GulahPapyrus Wins Big at Full Tilt Mil
One word could define the online weekend tournaments on January 20, 2008 – “massive.” PokerStars, Full Tilt, Ultimate Bet and Party Poker put up big numbers and even bigger prizes. At the online home of world champions Moneymaker, Raymer and Hachem, more than 7500 people paid to play in the Sunday Million. The tournament continues to be a big draw for PokerStars players. With that kind of attendance, the prize pool was more than $1.5 million with more than $212,000 going to the top spot if no deal was struck.
However, as the action got down to three-handed play, the remaining players BluStarZ16, macthemac67 and StudMaverick agreed to a by-the-chips chop with the standard $30,000 left over for the winner. StudMaverick took the extra cash and the title in the end.
Here are the results:
1) StudMaverick — $171,445 2) macthemac67 — $117,783 3) BluStarz16 — $104,819 4) spank01 — $60,160 5) Pier85 — $45,120 6) goonertone7 — $33,088 7) MagicCoin — $23,312 8) Tiwo — $13,536 9) mariaras — $8,873.60
Full Tilt Poker held its monthly million dollar guarantee on Sunday. The $535 buy-in didn't deter many from playing in the event. 2,252 folks turned up, bringin the total prize pool up to a respectable $1,126,000. 351 people made bank with nearly $207,000 going to the champ.
aaalvin held the chip lead as the final table got underway and collected the first knockout. aaalvin rode the wave of success all the way to heads-up play against GulahPapyrus. GulahPapyrus doubled through early on in the heads up match up to take a commanding lead. He played an aggressive match and called aaalvin's all-in on the last hand with big slick in the hole. The board helped neither player so GulahPapyrus, with a higher kicker, claimed the title and the $206,564.70.
These are the final standings:
1) GulahPapyrus — $206,564.70 2) aaalvin — $126,787.60 3) heyfreddy — $82,986.20 4) Fidget65 — $66,208.80 5) SkewpTroop — $50,107 6) JBT449 — $36,032 7) Catenaccio — $26,461 8) tkap423 — $20,718.40 9) Tadadonk — $15,764
1,735 players entered the PartyPoker $300,000 Guaranteed on Sunday creating a tasty prize pool of $347,600. FaceAndi was down to the felt after losing a heartbreaker of a hand to LordLuckBox. However, FaceAndi went on to win three straight showdowns, doubling or tripling his stack each time. His impressive comeback propelled him to a fourth-place finish and $18,391.
As three-handed play got underway, the three finalists – LordLuckBox, lutkatutka and The_2_0ezx agreed to a deal, giving them near-even money. In the end, The_2_0ezk claimed victory and $300 more than the second-place finisher, lutkatutka.
Here are the results:
1) The_2_0ezx — $43,400 2) lutkatutka — $43,100 3) LordLuckbox — $42,063.50 4) FaceAndi — $18,391 5) NLJFF — $14,921 6) KitDeLuca — $11,451 7) gizzer11 — $8,848.50 8) Jennifer2113 — $6,072.50 9) AAAKK99 — $4,511 10) btigris — $2,949.50
Finally, Ultimate Bet had its third straight layout-free weekend on Sunday. 1,020 people paid to play in their $200,000 Guarantee. chpskrwd and HarrisMP battled it out in a fantastic heads-up match. Each wanted to claim the $44,800 prize for first. However, in the end, chpskrwd outlasted his opponent and took the title.
These are the final standings:
1) chpskrwd — $44,800 2) HarrisMP — $26,275 3) jps1231 — $18,156 4) dignan55 — $13,260 5) 4cryinoutloud — $10,710 6) RandalFlowers — $8,568 7) tommyknocker — $6,528 8) gocansecoc — $4,590 9) Jay_Fielder — $3,468 10) ve6ticata — $2,040