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kared69 won last nights Sunday Million on PokerStars

There were 7112 Entrants, seemingly unaffected by the big events happening over on Full Tilt (for FTOPS VIII)

kared69 took it down, with no chop.  Waking up this morning $200K richer

1. kared69 (Canada) $200,558.40
2. etushekki (Finland) $100,990.40
3. bestbuy82 (United States) $71,120.00
4. Stefano/Zio (Italy) $56,896.00
5. KILLER ACE (France) $42,672.00
6. draqq (United States) $31,292.80
7. traction1 (United States) $22,047.20
8. Genius005ca (Canada) $12,801.60
9. perezj234 (United States) $8,392.16

The $5200 buy-in winner-takes-all Freezout on PokerStars picked up 15 entants this week.  Sauce123 emerged the winner with no chop

1st Sauce123 $75,000
2nd UGOTPZD
3rd MrSmokey1
4th woosewoo

 With a big chip deficit heads-up, Sauce123 had his fair slice of luck to mount a comeback…

PokerStars Game #17526564397: Tournament #87754838, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit - Level V (200/400) - 2008/05/18 - 19:02:57 (ET)
Table ‘87754838 1′ 10-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Sauce123 (8068 in chips)
Seat 2: UGOTPZD (66932 in chips)
Sauce123: posts the ante 80
UGOTPZD: posts the ante 80
UGOTPZD: posts small blind 200
Sauce123: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
UGOTPZD: raises 800 to 1200
Sauce123: raises 6788 to 7988 and is all-in
UGOTPZD: calls 6788
*** FLOP *** [3d Ah 5h]
Sauce123 said, “hah”
Sauce123 said, “gg”
*** TURN *** [3d Ah 5h] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [3d Ah 5h Ad] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sauce123: shows [Qd 8d] (a flush, Ace high)
UGOTPZD: shows [Kh Ks] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
Sauce123 collected 16136 from pot
Sauce123 said, “jeez”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 16136 | Rake 0
Board [3d Ah 5h Ad 6d]
Seat 1: Sauce123 (big blind) showed [Qd 8d] and won (16136) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: UGOTPZD (button) (small blind) showed [Kh Ks] and lost with two pair, Aces and Kings

UGOTPZD: how about
UGOTPZD: u lose the horse shoe
UGOTPZD: and I pz you the f out

I can already feel the excitement building for the 2008 World Series of Poker.  It starts in just 14 days from now, with the first event taking place on 30th May.   Thousands of poker players are, as we speak,  furtively gathering their warchests, and making their travel/accom arrangements.

There are some interesting new events this year, most notable an 8 game mixed event.   A bit like HORSE on acid!   

There is also the $50K HORSE, back for the 3rd year following previous wins by Chip Reese and Freddy Deeb.  Will the big name pros keep there strangle-hold on the trophy this time around?

The main event kicks-off on the 3rd July, and it will be interesting to see whether last year’s “blip” (on entrants) defying the usual trend of ever-increasing numbers for the main event, will be shown to be just that - a “blip”, or whether it is the start of a slowdown in field sizes.   My guess would be that we will see a small rise from last year.  I’ll guess we’ll find out soon enough

373 players paid the $1050 buy-in to play this weeks Super Tuesday on PokerStars.   As the bubble approached after around 3.5 hours, it was none other than WSOP and WCOOP bracelet winner mig.com fighting it out in first and second with the legend that is zangbezan24

With them also being at the same table for a considerable time, they were inevitably to tussle in a few encounters.  Here is one such time:

