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Weekend online tournaments yield 6-figure winners
Posted by: James Carter. - Tue, 2009-12-01 03:47
Over the past weekend, online poker tournament action was in full swing again. With all the big weekend guarantees that were scheduled, it was certain a bunch of online poker players would walk away with life-changing prizes. Sure enough, there were a whole bunch of 6-figure winners, the biggest one of whom, Caio Cesar Pimenta, took home more than a quarter million in PokerStars’ Sunday Million.
The Sunday Million attracted a field of 9,077 entrants, who combined for a more than generous prize-pool of $1,815,400. The buy-in to the event cost $200+$15, which was more than reasonable considering the stakes involved. 3 players took home 6-figure loot piles, including winner caio_pimenta who scored a $259,243 payday. He bested KillerMendez heads-up. The second place finisher pocketed $190,617.
Third place went to floriverboy, and it was good for a $135,156 prize. Daniel Drescher was the highest finishing “name” pro. He ended up in 17th place, dragging a $4,538 reward for his efforts.
The Sunday Warm-up attracted 4,628 players. This
poker tournament saw a three way deal at the top which left an additional $10,000 for the winner. MR Shanish came out on top eventually, and pocketed the $116,468 prize. Angevert finished second for $106,468, and $saxo$ finished 3rd for the same $106,468 sum.
The prize-pool was a $925,600 one, and the buy-in was $200+$15.
PokerStars’ Sunday 500 did not generate a 6-figure winner, but the $516,500 prize-pool was large enough to offer liutas.a, the winner, a $89,147 prize.
The $1 million Turbo Takedown didn’t result in a 6-figure winner either, but viebu, who ended up taking the top spot, got an Audi TT RS sports-car on top of the $60,000 prize he pocketed.
Over at
Full Tilt Poker there was just one six figure tournament winner over the weekend. The $750,000 guaranteed was responsible for the emergence of WooohSaaah, who managed to turn his $200+$16 buy-in into $154,233.
Player Hand banana7 won $93,366 for his second place finish. Steve Bilirakis was the highest finishing “name” pro. He scored $2,620 for his 33rd place effort.
Full Tilt Poker’s Sunday Brawl saw another 3-way deal, which prevented winner mikkelstrack to hit 6-figures. He eventually ended up with $96,010. Michael Huber finished 2nd, for $72,201.
