The Midweek Briefing: Conley and Tanner Among Weekly Winners
A few players have had excellent starts to the week, posting big finishes in the weekly majors. The biggest individual score went to "PoutsoKefalos", winning the Full Tilt Poker $1K Monday for $75,000. Meanwhile, Jay "J_HasTheNuts" Conley notched a first-place finish in the PokerStars Super Tuesday for $67,000 and Kevin "kev19" Tanner took down the PokerStars Wednesday 1/4 Million for $39,818.61.
Full Tilt $1K Monday
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000+$60 | 278 | $300,000 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PoutsoKefalos | $75,000 |
| 2 | 2schappuscha | $48,000 |
| 3 | ajh66johnson | $36,000 |
| 4 | theowlking | $27,750 |
| 5 | TRAPPHER187 | $21,000 |
| 6 | 3dognight | $15,000 |
| 7 | PreshaDroppa | $9,750 |
| 8 | David Pham | $7,500 |
| 9 | ITSALL5050 | $6,000 |
Notable Finishes: Lauren "locoenlacabeza" Kling (10th - $3,750), Bruce Buffer (16th - $2,250)
PokerStars $1,050 Super Tuesday
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000+$50 | 379 | $379,000 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Jay "J_HasTheNuts" Conley | $67,000 |
| *2 | Craig "1GENERAL_TAO" Bergeron | $61,291.50 |
| 3 | QcKimo | $41,690 |
| 4 | Luis "Turko_man" Rodriguez Cruz | $31,267.50 |
| 5 | Ketan "kbp33" Pandya | $21,603 |
| 6 | galgal11 | $16,676 |
| 7 | Frank "RaineTech" Calo | $12,886 |
| 8 | Shawn "slimshaggy" Luman | $9,096 |
| 9 | moneyinbag | $6,632.50 |
*denotes heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Steve "mcnallyville" McNally (20th - $2,842.50), Billy "Patrolman35" Kopp (22nd - $2,842.50)
PokerStars $320 Wednesday 1/4 Million
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$20 | 835 | $250,500 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Kevin "kev19" Tanner | $39,818.61 |
| *2 | Luke "LukeFromB13" Staudenmaier | $38,963.64 |
| 3 | Mike "CHI01" Chiappetta | $24,799.50 |
| 4 | Jeremy "JBurleson" Burleson | $18,662.25 |
| 5 | jvbizz | $13,026 |
| 6 | MI_turtle | $10,521 |
| 7 | eleach86 | $8,016 |
| 8 | lordacton | $5,511 |
| 9 | emn73 | $3,256.50 |
*denotes heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Tony "D1rtyR1v3r" Nardi (20th - $1,252.50), Ty "puffinmypurp" Reiman (23rd - $1,252.50_
UB $150K GTD
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000+$50 | 127 | $150,000 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | _NYYANKEES_ | $39,750 |
| 2 | Nicolas "NIKOBALAKHOF" Chouity | $24,000 |
| 3 | STLCARDINALS6 | $17,625 |
| 4 | PICSATO77 | $14,250 |
| 5 | DCHOWX222 | $10,875 |
| 6 | CHIPMONGRL | $9,000 |
| 7 | KATELIN | $7,125 |
| 8 | A2STEAKSAUCE | $5,250 |
| 9 | SLICKBLUE | $3,750 |
Notable Finishes: Steve "MIGUELPRADO" Gross (18th - $1,875)
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