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Tournament action was juicy this weekend on all the sites, and as usual, a lot of PocketFives.com ranked players had standout performances.  UltimateBet was down a little from last week in their $200+15 events, but still had a prize pool well above their $100k guarantee.  Participation on PartyPoker was also down a bit this week, but PokerStars had a record prizepool for their $200+15 this week of over $500k, with over 2,500 people participating.

No ranked players from PocketFives.com came extremely close to the final table in the ¼ million guaranteed on PartyPoker, but browerkid and gator93 finished 47th and 52nd respectively.  Gator93 was on a great run until someone pushed all-in with AT against his QQ and flushed out.  The highest ranked finishers on PokerStars this week were Bryan Bevis (7th) and Sdouble (30th).BR>
In the UltimateBet $100k Guaranteed $200+15 event, acesfull23 finished second (after finishing 7th on PokerStars earlier in the day as Bryan Bevis), giving him a nice total payday of about $37k.  Other noteables achieving paydays in this one were Impact3 (8th), rodm763 (22nd), and KUJayHawk08 (36th).

The Paradise tourney had a nice prize pool, and although no ranked players made it to the final table, Aawwnutz finished 11th and my3sons finished 16th, and they each got a nice payout for making it so far.

Feb. 18, 2005
PartyPoker $200+15
674 entrants - $134,800 paid out to 70 spots

milkshakeman - $29,656
FingerSnap - $20,220
ninthgate16 - $12,132
Mr_Peanutz - $8,088
Marcia13148 - $6,740
LeeWhitt - $5,392
Async - $4,044
JESPEZ98 - $2,696
OTSALAS - $2,022
ROB1NH00D - $1,348

Feb. 19, 2005
PartyPoker $200k Guaranteed $200+15
1,147 entrants - $229,400 paid out to 140 spots

THAIHOLDEM - $48,174
eddieemu - $26,839.80
BrunosAces - $18,352
Kray64 - $13,764
zalias - $11,470
darrazzski - $9,176
dolphin - $6,882
pokerqaz - $4,588
FSUBaller - $3,441
Frisky2 - $2,294

Feb. 20, 2005
PartyPoker ¼ Million Guaranteed $200+15
1,528 entrants - $305,600 paid out to 180 spots

headgames1 - $64,176
kalkiyali - $32,699.20
fesss - $24,448
gerdes9 - $18,336
THEDEVILEYES - $15,280
Harvard410 - $12,224
SteveSoCal - $9,168
gbusho - $6,112
Strega - $4,584
jtowjam - $3,056

Feb. 20, 2005
Paradise $100k Guaranteed $300
488 entrants - $146,400 paid out to 50 spots

jacksup13 - $33,306
AKTUR - $19,983
shuldog - $13,322
Reactrix - $9,991
targhan - $8,659
keco1969 - $7,327
on_tilt3 - $5,995
jerrod - $3,996
SkipperMc - $2,331
PocketsWin - $1,665

Feb. 20, 2005
PokerStars $350k Guaranteed $200+15
2,556 entrants - $511,200 paid out to 275 spots

Dsavo - $102,240
ravipratap  - $61,334
walker1 - $37,828
say_when51 - $29,649
AARubicon - $23,515
Nordberg - $19,425
Bryan Bevis - $14,313
T.Otto - $9,712
RockemSockem - $6,134

Feb. 20, 2005
UltimateBet $100k Guaranteed $200+15
596 entrants - $119,200 paid out to 50 spots

ALL-IN - $35,760
acesfull23 - $22,886.40
savemyskin - $14,780.80
Melany Gamble - $8,582.40
genghiskhan5 - $5,244.80
UrGood2 - $3,337.60
hamhock - $2,145.60
Impact3 - $1,788
fortunemeyers - $1,430.40
dcpln - $1,192