PokerStars Game #17415131699: Tournament #87632828, $1000+$50 Hold’em No Limit - Level X (300/600) - 2008/05/13 - 23:25:26 (ET)
Table ‘87632828 30′ 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: $30K (17537 in chips) out of hand (moved from another table into small blind)
Seat 2: busto_soon (29315 in chips)
Seat 3: zangbezan24 (52476 in chips)
Seat 5: AJKHoosier1 (14427 in chips)
Seat 6: Cre8ive (18568 in chips)
Seat 7: Ygga (22929 in chips)
Seat 8: mig.com (39693 in chips)
Seat 9: Danfra (30379 in chips)
busto_soon: posts the ante 60
zangbezan24: posts the ante 60
AJKHoosier1: posts the ante 60
Cre8ive: posts the ante 60
Ygga: posts the ante 60
mig.com: posts the ante 60
Danfra: posts the ante 60
busto_soon: posts small blind 300
zangbezan24: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
AJKHoosier1: folds
Cre8ive: folds
Ygga: folds
mig.com: raises 900 to 1500
Danfra: folds
Cre8ive said, “sup 30k”
busto_soon: folds
zangbezan24: raises 3300 to 4800
mig.com: raises 7200 to 12000
zangbezan24: folds
Uncalled bet (7200) returned to mig.com
mig.com collected 10320 from pot
mig.com: doesn’t show hand
$30K said, “yooo”
zangbezan24 said, “K7cc no good?”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10320 | Rake 0
Seat 2: busto_soon (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: zangbezan24 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: AJKHoosier1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: Cre8ive folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: Ygga folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: mig.com collected (10320)
Seat 9: Danfra (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

With post-hand comments of:
mig.com: k5s
zangbezan24: hehe

Inevitably both players cashed, but mig.com faired a little better, finishing in 10th.  zangbezan24’s chips went awol a bit quicker than that.  He finished 36th.

When the pushing and shoving was all done, goleafsgo41 emerged as the victor, taking it down.

1st goleafsgp41 $82,060
2nd junior4718 $56,323
3rd nofingclue11 $38,419
4th WiscoMurray $29,840
5th tommyboy83 $22,380

 PKerBL picked up this weeks Sunday Million on PokerStars. 

1) PKerBL - $193,339.20
2) AQUA RAIDER - $97,355.20
3) Snitch24 - $68,560.00
4) FeFranco - $54,848.00
5) OllowainTim - $41,136.00
6) jp4est - $30,166.40
7) roniirani - $21,253.60
Talgamer13 - $12,340.80
9) HelmetSky - $8,090.08

Interesting finish in 9th place for HelmetSky.  I’m sure a few of you guys remember him from late last year - he was 3rd in the 2007 WCOOP Main Event.  Nice to see he hasnt lost his touch!

steamraise put in another great performance, winning this weeks $5K buy-in winner-takes-all freezeout on PokerStars, and picking up $100,000 for his troubles.

He won this event back at the end of March 2008, so he is well and truely stamping his mark as a force to be reckoned with at the poker tables

I posted the FTOPS VIII Schedule a few days back, so I thought I’d do a post on the winners to far

Event #1 4,158 entrants - Winner = the guru 11 $158,852.23
Event #2 1,070 entrants - Winner = whothedonk $48,150.00
Event #3 729 entrants - Winner = BOP B 3AKOHE 1 $76,545.00
Event #4 1,076 entrants = Winner = EMSBas $48,420.00
Event #5 645 entrants - Winner = voguepergola $27,735.00
Event #6 637 entrants - Winner = mmmadd $68,477.50
Event #7 1,811 entrants - Winner = jornx $102,249.50
Event #8 512 entrants - Winner = GoToChurch $51,200.00
Event #9 5,090 entrants - Winner = _FlaXmarZ_ $263,438.04
Event #10 1,137 entrants - Winner = lilkimmer77 $51,165.00
Event #11 1,593 entrants - Winner = Halfrek $342,495.00

The best performances by Full Tilt Pros, have been

Scott Fischman - 18th in Event 1

Berry Johnston - 4th in Event 5

Scott Fischman - 12th in Event 6

Erick Lindgren - 13th in Event 7

Titan Poker are hosting the 2nd European Championship of Online Poker.  Dates and Events are as follows:

