6747 players entered this weeks Sunday Million on PokerStars.  Kongsgaard took down the glory

1st Kongsgaard - $158,555
2nd swishes2000 - $105,928
3rd flylice - $74,217
4th Terken89 - $60,723
5th zman2224 - $47,229
6th gyndok - $33,735
7th Wizard0f0dd5 - $23,615
8th farquad72 - $15,518
9th Djorgo - $10,525

Kongsgaard is a pro player by the name of Soren Kongsgaard.  He has final tabled the Sunday Million before, finishing 4th in Feb 2007

6993 Entrants in the PokerStars Sunday Million this week

1. jotaele1 (Spain) $197,202.60
2. JHBrenes (Costa Rica) $99,300.60
3. mass.mike MA (United States) $69,930.00
4. OWWEX NY (United States) $55,944.00
5. late_entry (United States) $41,958.00
6. tpreston (Canada) $30,769.20
7. anybody1108 (Germany) $21,678.30
8. zeistpoker11 (Netherlands) $12,587.40
9. Jim Bee (United States) $8,251.74

No chop this week

jotaele1 is not a particularly high volume player.  He averages about 16 tournaments a month on Stars.  He generally plays higher buy-ins though, with an ABI of $168

This week’s PokerStars Sunday Million was taken down by rythman.  They did a 3-way chop while tapatapa (hmmmmm tapas) was leading.  rythman stepped it up a gear to come back from behind and take it down.

There were 6745 entrants, leading to a total prizepool of $1.35 million

1. rythman (Sweden) $137,253.56
2. tapatapa (Brazil) $139,725.80
3. KtheKing (Brazil) $90,758.04
4. Hasuwisp (Canada) $56,658.00
5. EvilLondon.(Sweden) $43,302.90
6. jojo1983 (United Kingdom) $31,027.00
7. deepak1 (Denmark) $22,258.50
8. jorgeezy (United States) $13,490.00
9. browsef (United States) $8,363.80

Notable finish by DuckU in 36th

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

 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!

The PokerStars Sunday Million attracted 7001 entrants this weekend, and ShankingYou (who has been seen getting very deep in events like the Super Tuesday) had a very fine showing taking the runner-up spot.

With 2 players left they did a 50:50 2-way chop, and then Iron Henry preceding to take down the heads-up battle for the title and the extra 30K

1. Iron Henry (United Kingdom) $163,421.20
2. ShankingYou (United States ) $133,421.20
3. hobbybob (Germany) $70,010.00
4. etushekki (Finland) $56,008.00
5. jlost88 (Canada) $42,006.00
6. Duffman08 (United States) $30,804.40
7. fiddski (Sweden) $21,703.10
8. redhookesb (United States) $12,601.80
9. ROCKHOUND23 (United States) $8,261.18

The PokerStars Sunday Million was by a Dane for the first time in as long as I can remember.    A 5-way chop earlier in the final table lead to a fairly even prize distribution at the top end.

1. KipsterDK (Denmark) $149,860.76
2. plattsburgh (United States) $133,396.88
3. tshooter1970 (United States) $143,314.23
4. futilewar (Israel) $108,479.24
5. pearljam1012 (Canada) $112,297.34
6. iamhiv (United States) $45,225.50
7. caicu (Portugal) $32,749.50
8. jmmeijer (Netherlands) $20,585.40
9. DCal Zone (United States) $12,164.10

7176 entrants played the $215 buy-in PokerStars Sunday Million this week.  Nous44 took it down, with no chop.

1st Nous44 - $202,363
2nd nurospoker - $101,899
3rd TYROMPER - $71,760
4th Mrdawwe - $57,408
5th mik-corleone - $43,056
6th hidden1s - $31,574
7th RIP(URL - $22,246
8th Big-Nemo - $12,917
9th Robaen - $8,468

7254 entrants paid the $215 entry fee for the Sunday Million on PokerStars.  In the end graslevy took the tournament down, with no chop.  Over $200K outright.  Very nice.

