PokerStars.com weekend wrap-up

PokerStars.com continues to be the place to go on Sundays, especially with the added bonus of the final Ocean's 13 Charity Tournament this past weekend. Not only did the poker site hand out more than $1 million in prizes, the charity tournament winner took home a PokerStars.com felt signed by the movie's cast members.

It took five hours to play out the charity tournament, but in the end, the more than 250 person field was whittled down to one - BlueLabel11.

Sunday's event was the third in a series of tournaments at PokerStars.com organized to help raise money for Not On Our Watch, a charity aimed at reducing the suffering in Darfur, Sudan.

The organization was started by some of Ocean's 13's stars: Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon and Jerry Weintraub. They also showed their support during a tournament in Las Vegas, Ante Up for Africa.

Since the online tournaments have kicked off on PokerStars.com, players at the site have donated more than $1 million to the Darfur cause. Players have also won trips to the Los Angeles premier of Ocean's 13 and now a one-of-a-kind autographed felt.

BlueLabel11 wasn't the only online player who went away happy on Sunday. With the Sunday Warm-Up the Sunday Millions and the High Stakes Showdown, three players won thousands of dollars each to add to their bankrolls.

Starting with the Sunday Warm-Up, Egar1m from the United States took down the event for an $84,000 win. The final table results were:

Place Name
Country
Cash

1st
Egar1m
United States
$84,601.44

2nd
manitu895
Canada
$42,688.80

3rd
Round42
United States
$30,356.48

4th
DeniH
Slovak Republic
$24,578.40

5th
Cobra234
Denmark
$19,274.64

6th
Anomander
Finland
$14,531.44

7th
XxWULFFxX
Denmark
$10,219.44

8th
fjaluz
Sweden
$6,338.64

9th
Brezi26
Czech Republic
$3,794.56


The Sunday Million was busy as usual too, with 5902838181 from Denmark toppling a fairly diverse final table for a $196,000 win. The final table results were:

Place Name
Country
Cash

1st
5902838181
Denmark
$196,243.80

2nd
chipsncheese
United Kingdom
$98,817.80

3rd
Tecknowledgy
United States
$69,590

4th
princess13
United States
$55,672

5th
EC10
United States
$41,754

6th
Infitilt
United States
$30,619.60

7th
Professor122
United States
$21,572.90

8th
lostremote
United States
$12,526.20

9th
Ann Karen
United Kingdom
$8,211.62


A Swedish player was the king of the High Stakes Showdown this week. BigSanta had a jolly good time at the event, winning $72,000. The top four from the event were:

Place Name
Country
Cash

1st
BigSanta
Sweden
$72,000

2nd
ADZ124
Canada
$40,000

3rd
supernova9
United States
$24,000

4th
buck21
Canada
$24,000


For more information about these or other tournaments at the poker site, visit PokerStars.com.

courtesy of Sarah Polson

News Added: 23 July, 2007

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