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Top Online Poker Winners and Losers of 2010
Whether it was the durrrr Challenge II on Full Tilt or the new Isildur1 SuperStar Showdown on PokerStars there always seemed to be intriguing action of one kind or another on the go.
From the emergence of relative newcomer Dan “jungleman12” Cates to the continued success of established pros like Tom “durrrr” Dwan, Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius there were numerous plotlines to the high stakes games this year.
We’ll start by celebrating the five biggest online poker success stories of 2010 before taking a hard look at the five biggest disappointments of the year.
Top 5 Biggest Winners of 2010
5. Di “Urindanger” Dang: $2.2 million
Although Di “Urindanger” Dang tends to fly under the radar when compared to some of his more illustrious colleagues he’s remarkably consistent.
Since he started playing the high stakes games on Full Tilt in 2007, Dang has never recorded a losing year. 2010 was no exception.
Dang did suffer through a few losing months in late spring but he came around in August and by December was up to $2.2 million.
Yet another good Christmas for the Dang household.
4. Phil Ivey: $3 million
Phil Ivey usually plays far less hands than his online opponents but he always manages to rank as one of the top five winners.
This year Ivey wasn’t particularly active until mid-April, when he went on a $2 million heater. After logging notable victories against Ashton “ASHMAN103” Griffin and Patrik Antonius, Ivey vacated the online tables from May to late August.
In August Ivey got right back to business and quickly peaked at $3.8 million in profit.
Although Ivey coasted for the rest of the year and didn’t play any huge sessions, he still finished with a very respectable $3 million.
3. Tom “durrrr” Dwan: $3.6 million
It was yet another strong year for the poker prodigy originally from Edison, New Jersey.
Once again Tom Dwan was king when it came to volume, playing a total of 296,725 hands in 2010.
The year got off to a rocking start for Dwan and by mid-spring he peaked at an astounding $6.6 million. Unfortunately for Dwan he would come back down to earth over the rest of the year.
Dwan’s biggest obstacle was Dan “jungleman12” Cates. Dwan simply couldn’t solve Cates and lost more than $600k so far in the durrrr Challenge II.
At any rate, Dwan fared far better this year compared to 2009 when he ran into a hot Isildur1 and lost millions.
2. Andreas “Skjervoy” Torbergsen: $3.7 million
Perhaps the biggest surprise of this list is a Norwegian by the name of Andreas Torbergsen.
Torbergsen, who plays with his hometown of Skjervoy as his handle, signed with CardRunners this summer and went on to become one of the biggest winners in the high stakes online games this year.
Torbergsen was essentially at $0 in August but by the end of December was up $3.7 million. It helped he won $1 million in a 24-hour period in September and recorded several $500k sessions.
It remains to be seen whether Torbergsen will remain a fixture of the high stakes online poker scene.
1. Dan “jungleman12” Cates: $5.5 million
What more can be said about Dan “jungleman12” Cate’s dominance this year?
Three years ago Cates was flipping burgers but in 2010 he was playing the biggest online games in the world and hardly ever losing.
Cates dominated Tom Dwan in the durrrr Challenge II but also found time to take on anyone else who wanted a piece. His graph reads looks like an escalator (going up, of course). He won hundreds of thousands playing PLO (which he’s still learning).
Although some members of the online community cried variance, Cates was a consistent winner for the entire year.
At any rate, Cates now finds himself in an elite group of year-end winners that includes Patrik Antonius ($8.9 million in 2009), Phil Ivey ($7.3 million in 2008) and Niki Jedlicka ($3.1 million in 2007).
To put it simply: 2010 belonged to Cates.
Top 5 Biggest Losers of 2010
5. Brian “sbrugby” Townsend: – $1.5 million
Brian Townsend had a fantastic 2009 winning $2.4 million to become one of the biggest winners of the year.
2010 wasn’t quite as kind to the former CardRunners instructor.
Although Townsend didn’t use the sbrugby account until summer (more on that later), he didn’t waste any time donating stacks of cash online.
From June to October, Townsend lost $1.6 million and never really recovered, opting to sit out the last couple months of 2010.
Check below for even more on Townsend’s disastrous 2010.
4. Gus Hansen: -$1.6 million
You’d think losing $1.6 million would make for a pretty bad year but it could have been a lot worse for Gus Hansen.
The Great Dane actually got off to a hot start in 2010 and was up $2.3 million after the first couple of months.
Like many high stakes pros, Hansen took a break from the tables during the WSOP but was still up nearly $1 million.
It was during late summer that problems started to arise for the Team Full Tilt member. From July to October, Hansen lost $4 million, the biggest downswing of the year.
Hansen would hit rock bottom in mid-October going down to -$3.6 million.
Fortunately for Hansen he was able to put a steady string of wins together to finish the year at only -$1.6 million. Not the worst year for the recent WSOP bracelet winner.
3. cadillac1944: -$1.8 million
cadillac1944 is the only player on our list who has yet to be identified.
The online account first appeared in late August and that’s about when the losing began.
cadillac1944 quickly dropped down to -$677k by September with big losses against Urindanger and DrugsOrMe.
By November cadillac1944 was down -$1.53 million and finally hit -$1.8 million in early December.
The cadillac1944 account became inactive in mid-December and it’s anyone’s guess as to whether we’ll ever see it in use again.
2. Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies: -$2 milliion
Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies, one of the original kings of swing, was up to his old tricks in 2010 with a “win a million, lose a million” mentality.
Sahamies started the year by winning $2 million in spring but then lost $2.6 million over the summer.
The fall looked promising for Ziigmund as he quickly swung his way up to $1.48 million in profit.
Unfortunately for Ziigmund October was a turning point and the Finnish pro went on what he has called the greatest downswing of his career.
Over the next few months Sahamies dropped down to -$2 million with victories few and far between.
2010 was easily Ziigmund’s worst year playing high stakes online poker.
1. Brian Townsend: -$2.5 million
Brian Townsend’s 2010 was so terrible that he made this list twice.
As bad as the game went for Townsend on his “sbrugby” account, it was far, far worse on his red pro “Brian Townsend” account.
