This past weekend was a great weekend for poker, as Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS 8 is knee deep into the series, with enormous prize pools being paid out. It was quite the Sunday, as a huge name took down the Sunday Warmup on Poker Stars.
First things first. The biggest tournament yesterday by far, was the $322 FTOPS #9 Event on Full Tilt Poker, which had a $1.5 million dollar guarantee. 5,090 players showed up, all vying for the $263k first place prize. After over eleven hours of play, _FlaXmarZ_ was able to take the crown, and the extremely impressive $263k.
1._FlaXmarZ: $263,438
2. MK376: $159,572
3. xqsays: $102,614
4. nfa1080: $80,614
5. jbs07: $60,317
6. lonolin: $45,047
7. POCKET FIVE: $35,121
8. papychulo777: $26,723
9. highbury90: $19,851
The Sunday Million on Poker Stars saw a slight drop off this week, with 6856 entrants showing up, vying for the biggest weekly prizepool in online poker. However, this still created an over $193k first prize, which is still very, very amazing. The most notable player at the final table was HelmetSky, a well-known cash gamer.
1. PkerBL: $193,339
2. AQUA RAIDER: $97,355
3. Snitch24: $68,560
4. FeFranco: $54,848
5. Ollowain: $41,136
6. jp4est: $30,166
7. roniirani: $21,254
8. Talgamer13: $12,341
9. HelmetSky: $8,090.
One of the most popular and toughest tournament players online took down the Sunday Warmup on Poker Stars. Shaun Deeb, who’s long been known for his multi-tabling skills, outlasted the field, and took home his first six figure cash, ever. Congratulations to Shaun.
1. shaundeeb: $102,543
2. milldollbaby: $52,136
3. Barlor: $34,515
4. PokerfaceJac: $28,438
5. achenhausen: $22,862
6. MyHomeSVegaS: $17,286
7. skanky980: $12,156
8. klask: $7,6945
9. REUVENG: $4,461
This week the $5.2k freezeout on Poker Stars attracted the full 20 players, and was won unchopped as well! One of the very best players in the world took it down, as Daniel “Steamraise” Alaei won it for the full $100k. Truly impressive.
The $256 Sunday Brawl on Full Tilt Poker saw 1329 players show up, aiming for the nearly $60k first place prize. After it was all said and done, chickface outlasted the field, and was able to claim first place.
1. chickface: $58,476
2. Sonelin: $37,212
3. NeymothemaN: $26,912
4. kudos1017: $21,596
5. mendieta19: $16,294
6. Nimac: $11,961
7. PurpleH: $7,708
8. lsoton: $5,582
9. Morgan_858_: $3,987
For those who either busted out of the FTOPS event, or were just looking for another big money tourney, the Sunday Mulligan was there for the taking. 1,061 players saw fit to hand over $216 in hopes of winning nearly $48k. Some tough players made the final table, including Fishbones11 and billywestom, but both weren’t able to match Jlew’s performance.
1. JLew: $47,745
2. riversidejoe: $30,769
3. kasper74: $22,812
4. gregior: $17,507
5. Fishbones11: $13,263
6. donjuanwu: $9,549
7. billywestom: $6,366
8. jasonstorm9: $4,775
9. spotty8: $3,395
Poker Stars equivalent of the Sunday Mulligan, the Sunday Second Chance, saw 1334 players show up, creating a $266.8k prizepool. It saw some talented players make the final table, including Matt “All_in_at420” Stout, and Cre8ive.
1. adamyor125: $46,823
2. pl4n-G: $34,684
3. Karma4477: $26,680
4. idolaf: $20,010
5. bambinus: $14,007
6. SKUNK1xHAZE: $11,339
7. grapedrink07: $8,671
8. Cre8ive: $6,003
9. All_in_at420: $3,735
Last but not least this week, is the Bodog 100k. Another huge overlay was paid out this week by Bodog, this time to the tune of $35.4k, as some strong players made it to the final table. Rusostreet has long been a well known name on Bodog, and slowrollinWorm, also known as Gator93, has been around the online tournament circuit for years.
1. mattboom: $23,600
2. BadReception: $13,600
3. V00D00CHILE: $9,100
4. rusostreet: $7,000
5. any2willdo4me: $5,700
6. SlowrollinWorm: $4,500
7. wildcrazyjohnny: $3,300
8. bg20mu: $2,200
9. MNEMIC_UK: $1,300
That’s all for this week, congratulations to everyone who hit it big this weekend! Be sure to come back next week for more tournament action, including the FTOPS Main Event!