Balla-B13 Dribbles in the Win at the Sunday Mil
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PokerStars' weekend tournament attendance didn't suffer one iota from the presence of the FTOPS VI. 6,637 peeps paid to play in the Sunday Million bringing the total prize pool up to $1,327,400. Isabelle “No Mercy” Mercier, Humberto Brenes, Victor Ramdin and Chris “Money800” Moneymaker were among the Poker Stars pros playing in the tournament. None of these made the money. G0T T!LT? hit the rails in ninth place about 20 minutes after final table play got underway. skg0909 went next. His Ks,Qs proved no match for the Ah,8h of WeTruck, who made it all the way to third place, earning more than $70k for his efforts. In the end, Balla-B13 courted victory, catching big pockets pairs to eliminate two of his opponents. The cowboys wrangled Tifton TAO out in seventh place and the pocket rockets landed on wNwNw1, crushing his tournament life in sixth. Ouch! Here are the results: 1) Balla-B13 — $190,880.12 2) head2842 — $99,422.26 3) WeTruck — $71,546.86 4) yesss — $55,750.80 5) pat5star — $42,609.54 6) wNwNw1 — $30,530.20 7) Tifton TAO — $21,902.10 8) skg0909 — $13,274.00 9) G0T T!LT? — $8,229.88 PartyPoker had 1,643 entrants on Sunday for their $300,000 Guarantee. This brought the prize pool over the guarantee. A total of $328,600 was up for grabs. Two hundred folks made some moolah. Sem_Deus took his bow early on at the final table, making his final stand with the deadly A,Q. Eric7theking called all-in with an A,9 and found himself lanced on the pocket nines of his opponent, StingelingXX. 'the king' returned to his castle with an extra $8700. Stingeling would make it all the way to fifth place, earning about double 'the king's' take. As three-handed play got underway, the final three agreed to a by the chips chop ending the tournament. These are the final standings: 1) dparaskakis - $47,261.04 2) KolliMong - $41,878.02 3) JADER_15 - $35,400.36 4) mrwho888 - $17,908.70 5) StingelingXX - $15,115.60 6) smuldersnr1 - $11,336.70 7) Eric7theking - $8,707.90 8) kunkku23 - $5,750.50 9) PSG55 - $4,436.10 10) Sem_Deus - $3,121.70 Ultimate Bet had 934 entrants on Sunday, down from 949 the previous week. The site doled out $13,200 to make the $200,000 Guarantee. Chris “BluffMagCV” continued to put up big numbers online, taking fifth in this tournament and $10,500. beatmedown81 took the top spot after a heads-up match against abajotrabajo, earning $45,000 for the effort. Here are the results: 1) beatmedown81 – $45,000 2) abajotrabajo – $26,500 3) redweb – $18,000 4) yakisoba - $13,100 5) BluffMagCV - $10,500 6) Polyphemus_I - $8,500 7) StructureK - $6,500 8) MrCumberdale - $4,500 9) tballer247 - $3,400 10) slatehill4 - $2,000 Bodog also had to put up cash to meet its guarantee. 764 peeps paid to play at the Sunday $100,000. This brought an infusion of $23,600 from Calvin Ayre and company. 63 places paid out, with $25,000 going to the top spot. MD85 landed at the final table but stayed there for only a short time. As is usually the case at Bodog, the final table action was pretty quick. Four folks landed on the rail in the first 45 minutes. Then, the fifth, fourth and third players busted lightning quick leaving a heads-up match between GibinMauler and cambiasso. Within 14 minutes, the match was over and GibinMauler won the day. These are the final standings: 1) GibinMauler - $25,000 2) cambiasso - $14,300 3) I_BET100K - $9,200 4) camp0439 - $6,900 5) Capt Cabernet - $5,500 6) jonnyseaview - $4,500 7) CatBiteIt - $3,500 8) Big Nard - $2,500 9) MD85 - $1,600