Withe FTOPS XVIII coming to an end our Weekend Tournament Report shifts focus solely to PokerStars and their Sunday majors. For updates on all of the biggest events in FTOPS XVIII be sure to check out our poker news section. Even though FullTilt garnered most of the attention Sunday PokerStars did seem to gain some extra attendance from all of the players participating in FTOPS. Sunday majors were up across the board this weekend as the Warm-Up, Million, $500k, $215r, and Second Chance all saw an increase in number of players and prize pools. Kicking the day off was the Sunday Warm-Up which while it carries a $750,000 guarantee has recently been smashing the $900,000 prize pool mark. Over 4,700 players were on hand for the day’s earliest starting major creating a massive $949,600 prize pool which typically would rate as the day’s 2nd biggest event.
The final table had a few good players including third place finisher “Catenaccio” who had more than a handful of $50,000+ scores to his name including another 3rd place finish in this very event in October 2009 for $78,672. After Catenaccio busted in 3rd place the heads-up battle came down to “Pinoww” and “kenz085” in a race for the $148,975 first-place prize. Both players were quite experienced in cash games and tournaments including kenz085 who won the $109r and $55r last year for $23,370 and $11,096 respectively. His final table success ultimately failed to pay off in a big way as Pinowww took down the title after he slowplayed Pocket Kings to perfection:
Seat 3: kenz085 (15843272 in chips)
Seat 5: Pinowww (31636728 in chips)
Pinowww: posts small blind 200000
kenz085: posts big blind 400000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Pinowww: raises 400000 to 800000
kenz085: raises 1600000 to 2400000
Pinowww: calls 1600000
*** FLOP *** [7h 5s 7c]
kenz085: bets 2000000
Pinowww: calls 2000000
*** TURN *** [7h 5s 7c] [7d]
kenz085: checks
Pinowww: checks
*** RIVER *** [7h 5s 7c 7d] [Td]
kenz085: bets 5555555
Pinowww: raises 21641173 to 27196728 and is all-in
kenz085: calls 5847717 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (15793456) returned to Pinowww
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Pinowww: shows [Kh Kc] (a full house, Sevens full of Kings)
kenz085: shows [Ts 2s] (a full house, Sevens full of Tens)
Pinowww collected 31686544 from pot
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up $750k Guaranteed
4,748 Entrants; $949,600 prize pool
1. Pinowww $148,975
2. kenz085 $110,628
3. Catenaccio $78,342
4. MSAKI $53,652
5. lancevk $40,358
6. Illini213 $30,862
7. supahmario $21,366
8. Kyazho $11,870
9. Russian_nuts $7,597
The only tournament to regularly beat out the Sunday Warm-Up prize pool wise is the PokerStars Sunday Million. Long known as the week’s biggest online event the Million has kicked it into high gear lately with prize pools inching closer to the $2,000,000 mark. The extra attendance is a product of a successful 2010 World Championship of Online Poker, the recent attention given to the World Series of Poker final table, and even FTOPS XVIII bringing in some more players. This week more than 8,500 of the best players in the world ponied up the $200+$15 creating one of the biggest Sunday Million prize pools of 2010. With so much money on the line it would have been expected for a final table chip-chop to occur but for once that was not in the cards as “RICOFELIZ” decided to take down the title and more than a quarter million dollars in the process. Runner-up “musicom” probably regretted not chopping as the difference between 1st and 2nd ended up being nearly $70,000. The final-table starting stacks, bust-out hands, and pay-outs can be found below:
Seat 1: StrungOut1 (7277716 in chips)
Seat 2: onealtiseven (9724756 in chips)
Seat 3: costel725 (2208658 in chips)
Seat 4: DuggerGerngy (7540260 in chips)
Seat 5: omalos (11294583 in chips)
Seat 6: alex987 (18642585 in chips)
Seat 7: RICOFELIZ (10901613 in chips)
Seat 8: j_t_s80 (11638115 in chips)
Seat 9: musicom (6521714 in chips)
Seat 1: StrungOut1 (2318710 in chips)
Seat 2: onealtiseven (16444756 in chips)
