Vaga_Lion Takes Top Spot at PokerStars on April 6, 2008
On Sunday April 6, 2008 7,680 people paid to play in the PokerStars Sunday Million. These entrants drove the prize pool up to a tasty $1,536,000. As the final table got underway, Vaga_Lion declared himself king of the jungle with 13 million chips. On the very first hand, he eliminated jkcva and picked up a ton of chips from V00D00CHILE.
Rather than sitting back, content to count the chips and let his prey devour each other, Vaga_Lion pounced again. 20 minutes later, he cleaned Fjusse's clock, sending him to the rail in eighth place.
With play down to five, Vaga_Lion unleashed his wrath against billusnail and again came out on top. Unfortunately for Vaga, V00D00CHILE emerged as a solid contender for the title, knocking out johne147 in sixth and exceed_EXE in fourth. Combining the chip infusion from these eliminations and some solid play-making in between, V00D00CHILE was fixing to use his magic against the rest of the field as three-handed play got underway.
However, V00D00CHILE came out on the losing end of a massive pot, giving Vaga_Lion the advantage once again. When V00D00CHILE ko'd princessl111 in third position, he proposed a by the chips chop. Lion wasn't hearing it and got V00D00 to agree to an even split with $30,000 left to play for.
In the end, Lion's decision paid off, as he dispatched V00D00CHILE with an As,8h on the final hand and laid claim to more than $177,000.
Here are the final results:
1) Vaga_Lion - $177,816 2) V00D00CHILE - $147,816 3) princessl111 - $76,800 4) exceed_EXE - $61,440 5) billusnail - $46,080 6) johne147 - $33,792 7) garsn - $23,808 8) Fjusse - $13,824 9) jkcva - $9,062
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