Townsend was in bad shape from the very beginning as he quickly lost $300k in early January.
The losses just continued to escalate for Townsend and by May he was down $2.5 million.
It was then Townsend made the decision to leave CardRunners, ditch his red pro account and go back to being sbrugby on Full Tilt.
It didn’t seem to make a difference as Townsend lost another $1.5 million.
If you take both accounts into consideration, Townsend lost a grand total of $4 million this year.
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Poker After Dark Big Heat Week Debuts Tonight
For those in need of new poker television content, the NBC franchise “Poker After Dark” returns for its first new episodes of 2011 tonight, featuring the biggest tournament in the history of the program.
Dubbed “Big Heat Week,” “Poker After Dark’s” first tournament of 2011 features a six-man sit and go that brings together competitors who have more than proven their worth in the poker world. Combined, the six players – John Juanda, Erick Lindgren, Phil Galfond, Huck Seed, Tom “durrrr” Dwan, and Phil Ivey – have over $42 million in career tournament earnings, 18 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, a WSOP Main Event title, and a slew of other major championships.
The $100,000 buy-in event guarantees that the victor of this week’s “Poker After Dark” will walk away with a $600,000 payday.
Galfond is the newcomer to the “Poker After Dark” stage, as all of the other competitors have faced the NBC show’s cameras previously. Galfond, who terrorizes the online poker world under the name “OMGClayAiken,” has built a reputation as one of the top No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha players in the game today. His addition to this week’s lineup is indicative of how the show is embracing the “new blood” of the game.
Safe money on who will win this week’s battle should be on Ivey and Juanda, who are veterans of “Poker After Dark” and have racked up two wins each during the run of the show. While Lindgren and Seed have previously appeared on the program, neither has been able to crack the winner’s circle. For his part, Dwan has been a part of previous “Poker After Dark” cash game episodes, but this is only his second foray into the freezeout arena.
“Big Heat Week” will kick off this evening on NBC late night at 2:05am ET, with host Ali Nejad providing voiceover commentary of the action. The sit and go will continue over the next four nights in the same timeslot and a special “Director’s Cut” will air late night on Saturday at 1:00am ET after NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” This show will feature Leeann Tweeden with a behind-the-scenes look at the week with highlights and insightful player interviews.
Throughout the first half of 2011, “Poker After Dark” will continue to provide new shows mixed in with encore presentations of some of the series’ best episodes. After this week’s new episodes, Dwan will return to the two-week encore presentation of one of the show’s most memorable cash games. The cash game, which featured a $100,000 buy-in, also featured Phil Laak, Gus Hansen, Eli Elezra, and former World Champions Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth.
The week of February 7th, a new cash game will take to the “Poker After Dark” stage with the highest stakes yet. The $150,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em cash game will feature Howard Lederer, Greg Mueller, Elezra, David Peat, Olivier Busquet, and Laak battling it out for supremacy.
April will bring one of the most eagerly anticipated additions to the “Poker After Dark” lineup. During the week of April 4th, a $50,000 buy-in sit and go will take place featuring some of the “young guns” of the game. Andrew “luckychewy” Lichtenberger and UB.com pro Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin will join Melanie Weisner, Annette Obrestad, Brunson, and Dwan, with the winner walking away with $250,000.
During the week of April 11th, Pot Limit Omaha will make its debut on “Poker After Dark” and be featured for two weeks. Joining Ivey, Dwan, and Galfond on the felt for the $100,000 buy-in cash game will be Brandon Adams, Patrik Antonius, Brian Hastings, and Jared Bleznick. The addition of Pot Limit Omaha to “Poker After Dark” should draw a huge audience with the ever-increasing popularity of the game.
Once again, be sure to check your local listings for when “Poker After Dark” runs on your local NBC affiliate.
jungleman12 Caps Incredible 2010
Cates, who was already the overwhelming biggest winner of 2010 with $4.9 million in profit, played a marathon 1,172-hand session of heads-up $300/$600 Mixed HA.
Initially Cates lost $250k but he eventually erased the deficit and went on a world-class heater against Patrik Antonius and luckexpress10.
After last night Cates is up $5.4 million in 2010 and barring a catastrophic meltdown he will be this year’s biggest winner.
As of today Norwegian player Andreas “skjervoy” Torbergsen is a distant second with $3.7 million, Tom “durrrr” Dwan is third with $3.6 million, Phil Ivey is fourth with $3 million and finally harrington25 is up $2.2 million.
Unfortunately for Cates, he’s not even close to what the top players have made in previous years. Antonius won an astounding $8.9 million for top honors in 2009 while Phil Ivey raked in $7.3 million in 2008.
In other high stakes news from last night Gus Hansen had a strong outing, winning $149k. It looks as though the Great Dane will fall short of getting even for 2010 since he’s still down $1.6 million but he made up considerable ground over the last few months of the year.
Other winners from last night included hal0zination (+$68k), KobeYard85 (+$57k) and Urindanger ($38k).
On the losing side was Patrik Antonius, who poured $382k on to the tables last night. Most of Antonius’ loses were to Cates.
Antonius will likely finish 2010 with a respectful $550k in profit but down considerably from last year.
Some of the other players who had forgettable nights were DrugsOrMe (-$150k), luckexpress10 (-$120k) and harrington25 ($94k).
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Antonius, IHateJuice Renew Rivalry
As usual Antonius and IHateJuice played exclusively heads-up Limit Hold’em, this time at $3,000/$6,000 stakes.
The session got off to a hot start when IHateJuice stomped Antonius for $241k on one table. Not to be outdone, Antonius would battle back and completely erase IHateJuice’s early win in less than 50 hands.
This seemed to kick-start one of the most spectacular sessions Antonius and IHateJuice have ever played.
The action came to a head when IHateJuice destroyed Antonius at one table for $493k but Antonius mitigated his losses by quickly winning $385k at another table.
In the end, after wagering millions of dollars against each other, IHateJuice escaped with a relatively minor $73k victory.
Meanwhile Isildur1 was once again wowing railbirds on PokerStars after playing several thousand hands on the site.
