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VPP Poker Room News
| Poker Stars Weekend Winners: Father’s Day - Monday, June 23, 2008 at 10:28
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The weekend update from Poker Star's most lucrative tournaments is always something to gawk at, awarding millions of dollars every Sunday in guaranteed tournaments, but last week's biggest event saw a change in the line-up that won’t soon be forgotten - at least not by the top 226 finishers.
The online poker room did not host its weekly PokerStars.com Sunday Million tournament this weekend, instead hosting in its place a guaranteed 200-seat satellite to the 2008 WSOP Main Event. The $350 buy-in event saw 8,076 entries that trumped the GP to 226 WSOP $12,500 prize packages awarded to the top finishers.
All Told, PokerStar.com awarded nearly $4 million in guaranteed prizes Sunday, just in its top GP events - $3,902,600 to be exact.
The PokerStar Sunday Warm-up - with a $215 buy-in, drew 3,180 participants to up the $500k guaranteed prize pool to $636,000, paying the top 423 finishers. The final table saw heads-up action between "ThePokerBody and “ROONEY_DIVES", with “ThePokerBody” taking the 1st place victory, worth $93,810. “ROONEY DIVES” was awarded $66,780 for the 2nd place finish.
Poker Stars Sunday Warm-Up Final Table Results:
1st - ThePokerBody ($93,810)
2nd - ROONEY_DIVES ($66,780)
3rd - 5902838181 ($47,064)
4th - MAX13 ($34,980)
5th - ely_cash41 ($28,620)
6th - dont77 ($22,260)
7th - alax77 ($15,900)
8th - UwouldntKnow ($10,176)
9th - AAKK_Gambler ($6,169)
Next came the Poker Stars Second Chance tournament, a $200k guaranteed with a direct buy-in of $215. A field of 1,304 once again upped the guaranteed prize pool by $60,800, with the top 198 positions finishing in the money bubble. “REALBIGNUTS” sent “Glacier11568” to the rails in heads-up to earn the top prize of $46,240. “Glacier11568” pocketed $33,904.
Poker Stars Sunday Warm-Up Final Table Results:
1st - REALBIGNUTS ($46,240)
2nd - Glacier11568 ($33,904)
3rd - ael1979 ($26,080)
4th - Morteler ($19,560)
5th - icallseat3 ($13,692)
6th - Johnster ($11,084)
7th - betgo ($8,476)
8th - EirikS ($5,868)
9th - amarillion ($3,651)
Rounding out the day’s events was the Poker Stars $150,000 Guaranteed, with a buy-in of $215. Even with only 247 entries, the tournament saw yet another escalated prize pool of $180,800, awarding the top 36 positions. Heads-up play came down to “busto_soon” and “nofingclue11”, as “busto_soon” went on to win the 1st place prize of $40,680. “nofingclue11” claimed $28,928 for the 2nd place spot.
Poker Stars Sunday $150k GP Final Table Results:
1st - busto_soon ($40,680)
2nd - nofingclue11 ($28,928)
3rd - HEMIpowerSWT ($19,888)
4th - Yackem012 ($14,464)
5th - knifefish8 ($10,848)
6th - exposabre ($9,040)
7th - LukeFromB13 ($7,232)
8th - yeau2 ($5,424)
9th - ely_cash41 ($3,616)
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