PocketFives.com members were victorious in several major tournaments for the first part of this week, which was kicked off by Full Tilt Pokerwith their $1K Monday event. This tournament attracted 355 players and Triple Crownwinner Paul badpab2Foltyn (pictured) was the top finisher from PocketFives, placing runner-up for $56,800. In January '10, Paul also captured a win in this event, good for $93,200. Forty-seventh ranked player dabears87, who finished runner-up in this year's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $1.7m, placed 3rd this week for $42,600. Corey comandr_coolBurbick earned $24.8k for a fifth place finish, followed by SteveyBallGamein 7th for $11.5k and fu_15in 9th for $7,100.
Two PocketFives.com members reached Monday's Nightly Hundred Grand tournament on PokerStars. Seventy-eighth ranked player DevilTruckplaced 3rd for $12.2k in his first of two major final tables this week, while daisyxoxowas eliminated in 6th place for $5,200.
Tuesday's Nightly Hundred Grand event on PokerStars had four P5ers at its final table. New York player Ara melikmanMelikian (left) had a 3rd place showing in this event for $16.9k, just one month after his final table run in the Sunday Million, in which he finished 7th for $39,000. Illinois player bhrinetook 5th this week for $8.8k, followed by highlite11in 8th for $3.5k and Gags30in 9th for $2,100.
Wednesday's $100 rebuy event on Full Tilt Poker had 334 entrants this week and saw 9 P5s members at the final table, led by Keith damurdera3Ferrera, who finished runner-up for $19,500. Colorado player and 90th ranked player BleedBlue33placed 3rd for $ 14.6k, not long after his victory in last Monday's Nightly Hundred Grand for $27,750. Bryan badbeatninjaDevonshire pocketed $11.2k for a 4th place finish, followed by El Rubioin 5th for $8,500. Other notable finishes include Joe McGuire(6th for $6k), rkruok(7th for $3.9k), GeoffRas(8th for $3k) and Raoeoiku(9th for $2.4k).
The Quarter Million on PokerStars had 740 entrants this week and Brazil's joao divino dorneles neto captured his largest online score after winning this event outright for $46,900. Last week, this player also won the $55 [1R1A]event on Pokerstars for an additional $4,000. GeoffRasplaced 4th in this week's Quarter Million for $18.7k, YrrsiNfinished 6th for $10.6k and DevilTruckearned $8.1k for 7th.
UB.comheld its Sniper $80k Guaranteed tournament on Wednesday. This is a $200+15 buy-in event with a $20 bounty on each player. Five P5s members reached this final table, led by Lee badboyplayer McShane of the United Kingdom, who finished runner-up for $12,100, his largest online score to date. California player BerkeleyBossfinished 4th in that event for $6.2k, just two months after his win in the Super Tuesday on PokerStars for $77,900. James croll103Carroll earned $4.2k for 6th, followed by YoungSupremacyin 7th for $3.4k and AJKHoosier1in 8th for $2,600.
Six P5ers reached the final table of the $150k Guaranteed tournament, which is a $1,000+50 buy-in event. This week 137 players entered this tournament and 24th ranked player D1rtyR1v3r(right) found his way to heads-up player, which resulted in an unknown chop of the remaining $63.7k in prizes with player "EMO_BOYFRIEND." Jacob bazemanBazeley finished 4th in that event for $14.2k, PocketPJW placed 5th for $10.8k and gator93earned $9k for 6th. Other finishes include xxCelticFCxxin 8th for $5.2k and JohnnyBelowin 9th for $3,750.
*SCOOP Events from this week are reported in a separate article. You can find these results in our SCOOP Recap.
*We are unable to retrieve final table results from this week's $100 rebuy tournaments on PokerStars. We apologize for the inconvenience and will post these results as soon as they come in.
Congratulations to all P5ers who cashed in weekday major tournaments. Here are the final table results of covered events:
Monday
Full Tilt Poker$1K Monday $1,000+60
355 entrants – $355,000 paid out to 36 spots
mralan2950 – $88,750
LEADBOOTS – $56,800 (badpab2)
GimmeDa1time – $42,600 (dabears87)
BOOP BOOP NEB – $32,837
Comandr_Cool – $24,850 (comandr_cool)
ronnyr37617 – $17,750
SteveyMoney – $11,537 (SteveyBallGame)
TheStein – $8,875
FU_15 – $7,100 (fu_15)
PokerStars 100r $100+9 6max
n/a
PokerStars Nightly 100k $150+12
828 entrants – $124,200 paid out to 99 spots
MR WHOOOPS – $22,790
Bdbeatslayer – $16,270
danskemann – $12,295 (DevilTruck)
jrazz – $9,252
teh das – $6,458
00psiedaisy – $5,216 (daisyxoxo)
bobfoc – $3,974
corvallis – $2,732
BeechSquad – $1,614
Tuesday:
PokerStars Super Tuesday $350k Guaranteed $1,000+50
*SCOOP 1k recorded in separate article
PokerStars Nightly 100k $150+12
1178 entrants – $176,700 paid out to 135 spots
kobsame – $31,806
arram1 – $22,670
melikman – $16,963 (melikman)
Sh1LLa – $12,722
Bhrine – $8,835 (bhrine)
PPraise – $7,068
chris777444 – $5,301
highlite11 – $3,534 (highlite11)
Gags30 – $2,120 (Gags30)
PokerStars 100r $100+9
n/a
Wednesday
PokerStars 100r $100+9 6max
n/a
PokerStars Quarter Million $300+20
740 entrants – $250,000 paid out to 90 spots
joao bauer – $46,875 (joao divino dorneles neto)
Allnwithdabest – $33,750
danylaroo2 – $25,000
GeoffRas22 – $18,750 (GeoffRas)
Biggz 96 – $13,125
YrrsiNN – $10,625 (YrrsiN)
danskemann – $8,125 (DevilTruck)
77306 – $5,625
AcesWerk – $3,525
Full Tilt Poker $100k Guarantee $100+9 rebuy
334 entrants – $121,900 paid out to 36 spots
insanocut – $30,475
DaMurdera3 – $19,504 (damurdera3)
uuhhhicall – $14,628 (BleedBlue33)
badbeatninja – $11,275 (badbeatninja)
sheirbon1 – $8,533 (El Rubio)
Joe McGuire – $6,095 (Joe McGuire)
rkruok – $3,961 (rkruok)
GeoffRas22 – $3,047 (GeoffRas)
CoinFlip – $2,438 (Raoeoiku)
UB.com $150k Guarantee $1000+50
137 entrants – $150,000 paid out to 18 spots
EMO_BOYFRIEND –
D1RTYR1V3R – (D1rtyR1v3r)
TREESTACKS – $17,625
EDDYTOWN21 – $14,250 (bazeman)
PJW1168 – $10,875 (PocketPJW)
GATOR93 – $9,000 (gator93)
FILEN – $7,125
XXCELTICFCXX – $5,250 (xxCelticFCxx)
JOHNNYBELOW – $3,750 (JohnnyBelow)
UB.com $80k Guarantee Sniper $200+15
362 entrants – $80,000 paid out to 36 spots
JUSTAHOBBY – $20,000
BADBOYPLAYAZ – $12,120 (badboyplayer)
BRYAN_DEVO – $8,400
DONKEYWRENN – $6,200 (BerkeleyBoss)
KUNKMAN – $5,200
CROLL103 – $4,200 (croll103)
YOUNGSUPREMCY – $3,400 (YoungSupremacy)
AJKHOOSIER1 – $2,600 (AJKHoosier1)
SCORPIOPAP88 – $1,800