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The online poker weekend – major guarantees still ailing
Posted by: Randy Williams - Tue, 2010-06-29 15:45
After a one weekend’s hiatus, which saw both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker run WSOP Main Event Satellites instead of their regular flagship guarantees, the Sunday Million and the $750k Guarantee returned to the schedule. The guarantees were left uncovered once again though. With all that, several players took home 6-figure prizes again, the biggest such prize finding its way into LOL_FAILURE’s pockets. LOL_FAILURE was the player who won the
PokerStars Sunday Million, taking down the $228,150 prize. No deals were made at the top of the $200+$15 event, which only attracted 6,640 players, not enough to cover the $1.5 million guarantee.
Two more 6 figure winners were created by this poker tournament. Thedylan1 picked up $168,750 for his second place finish and elvisthewing took home $120,000 for his 3rd place.
Few ”name” pros finished anywhere near the top. Tae Joon Noh led that list with a 32nd place effort, worth $3,135.
The Sunday Warm-up, which is usually responsible for a couple of 6-figure winners too, failed to reach that goal this past weekend. The top 4 players in the event made a deal, which left the eventual winner, golferen50 with a $96,000 prize. Mrsgardener finished 2nd for $71,500. Mike McDonald, who’s apparently not done playing poker after all, came in 12th in this event, picking up $4,500 for his efforts.
Only 922 players bellied up to the tables of the Sunday 500 at PokerStars. The guarantee was left uncovered in this event as well. the winner, who emerged on top in the wake of a 3-way deal, pocketed $66,840. Fabiano Kowalski finished second for $75,794.
Full Tilt Poker’s $750k guarantee attracted a starting field of 3,125 players. While the guarantee was not covered in this event either, due to the fact that no deals were made among the top finishers, another 6-figure winner emerged. Zombiebird took down to the top prize worth $132,787. Brendon Rubie came pretty close too, but eventually had to settle for second place, which gave him $80,250.
The Sunday Brawl attracted a reasonably large field too. 2,101 players coughed up the $240+$16 buy-in for this event. The lion’s share of the $420,000 prize-pool, namely $85,699, went to 19isthisit66. Ken Smaron finished second for $55,466.
Ultimate Bet’s $200k GTD was won by David Sonelin, who took down $44,920.
