Sunday tournaments were out in full force yesterday as PokerStars ran their five majors and FullTilt was smack dab in the middle of FTOPS XVII. With a bunch of big guaranteed events and some of the best players in online poker on hand, this was one of the better Sundays in recent memory. For more in depth write-ups on all of the big FTOPS XVII events be sure to check out the rest of our News Section here at FlopTurnRiver.com. Full write-ups on FTOPS events will be available with-in 24 hours of their conclusion and will cover the FullTilt professionals on hand, big name online MTT pros, and the winners.
With most of the attention focused on FullTilt and FTOPS XVII it would have been acceptable for PokerStars to see a bit of a drop off yesterday. However, the world’s largest poker site once again proved why it’s the best as all of the Sunday majors busted through their guarantees by wide margins. The first major of the day, the $200+$15 Sunday Warm-Up, nearly reached the $850,000 prize pool mark. With almost $100,000 more than the $750k guarantee the Warm-Up again solidified itself as the 2nd biggest event of the week. With more than $133,000 going to the winner there were a bunch of players at the final table looking to make a breakthrough score.
Taking down the Warm-Up and the biggest score of his career was “OlyDaJew” who appears to be a solid midstakes grinder who had yet to hit a huge score. With a few wins in $100 events as well as the $3r he certainly had a better resume entering the Warm-Up final table than a bunch of previous winners. Runner-up “Bushman” took down another solid score on a resume that includes more than a handful of $20,000+ cashes including a 3rd place finish in the Second Chance in 2008 and 2nd place finish for $52,510 in the Super Tuesday last year. The two players had a solid battle before a key coinflip went OlyDaJew’s way giving him the title and a very nice payday.
Seat 1: OlyDaJew (35659180 in chips)
Seat 8: Bushman (6810820 in chips)
OlyDaJew: posts small blind 200000
Bushman: posts big blind 400000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
OlyDaJew: raises 7600000 to 8000000
Bushman: calls 6370820 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1229180) returned to OlyDaJew
*** FLOP *** [5s 7d 6h]
*** TURN *** [5s 7d 6h] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [5s 7d 6h 7c] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Bushman: shows [Kd Ah] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
OlyDaJew: shows [5c 5d] (a full house, Fives full of Sevens)
OlyDaJew collected 13621640 from pot
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up $750k Guaranteed
4,247 Entrants; $849,400 prize pool
1. OlyDaJew $133,256
2. Bushman $98,955
3. Shark 00100 $70,076
4. holyguacmole $47,991
5. Raidan909 $36,100
6. peter804 $27,606
7. Ocall $19,112
8. lpoker64 $10,618
9. mextrex $6,795
The Sunday Million continues to grow since the 2010 World Series of Poker ended a few weeks ago. For a tournament that was nowhere near its guarantee for a month it has exploded back above the $1,5000,000 guarantee. Over 8,200 players entered Sunday’s biggest event yesterday creating a $1,640,400 prize pool and a massive $246,064 first-place check. That big payday went to “cmis91” who recorded by far and away the biggest score of his short career. Seventh place finisher “pocketnizzles” found his way to a major Sunday final table for the 3rd time in his career. He previously finished 4th in the Warm-Up in 2009 and 3rd in the Second Chance in 2008. With a 10th place finish in the Million as well, he certainly has a penchant for making deep runs in big events. Runner-up “Tonimonntana” earned over $180,000 yesterday, nearly $145,000 more than his next best finish, a $35,705 score for taking fourth place in the Sunday500 last December. Below you can find the final table starting stacks, bust-out hands, and pay-outs:
Seat 1: Tonimonntana (13769567 in chips)
Seat 2: alwaysnice (3936231 in chips)
Seat 3: knecht_poker (7087995 in chips)
Seat 4: cmis91 (16663254 in chips)
Seat 5: Snow in June (5821315 in chips)
Seat 6: oneleg1896 (5369197 in chips)
Seat 7: lehout (9242490 in chips)
Seat 8: pocktnizzles (8189443 in chips)
Seat 9: Tunnelvisie (11940508 in chips)