After getting stacked in the early stages of the night, Isildur1 laid a world-class beating on PepperoniF in $25/$50 Pot-Limit Omaha.
PepperoniF appeared to bust his Full Tilt account before Isildur1 finally left with a $60k profit.
In other high stakes news Urindanger ($76k), airic1400 ($40k), URnotINdanger2 ($33k) were all amongst the biggest winners while Gus Hansen (-$72k), O Fortuna PLS (-$59k) and Rui Cao (-$22k) had forgettable nights.
Check below for some of the biggest hands from the Patrik Antonius and IHateJuice or go to our online stats section for more information.
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Gus Hansen Strikes for $71k
The Great Dane logged 247 hands on the site, all in heads-up $500/$1,000 Cap PLO, and managed to record victories against Erik “DIN_FRU” Sagstrom, URnotINdanger2 and Urindanger.
Despite his win Hansen is still down $1.6 million this year and it now appears almost impossible that he will get even by the end of 2010.
It’s not all bad for the Team Full Tilt Pro as he did reduce his deficit by nearly $2 million over the last two months of the year.
Hansen is also in considerably better shape than Brian Townsend (-$2.5 million), Ziigmund (-$2 million) and cadillac1944 (-$1.8 million) as we round the final lap of the year.
Action was slow on Full Tilt this weekend but Tom “durrrr” Dwan found time to win $37k while DrugsOrMe added $21k and Andrea Benelli won $15k.
The aforementioned Urindanger was the biggest loser last night dropping $70k. kerendream (-$52k), COCOMIEL (-$14k) and URnotINdanger2 (-$13k) were also in the losing column last night.
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jungleman12 Derails Ziigmund
Cates logged on to Full Tilt and in just 76 hands of $300/$600 Pot-Limit Omaha managed to win $97k from the illustrious Finn.
Apparently it wasn’t enough to satisfy Cates as he played a very small session against SOLID_FUNDS in $500/$1,000 Cap PLO and managed to drag another $39k.
In total Cates won $137k last night, which strengthens his position as the overall winner of 2010 with $4.8 million.
The next closest player is skjervoy with $3.7 million then durrrr with $3.5 million and Phil Ivey with $3 million.
Meanwhile Ziigmund is currently the second biggest loser of 2010 with $1.9 million donated to opponents on Full Tilt. Only Brian Townsend has lost more. The former CardRunners instructor is down $2.5 million this year, plus another $1.5 million on his sbrugby account.
Some of the other big winners from last night included dutch_maniak ($102k), Gus Hansen ($59k) and takechip ($41k).
SOLID_FUNDS (-$161k), Ziigmund (-$115k) and tyme2gamb0l111 (-$52k) all had less than ideal sessions last night.
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Ziigmund Rebounds with $118k Win
Sahamies, who was in the midst of one of the biggest downswings of his career, hit the $300/$600 Six-Max PLO tables with Urindanger, rumprammer, Gus Hansen, harrington25 and DrugsOrMe for two hours last night.
It was clear from the beginning that it was going to be Ziigmund’s night as the Finn hit set over set in a blockbuster $137k pot.
When the game finally broke, Ziigmund was the biggest winner with $118k in profit.
Ziigmund, who is known for his unbelievable swings, hit $1.48 million in profit in early September and then dive-bombed straight into the gutter dropping to -$1.96 million last week.
Perhaps the most concerning factor of Ziigmund’s fall from grace was his inability to post even one significant win in the last three weeks.
That stretch finally appears to be over but Ziigmund will still have to go on the biggest heater of his life if he wants to get even from his current -$1.85 million before the year ends.
Ziigmund wasn’t the only player to rake in some cash in the high stakes online games last night. IHateJuice was technically the biggest winner taking $163k, mostly from $500/$1,000 Limit Hold’em games against O Fortuna PLS.
Some of the other big winners included IReadYrSoul (+$98k), DrugsOrMe (+$95k) and SOLID_FUNDS (+$88k).
In the losing column were Urindanger (-$219k), O Fortuna PLS (-$179k), rumprammer (-$118k) and Observer84 ($99k).
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SuperStars Showdown: Haxton Bests Isildur1
It took a little more than four hours for Haxton and Isildur1 to burn through 2,500 hands with a very high-profile rail that included Kevin “ImaLucSac” MacPhee, Chad “lilholdem954” Batista and Daniel Negreanu taking in the action.
Haxton and Isildur1 started the session by buying in for $10,000 at four $50/$100 tables. The rules of the challenge stated that whoever was ahead by 2,500 hands or won $150,000 would be crowned the champion.
Isildur1 drew first blood in the event by winning an early $17,000 pot when he rivered a flush with K♣ T♣.
The lead didn’t last and after about one hour of play Haxton laid a sick beat on Isildur1 with Q-J beating QQ.
The suckout seemed to ignite Haxton’s game and by the 820th hand he had built a lead of $16,500.
It didn’t last, however, as Isildur1 rivered a flush with 7♦ 6♦ and raked in a $34k pot. After winning a series of smaller hands Isildur1 was suddenly the one in charge but that wouldn't last either.
Around the 1,000-hand mark Isildur1 was leading by $31,099 and Haxton started to make a serious comeback.
First Haxton scooped a large pot by making it to showdown against Isildur1 with ace-high but a better kicker.
Shortly after the ace-high hand, Haxton hit a flush against Isildur1 and then had the fortune of getting Isildur1 to shove a flopped pair of threes into his aces up.
With 471 hands to go Isildur1 started to take a few more risks and paid the price in the last 100 hands when Haxton won a session-defining $44k pot.
In the hand both players flopped a pair of nines but Haxton eventually secured the pot by having a superior kicker.
When the 2,500th hand was finally played, Haxton found himself up $41,701 and therefore the winner of the first SuperStar Showdown.
Although another opponent has yet be picked, PokerStars representatives did say there will be another SuperStar Showdown very shortly, perhaps at the PCA in the Bahamas.
In other high stakes news Patrik Antonius was the biggest winner on Full Tilt taking down $223k while fellow Team Full Tilt Pro Phil Ivey won $83k. Gus Hansen was also in the mix with a $29k victory.
