With the WSOP finally winding down (the Main Event started Friday) online tournaments looked to pick back up this weekend. While tournaments were down across the board during the WSOP, online poker usually gets a nice boost after the WSOP and once the newest episodes are aired on ESPN.
Getting the day started was the Sunday Warm-Up on PokerStars. While most were glued to their TV watching an epic Wimbledon Final, 3,884 poker players paid the $200+$15 entry fee to the Warm-Up, easily besting the tournament’s $750,000 guarantee. Making a big splash in the event was “pizzaiolo1”, a relatively unknown player who until last night had seen very little success at PokerStars. Making it tough on pizzaiolo1 was “strip23”, a much more experienced player who took second place in the Sunday Million just three months ago.
As we’ve seen recently, experience failed to materialize into victory, as pizzaiolo1 took down the title and nearly $122,000 in first-place money. Strip23 had to settle for second and just over $90,000, well behind the $167,630 he made in the Million in April.
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up $750k Guaranteed
3884 Entrants; $776,800 prize pool
1. pizzaiolo1 $121,957.61
2. strip23 $90,885.61
3. sqwiggi8000 $64,086.01
4. my flyboy $44,666.01
5. Elwood_fi $33,014.01
6. mick_allin $25,246.01
7. ThisIsTheEnd $17,478.01
8. Thor6587 $9,710.01
9. Bobba Gee $6,214.41
The Sunday Million, unlike the Warm-Up, failed to reach it’s guarantee for successive weeks now. Hopefully the Million will rebound after the WSOP, as it’d be a shame to see the guarantee drop in online poker’s biggest weekly event. The final table produced a familiar face for the first time in some while in Connor “blanconegro” Drinan, a high-stakes tournament professional. While he made a nice run he eventually busted in 4th place, earning just under $80,000. This was by far and away his biggest score, although he does have 11 other $10,000+ cashes to his name, including a win in the $109r on Stars just two weeks ago.
The final two players “Lileor99” and “Jovdark6” played an epic heads-up battle, with many suck-outs maintaining the match. Eventually the players agreed to an even chop, leaving $30,000 left to play for, which went to the winner, jovdark6.
Seat 1: Lileor99 (9543636 in chips)
Seat 3: SHAPKA4444 (5605737 in chips)
Seat 4: jovdark6 (17692216 in chips)
Seat 5: Licha_Lopez (18160707 in chips)
Seat 6: bachelor_80 (6687872 in chips)
Seat 7: bethrea (4256774 in chips)
Seat 8: teflon shaf (6279379 in chips)
Seat 9: blanconegro (4843679 in chips)
bethrea: posts small blind 125000
teflon shaf: posts big blind 250000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
blanconegro: folds
Lileor99: folds
SHAPKA4444: folds
jovdark6: folds
Licha_Lopez: raises 750000 to 1000000
bachelor_80: folds
bethrea: raises 3231774 to 4231774 and is all-in
teflon shaf: folds
Licha_Lopez: calls 3231774
*** FLOP *** [7c 6s 2s]
*** TURN *** [7c 6s 2s] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [7c 6s 2s Kc] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bethrea: shows [Kh As] (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
Licha_Lopez: shows [2d 2c] (a full house, Deuces full of Sixes)
Licha_Lopez collected 8913548 from pot
Seat 1: Lileor99 (7158637 in chips)
Seat 3: SHAPKA4444 (2783514 in chips)
Seat 4: jovdark6 (18079438 in chips)
Seat 5: Licha_Lopez (28992481 in chips)
Seat 6: bachelor_80 (6622872 in chips)
Seat 8: teflon shaf (5424379 in chips)
Seat 9: blanconegro (4008679 in chips)
Lileor99: posts small blind 150000
SHAPKA4444: posts big blind 300000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
jovdark6: folds
Licha_Lopez: folds
bachelor_80: raises 600000 to 900000
teflon shaf: folds
blanconegro: folds
Lileor99: folds
SHAPKA4444: calls 600000
*** FLOP *** [7s 4d Ad]
SHAPKA4444: bets 1853514 and is all-in
bachelor_80: calls 1853514
*** TURN *** [7s 4d Ad] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [7s 4d Ad 8d] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SHAPKA4444: shows [7h 9s] (a pair of Sevens)
bachelor_80: shows [Kc Ah] (a pair of Aces)
bachelor_80 collected 5867028 from pot
Seat 1: Lileor99 (27999100 in chips)
Seat 4: jovdark6 (8394562 in chips)
