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PocketFives.com members caught fire and won a total of 11 major tournaments over the weekend, led by Canadian Casey bigdogpckt5s Jarzabek (pictured), who won the Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Event #9 on Sunday for $278,000 after edging out fellow member LexLuthor85 who took 2nd for $168,350.  Jonathan therookieqq9 Plens of Canada won the PokerStars Sunday Million for $189,000 and luckychewy earned $127,400 for runner-up honors.  Whatariver1 placed 1st in the FTOPS 6-max Knockout Event #8 for $137,500 on Sunday and cane3418 was awarded $123,600 for 1st in the FTOPS $100 rebuy Event #7.  Astrolux85 won the 6-max Pot Limit Omaha Hi Event #6 for $75,250.  Steve thorladen Weinstein is back in online poker headlines this week after he took down the "Sunday 500" on Stars for $91,250.  Matt All In At 420 Stout was victorious in the Stars Sunday Second Chance for $50k while arbianight walked away with $36,500 in 2nd place.

Keven Stamdogg Stammen makes the Tournament Review for the second week in a row following his $84,600 scored for 4th place in the FTOPS #9 event.  Markysals11 finished 6th in that tournament for $47,500.  Wachovia and SN8WMAN ended their final table runs in 7th and 8th place respectively for $37k and $28k.  Jamie TheCronic420 Rosen cashed for $44,500 in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy upon taking that tournament down as Russell rdcrsn Carson received $32,500 for 2nd place.  Iloseflips2424 won the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan for $50,760 and Hawkhill7 outlasted nearly 850 players to win the UltimateBet $200k outright for $45,000.  Jeff yellowsub Williams (pictured) earned a 1st place victory in the Absolute Poker Weekly $150k Guaranteed for $37,500 on Saturday.  Top 10 ranked online poker tournament player Steve gboro780 Gross had a huge Sunday thanks to his win in the Stars $100 Sunday rebuy $300k Guaranteed tournament for $71,600 that came just moments after he placed 4th in the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan for $18,600. 

Kenny Hixx Hicks placed 5th in the FTOPS Event #7 for $35,400 on Saturday.  He was followed by ozenc and stinkybudz who cashed for $15k and $10k upon finishing in 7th and 8th place.  D3fault won $27k for 4th place in the FTOPS Event #6 and bubonicplague collected $19k for 5th.  Ryanghall finished 2nd in the PartyPoker $300k Guaranteed on Sunday for $45k and Felipe improved Montenegro of Costa Rica (pictured) won $13,600 for 2nd place in the Bodog $100k Guaranteed.  Twelve1232 placed 5th in that same tournament for $5,700.  Storkiz earned $9,300 upon bowing out in 5th place in the DoylesRoom $175k Guaranteed.  The Titan Poker $250k Guaranteed saw Australian rkruok take home $15k for 4th while Flushy added $12,500 to his online poker bankroll upon busting in 5th place.  Jpeahs won $16,650 for 3rd in the AbsoultePoker Weekly $150k.  Flmodesq21 was awarded $9k for 5th in that same tournament and o11pokerdr rounded out the final table in 9th for $2,550.

The Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan saw mendieta19 finish in 2nd place for $32k, followed by payems in 3rd for $23,800.  Jon PearlJammer Turner kept up his consistent results with a $14k cash for 5th while therookieqq9 (pictured) added another $10k onto his Sunday Million victory for 6th place in the Sunday Mulligan.  Tydean took home $6,800 for 7th while noble_work pocketed $3,600 for 9th.  Matt ch0ppy Kay of Canada won $24,500 for 3rd in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy tournament and ImaLuckSac earned $18,400 for 4th.  ComeOnPhish placed 6th for $10k, THAY3R won $7,600 for 7th and ender555 busted in 9th for $3,800.  HB_HITMAN took home $21k for 4th in the Sunday Second Chance.  Sam2price won $11,800 for 6th and Astrolux85 placed 7th for $9,000.  Body man d was eliminated in 4th place in the "Sunday 500" for $37,500.  Driftdc5 earned $21k for 6th, bfineman took home $16k for 7th and holdplz finished 8th for $11k.  JAKoon1985 earned $7,000 for his 9th place showing.  Jsolus finished 8th in the UltimateBet $200k for $5k.  Jon apestyles Van Fleet placed 9th for $3,500 and Waters81 rounded out the final table in 10th for $2,000.


