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Weekday Tournament Review for Nov-6-2009

By wandigo | Published Nov 06 2009, 06:22 AM

PocketFives.com members won all 11 of 11 major tournaments for the first part of this week, which was kicked off by Russian player DopPiNg,  who had an outright win in the Full Tilt Poker $1k Monday for $92.2k after outlasting 372 other hopeful entrants. Thomas ChuckSty Rau of North Carolina placed 3rd this week for $44.7k. Early last month, Rau had another 3rd place finish in this same event, that time earning $37.4k. Triple Crown winner Shawn phatcat Luman (pictured) took home $34.5k after he was eliminated in 4th place. Pennsylvania player djcoin earned $26.1k for taking 5th, followed by JBurleson in 8th for $9.3k and darkcheck_ of Virginia won $7.4k for his 9th place finish.

Monday's $100 rebuy tournament on PokerStars saw seven P5s members at its final table this week. Nick fu_15 Maimone, who has recently been seen on ESPN for his 15th place finish in this year's World Series of Poker Main Event for $630k, outlasted this week's field of 285 other players to win the $23.5k top prize. Anthony holdplz Spinella, who won this tournament one month ago for $36.5k, finished runner-up this week for just over $17k. Beldar C began his impressive run this week with a $12.9k score for 3rd place, followed by Christian charder Harder in 4th for $9.7k. Dan wildman75 Buzgon, who finished 5th in last week's Quarter Million for $13.9k, added another $5.1k to his bankroll for a 6th place finish in this tournament. Ian sheckwave Schechter, who recently came off a $48.9k score for his 3rd place finish in the Sunday 500 this week, pocketed another $4k for taking 7th, followed by Chosen Wun in 8th for $2.8k.

Three P5ers were seen deep in Monday's Nightly $100k Guarantee tournament. PocketFiver peachymer of Atlanta, Georgia was the top finisher, outlasting 953 other players to win the $25.9k top prize. In mid-September, Brit placed 9th in the WCOOP Main Event ($5,200 NLHE) for $96.4k. David dhilton12 Hilton finished 4th in this week's Nightly for $10.4k and Joshua bbbbb33 Weizer took 8th for $3.1k, less than one month after his $92.8k score for placing runner-up in the $750k Guarantee on Full Tilt Poker.

Five P5ers packed the final table of Tuesday's Nightly $100k Guarantee tournament, which had 875 entrants this week. Triple Crown winner and 90th ranked player Mark dipthrong Herm (right) was the eventual winner of this event, walking away with just over $24k. Taylor ElMastermind McFarland of Seattle finished runner-up to Herm, earning $17.1k. New York player driftdc5, who won the Fifty-Fifty on Full Tilt Poker just last month for $9.4k, added another $12.9k to his resume for placing 3rd in this week's Nightly 100k. Paul BigBoat21 Unruh was eliminated in 5th place for $6.8k and manderbutt took 8th for $2.8k.

The Super Tuesday on PokerStars had 338 entrants this week. Five PocketFives.com members reached this week's final table, led by Canadian player NeverScaredB, who won this event for $65.4k. Just two weeks prior, he also had a win in a $100 rebuy tournament on the same site for $28.4k. Beldar C made his second final table appearance this week, finishing runner-up in this event for $49k, topping his earnings to over $60k for the 48-hour period. California player siola has been the talk of the tables lately. After winnings two $109 freezeouts last week for $24k total, he then took down the prestigious Sunday Million for $238k and followed that up this week with a 3rd place finish in the Super Tuesday for $37.1k. He didn't stop there as we will find out later in this week's review. Seventeenth ranked player gregior made his way to two final tables on Tuesday, firstly with a $27.8k score for taking 4th in this event, close behind in 7th was EeeTee who walked away with $11.4k.

Tuesday's $100 rebuy tournament on PokerStars had 291 entrants this week, paying out over $115,000 in prizes. Triple Crown winner and 74th ranked player theczar19 made his way through one of the toughest daily tournaments to earn the $23.7k top prize. Finishing runner-up was gregior, who earned $17.4k, bumping his grand total for the night to just over $45k in winnings. Pennsylvania State student whitE_mAmbA placed 3rd in this event for $13.1k, followed by GeoffRas in 5th for $6.8k. Also appearing at this final table were hfortye, badbeatme, p0cket00 and sketchy1.

