It was a busy weekend across the major online poker sites. The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker kicked off on Friday and as of Sunday night, five events were in the books. Despite the focus on PokerStars, the other Sunday major tournaments were bustling as usual this weekend. Let’s take a look at the results from some of the largest tournaments offered anywhere online.
The Full Tilt Poker $750K Guaranteed is a weekly event that attracts the best players from around the online poker world. This past weekend, another healthy field turned out for the $215 buy-in tournament. There were 3,838 entrants in the field, which meant that the $750K Guaranteed had a prize pool of $767,700. UFman2 emerged as the winner, taking home a payday of $135,904. Antoshka finished second, winning $82,133. In third place was yan09, who captured a $53,732 payday. The top 522 spots paid out and the six best won over $20,000. The Full Tilt Poker $750K Guarantee takes place every Sunday.
The talk of the town over the weekend was the WCOOP $10,300 buy-in Heads-Up tournament, which featured a colossal $3.21 million prize pool. At the end of the day, dorinvandy took home one of the largest paydays ever in online poker, $617,925, for first place. DuckU finished in second, cashing for $459,030. Coming in third place was Peter “#1PEN” Neff, who also made a deep run in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. In that tournament, Neff finished 36th and cashed for $193,000. There were 321 total entrants and the top 54 spots paid out. Check out the top 10 paydays:
1st Place: dorinvandy (United States), $617,925
2nd Place: DuckU (United States), $459,030
3rd Place: #1PEN (United States), $337,050
4th Place: Choron (Canada), $256,800
5th Place: gbmantis (United States), $179,760
6th Place: Money800 (United States), $139,635
7th Place: Jcardshark (United States), $107,535
8th Place: purplEUROS (United States), $75,435
9th Place: O. Hershiser (United States), $54,570
10th Place: murza Zhban (Ukraine), $41,730
The Ultimate Bet $200K Guaranteed once again had an overlay, which means that the actual prize pool was smaller than the tournament’s $200,000 guarantee. In fact, the tournament garnered 844 entrants, which meant that the prize pool for the $215 buy-in event was about $30,000 short of $200,000. Coming out on top on Sunday was suckinout, who pocketed the $45,000 first place prize. Cashing for $20,000 for second was charder30 and winning $18,500 for third was lockdowntex. The top 90 spots paid out.
Finally, no online tournament roundup would be complete without a look at the results from the Titan Poker $2.5 million Guaranteed. The $1,500+$80 tournament attracted a field of 1,596 entrants. It made for a nice payday for the tournament’s winner, axp15, who took home $500,000. JohnnyU finished second and cashed for $260,000. Rounding out the top five finishers were cont454 (third for $185,000), madonnalover (fourth for $150,000), and kingjackson1986 (fifth for $125,000).
The finale of a two-day WCOOP event (#6) is slated for today. Two more tournaments will also start, all leading up to the 2008 WCOOP Main Event on Sunday, September 21st. Visit PokerStars for the full schedule.