1 ECOOP NL Holdem  Fri May 23 2008 $200+$15  $250,000 Guar
2 ECOOP PLO Hi-Lo R/A  Sat May 24 2008 $100+$9 $100,000 Guar
3 ECOOP NL Holdem  Sun May 25 2008 $300+$20  $500,000 Guar
4 ECOOP PLO Rebuy  Mon May 26 2008 $100+$9 $150,000 Guar
5 ECOOP NL Holdem Tues May 27 2008 $750+$50  $300,000  Guar
6 ECOOP NL Holdem 6 Max  Wed May 28 2008 $200+$15 $200,000  Guar
7 ECOOP Limit Holdem  Thurs May 29 2008 $200+$15  $100,000  Guar
8 ECOOP NL Hold’em Rebuy  Fri May 30 2008 $100+$9  $300,000  Guar
9 ECOOP PL Omaha  Sat May 31 2008 $250+$18  $150,000 Guar
10 ECOOP MAIN EVENT NL Holdem  Sunday June 01 2008 $1,000+$60  $1,500,000  Guar

The top 100 players from the series will get entry into a $50,000 freeroll which will take place on Wed 4th June

Full Tilt are hosting the largest buy-in tournament ever in the history of online poker.   On the 24th May at 3pm ET, they are hosting the World Heads-Up Championship, an event with a $25,000 buy-in!

Entrants will be capped at 64.  Whether they meet that amount though is another matter.  Full Tilt is the home of the worlds highest rolling poker players, so if anyone can get 64 players to stump up $25K they can.

There are 2 qualifiers for the event.  Both $535 buy-ins. They are on Thurs May 22nd at 3 pm ET, and Fri May 23rd at 9 pm ET

FTOPS Schedule on Full Tilt
(Full Tilt Series of Online Poker)

Event #1
Wednesday May 7th 2008 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Hold ‘em 6-Max $750K Guaranteed
 
Event #2
Thursday May 8th 14:00 ET
$240 + $16 PLO- Knockout $200K Guar
 
Event #3
Thursday May 8th 21:00 ET
$500 + $35 NL Hold ‘em
3 x Shootout $300K Guar
 
Event #4
Friday May 9th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 PL Hold’em $200K Guar
 
Event #5
Friday May 9th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 Stud/8 $100K Guar
 
Event #6
Saturday May 10th 14:00 ET
$500 + $35 PL Omaha 6-Max $300K Guar
 
Event #7
Saturday May 10th 16:30 ET
$100 + $9 NL Hold ‘em  Rebuy $500K Guar

Event #8
Sunday May 11th 14:00 ET
$500 + $35 NL Hold ‘em Heads Up $250K Guar
 
Event #9
Sunday May 11th 18:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Hold ‘em $1.5M Guar
 
Event #10
Monday May 12th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 Pot Limit Omaha/8 $200K Guar
 
Event #11
Monday May 12th 21:00 ET
$1,000 + $60 NL Hold ‘em $1.5M Guar

Event #12
Tuesday May 13th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Holdem 1 rebuy and 1 add-on $300K Guar
 
Event #13
Tuesday May 13th 21:00 ET
$500 + $35 HORSE $300K Guar 

Event #14
Tuesday May 13th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Hold ‘em Turbo $200K Guar

Event #15
Wednesday May 14th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16
HA (half PL Hold’em,half PL Omaha) $150K Guar
 
Event #16
Wednesday May 14th 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Hold ‘em 6-Max Rebuy $1M Guar
 
Event #17
Thursday May 15th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Hold ‘em 4 x Shootout 6-Max $200K Guar
 
Event #18
Thursday May 15th 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 Razz $150K Guar

Event #19
Friday May 16th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Hold ‘em $350K Guar

Event #20
Friday May 16th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 Limit Hold ‘em 6-Max $200K Guar
 
Event #21
Saturday May 17th 14:00 ET
$2,500 + $120 NL Hold ‘em Two Day Event $1.5M Guar
 
Event #22
Saturday May 17th 16:30 ET
$100 + $9 PL Omaha Rebuy $350K Guar

Event #23
Sunday May 18th 14:00 ET
$240 + $16 NL Hold ‘em  6-Max Knockout $500K Guar 

Main Event
Sunday May 18th 18:00 ET
$500 + $35 NL Hold ‘em $2M Guar