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Major online tournament action saw PocketFives.com members win six events; led by Jeff YoungSupremacy Hakim (pictured), who won the PokerStars "Sunday 500" for $91,500 after defeating fellow P5'er xMONSTERxDONGx who won $66,500 for 2nd.  RookieITB earned $73k for his victory in the Full Tilt Poker Sunday Brawl as dmcgowan1 won $36k for 3rd in that same tournament.  PocketFiver KvGalen took 1st place in the PartyPoker $300k Guaranteed for $60,000 in the first Sunday major held on that site since its visual makeover.  The Titan Poker $250k Guaranteed was won by Englishman Scott Mongy O'Reilly for $55,000.  Scarface_79 and yellowsub fought a heads-up battle in the Stars $200 Sunday rebuy -- winning $51k and $37,500 respectively.  Soxnation83 and negativeROI had a similar heads-up battle in the UltimateBet $200k after chopping heads-up for $37k each.  Ufctennis12 had the largest 2nd place score for a PocketFiver on Sunday; leaving the Stars Sunday Warm-Up final table $75k richer.  Contributing Writer Alex Assassinato Fitzgerald took 5th in the Sunday Million for $54k and amichaikk placed 9th for $10,500.

Lee Bill Ivey Gaines and OnlyPlayRagz finished 4th and 5th respectively in the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan; earning $16,500 and $12,500 for their efforts.  Bearw8 was eliminated in 7th for $6,000 and rusostreet cashed for $3,200 in 9th.  Jon PearlJammer Turner (pictured) had a successful outing in Sunday major tournaments; taking home $31,500 for 5th in the Stars Sunday Warm-Up and another $13k for 4th in the UltimateBet $200k Guaranteed.  Tendog walked away with $24k for 6th in the Sunday Warm-Up while ShOrTy25 took 9th for $7k.  Long time PocketFiver threeven added $37,500 to his online poker bankroll upon placing 4th in the Stars "Sunday 500" and Dinhjo won $7k for 9th in that same tournament.  Kyle thetruth503 Zartman broke through for an $11k score for 5th place in the UB $200k; followed by ryanbluf who was awarded $7k for 7th.  Sachdaddy took 9th for $3,500 and jack 9 rounded out the final table in 10th for a $2k score.

Australia's Kochan placed 4th in the $200 Sunday rebuy and 6th in the Stars "Sunday 500" for $21,250 each.  Top ranked Alex AJKHoosier1 Kamberis received $11k for 6th, Hungary's Belabacsi won $8,750 for 7th, and ASPoker8 came in 8th for $6,250.  Online poker player m_hawk_1 collected $30,000 upon placing 3rd in the Stars Sunday Second Chance; edging out Vedast who placed 4th for $22,500.  Bakes took 7th place for $9,750.  There were three PocketFives.com members at the final table of the PokerStars $1 Million Guaranteed "Turbo Takedown" on Sunday.  Hoobangin took home $40,000 for 3rd after paying the 5,000 FPP buy-in.  Chris Cmoney3 Kline earned $10k for 8th and David Bakes Baker took 9th for $5,500.  Maua won $15,750 for a 3rd place showing in the DoylesRoom $175k Guaranteed.







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

00000M6NGY00000 - $55,000
cuteboy34 - $30,000
MURIBE - $20,000
ItsAJob - $15,000
feedmefish - $12,500
fatFatty - $10,000
ytug56 - $7,500
ugoua55 - $5,000
ActionYackson - $3,500
mattwern - $2,750


DoylesRoom $175k Guaranteed $60+5 with rebuys
1,111 entrants - $175,000 paid out to 99 spots

toonboy1 - $43,750
vlsd - $24,500
mys12 - $15,750 (Maua)
TT_KING - $11,375
_ship_it_ - $9,275
DaProvider - $7,525
Guld_Bullen - $5,775
Sidu75 - $4,025
schioler - $2,625
xonixo - $1,575


PartyPoker $300k Guaranteed $200+15
1,362 entrants - $300,000 paid out to 200 spots

KvGalen - $60,000 (KvGalen)
Klinschor - $33,000
gvabdo - $20,700
pmcloughlin - $16,350
fresh_meat11 - $13,800
evert58 - $10,350
Sarkman - $7,950
IluvSoup - $5,250
ImAPirateHAR - $4,050
Super_Rookie - $2,850


