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£90,000 jackpot for online bingo player
One lucky British online bingo player is celebrating this week after winning over £90,000 off of a five pence stake courtesy of leading site GalaBingo.com and its Cash Climber jackpot.The 50-year-old single mother uses the pseudonym ‘theberry’ on the site and has received £90,595 from GalaBingo.com after only winning the odd £50 prize in the past.The Dartford resident stated that she had not been aware that she had hit the Cash Climber jackpot while playing in the Sharon Club room because she had been in her kitchen making a coffee. She only realised that she was the winner of a life-changing amount of money after seeing congratulatory messages in the site’s online chat room. “I was shocked,” said ‘theberry’.“At first I thought it might be a practical joke from a friend who had somehow managed to set it up. So, I called GalaBingo.com and they confirmed it was true.”The winner had some unfortunate experiences in 2009 and stated that the prize money would certainly come in handy.“I’ve had some bad luck last year, damaging my back, having my handbag stolen and crashing my car so this is just amazing,” said ‘theberry’.“I think it has just about sunk in. We’ve had years of being careful so I’ve just got the children a few treats but I still haven’t spent much so far as we’re still working out what we want to do with our win. I have lots of things I want done in the house and am looking forward to a nice holiday as well.”GalaBingo.com revealed that it pays out more than £65 million per month in prizes and is currently offering new players a voucher worth £20 to test out its services.“We’re absolutely delighted for ‘theberry’ and her family, especially as she had such a bad run of luck in 2009,” said Lesley Hall, Online Public Relations Manager for GalaBingo.com.“Hopefully, becoming one of our 500,000 monthly winners has helped 2010 get off to a really positive start.” All-in-One Sportsbook, Casino & Poker Site for France & UK
ChanceRoom.com, a new G2-powered gambling site with sports betting, poker and casino games, has launched in French and English. The site features a complete range of entertainment, all with the convenience of one account and one wallet, as well as some unique and generous VIP rewards.ChanceRoom.com players can play poker in the poker room that’s part of the largest independent European poker network, enjoy state-of-the-art casino games, and even place a bet on the ponies or footies without having to logon to separate accounts.“We’ve come up with some great ways to reward our best players,” said John Benjamin of ChanceRoom.com. “Players are automatically enrolled in our VIP Club which gives cash bonuses based on reward points earned by wagering and depositing. And, every month, we‘ll award bonus cash to the winners of our Points Race – the top point-scorers in each casino game that month.ChanceRoom.com is launching in both French and English. Customer Support staff fluent in both French and English will make sure that players are well taken care of.“Both sites will offer the same wide selection of games and betting options,” said Benjamin. “But the French site will likely focus more on French horse racing while the British site will emphasize football wagers more.”“We’ve assembled a management team with many years experience in igaming,” said Louis Harang, Director of LGH Ltd. which owns and operates ChanceRoom.com. “We’ve designed unique incentives for regular players, and we’ve chosen one of the most innovative and reputable software providers to make sure our players enjoy the best experience possible.”“We congratulate our newest licensee on the launch of their site. They’ve got a very good selection from our games portfolio, including our most popular big progressive jackpot games like Aladdin’s Lamp and Fortunes of Egypt, and we’ll have lots of new games for them in coming months,” said Mery Blomqvist at GTECH G2. “I’m sure ChanceRoom players will appreciate the convenience of having one wallet for the sportsbook, casino and poker room.”ChanceRoom.com is encouraging players to try their new site by offering some of the most generous deposit bonuses available anywhere. Casino players can receive up to 1200€ and poker players get a 200% bonus (up to 1000€). The sportsbook offers a 25€ First Bet Refund. Kevin O'Leary Wins Venetian Player of the Series for the Second Time