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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
799 entrants - $250,000 paid out to 100 spots

KbICb - $55,000
RobertoBaggio10 - $30,000
AdamCeee - $20,000
jonnymushrooms - $15,000 (rkruok)
PresidentPalmer - $12,500 (Flushy)
Ralfkim - $10,000
INTELDUALCORE - $7,500
Fumanshoe - $5,000
rix29 - $3,500
Kaxa1 - $2,750

PokerRoom $150k Guaranteed Big Deal $300+20
501 entrants - $150,300 paid out to 60 spots

blueszu66 - $37,575
kenneth4pope - $22,545
jocel1 - $13,527
Loch yes - $9,619
juko11 - $6,613
detGARbraNU - $4,960
aaassss - $3,758
mubbit1 - $3,081
75Dje - $2,480
Utter DDB - $1,954

DoylesRoom $175k Guaranteed $60+5 with rebuys
1,102 entrants - $175,000 paid out to 99 spots

Mr-T - $43,750
smoothphil - $24,500
mistersimons - $15,750
Dreagle - $11,375
ztorkiz - $9,275 (storkiz)
kendyley - $7,525
smukkedukke - $5,775
RedDevil1986 - $4,025
sambergo - $2,625
IFiNishfish - $1,575

Absolute Poker $150k Guaranteed $500+30
266 entrants - $150,000 paid out to 36 spots

YELLOWSUB - $37,500 (yellowsub)
LOVE289 - $24,000
JPEAHS - $16,650 (jpeahs)
BOROGLASS - $12,000
FLMODESQ21 - $9,000 (flmodesq21)
BILLIAM_CDN2 - $6,750
SARAGOESWILD - $5,250
FUBAR0218 - $3,900
011POKERDR - $2,550 (o11pokerdr)

PartyPoker $300k Guaranteed $200+15
1,428 entrants - $300,000 paid out to 200 spots

shaneowarm - $60,000
evilteech - $33,000 (ryanghall)
KILLAHKENNY - $20,700
adriancawley - $16,350
pokerhoundd - $13,800
ExTaZzY - $10,350
Uch68 - $7,950
edietheeagle - $5,250
Tomston - $4,050
ALIYA777 - $2,850

Bodog $100k Guaranteed $100+9
720 entrants - $100,000 paid out to 90 spots

maberle - $23,600
improved - $13,600 (improved)
sprink 669 - $9,100
nash07 - $7,000
twelver1232 - $5,700 (twelver1232)
stberry27901 - $4,500
velocity2007 - $3,300
EScrote - $2,200
CohibaSiglo - $1,300

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS #6 --  PLO 6-max $500+35 ($350k Guaranteed)
642 entrants - $350,000 paid out to 84 spots

Broberts85 - $75,250 (Astrolux85)
thecranium - $49,350
xquadfourskiinx - $35,455
d3fault - $26,950 (d3fault)
BubonicPlague - $19,250 (bubonicplague)
pu-sdaeh - $12,250

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS #7 --  NLHE $100+9 with rebuys ($600k Guaranteed)
1,893 entrants - $600,000 paid out to 189 spots

cane3418 - $123,600 (cane3418)
Tomsk400 - $81,600
4XTRADER - $60,600
van voot - $47,400
Hixx - $35,400 (Hixx)
FromThaGroundUp - $24,600
the aviator1 - $15,000 (ozenc)
Stinky Budz - $10,200 (stinky budz)
ICGOODTHINGS - $7,200

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS #8 -- NLHE 6-max Knockout $240+16 ($600k Guaranteed)
3,499 entrants - $699,800 paid out to 390 spots

whatariver1 - $137,154 (whatariver1)
Emansnrg - $86,075
Fzth1 - $58,783
gogogivestack - $45,487
EddyStoefs - $31,841
zapatero - $21,694