On the losing side were Dan “jungleman12” Cates who posted a rare $267k loss, IHateJuice who dropped $84k onto the tables and psychobenny who donated $$55k.
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durrrr Challenge 2: Dwan Strikes Again
Dwan and Cates hit the $200/$400 No-Limit Hold’em tables last night and burned through 1,214 hands in a couple hours.
It was a wild session that saw numerous pots over $100k get thrown back and forth and at one point Dwan was ahead by $354k, dangerously close to getting even in the overall challenge.
Fortunately for jungleman12 he mounted a serious comeback and won the biggest pot of the session when he turned a straight against Dwan’s turned two-pair. Cates got his chips in the middle and ended up winning the $210k monster pot.
Near the end of the session Dwan’s internet cut out in a hand where he held the nut-flush against jungleman12’s two-pair.
Dwan was forced to check it down and felt that he missed a major opportunity causing some fireworks between the two opponents in the chatbox. Initially durrrr lamented his bad fortune, then this happened:
“jungleman12: i thought it was pretty cool” “durrrr: nice douchebag comment ty” “jungleman12: joking obv” “durrrr: pretty off timing” “durrrr: to joke”
When the session finally ended Dwan found himself up $63,362, which helps alleviate his losses in the overall challenge to $503k.
Other than the durrrr Challenge 2 it was a slow night for high stakes online action. ShutTheClubDown was the night’s biggest winner taking down $119k. IReadYrSoul won $31k and Gus Hansen took down $18k putting them in the top five.
ORLOVSKIY was the biggest loser dropping $76k. luckexpress10 (-$43k), O Fortuna PLS (-$31k) and Ziigmund (-$23k) were also in the losing column.
Below are a couple interesting hands from the latest durrrr Challenge 2 session. For more information check our online poker stats section.
durrrr Challenge 2 by the numbers:
92,531,724: Total amount wagered 9,800,000: Times “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga has been purchased online 500,783: Amount jungleman12 is ahead 14,190: Hands played 24: Hours recorded 14: Sessions played 1: Times durrrr has checked down a nut-flush
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The Nightly Turbo: Gus Hansen Wins Full Tilt Poker Million IX, a New Poker Reality Show, and More
Gus Hansen wins Poker Million
Gus Hansen Victorious at Full Tilt Poker Million IX
Defeating one of the toughest tables ever assembled for the tournament, recent World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe bracelet winner Gus Hansen emerged victorious at the Full Tilt Poker sponsored Poker Million IX.
The event, which took place on live television in England on Sky Sports Network, featured some of the best players in the world vying for a $1 million first place prize. Along with Hansen were such notable players as 2010 WSOP Europe champion James Bord, Patrik Antonius, and Howard Lederer. With such a huge prize on the line, the eight players battling for the Poker Million IX championship wasted little time getting to action.
On the 37th hand of play, Antonius departed in spectacular fashion. After a raise from Tony Bloom with A-3, Antonius looked him up from the small blind with A-9 and Bord came along for the ride out of the big blind with 10-8. The flop was magical for Bord, 9-7-6 rainbow, giving the Englishman the nuts. With his top pair, Antonius led out only to face a re-raise from Bord. Bloom released his hand and, after a bout in the tank, Antonius moved his stack to the center. Bord delightfully called, tabling his winning hand and seizing a sizeable lead in the early going.
Soon after Antonius’ elimination, Bord attempted to take down Hansen, but fell short after his A-J fell against Hansen’s A-Q and the “Great Dane” doubled up. Hansen used these chips to eliminate Lederer from the tournament when, in a battle of the blinds, Lederer moved all-in from the big blind with A-8 of diamonds. Hansen, in the small blind, deliberated for a bit before making the call with his A-J and, after dodging eights and diamonds on the board, was in a seemingly dominant position to take down the Poker Million IX title.
Two internet qualifiers, Seth Webber and Gary Peniket, performed well on the big stage, but were unable to drive deep. Webber was dispatched from the tournament at the hands of Hansen, while Peniket departed the table via a bad beat from Bord. After Bord raised from under-the-gun with K-10 of clubs, Peniket decided to make a stand with K-Q. Peniket’s dominant position changed on the flop, which came down 5-10-9 with two clubs, giving Bord the lead. Drawing thin, Peniket could not find one of his seven outs and was eliminated in fifth place.
Bloom got back into the action when he defeated Hendon Mob member Barny Boatman, out-flopping Boatman’s pocket tens with an A-3. After remaining quiet, Bloom began to impose his will on the felt, defeating Bord in a key hand where the WSOP Europe champion held an up-and-down straight draw against Bloom’s flopped two pair and couldn’t find a closer.
After eliminating Bord, Bloom was behind Hansen by about 140,000 chips and the duo only took two hands to decide who would be the champ. After catching pocket queens on his first hand and raising Bloom out, Hansen looked down to see A-8 on the very next hand. After Bloom moved his stack to the center, Hansen decided to look him up and was thrilled to see he was in a dominant position against Bloom’s A-6. An unnecessary eight on the flop sealed the deal for the Danish poker champion, propelling him to victory and the $1 million first place prize.
The victory caps a tremendous year for Hansen. Although he only won $581,073 in tournament poker during 2010, Hansen was able to shed the “Best Player Never to Win a Bracelet” tag by winning the epic marathon that was the £10,000 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up event at this year’s WSOP Europe. The bracelet became the latest addition to Hansen’s trophy chest alongside his three World Poker Tour titles and 2007 win at the Aussie Millions. All totaled, the “Great Dane” has won over $8 million in his career, not counting his Poker Million victory.
Tournament organizers Matchroom Sport have promised to pull out all the stops next year when Poker Million gets its tenth outing. “Poker Million is one of the few remaining poker majors that has truly stood the test of time,” said Eddie Hearn, Managing Director of Matchroom Sport. “It has remained Europe’s most prestigious title and 2011 will see the event reach its tenth year. We plan something very special for Poker Million X and want to give the poker playing public a real shot at the million.”
Isildur1 Drops $300k to Galfond
Isildur1, who some claim is Swede Viktor Blom, lost the majority of his stack playing $100/$200 PLO against savvy vet Phil “MrSweets28” Galfond.
