tEh_R3aLde4L Takes Down PokerStars Sunday Mil on June 22, 2008
6,382 people paid to play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million on June 22nd, 2008. Although the prize pool wasn't a record-breaker for the online home of former WSOP champions Joe Hachem, Greg Raymer and Chris Moneymaker, the $1,276,400 was still the biggest amount up for grabs on the net this weekend.
As three-handed play got underway, the final combatants – tEh_R3aLde4L, Bolikk and jlost88 agreed to a by the chips chop. Bolikk, being the chip leader at the time, took the bulk of the cash, guaranteeing himself $112,000. However, tEh_R3aLde4L kicked his game into high gear, knocking out both Bolikk and jlost88, claiming the remaining $30,000 and winning more than $121k for himself in the process.
Here are the final results:
1) tEh_R3aLde4L — $121,688* 2) Bolikk — $112,000* 3) jlost88 — $104,941* 4) imeasy2read — $59,353 5) bartasPL — $46,589 6) jeffbeesdat — $33,825 7) XCappucinoX1 — $22,975 8) iso_o — $15,317 9) luke8 — $9,956
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