Seat 3: costel725 (3905974 in chips)
Seat 4: DuggerGerngy (14150520 in chips)
Seat 5: omalos (5229671 in chips)
Seat 6: alex987 (17452585 in chips)
Seat 7: RICOFELIZ (10186613 in chips)
Seat 8: j_t_s80 (11648115 in chips)
Seat 9: musicom (4413056 in chips)
onealtiseven: posts small blind 250000
costel725: posts big blind 500000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
DuggerGerngy: folds
omalos: folds
alex987: folds
RICOFELIZ: folds
j_t_s80: folds
musicom: raises 3863056 to 4363056 and is all-in
StrungOut1: folds
onealtiseven: folds
costel725: calls 3355974 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (507082) returned to musicom
*** FLOP *** [6s 7c 4c]
*** TURN *** [6s 7c 4c] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [6s 7c 4c 8d] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
costel725: shows [Qd Qs] (a pair of Queens)
musicom: shows [Ah 4d] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
musicom collected 8411948 from pot
Seat 1: StrungOut1 (5724840 in chips)
Seat 2: onealtiseven (15844756 in chips)
Seat 4: DuggerGerngy (11013100 in chips)
Seat 5: omalos (860961 in chips)
Seat 6: alex987 (15352585 in chips)
Seat 7: RICOFELIZ (9086613 in chips)
Seat 8: j_t_s80 (13348115 in chips)
Seat 9: musicom (14519030 in chips)
StrungOut1: posts small blind 250000
onealtiseven: posts big blind 500000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
DuggerGerngy: folds
omalos: folds
alex987: folds
RICOFELIZ: folds
j_t_s80: raises 1000000 to 1500000
musicom: folds
StrungOut1: raises 3000000 to 4500000
onealtiseven: folds
j_t_s80: raises 8798115 to 13298115 and is all-in
StrungOut1: calls 1174840 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (7623275) returned to j_t_s80
*** FLOP *** [4h Kd 3s]
j_t_s80 said, “pause”
*** TURN *** [4h Kd 3s] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [4h Kd 3s 2s] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
StrungOut1: shows [Tc Ah] (high card Ace)
j_t_s80: shows [9c 9s] (a pair of Nines)
j_t_s80 collected 12249680 from pot
Seat 2: onealtiseven (15294756 in chips)
Seat 4: DuggerGerngy (10963100 in chips)
Seat 5: omalos (810961 in chips)
Seat 6: alex987 (15302585 in chips)
Seat 7: RICOFELIZ (9036613 in chips)
Seat 8: j_t_s80 (19872955 in chips)
Seat 9: musicom (14469030 in chips)
DuggerGerngy: posts small blind 250000
omalos: posts big blind 500000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
alex987: raises 500000 to 1000000
RICOFELIZ: folds
j_t_s80: folds
musicom: folds
onealtiseven: folds
DuggerGerngy: folds
omalos: calls 260961 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (239039) returned to alex987
*** FLOP *** [8d Ac Th]
*** TURN *** [8d Ac Th] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [8d Ac Th 4d] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
omalos: shows [2c Ks] (high card Ace)
alex987: shows [6h 6s] (a pair of Sixes)
alex987 collected 2121922 from pot
Seat 2: onealtiseven (4436978 in chips)
Seat 4: DuggerGerngy (8823100 in chips)
Seat 6: alex987 (7554711 in chips)
Seat 7: RICOFELIZ (22513226 in chips)
Seat 8: j_t_s80 (23912955 in chips)
Seat 9: musicom (18509030 in chips)
DuggerGerngy: posts small blind 400000
alex987: posts big blind 800000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
RICOFELIZ: folds
j_t_s80: folds
musicom: folds
onealtiseven: raises 3556978 to 4356978 and is all-in
DuggerGerngy: folds
alex987: calls 3556978
*** FLOP *** [2d Ts 2s]
*** TURN *** [2d Ts 2s] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [2d Ts 2s 3s] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
alex987: shows [Jc Tc] (two pair, Tens and Deuces)
onealtiseven: shows [6s 6h] (two pair, Sixes and Deuces)
alex987 collected 9593956 from pot
Seat 4: DuggerGerngy (8263100 in chips)
Seat 6: alex987 (12231689 in chips)
Seat 7: RICOFELIZ (20753226 in chips)
Seat 8: j_t_s80 (23752955 in chips)
Seat 9: musicom (20749030 in chips)
RICOFELIZ: posts small blind 400000
j_t_s80: posts big blind 800000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
musicom: folds
DuggerGerngy: folds
alex987: raises 800000 to 1600000
RICOFELIZ: calls 1200000
j_t_s80: folds