Isildur1 is widely considered to be a better No-Limit Hold’em player so his losses in PLO were not a complete surprise.
Swings of this nature are no stranger to Isildur1. Last year Isildur1 went on the mother of all heaters spinning his Full Tilt account up to over $4 million before losing it all and more.
Over on Full Tilt Poker Patrik Antonious was the ultimate winner over a rather slow day. He picked up $147k in the $200/$400 Six-Max PLO games.
Some of the other big winners included new account KobeYard85 with $140k, Limit specialist O Fortuna PLS with $115k, harrington25 with $113k and Gus Hansen with $104k.
Isildur1 was the biggest loser on any site but upstart bemyguestbud saw his hot streak on Full Tilt come to an end losing $274k.
Other notable losers included Phil Ivey, who’s been on a decidedly un-Phil Ivey like downswing lately. Ivey lost a total of $117k over 169 hands.
Also in the losing column were DrugsOrMe who dropped $88k and Andrew Feldman who lost $87k.
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Isildur1 Wins $287k on PokerStars
The new Team PokerStars Pro, who is rumored to be Viktor Blom, played a marathon 14-hour session of $25/$50 where he took on all takers.
Among Isildur1’s opponents were Ashton “theASHMAN103” Griffin, Scott “urnotindangr” Palmer, Brian “$tinger 88” Hastings making the game very reminiscent of nosebleed Full Tilt tables.
The virtual rail was buzzing with Isildur1 fans and the stage certainly seems to be set for the first of Isildur1’s 2,500 hand SuperStar Challenges, which will begin on Dec. 19.
Meanwhile on Full Tilt, Di “Urindanger” Dang took advantage of a relatively slow day by winning $180k in the $300/$600 PLO Six-Max games.
Tom Dwan was right behind Dang, winning $174k in 1,579 hands. Although Dan “jungleman12” Cates was also online yesterday, the pair did not resume the durrrr Challenge 2 and Cates lost $211k in 1,479 hands.
The other big winner of the evening on Full Tilt was URnotINdanger2 who won $97k.
It appears Gus Hansen will have to wait another day before dipping below the $1 million loss mark as he lost $282k last night.
Also in the losing column were luckexpress10 (-$211k), tuff_fish (-$63k), Nick Shulman (-$49k) and Sauce1234 (-$31k).
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durrrr Challenge 2: Dwan Strikes for $172k
Dwan and Dan “jungleman12” Cates seem to have a recently developed an interest in playing more and last night they logged on and played $200/$400 No-Limit Hold’em for 1,440 hands.
There were technically two sessions played and Dwan absolutely crushed the first one for $195k.
Cates made a small comeback in the second session and posted a small win of $23,736k meaning Dwan finished his day with a $172k victory.
It was the first victory for Dwan in the durrrr Challenge 2 in months and it helped alleviate his overall losses to $585k.
jungleman12 appeared to be losing his cool with Dwan after the Team Full Tilt pro took a series of breaks near the end of the session.
Cates quit completely after this transpired in the chatbox:
“durrrr: foods” “durrrr: might shower after” “durrrr: but still shouldn’t b too long” “jungleman12: good bye” “durrrr: huh”
It was an all-around good day for Tom Dwan who also won $357k in the PLO games to finish up a total of $462k on the day. That puts Dwan on $3.4 million in 2010. Good enough to make him the third biggest winner this year.
Unfortunately for Dwan, the player in second place is skjervoy with $3.8 million. skjervoy a big winner last night pulling in $311k.
Gus Hansen also had a very strong night winning $196k. Hansen is once again within striking distance of dipping below the $1 million loss mark.
The biggest losers last night included cadillac1944 who dropped $529k, URnotINdanger2 who lost $342k and KobeYard85 who donated $275k.
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durrrr Challenge 2 by the numbers:
70,645,640: Total amount wagered 17,200,000: Cost of a loaded 2010 LearJet 85 582,788: Amount jungleman12 is ahead 169,590: Biggest pot raked last night 38,431: Hands remaining 19: Hours logged 11: Sessions played 1: Times jungleman12 asked how long Dwan would be on break in “real minutes not durrrr minutes.”
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durrrr Challenge 2: jungleman12 adds $110k
This time around Cates was able to rake $110k from the Team Full Tilt pro in 346 hands of $200/$400 No-Limit Hold’em.
Dwan had been slowly clawing his way out of the hole with several small victories but last night’s session essentially erased all his work.
Cates had the fortune of pulling in two pots worth over $50k each, which helped tip the scales in his favor.
The entire session took less than an hour and Dwan implied that he had been playing for over 15 hours when he finally called it a night.
In other high stakes online news last night, Gus Hansen managed to put in an impressive performance winning $172k in the $300/$600 Six-Max PLO games. Despite some positive steps over the last few weeks, Hansen is still down $1.4 million on the year.
FinnishNightmre (+$115k), luckexpress10 (+$71k), ronnyr37617 (+$67k) were also amongst the biggest winners last night.
Meanwhile gamblegambel (-$229k), DrugsOrMe (-$137k), OMGClayAiken (-$75k), Sauce1234 (-$71k) and David Benefield (-$54k) were all in the losing column.
Check below for some of the best hands between durrrr and jungleman12 last night or check our online poker stats section for more information.
durrrr Challenge 2 by the numbers:
60,288,086: Total amount wagered 60,000,000: Cost of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s new chateau in France 755,612: Amount jungleman12 is ahead 10,129: Hands played 6,161: Hands jungleman12 has won 16: Hours logged 9: Sessions recorded 4: Months since the challenge started 1: $1.5 million bonus for jungleman12 if he finishes ahead of Tom Dwan
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Gus Hansen wins over $200,000 at CAP PLO during the weekend
Urindanger Puts on $300k Clinic
It took the older Dang brother only 91 hands to ship his six-figure paycheck. The majority of his winnings came from cadillac1944 in heads-up $500/$1,000 PLO.
Dang, who sometimes receives criticism for tight play and nitty table selection, has developed a reputation for consistency and this year is no exception. He’s currently up $1.4 million in 2010.
