Wednesday, March 26, 2008

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PokerStars Sunday Warm-up gets RaiN'ed out

By Arthur Crowson

The fact it was Easter Sunday didn't keep people away from the virtual tables on PokerStars.com.

PokerStars pro Hevad Khan benefited as much as anyone from the large turnout by winning the Sunday Warm-up.

Khan, who plays online as RaiNKhAN, outlasted 2,504 players to take down the first-place prize of $97,856. It's one of Khan's biggest scores since he danced his way to $956,243 for finishing sixth at the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event.

There was plenty of action to go around, however, and a number of poker pros including Steve Billirakis, Barry Greenstein and Niki Jedlicka all rumbled in the $5,200 freezeout. In the end there was a two-way deal that saw ADZ124 and bigegypt get paid $46,000 and $54,000 respectively.

The main event - the PokerStars Sunday Million - saw Tsipor, Maluko0 and Djemps make a three-way deal at the final table but it was the Canadian Tsipor who came away with first for $147,561.

In other news PokerStars finally increased the cap on the Sunday Hundred Grand to $22,500, which means it's now the biggest tournament in the world. This week bubbaloo2 defied all odds and came in first for $20,520.

Here's a look at the complete final-table results:

PokerStars Sunday Warm-up Final-table Results

1. RaiNKhAN (United States) $97,856.32
2. ubon1 (Switzerland) $49,579.20
3. M® FE®G (Canada) $33,002.72
4. Qcity1 (United States) $26,542.40
5. sami31 (United Kingdom) $21,033.60
6. hAAj_fkp (Sweden) $15,975.52
7. gambler2k4 (United States) $11,468.32
8. THDNB (United States) $7,211.52
9. ShowM4n (Germany) $4,206.72

PokerStars $5,200 Freezeout Results
Based on finishing order and two-way deal

1 ADZ124 (Canada) $46,000.00
2 bigegypt (United States) $54,000.00

PokerStars Sunday Hundred Grand Final-table Results

1. bubbaloo2 (United Kingdom) $20,520.00
2. Aila.dk (Denmark) $10,260.00
3. bignoyes (United Kingdom) $7,110.00
4. concept.c (Germany) $5,085.00
5. raionegros nova lima (Brazil) $3,060.00
6. Schlönske (Germany) $2,047.50
7. just_go_in (Canada) $1,642.50
8. otschn27 (Austria) $1,327.50
9. pridefc.com (Denmark) $1,012.50

PokerStars Sunday Million Final-table Results
Based on finishing order and three-way deal

1. Tsipor (Canada) $147,561.06
2. Maluko0 (Portugal) $122,670.00
3. Djemps (Netherlands) $119,886.94
4. Big_Col11 (United Kingdom) $59,560.00
5. soren2006 (United States) $44,670.00
6. mayer zs (Hungary) $32,758.00 1,162.99
7. jaywks (United States) $23,079.50
8. blanconegro (United States) $13,401.00
9. pbdrunks (United States) $8,785.10

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