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Bjerkmann Leads Final 27 at WPT Venice Grand Prix
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:00:00 -0800

pJust 27 players remain. That?s down from the 85 that started Day 2, and the 155 that originally bought into this World Poker Tour main event./p pAnd with only 18 players getting paid, nine players will walk out of the Casino Di Venezia tomorrow with nothing to show for their efforts./p p$302,065 is waiting for the winner and while a target=_self href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/top-5-poker-players-to-watch-in-2012-93335Marcel Bjerkmann/a is closest to it right now, he?s got some stiff competition standing in his way./p pHere are the top ten chip counts going into Day 3:/p p1. Marcel Bjerkmann ? 436,300 2. Marko Neumann ? 384,400 3. Jason Wheeler ? 348,200 4. James Akenhead ? 336,000 5. Andrey Gulyy ? 326,000 6. Gianluca Trebbi ? 323,500 7. Andrea Dato ? 309,900 8. Gabriele Lepore ? 233,200 9. Jeremie Sochet ? 232,500 10. Alessandro Longobardi ? 221,200/p h3Akenhead, Scott Among Survivors/h3 pIn 2009 James Akenhead made the final tables of the a target=_self href=live-tournaments/wsopWSOP Main Event/a in Las Vegas, and the WSOP Europe Main Event in London, and he?s making another run in Venice./p div class=image-container image-portrait-size-medium image-positiona class=lightbox href=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/IMG1130.JPGimg class=image-position image-portrait-size-medium src=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/_resampled/CroppedImage180320-IMG1130.JPG alt=Kara Scott width=180 height=320//a div class=image-osd image-osd-compact div class=image-osd-contentKara Scott will be working the shortstack as the money bubble approaches./div div class=image-osd-background /div /div /div pAkenhead finished fourth in chips heading into Day 3, his 336,000 narrowly edged out by American pro Jason Wheeler who finished the day with 348,200. Sitting in second, above Wheeler but below Bjerkrmann, is German pro Marko Neumann with 384,400./p pAlso through to Day 3, but much farther down the list, is Team a target=_self href=content/party-pokerParty Poker/a pro Kara Scott./p pScott has a very solid record making deep runs in big events, having finished runner-up the 2009 Irish Open for $413k and cashed in the WSOP Main Event twice for a total of over $80,000./p pScott heads into tomorrow 21st in chips with 60,100./p h3Big Names Among Busted/h3 pThe final table could easily have had a lot more star power, but a host of big names went bust during the playdown to 27./p pHopes were high for Italy?s Filippo Candio, who became the first Italian to make the WSOP Main Event final table in 2010. Candio entered Day 2 as chip leader but went broke in a massive preflop all-in holding pocket queens against Jason Wheeler?s aces./p pCandio flopped a set but Wheeler managed to make a flush by the river./p pAlso out was American pro Melanie Weisner, and she got unlucky to go broke. Weisner got her stack in with A-K against Simon Raevnsbaek?s A-6 but couldn?t dodge the six on the flop./p pJoining Weisner and Candio on the rail were name-pros Tony G, Roberto Romanello, Marvin Rettenmaier, Max Pescatori, Mike Sexton and Guillaume Darcourt./p pAction resumes tomorrow as the WPT Venice Grand Prix plays into the money and down to the final table. Keep an eye on our a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-newsPoker News Section/a for more updates./pbr /br /Visit a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/ title=http://www.pokerlistings.com/www.pokerlistings.com/a

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Daily 3-Bet: Bumhunts Gone Wild, Mercier Bet Filed, Choe ?Nuff
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0800

