SUNDAY SPECIALS CONTINUE TO PACK IN ONLINE THE POKER PLAYERS

16 February 2007

FTOPS 3 and Party Poker generosity add excitment to an already vibrant weekend scene

Adding spice to this weekend's Sunday Specials in online poker was the third series of Full Tilt's Online Poker Series, and a fifty percent add-on by Party Poker to its already popular guarantee.

The Poker Stars Guaranteed Sunday Million continued to lead the field with a starting lineup of 6 786 players, all in the hunt for the lion's share of the $1 357 000 prizepool - a winners paycheck of $191 365 and change. The money bubble extended over 1080 players, and the action was as usual intense before the final table was decided.

In the event a four way chop was agreed for the remaining prize money with $30 000 going to winner 'W.Snipes', giving the top dog a total prize of $164 357. Chasing him hard in the top four were second placed 'Oregon' who took home $65 871; 'Killygonza' who has started the tourney with a chip lead but collected a third placed check for $84 756, benefitting from the four-way, and 'Jonnyboy' at fourth spot with a profitable $94 890.

Event number 3 in the Full Tilt FTOPS - a $300+22 buy-in No Limit Hold'em - definitely added urgency to the regular Sunday night action and pulled in a starter field of 2 755 eager players competing for an impressive total prize pool of $826 500. First prize was calculated at $151 249.50, with 405 players in the cash line. 'DontBluffMePLZZ' emerged as the eventual winner following some hot action, leaving with $151 249 and some change after an intense contest with second finished Don Guzzo who earned $92 568.

Party Poker's Sunday Guaranteed was boosted to the $300 000 level thanks to continuing demand, and even that figure was achieved and then some when 1 575 players signed up, of whom 200 eventually cashed. It was a Danish player using the handle 'The Womanizer' who dominated the final table and ultimately won, adding a tidy $63 000 to his treasure chest after some highly aggressive play with 7th placed 'Sir_Rossi' and the final heads up challenger 'E-Dollars' who took away $34 650 of them as his reward for second placing.

Bodog Poker reported another good turnout for its $100 000 Guaranteed, which proved irresistible to 954 players, of whom 81 made the money. The winner of the top $25 000 pprize was 'Pesto' who won the tussle with second placed SKEETnutzSKEET. The latter left with a good return on investment of $14 000.

Online Casino News courtesy of InfoPowa

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