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Online Poker weekend – Records are shattered
Posted by: Jo Martin - Mon, 2010-02-01 21:10
This past weekend was a truly memorable one for the
online poker industry. Due to the end of the month promotions most online poker sites were running, high octane action had been anticipated, but the resulting player numbers took everyone by surprise nonetheless.
The Special Edition of PokerStars’ Sunday Million featured a prize-pool of $2 million, instead of the usual $1.5 million. Little did the organizers know though that the resulting influx of registrants would simply shatter that guarantee, combining for a prize-pool almost twice as big.
19,377 players coughed up the buy-in, combining for an unprecedented $3.8 million prize-pool.
The winner of the poker tournament, OX45AL won a staggering $550k, another new Sunday Million record. No deals were made at the final table, and despite that, no fewer than 5 players finished with 6-figure profits, the 6th place finisher, Kostya 77777 coming in just short at $99,762.
A notable finish was that of Damian Griffin, who took home $9,643 for his 15th place finish.
PokerStars’ Sunday Warm-up attracted a nice starting field as well. 5,268 players bellied up to the tables of this tournament, each of them paying out the $200+$15 buy-in, to give birth to a $1,053,000 prize-pool. Shogun1000 won the event, taking home $164,817. Rawhide0728 was the only other player to finish in 6 figures: he won $122,744.
Ultimate Bet’s Online Championship came to an end last weekend too, wrapping up with a true bang: the $1,000+$50 NL Holdem event.
This poker tournament attracted a massive starting field of 1,307 players, and generated a prize-pool of $1.3 million. DOUBLEDAVE22 won this event, taking down a $279k first prize.
Full Tilt Poker’s $1.5 Million Guarantee attracted a massive starting field too. 7,578 players bellied up to the virtual tables in this poker tournament. The prize-pool was a $1.51 million one, and the buy-in a $200+$16 one. Player BankOfSweden won this one, after a deal with second place man extassyman. Both top finishers took down more than $210k. Jared Ingles was one of the notables to finish high, taking home $10.760 for his 12th place finish.
Full Tilt’s Sunday Brawl generated a prize-pool of $817,600 and attracted 4,088 players. The event was won by “ozram” who took home the only 6-figure haul of the poker tournament, a $161,884 chunk of the prize-pool.
