Weekend Poker Review - Online Tourney Results (25/26 Nov)

This weekend there were tourneys at Stars, FTP, UB and Bodog.  Deanna Goodson was on hand to review the action.

Poker Stars
Almost 2800 people entered the PokerStars' Sunday Million event, which shot the prize pool up to almost $1.4 million. You could buy a lot of holiday presents with that kind of cash, right?

Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet, an internet pro, made his move when the action was down to the final two tables. He began amassing quite a sizeable chip lead. By the time he reached the final table, he had about 1/3 of the chips in play, or 9.9 mil. His nearest competitor was the event's eventual winner, Jovial Gent, who held 5.3 mil in chips.

realest8 was the low man on the totem pole and went all-in on the second hand of the final table. apestyles called him with a Kd,Qc. realest8 had pocket 8s which put him a bit ahead, but the flop gave apestyles a winning queen. That means realest8 had to go back to spending Thanksgiving weekend with his family.

Oh no!

apestyles attacked again and knocked Pimplyteen out of the final table. The next elimination was a tough one. grgr333, a frequent finalist at these events, went all-in with Jovial Gent and jesseduke. His pocket queens weren't enough to keep jesseduke at bay. jesse completed a straight with his AQ. Even the other blokes at the table felt bad for grgr333 as he hit the rails in 7th place with $34,227.

GoNoles was left as the short stack with grgr333's departure. He was the next to go all-in with pocket 5s. Jovial Gent flipped his hand. He had pocket queens. This time the ladies held up and that was all GoNoles wrote.

apestyles had increased his chip lead considerably. He now held 16.9 mil. Jovial Gent was still in second place with only 4.1 mil. The 'gent' showed enough good humor to request a chop, which 'apes' politely declined at this point.

With the blinds up to 100k/200k and a 10k ante, JP 5-time made a move. He shoved in his 1.6 mil with a Q8 only to find himself up against tumbleweeds' AQ. JP flopped a gutshot straight but never completed it. He finished in fifth. jesseduke was the next to commit NLHE suicide by pushing his almost 3 mil in chips into the pot with an AQ. Too bad he was up against Jovial Gent's pocket rockets. At least jesseduke made it to 4th place and had over $65k to console him. We bet lukeduke and daisyduke couldn't have done any better.

With the knockout of jesseduke, Jovial Gent moved back into a solid second place. apes still had the chip lead. tumblesweeds and Jovial Gent tried hard to get as many of apestyles' chips as they could. That is 'til tumbleweeds went all-in with his pocket tens. apestyles called with an AQ and made top pair on the turn.

At the beginning of heads-up play, it looked like apestyles was gonna win. He had 20 mil in chips compared to Jovial Gent's 8 mil. The players discussed a chop based on current chip counts, but it didn't come to anything. They resumed play and Jovial Gent evened the score rather quickly.

A few hands later, Jovial Gent had a chip lead and put apestyles all-in. apes' pocket kings were no match for the flop of Qh, 10d, 3s. Why? 'Cuz Jovial Gent had a queen and a ten in his pocket. Uh-oh! The chip leader went from a shoo-in to win to the second place finisher in only a few short hands. At least his 135k will go a long way to providing top-notch therapy to help him get over the shocking loss.

For those of you who keep track of this sort of thing, here are the final table results:

1. Jovial Gent (United States) $250,202.70
2. apestyles (United States) $135,229.60
3. tumbleweeds (United States) $80,327.50
4. jesseduke (United States) $65,239.90
5. JP 5-time (United Kingdom) $53,784.50
6. GoNoles (United States0 $43,307.00
7. grgr333 (United Kingdom) $34,226.50
8. Pimplyteen (United States) $25,146.00
9. realest8 (United States) $16,764.00

Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt, the newly anointed number #2 poker room, had another fantastic weekend. Their $350,000 Guaranteed had almost 2,300 entrants, over 250 more than its previous record. The prize pool was also record-breaking at $455,800.

The event at FTP was truly star-studded, featuring two famous pros, Mike Matusow and Carlos Mortensen, both of whom play for the online card room. Both Carlos and Mike made the final table along with Michael Craig, poker blogger/writer. He's the author of The Professor, the Banker and the Suicide King, a tome about millionaire Andy Beal's run against a talented group of poker players, called "The Corporation" which includes Jennifer Harman, Doyle Brunson and Howard "The Professor" Lederer.

Craig was at the middle of the pack when the final table started. He held on for a bit and was ousted in fifth place when his Ad,Qd didn't improve over Bluechip200's pocket fours. He earned $20,383 for the day, however. Matusow, aka dermsperm, finished in 7th place and Carlos "cjhubbard" Mortensen made it to 3rd. The winner of the event was the same Bluechip200. The same dude who knocked out Michael Craig.

The final standings were:

1) Bluechip200 - $83,616.51
2) XMart - $51,323.08
3) cjhubbard - $33,592.46
4) YukDaDuke - $26,801.04
5) Michael Craig - $20,283.10
6) drbakunin - $14,585.60
7) dermsperm - $10,711.30
8) JohnnyROCKS - $8,386.75
9) salty14 - $6,381.20

Ultimate Bet
Over at Ultimate Bet, the cardroom of choice for Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke, had 954 players on Sunday. THE_D_RY, who finished at the final table in last week's Full Tilt Online Poker Series Main Event, made it to tenth place and the final table at Ultimate Bet this week. Pauly007 was chip leader heading into the final table, but he wouldn't hold onto it for very long. He was sent to the rail in fourth place, earning $13,000 for his efforts. simmo97 and romangra made it to heads-up play. The final hand saw K,9 vs. Q,9 and simmo97, who held the king, took home the top prize.

Here are the results:

1) simmo97 - $45,000
2) romangra - $27,000
3) josh prager - $18,500
4) Pauly007 - $13,000
5) BAN - $11,000
6) liz90 - $9,000
7) haman14 - $7,000
8) SMACKAHO22X - $5,000
9) TheWacoKidd - $3,500
10) THE__D__RY - $2,000

Bodog Poker
Bodog Poker saw an increase in numbers from last week, reaching almost 1,000 players. jstockton, BeerBaron and ROBERT PAULSON were close in chips for a while at the final table. That is until magpe came from behind to take the chip lead after he doubled up through Ryan506's pocket kings. magpe made a flush and received a comfy chip lead with 700k. jstockton stayed in the thick of things and made it to heads-up play against magpe but couldn't close the deal. In the end, magpe won the top prize of $25,000.

For the results, see below:

1) magpe - $25,000
2) jstockton - $14,000
3) BeerBaron - $9,000
4) not_hans_brix - $6,500
5) ROBERT PAULSON - $5,400
6) Ryan506 - $4,400
7) ShariVegas - $3,400
8) Vatche - $2,400
9) neneburger - $1,550

Want to win your slice of some top guaranteed prizes? You can play in each of these events. Full Tilt Poker's $350K Guarantee costs $216 to enter. Too rich for your blood? Satellite into the Sunday tournament for as little as $4.40. Ultimate Bet's $200K is $200 + 15 to enter. Satellites go as low as $5.50 for the weekly main event. Bodog's 100K Guarantee is $100 + 9, or you can use 250 Bodog Poker Points or $1 for satellite events to win your way in! (See each site directly by using the links in this article to get more information.)