Dang has yet to record a losing year on Full Tilt.
Meanwhile cadillac1944 has been an absolute maniac this week winning over $800k from Tom Dwan, then losing close to a million the next day then winning a small amount the day after that.
As it stands now cadillac1944 is down $1.1 million and will need a big push to get even by the end of the year.
The second big session of the night included Patrik Antonius and Scott “URnotINdanger2” Palmer going at it in $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em.
Antonius has been hot lately but it was URnotINdanger2 got the best of him in the session winning just over $280k.
Other big winners of the night included LokoisBack with $163k, skjervoy with $124k and Gus Hansen with $95k.
In the losing column were Phil Ivey (-$112k), harrington25 (-$103k) and Ingenious89 (-$52k).
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IHateJuice Beats Ivey, Antonius for $255k
The still unidentified online player took on Full Tilt icons Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius at heads-up $2,000/$4,000 Limit Hold’em last night and came out on top in both matches.
IHateJuice played 381 hands against Antonius and raked $142k from the Finn and then added 117 hands against Ivey where he won $111k.
After beating Ivey IHateJuice really got the railbirds buzzing with this statement in the chatbox:
“IHateJuice: btw... can u do me a favor and ask FTP for 3k6k tables?” “Phil Ivey: u wanna break me faster?”
IHateJuice went on to say that he thought Antonius wanted to play higher, upon which Ivey mentioned he’d like to see them play $5k/$10k. The pair eventually logged off without settling anything but there's a chance there will be some higher states Limit tables on Full Tilt in the next few days.
Other big winners from last night included Arbianight who took down $183k, DrugsOrMe who picked up $139k and recent upstart ronnyr37617 who won $75k.
Meanwhile Antonius was technically the biggest loser going $229k into the red.
cadillac1944, who had that massive win against Tom Dwan two nights ago, donated $203k back to the online tables.
Dan “jungleman12” Cates, who seems to have cooled off a bit recently, also lost $118k.
Finally Gus Hansen couldn’t get anything going last night and lost a relatively minor – by his standards – $70k.
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WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Begins Friday
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is wrapping up the 2010 calendar year with the annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The $10,000 buy-in event kicks off on Friday.
One of the most prestigious tournaments on the WPT schedule, the Five Diamond will draw some of the biggest names in the game. There will be one change that should draw a larger field for this year’s version of the tournament, however. In the past, the WPT Five Diamond event had a $15,000 buy-in. Perhaps reflecting tighter bankrolls, this year’s Five Diamond event is a $10,000 buy-in tournament.
The Five Diamond started on November 28th with an abbreviated schedule in comparison to past years. This year’s schedule featured 12 tournaments, whereas in 2009 there were 16 on the schedule. Preliminary events completed on this year’s tournament roster have been sparsely attended, even with the buy-ins reduced.
To this point, six events have been completed: three No Limit Hold’em tournaments, a Pot Limit Omaha with rebuys tournament, an Omaha High/Low tournament, and the Seniors’ Event. Of these tournaments, none has cracked 250 players.
“Miami” John Cernuto made the final table of the first $500 No Limit Hold’em tournament, which was won by Zeferino Hernandez. James Van Alstyne and Mark Gregorich made the money in the Omaha High/Low tournament, which was won by poker veteran Ken Lennaard.
Earning more points towards his run at the CardPlayer Player of the Year title was North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian champion Tom Marchese, who won the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em with rebuys tournament. Finally, in a tournament that featured three female combatants at the final table, Karen Munro took the title in the second $500 No Limit Hold’em event.
One of the final preliminary events on the Five Diamond schedule, a $5,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, will take place today, with the remainder of Thursday dedicated to satellites. Ready to go for today’s $5,000 event is WPT “Raw Deal” host Tony “Bond_18” Dunst, who Tweeted to his followers, “Off to the Bellagio to the play the 5k today, let us go go go!”
The WPT Five Diamond has been a crowning achievement for several of poker’s most notable players. “The Great Dane” Gus Hansen won the first ever cycle back in 2002 and such notable poker pros as Paul Phillips, PokerStars front man Daniel Negreanu, Joe Hachem, Eugene Katchalov, and November Niner David “Chino” Rheem have captured the title in the past.
Last year’s tournament was won by Daniel Alaei, who is expected to be on hand at the Bellagio to defend his WPT title. In 2009, Alaei outlasted a field of 329 players who built a prize pool of over $4.7 million. Daniel defeated a stacked final table that included former World Champion Scotty Nguyen, Shawn Buchanan, Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka, and eventual runner-up Josh Arieh to take home a $1.4 million first prize.
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Dwan Run Over by cadillac1944
The pair played over 1,000 hands of $500/$1,000 PLO with six pots worth more than $300k.
It’s not clear what inspired the action but it’s been quite awhile since there has been that much uninterrupted uncapped $500/$1,000 PLO.
The biggest pot of the day, a $514k monster, was won by cadillac1944 when he managed to hit an ace-high flush against Dwan on a draw-heavy board.
After losing $740k to cadillac1944, Dwan went on to play $100/$200 PLO against Bttech86, where he would lose $218k more.
Add in a few other minor losses and Dwan dropped a total of $1.04 million yesterday.
The huge loss shook up the leaderboard for the top five biggest winners this year. Dan “jungleman12” Cates still leads with $5.1 million, Andreas “skjervoy” Tobergsen is now second with $3.2 million, Phil Ivey is third with $2.97 million and Dwan is all the way down to fourth with $2.96 million.
Meanwhile caddilac1944 had the fortune to jump all the way from -$1.5 million to just -$650k this year.
In other high stakes online news Scott “URnotINdanger2” Palmer continued his strong play with a $330k win, skjervoy won $306k and Bttech86, thanks to Dwan, won $268k.
Arbianight, who’s been trending down lately, lost a total of $525k while David Benefield, who has also been ice cold lately, dropped $220k.
Finally Gus Hansen, who had a fantastic November, didn’t get his December off to a good start with a $195k loss.