Seat 1: Tonimonntana (18498987 in chips)
Seat 2: alwaysnice (3186231 in chips)
Seat 3: knecht_poker (1146680 in chips)
Seat 4: cmis91 (14243834 in chips)
Seat 5: Snow in June (12602630 in chips)
Seat 6: oneleg1896 (4769197 in chips)
Seat 7: lehout (8642490 in chips)
Seat 8: pocktnizzles (7589443 in chips)
Seat 9: Tunnelvisie (11340508 in chips)
Tonimonntana: posts small blind 150000
alwaysnice: posts big blind 300000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
knecht_poker: raises 600000 to 900000
cmis91: folds
Snow in June: calls 900000
oneleg1896: calls 900000
lehout: folds
pocktnizzles: folds
Tunnelvisie: folds
Tonimonntana: folds
alwaysnice: folds
*** FLOP *** [5h Jd 4s]
knecht_poker: bets 216680 and is all-in
Snow in June: raises 783320 to 1000000
oneleg1896: folds
Uncalled bet (783320) returned to Snow in June
*** TURN *** [5h Jd 4s] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [5h Jd 4s Th] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
knecht_poker: shows [9c Ac] (a pair of Jacks)
Snow in June: shows [9s 9d] (two pair, Jacks and Nines)
Snow in June collected 3853360 from pot
Seat 1: Tonimonntana (16380197 in chips)
Seat 2: alwaysnice (2496231 in chips)
Seat 4: cmis91 (16441155 in chips)
Seat 5: Snow in June (15339310 in chips)
Seat 6: oneleg1896 (5209197 in chips)
Seat 7: lehout (7952490 in chips)
Seat 8: pocktnizzles (6939443 in chips)
Seat 9: Tunnelvisie (11261977 in chips)
Tonimonntana: posts small blind 150000
alwaysnice: posts big blind 300000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
cmis91: raises 300420 to 600420
Snow in June: folds
oneleg1896: raises 4578777 to 5179197 and is all-in
lehout: folds
pocktnizzles: raises 1730246 to 6909443 and is all-in
Tunnelvisie: folds
Tonimonntana: folds
alwaysnice: folds
cmis91: folds
Uncalled bet (1730246) returned to pocktnizzles
*** FLOP *** [Js 3h Tc]
*** TURN *** [Js 3h Tc] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [Js 3h Tc 9c] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
oneleg1896: shows [Ah Qh] (a pair of Jacks)
pocktnizzles: shows [Kc As] (a pair of Jacks – Ace+King kicker)
pocktnizzles collected 11648814 from pot
Seat 1: Tonimonntana (12604322 in chips)
Seat 2: alwaysnice (3382462 in chips)
Seat 4: cmis91 (31921536 in chips)
Seat 5: Snow in June (20209732 in chips)
Seat 7: lehout (5092490 in chips)
Seat 8: pocktnizzles (1833712 in chips)
Seat 9: Tunnelvisie (6975746 in chips)
alwaysnice: posts small blind 250000
cmis91: posts big blind 500000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Snow in June: folds
lehout: folds
pocktnizzles: raises 1283712 to 1783712 and is all-in
Tunnelvisie: folds
Tonimonntana: folds
alwaysnice: folds
cmis91: calls 1283712
*** FLOP *** [4d 8h Ts]
*** TURN *** [4d 8h Ts] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [4d 8h Ts 8s] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cmis91: shows [2d Ad] (a pair of Eights)
pocktnizzles: shows [Kd 3d] (a pair of Eights – lower kicker)
cmis91 collected 4167424 from pot
Seat 1: Tonimonntana (13454322 in chips)
Seat 2: alwaysnice (6914924 in chips)
Seat 4: cmis91 (29922366 in chips)
Seat 5: Snow in June (21310152 in chips)
Seat 7: lehout (4142490 in chips)
Seat 9: Tunnelvisie (6275746 in chips)
Tunnelvisie: posts small blind 250000
Tonimonntana: posts big blind 500000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
alwaysnice: folds
cmis91: folds
Snow in June: folds
lehout: raises 3592490 to 4092490 and is all-in
Tunnelvisie: raises 2133256 to 6225746 and is all-in
Tonimonntana: folds
Uncalled bet (2133256) returned to Tunnelvisie
*** FLOP *** [8d 3h 9s]
*** TURN *** [8d 3h 9s] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [8d 3h 9s 6d] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Tunnelvisie: shows [Th Tc] (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
lehout: shows [Jd 7d] (a pair of Sixes)
Tunnelvisie collected 8984980 from pot
Seat 1: Tonimonntana (13413306 in chips)
Seat 2: alwaysnice (12058932 in chips)
Seat 4: cmis91 (26522043 in chips)
Seat 5: Snow in June (20827063 in chips)
Seat 9: Tunnelvisie (9198656 in chips)
cmis91: posts small blind 300000
Snow in June: posts big blind 600000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Tunnelvisie: raises 8538656 to 9138656 and is all-in