Seat 5: Licha_Lopez (8484947 in chips)
Seat 6: bachelor_80 (3906387 in chips)
Seat 8: teflon shaf (8238758 in chips)
Seat 9: blanconegro (16046246 in chips)
jovdark6: posts small blind 250000
Licha_Lopez: posts big blind 500000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
bachelor_80: folds
teflon shaf: folds
blanconegro: folds
Lileor99: raises 800000 to 1300000
jovdark6: folds
Licha_Lopez: raises 7134947 to 8434947 and is all-in
Lileor99: calls 7134947
*** FLOP *** [5h 8s 4h]
*** TURN *** [5h 8s 4h] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [5h 8s 4h 7s] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Licha_Lopez: shows [Tc Ad] (a pair of Sevens)
Lileor99: shows [9d 9c] (two pair, Nines and Sevens)
Lileor99 collected 17419894 from pot
Seat 1: Lileor99 (32365696 in chips)
Seat 4: jovdark6 (15489124 in chips)
Seat 6: bachelor_80 (2506387 in chips)
Seat 8: teflon shaf (7338758 in chips)
Seat 9: blanconegro (15370035 in chips)
blanconegro: posts small blind 250000
Lileor99: posts big blind 500000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
jovdark6: folds
bachelor_80: raises 1956387 to 2456387 and is all-in
teflon shaf: folds
blanconegro: folds
Lileor99: calls 1956387
*** FLOP *** [9h 7s Ac]
*** TURN *** [9h 7s Ac] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [9h 7s Ac 8s] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Lileor99: shows [2d As] (a pair of Aces)
bachelor_80: shows [Jc 8d] (a pair of Eights)
Lileor99 collected 5412774 from pot
Seat 1: Lileor99 (25022083 in chips)
Seat 4: jovdark6 (23559124 in chips)
Seat 8: teflon shaf (8768758 in chips)
Seat 9: blanconegro (15720035 in chips)
Lileor99: posts small blind 300000
jovdark6: posts big blind 600000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
teflon shaf: folds
blanconegro: raises 622222 to 1222222
Lileor99: raises 2234567 to 3456789
jovdark6: folds
blanconegro: calls 2234567
*** FLOP *** [9s 3d Ks]
Lileor99: bets 4000000
blanconegro: raises 8203246 to 12203246 and is all-in
Lileor99: calls 8203246
*** TURN *** [9s 3d Ks] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [9s 3d Ks 2s] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Lileor99: shows [Ah Kh] (a pair of Kings)
blanconegro: shows [Qs Kc] (a pair of Kings – lower kicker)
Lileor99 collected 32160070 from pot
Seat 1: Lileor99 (42482118 in chips)
Seat 4: jovdark6 (22239124 in chips)
Seat 8: teflon shaf (8348758 in chips)
teflon shaf: posts the ante 60000
teflon shaf: posts small blind 300000
Lileor99: posts big blind 600000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
jovdark6: folds
teflon shaf: raises 7688758 to 8288758 and is all-in
Lileor99: calls 7688758
*** FLOP *** [9s 8s 4c]
*** TURN *** [9s 8s 4c] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [9s 8s 4c 4s] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
teflon shaf: shows [3c Kc] (a pair of Fours)
Lileor99: shows [7s Ad] (a pair of Fours – Ace kicker)
Lileor99 collected 16757516 from pot
Seat 1: Lileor99 (11766238 in chips)
Seat 4: jovdark6 (61303762 in chips)
jovdark6: posts small blind 400000
Lileor99: posts big blind 800000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
jovdark6: raises 1600000 to 2400000
Lileor99: raises 9286238 to 11686238 and is all-in
jovdark6: calls 9286238
*** FLOP *** [Ks Kd Qd]
*** TURN *** [Ks Kd Qd] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [Ks Kd Qd 6c] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Lileor99: shows [Jd Ts] (a pair of Kings)
jovdark6: shows [Tc Ah] (a pair of Kings – Ace kicker)
jovdark6 collected 23532476 from pot
PokerStars Sunday Million $1.5M Guaranteed
7,307 Entrants; $1,500,000 prize pool
1. jovdark6 $210,000
2. Lileor99 $180,000
3. teflon shaf $120,000
4. blaconegro $79,500
5. bachelor_80 $61,500
6. Licha_Lopez $46,500
7. SHAPKA4444 $32,250
8. bethrea $18,000
9. stiverson530 $11,625
A lot of big names in online tournament poker made it to the final table of the $215 re-buy last night. Finishing in 9th place was Matt “ch0ppy” Kay, a top-20 ranked online professional with two huge scores to his name. In 2007 he shipped the Sunday Million for over $201,000 and finished 3rd in a SCOOP Event in April for just over $128,000. Overall he has nearly $1,500,000 in cashes on PokerStars alone.