Kevin O'Leary Wins Second Venetian Player of the Series Title For the second time this year, Londoner Kevin 'Lovejoy' O'Leary has been crowned the player of the series at the Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza. He pulled off this unique feat first in February after winning two events plus finalling the main event and this time round he won another event (His 5th deepstack win) and cashed a further 6 times. He is both the first player to win the player of the series award twice and also holds the record for the most wins in this festival with 5. Missing Poker Player Found Dead Earlier this week we brought you news of the appeal to find missing London based poker player John Regan. Sadly we have to report that his body was found by the Police in a canal in north London. A post mortem examination is set to take place but the death is not being treated as suspicious. Our deepest condolences to John's friends and family from everyone at Pokernews. GUKPT Grand Final End of Day One A much smaller field than perhaps expected for day 1a of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Grand Final at the Vic in London. 57 of the best players in the UK sat down for the first day, with 22 remaining for day 2. Day 1b is guaranteed to be much bigger, with 70 players already preregistered and no doubt a swarm of them will turn up at the last minute like poker players always do, making this still one of the biggest events of the year in the UK. End of Day 1a Chip Counts courtesy of Blue Square Richard Grace - 102,800 Andrew Teng - 101,500 Jeff Duvall - 92,400 Talal Shakerchi - 83,800 Sida Yuen - 67,700 Ian Fraser - 67,000 Simon Randall - 66,600 Peter Garrett - 66,400 Cheung Tai Law - 65,700 Anthony Thorpe - 50,400 Edward Roger - 46,800 Arshad Hussain - 41,300 Martin Davis - 39,900 Charles Mason - 38,500 Richard Fohrenbach Jr - 37,400 Jeff Kimber - 31,800 Guy Steel - 31,000 John Eames - 26,000 John Rigolli - 25,900 Robert Topp - 23,800 Moy Hoque - 20,400 Karl Limbert - 15,000 WRAPUP 2-Casino profits disappoint and outlook stirs fears
LOS ANGELES, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Weakness in two of the world's largest gambling destinations -- Macau and Las Vegas -- and fears that casino visitors' spending will not bounce back for the rest of this year left shares across the entire sector broadly lower on Tuesday. Yahoo! BuzzQuarterly results and outlooks at Las Vegas-based casino operators Wynn Resorts Ltd ( WYNN - news - people ) and Boyd Gaming Corp ( BYD - news - people ) disappointed investors, battering shares at both companies and sending tremors throughout the sector. In addition, privately held Harrah's Entertainment ( HET - news - people ), the world's largest casino operator and owner of Las Vegas resorts such as Caesars Palace, said its third-quarter revenue fell 13.7 percent and property earnings dropped 12.2 percent. Wynn posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Tuesday, but the results still disappointed some investors and a downbeat outlook distressed others. Rise Of The Poker Bots
Using a computer to beat chess masters is so 1997. Today, programmers are gunning for the world's best Texas Hold 'em players. Forget Deep Blue's mastery of bishops, queens and knights. Think pocket aces, open-ended straight draws, the flop – all calculated by increasingly popular poker bots. Last month, for the first time, a computer program beat top online poker players in a contest called “Man vs. Machine.” Slotland Jackpot Loosens Up, Produces Second Winner in a Month
Less than a month after their last big progressive jackpot winner, the Slotland.com jackpot has already been hit again. A player known as MARMOTLUV won $80,369 playing one of Slotland’s newer online slot machines, the Slotris. MGM Mirage,
with the smallest casino market share in Macau, said it’s overhauling operations and marketing at its venture in the city to boost revenue after an “underwhelming” start.“Our Macau market share is half what it should be,” Jim Murren, chairman and chief executive officer, said yesterday in an interview in Las Vegas, where the company is based. “The other U.S.-based and other newer casinos have been more aggressive in marketing, more aggressive” in recruiting and junket relationships, he said.MGM Mirage may consider an initial public offering for the Macau business when earnings improve, Murren said. Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Wynn Resorts Ltd. are both exploring IPOs for their businesses in the Chinese city.Murren is refocusing on Macau, the world’s biggest gambling center, after MGM Mirage refinanced its debt in May and removed the risk of bankruptcy. MGM Grand Macau produced 5 percent of the company’s 2008 revenue, compared with more than 60 percent for Wynn and Las Vegas Sands, according to Bloomberg data.MGM Mirage fell 17 cents, or 2.3 percent, to $7.23 at 4:15 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have fallen 47 percent this year.Gross RevenueMGM Mirage’s venture with Pansy Ho, daughter of gambling magnate Stanley Ho, generated $17 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in the first quarter. The company’s total property Ebitda was $371.9 million in the three months ended March 31.