pAny suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments./p pToday in the 3-Bet we find Neil Channing rueing the spread of bumhunting, Jason Mercier signing off on another prop bet and gambling artist David Choe hitting the Facebook jackpot./p h31) Channing Calls Out Bumhunters, Says Ruining Live Games/h3 pWhen it comes to gambling and all of its tributaries, Neil Channing has been around the block./p div class=image-container image-portrait-size-medium image-positiona class=lightbox href=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/IMG1557.JPGimg class=image-position image-portrait-size-medium src=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/_resampled/CroppedImage180320-IMG1557.JPG alt=Neil Channing width=180 height=320//a div class=image-osd image-osd-compact div class=image-osd-contentGot to give some to get some./div div class=image-osd-background /div /div /div pA former bookmaker who made his living felting tourists at the Grosvenor Victoria casino in London long before hitting the tournament circuit, Channing knows what it takes to get a good game running./p pUnfortunately, much like Phil Galfond a href=http://www.philgalfond.com/lets-make-some-changes/recently lamented/a about the high-stakes games online, Channing says bumhunters are ruining the live games at the Vic now too./p pIn particular, he says it?s a specific group of young players doing it:/p p?I hate this to sound like a tirade against youth, it's just that this is an Internet phenomena and it is a group of young players that are causing it./p p?They don't seem to get how fragile the eco-structure of live poker is and they are not thinking of the future./p p?The whole thing is kind of a prisoner's dilemna. I was always prepared to suck up some of the bad stuff, to take the losses in bad games, for the long-term good of the game. /p p?Nobody seems to care about the long-term anymore so I too have stopped caring.?/p pBottom line: You got to give action to get action, youngsters./p pMore from Channing in his Black Belt Poker a href=http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/blogs/read/1641690/badbeat/Bumhunting/blog/a. /p h32) Mercier vs. Reporter Head-to-Head in Seven Sports/h3 pEveryone knows Jason Mercier likes to throw around a prop bet or two./p pGiven his status as one of the most successful tournament players of the last few years, though, it?s rare someone in the media can afford his stakes./p div class=image-container image-portrait-size-medium image-position-alta class=lightbox href=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/IMG694.JPGimg class=image-position-alt image-portrait-size-medium src=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/_resampled/CroppedImage180320-IMG694.JPG alt=Jason Mercier width=180 height=320//a div class=image-osd image-osd-compact div class=image-osd-contentPushing big chip piles a lot like shot put./div div class=image-osd-background /div /div /div pDutch poker reporter Renko Rinkema apparently can as they?ve laid a $5,000 prop bet down to play out at the a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/live-tournaments/wsop2012 World Series of Poker/a./p pThe challenge? Play seven sports head-to-head and the winner of four will take the $5k./p pRinkema gets to pick four sports and Mercier three with a mediator setting the terms for the specific challenge within each sport./p pAfter getting a few suggestions rejected, including tug-of-war and snowboarding, Rinkema finally settled on these:/p p@happyfreaked: After long deliberation I pick Cycling, Shot pot, Rowing and inline speed skating./p pMercier picked these:/p p@JasonMercier I choose basketball, racquetball, baseball guess I just gotta figure out which of Remko's sports I can win at/p pWe're guessing it won't be shot pot. Read more and find the challenge terms on the PokerStars blog a href=http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/team_pokerstars_pro/2012/prop-bet-mercier-vs-rinkema-090800.htmlhere/a./p h33) Degen Gambler David Choe Hits Huge with Facebook Stock/h3 pIf you?ve ever seen artist David Choe?s work and/or hitchhiking show a href=http://www.vice.com/thumbs-upThumbs Up/a on Vice TV, you know he?s both a) a brilliant graffiti artist and b) a degenerate gambler./p pMore of a blackjack player than a poker player, we're sure he's likely spent a night or two at the poker tables to ease his gambling itch though./p pLong story short, either way we love it when a gambler hits it big and Choe has definitely just hit it big./p pBack in 2005, Choe painted the murals for the original Facebook office in return for stock instead of $60,000 in pay./p pThat stock was just valued at around $500 million in the recent IPO./p pLesson being: Sometimes it pays really, really well to be a gambler./p pMore on his Facebook winfall from the a href=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/facebook-graffiti-artist-could-be-worth-500-million/NY Times here/a./p pWatch this episode of Thumbs Up below to see his degen side when they hit Vegas:/p br /br /Visit a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/ title=http://www.pokerlistings.com/www.pokerlistings.com/a

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William Hill Now Official Supporter of England Football Team
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0800

pAs part of the agreement, just announced on Sunday, William Hill has also signed on as an Official Supporter and Official Betting Partner of a href=http://www.thefa.com/TheFACupthe FA Cup/a./p pLocked in for a two-and-a-half year term, the deal with the FA is the first of its kind in the industry and will run through the end of the FA Cup and World Cup in 2014./p pAs Peter Daire, the FA's Head of Sponsorship, said:/p pWe are delighted to have William Hill on board./p pThey have a strong track record in sports sponsorship and a considerable online and high street presence that will enable us to strengthen our communication platforms for England and The FA Cup./p p?In return, William Hill will benefit from an association with two of the highest-profile football sponsorship properties in the world./p pThe deal will feature a wide and unique range of image rights, advertising and promotional opportunities./p pWilliam Hill has an existing partnership with the Scottish Football Association and has a range of sponsorships across darts, snooker and racing./p pFor more on the Willliam Hill poker site, visit our a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/william-hill-pokerWilliam Hill review page/a./p pSign-up for a new account a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/content/william-hill-pokervia PokerListings link/a and get an up to $2,000 bonus at 200% match. Use code PL600EN./pbr /br /Visit a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/ title=http://www.pokerlistings.com/www.pokerlistings.com/a

