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Casino News on Tuesday, December 23, 2008

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 the

best 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

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