“It has been very underwhelming operationally,” Murren said of the Macau business. “It hasn’t been marketed effectively, it hasn’t been operated as well as we would like, and we have, with our partner, been making a lot of changes.”MGM Grand had less than 9 percent of Macau casinos’ gross revenue in June, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported this month, citing data from the operators. That trailed the five other companies, SJM Holdings Ltd., Las Vegas Sands, Wynn, Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. and Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd., according to Lusa.MGM Mirage, which co-owns the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with Boyd Gaming Corp., faces some resistance to its Macau partnership from U.S. gaming regulators. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement deemed Pansy Ho to be an unsuitable partner in the Macau property, the company disclosed in May.After a request by Gaming Enforcement staff, the New Jersey Casino Commission has reopened the 2005 casino-license renewal for the Borgata will hold a hearing on allegations contained in the report, MGM Mirage said today in a regulatory filing. No date was set.‘Good Month’MGM Mirage expects the proceeding to show that the company continues to meet New Jersey’s test for suitability and anticipates the process will take a year or more, spokesman Alan Feldman said in a statement. In the meantime, the company expects to operate in New Jersey and elsewhere “without disturbance,” he said.Rising stock prices have revived interest in share sales after IPO fund raisings in Hong Kong had the slowest first half since 2003, according to Bloomberg data.“July has been a pretty good month for us” in Macau, said Murren, who will visit next month as part of the overhaul. MGM Mirage, the biggest casino owner on the Las Vegas Strip, sent a “major contingent” of its “best operators and marketers” to assess Macau this month, he said.The 35-story MGM Grand Macau suffered setbacks with the delayed opening of One Central, a neighboring residential development by Shun Tak Holdings Ltd. and Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd., which was planned to open in conjunction with the casino resort, Murren said. MGM’s business is located on the Macau Peninsula near Wynn Macau and many of Stanley Ho’s casinos.Minority StakeLas Vegas Sands said yesterday it may sell a minority stake in its Macau operations. Sands plans to apply to Hong Kong regulators for an initial public offering of shares in its Macau casinos as soon as August, a person with knowledge of the matter said July 17.Wynn Resorts, which is opening its second Macau casino next year, said earlier this month a Macau subsidiary filed an application with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to sell shares.A Macau IPO “logically would be something that we would look at over time,” Murren said. “It’s certainly something that we’ve thought about many times in the past.“We need to build up our market share, more importantly build up our cash flows, and we need to assert ourselves as a stronger player there before we would ever consider a capital markets transaction like that, but it’s not like that’s a unique idea to the other guys,” Murren said. “It’s something that certainly we could pursue too.” CryptoLogic Signs Games Deal With UK’s Victor Chandler Group
June 29, 2009 (Dublin, IRELAND) – CryptoLogic Limited, a world leader in Internet casino and branded gaming software, has signed a multi-year deal to provide at least 10 of its most popular online slot games to Victor Chandler Group, one of the world’s leading independent bookmaking and gaming companies. Victor Chandler is the grandson of Victor Chandler senior, who founded the original company in 1946, and is the driving force behind Britain's leading independent bookmaker.The first set of games, both branded and non-branded, are scheduled to go live in the third quarter of 2009, with a complete rollout over the remainder of the year. The games will be made available through Gaming Technology Solutions plc (GTS), the CryptoLogic partner that provides a platform for many of the world’s largest Internet gaming sites.“Today, CryptoLogic adds yet another blue-chip European gaming brand to the growing list of customers offering players an extraordinary e-gaming experience,” said Brian Hadfield, CryptoLogic’s President and CEO. “This is an excellent example of CryptoLogic’s “build-once-license-often” business strategy in action – and a sign of the continued demand for our games among the world’s top operators.”From its Headquarters in Gibraltar, Victor Chandler offers a wide range of gaming products tailored to each market. Victor Chandler is supported by some of the industry’s most experienced managers and works with governments, sporting groups and local officials to reshape the international bookmaking and gaming industry. The company has customers in more than 160 countries, employs over 350 people.