Online Poker: KipsterDK Wins at Sunday Million

by Reeps, 29.04.08

PokerStars Sunday Million

PokerStars held its monthly $500 buy-in version of the Sunday Million last night, which meant fewer entrants but a bigger prize pool than normal. The tournament started with 3,119 entrants, which meant a prize pool of $1,559,500 and a first-place prize of $272,000 barring a final-table deal.

And, as per usual for the Sunday Million, a deal was made. In fact, it was a huge deal, as the final five players actually came to an agreement (a very unusual occurence), and each of the five were guaranteed six-figure paydays. The man with the big stack when the deal was made, tshooter1970, eventually bowed out in third place with $143,000. It was then down to Matt “plattsburgh” Vengrin (pictured at right) and KipsterDK for the extra money left on the table for the first-place finisher (left per the PokerStars chopping rules). Plattsburgh finally succumbed to KipsterDK and finished as the runner-up, taking home the $133,000 he guaranteed himself from the deal. KipsterDK took down the event, pocketing a total of amlost $150,000.

The final results were:

1. KipsterDK — $149,861*
2. Matt “plattsburgh” Vengrin — $133,397*
3. tshooter1970 — $143,314*
4. futilewar — $108,479*
5. pearljam1012 — $112,297*
6. iamhiv — $45,226
7. caicu — $32,750
8. jmmeijer — $20,585
9. DCal Zone — $12,164

* Payout reflects a five-way deal made at the final table with extra money left for the eventual winner, per the PokerStars chopping rules.

Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee

The Full Tilt $750,000-guaranteed event required an overlay for the third week in a row when 3,626 entrants bought in last night. The tournament requires 3,750 entrants to avoid an overlay, and thus Full Tilt came out of pocket for $24,800 to match the posted guarantee.

Card Player magazine columnist Matthew “ionlyplayAA” Hilger (pictured at left, read his articles online now by clicking here) made it through 3,624 other players to get heads up versus PedjaMN. Hilger eventually landed the final blow to take down the almost $133,000 first-place prize.

The final results were:

1. Matthew “ionlyplayAA” Hilger — $132,788
2. PedjaMN — $80,250
3. UBENICE — $52,500
4. zelong — $41,400
5. Nocturnick — $31,050
6. br56887 — $23,025
7. bozbosjes — $17,250
8. Draigan1 — $13,500
9. aabeware — $10,050

From cardplayer.com

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