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...]
PokerStars Sunday Tournament Results 2-8-09
February 9, 2009 By
With the Super Bowl behind us, Punxsutawney Phil refusing to cooperate, and six more weeks of winter ahead of us, we should've expected the huge fields in this weekend's big tournaments. It's safe to say, no one was disappointed with the size of the prize pools in this weekend's big events. Biggest honors on the week went to THE_ALPACA who bested a … [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...]
PokerStars Sunday tournament results 1-25-09
January 26, 2009 By
The last Sunday of any month makes for a busy day at PokerStars. This weekend was even busier. Not only did we have two new Team PokerStars Pro members, but we also saw the monthly Battle of the Planets Triple showdown, and its winner ISANI. Top honors in this week's Sunday Million go to jnic00. Exactly 8,500 people signed up for this week's $1.5 million … [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...]
vballbobbi Thumps Competition in $1 Million Turbo Takedown Win
January 25, 2009 By
There's no better value then a freeroll that pays out such big dollar amounts for a just a little time on the cash game tables, MTTs, or Sit and Go's here at PokerStars. The monthly $1 Million Turbo Takedown continues to provide players with a chance at something for nothing. Just 5,000 Frequent Players Points, obtained via satellite or straight up … [Read more...]
SpaceyFCB takes down Sunday Warm-Up
January 18, 2009 By
Another Sunday, another gigantic field for the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up. In this edition, 4,180 players ponied up their $215 for a shot at a six-figure payday. After some eight hours of play, the final nine players settled in around the final table. The final table bubble was brief but brutal as SpaceyFCB made a full house on the river to crack 5thHeartAce's … [Read more...]
aligator67 Eats Em’ Up During Sunday Warm-Up Win
January 11, 2009 By
As the excitement of the recently completed 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (see Poorya Nazari's winner's interview here) is packed back up until next year, it's back to the virtual tables for the big weekend tournaments. The $750,000 Guarantee Sunday Warm-up opened its doors for over 4,032 players this evening, some who may still be lapping up … [Read more...]
PokerStars World Record Weekend Results
December 29, 2008 By
We may be in the middle of PokerStars' World Record Week, but this weekend was where the biggest action happened. In just the span of one day, we saw the world's biggest ever poker tournament, the biggest ever Sunday Million, the biggest ever Sunday Warm-Up, and more than $12 million in real cash tournament prizes awarded to PokersStars players. Oh...and … [Read more...]