“CryptoLogic is one of the best in the business, so partnering with them makes perfect sense,” said Michael Carlton, CEO of Victor Chandler International. “We are committed to providing our customers with a sophisticated, multi-layered operation with easy-to-use betting platforms that will keep them coming back for more – and CryptoLogic games deliver just that blend of simplicity and sophistication.”Boasting more than 280 games, CryptoLogic has one of the most comprehensive casino suites on the Internet today, with games featuring some of the world’s most famous action and entertainment characters. CryptoLogic has earned rave reviews from industry peers and players alike, and in 2009 earned Gambling Online Magazine’s Top Casino Software award for the fourth consecutive year. Based on the votes of players around the world, it is widely considered the industry’s top honour.“Victor Chandler fits our customer profile perfectly: a respected entertainment brand, an attractive player base, and a reputation for innovation,” added Justin Thouin, CryptoLogic’s Vice President. “It’s a win-win deal for our companies – and for the players who enjoy our games.”About CryptoLogic (www.cryptologic.com)Focused on integrity and innovation, CryptoLogic Limited is a leading public developer and supplier of Internet gaming software. Its leadership in regulatory compliance makes it one of the very few companies with gaming software that is certified to strict standards similar to land-based gaming. WagerLogic Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CryptoLogic, is responsible for the licensing of its gaming software and services to blue-chip customers that offer their games to non-U.S. based players around the world. For information on WagerLogic, please visit www.wagerlogic.com.CryptoLogic’s common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (CRY, CXY), the NASDAQ Global Select Market (CRYP) and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (CRP).About Victor Chandler (www.victorchandler.com)The Victor Chandler brand has become synonymous with the values of honesty, integrity and a pioneering spirit. These values have been built up over seven decades from a small family business to one of the most successful independent sports betting and gaming groups in the world.The Victor Chandler Group has customers in over 164 countries across the world making it a truly global operation. Since its formation in 1946, the Victor Chandler Group steady growth has been underpinned by two values that set it apart from anyone else: a pioneering spirit and a passion for sport. Palacios Wins Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed
Online poker player Bolivar ‘Ramux’ Palacios is especially happy this week after winning the $23,500 top prize courtesy of the Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed tournament held by leading site BodogLife.com.The weekly online tournament has a buy-in of $109 and saw 558 players get almost double their money this week thanks to BodogLife.com's generous overlay.With this triumph, Palacios has now racked up more than $250,000 in career tournament winnings on BodogLife.com and the experienced player has also had success in live tournaments such as the Latin America Poker Tour Mexico.The online poker room awards more than five million dollars every month in cash prizes and stated that player 'ionlyplayAA’ finished as Sunday’s runner-up to take home $13,600. Online competitor ‘illcallyou’ crashed out in third spot to take home $9,100 followed by ‘soul ripper’ in fourth for $7,000 and ‘hotmax9’ in fifth for $5,700. Rounding out the final table, 'amaru34’ held down sixth for $4,500 followed by ‘chinaman9’ in seventh for $3,300, ‘bigbman29’ in eighth for $2,200 and 'jasdell' in ninth for $1,300.Qualifiers for the Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed tournament start from as little as one dollar and BodogLife.com also offers a wide selection of other competitions alongside many different promotions. Father and Son Win Same Jackpot for Combined Total of $2,122,213