*** FLOP *** [2h 7h Kd]
RICOFELIZ: checks
alex987: bets 800000
RICOFELIZ: raises 1600000 to 2400000
alex987: raises 2400000 to 4800000
RICOFELIZ: raises 14273226 to 19073226 and is all-in
alex987: calls 5751689 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (8521537) returned to RICOFELIZ
*** TURN *** [2h 7h Kd] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [2h 7h Kd Ts] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RICOFELIZ: shows [Kc Qd] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
alex987: shows [Ad Ks] (a pair of Kings)
RICOFELIZ collected 25503378 from pot
Seat 4: DuggerGerngy (15586200 in chips)
Seat 7: RICOFELIZ (40108860 in chips)
Seat 8: j_t_s80 (16785910 in chips)
Seat 9: musicom (13269030 in chips)
DuggerGerngy: posts small blind 500000
RICOFELIZ: posts big blind 1000000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
j_t_s80: folds
musicom: folds
DuggerGerngy: raises 14486200 to 15486200 and is all-in
RICOFELIZ: calls 14486200
*** FLOP *** [Jc 4d 3s]
*** TURN *** [Jc 4d 3s] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 4d 3s 5s] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DuggerGerngy: shows [8d Td] (high card King)
RICOFELIZ: shows [Ks Kh] (three of a kind, Kings)
RICOFELIZ collected 31372400 from pot
Seat 7: RICOFELIZ (61195060 in chips)
Seat 8: j_t_s80 (12485910 in chips)
Seat 9: musicom (12069030 in chips)
musicom: posts small blind 500000
RICOFELIZ: posts big blind 1000000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
j_t_s80: raises 11385910 to 12385910 and is all-in
musicom: folds
RICOFELIZ: calls 11385910
*** FLOP *** [8d Ts Td]
*** TURN *** [8d Ts Td] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [8d Ts Td Ks] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RICOFELIZ: shows [Qc Kc] (two pair, Kings and Tens)
j_t_s80: shows [Ah Qd] (a pair of Tens)
RICOFELIZ collected 25571820 from pot
Seat 7: RICOFELIZ (73880970 in chips)
Seat 9: musicom (11869030 in chips)
RICOFELIZ: posts small blind 500000
musicom: posts big blind 1000000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
RICOFELIZ: raises 72780970 to 73780970 and is all-in
musicom: calls 10769030 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (62011940) returned to RICOFELIZ
*** FLOP *** [6d Ad 2d]
*** TURN *** [6d Ad 2d] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [6d Ad 2d Kc] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
musicom: shows [Ts 9c] (high card Ace)
RICOFELIZ: shows [7s As] (a pair of Aces)
RICOFELIZ collected 23738060 from pot
PokerStars Sunday Million $1.5M Guaranteed
8,575 Entrants; $1,715,000 prize pool
1. RICOFELIZ $252,277
2. musicom $184,363
3. j_t_s80 $128,625
4. DuggerGerngy $85,750
5. alex987 $68,600
6. onealtiseven $51,450
7. omalos $34,300
8. StrungOut1 $18,865
9. costel725 $13,291
As it tends to be the final table of the Sunday500 was one of the best of the weekend. A familiar face from the Sunday Warm-Up was on hand as “Catenaccio” scored his 2nd third place finish of the day. The high-stakes professional earned another big score and amassed more than $100,000 in earnings on Sunday with a $55,991 cash in the $500k. A few other recognizable names at the final table included Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet who busted in 6th place for $23,305. Widely considered one of the best online MTT players in the world Van Fleet has won a WCOOP title as well as the $215 re-buy on PokerStars. Eventual winner “brianm15” is a cash game player who has been making a name for himself in online tournaments as of late. His six-figure score this past weekend was the third of his career on PokerStars and his 2nd Sunday major win to go along with a victory in the Warm-Up last year. Runner-up “clunged” earned the bigger score of his career on Stars after a check-raise semi-bluff on the turn failed to get there against brianm15’s two pair:
Seat 5: brianm15 (8915744 in chips)
Seat 6: clunged (2884256 in chips)
brianm15: posts small blind 50000
clunged: posts big blind 100000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
brianm15: raises 100000 to 200000
clunged: calls 100000