The $100k Guaranteed on Full Tilt Poker had 616 entrants this week and paid out over $250,000 in prizes. This is a $100 rebuy 6-max tournament, usually attracting some of the top tournament professionals and known to be one of the toughest weekly tournaments. Four P5s members made this week's final table, led by bankrollme87 (left) of Massachusetts, who earned his largest online score of $53.9k for his outright win in this tournament. Runner-up finisher arsenal46 walked away with $35.3k for his efforts, followed by Richard rfohrenbach Fohrenbach in 4th for $19.3k and GrizzlyBear in 6th for $8.7k.

The Quarter Million on PokerStars had 1,236 entrants this week and Pocketfives.com member Sorel Imper1um Mizzi was the eventual winner, earning $64.8k for his accomplishment. Just two months prior, Mizzi also had a win in the Sunday $215 rebuy tournament for $39.1k. Illinois player rob131986 placed 3rd this week for $35.2k, followed by weever22 in 6th for $14.8k. Randy Randers Haddox of Texas walked away with $11.1k for his 7th place finish, whitE_mAmbA earned $7.4k for 8th and ErikTheKing7 took 9th place for $4.2k.

Wednesday's $100 rebuy tournament on PokerStars had an entire final table full of P5s members, led by 63rd ranked player Taylor taypaur Paur, who finished 1st of 451 other entrants to claim the $36.1k top prize. Matt _cwp394_ Ross, who had a $59k score for his Super Tuesday win in early June '09, placed runner-up this week to Paur for $26.8k. Steve McNallyville McNally was close behind, taking 3rd for $19.7k, philbort pocketed just over $15k for 4th and tEh_R3aLde4L walked away with $10.5k for taking 5th. Also making an appearance at this final table were PocketFivers BadgerPro, szusza84, rivermanl and Bill Ivey.

UltimateBet is the host for two large tournaments on Wednesday. The Sniper 80k Guarantee tournament had 596 entrants this week. P5er chardrian of Nigeria made his way to the final two players, whom both took an unknown chop of the remaining $41k prize money. siola is no stranger to final tables this week, adding another $10.7k score to his run for taking 3rd in this event. Alex AJKHoosier1 Kamberis (right), who just last month had a $49.9k score for his runner-up finish in the $1K Monday as well as another $25k for winning the $320 NLHE event here on UltimateBet, earned another $6.1k for taking 5th in this week's Sniper. JasonGray was eliminated in 7th for $3.7k, matt1269 in 8th for $2.6k and mescalin8 took 9th for $1.8k.

Five P5ers reached the final table of the $150k Guaranteed tournament, which is a $1,000+50 buy-in event. This week 226 players entered this tournament and darrenelias of Pennsylvania was the last man standing, earning $58.7k for his win. In February '09, this player also won FTOPS #13 (1r+1a) on Full Tilt Poker for $126.5k. Joe Joey Capp Cappuccio finished 6th in this event for $12.4k, improved took 7th for $10.1k, CrazyZachary finished 8th for $7.9k and pbdrunks was eliminated in 9th for $5.6k.






Congratulations to all P5ers who cashed in weekday major tournaments.  Here are the final table results of covered events:



Monday

Full Tilt Poker $1K Monday $1,000+60
373 entrants - $373,000 paid out to 36 spots

digididopp - $92,250 (DopPiNg)
xTrumptightx - $59,680
ChuckSty - $44,760 (ChuckSty)
phat_cat1 - $34,502 (phatcat)
djcoin - $26,110 (djcoin)
Chicago2LA - $18,650
AmazingMiss - $12,122
JBurleson - $9,325 (JBurleson)
evenkeal777 - $7,460 (darkcheck_)

PokerStars 100r $100+9
286 entrants - $114,800 paid out to 36 spots

FU_15 - $23,534 (fu_15)
holdplz - $17,220 (holdplz)
Beldar C. - $12,972 (Beldar C)
charder30 - $9,758 (charder)
brianm15 - $6,773
WiLDmAn75 - $5,166 (wildman75)
sheckwave - $4,018 (sheckwave)
TheChosenWun - $2,870 (Chosen Wun)
nodi1 - $2,009

PokerStars Nightly 100k $150+12
954 entrants - $143,100 paid out to 108 spots

PeachyMer - $25,901 (peachymer)
partybusser - $18,603
River88 - $13,952
dhilton12 - $10,446 (dhilton12)
rockets23 - $7,369
lydpilen - $5,938
jroessler - $4,507
bbbbb33 - $3,162 (bbbbb33)
superfred77 - $1,831



Tuesday:

PokerStars Super Tuesday $350k Guaranteed $1,000+50
338 entrants - $338,000 paid out to 36 spots

NeverScaredB - $65,403 (NeverScaredB)
Beldar C. - $49,010 (Beldar C)
siola - $37,180 (siola)
gregior - $27,885 (gregior)
julle - $19,266
Calvin32 - $14,872
EeeTee2008 - $11,492 (EeeTee)
yorassismine - $8,112
tuff_shark - $5,915

