Tournament Review for 8-31-2008[ return to main articles page ]

By: dhubermex
Published on Sep 1st, 2008
The last weekend in August coincided with Labor Day weekend for online poker players in the United States. The largest weekend major tournament score by a PocketFives.com member came from Canada's AWice (pictured), winner of the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $135,000. Sweden's ankstrajks finished 2nd in that tournament for $95,000. Titamtom32 won the PokerStars $250k Guaranteed for $91,250. He outlasted fellow members Cody thugmoneymkr Slaubaugh and top ranked Chris moorman1 Moorman, who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively for $66.5k and $50k. Telefonkiosk of Sweden took home $60,000 for his win in the PartyPoker $300k Guaranteed, while oldschool043 earned $80k for 2nd place in the Full Tilt Poker $750k Guaranteed. Shaniac took 1st in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy for $51k and Dahotshot won the Bodog $100k Guaranteed for $25,000 following an extremely large overlay in that tournament of over $44,000. Rusostreet took 5th in the $100k for $5,500.

There were plenty of impressive 2nd place finishes over the weekend, including a runner up performance in the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl by Brazil's caio_pimenta. He received over $45k upon edging out Hotsas, who won $33,600 for 3rd. Riggsb took home nearly $40k for 2nd place in the Stars Sunday Second Chance, while Hungary's breeth won $37,500 for 2nd in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy. NegativeROI collected $28,000 for 2nd in the UltimateBet $200k Guaranteed, while Australia's JarredG made $31.8k for 2nd in the Titan Poker $250k Guaranteed. IamunLUCKY placed 4th in the Stars Sunday Million for $69,000 and stacked99 won $10,500 for 9th.

Annette Obrestad, WSOP Europe Main Event winner from 2007, took 6th in the Stars Sunday Warm-Up for $31k and allinstevie won $21k for 7th. FishOnTilt, currently ranked #15 in the world at online tournament play, took 5th in the Stars $250k Guaranteed for $26k, followed by POKRJOKER's 8th place showing for $11,250. DesertQuest took home $22,500 for 4th in the Sunday Second Chance and McNallyville earned $4,200 for 9th in that same tournament. Porkchopmitch walked away with $28k for 3rd in the $200 Sunday rebuy and WPT Bellagio Cup IV Champion SirWatts won $21k for 4th.

POKRJOKER also final tabled the Absolute Poker Weekly $150k for $16,650. PocketFiver tcb21 won $12k for 4th and #52 ranked player goodvibe of Germany placed 5th for $9,000. Dubbeemin took 5th in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed for $31k, and stevol took home $13,500 for 8th. Rubenrtv earned $26.6k for 4th in the Sunday Brawl, MrCasino won $14.3k for 6th, and dOwnosaur took 7th for $9,300. Bigboybunk is nearly $21k richer after taking 3rd in the Sunday Mulligan. Rhe041 placed 4th in that tournament for $16k and Flushy won $8,700 for 6th. Mark dipthrong Herm continued his run in major weekend tournaments with a 3rd place showing in the UltimateBet $200k for $18,500 on Sunday. THAY3R took 9th in the UB $200k for $3,500.

Congratulations to all P5'ers who cashed in this Sunday's major online tournaments. Here are the final table results:

Titan Poker $250k Guaranteed $300+20
884 entrants - $250,000 paid out to 100 spots

FPolak - $58,344
TryAndBluff - $31,824 (JarredG) *Australia
totaloser - $21,216
Mattmys - $15,912
BELGARION73 - $13,260
despers - $10,608
Paystation3 - $7,956
wxp568 - $5,304
JTYPE - $3,713
daveholt48 - $2,917

DoylesRoom $175k Guaranteed $60+5 with rebuys
1,089 entrants - $175,000 paid out to 99 spots

Concau - $43,750
joakimoeklan - $24,500
coxlaud - $15,750
ALLINjompa - $11,375
NKUBI - $9,275
ALwaysIn - $7,525
Hizzzz - $5,775
diceman777777 - $4,025
gucci_girl84 - $2,625
Vallgott - $1,575

Absolute Poker $150k Guaranteed $500+30 (Saturday)
213 entrants - $150,000 paid out to 36 spots

THEREDWAVE - $37,500
FREELANCERZ_ - $24,000
STACKCRACKER - $16,650 (POKRJOKER)
TCB21 - $12,000 (tcb21)
GOODVIBE1 - $9,000 (goodvibe) #52 *Germany
NOALAYLIZ16 - $6,750
TIME4ACES - $5,250
RIVERSADSTRY - $3,900
GKCKKJ - $2,550

Bodog $100k Guaranteed $100+9
558 entrants - $100,000 paid out to 63 spots

Dahotshot - $25,000 (dahotshot)
aletheia - $15,000
Jadenali - $9,500
PYCB - $7,000
rusostreet - $5,500 (rusostreet)
radarman - $4,500
jacenb001 - $3,500
Mr Punisher - $2,200
swimjack - $1,700