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Berndsen12 Thrashes Isildur1 Again
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:00 -0800

pThe Dutch pro once again dominated Blom in the high stakes games last night and won nearly $200k. /p pBlom played 2,556 hands last night and despite some notable wins in the $100/$200 PLO 6-Max games he ended up becoming the night?s biggest loser with $279k in losses./p pCase in point was the $100/$200 a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/omaha-pokerPLO/a table Melusina IX where Blom lost $195k to Berndsen12 in 287 hands./p pIt?s widely accepted in the online community that Blom has run badly against the Dutch pro but it?s getting to the point where things should have evened out by now./p pInstead Blom has lost over half a million to Berndsen12 and for some reason he keeps coming back for more./p pMeanwhile Berndsen12 would have been an even bigger winner last night but he ran into the brick wall that is Ilari ?Ilari_FIN? Sahamies and ended up losing a good portion of his winnings to the Finnish pro./p pBerndsen finished the night with $195k in profit./p pDespite his considerable success against Isildur1, Berndsen is not the biggest winner in 2012 and is still holding on to a respectable, if not spectacular, $526k in profit./p pTop honors go to patpatman who is just shy of a million in profit with $973k./p pSome of the other big winners from last night include 1-ronnyr3 (+$99k), SKTom84 (+$64k), L0ve2playU (+$61k) and altiFC (+$60k)./p pMeanwhile a couple heavy hitters found themselves on the losing side./p pFake Love888, widely regarded to be Patrik Antonius, played a scant 35 hands but lost a total of $61k./p pSam ?tr1cky7? Trickett, who according to a target=_blank href=https://twitter.com/#!/samtrickett1his Twitter/a has been going through some tough times in Macau, didn?t find any solace online as he lost $56k on PokerStars last night./p pIlari Sahamies, even though he won big against Bernsen12, finished even due to some losses in the 6-Max games./p pFor more information be sure to check our a target=_blank href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/market-pulseonline poker stats section/a./pbr /br /Visit a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/ title=http://www.pokerlistings.com/www.pokerlistings.com/a

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Candio, Tony G Among Leaders at WPT Venice Grand Prix
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:30:00 -0800

p155 in total turned up to play the latest WPT main event at the Casino di Venezia Ca Vendramin Calergi in Venice and after eight levels of play just 88 were left./p pCandio leads with 227,900, well ahead of his nearest competition Andrea Dato who bagged 121,700./p pThose two are joined at the top of the leaderboard by fellow Italian, and a target=_self href=live-tournaments/wsopWSOP/a bracelet winner, Dario Alioto who finished with 84,000, and fellow former November Niner James Akenhead who finished with 78,000./p pAlso in the top ten is accomplished French pro Nicolas Levi who is sitting in fifth with 96,300, and Team PartyPoker pro Tony G with 78,800./p pHere are the top ten counts heading into Day 2, courtesy of WPT.com:/p p1. Filippo Candio ? 227,900 2. Andrea Dato ? 121,700 3. Andrey Gulyy ? 107,600 4. Mustapah Kanit ? 99,600 5. Nicolas Levi ? 96,300 6. Matteo Amore ? 89,900 7. Dario Alioto ? 84,000 8. Simon Ravnsbaek ? 82,400 9. Tony G ? 78,800 10. James Akenhead ? 78,000/p h3Rettenmaier?s Quads Win Massive 3-Way All-In/h3 pGerman pro Marvin Rettenmaier made it through to Day 2, thanks in part to winning a big three-way all-in that involved WPT commentator Mike Sexton./p div class=image-container image-portrait-size-medium image-positiona class=lightbox href=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/IMG509.JPGimg class=image-position image-portrait-size-medium src=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/_resampled/CroppedImage180320-IMG509.JPG alt=Mike Sexton width=180 height=320//a div class=image-osd image-osd-compact div class=image-osd-contentMike Sexton battled through some bad luck to earn a seat on Day 2./div div class=image-osd-background /div /div /div pFrom what we know the money went in preflop with Rettenmaier holding pocket eights, Sexton with Kings, and a third player with A-Q./p pBy the time the river was out Sexton?s kings were unimproved, the A-Q had turned into a nut flush and Rettenmaier?s eights had flopped then rivered quads./p pSexton managed to rally back, however, and finished one spot above Rettenmaier on the chip counts with 24,200./p h3Down But Not Out/h3 pPlenty of big names are advancing to Day 2, albeit with fewer chips than they would have liked./p pRecent Team LockPRO ELITE addition Melanie Weisner is near the bottom of the list with 31,300, one spot ahead of 2010 WPT Bratislava champion Roberto Romanello./p pWSOP bracelet runner-up finisher Jason Wheeler was able to finish with just over the average with 62,000 and Party Poker?s a target=_self href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/tv/watch/kara-scott-the-circuit-wsop-video-editionKara Scott/a is also through, finishing with 35,700./p h3Former WPT Champ Among Busted/h3 pWPT winner James Dempsey was among the 67 players sent to the exit today in Venice./p pDempsey won the WPT Five Diamond in 2011 but was sent to the rail today when he lost an all-in race with pocket eights against Benjamin Pollack?s A-K. Dempsey is one of a growing number of players with a shot at poker?s Triple Crown, since he?s also won a WSOP bracelet./p pAlso eliminated was EPT Prague winner Arnaud Mattern, who was on fumes when he got it in with 5span class=entity heartshearts;/span 6span class=entity heartshearts;/span against James Akenhead?s pocket sixes./p pAnd speaking of the World Poker Tour, we just published a a target=_self href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/wpt-vs-ept-which-poker-tour-is-best-infographicbrand-spanking new Infographic putting the WPT side by side with it's biggest rival, the EPT to see once and for all which is the best./a/pbr /br /Visit a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/ title=http://www.pokerlistings.com/www.pokerlistings.com/a

