Online Poker Weekend: 'kesher79' Takes Stars Sunday Million

November 17 2008, Mickey Doft

The PokerStars Sunday Million attracted 7,999 participants for a total prize pool of $1,599,800. Notable finishers included Lee "Bill Ivey" Gaines in 15th ($5,599) and iCeVeNoM in 29th ($2,880). Two players were eliminated on the hand-for-hand bubble, so eight players reached the final table. The starting chip counts were as follows:

Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy - 17,791,780

kesher79 - 13,642,058

orkim - 12,694,157

mjluth - 11,728,249

maverick8487 - 9,796,110

jarocho123 -5,389,440

rS.Wisdom - 4,937,219

RiverCardRob - 4,010,987

The first to exit the final table was jarocho123. With blinds and antes 200,000/400,000/40,000, jarocho123's tournament life was on the line with against kesher79's . When the board rolled out , jarocho123 was sent packing in eighth for $18,397.70. A few hands later, RiverCardRob's tournament was at stake as well with against rS.Wisdom's . When the flop and turn came to put RiverCardRob in the lead. The longshot fell on fifth street and RiverCardRob was out in seventh for $27,996.50.

At 250,000/500,000/50,000, rS.Wisdom raised 1,300,000 and orkim called from the small blind. The flop came and orkim led out for 1,500,000. A flat-call by rS.Wisdom led to the on the turn. This time orkim checked and rS.Wisdom bet 1,500,000. Orkim called and the river came the . Orkim checked again and rS.Wisdom shoved with the bigger stack. Orkim thought it over for a few moments before calling with ; however, it was second best to rS.Wisdom's . Orkim finished in sixth for $40,794.90. Later in the level, kesher79 raised to 1,250,000 from the cutoff and Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy shoved for 12,350,900 with , but ran into kesher79's . The board ran out and Collopy was busted in fifth for $56,792.90. Maverick8487 made a move with and ran into kesher79's . No five appeared and maverick8487 was the fourth-place finisher for $72,790.90.

The final two bustouts occurred at 300,000/600,000/60,000. Mjluth shoved from the small blind for just over 10,000,000 with and was called by kesher79 from the big blind with . kesher79's queen paired as the board ran out , giving Mjluth $89,588.80 for third. Kesher79 began heads-up with a 3:2 chip lead and clinched the tournament on the sixth hand of heads-up play. On the button, kesher79 opened to 1,800,000 and rS.Wisdom called. The flop came and rS.Wisdom check-called a bet of 2,400,000. The hit the turn and this time rS.Wisdom check-called a bet of 6,000,000. The river came the and rS.Wisdom check-called all in for 19 million. Kesher79 turned up for quads and rS.Wisdom's for two pair wasn't close. The second-place finish paid rS.Wisdom $132,143.48, while kesher79's win was worth $195,975.50.

Final Results:

1. kesher79 - $195,975.50

2. rS.Wisdom - $132,143.48

3. mjluth - $89,588.80

4. maverick8487 - $72,790.90

5. Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy - $56,792.90

6. orkim - $40,794.90

7. RiverCardRob - $27,996.50

8. jarocho123 - $18,397.70

9. LEstradioto - $11,198.60

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Other notable online tourneys on Sunday produced these results:

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($750,000 guaranteed)

1. slyfox151 - $101,296

2. BlackFourz - $70,128

3. jeroenromate - $46,752

4. aty79 - $38,960

5. RaisingRay91 - $31,168

6. Bjorg0010 - $23,376

7. ArzrA - $15,584

8. jwaces - $9,740

9. Bill Ivey - $6,701.12

Buy-in: $200+15

Prize Pool: $779,200

Entrants: 3,896

Other Notables: Bryan "Bry23" Barrile (29th, $1,480.48), McShove (33rd, $1480.48), Scott "stpauli111" Hall (37th, $1,402.56), Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis (56th, $1,246.52), Mark "The Omaholic" Roland (73rd, $1,168.80)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($500,000 guaranteed)

1. toetagU - $97,360.80

2. Pist0nH0nda - $70,543.50

3. mojave14 - $53,850

4. Telefonkiosk - $40,387.50

5. shiptosails - $28,271.25

6. bufo523 - $22,886.25

7. armenioz - $17,501.25

8. jippo79 - $12,116.25

9. QuasiFiction - $7,539

Buy-in: $500+30

Prize Pool: $538,500

Entrants: 1,077

Other Notables: Scott "emptyseat88" Fischman (33rd, $1,400.10)

Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan

1. TheBeingOG - $56,012

2. zapatero - $35,644

3. kjansson - $26,223.80

4. AnthonysDAD - $20,686.25

5. dfish21 - $15,912.50

6. Black9ines - $11,457

7. MrsESPN - $7,638

8. Fabrice Soulier - $5,728.50

9. bad_egg - $4,073.60

Buy-in: $200+16

Prize Pool: $254,600

Entrants: 1,273

Other Notables: David "GhettoFabolous" Randall (19th, $929.29), Theo "pittrounder" Tran (17th, $1,171.16), DontBluffMePLZZ (24th, $929.29), Joe "hoodini10" Udine (42nd, $712.88)

Bodog $100,000 Guaranteed

1. tyrel66 - $23,600

2. VyVyVyVyVyVyVy - $13,600

3. bonz44 - $9,100

4. chistate - $7,000

5. pugmeister - $5,700

6. RockogRul - $4,500

7. bryanjames27 - $3,300

8. Birdie34 - $2,200

9. lioka - $1,300

Buy-in: $100+9

Prize Pool: $100,000 (included $23,500 overlay)

Entrants: 765

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