1. graslevy - $204,562.80
2. JTD DOG - $103,006.80
3. Mescalin8 - $72,540.00
4. grabskia - $58,032.00
5. Caetana - $43,524.00
6. Purrel - $31,917.60
7. HittinChills - $22,487.40
8. rainmakerAD - $13,057.20
9. choppermen2 - $8,559.72

 Here is a useful hand along route:

PokerStars Game #16717187384: Tournament #83461380, $200+$15 Hold’em No Limit - Level XXXVI (250000/500000) - 2008/04/14 - 02:13:03 (ET)
Table ‘83461380 114′ 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: graslevy (54540831 in chips)
Seat 3: Mescalin8 (5238085 in chips)
Seat 7: JTD DOG (12761084 in chips)
graslevy: posts the ante 50000
Mescalin8: posts the ante 50000
JTD DOG: posts the ante 50000
graslevy: posts small blind 250000
Mescalin8: posts big blind 500000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
JTD DOG: folds
graslevy: calls 250000
Mescalin8: checks
*** FLOP *** [5s 6d Jd]
graslevy: bets 4000000
Mescalin8: raises 688085 to 4688085 and is all-in
graslevy: calls 688085
*** TURN *** [5s 6d Jd] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [5s 6d Jd Td] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
graslevy: shows [Ks Ad] (a pair of Aces)
Mescalin8: shows [9s 6s] (a pair of Sixes)
graslevy collected 10526170 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10526170 | Rake 0
Board [5s 6d Jd Td Ac]
Seat 2: graslevy (small blind) showed [Ks Ad] and won (10526170) with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: Mescalin8 (big blind) showed [9s 6s] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 7: JTD DOG (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

Vaga_Lion won this weeks PokerStars Sunday Million

There were 7680 entrants to this $215 buy-in event, and Vaga_Lion chopped some money with 2 players left.

Here is the final result:

1. Vaga_Lion (United Kingdom) $177,816.00
2. V00D00CHILE (United States) $147,816.00
3. princessl111 (United States) $76,800.00
4. exceed_EXE (Canada) $61,440.00
5. billusnail (United States) $46,080.00
6. johne147 (United Kingdom) $33,792.00
7. garsn (Sweden) $23,808.00
8. Fjusse (Sweden) $13,824.00
9. jkcva (United States) $9,062.40

Vaga_Lion is a high stakes cash player, often seen at the top level tables on Full Tilt Poker.

Here he is at the $200/$400 NL Holdem tables:

Full Tilt Poker Game #2211000858: Table Canfield (6 max) - $200/$400 - No Limit Hold’em - 19:36:19 ET - 2007/04/14
Seat 1: itislinda ($8,885)
Seat 2: Vaga_Lion ($40,600)
Seat 4: baddoggi ($28,308)
Seat 5: jinsokkp ($48,845)
Seat 6: hit21hit ($8,000)
hit21hit posts the small blind of $200
itislinda posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Vaga_Lion raises to $1,200
baddoggi folds
jinsokkp folds
hit21hit raises to $8,000, and is all in
itislinda raises to $8,885, and is all in
Vaga_Lion calls $7,685
itislinda shows [Qc Qd]
Vaga_Lion shows [Ad Ac]
hit21hit shows [Kc Kd]
David Benyamine sits down
*** FLOP *** [Tc 4s Td]
David Benyamine adds $18,001
*** TURN *** [Tc 4s Td] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 4s Td Kh] [7s]
itislinda shows two pair, Queens and Tens
Vaga_Lion shows two pair, Aces and Tens
Vaga_Lion wins the side pot ($1,770) with two pair, Aces and Tens
hit21hit shows a full house, Kings full of Tens
hit21hit wins the main pot ($23,997) with a full house, Kings full of Tens
itislinda is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $25,770 Main pot $24,000. Side pot $1,770. | Rake $3
Board: [Tc 4s Td Kh 7s]
Seat 1: itislinda (big blind) showed [Qc Qd] and lost with two pair, Queens and Tens
Seat 2: Vaga_Lion showed [Ad Ac] and won ($1,770) with two pair, Aces and Tens
Seat 4: baddoggi didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 5: jinsokkp (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 6: hit21hit (small blind) showed [Kc Kd] and won ($23,997) with a full house, Kings full of Tens