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Kursevich Crushes EPT Deauville Final Table
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 -0800

pThe 24-year-old Kursevich dominated much of the play and, despite a challenge from Paul Guichard heads-up, ultimately pocketed the prestigious title after a 12-hour battle at the final table./p pKursevich also pocketed a healthy ?875,000 for the win./p pGuichard, the Frenchman who a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/pagano-slips-but-holds-on-for-seventh-ept-final-table-65707held a slight chip lead over Kursevich coming into the day/a, came very close to a title of his own./p pFacing a 23 million-3 million chip disadvantage to start heads-up, Guichard fought back to almost even but couldn?t bring it home when his flopped set fell to Kursevich?s straight on the river on the last hand./p pStill, Guichard takes home ?557,000 for his runner-up finish./p pKursevich, who chopped the 2011 WCOOP Main Event and final tabled EPT Berlin last year, earns his biggest career score and his first EPT title./p h3Pagano Falls Early, Trong Makes Run/h3 pVeteran Italian pro Luca Pagano made his record seventh EPT final table in Deauville this year but couldn?t get much going with his relatively short stack and busted early in the day in seventh spot./p pIrishman Mick Graydon was the only player to beat him to the rail as the true short stack coming in busted eighth./p p21-year-old Parisian computer science student Vuong Than Trong held the chip lead four-handed but was crippled by Kursevich shortly after the dinner break (his four-bet shove with AQ failing to catch Kursevich?s KK) and he departed in third./p div class=image-container image-portrait-size-medium image-positiona class=lightbox href=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/IMG6555.JPGimg class=image-position image-portrait-size-medium src=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/_resampled/CroppedImage180320-IMG6555.JPG alt=Luca Pagano width=180 height=320//a div class=image-osd image-osd-compact div class=image-osd-contentNo go for Pagano./div div class=image-osd-background /div /div /div pFrenchmen Yorane Kerignard, Bruno Jais and Olivier Rogez all performed well in front of the home crowd but ultimately fell in 4th, 5th and 6th place respectively./p pJais in particular can take solace in his finish as he accidentally bought into a ?500 satellite for Deauville online when he meant to play a ?10 MTT./p pThe mistake left him with just ?1 in his account, but after winning the satellite and taking home ?200,000 for fifth he's now flush again./p pBelow find the full list of final-table players and their payouts:/p p1. Vadzim Kursevich, Belarus, ?875,0002. Paul Guichard, France, ?557,0003. Vuong Than Trong, France, ?328,0004. Yorane Kerignard, France, ?260,0005. Bruno Jais, France, ?200,0006. Olivier Rogez, France, ?155,0007. Luca Pagano, Italy ?110,0008. Mick Graydon, Ireland, ?67,200/p pFor a recap of all the day?s action, visit the a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-starsPokerStars/a blog./pbr /br /Visit a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/ title=http://www.pokerlistings.com/www.pokerlistings.com/a

