Tag: Online tournament results

08-12-2008

FTOPS IX Event #12 attracted a field of 1,405 players to the $1,000+60 six-max NLHE affair, generating a prize pool of $1,500,000 and a winner's share of $300,000. With so much talent and skill in the field, there were several big...

08-11-2008

Daniel 'ziggy47' Bokesch pulled off one of the most unlikely final-table, "worst to first" runs in recent online memory to take down the weekend's biggest event by total prize purse, the PokerStars Sunday Million....

08-11-2008

FTOPS IX Event #10 drew 4,985 entrants to the $300+22 no-limit hold'em event, with a total prize pool of a guaranteed $1,500,000. Full Tilt pros Scott Clements and Paul Sexton made the money, but it was Josh Arieh with far and away...

08-07-2008

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) IX kicked off Wednesday night with a bang. Event #1, a $200+16 no-limit hold'em event with $1,000,000 guaranteed, drew 5,779 players for a total prize pool of $1,155,800 and a first-place prize...

08-04-2008

The first edition ever for the increased-guarantee version of the Stars Sunday Million, now with a guaranteed pool of $1.5 million, saw 'Fred_Brink' post a come-from-behind victory for a win worth over $200,000. The increased Sunday...

07-29-2008

Sunday was a really big day for PokerStars, as the online poker site made its million dollar guarantee for its Sunday Tournament – Twice, actually. The Sunday Million had its usual massive field, with over 8,000 players...

05-26-2008

Full Tilt's first-ever $25,000 Heads-up Championship, featuring the largest buy-in ever for an online heads-up tourney, saw a familiar name take the title on Sunday. Full Tilt pro David Singer claimed the title after defeating Emil...

03-11-2008

Shawn "phatcat" Luman captured the biggest prize in Bodog history in the main event of the Bodog Poker Open on Sunday, besting a field of 596 to take home $76,280. He also won an engraved Omega Speedmaster watch with an estimated...

02-18-2008

A $2 million guarantee was announced, but the total purse in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series [FTOPS] VII Main Event climbed much higher once all the entrants had been tallied. 5,291 players paid $500+35 each for the right to vie for...

02-18-2008

A huge weekend for online poker continued with a couple of traditional weekly events at major sites, namely the Sunday Million at PokerStars and the $300,000 Guaranteed Sunday at PartyPoker. When added to the phenomenal weekend turnouts...

02-18-2008

One of the biggest online poker weekends ever included a special bonus tourney from PokerStars. Just a week ago, the site announced its $2 Million Turbo Takedown, with an entry fee of 10,000 Frequent Player Points (FPPs) or the chance...

02-17-2008

FTOPS [Full Tilt Online Poker Series] VII wrapped up its run on Sunday with finals in three events, among those the high-profile, $2,620 NLHE Event #17. That event ran for two days and drew 849 entrants, building a total purse of $2,122.500. ...

02-04-2008

The distinctly American holiday known as Super Bowl Sunday resulted in reduced attendance across the board in the largest of Sunday's online tourneys. Still, solid turnouts were on hand at PokerStars, Full Tilt and PartyPoker, and each of...

01-28-2008

The big story of Sunday's major online tourneys was a long heads-up duel to determine the winner of the Stars Sunday Million. 'roosterbill' and 'SNo0oWMAN' began their battle after the exit of third-place finisher 'batoelrob'...

01-21-2008

Huge numbers again marked the biggest Sunday online events, with the biggest tourneys at Full Tilt, PokerStars and PartyPoker all easily exceeding their pre-event guarantees. The biggest payday from the night's action went not to...

12-24-2007

Eric 'Rizen' Lynch, one of the first recognizable screen names among major online poker pros, has proven that he's still got what it takes, making a Full Tilt final table just before Christmas. Daniel 'KidPoker' Negreanu also made...

12-10-2007

No deal or no deal? This week, despite the ability to chop by chip count in both the PokerStars and PartyPoker major events, nobody did. Everyone played it out to the bitter end, despite several occasions when the closeness in chip...

12-03-2007

Healthy turnouts marked the biggest online events on the first Sunday in December, with the biggest tourneys on PokerStars, Full Tilt and PartyPoker each clearing their pre-event guarantees. As is normally the case, the biggest prize...

11-26-2007

Some well-known faces popped up in the final tables of this week's major tournaments. G0T T!LT?, who went out in ninth last week in the PokerStars Sunday Million, made another impressive appearance this week...

11-20-2007

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series VI concluded its successful run on Sunday. Here's a look at the winners, as well as how much money the series made for players past the guarantees. All told, FTOPS VI generated a combined prize pool...