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PocketFives.com members took down six major online poker tournaments over the weekend, led by siola who won the PokerStars Sunday Million for $238,900.  P5ers spitznspots and mizarkshzark finished 2nd and 3rd for $175k and $119,400 respectively, while RickoT earned $12,300 upon being eliminated in 9th place.  DCal Zone of Illinois won the Stars Sunday Warm-Up; taking home $148,900 in his largest career online tournament cash.  Mrrain of Nebraska was victorious in the Full Tilt Poker Sunday Brawl for $111,400 followed by pokerbrat13 (3rd for $53.3k), ANIMAL5050 (7th for $12,600) and _advanced (9th for $6,600).  Oregon's dus1083 received an even $100,000 for 2nd place in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed thanks to a 3-way final table deal that also included fellow member PureCash25 (3rd for $82,000).  Finishing 5th in that event for just under $32k was pimpnuho.

Frank Frank1The1Tank Calo (pictured) cashed for $52,400 upon taking down the Full Tilt Poker Sunday Mulligan over the weekend.  Raoeoiku placed 3rd in that event for $24.6k, Jaspuduf was awarded $14,550 for 5th, mementmori bowed out in 8th for $5,200 and zestfulyclean rounded out the final table in 9th for $3,700.  The UltimateBet $200k Guaranteed was won by zestfulyclean for $45,600 while 1SickDisease took home $27,300 for his 2nd place effort.  Two other P5s members were at the final table of that event, as jus2awsum cashed for $11,100 in 5th and goodvibe received $3,500 for ninth.

JBurleson earned a victory in the Cake Poker $100k Guaranteed for just under $33,000 on Sunday, with Zas2kar taking home $7,800 for 5th place.  PocketFiver sheckwave was the highest-placed finisher in the Stars "Sunday 500," walking away with $49k for 3rd place as mendieta19 won $25,500 for 5th and shaundeeb took home $20,400 for sixth.  Oxota earned $15,200 for 7th place in that event, Bruno GT finished 8th for just over $10k and gboro780 placed 9th for $5,700.

There were two P5s members at the final table of the PartyPoker Monthly Million, as grant18 won an even $46,000 for 5th and SS-TP took home $34,500 for 6th place.  Traumatize took 3rd in the Absolute Poker $100k Guaranteed for $14,600 on Sunday, followed by whitE_mAmbA (5th for $8,700), dabears87 (7th for $6,000) and eisenhower1 (9th for $3,300).  There were no P5s members at the final table of the Titan Poker $250k Guaranteed.

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

Absolute Poker $100k Guaranteed $500+30
267 entrants - $133,000 paid out to 27 spots

BRANDONCANTU - $34,580
BOBBYFI - $20,615
TRAUMATIZE - $14,630 (Traumatize)
JASON138 - $10,640
SARAHPALIN12 - $8,712 (whitE_mAmbA)
SUCHADORK - $7,315
KEEFKING420 - $5,985 (dabears87)
OZY8 - $4,655
XRIVERISTAX - $3,325 (eisenhower1)

Cake Poker $100k Guaranteed $150+12
1,097 entrants - $164,550 paid out to 150 spots

ITSTIME! - $32,959 (JBurleson)
venicepaul - $23,202
QUEEN_KITTY - $15,566
toothie - $11,551
zas2kar - $7,833 (Zas2kar)
i fckn suck - $5,940
EmoTearS - $4,361
teratolog2 - $3,275
the_brenn - $2,764
decay - $2,304


Titan Poker "$250k Guaranteed" $300+20
974 entrants - $292,200 paid out to 100 spots

MAUSKA4 - $64,284
Darek1986 - $35,064
fisk26 - $23,376
petjen278 - $17,532
R0TT - $14,610
thebignob - $11,688
gakazo - $8,766
usheriver - $5,844
harlrem - $4,091
stand4rd - $3,214