Tonimonntana: raises 4214650 to 13353306 and is all-in
alwaysnice: folds
cmis91: folds
Snow in June: folds
Uncalled bet (4214650) returned to Tonimonntana
*** FLOP *** [5s 5c 5d]
*** TURN *** [5s 5c 5d] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [5s 5c 5d 4h] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Tunnelvisie: shows [Ad 9h] (three of a kind, Fives)
Tonimonntana: shows [8c 8s] (a full house, Fives full of Eights)
Tonimonntana collected 19477312 from pot
Seat 1: Tonimonntana (13495147 in chips)
Seat 2: alwaysnice (6222512 in chips)
Seat 4: cmis91 (51502698 in chips)
Seat 5: Snow in June (10799643 in chips)
cmis91: posts small blind 400000
Snow in June: posts big blind 800000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Tonimonntana: folds
alwaysnice: raises 5342512 to 6142512 and is all-in
cmis91: folds
Snow in June: calls 5342512
*** FLOP *** [7s 4c 9c]
*** TURN *** [7s 4c 9c] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [7s 4c 9c Tc] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Snow in June: shows [5d 5c] (a pair of Fives)
alwaysnice: shows [2h 2s] (a pair of Deuces)
Snow in June collected 13005024 from pot
Seat 1: Tonimonntana (41660588 in chips)
Seat 4: cmis91 (29225396 in chips)
Seat 5: Snow in June (11134016 in chips)
Tonimonntana: posts small blind 400000
cmis91: posts big blind 800000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Snow in June: raises 10254016 to 11054016 and is all-in
Tonimonntana: raises 30526572 to 41580588 and is all-in
cmis91: folds
Uncalled bet (30526572) returned to Tonimonntana
*** FLOP *** [Qc 2h Jh]
*** TURN *** [Qc 2h Jh] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 2h Jh Ac] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Tonimonntana: shows [Kh Ah] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
Snow in June: shows [Tc 8c] (a pair of Tens)
Tonimonntana collected 23148032 from pot
Seat 1: Tonimonntana (20512048 in chips)
Seat 4: cmis91 (61507952 in chips)
Tonimonntana: posts small blind 400000
cmis91: posts big blind 800000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Tonimonntana: raises 800000 to 1600000
cmis91: raises 1275420 to 2875420
Tonimonntana: raises 17556628 to 20432048 and is all-in
cmis91: calls 17556628
*** FLOP *** [Ad 9h 5s]
*** TURN *** [Ad 9h 5s] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [Ad 9h 5s Kd] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cmis91: shows [Qh Kh] (a pair of Kings)
Tonimonntana: shows [8h 6h] (high card Ace)
cmis91 collected 41024096 from pot
PokerStars Sunday Million $1.5M Guaranteed
8,202 Entrants; $1,640,400 prize pool
1. cmis91 $246,064
2. Tonimonntana $180,444
3. Snow in June $123,030
4. alwaysnice $82,676
5. Tunnelvisie $65,616
6. lehout $49,212
7. pocktnizzles $32,808
8. oneleg1896 $18,865
9. knecht_poker $12,713
Once again the Sunay500 proved why it is one of the toughest events to win each week. With a solid final table full of well-known online MTT professionals it takes a talented player to make his way through the field. With 1,142 players on hand the prize pool swelled to $571,000 yesterday which included a $97,070 first-place check. The final table was highlighted by a few big names including “antesvante”, Brent “Astrolux85” Roberts, and “HEMIpowerSWT”. All three players have won major poker events including Sunday Millions, FTOPS events, and other big time tournaments. In fact, Roberts just won the first event of FTOPS XVII for over $164,000 last week. Antesvante is also no stranger to major success having won over $213,000 for shipping the Sunday Million. HEMIpowerSWT has also made some deep runs in majors and has a $81,376 win in the $109r as well as multiple top-3 finishes in the $215r, Sunday Warm-Up, and the Sunday500. The tournament came down to antesvante and “SLOPPYKLOD” who himself is no slouch. He has won multiple $1k events on PokerStars including the Wednesday Quarter-Million for $61,555 and the Super Tuesday for $78,000. With over $1,500,000 in cashes he was quite a formidable opponent for the former Sunday Million winner. All of that high-stakes experience seemed to pay off for SLOPPYKLOD as he was able to take down antesvante heads-up for the Sunday500 crown and $97,070.
