Participation was decent in the big tournaments this weekend, but there were definitely some interesting results to note. 9th ranked DoubleLuckywon the $75k Guaranteed $200 buy in tournament on FullTilt, winning $18,750–congrats to him! Sheets and Lucky Sevenalso made the final table, and TheDonator finished 19th. 258 showed up for this one, so FullTilt missed their guaranteed by over $20k, which is great for the players. Also on FullTilt, there was a $100 tourney with 355 entrants and a $50 tourney with 334 entrants, so it seems like participation there is really on the rise.

A very exciting tournament, at least in terms of many top players finishing high, was the $300 Sunday tourney on Paradise, where No Limit Pro finished 4th. Other noteables with high finishes in this one were WolfDex(9th), iloveparis (14th), brsavage (17th), NSXT2 (18th), acesfull23(19th), BigHog1(27th), and The Hat(28th).

The $200 on PokerStars was pretty much the exact opposite, with no ranked players finishing anywhere near the final table. It did have a very juicy prize pool, as always, with over $100k paid out to first place (although a 3 way deal brought that down to just under $80k). The $100 rebuy on PokerStars showcased the talents of Madhattter (4th), TheTakeover(8th), TheDonator (14th), and Faithless(15th). This is an exciting tournament to watch, as the prize pool is always large ($45k this week), and it consistently brings in one of the most talented groups of entrants of any tournament on the internet.

A noteable from the weekend on PartyPoker is WangoTango11. While we were unfamiliar with this player before the weekend, he placed 3rd in the Saturday $200k Guaranteed, and then finished 22nd in the 1/4 Million Guaranteed the next day. Between them, he won well over $20k. In that same 1/4 Million Guaranteed, DuffMcGuire was 33rd and TheDonator13 was 34th.

A few noteables made the money in the $120K Guaranteed on UltimateBet, and Soupster(soupie) finished 2nd, picking up nearly $23k! The next highest ranked finisher in this tournament was Dave118, who placed 30th. PocketFives.com regulars Austin_Powersand Benefit both made the money, and a couple other noteables who did well were Tranquilo (15th) and SlowRolinWorm(49th).

Here are the final table results:

Mar. 18, 2005
PartyPoker $200+15
792 Entrats – $158,400 paid out to 80 spots

GeoBushong – $34,848
Boston925 – $20,592
LKM1196 – $13,464
dandunes818 – $9,504
CUTURGRASS – $7,920
JPRMTEnow – $6,336
kindestbud – $4,752
Irish – $3,168
riverman3 – $2,376
pokertaxman – $1,584

Mar. 19, 2005
PartyPoker 200k Guaranteed $200+15
1,205 entrants – $241,000 paid out to 140 spots

PKTQQ – $50,610
cidmon – $28,197
WangoTango11 – $19,280
force999 – $14,460
faithalyssa – $12,050
stev4tonya – $9,640
Nordberg – $7,230
R22G56S09 – $4,820
Bublina – $3,615
steve3693 – $2,410

Mar. 20, 2005
PartyPoker 1/4 Million Guaranteed $200+15
1,761 entrants – $352,200 paid out to 180 spots

tymster $73,962
BrainyBoy – $37,685.40
Lifelesss – $28,176
bor474 – $21,132
imagine21 – $17,610
BamSik – $14,088
Roaddog03 – $10,566
JonathanFhal- $7,044
FropsyUnreal – $5,283
paze1 – $3,522

Mar. 20, 2005
Paradise 100K Guaranteed $300
435 entrants – $130,500 paid out to 50 spots

anudimension – $29,688.75
wchen – $17,813.25
Emmy Bob – $11,875.50
No Limit Pro – $8,906.62
TEXAS RAGS – $7,719.08
MadManMky – $6,531.53
day-dreamer – $5,343.97
YOYOMA – $3,562.65
WolfDex – $2,078.21
vick4prez – $1,484.44

Mar. 20, 2005
PokerStars 350K Guaranteed $200+15
2,39` entrants – $478,200 paid out to 225 spots

lock – $78,580
Zappabertie – $65,471
colonelsin – $53,455
TALLAL – $28,692
King Charles – $22,953.60
raphou – $18,649.80
ljimm – $13,867.80
GSamsa – $9,564
nycjosh17 – $6,216.60

Mar. 20, 2005
UltimateBet 120K Guaranteed $200+15
615 entrants – $123,000 paid out to 60 spots

helion – $35,670
soupster – $22,878
chuiwon – $14,514
murph18 – $8,856
Kburnt25 – $5,412
CRUSH41 – $3,444
baragwinn – $2,214
AceAce_Killer – $1,722
Nighttrain23 – $1476
broadstorm – $1,230