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The online poker weekend – Johnny Lodden and the Sunday Million
Posted by: Randy Williams - Wed, 2010-08-25 19:23
As the live poker season was in full swing and not slowing down one bit, player numbers at various online events were smaller than usual this past weekend. Regardless of that though, most of the flagship weekend tournaments managed to cover their guarantees quite handily.
PokerStars’ Sunday Million attracted a starting field of 7,798 players. The prize-pool was $1,559,600, just enough to sneak past the guarantee. That was enough to give first place finisher pvas2 a $233,943 prize. No deals were made, which meant that everyone took home exactly as much as he deserved.
Second place man Paul Dewald scored a $171,556 haul. The interesting thing about last week’s Sunday Million was the fact that Johnny Lodden made the final table. He finished 5th, taking down a $62,384 prize.
The Sunday Warm-Up generated a prize-pool of $796,800. 3,984 players coughed up the $200+$15 buy-in to take part in this one. The bulk of the prize-pool was divided among the top three finishers through a deal they made. The eventual winner was YugiohPro, who took down a $104k prize. A notable finish was that of Chris Moorman, who took down $4,780 for his 12th place effort.
No other 6-figure winners were created at PokerStars over the weekend. The Sunday 500 awarded a $74,185 prize to winner Jonas Klausen and the Sunday 2nd chance gave Mathias Neu $52,142.
With only 3,421 participants,
Full Tilt Poker’s $750 GTD failed to cover its guarantee. Thanks to a 4-way deal at the top, no 6-figure winners were registered either. sasodiits finished 1st, for a $83,307 prize.
One of the highest finishing notables was Hayden Fortini, who took home $5,325 for his 13th place. Neither the Sunday Brawl, nor the Sunday Mulligan managed to put any of their players into 6-figures.