Seat 1: antesvante (1411296 in chips)
Seat 6: SLOPPYKLOD (10008704 in chips)
SLOPPYKLOD: posts small blind 30000
antesvante: posts big blind 60000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
SLOPPYKLOD: calls 30000
antesvante: raises 83225 to 143225
SLOPPYKLOD: calls 83225
*** FLOP *** [2h 6s 7h]
antesvante: bets 163875
SLOPPYKLOD: raises 225013 to 388888
antesvante: raises 873183 to 1262071 and is all-in
SLOPPYKLOD: calls 873183
*** TURN *** [2h 6s 7h] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [2h 6s 7h Th] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
antesvante: shows [Ks Kd] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
SLOPPYKLOD: shows [6h 5h] (a flush, Ten high)
SLOPPYKLOD collected 2822592 from pot
PokerStars Sunday $500k Guaranteed
1,142 Entrants; $571,000 prize pool
1. SLOPPYKLOD $97,070
2. antesvante $71,375
3. degord2 $54,188
4. mstev12 $38,828
5. HEMIpowerSWT $28,265
6. SmokMyBandit $22,555
7. Astrolux85 $16,845
8. padjes $11,135
9. goku69696911 $6,167
Just like the Sunday500 the $215 re-buy tends to have a small, albeit very strong field. The larger buy-in event tends to weed out any players who aren’t willing to spend at least $1,000 re-buying and adding on after the first break. With only 303 players in the field and a $206,400 prize pool the average buy-in was nearly $700 yesterday. There were a ton of big names at the final table yesterday including eventual winner Mohsin “sms9231” Charania who took down Joseph “JBlaze20” Chaplin heads-up for the title and $42,312. Charania is best known for winning SCOOP Event #20 earlier this year for a massive $380,364 payday. He also finished 3rd in the Sunday Million in 2008 for $84,000 and has now won the $215r twice in his career.
Despite finishing second Chaplin still took home more than $30,000, which is another great score for a player who is used to coming up just short in Sunday majors. Chaplin has final tabled the Sunday Million and taken 3rd in the Sunday Warm-Up two times for $75,983 and $61,875 respectively. He was able to ship the Monday $1k on FullTilt last year for $83,000 and has more than $1,500,000 in cashes between the world’s two biggest online poker sites. Seventh-place finisher “PokerNoob999” won a 2009 SCOOP event for $133,250 after a chip-chop and also shipped the Sunday500 in 2008 for $91,706. Matt “All_in_at420” Stout took 3rd place in the $215r yesterday for $23,323 which is actually just his 3rd best finish in this very event. With both a win and a runner-up finish in the past in the $215r, Stout is one of the more decorated re-buy players in recent history. He also has a win in the Sunday500 and the Second Chance for $105,354 and $50,299 respectively.
Seat 6: JBlaze20 (347429 in chips)
Seat 8: sms9231 (1327071 in chips)
JBlaze20: posts small blind 5000
sms9231: posts big blind 10000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
JBlaze20: raises 10000 to 20000
sms9231: raises 1306071 to 1326071 and is all-in
JBlaze20: calls 326429 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (979642) returned to sms9231
*** FLOP *** [4d 2d Td]
*** TURN *** [4d 2d Td] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [4d 2d Td 5d] [Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sms9231: shows [Qd Jh] (a flush, Queen high)
JBlaze20: shows [Qs Kc] (high card Ace)
sms9231 collected 694858 from pot
PokerStars Sunday $215r $150k Guaranteed
303 entrants; $206,400 prize pool
1. sms9231 $42,312
2. JBlaze20 $30,960
3. All_in_at420 $23,323
4. Chaulk $17,544
5. Pokerl)eviL $12,177
6. Jo Momz $9,288
7. PokerNoob999 $7,224
8. TherookieQQ9 $5,160
9. HustlerGrune $3,612
The final major of the day on PokerStars, the $250k Sunday Second Chance, ended strong with nearly 1,600 participants and a $318,400 prize pool. The final table was headlined by Shawn “jordankickz” Busse who has made our report numerous times for deep runs in big events including a 3rd place finish in the Second Chance for $28,540 years ago. He also nearly won the FTOPS $300r last year before busting heads-up for a $163,798 payday. Later that year he again took 2nd place, this time in the Sunday Brawl, for just over $66,000. Much like the major final tables of the past, Busse failed to come through and had to settle for 6th place and a $13,523 check.