Full Tilt Poker $750k Guaranteed $200+16
3,454 entrants - $750,000 paid out to 522 spots

waffle1215 - $132,788
DukeTheDude - $80,250
TheCloserX5 - $52,500
WhitneyHouston1 - $41,400
dubbydub2002 - $31,050
Baumerball - $23,025
Reinders - $17,250
flymaxx - $13,500
bigtoe2227 - $10,050


Full Tilt Poker $350k Guaranteed "Sunday Brawl" $240+16
1,781 entrants - $356,200 paid out to 189 spots

RookieITB - $73,377 (rookieITB)
skitzo333 - $48,443
buttheyrsuited2 - $35,976 (dmcgowan1)
Colt216 - $28,140
shooting star 2 - $21,016
martins22 - $14,604
meskastar - $8,905
JustLuck1337 - $6,055
amontobin99 - $4,274


Full Tilt Poker $200k Guaranteed "Sunday Mulligan" $200+16
970 entrants - $200,000 paid out to 99 spots

ferdilicious - $45,000
ITG777 - $29,000
GimmeFiction - $21,500
HisXLNC - $16,500 (Bill Ivey)
OnlyPlayRagz - $12,500 (OnlyPlayRagz)
bestdayever - $9,000
bearw8 - $6,000 (Bearw8)
4us0306 - $4,500
rusostreet - $3,200 (rusostreet)


PokerStars "Sunday Million" - $1,500,000 Guaranteed $200+15
7,133 entrants - $1,500,000 paid out to 1,080 spots

Tuffy Cat - $184,500
AceBonG - $124,950
londanuk - $84,000
SantiagoRain - $69,000
Assassinato - $54,000 (Assassinato)
hustln_ps - $39,000
agiletto - $26,250
WatchOutSir - $17,250
amichaiKK - $10,500 (amichaikk)


PokerStars "Turbo Takedown" - $1 Million Guaranteed 5,000 FPPs
10,742 entrants - $1,000,000 paid out to 4,000 spots

mirror99 - $100,000
doucheburger - $60,000
HooBangin - $40,000 (Hoobangin)
eldie2 - $32,500
moozzer22 - $25,000
toreyoops - $20,000
matkillers23 - $15,000
QTgirlE3 - $10,000 (Cmoney3)
WhooooKidd - $5,500 (Bakes)


PokerStars "Sunday Warm-Up" - $750k Guaranteed $200+15
3,328 entrants - $750,000 paid out to 495 spots

EtOi - $105,000
ucftennis12 - $75,000 (ufctennis12)
ROYALDODIS - $52,500
knot_BE - $39,375
PearlJammer - $31,500 (Pearljammer)
tendog - $24,000 (tendog)
NoraFlum - $16,500
d1sterbd - $10,500
ShOrTy D 25 - $7,050 (ShOrTy25)


PokerStars "Sunday 500" - $500k Guaranteed $500+30
900 entrants - $500,000 paid out to 135 spots

Jeff710 - $91,500 (YoungSupremacy)
MONSTER_DONG - $66,500 (xMONSTERxDONGx)
bebby1 - $50,000
threeven - $37,500 (threeven)
rizz13 - $26,250
puntnko - $21,250 (Kochan)
DenverSports - $16,250
$ulle$ - $11,250
Dinhjo - $7,000 (Dinhjo)


PokerStars "Sunday Second Chance" - $300k Guaranteed $200+15
1,235 entrants - $300,000 paid out to 144 spots

wat-dee - $54,750
Pipedream17 - $39,870
PapaGreggio - $30,000 (m_hawk_1)
Alphafoil - $22,500 (Vedast)
Being - $15,750
chalie d - $12,750
WhooooKidd - $9,750 (Bakes)
Bingoman24 - $6,750
RiverBgood - $4,200


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

scarface_79 - $51,250 (scarface_79)
yellowsub86 - $37,500 (yellowsub)
Facesup - $28,250
puntnko - $21,250  (Kochan)
Asprin1 - $14,750
AJKHoosier1 - $11,250 (AJKHoosier1)
Belabacsi - $8,750 (Belabacsi)
ASPoker8 - $6,250 (ASPoker8)
Pokergenius2 - $4,375


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

soxnation83 - $46,000 (soxnation83)
negativeROI - $28,000 (negativeROI)
ub_player04 - $18,500
PearlJammed - $13,000 (PearlJammer)
thewood04 - $11,000 (thetruth503)
jbladerunner - $9,000
ryanbluf - $7,000 (ryanbluf)
orionhigh - $5,000
sachdaddy - $3,500 (sachdaddy)
jack 9 - $2,000 (jack 9)

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