Monday, Aug. 27, 2007

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Egar1m settles for nothing less than first

By Sarah Polson

Not willing to settle for anything less than what he wanted, Egar1m ended up coming from behind in the PokerStars Sunday Million and taking the top prize without making a deal.

Amid a crowd of more than 2,000 players, Egar1m made his way into the final table of the major weekly tournament on Sunday. When play got to three-handed, chip leader Sir_DonaldRM offered the other players a split based on chip count that would leave them with better than the second- and third-place prize amounts.

It was a pretty generous offer considering Sir_DonaldRM had just under $17 million in chips compared to the $7 million in kaweco's possession and Egar1m's $2.5 million.

But Egar1m turned down the deal, which would have netted him $20,000 more than the first-place spot he seemed poised to take in the tournament.

As it turned out, it was the right decision. Kaweco went out in third and Egar1m managed to turn the tables on Sir_DonaldRM, taking over the chip lead and turning down another proposed deal before heading into the winner's circle.

For his win, he received nearly a quarter of a million dollars. The final-table results were as follows:

Place	Name	Country	Prize
1st	Egar1m	United States	$243,115.80
2nd	Sir_DonaldRM	Spain	$123,607
3rd	kaweco	Canada	$81,831.80
4th	rk58	Sweden	$67,422
5th	MattZman69	United States	$54,202
6th	scarface_79	United States	$40,982
7th	jeffreyjjj	United States	$28,819.60
8th	pokerguru69	United States	$18,243.60
9th	OnlyPlayRagz	United States	$10,576

Egar1m wasn't the only playing picking up big money from PokerStars on Sunday. Three other tournaments also left players taking home thousands of dollars in extra cash.

The results of the Sunday Warm-Up were:

Place	Name	Country	Prize
1st	zivziv	Israel	$64,642.86
2nd	gennaro	Austria	$59,872.50
3rd	Byran_Furry9	Denmark	$29,694.72
4th	jpmetalman	United States	$24,042.60
5th	mgw21	United States	$18,854.46
6th	ael1979	Cyprus	$14,214.66
7th	conslice	Canada	$9,996.66
8th	QuasiFiction	United States	$6,200.46
9th	mattymat	United States	$3,711.84

The Sunday Hundred Grand played out as follows:

Place	Name	Country	Prize
1st	ozzieowen	United Kingdom	$16,820.48
2nd	luckynutz21	United States	$10,506.54
3rd	Duecesover3s	United States	$6,376.31
4th	O.Mustang	United Kingdom	$4,554.51
5th	72_Chevy	United States	$2,732.71
6th	drhoopsmd	United States	$1,821.81
7th	DAVIDOXXX	France	$1,457.45
8th	bibiaans	Netherlands	$1,184.18
9th	mppowerm	Germany	$910.91

The High Stakes Showdown saw these two big winners:

1. malicous222 (United States) $25,000.00
2. Iftarii (United States) $15,000.00

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