Online Poker Weekend: 'StefanProdan' Chops and Wins
March arrived with a busy Sunday of online poker action, including a four-way chop at the final table of the Stars Sunday Million and a run to victory by Jay "THE_GOLDMINE" Kinkade in the Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee. Kinkade's triumph was worth $147,911.78, while the chop in the Sunday million gave four players six-figure paydays. Here's how the action went:
PokerStars Sunday Million
The PokerStars Sunday Million drew 8,664 entrants, making the prize pool $1,732,800 with a first-place prize of $209,942.08. Among the best showings short of the final were those of putanger in 15th place ($6,064.80), Dave "DoubleDave22" D'Alesandro in 39th ($2,945.76) and Jared "TheWacoKidd" Hamby in 69th ($2,599.20). The final table began with these players and chip counts:
Bob Vitis - 17,009,023
Michael "wywrotX" Wywrot - 15,860,950
jbrown04 - 10,857,952
StefanProdan - 9,465,052
Princess480 - 9,237,726
WlkRambo - 7,749,709
IRENE666 - 7,673,697
Jon "G6Dragon" Lane - 5,704,071
Vincent Eley - 3,081,820
The short stack, Vincent Eley, was the first to exit, at the 200,000/400,000/40,000 level. On the button, Vincent Eley went all in for 2,321,820 with A?4? and jbrown04 called in the big blind with A?8?. The board fell Q?5?10?2?A? and Vincent Eley was out in ninth place for $12,129.60. Jon "G6Dragon" Lane departed the final table at 250,000/500,000/50,000. IRENE666 raised to 1,500,000 in middle position and Lane shoved from the big blind for 5,414,071. IRENE666 called and tabled A?Q? to Lane's A?10?. The board rolled out 9?4?7?2?J? and Lane finished in eighth place for $19,927.20. Princess480 was felted shortly thereafter. Down to 1,676,034, Princess480 went all in with J?10? and found action from StefanProdan, who held K?10?. No help came for Princess480, who finished in seventh place for $30,324.
IRENE666 was eliminated at 300,000/600,000/60,000. On the button, IRENE666 moved in for 5,751,752 with K?Q? and was looked up by chip leader jbrown04 in the big blind, who held 4?4?. The board ran out 8?J?7?A?3? and IRENE666 was sent away in sixth place for $43,320. At 400,000/800,000/80,000, WlkRambo bit the dust. StefanProdan opened to 1,768,502 under the gun and from the big blind, WlkRambo went all in for 10,580,218 with 6?6?. StefanProdan quickly called with J?J? and won the hand as the board came 2?10?4?8?3?. WlkRambo collected $60,648 for fifth. A deal was discussed and eventually agreed upon by the four remaining players. Each was guaranteed the following, leaving $30,000 to the winner:
jbrown04: $152,046.89
StefanProdan: $138,296.06
Bob Vitis: $104,868.73
wywrotX: $100,000
Shortly after play resumed, wywrotX went out in fourth place. As the first to act, wywrotX went all in for 8,092,933 with Q?2? and jbrown04 called from the big blind with A?Q?. The board rolled out 6?4?7?J?10? and wywrotX collected his $100,000. Bob Vitis busted the next hand when jbrown04 shoved with the big stack from the small blind. Bob Vitis called all in for 11,270,793 with K?Q? and was slightly behind jbrown04's A?8?. Bob Vitis took the lead when the flop came 7?Q?3?, but the 10? turn card clinched the hand for jbrown04 with the nut flush. The river was a meaningless 2? and Bob Vitis took third place for $104,868.73.
Heads-up play began with jbrown04 holding almost a 2:1 lead, but StefanProdan turned the tables en route to the victory. On the final hand, at 500,000/1,000,000/100,000, jbrown04 opened to 2,350,000 and StefanProdan went all in with the big stack. Jbrown04 called all in for 12,599,692 with K?J? and was ahead of StefanProdan's 9?8?. However, the board came 6?2?4?4?9? and jbrown04 finished in second place for $152,046.89, with StefanProdan collecting $168,296.06 for winning the Stars Sunday Million.