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS #9 -- NLHE $300+22 ($1.5 Million Guaranteed)
5,370 entrants - $1,611,000 paid out to 738 spots

bigdogpckt5s - $277,930 (bigdogpckt5s)
xTheory - $168,350 (LexLuthor85)
megax82 - $108,259
Stamdogg - $84,578 (Stamdogg)
lapozie - $63,635
pocketrockets11 - $47,525 (markysals11)
Wachovia - $37,053 (Wachovia)
SN8WMAN - $28,193 (SN8WMAN)
Fdidier8 - $20,943

Full Tilt Poker $200k Guaranteed "Sunday Mulligan" $200+16
1,128 entrants - $225,600 paid out to 108 spots

iloseflips2424 - $50,760 (iloseflips2424)
mendieta19 - $32,148 (mendieta19)
payems - $23,801 (payems)
gboro780 - $18,612 (gboro780)
PearlJammed - $14,100 (PearlJammer)
therookieqq9 - $10,152 (TheRookieQQ9)
SPIRITSLAYER - $6,768 (Tydean)
switzzle - $5,076
noble_work - $3,610 (noble_work)

PokerStars "Sunday Million" - $1,500,000 Guaranteed $200+15
7,711 entrants - $1,542,200 paid out to 1,170 spots

TherookieQQ9 - $188,920 (therookieqq9)
RunThisTable - $127,386 (luckychewy)
rickyhatton - $86,363
Mazelucky - $70,170
1011001011 - $54,748
elemonator37 - $39,326
Lamberjack12 - $26,989
ragsrellum - $17,735
adamx - $10,795

PokerStars "Sunday Warm-Up" - $750k Guaranteed $200+15
3,805 entrants - $761,000 paid out to 585 spots

Snookerfun - $98,930
dave_steven9 - $68,490
luluxxx - $45,660
VBOOS - $38,050
groggy - $30,440
Schmufix - $22,830
Polyhymnia - $15,220
Top-Hand - $9,513
RoadV - $6,545

PokerStars "Sunday 500" - $500k Guaranteed $500+30
995 entrants - $500,000 paid out to 144 spots

thorladen - $91,250 (thorladen)
Smitty1581 - $66,450
mlagoo - $50,000
Body Man D - $37,500 (body man d)
lilien00 - $26,250
driftdc5 - $21,250 (driftdc5)
bfineman - $16,250 (bfineman)
holdplz - $11,250 (holdplz)
jakoon1985 - $7,000 (JAKoon1985)

PokerStars "Sunday Second Chance" - $250k Guaranteed $200+15
1,391 entrants - $278,200 paid out to 162 spots

All_in_at420 - $50,299 (All In At 420)
arbianight - $36,444 (arbianight)
zezann - $27,829
jpa_25 - $20,865 (HB_HITMAN)
DareYou2Call - $14,606
sam2price - $11,824 (sam2price)
Astrolux85 - $9,042 (Astrolux85)
scuty06 - $6,260
Mo2244 - $3,895

PokerStars $200k Guaranteed - $200+15 with rebuys
322 entrants - $217,000 paid out to 36 spots

TheCronic420 - $44,485 (TheCronic420)
rdcrsn - $32,550 (rdcrsn)
ch0ppy - $24,521 (ch0ppy)
ImaLuckSac - $18,445 (ImaLuckSac)
troster16 - $12,803
ComeOnPhish - $9,765 (ComeOnPhish)
THAY3R - $7,595 (THAY3R)
nitbuster - $5,425
ender555 - $3,798 (ender555)

UltimateBet $200k Guranteed $200+15
849 entrants - $200,000 paid to 90 places

-HH7- - $45,000 (Hawkhill7)
kjmcolo - $27,000
Apathy123 - $18,500
Russell515 - $13,000
foldladies21 - $11,000
cope119 - $9,000
msspoker - $7,000
jsolus - $5,000 (haraldson)
apestyles - $3,500 (apestyles)
Waters81 - $2,000 (Waters81)