PokerStars Nightly 100k $150+12
875 entrants - $131,250 paid out to 99 spots

SHIPP ITT - $24,084 (dipthrong)
ElMastermind - $17,193 (ElMastermind)
driftdc5 - $12,993 (driftdc5)
GeorgiaFrank - $9,778
achillies21 - $6,825 (BigBoat21)
Hotlanta3129 - $5,512
hotpockets77 - $4,200
manderbutt - $2,887 (manderbutt)
BUDDATAK - $1,706

PokerStars
100r  $100+9
291 entrants - $116,000 paid out to 36 spots

theczar19 - $23,780 (theczar19)
gregior - $17,400 (gregior)
psuNYY51 - $13,108 (whitE_mAmbA)
PITU_poker - $9,860
GeoffRas22 - $6,844 (GeoffRas)
nipsman - $5,220 (hfortye)
reeda205 - $4,060 (badbeatme)
p0cket00 - $2,900 (p0cket00)
sketchy1 - $2,030 (sketchy1)


Wednesday

PokerStars 100r $100+9
452 entrants - $187,800 paid out to 54 spots

tRaMp$d0PrAy - $36,151 (taypaur)
cwp394 - $26,855 (_cwp394_)
mcnallyville - $19,719 (McNallyville)
philbort - $15,024 (philbort)
tEh_R3aLde4L - $10,516 (tEh_R3aLde4L)
BadgerPro - $8,169 (BadgerPro)
szusza84 - $6,291 (szusza84)
rivermanl - $4,413 (rivermanl)
Bill Ivey - $3,192 (Bill Ivey)

PokerStars Quarter Million $300+20
1236 entrants - $370,800 paid out to 144 spots

zangbezan24 - $64,815 (Imper1um)
TiltHappens - $47,091
rob131986 - $35,226 (rob131986)
clemdog34 - $26,326
4everunknown - $18,540
weever22 - $14,832 (weever22)
Randers - $11,124 (Randers)
psuNYY51 - $7,416 (whitE_mAmbA)
ErikTheKing7 - $4,264 (ErikTheKing7)

Full Tilt Poker
$100k Guarantee $100+9 rebuy
616 entrants - $250,900 paid out to 84 spots

bankrollme87 - $53,943 (bankrollme87)
arsenal46 - $35,376 (arsenal46)
DownTheStreetD - $25,416
RealFaithTV - $19,319 (rfohrenbach)
shuriken555 - $13,799
CrystalBalla - $8,781 (GrizzlyBear)

UltimateBet Sniper 80k  Guarantee $200+15
596 entrants - $107,280 paid out to 63 spots (2-way unknown chop)

DAVEVEGAS92 - ~$20,516
CHARDRIAN - ~$20,516 (chardrian)
IH8HUSTRALIA - $10,728 (siola)
4KINGDADDY - $7,241
AJKHOOSIER1 - $6,168 (AJKHoosier1)
ENTARAGATOR - $4,827
ONLINEPRONGP - $3,754 (JasonGray)
MATT126912 - $2,682 (matt1269)
MESCALIN8 - $1,877 (mescalin8)

UltimateBet $150k Guarantee $1000+50
226 entrants - $226,000 paid out to 27 spots

DARRENELIAS - $58,760 (darrenelias)
BRANDONCANTU - $35,030
THEHUNGRYDOG - $24,860
_CHECK_MATE - $18,080
BERG5528 - $14,803
JOEYCAPP - $12,430 (Joey Capp)
IMPROVED - $10,170 (improved)
CRAZYZACHARY - $7,910 (CrazyZachary)
PBDRUNKS - $5,650 (pbdrunks)

Comments
dOwnosaur 

dOwnosaur said:

shipthrong in this bitch

November 6, 2009 7:52 AM
chardrian 

chardrian said:

I chopped for $21k.  It's still a shame the #1 ranked player in all of mighty Africa does not get more coverage.  At least now I have time to think of more e-mails which I can mass-mail.

November 6, 2009 11:49 AM
siola 

siola said:

lol chardria cant believe u chopped hu with that retard but nice job way to rep nigeria

November 6, 2009 1:14 PM
bankrollme87 

bankrollme87 said:

<---------

November 6, 2009 3:16 PM
The Destroyer 

The Destroyer said:

Please add the FTP 75k to the list of weekday majors.....

November 6, 2009 8:30 PM
xxCelticFCxx 

xxCelticFCxx said:

bankrollme87 tho

November 7, 2009 7:33 AM

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