Just two more weeks until the flood gates of tournament action are unleashed when the inaugural Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) kicks off for players of all bankroll sizes. Starting April 2nd and lasting until the main event April 12th, players will be able to compete in three buy-in levels of action that won't kill your virtual wallet … [Read more...]
icallseat3 calls for a win in the Sunday Warm-Up!
March 16, 2009 By
<img class="noborder" src="http://www.pokerstars.com/images/sunday-warmup- promo.jpg" align="left" hspace="5"> The Daylight Savings Time edition of the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up drew an impressive 4,312 entrants, once again blowing through the $750K guarantee to build a prize pool of $862,400. Add that to the $1.6 million prize pool for the Sunday … [Read more...]
viksha rolls over final table in Sunday Warm-up win
March 8, 2009 By
What better way to top off a weekend of online tournaments then the $750,000 guaranteed $215 Sunday Warm-up? With a first prize usually over $100,000 it gives a good excuse to go through 4,223 runners and nearly ten hours of intense poker it takes to reach that big prize. In pre-final table action online and live tournament pro Eric "Rizen" Lynch … [Read more...]
frtk Goes Wire-to-Wire at Sunday Warm-Up Final Table
March 1, 2009 By
It's become almost routine for the Sunday Warm-Up to blow through the guaranteed $750,000 prize pool, but the $894,600.00 prize pool this week's 4,473 entrants created was definitely worth remarking on. Also worth mention is that this was one of the shortest final tables I've seen at the Sunday Warm-Up, as eventual champ frtk took control from the opening … [Read more...]
frtk destroys Sunday Warm-Up final table
March 1, 2009 By
It's become almost routine for the Sunday Warm-Up to blow through the guaranteed $750,000 prize pool, but the $894,600.00 prize pool this week's 4,473 entrants created was definitely worth remarking on. Also worth mention is that this was one of the shortest final tables I've seen at the Sunday Warm-Up, as eventual champ frtk took control from the opening … [Read more...]
lrdvoldemort vanquishes his foes in Sunday Warm-Up win
February 23, 2009 By
Ah, back to quiet way of life in these poker parts. After the dash for the 25 billionth hand promotion had people multi-tabling like never before, and over 6,000 players playing the juiced up promotional $1.25 million guarantee Sunday Warm-up last week it's time to roll back to simpler times. Or not. With the Spring Championship of Online Poker … [Read more...]
Mug 1515 downs a cool $143K in 25 Billion-enhanced Sunday Warm-up!
February 16, 2009 By
The PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up always draws a great crowd, but with the 25 Billion Hand promotion running the guarantee up to a staggering $1,250,000, that news brought a whopping 6,241 runners out of the woodwork this week to take their shot at a first prize that was over $150,000. With such a huge field, it was no surprise that over nine hours of play … [Read more...]
Watte No Longer: Watte Takes Down Sunday Warm-up
February 9, 2009 By
This maybe a bold prediction, but the Sunday Warm-up may become the Sunday Warm-up Million by the end of the year with more and more players entering this "early" $215 buy-in tournament. Tonight 4,394 players lined up to take their shot at a six figure score, creating a $878,800.00 prize pool (easily crushing the $750,000 guarantee), of which 630 players … [Read more...]
Wurevolution wins epic heads-up battle in Super Sunday Warm-Up!
February 1, 2009 By
It was definitely a super Sunday Warm-Up this week at PokerStars, as over 4,000 players logged on to battle their way towards a $105,000 top prize and the Sunday Warm-Up title. A whopping 585 players made the money this week, with the big money reserved for our final table players. The final table bubble burst when zmeyga ran his pocket sevens into … [Read more...]
Combo Shot: Snookerfun Repeats as Sunday Warm-Up Champ
January 26, 2009 By
$112,642.80 That amount went to our winner tonight as the skillfully lucky player that parries and fought through the 4,366 player field. Those players ponyed up $215 for the entry fee to the $750,000 Sunday Warm-up Guarantee this evening, thus no overlay as the guarantee from PokerStars was not needed once again. 630 players managed to take away … [Read more...]