a pair of Sixes)
ggiillaadd: shows [Qh Ad] (a pair of Sixes – Ace+King+Queen kicker)
ggiillaadd collected 34868628 from pot
Seat 2: drritalin (67028684 in chips)
Seat 9: ggiillaadd (8741316 in chips)
drritalin: posts small blind 400000
ggiillaadd: posts big blind 800000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
drritalin: raises 800000 to 1600000
ggiillaadd: calls 800000
*** FLOP *** [4c 6h 6s]
ggiillaadd: checks
drritalin: checks
*** TURN *** [4c 6h 6s] [3d]
ggiillaadd: bets 2400000
drritalin: calls 2400000
*** RIVER *** [4c 6h 6s 3d] [5s]
ggiillaadd: checks
drritalin: bets 4800000
ggiillaadd: calls 4661316 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (138684) returned to drritalin
*** SHOW DOWN ***
drritalin: shows [6c 5d] (a full house, Sixes full of Fives)
ggiillaadd: shows [4s 8s] (two pair, Sixes and Fours)
drritalin collected 17482632 from pot
PokerStars Sunday Million $1.5M Guaranteed
7577 Entrants
1. drritalin – $136,021
2. ggiillaadd – $114,355
3. Aftret – $92,881
4. mrvogt – $96,458
5. Winn8D – $78,701
6. herdgolf86 – $38,643
7. JSchnett – $26,520
8. mozitas – $17,427
9. hiclimber – $10,608
Another tournament that brings out the best in online tournament players is the Sunday $215r, which always generates a great final table. Take a look at the final table stacks:
Seat 1: Cre8ive (221054 in chips)
Seat 2: ocrowe (194994 in chips)
Seat 3: aaaaaaaa (205108 in chips)
Seat 4: JEFFREG (79473 in chips)
Seat 5: kinabamula (84662 in chips)
Seat 6: Powell4400 (157441 in chips)
Seat 7: artbrancusi (129114 in chips)
Seat 8: thorladen (278542 in chips)
Seat 9: ra1se (230112 in chips)
An incredible list of great players headed by “thorladen” and “cre8ive,” the final table was sure to be a treat to watch. In the end the battle came down to “ra1se” and “ocrowe.” Here’s the final hand:
Seat 2: ocrowe (1230588 in chips)
Seat 9: ra1se (349912 in chips)
ra1se: posts small blind 10000
ocrowe: posts big blind 20000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
ra1se: raises 30000 to 50000
ocrowe: raises 1178588 to 1228588 and is all-in
ra1se: calls 297912 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (880676) returned to ocrowe
*** FLOP *** [Jh 9s Th]
*** TURN *** [Jh 9s Th] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 9s Th 2s] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ocrowe: shows [As 9c] (a pair of Nines)
ra1se: shows [3d Kd] (high card King)
ocrowe collected 699824 from pot
Sunday $215r $200k Guaranteed
286 Entrants
1. ocrowe – $41,000
2. ra1se – $30,000
3. thorladen – $22,600
4. JEFFREG – $17,000
5. kinabamula – $11,800
6. Powell4400 – $9,000
7. Cre8ive – $7,000
8. artbrancusi – $5,000
9. aaaaaaaa – $3,500
The final tournament of the day on PokerStars is the Sunday Second chance, a $250,000 guarantee, $200+$15 buy-in tournament that gives everyone on Stars one last chance to hit a nice score. A large amount of tourney grinders made the final table, including “boykee,” “flush634,” and eventual winner “gator93.” Here are the stacks and the final hand:
Table ‘123489768 80’ 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Beatiful Man (459278 in chips)
Seat 2: 4014batau (330956 in chips)
Seat 3: Sly8863 (407012 in chips)
Seat 4: ICuRaRook (253493 in chips)
Seat 5: Mercuria (143613 in chips)
Seat 6: gator93 (318022 in chips)
Seat 7: flush634 (896186 in chips) out of hand (moved from another table into small blind)
Seat 8: China_White1 (658784 in chips)
Seat 9: Boykee (432656 in chips)
Seat 6: gator93 (2591186 in chips)
Seat 7: flush634 (1308814 in chips)
gator93: posts small blind 20000
flush634: posts big blind 40000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
gator93: raises 70000 to 110000
flush634: raises 300000 to 410000
gator93: raises 2177186 to 2587186 and is all-in
flush634: calls 894814 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1282372) returned to gator93
*** FLOP *** [8s Jd 6c]
*** TURN *** [8s Jd 6c] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [8s Jd 6c 2d] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
flush634: shows [Ad 9c] (high card Ace)
gator93: shows [Jc Ac] (a pair of Jacks)
gator93 collected 2617628 from pot
PokerStars Sunday Second Chance $250k Guaranteed
1300 Entrants
1. gator93 – $47,216
2. flush634 – $34,320
3. China_White1 – $26,000
4. Beatiful Man – $19,500
5. 4014batau – $13,650
6. Sly8863 – $11,050
7. ICuRaRook – $8,450
8. Boykee – $5,850
9. Mercuria – $3,640
Last, and somewhat least, was Bodog’s $100k guarantee, $100+$9 buy-in tournament. This week only 702 players entered, leaving $29,800 in overlay. Taking down first place and the customary $23,600 was “woodhawk.”
Bodog $100k Guaranteed
702 Entrants
1. woodhawk – $23,600
2. homeofthebrave – $13,600
3. chrisc7 – $9,100
4. mapsfly – $7,000
5. IAMTIMMYT – $5,700
6. swimlilfishy – $4,500
7. rolandgilead – $3,300
8. skinznbonez – $2,200
9. Ogg – $1,300