They say lightning doesn’t strike the same spot twice – but apparently online casino progressive jackpots do! A British father and son have won two massive jackpots almost exactly nine months apart. Their combined winnings are $2,122,213.A player known as 'ScottishAOD' won the $1,358,857.49 Gold Mega Jackpot on the Mega Fortune Wheel. In an amazing coincidence, his father, 'Takemystack7', had also won a Gold Mega Jackpot but for $763,356.33 a year earlier on -- almost nine months to the day before his son's windfall! 'It was great telling my Dad about my jackpot win,' said ScottishAOD. 'I loved it -- he reacted with jealousy and disbelief that I had won more than he did! There is a bit of karma involved in this since my old man rubbed his win in so much -- it was simply great to win and even better to win more than him!'Asked if he was planning on buying his father a present he said with a grin: 'I'm sure I can slip him a few quid to tide him over for the next few days. I've got plenty of plans for the money. Mainly, however, I intend to invest the monies to further retirement funds. Some would say this has been the luckiest nine months of my life, however, that honour still goes to the first nine months I met my wife.' Bodog’s Poker Game Pays Out $127,000
Bodog are renowned for their casino, sportsbetting and online poker. It was the former that netted one lucky player $127,000 at the Let ‘em Ride poker game.Drew C from Texas scored the big win at the game last week. Let ‘em Ride is dealt from a standard 52-card deck but unlike regular poker, the player is competing against the house. The flop, turn and river are the same as Hold ‘em but each player has three cards.As well as this huge win, several other players at Bodog had good weekends. Leroy B. was the weekend’s top blackjack player with $12k profit and David G scored highly on the slots games, winding up $14,000 in the red. Harrah's Announces Sixth Annual Bayou Poker Classic Schedule
Harrah's New Orleans has announced the schedule for the sixth annual Bayou Poker Classic, one of the perennial stops on the World Series of Poker Circuit tour. The New Orleans stop runs from May 8-20, 2009, and includes 20 different numbered events, plus an additional ten "second chance" tourneys during the evenings for players knocked out from other events or unable to make the midday starts. Among the features of the 2009 Bayou Poker Classic – among the oldest recurring WSOP Circuit stops – is the inclusion of five different pot-limit Omaha events. A sixth Omaha event, Limit Omaha 8-or-Better, starts on the series' first day. Other distinctive offerings include a $1,070 no-limit hold'em/**/prelim on May 14th, the $340 ladies buy-in event on May 17th, and, of course, the $5,150 Circuit Main Event itself, a three-day tourney which begins on May 18th. Harrah's New Orleans will also run satellites and super-satellites into the Circuit main event, with entries as low as $225. More information on the Bayou Poker Classic is available at www.harrahsneworleans.com, and detailed information on all WSOP Circuit offerings can be found at www.worldseriesofpoker.com. The Bayou Poker Classic schedule of events: 5-8 12:00 PM Event #1 - No Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event) $340 5-8 5:00 PM Event #2 - Limit Omaha Hi-Low (8/B) (2-Day Event ) $340 5-9 12:00 PM Event #3 - No Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event) $550 5-9 5:00 PM Event #4 - Pot Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event) $340 5-10 12:00 PM Event #5 - No-Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event) $550 5-10 5:00 PM Event #6 - Pot Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event) $340 5-11 12:00 PM Event #7 - No-Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event) $550 5-11 5:00 PM Event #8 - Pot-Limit Omaha (2-Day Event) $550 5-12 12:00 PM Event #9 - No-Limit Hold'em (6 Handed) (2-Day Event) $550 5-12 5:00 PM Event #10 -No-Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event) $340 5-13 12:00 PM Event #11- No-Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event) $340 5-13 5:00 PM Event #12-Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha (2-Day Event) $550 5-14 12:00 PM Event #13- No-Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event) $1,070 5-14 5:00 PM Event #14- Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low (8/B) (2-Day Event) $340 5-15 12:00 PM Event #15-No Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event) $340 5-15 5:00 PM Event #16 -Pot-Limit Omaha/Rebuys (2-Day Event) $235 5-16 12:00 PM Event #17- No Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event) $550 5-16 5:00 PM Event #18 - Pot Limit Omaha (2-Day Event) $1,070 5-17 11:00 AM Event #19 - Ladies Championship No Limit (1-Day Event) $340 5-18 12:00 PM Event #20 - Circuit Championship Event (3-Day Event) $5,150 January 26, 2009 (Stockholm, Sweden)
