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Online poker weekend – Highway51 wins big
Posted by: James Carter. - Mon, 2010-03-15 13:26
The online poker weekend saw plenty of high profile events taking place at various online poker rooms. No fewer than 8 players walked away with 6-figure prizes, the biggest haul weighing in at more than a quarter million.
As usual, PokerStars’ Sunday Million set the tone for the weekend poker tournament action. The $200+$15 buy-in event drew 9,687 participants. The starting field combined buy-ins for a $1,937,400 prize-pool, well over the $1.5 guarantee. No deals were made in this poker tournament, and nothing highlighted its importance better than the fact that even so, out of the 8 6-figure winners, 3 collected their prizes at the Sunday Million’s tables.
The winner, Highway51, took home $271,241 for his efforts. Second place man, popimaiorca won $197,614. Soltari84 finished 3rd, for $139,492. Rakeinfools, who finished 4th, almost made the mark too, his $96,870 prize falling just short of 6 figures.
Mike McDonald was the top “name” pro in this event. He finished 22nd and scored $4,068 for his efforts.
The Sunday Warm-up saw “only” 4,594 registrants belly up to
PokerStars tournament tables. The 918,800 prize-pool was enough to put the two top finishers into 6-figures. After a deal between the two players, lu_tricolor won the event, taking home $130,591. CallMeIdiot finished second for $120,591, and after such an achievement, I doubt anyone would ever call him that again.
Albert Winchester finished 16th in this one, for a $2,756 reward.
The Sunday 500 saw 1,153 players register, combining for a prize-pool of $576,500. The three top finishers struck a deal, which left the eventual winner, Bryn Kenney, a $71,453 haul. Second place finisher, hellzito, won $77,523.
Veronica Dabul finished 11th for a $4.957 prize.
Full Tilt Poker’s $750k Guarantee was responsible for two other 6-figure winners. Zoopreme and Chris Savage were the top two finishers. After a heads-up deal, zoopreme won, taking home $116,517. Chris Savage took down $109,017. Ara Melikian finished 13th, for $5,637.
The Sunday Brawl yielded another 6-figure winner. Chris Moorman bested a starting field of 2,700 players on his way to a top prize of $109,620.
At
Ultimate Bet, the $200k GTD generated a prize-pool of $213,200. Adam Katz took the lion’s share of it, winning the event and pocketing a $47,607 reward for his efforts. Eric Blair was the top “notable” finisher, taking home $1,321 for his 16th place.
