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Online poker weekend – records shattered
Posted by: Jo Martin - Tue, 2010-02-23 06:43
PokerStars shatters every new record it sets in a few weeks’ time lately. It is now a definite trend. Just 3-4 weeks after it set a new attendance and prize-pool record with its Sunday Million, this past weekend it simply blew that record away, amassing a never before heard-of prize-pool and a never before seen starting field.
The special 40 billionth hand edition of the
PokerStars Sunday Million was supposed to offer a prize-pool of $4 million, but the 36,169 players who showed up for the poker tournament, combined for a massive $7,233,800 prize-pool, almost twice as much as the guarantee.
No deals were made in the $200+$15 buy-in event, thus the winner, RichieRichZH took home a record $1,141,510. Second place man, lankeshwar took down a prize bigger than what Sunday Million winners usually take home on regular weekends.
Petinvest7 finished 3rd, for a prize of $506,536.
Dani Stern was one of the top notable players. He finished 20th for a $9,042 reward. Alex Smith finished 29th for $7,233.
The Sunday Warm-up generated a pretty big starting field too. 5,341 players bellied up to the tables of this poker tournament, generating a prize-pool of $1,068,200. This event saw a deal among the top 4 players. At the end of it, Chris Homan came away with the win, pocketing $111,006. His wasn’t the biggest haul though. 3rd place man cumicon won $128,006. Justin Schwartz who finished 2nd, took home $109,006.
Notable finishes were those of Dustin-Dorrance Bowman (who took $6,355 for his 10th place finish), Tyler Cornell (16th) and Mark Roland (31st).
Meanwhile, over at
Full Tilt Poker, the FTOPS was in full swing.
Event #22, the $2,500+$120 NL Holdem 6-max one, generated a prize-pool of $2 million. Raj Vohra bested a starting field of 794 players, taking home a $430,000 prize.
Event #25, the
NL Holdem Knockout 6-max one, featured a much smaller buy-in but a much larger starting field. The 5,098 players combined for a $1,019,000 prize-pool, the lion’s share of which went to BonMich08, who struck no deals and thus shared with no one.
The FTOP’s $500+$30 Main Event attracted 1,575 players who shared a prize-pool of $797,500. This tournament saw a 7-way deal at the top, as a result of which, the eventual winner, JackQKA only won $237,643.