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Online Railbird: Disaster for Benefield, Hansen Continues to Rise, & Urindanger Wins Big
November Recap: The Fall of Ziigmund
Sahamies, who has been ice cold over the last couple months on Full Tilt, even admitted on his blog he’s likely in the biggest downswing of his career.
It’s been hard times for the aggressive Finn who hasn’t recorded a losing year online since 2007. His losses in 2010 now total $1.9 million.
Sahamies essentially stuck to Pot-Limit Omaha in November but that didn’t seem to help as everyone from Gus Hansen to Dan “jungleman12” Cates took a piece of Ziigmund.
During the middle of the month Sahamies even went over a week without recording a single winning day.
As Sahamies trended down, fellow Finn Patrik Antonius skyrocketed to the top. The Team Full Tilt pro dominated November and won a total of $1.2 million over 7,579 hands.
It helped that Antonius has been playing a series of $2,000/$4,000 Limit Hold’em games against IHateJuice and utterly destroying him.
Antonius now sits on $1.7 million on the year and looks to finish 2010 with yet another winning year.
Since Antonius started playing under his current handle on Full Tilt Poker he has never recorded a losing year.
Right behind Antonius was Di “Urindanger” Dang, who despite some cold runs during the month, managed to win some huge sessions near the end and finish up $894k. He’s now on $1.3 million for the year.
Close behind Dang, perhaps fittingly, was Scott “URnotINdanger2” Palmer. Palmer, whose Full Tilt alias is a play on Dang’s online name, took down a $628k this month.
Some of the other big winners this month included rumprammer (+$512k), DrugsOrMe (+$504k), skjervoy ($434k) and Dan “jungleman12” Cates ($405k).
Even Gus Hansen finished up $369k this month, which was a vast improvement to previous months where he had lost over a million. Hansen will still have clear about $1.2 million if he wants to get even this year.
Ziigmund was easily the biggest loser in November but cadillac1944 (-$824k) and Erik “DIN_FRU” Sagstrom (-$585k) also had forgettable months. Even David Benefield, who has been rock solid this year, lost $508k in the month of November.
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DrugsOrMe Derails Gus Hansen
Hansen, who has won over $2 million since mid-October, played 377 hands of $500/$1,000 Cap PLO against DrugsOrMe and couldn’t get anything going.
DrugsOrMe dragged several pots that were worth nearly $100k each and that was enough to overwhelm the Great Dane.
By the time the session finally concluded, Hansen had dumped $299k to DrugsOrMe.
After dipping under the $1 million loss mark for the first time in months earlier this week, Hansen is once again looking at another mountain to climb being down $1.4 million this year.
Meanwhile DrugsOrMe, who wasn’t active on Full Tilt until this year, has earned a total of $1.3 million in 2010.
There was plenty of action on FTP last night as recent upstart bemyguestbud continued his strong play by winning $258k. IHateJuice finally found a way to win against Patrik Antonius and took down $122k.
Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies finally posted a winning session last night. The aggressive Finn only won $67k but that’s a marked improvement from his recent losses.
In the loss column Hansen was king with his -$299k but Antonius (-$122k), luckexpress10 (-$105k), skjervoy (-$91k) and Sauce1234 (-$67k) also had bad nights.
David Benefield also played a huge heads-up session of $100/$200 No-Limit Hold’em against IReadYrSoul that eventually saw him lose $58k.
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Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and “IHateJuice” grind some profit
Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies made a comeback to Full Tilt after a small break from poker. He also managed to grind up about $70,000 which is nice after his huge downswing.
“Ziigmund” has a huge grind ahead if he wants to get even this year. According to HighstakesDB, he is still down about $1,8 million.
Most of “Ziigmund’s” profit came from $100/$200 PLO and $200/$400 Cap PLO. Ilari was also seen at some $25/$50 PLO tables to get some momentum before moving to bigger tables. There’s no tracking data from those games.
Other winners from last night were “DrugsOrMe” ($300K), “bemyguestbud” ($258K) and “IHateJuice” ($122K). “IHateJuice” played against Patrik Antonius and was finally able to get some of his losses back.
Only Gus Hansen made bigger losses than Antonius last night. Gus recorded over $250K losses.
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Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and “IHateJuice” grind some profit
Gus Hansen has a quarter-million dollar weekend at Full Tilt
Antonius Works IHateJuice for $504k
Antonius and IHateJuice have been playing a series of $2,000/$4,000 Limit Hold’em matches for months now but the Finn seems to have developed a distinct advantage.
Last night the pair played 1,257 hands with Antonius raking several huge pots.
IHateJuice attempted to make a comeback near the end of their match but could only close the gap by about $50k.
When the session finally came to an end, IHateJuice asked Antonius several times to keep playing but the Finn finally called it quits after winning $504k.
It’s getting easy to criticize IHateJuice for having poor game selection as he’s played Antonius numerous times at $2k/$4k Limit with very little success.
This year alone, Antonius has raked more than $800k from IHateJuice.
With the victory the Finnish Team Full Tilt moved up to $1.7 million earned in 2010. Not his biggest year ever but still enough to make him the eighth biggest winner this year.
Gus Hansen also played well last night earning a total of $115k.
The Danish pro continues his relentless march to get even for the year and while he still finds himself $1.2 million in the hole, it’s a marked improvement from a month ago when he was down $3.6 million.
IHateJuice was by far the biggest loser last night dropping $515k. He had company, however, as luckexpress10 lost $382k and the recently active bemyguestbud dropped $109k.
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JHoWn Wins FTOPS XVIII Main Event
The 18th installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) wrapped up early Monday morning with the $600 Main Event. More than 5,000 players entered, exceeding the prize pool of $3 million, and the top five spots earned six-figure paydays.
After more than 13 hours of play, “JHoWn” was crowned the champion, collecting $411,932.13 following a three-way deal at the final table. The other members of the chop were “hilyaki“($337,929.87) and “ReifesEisen” ($380,313.00), each earning their own colossal payday, but “JHoWn” won the title and the coveted FTOPS Main Event jersey. Former World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final tablist Lee “acumen53″ Childs finished in fifth place for $144,511.71, while Laurent “macqueen56” Bachelet took eighth for $45,207.
