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Weekend Online Poker Action – Karamalikis’ Near Miss
Posted by: Mark Baldwing - Tue, 2012-01-17 07:39
The Aussie Millions have recently kicked off, and live action is therefore plentiful Down Under, but that doesn’t mean the insatiable appetite of some of the young Aussie
on line poker pros can be satisfied. Despite all the live action taking place, the online tables saw their fair share of registrants in the various large guaranteed events over the weekend. Jonathan Karamalikis, one of the best Australia has to offer poker-wise, was playing and he nearly made the final table of PokerStars’ Sunday Million. He made the final 14, but by that time he was desperately short on chips. He shoved the last of his tournament lifeblood into the middle on a 7c, 5c, looking for a monster, but a player called “GreenChe” made the call from the BB with an A,8. The flop fell 6,5,3, not a bad one at all for Karamalikis, but the A on the turn pretty much sealed his fate. The 3 on the river was of no help and the Aussie was out, picking up $6,124 for his efforts.
The eventual winner of the Sunday Million was Ticiz, who took home $200k+ after a two-way deal with second place finisher roosi88. The only other player to finish in 6-figures in the event was “nordlending” whose 3rd place was worth $118k. Another notable to finish high was Michael Telker, who took home $2,774 for his 41st place. The event drew a starting field of 7,379 players, which generated a prize-pool of $1.47 million.
The Sunday Warm-Up created a 6-figure winner too. MikiOpasniy took home $115k for his win. There were no deals in this event at the top. The winner bested a starting field of 3,670 players.
Mark Epstein was the highest finishing notable: he was rewarded with $1,324 for his 58th place.
The Sunday 500 drew 812 entrants. PSMozak won this one, taking home $73k. Cory Carroll finished 15th for $3.4k.