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Daily 3-Bet: Phil Flops, Moorman Drops, Esfandiari ?Has Been?
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:00 -0800

pAny suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments./p pToday in the 3-Bet we find Phil Hellmuth taking a bath on his Super Bowl bets, Chris Moorman kindly dropping some poker knowledge and a new contender bumping Antonio Esfandiari for best magician in poker./p h31) Hellmuth Thumped on Super Bowl Bets/h3 pTo understate the matter among the gambling crowd, Super Bowl Sunday is kind of a big deal./p div class=image-container image-portrait-size-medium image-positiona class=lightbox href=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/IMG4661.JPGimg class=image-position image-portrait-size-medium src=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/_resampled/CroppedImage180320-IMG4661.JPG alt=Phil Hellmuth width=180 height=320//a div class=image-osd image-osd-compact div class=image-osd-contentTough Sunday./div div class=image-osd-background /div /div /div pEveryone has action, of course, from $100 ?pick-a-square? bets to dozens of props on the winner of the coin toss to the last penalty./p pLord knows how much some of the real high-rollers put up for the Super Bowl, but one notable poker icon burned away at least $21k (including juice)./p pTweeted Phil Hellmuth shortly after the Giants came back to beat the Patriots 21-17 yesterday:/p pLost EVERY Super Bowl bet: 8 out of 8. set my personal record for biggest loss on one game: $21k plus juice/p pAmong Hellmuth?s losing bets:/p p$2k OVER 27 1st (loser), $1k NE -1 1st half (even), $2k NE -1.51st (loser)...$2k OVER 53, $2k OVER 53.5/p p$3k NE scores OVER 29.5 for game, $2k Giants OVER 27 for game, $3k NE -3: $2,500 NE wins 2nd half, $2,500 OVER 26.5 2nd half NEED POINTS!/p pStill, despite the pummeling, Hellmuth has high hopes for the coming week:/p pHeading to LA Monday to play poker @CommerceCasino. Tough Sunday, but I'm determined to turn this into a winning week!/p pFollow Hellmuth for more gambling hijinx on a href=https://twitter.com/phil_hellmuthTwitter here/a./p h32) Chris Moorman Drops Some Insight with Snoopy/h3 div class=image-container image-portrait-size-medium image-position-alta class=lightbox href=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/IMG1834.JPGimg class=image-position-alt image-portrait-size-medium src=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/_resampled/CroppedImage180320-IMG1834.JPG alt=Chris Moorman width=180 height=320//a div class=image-osd image-osd-compact div class=image-osd-contentMost unknown $10m winner in poker?/div div class=image-osd-background /div /div /div pHe gets his due among those in the know. And he?s made a splash in a few big live events this past year to gain some more notoriety overall./p pBut there's no doubt Chris Moorman is still one of the most underrated poker players in the world./p pA pure online destroyer with almost $8 million in earnings, plus a token $2.4 million won live, he?s quite frankly one of the top poker players to ever play the game./p pSo when he takes the time to give an in-depth interview, it?s definitely worth a look./p pSpeaking with poker reporter Adam ?Snoopy? Goulding on Black Belt Poker, Moorman dives into a ton of subjects from staying motivated to Black Friday to the mechanics of having a 20-player stable of horses./p pIt?s a great read; here?s an excerpt that helps explain why he's been so dominant for so long:/p p?I suppose I should be bored with poker by now considering how much I play, so I?m lucky in that respect. I just love the game. /p pIt?s not about the money; every time I play, I want to win, even if it?s an eight-dollar rebuy or something, and it makes me feel good about myself when I do./p pFull interview a href=http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/articles/read/Poker-Interview-Chris-Moormanhere/a./p h33) Antonio Esfandiari Now Second-Best Magician in Poker/h3 pWe?ve said Antonio Esfandiari has been getting a free ride as the poker world?s number #1 magician for years (when was the last time he a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezfBPMa-acQamp;feature=relatedcovered anyone in club sauce/a?), and now finally someone has stepped up and called him on it./p pNoted magician Dynamo has been on hand at the WPT Venice event doing his close-up sleight of hand, prompting WPT Host Mike Sexton to call Esfandiari a ?has been? when it comes to being poker?s magic rep./p pSee for yourself below:/p br /br /Visit a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/ title=http://www.pokerlistings.com/www.pokerlistings.com/a