Final Results:
*1. StefanProdan �� $168,296.06
*2. jbrown04 �� $152,046.89
*3. Bob Vitis �� $104,868.73
*4. Michael "wywrotX" Wywrot �� $100,000
5. WlkRambo �� $60,648
6. IRENE666 �� $43,320
7. Princess480 �� $30,324
8. Jon "G6Dragon" Lane �� $19,927.20
9. Vincent Eley �� $12,129.60
* �� per four-way deal, $30,000 for eventual winner
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Full Tilt Sunday $750,000 Guarantee
Sunday's Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee attracted a crowd of 4,188. The prize pool hit $837,600 with first place set at $147,911.78. Notable showings included those of Boxy Brown1 in 11th place ($8,040.96), Shawn "Flexicom" Cunix in 39th ($2,512.80), xx BabyGrand xx in 58th ($1,507.68), Scott "SCTrojans08" Freeman in 59th ($1,507.68), Brian "ZBTHorton" Horton in 60th ($1,507.68), Ram Vaswani in 65th ($1,214.52) and Randers in 81st ($1,214.52). The chip counts at the beginning of the final table were as follows:
Jay "THE_GOLDMINE" Kinkade - 2,470,424
daPHUNNIEman - 1,932,560
Fetus - 1,848,140
DeuceBuster - 1,638,769
Joel "iamthematador" Shulruf - 1,390,038
Shakunimama8 - 1,249,612
draq - 750,709
Kiv56 - 643,556
larry2225 - 640,192
With blinds and antes at 20,000/40,000/5,000, Joel "iamthematador" Shulruf became the first player bounced from the final. Jay "THE_GOLDMINE" Kinkade raised to 99,999 in middle position and Shulruf re-raised to 360,000 from the hijack. Kinkade went all in and Shulruf called 609,846 for his tournament life with Q?10?, which trailed Kinkade's A?K?. The board ran out K?9?5?2?6? and Shulruf collected $11,223.84 for ninth. Falling during the 25,000/50,000/6,000 level was draq. From the cutoff, draq shoved for 643,487 with J?8? and found action from larry2225, who waited on the button with A?10?. An ace hit the flop and it was enough to send draq home in eighth place for $15,076.80. Kiv56 fell later in the level after raising on the button to 130,000. From the small blind Fetus shoved with the bigger stack and Kiv56 snap-called all in for 402,556 with K?K?, but Fetus tabled A?A?. The board ran out 7?4?4?3?Q? and Kiv56 had seventh-place money of $19,264.80.
At 40,000/80,000/10,000, DeuceBuster went all in from the small blind for 386,256 with J?4?, and Shakunimama8 called from the big blind with 3?3?. The board fell Q?K?7?K?2? and DeuceBuster departed with $25,630.56 for sixth. Out next was larry2225. Jay "THE_GOLDMINE" Kinkade made it 177,777 to go under the gun and larry2225 shipped it in for 1,016,948 with 3?3?. Kinkade called with 7?7? and took the pot down as the board came 5?J?10?6?Q?. For the fifth-place finish, larry2225 took home $34,592.88. Shakunimama8 was eliminated at 50,000/100,000/10,000. Down to 734,834, Shakunimama8 went all in on the button with A?Q?, and daPHUNNIEman called from the big blind with A?10?. However, the board rolled out 6?3?10?3?J? and Shakunimama8 was sent to the rail in fourth place for $46,068.
Fetus fell in third place after tangling with Jay Kinkade. Fetus opened to 250,000 on the button and Kinkade called in the big blind. The flop came Q?9?8? and Kinkade checked to Fetus, who fired out 1,100,000. Kinkade min-raised it to 2,200,000 and Fetus called all in with 7?6? for the open-ended straight draw. Kinkade tabled Qd9s for top two pair and when the 9? landed on the turn he made a winning full house. The river was a meaningless K? and Fetus had $58,632 for third. Heads-up play started with these chip counts:
Jay "THE_GOLDMINE" Kinkade - 6,785,243
daPHUNNIEman - 5,778,757
At 60,000/120,000/15,000, Kinkade opened to 277,777 and daPHUNNIEman called. The flop came 2?8?3? and both players checked, bringing the 4? turn. 305,000 went into the pot from each player and the 2? hit the river. A series of raises led to daPHUNNIEman calling all in, but mucking when Kinkade tabled A?2? for rivered trips and the winning hand. The runner-up showing earned daPHUNNIEman $89,539.44, with Jay "THE_GOLDMINE" Kinkade winning the Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee for $147,911.78.
