Online Poker Weekend: 'kesher79' Takes Stars Sunday Million
The PokerStars Sunday Million attracted 7,999 participants for a total prize pool of $1,599,800. Notable finishers included Lee "Bill Ivey" Gaines in 15th ($5,599) and iCeVeNoM in 29th ($2,880). Two players were eliminated on the hand-for-hand bubble, so eight players reached the final table. The starting chip counts were as follows:
Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy - 17,791,780
kesher79 - 13,642,058
orkim - 12,694,157
mjluth - 11,728,249
maverick8487 - 9,796,110
jarocho123 -5,389,440
rS.Wisdom - 4,937,219
RiverCardRob - 4,010,987
The first to exit the final table was jarocho123. With blinds and antes 200,000/400,000/40,000, jarocho123's tournament life was on the line with A?Q? against kesher79's 4?4?. When the board rolled out K?10?5?5?3?, jarocho123 was sent packing in eighth for $18,397.70. A few hands later, RiverCardRob's tournament was at stake as well with A?K? against rS.Wisdom's Q?Q?. When the flop and turn came 4?2?A?5? to put RiverCardRob in the lead. The longshot Q? fell on fifth street and RiverCardRob was out in seventh for $27,996.50.
At 250,000/500,000/50,000, rS.Wisdom raised 1,300,000 and orkim called from the small blind. The flop came 6?4?6? and orkim led out for 1,500,000. A flat-call by rS.Wisdom led to the K? on the turn. This time orkim checked and rS.Wisdom bet 1,500,000. Orkim called and the river came the 7?. Orkim checked again and rS.Wisdom shoved with the bigger stack. Orkim thought it over for a few moments before calling with 8?8?; however, it was second best to rS.Wisdom's A?A?. Orkim finished in sixth for $40,794.90. Later in the level, kesher79 raised to 1,250,000 from the cutoff and Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy shoved for 12,350,900 with A?9?, but ran into kesher79's A?A?. The board ran out 9?10?10?K?Q? and Collopy was busted in fifth for $56,792.90. Maverick8487 made a move with 5?5? and ran into kesher79's J?J?. No five appeared and maverick8487 was the fourth-place finisher for $72,790.90.
The final two bustouts occurred at 300,000/600,000/60,000. Mjluth shoved from the small blind for just over 10,000,000 with A?K? and was called by kesher79 from the big blind with K?Q?. kesher79's queen paired as the board ran out 10?9?3?Q?8?, giving Mjluth $89,588.80 for third. Kesher79 began heads-up with a 3:2 chip lead and clinched the tournament on the sixth hand of heads-up play. On the button, kesher79 opened to 1,800,000 and rS.Wisdom called. The flop came J?10?2? and rS.Wisdom check-called a bet of 2,400,000. The A? hit the turn and this time rS.Wisdom check-called a bet of 6,000,000. The river came the 2? and rS.Wisdom check-called all in for 19 million. Kesher79 turned up 2?2? for quads and rS.Wisdom's A?10? for two pair wasn't close. The second-place finish paid rS.Wisdom $132,143.48, while kesher79's win was worth $195,975.50.
Final Results:
1. kesher79 - $195,975.50
2. rS.Wisdom - $132,143.48
3. mjluth - $89,588.80
4. maverick8487 - $72,790.90
5. Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy - $56,792.90
6. orkim - $40,794.90
7. RiverCardRob - $27,996.50
8. jarocho123 - $18,397.70
9. LEstradioto - $11,198.60
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Other notable online tourneys on Sunday produced these results:
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($750,000 guaranteed)
1. slyfox151 - $101,296
2. BlackFourz - $70,128
3. jeroenromate - $46,752
4. aty79 - $38,960
5. RaisingRay91 - $31,168
6. Bjorg0010 - $23,376
7. ArzrA - $15,584
8. jwaces - $9,740
9. Bill Ivey - $6,701.12
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $779,200
Entrants: 3,896
Other Notables: Bryan "Bry23" Barrile (29th, $1,480.48), McShove (33rd, $1480.48), Scott "stpauli111" Hall (37th, $1,402.56), Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis (56th, $1,246.52), Mark "The Omaholic" Roland (73rd, $1,168.80)
PokerStars Sunday 500 ($500,000 guaranteed)
1. toetagU - $97,360.80
2. Pist0nH0nda - $70,543.50
3. mojave14 - $53,850
4. Telefonkiosk - $40,387.50
5. shiptosails - $28,271.25
6. bufo523 - $22,886.25
7. armenioz - $17,501.25
8. jippo79 - $12,116.25
9. QuasiFiction - $7,539
Buy-in: $500+30
Prize Pool: $538,500
Entrants: 1,077
Other Notables: Scott "emptyseat88" Fischman (33rd, $1,400.10)
1. TheBeingOG - $56,012
2. zapatero - $35,644
3. kjansson - $26,223.80
4. AnthonysDAD - $20,686.25
5. dfish21 - $15,912.50
6. Black9ines - $11,457
7. MrsESPN - $7,638
8. Fabrice Soulier - $5,728.50
9. bad_egg - $4,073.60
Buy-in: $200+16
Prize Pool: $254,600
Entrants: 1,273
Other Notables: David "GhettoFabolous" Randall (19th, $929.29), Theo "pittrounder" Tran (17th, $1,171.16), DontBluffMePLZZ (24th, $929.29), Joe "hoodini10" Udine (42nd, $712.88)
1. tyrel66 - $23,600
2. VyVyVyVyVyVyVy - $13,600
3. bonz44 - $9,100
4. chistate - $7,000
5. pugmeister - $5,700
6. RockogRul - $4,500
7. bryanjames27 - $3,300
8. Birdie34 - $2,200
9. lioka - $1,300
Buy-in: $100+9
Prize Pool: $100,000 (included $23,500 overlay)
Entrants: 765