Jadestone Networks, the Nordic based owner and operator of multiplayer gaming networks GamArena and DiceArena, announced today that the Nordic Gaming Group owned site www.nordicbet.com has joined the growing DiceArena Network and that it’s now live and accessible.DiceArena is positioned as both a new challenger and as a more accessible complement to online poker. With a suite of multiplayer dice games, the new games network aims to attract players from a broad audience of online gamblers. DiceArena is built on a next generation technical platform, offering direct in-browser play on most popular operating systems supporting Adobe Flash.“We are very excited to be early to market with what we consider to be innovative and fresh online gaming content,” said Lars Söderlund, Business Development Director at NordicBet. “These inviting dice games address an unusually wide audience, ranging from seasoned poker pros to more casual casino players. We think they’ll deliver high levels of entertainment for many of our customers.”“We’re ramping up a brand new network, with the goal of reaching European gamers through a series of premium gaming sites,” commented Tobias Nissen, Business Development Director at Jadestone. “It makes us very pleased now to welcome NordicBet as a partner for both DiceArena and GamArena and to make our games available to all their players”.Additional information about DiceArena can be found on www.jadestone.se. There is also a consumer website with information about the DiceArena games at www.dicearena.com. Online Poker Weekend: Burkholder Wins $1M Guarantee at Full Tilt
An uptick in player turnout marked action in the Sunday online majors, with Full Tilt running a special $1 million guarantee with a $500+35 buy-in, and PokerStars drawing over 8,000 players to its rich Stars Sunday Million event. The night's biggest prize went to Steven "UFman2" Burkholder, who started the final table in the Full Tilt $1 Million in seventh but stormed to the title and a payday of more than $200,000. Here's how the night's action went: PokerStars Sunday Million The PokerStars Sunday Million drew its biggest field in the last several weeks, with 8,015 entrants creating a total prize pool of $1,603,000. Among thebest finishers outside the final were Jeff "jeff710" Hakim in 10th place ($8,015), Marten "martenJ" Jensen in 11th ($8,015), Dan "WiLDmAn75" Buzgon in 23rd place ($3,206), Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy in 25th ($3,206), Dane "WatchTheSea" Miller in 50th ($2,564.80), Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick in 68th ($2,404.50), and David "malicious222" Randall in 93rd ($2,083.90). The chip counts to start the final table were the following: vuki - 26,436,817 crazylarry43 - 15,059,126 dstrung - 12,033,491 phil steve - 5,703,106 gladik - 5,689,408 DFGBOYS - 4,995,812 KopplarJocke - 4,990,670 mezyoureyez - 2,709,944 tAAggart - 2,531,626 The first casualty at the table was mezyoureyez at the 200,000/400,000/40,000 level. Chip leader vuki open-raised to 888,888 from early position and mezyoureyez moved all in for 2,629,944 from middle position with . Vuki called with and took down the pot after making a flush when the board ran out . The ninth-place finish paid mezyoureyez $11,221. At 250,000/500,000/50,000, tAAggart shipped it in from early position for 4,403,252 with and received action from DFGBOYS, who called from the small blind with . However, the board rolled out and tAAggart was sent home in eighth place for $18,434.50. The next to go was gladik, despite getting it in good with against phil steve's . The board came as phil steve made a flush and ended gladik's tournament in seventh place for $28,052.50. At 300,000/600,000/60,000 dstrung exited. Under the gun, dstrung shoved for 3,128,254 with and found action from DFGBOYS on the button with . The board helped neither player and dstrung was out in sixth for $40,876.50. The 400,000/800,000/80,000 level was DFGBOYS' last. From the button, DFGBOYS went all in for 4,544,520 with and was called by phil steve, who showed . When the board ran out , phil steve made the winning flush and DFGBOYS was out in fifth place for $50,906.50. A chip-count chop was agreed upon by the remaining four players and each was guaranteed the following, with $30,000 set aside for the eventual winner: vuki - $133,610.69 phil steve - $119,579.58 crazylarry43 - $107,565.94 KopplarJocke - $100,723.59 Vuki was the first to go after the deal at 500,000/1,000,000/100,000. After a big loss with pocket jacks against crazylarry43's pocket tens, vuki was all in with against KopplarJocke's . The board came and vuki was busted in fourth place for $133,610.69. At 600,000/1,200,000/120,000 phil steve was felted. On the button, phil steve shoved with for 12,183,171 and was called by KopplarJocke in the big blind with . The board ran out and phil steve was eliminated in third place for $119,579.58. Heads-up play began with KopplarJocke holding a 3-to-1 chip lead. Crazylarry43 battled