Final Results:
1. Jay "THE_GOLDMINE" Kinkade �� $147,911.78
2. daPHUNNIEman �� $89,539.44
3. Fetus �� $58,632
4. Shakunimama8 �� $46,068
5. larry2225 �� $34,592.88
6. DeuceBuster �� $25,630.56
7. Kiv56 �� $19,264.80
8. draq �� $15,076.80
9. Joel "iamthematador" Shulruf �� $11,223.84
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Other Sunday Results:
Full Tilt Sunday Brawl
1. Michel "utreg" Brummelhuis �� $101,648.68
2. rkwlrkwlgofk �� $65,788.80
3. bankrollme87 �� $48,843.20
4. lostpuppy90 �� $36,881.60
5. ziodeme �� $26,916.80
6. GrindedDown �� $16,945.60
7. kobeallst �� $11,463.20
8. 4us0306 �� $7,974.20
9. dmiller �� $5,980.80
Buy-in: $240+16
Prize Pool: $498,400
Entrants: 2,492
Other Notables: Matt "Matt Suspect" Molinari (14th, $2,492), Randers (39th, $1,146.32), Cody "thugmoneymkr" Slaubaugh (52nd, $996.80), Adam "Roothlus" Levy (53rd, $996.80), Matt "All In At 420" Stout (78th, $772.52), Brent "bhanks11" Hanks (88th, $722.68)
Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan
1. ferragamoash �� $58,344
2. Lefty Stacks �� $37,128
3. crisbus �� $27,183
4. Frenchie64 �� $21,547.50
5. Kingphil30 �� $16,575
6. Christian Kruel �� $11,394
7. swool �� $7,690.80
8. Tyson "JUMP PUTT" Marks �� $5,569.20
9. Matt "mattster24" Sterling �� $4,084.08
Buy-in: $200+16
Prize Pool: $265,200
Entrants: 1,326
Other Notables: Scott "stpauli111" Hall (16th, $1,193.40), buttsauce33 (22nd, $941.46), Benjamin "TheStein" Zamani (35th, $822.12)
PokerStars Sunday Warmup ($750,000 guaranteed)
1. frtk �� $114,508.80
2. dippedydawg �� $80,066.70
3. and217 �� $53,318.16
4. SpotLIGHT19 �� $44,730
5. tilkk �� $35,784
6. unh0oKed �� $26,838
7. Carelo �� $17,892
8. papijuno �� $10,735.20
9. lephiloufou �� $6,977.88
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $894,600
Entrants: 4,473
Other Notables: Theo "pittrounder" Tran (94th, $1,252.44)
PokerStars Sunday 500 ($500,000 guaranteed)
1. Kenny "Kenny Rap" Weinstein �� $93,614.80
2. oldjude �� $68,046
3. Nick "GripDsNutz" Grippo �� $51,550
4. snowking_85 �� $38,662.50
5. TheChosenWun �� $27,063.75
6. QuasiFiction �� $21,908.75
7. Dustin "neverwin" Woolf �� $16,753.75
8. parks1066 �� $11,598.75
9. megax8 �� $7,217
Buy-in: $500+30
Prize Pool: $515,000
Entrants: 1,031
Other Notables: Matt "ch0ppy" Kay (12th, $4,897.25), Amit "AMAK316" Makhija (20th, $2,062)
Bodog $100,000 Guaranteed
1. KrazyKiddo �� $23,600
2. quanberg �� $13,600
3. BlueFlare �� $9,100
4. Megaladon101 �� $7,000
5. docbox3 �� $5,700
6. maberle �� $4,500
7. fishtrapper �� $3,300
8. LukeStarbucker �� $2,200
9. cusee �� $1,300
Buy-in: $100+9
Prize Pool: $100,000 (included $33,500 overlay)
Entrants: 665