“S00tedjokers”, another well-known professional, finished in 7th place. He has finaltabled the $215r numerous times, yet his best finish was a runner-up score in May for $30,000. He has three $50,000+ scores to his name including a win in the $109r in 2008.
Heads-Up Play came down to Steve “mcnallyville” McNally and “rivermanl”, two well-known high-stakes professionals. While both players are quite good, the edge certainly had to be with rivermanl, who has many more big scores to his name including a win in an FTOPS Event last year for over $137,000. Mcnally was not to be deterred, as his pocket Kings were good enough to holding against pocket 6’s for the title and just under $40,000 in cash.Seat 3: mcnallyville (969583 in chips)
Seat 4: rivermanl (585417 in chips)
mcnallyville: posts small blind 8000
rivermanl: posts big blind 16000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
mcnallyville: raises 18999 to 34999
rivermanl: raises 65889 to 100888
mcnallyville: raises 867095 to 967983 and is all-in
rivermanl: calls 482929 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (384166) returned to mcnallyville
*** FLOP *** [8c 9d 2d]
*** TURN *** [8c 9d 2d] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [8c 9d 2d 9s] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
rivermanl: shows [6s 6h] (two pair, Nines and Sixes)
mcnallyville: shows [Kh Kc] (two pair, Kings and Nines)
mcnallyville collected 1170834 from pot
PokerStars Sunday $215r $150k Guaranteed
277 Entrants; $193,800 prize pool
1. mcnallyville $39,729
2. rivermanl $29.070
3. DaPokerGun $21,889.40
4. RonaldJosh $16,473
5. melikman $11,434.20
6. ender555 $8,721
7. s00tedj0kers $6,783
8. NoPotForYou! $4,845
9. ch0ppy $3,391.50
The Sunday500 saw a big drop in attendance this week, as only 927 player entered, forcing PokerStars to pay nearly $40,000 in overlay. One of the more interesting final hands in recent tournament history took place as a three-way all-in gave “arodss3” the title and $90,000. Coming up short was “PokerSavage1”, a high-stakes professional who nearly won the Sunday Million last year, taking home $120,513 for second place. The $48,000 he collected last night was easily the second biggest cash of his career.
Seat 4: vosy69er (2537748 in chips)
Seat 5: PokerSavage1 (1731407 in chips)
Seat 9: arodss3 (5000845 in chips)
vosy69er: posts small blind 25000
PokerSavage1: posts big blind 50000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
arodss3: raises 70000 to 120000
vosy69er: calls 95000
PokerSavage1: raises 1606407 to 1726407 and is all-in
arodss3: calls 1606407
vosy69er: raises 806341 to 2532748 and is all-in
arodss3: calls 806341
*** FLOP *** [8s 5s 7d]
*** TURN *** [8s 5s 7d] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [8s 5s 7d Qh] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vosy69er: shows [Jd Jc] (a pair of Jacks)
arodss3: shows [Qs Ks] (a pair of Queens)
arodss3 collected 1612682 from side pot
PokerSavage1: shows [9d 9h] (a pair of Nines)
arodss3 collected 5194221 from main pot
PokerStars Sunday500 $500k Guaranteed
927 Entrants; $500,000 prize pool
1. arodss3 $90,000
2. vosy69er $64,150
3. PokerSavage1 $48,000
4. benza13 $36,000
5. BR@V0 $25,000
6. CryMe@River5 $20,000
7. AnaBooola $15,000
8. aaaaaaaa $10,000
9. carlo222555 $6,000
Rounding out PokerStars day of big buy-in tournaments is the Sunday Second Chance. While the tournament’s guarantee was recently dropped from $250k to $200k, the entrants seem not to care as 1,270 players created a $254,000 prize pool last night. Hopefully PokerStars will re-assess this tournament and kick the guarantee back up to $250,000 soon.
Heads-up play came down to “cporte1” and “IndoPlayer”, two players not known for big tournament cashes. Not much information could be found on cporte1, as he seems to fancy cash games over tournaments, chances are he’ll change his tune after last night’s score. “IndoPlayer” has had mild success online, winning the $11r twice, each time for around $13,000. A sick final hand left cporte1 out in the cold, when his pocket Kings lost to A2o for the title. IndoPlayer took home time title and just over $46,000.
