Monday, July 30, 2007

PokerStars.com tournament sets new record

Gotta Get that Paper, Dog

By Sarah Polson

When PokerStars.com players come out to play, they come out in droves. The poker site set a new tournament record when 20,000 people showed up to play the Sunday Hundred Grand this week.

With a guaranteed prize pool, the Hundred Grand is just one of four major tournaments PokerStars.com hosts on Sundays. It's also joined by the Sunday Warm-up, the Sunday Million and the High-Stakes Showdown, all of which offer players a shot at first-place prizes of thousands of dollars.

With its $10+$1 buy-in, the Hundred Grand is a shot at big money for small stakes. Lynna1, a player from the United States, was this week's winner, taking home $20,000.

The final table results were as follows:

Place
Name
Country
Cash
1st
Lynna1
United States
$20,000
2nd
henrybourbon
Australia $10,000
3rd
steeldawgs
United States
$6,500
4th
laststand77
United States
$5,000
5th
Heien
Norway
$3,000
6th
medloh man
United States
$2,000
7th
NikRoon11
Canada
$1,600
8th
Roy_nmgn
Netherlands
$1,260
9th
LumpyTators
United States
$1,000

Twenty grand was the lowest of the big prizes handed out on Sunday. Players who showed up for the High-Stakes Showdown were treated to a $72,000 top prize.

With a $10,000+$300 buy-in, this heads-up series of matches still fills up quickly. Lrslzk, a player from Finland, will be happy he made it in this week after taking down the top prize. The final table results were:

Place
Name
Country
Cash
1st
LrsLzk
Finland
$72,000
2nd
ActionJeff
United States
$40,000
3rd
adsanman12
United States
$24,000
4th
Rekrul
United States
$24,000

The Sunday Warm-Up kicked up the prize levels another notch as its top prize neared $100,000 this week. Thai player azn_baller3 took home the $93,909.24 prize, in a final table that looked like this:

Place
Name
Country
Cash
1st
azn_baller3
Thailand
$93,909.24
2nd
Machiavelli
Sweden
$47,579.40
3rd
Sansion
United States
$31,671.54
4th
ENGLISHJUDGE
United Kingdom
$25,471.80
5th
pokerbig77
Netherlands
$20,185.20
6th
mikeyt51
New Zealand
$15,331.14
7th
paul0s
United Kingdom
$11,005.74
8th
Poker Invest
Spain
$6,920.64
9th
potbooster
United States
$4,037.04

Of course, the "big one" on Sundays at PokerStars.com is the Sunday Million. Even after a four-way deal that left an extra $30,000 for the first place finisher, Canadian player Zutzman pocketed $152,537.87 for the win.

The final table results were as follows:

Place
Name
Country
Cash
1st
Zutzman
Canada
$152,537.87
2nd
Pehtoori
Finland
$134,484.16
3rd
lb6121
United Kingdom
$157,963.52
4th
GARBANZITO
Mexico
$122,811.40
5th
plasticard
Sweden
$59,211.60
6th
Xaston
United States
$43,804.50
7th
asdf2000
United States
$31,720.50
8th
fundmyaudi
United States
$19,938.60
9th
nazeehah66
United States
$11,781.90

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