back, but could not carry through to the win. At 850,000/1,700,000/170,000, KopplarJocke opened to 4,250,000 and crazylarry43 went all in for just over 27,000,000. A quick call from KopplarJocke revealed to crazylarry43's . The board came and it was all over, as KopplarJocke made a winning pair of sevens. Crazylarry43 finished as runner-up for $107,565.94. The winner of the Sunday Million was KopplarJocke for $130,723.59. Final results: *1. KopplarJocke - $130,723.59 *2. crazylarry43 - $107,565.94 *3. phil steve - $119,579.58 *4. vuki - $133,610.69 5. DFGBOYS - $56,906.50 6. dstrung - $40,876.50 7. gladik - $28,052.50 8. tAAggart - $18,434.50 9. mezyoureyez - $11,221 * -- four-way deal for remaining prize money; $30,000 to eventual winner Online Poker Roundup: 'ZBTHorton', 'IfIHadItAll' Notch Major Wins
Brian "ZBTHorton" and "IfIHadItAll" were the winners in the biggest early-week online events, taking down the Full Tilt $1,000 Monday and the PokerStars Super Tuesday, respectively. The Full Tilt event also featured deep runs by two other players who've posted other stellar finishes of late in Keven "Stamdogg" Stammen and Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka. Here's how the action unfolded: Full Tilt $1,000 Monday The $1,000 Monday on Full Tilt drew a crowd of 350 with the winner scheduled to receive $87,500. Among the best finishers failing to reach the final table were Matthias"goodvibe" Neu in 12th place ($4,375), Anthony "holdplz" Spinella in 15th ($3,500), Marco "CrazyMarco" Johnson in 17th ($2,625), Tim "Tmay420" West in 19th ($1,925) and Ryan Daut in 22nd ($1,925). The chip counts to start the final table were as follows: Brainwav - 254,602 reeping - 214,071 hucklebuck2006 - 136,818 kenneoin - 115,717 TYGOP - 108,245 Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick - 73,266 Brian "ZBTHorton" Horton - 71,084 Keven "Stamdogg" Stammen - 51,712 Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka - 24,485 At 2,000/4,000/500, Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka was the first to be sent to the rail. He shoved from middle position for 30,185 with and found action from Brian "ZBTHorton" Horton in the big blind, who showed . No deuce would find the table and Jaka was out in ninth for $7,000. The next to fall was hucklebuck2006 at 2,500/5,000/600. Brian Horton shoved from the button and hucklebuck2006 called all in with , racing against Horton's . The board came and hucklebuck2006 exited in eighth for $8,750. Reeping busted short after that. Under the gun, reeping raised to 20,000 and Brainwav, from the big blind, reraised to 60,000. Reeping then moved all in for 186,359; Brainwav called with and was well behind reeping's . However, the board ran out as reeping was left to read 'em and weep, out in seventh for $11,375. When play reached the 3,000/6,000/750 level, TYGOP was sent to the virtual rail. From the button, kenneoin shoved for 79,817 with , and TYGOP called all in from the big blind with . The board rolled out and TYGOP was eliminated in sixth for $17,500. The next hand was the last for Keven "Stamdogg" Stammen. Stamdogg moved all in from under the gun with and was called by Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick, who held . The board came and Stammen was done. His hot streak of reaching final tables continued with this one paying him $24,500 for fifth. Late in the level, kenneoin was eliminated in fourth place. On the button, kenneoin shoved for 86,757 with but ran into Brainwav's in the big blind. A third nine on the flop would win the hand for Brainwav and send kenneoin off with $32,375. At 4,000/8,000/1,000, Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick was eliminated after running his into Brainwav's . The board came and Chidwick finished third for $42,000. Heads-up play began with these chip counts: Brainwav - 825,800 Brian "ZBTHorton" Horton - 224,200 Horton was able to double up when his sevens held against sixes, and he took the chip lead. He won the match outright at the 5,000/10,000/1,000 level. He raised to 25,000, and Brainwav reraised to 94,000. Horton then shoved with the big stack and Brainwav called with , having Brian Horton's in dire straits. The board, though, came , with Horton managing to spike a river king to win the tournament. Brainwav finished runner-up for $56,00, while Brian "ZBTHorton" Horton collected $87,500 for the win. Final Results: 1. Brian "ZBTHorton" Horton - $87,500 2. Brainwav - $56,000 3. Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick - $42,000 4. kenneoin - $32,375 5. Keven "Stamdogg" Stammen - $24,500 6. TYGOP - $17,500 7. reeping - $11,375 8. hucklebuck2006 - $8,750 9. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka - $7,000
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