Seat 2: cporte1 (816279 in chips)
Seat 5: IndoPlayer (2993721 in chips)
IndoPlayer: posts small blind 30000
cporte1: posts big blind 60000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
IndoPlayer: raises 840000 to 900000
cporte1: calls 750279 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (89721) returned to IndoPlayer
*** FLOP *** [Tc Jh Qs]
*** TURN *** [Tc Jh Qs] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Jh Qs 3s] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cporte1: shows [Ks Kc] (three of a kind, Kings)
IndoPlayer: shows [Ac 2d] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
IndoPlayer collected 1632558 from pot
PokerStars Sunday Second Chance $200k Guaranteed
1,270 Entrants; $254,000 prize pool
1. IndoPlayer $46,355
2. cporte1 $33,756.60
3. poker_in_pb $25,400
4. floes $19,050
5. Salamander_T $13,335
6. sms9231 $10,795
7. charder30 $8,225
8. Schappuscha $5,715
9. vguys21 $3,556
The Sunday Brawl continues to best it’s $350k guarantee, making one wonder why FullTilt has yet to increase the guarantee to $400,000. For those unaware, the Brawl in a Knock-Out style tournament which pays $40 to a player every time he/she busts another from the tournament. With only one event running at the WSOP more FullTilt professionals were available to play the Brawl, including David Pham, Eric Froehlich, and Scott Fischman. The final table was devoid of any huge names in poker, as Tannina80 was able to outlast zackdd for the title and just over $80,000 in first-place money.
FullTilt Sunday Brawl $350k Guaranteed
1,961 Entrants; $392,200 prize pool
1. Tannina80 $80,793.20
2. zackdd $53,339.20
3. Dutchalicious $39,612.20
4. wobbylmr $30,983.80
5. xBIG_BUGx $23,139.80
6. Agreus $16,080.20
7. shipitobv $9,805
8. Marintersheep $6,667.40
9. carlaomaringa $4,706.40
Nearly 20 FullTilt Red Pro’s played in the $750k including Mike “Timex” McDonald,. Fatal1ty, and Keith Sexton. Danile Mazzia made the deepest run out of the pros, finishing in 99th place, earning $914. Winning one for the pros was “jonrubs2”, a player who has had much more success on PokerStars than FullTilt. He was able to outlast “Jiacstrap” for the championship and nearly $135,000.
Seat 4: Jiacstrap (3,058,798)
Seat 8: jonrubs2 (8,374,202)
Jiacstrap posts the small blind of 50,000
jonrubs2 posts the big blind of 100,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Jiacstrap raises to 300,000
jonrubs2 raises to 8,364,202, and is all in
Jiacstrap calls 2,748,798, and is all in
jonrubs2 shows [Kc Qd]
Jiacstrap shows [Ac Ks]
Uncalled bet of 5,315,404 returned to jonrubs2
*** FLOP *** [Qs Jh 9d]
*** TURN *** [Qs Jh 9d] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [Qs Jh 9d 5h] [Kd]
jonrubs2 shows two pair, Kings and Queens
Jiacstrap shows a pair of Kings
jonrubs2 wins the pot (6,117,596) with two pair, Kings and Queens
FullTilt Sunday $750k Guaranteed
3,811 Entrants; $762,200 prize pool
1. jonrubs2 $134,947.51
2. Jiacstrap $81,555.40
3. fahmie $53,354
4. DCVasya1945 $42,073.44
5. debeuker $31,555.08
6. The9deuce $23,399.54
7. eddinho87 $17,530.60
8. Black9ines $13,719.60
9. CarlosLucero $10,213.48
The last event of the day, the $200+$16 Mulligan on FullTilt gives every tournament grinder a final shot at a big Sunday payday. Thirteen FullTilt professionals managed to play in the Mulligan including Jon Turner, Mandy B, and Michael Craig. There must have been something going around FullTilt on Sunday, because all three final tables were quite lackluster, with out any big names to be found. Luckily “THE_GOLDMINE” was able to reverse the cycle, as the previous winner of the $750k was able to take down the Mulligan for $50,400.
Seat 3: 77abu (746,531)
Seat 8: THE_GOLDMINE (2,613,469)
THE_GOLDMINE posts the small blind of 14,000
77abu posts the big blind of 28,000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
THE_GOLDMINE raises to 66,666
77abu raises to 743,031, and is all in
THE_GOLDMINE calls 676,365
77abu shows [5s 5h]
THE_GOLDMINE shows [Ts Ad]
*** FLOP *** [7d Ah Td]
*** TURN *** [7d Ah Td] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [7d Ah Td 9c] [9h]
77abu shows two pair, Nines and Fives
THE_GOLDMINE shows two pair, Aces and Tens
THE_GOLDMINE wins the pot (1,493,062) with two pair, Aces and Tens
FullTilt Sunday Mulligan $200k Guaranteed
1,120 Entrants; $224,000 prize pool
1. THE_GOLDMINE $50,400
2. 77abu $31,920
3. tong26 $23,632
4. Funkii $18,480
5. Musashi $14,000
6. policarpiosdad $10,080
7. kvnok88 $6,720
8. benba $5,040
9. Smoke The Zags $3,584