PartyPoker $300k Guaranteed $300+20
1,465 entrants - $300,000 paid out to 200 spots

Telefonkiosk - $60,000 #41 *Sweden
Skat579 - $33,000
zmeyga - $20,700
LOUPatTABLE - $16,350
never2lucky - $13,800
themasterd2 - $10,350
fokker44 - $7,950
garavana - $5,250
RaalManaus - $4,050
javizanetti - $2,850

Full Tilt Poker $750K Guaranteed $200+16
3,225 entrants - $750,000 paid out to 522 spots

Steveee111 - $132,788
oldschool043 - $80,250 (oldschool043)
Flip This Cup - $52,500
grabskia - $41,400
dubbeemin - $31,050 (dubbeemin)
Mabbe - $23,025
prostarins - $17,250
StevoL_7 - $13,500 (stevol) *Australia
VamosRafael - $10,050

Full Tilt Poker $250k Guaranteed "Sunday Brawl" $240+16
1,664 entrants - $332,800 paid out to 162 spots

insanocut - $71,552
I CaioPimenta I - $45,261 (caio_pimenta) *Brazil
Hotsas - $33,613 (hotsas)
rubenrtv - $26,624 (rubenrtv)
stbar - $19,968
MrsESPN - $14,310 (MrCasino)
dOwnosaur - $9,318 (dOwnosaur)
ALTAR BALTAR - $6,656
SlimFreakie - $4,659

Full Tilt Poker $150k Guaranteed "Sunday Mulligan" $200+16
966 entrants - $193,200 paid out to 90 spots

Shortmat1444 - $44,436
Pokerccini - $28,014
bigboybunk - $20,769 (bigboybunk)
rhe041 - $15,939 (rhe041)
Army of Sheep - $12,075
Dustin Dirksen - $8,694 (Flushy)
The Norse Horse - $5,796
miketace - $4,521
hemlock1313 - $3,284

PokerStars $1.5 Million Guaranteed "Sunday Million" $200+15
7,212 entrants - $1,500,000 paid out to 1,080 spots

diegoaiz - $184,500
TheRodGuy - $124,950
FlopeDeNuts - $84,000
IamUnlucky - $69,000 (iamunLUCKY)
krs528 - $54,000
UnbrokeN - $39,000
Bury2k4 - $26,250
c j mcon - $17,250
CodeRedRulez - $10,500 (stacked99)

PokerStars "Sunday Warm-Up" $1 Million Guaranteed $200+15
3,627 entrants - $1,000,000 paid out to 540 spots

AWice - $135,000 (AWice) *Canada
lrdvoldemort - $95,000 (ankstrajks) *Sweden
Rivvie - $65,000
Bookie1978 - $51,500
halt81 - $41,000
Annette_15 - $31,000 (Annette_15) *Norway
allinstevie - $21,000 (allinstevie) *United Kingdom
mppowerm - $13,000
MrTile - $9,000

PokerStars $250k Guaranteed $500+30
998 entrants - $500,000 paid out to 144 spots

Titantom32 - $91,250 (titantom32) #90
thugmoneymkr - $66,450 (thugmoneymkr)
Moorman1 - $50,000 (moorman1) #1 *United Kingdom
mcstuntz - $37,500
FishOnTilt - $26,250 (FishOnTilt) #15
iecavniex - $21,250
Se7enTr3y - $16,250
pokrjoker78 - $11,250 (POKRJOKER)
Belabacsi - $7,000

PokerStars "Sunday Second Chance" $300k Guaranteed $200+15
1,309 entrants - $300,000 paid out to 153 spots

freezeplay - $54,480
RiggsB - $39,600 (Riggsb)
Patonius2000 - $30,000
DesertQuest - $22,500 (DesertQuest)
efmike - $15,750
tuck64 - $12,750
glennbrooke - $9,750
Masterhp - $6,750
mcnallyville - $4,200 (McNallyville)

PokerStars $250k Guaranteed $200+15 with rebuys
296 entrants - $250,000 paid out to 36 spots

shaniac - $51,250 (shaniac)
twirlpro - $37,500 (breeth) *Hungary
KidTaxMan - $28,250 (porkchopmitch)
SirWatts - $21,250 (SirWatts)
nyquilhiolic - $14,750
osten - $11,250
kidroe - $8,750
dpw99 - $6,250
xQ024 - $4,375

UltimateBet $200k Guranteed $200+15
758 entrants - $200,000 paid to 80 places

maug13 - $46,000
negativeROI - $28,000 (negativeROI)
dipthr0ng - $18,500 (dipthrong) #16
mendieta19 - $13,000
-am- - $11,000
Jaycee - $9,000
RIVERRATNUTZ - $7,000
ldlcpa - $5,000
UCF_THAYER - $3,500 (THAY3R) #95
private-eye - $2,000

Comments

  1. <p>Dipthrong is pretty much a Poor Man's Super Hero.</p>
     
  2. <p>dipthr0ng can thank me for just retardedly giving him 9k chips very early in the ub 200k for a top stack. :-/</p>
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