PartyPoker "Monthly Million" $1m Guaranteed $600+40
1,458 entrants - $1,000,000 paid out to 200 spots

TickTackToe3 - $200,000
sgrumpf - $110,000
GINSAAAAASH - $69,000
SolidKing - $54,500
kidbrohiem - $46,000 (grant18)
Sure__shot - $34,500 (SS-TP)
fedos884 - $26,500
Slovenia20 - $17,500
calle11 - $13,500
perusboikki - $9,500

Full Tilt Poker "$750k Guarantee" $200+16
3,859 entrants - $771,800 paid out to 522 spots

whatzthebet - $91,256
yogano83 - $100,000 (dus1083)
PureCash25 - $82,000 (PureCash25) *3-way deal
Ame_Stram-Gram - $42,603
Pimpnuho - $31,953 (pimpnuho)
luckylow15 - $23,694
cokers66 - $17,751
pscoot - $13,892
BeerMe - $10,342

Full Tilt Poker "The Sunday Brawl" $240+16 KO
2,745 entrants - $549,000 paid out to 279 spots

Biggest Donkey - $111,447 (Mrrain)
MichaelTureniec - $71,919
tedlogan19 - $53,253 (pokerbrat13)
Kingphil30 - $40,077
katiemother - $27,999
koemeester - $18,666
ANIMAL5050 - $12,627 (ANIMAL5050)
blueszu66 - $8,784
aka_advanced - $6,588 (_advanced)

Full Tilt Poker "The Sunday Mulligan" $200+16
1,164 entrants - $232,800 paid out to 108 spots

Frank1The1Tank - $52,380 (Frank1The1Tank)
7IMLOVINIT7 - $33,174
CoinFlip - $24,560 (Raoeoiku)
djcoin - $19,206
JaspudUF - $14,550 (Jaspuduf)
Negrelli - $10,476
amarkf - $6,984
Mement_mori - $5,238 (mementmori)
zestfulyclean - $3,725 (zestfulyclean)

PokerStars "Sunday Million" ($1.5m Guar.) $200+15
7,962 entrants - $1,592,400 paid out to 1,170 spots

siola - $238,860 (siola)
spitznspots - $175,164 (spitznspots)
mizarkshzark - $119,430 (mizarkshzark)
Lounatic0815 - $80,257
TEACH604 - $63,696
monkeyboxes - $47,772
wader - $31,848
sandman201 - $18,313
RickoT - $12,341 (RickoT)

PokerStars "Sunday Warm-Up" (750k Guar.) $200+15
4,747 entrants - $949,400 paid out to 675 spots

DCal Zone - $148,942 (DCal Zone)
akia86 - $110,605
SebbyGI - $78,326
Brughtality - $53,641
Loverat - $40,350
kregme1 - $30,856
oli4ever - $21,362
KvicKiller - $11,868
CMOT_Donkey - $7,595

PokerStars "Sunday 500" $500+30
1,031 entrants - $515,500 paid out to 153 spots

cypriots - $88,975
w00ki3z. - $64,438
sheckwave - $48,973 (sheckwave)
Steve Oss - $35,879
mendieta19 - $25,517 (mendieta19)
shaundeeb - $20,362 (shaundeeb)
Oxota - $15,207 (Oxota)
Bruno GT - $10,052 (Bruno GT)
gboro780 - $5,671 (gboro780)

UltimateBet "$200k Guaranteed" $200+15
1,021 entrants - $204,200 paid to 99 places

ZESTFULYCLEAN - $45,598 (zestfulyclean)
THE1SICKNESS - $27,261 (1SickDisease)
LADYMAGMA - $18,480
GRAPEAPE177 - $13,171
JUSTINTUCK - $11,129 (jus2awsum)
JEAN_CHRIS - $9,087
ACSLATAH - $7,045
LUCCA BRASSI - $5,003
TECHNICS_ - $3,471 (goodvibe)