*** FLOP *** [8h 5c Js]
clunged: checks
brianm15: bets 260000
clunged: calls 260000
*** TURN *** [8h 5c Js] [7h]
clunged: checks
brianm15: bets 592500
clunged: raises 1821756 to 2414256 and is all-in
brianm15: calls 1821756
*** RIVER *** [8h 5c Js 7h] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
clunged: shows [Qd 9c] (a pair of Eights)
brianm15: shows [5s 8s] (a full house, Eights full of Fives)
brianm15 collected 5768512 from pot
PokerStars Sunday $500k Guaranteed
1,180 Entrants; $590,000 prize pool
1. brianm15 $100,300
2. clunged $73,750
3. Catenaccio $55,991
4. dia_stallion $40,120
5. Shhh00kem $29,205
6. apestyles $23,305
7. Brandon78 $17,405
8. adametes $11,505
9. capoch $6,372
While the Sunday500 had a few big names make the final table it paled in comparison to those on hand once the $215 re-buy reached its end. A handful of big names found themselves at the final table of the day’s biggest re-buy event including Steven “PiKappRaider” Burkholder, Jonathan “MONSTER_DONG” Karamalikis, Jamie “TheCronic420” Rosen, Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul, Kyle “kwob20” Bowker, and “All_in_at420”. Needless to say there were plenty of fireworks at the $215r final table which ultimately came down to All_in_at420 and Bowker for the title and $33,497 payday. In the end Bowker was able to outlast a very strong field and earned another big score on a resume that already included more than $1,000,000 in cashes on PokerStars alone. The $33k+ score failed to crack his top-5 cashes which includes a $103,162 win in a Omaha 8b Championship all the way back in 2006. The was actually his 4th victory in the $215r which might just be a record on PokerStars.
Seat 2: All_in_at420 (529000 in chips)
Seat 6: kwob20 (1312000 in chips)
All_in_at420: posts small blind 6000
kwob20: posts big blind 12000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
All_in_at420: raises 12000 to 24000
kwob20: raises 36000 to 60000
All_in_at420: raises 467800 to 527800 and is all-in
kwob20: calls 467800
*** FLOP *** [Qc 3s 5h]
*** TURN *** [Qc 3s 5h] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 3s 5h 6h] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kwob20: shows [Ks Kh] (a pair of Kings)
All_in_at420: shows [Ac 6c] (a pair of Sixes)
kwob20 collected 1058000 from pot
PokerStars Sunday $215r $150k Guaranteed
246 Entrants; $163,400 prize pool
1. kwob20 $33,497
2. All_in_at420 $24,510
3. BeL0WaB0Ve $18,464
4. JesusCVV $13,990
5. TheCronic420 $9,641
6. G’s zee $7,353
7. MONSTER_DONG $5,719
8. PiKappRaider $4,085
9. Turko_man $2,860
The final event of the day on PokerStars actually finished well before the $500k, $215r, and Sunday Million. The $250,000 guaranteed Sunday Second Chance once again easily surpassed its guarantee as more than 1,500 players entered the $200+$15 event. With nearly $315,000 in the middle and $56,628 slotted for the winner the Second Chance lived up to its name as an opportunity for all the grinders to catch a big score late in the day. Taking full advantage of his second chance was Faraz “The-Toilet 0” Jaka who is no stranger to both live and online success. The highly aggressive professional found fame away from the internet earlier this year as he dominated an ESPN telecast in a NAPT Bounty Shoot-out. The former WPT player of the year nearly won the Bellagio Cup V last year before falling in second place for $774,780. Online Jaka has won the $1k Monday, Super Tuesday, Second Chance (twice), and the UB Sunday $200k over the past few years. His $56,28 win here rates as one of his best scores on a career that has seen well over $1,000,000 in cashes online.
PokerStars Sunday Second Chance $250k Guaranteed
1,573 Entrants; $314,600 prize pool
1. The-Toilet 0 $56,628
2. PMCQ $40,898
3. CutiePi314 $31,460
4. hafizzle $23,595
5. Ti_Thompson $16,516
6. PokerSickNr1 $13,370
7. bybycu77 $10,224
8. berkey11 $7,078
9. Nemoqwe88 $4,404
Again those looking for FTOPS XVIII should check out our News Section for in-depth write-ups on the final events from this past Sunday/Monday. Next week we’ll be back with our full compliment of majors from both PokerStars and FullTilt.