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By P5s Staff | Published Dec 24 2007, 11:07 AM
Matt Holtzclaw, AKA Claw1980 (pictured), had his biggest online score to date this weekend, and it's certainly one worth talking about.  His first place finish in the Full Tilt Sunday $750k Guaranteed was worth over $132k.  Holtzclaw has a history of success both online and live and has been a valued member of this community for over 2 years.  This is the type of win every online player waits for--congrats!

The other Full Tilt major was also won by a P5er.  CrazyZachary took it down for over $37k, edging out three fellow P5ers at the final table.  Tnsstud, Kcannon, and mastr were the 3rd, 5th, and 7th place finishers.

In that $750k Guaranteed mentioned above, Claw1980 did not have an easy path to victory.  He had to defeat two online superstars in the final four to get to the top.  Shaundeeb and Rizen (left) were the 3rd and 4th place finishers.

This week's UltimateBet $200k Guaranteed also saw a P5er finish at the top.  That was flip123077, who received $45k for his win.  Garnet was the runner  up for $27k, and wallus13, Cmoney81, and Punter64 were also among those at the final table.

The $100k Guaranteed on Bodog saw a particularly big overlay this week that made up 37.9% of the prizepool.  Two names that are practically synonymous with success on Bodog were in the top four.  PearlJammer took 2nd place for $14.3k, and Ari (right) finished 4th for $6.9k.

This week's PokerStars lineup had the usual array of P5ers making big scores.  In the Sunday Warm Up $500k Guaranteed, drood and LeGod74 both finished in the top 5.  In the Million, andy914 was the 4th place finisher for a very impressive $56k.

The Second Chance saw thedudelb take 2nd for over $26k.  Also at that final table was UBOC Main Event winner fergwrx, who just last weekend had an enormous cash and apparently isn't slowing down.  CrazySkills, known on Stars as MrCasino, took 6th.

Finally, in the $200 Rebuy, mr. menlo (left) had yet another huge win to add to his never-ending resume of incredible success.  He took first for over $57k, edging out fellow P5er Mossified84 for the top spot.  Others at the final table included the_rotter, amak316, and toetagU.

Congrats to everyone who cashed this week.  Here are the results:


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

dweb77 - $25,000
PearlJammer - $14,300
ychen0311 - $9,200
ari - $6,900
joannjon - $5,500
Alain Delon - $4,500
jeb668 - $3,500
77khendo - $2,500
jjjj - $1,600


PartyPoker $300k Guaranteed $200+15
1,563 entrants - $312,600 paid out to 200 spots

bankebiller
AliAllIn
KARHOBBIT60
PP_superuser
SwissSkier
lind159
Litlearth2
bola144
Kaspar19
freiberlin


Full Tilt $750,000 Guaranteed $200+16
3,695 entrants - $750,000 paid out to 522 spots

Claw1980 - $132,787
boon8 - $80,250
tedsfishfry - $52,500
Rizen - $41,400
OoICEMANoO - $31,050
energy99 - $23,025
BERBAH - $17,250
megjoey - $13,500
Hoolbert - $10,050


Full Tilt $100k Guaranteed "Sunday Mulligan" $200+16
785 entrants - $157,000 paid out to 72 spots

CrazyZachary - $37,680
8fivesuited - $23,550
zeromercy - $17,662
Born2Winn - $13,345
Kcannon87 - $10,205
Spenny Rice - $7,065
mastrblastr - $4,867
sirkusklovn - $3,768
iSHIP - $2,826


PokerStars "Sunday Warm-Up" $500k Guaranteed $200+15
2,443 - $500,000 paid out to 360 spots

ladyluck00 - $97,700
inf3rnal - $49,500
nenita02 - $32,950
drood - $26,500
LeGod74 - $21,000
donk00 - $15,950
Werthefugawi - $11,450
BARBARIAAN - $7,200
bruilar - $4,200


PokerStars "Sunday Million" $200+15
6,680 - $1,336,000 paid out to 900 spots

Romanoff11 - $192,116
littlepotato - $100,066
snider - $72,010
andy914 - $56,112
Bluffman9000 - $42,885
TheSlyOldFox - $30,728
Farcry - $22,044
benmar - $13,360
bark1976 - $8,283


PokerStars "Second Chance" $200k Guaranteed $200+15
1,127 - $225,400 paid out to 153 spots

handtakr - $48,461
thedudeLB - $26,664
Phoenician88 - $18,032
fergwrx - $14,425
donut604 - $11,608
MrCasino - $8,790
BIG BOY HAND - $6,536
Kenrof - $4,508
Kuzak - $2,592


PokerStars $150k Guaranteed $200+15 with Rebuys
272 entrants - $209,800 paid out to 27 spots

westmenloAA - $57,695
mossified84 - $36,715
zivziv - $24,336
danistar5 - $16,784
the_rotter77 - $12,588
AMAK316 - $9,441
toetagU - $7,343
JERRRY - $5,454
bigwagner - $3,566


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

flip123077 - $45,000
Garnet - $27,000
crossbow10pt - $18,500
_OCCUPANT_ - $13,000
wallus13 - $11,000
trdrb68 - $9,000
Cmoney81 - $7,000
MichaelA77 - $5,000
Grottpojken - $3,500
Punter64 - $2,000