The tournament came down to “SHUGAbowl” and “Rakeoffer”. With nearly $100,000 left in the prize pool, the two players quickly decided to chop handing SHUGAbowl the title and nearly $51,000 for a hard day’s work. Neither player had a big score to their name entering the final table so it makes sense for them to lock up a solid payday and take some variance out of the heads-up match. All that was left to play for were Tournament Leaderboard Points which went SHUGAbowl’s way when his QTo held up all-in PF against Rakeoffer’s 92o.
Seat 6: SHUGAbowl (2697680 in chips)
Seat 7: Rakeoffer (2078320 in chips)
SHUGAbowl: posts the ante 5000
Rakeoffer: posts the ante 5000
Rakeoffer: posts small blind 25000
SHUGAbowl: posts big blind 50000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Rakeoffer: raises 2023320 to 2073320 and is all-in
SHUGAbowl: calls 2023320
*** FLOP *** [2c Ts 5h]
*** TURN *** [2c Ts 5h] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [2c Ts 5h Jd] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SHUGAbowl: shows [Qs Tc] (a pair of Tens)
Rakeoffer: shows [2d 9c] (a pair of Deuces)
SHUGAbowl collected 4156640 from pot
PokerStars Sunday Second Chance $250k Guaranteed
1,592 Entrants; $318,400 prize pool
*2-way chop
1. SHUGAbowl $50,909
2. Rakeoffer $47,794
3. LottoMartin $31,840
4. China_White1 $23,880
5. onesixty8 $16,716
6. jordankickz $13,523
7. SHIP_IT.NET $10,348
8. Zimmy86 $7,164
9. NUKE TILT $7,164
Only one FullTilt major, the $200k Sunday Mulligan, makes our tournament report this week as the $750k and Brawl were both substituted for by FTOPS XVII events. Again, be sure to check out the FlopTurnRiver News Section for in-depth articles on all the big events during the 17th installment of FullTilt’s Online Poker Series. With other FTOPS events running there were plenty of FullTilt sponsored professionals on hand looking for a big score.
With more than 20 “red pros” in the Sunday Mulligan yesterday, including Jordan Morgan, Carlos Mortensen, and Scott Clements, there were plenty of chances for players to tangle with some of the more recognizable faces in poker. Clements, along with Christian Kruel and Isaac “Menlo” Baron all made deep runs inside the top-75 yesterday. Kruel took his stack the furthest, busting just before the final two tables were formed in 19th place. The final table had some solid players including Joe “Cappuccio816” Cappuccio who is a highly-ranked MTT pro. Cappuccio has shipped a few big events including the Sunday500 last year for $91,250 as well as the $109r for $36,798. After “Joey Capp” (as he’s known to the online world) busted in 3rd place the final two players decided upon a chip chop which divided up the remaining $102,000 in the prize pool. Eventual winner “DSchec” took down more than $52,000 which appears to be the biggest score of his career on a resume that includes numerous wins in midstakes re-buy events.
FullTilt Sunday Mulligan $200k Guaranteed
1,463 Entrants; $292,600 prize pool
*2-way chop
1. DSchec $52,964
2. Ton Locsta $49,738
3. Cappuccio816 $29,553
4. oleg12345 $23,408
5. rh300487 $17,556
6. DeuceBuster $12,582
7. oasis00 $8,193
8. ALLOFIT29 $5,852
9. Anabooola $4,096
One final note, a shout out goes to FlopTurnRiver’s very own Chris “maxxscam” Back who shipped the UltimateBet $200k late last night. The Canadian poker pro is a long-time member and contributor to our Multi-Table Tournament forum. A big congrats goes to Chris and everyone else who found success in yesterday’s majors!