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Sunday Scoop: MatejK992SLO Goes Wire to Wire
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:00 -0800

pWith millions of dollars on the line, thousands of poker players flocked to the tables in hopes of celebrating their own championship victory./p pMost of the major tournaments including the Sunday Million, Sunday Warm-Up and iPoker $200k Guaranteed easily crushed their guarantees/p pHere?s a look at a few of the biggest tournaments that took place yesterday and the ultimate winners./p h3MatejK992SLO Dominates Sunday Million/h3 pSlovenian MatejK992SLO took the chip lead into yesterday?s a target=_blank href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-starsPokerStars/a Sunday Million final table and never let up./p pThe Sunday Million, as usual, didn?t disappoint with 7,401 runners and a $1.4 million prize pool./p pMatejK992SLO started with 20 million chips, which was more than double his closest competition./p pAbout the only mistake he may have made at the final table was agreeing to a six-way chop. He took the largest portion but he would have won the entire $222k first place prize if he went for it./p pInstead MatejK992SLO ended up beating m0rtengud heads-up to take down a total of $177k./p pThe Team PokerStars Pros were nearly shut out of yesterday?s Sunday Million with only Andre Akkari, Johnny Lodden and Pat Pezzin making small cashes. /p pHere are the full final table payouts from yesterday?s Sunday Million:/p p1. MatejK992SLO - $177,691 2. m0rtengud - $166,420 3. fr0zZy - $113,001 4. *C@LLMEM8* - $119,780 5. GeigelGagel - $85,118 6. sprenger62 - $76,831 7. grackhack2 - $31,824 8. Eskapisten - $17,762 9. MeirDa - $11,471/p div class=image-container image-portrait-size-medium image-positiona class=lightbox href=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/angel-guillen-32546.jpgimg class=image-position image-portrait-size-medium src=http://edge1.pokerlistings.com/assets/photos/_resampled/CroppedImage180320-angel-guillen-32546.jpg alt=Angel Guillen width=180 height=320//a div class=image-osd image-osd-compact div class=image-osd-contentAngel Guillen/div div class=image-osd-background /div /div /div h3MarinaBalbes Secures $97k in Sunday Warm-Up/h3 pThe PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up was buzzing yesterday with 3,624 players and a $724,800 prizepool./p pAmong the many players to buy-in were Team PokerStars Pros Martin Hruby, Martin Staszko, Celina Lin, Fatima de Melo, George Danzer and Johnny Lodden but it was Mexican pro Angel Guillen who made the deepest run./p pGuillden outlasted 3,588 players before finally busting in 36th place for $1,630./p pRussian MarinaBalbes came out of the last sprint in the lead and entered the final table with the chip lead./p pMarinaBalbes never let up at the final table and, although there was a three-way chop, ended up winning the tournament for $97k./p pHere are the complete final table payouts:/p p1. MarinaBalbes - $97,939 2. Ms. Bon-bon - $77,931 3. Leviathan74 - $82,521 4. Tomascibak - $41,676 5. Bergeroo - $30,804 6. Zackmorris99 - $23,556 7. PokerSavage1 - $16,308 8. Salsicha - $9,060 9. Jenbizzle - $5,796/p h3iPoker $200k Guaranteed /h3 pMeanwhile over on the iPoker network, which includes a target=_blank href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/titan-pokerTitan Poker/a, a target=_blank href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/william-hill-pokerWilliam Hill Poker/a and a target=_blank href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker770Poker770/a, a total of 1,036 players paid the $215 buy-in to play the massive $200k guaranteed./p pThe players combined to create a prizepool of $207k with $35k dedicated to first place alone./p pSeveral notables played in the tournament including established grinders Phil ?bergeroo? Huxley and Matt ?mjw006? Wakeman but the majority fell short of the cash./p pIn the end a target=_blank href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/online-poker-roomsonline poker/a player KiinKiin beat JimBeam22 heads-up to take down the $35,224 first place prize./p pHere?s a complete look at the final table payouts:/p p1. KiinKiin - $35,224 2. JimBeam22 - $25,900 3. Ollieboy1 - $19,663 4. Skuja85 - $14,089 5. MyStapler - $10,256 6. Expekt3571965 - $8,184 7. Sitoutpre - $6,112 8. Bizbills - $4,040 9. Chrismullins01 - $2,237/pbr /br /Visit a href=http://www.pokerlistings.com/ title=http://www.pokerlistings.com/www.pokerlistings.com/a

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