Eighty-five of Full Tilt’s Red Pros participated in the Main Event, including tournament host Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Allen Cunningham, Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad, and November Niners Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Joseph Cheong, John Dolan, Soi Nguyen, and John Racener.
While several landed among the 720 players that reached the money, none were able to make the final few tables. Among those Red Pros who cashed were Felipe “Mojave” Ramos (113th), Stuart Patterson (226th), Jeff Madsen (327th), Lee Watkinson (423rd), Marco Liesy (539th), Bruno Stefianelli (564th), Ben Roberts (567th), Marco Traniello (603rd), Maciek Gracz (693rd), and Luis Velador (700th).
Here’s a look at the results of the FTOPS XVIII Main Event:
1. JHoWn – $411,932
2. hilyaki – $337,929
3. ReifesEisen – $380,313
4. sik0tic27 – $192,883
5. Lee “acumen53” Childs – $144,511
6. kasper74 – $99,455
7. Leeba3443 – $64,796
8. Laurent “macqueen56” Bachelet – $45,207
9. UGOTGYPSYD – $31,644
The other prestigious FTOPS tournament that came to a close Sunday was Event #29, the $2,000 buy-in Two-Day Event that drew in more than 1,000 of online poker’s top minds. Like the Main Event, the tournament saw a three-way deal at the final table, with “log1c07” earning the largest payday ($354,808). However, after “log1c07” exited the tournament in third place, “tennisassxy” bested “Yubaball” for the jersey and $332,265. “Yubaball” collected $342,175 despite the runner-up finish. Online poker pros Matthias “goodvibe” Neu, Keith “DaMurdera3” Ferrera, and Phil “USCphildo” Collins also reached the final nine, but ultimately fell short of the gold.
Here’s a look at how the final table played out in the Two-Day Event:
1. tennisassxy – $332,265
2. Yubaball – $342,175
3. log1c07 – $354,808
4. Matthias “goodvibe” Neu – $179,520
5. gomore – $136,000
6. tehe stop it – $97,920
7. Keith “DaMurdera3” Ferrera – $65,280
8. Phil “USCphildo” Collins – $48,960
9. ericontilt – $34,816
Full Tilt Poker unleashes its Mini FTOPS XVIII in December, where players will get their shot at the same 34 events, but at one-tenth of the buy-in. The series kicks off on Wednesday, December 8th with a $20 No Limit Hold’em tournament with a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool. It will conclude on Sunday, December 19th with the flagship $70 Main Event featuring a $1 million guaranteed prize pool.
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Another Winning Weekend for Hansen
Hansen once again booked a few marathon sessions on Full Tilt Poker this weekend and by the time the dust had settled, he was up a total of $280k.
The Great Dane played Pot-Limit Omaha at varying stakes throughout the weekend and took on some extremely tough competition in harrington25, luckexpress10, DrugsOrMe and Ashton “ASHMAN103” Griffin.
He managed to rake several huge $80,000+ pots against DrugsOrMe and luckexpress10, which definitely did not hurt his cause.
Hansen is now down $1.1 million this year and for the first time since July has a shot at slipping below the $1 million loss mark.
Fellow Team Full Tilt pro Patrik Antonius also logged a successful weekend taking over $100k from IHateJuice in Limit Hold’em and around $80k from Dan “jungleman12” Cates in $300/$600 HA.
IHateJuice, harrington25, Erik “DIN_FRU” Sagstrom all lost considerable stacks of cash this weekend.
Finally the epic live cash games in Macau seem to finally be subsiding (check our blog later today for more information) so Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan may once again hit the virtual tables over the next couple weeks.
Here’s a look at a few big hands between Hansen and ASHMAN this weekend. For more information check our online stats section.
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The Sunday Scoop: FTOPS Ups The Ante
Gus Hansen hosted $600+$40 $3 million guaranteed FTOPS main event drew 5,023 players creating a $3,013,800 prize pool.
JHoWn took the title, coveted FTOPS jersey and the massive $515,359.80 first-place prize.
hilyaki finished runner-up, but had to be happy with the $385,642.20 consolation prize, while sik0tic27 ($256,173), acumen53 ($199,883.20), and kasper74 ($144,511.71) all walked away from the event with six-figure bankroll boosts.
tennisassxy won the the $2,000+$100 two-day FTOPS Event 29 that also wrapped Sunday, booking a $489,600 score.
The event drew 1,088 players creating a $2,176,000 prizepool and six figure paydays for a top five that included, Yubaball ($310,080), log1c07 ($229,568), goodvibe ($179,520), gomore ($136,000).
Phil "USCphildo" Collins finished eighth for $48,960.
Two more FTOP events completed the schedule.
A four-way deal left pixie183 with $202,484.41 in prize money and the title in the Steve Brecher hosted $240 + $16 Six-Max.
MrSoprano8 ($117,298.52), LeMeWinPlz ($86,915.11), and LoLGoodCall ($86,545.52) rounded out the top four.
In the meantime, timkrank collected $184,411.20 and the win in the John Dolan hosted $150+$13 Rebuy that saw newly minted Full Tilt Pro Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad make fifth for $52,816.80 while David "Doc" Sands finished 14th.
The PokerStars Sunday Million drew another bog crowd with 8,575 players dropping the $200+ 15 buy-in to help create a $1,715,000 prize pool.
PokerListings blogger Matt "All_in_at420" Stout came close to making the final table before dropping out in 14th place.
RICOFELIZ hung around to book the win and $252,276.50 score.
In the meantime, PokerStars' Sunday Warm-Up drew 4,748 players creating a total prize pool of $949,000.
In the end it was Pinowww ($148,975.39) who beat kenz085 ($110,628.40) heads-up to take the Warm-Up crown.
But it was the $215 Sunday 2nd Chance on PokerStars that had the most star power on this Sunday as Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka got past a field of 1,573 players, plus a final table that included Hafiz "hafizzle" Khan, to get the win and $56,628 first prize.
Finally, VACANTSEAT won the UB $200k Guaranteed for $45,508.54. Team UB's "Hollywood" Dave Stann finished 15th.
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