PokerStars.com tournament sets new record

When PokerStars.com players come out to play, they come out in droves. The poker site set a new tournament record when 20,000 people showed up to play the Sunday Hundred Grand this week.

With a guaranteed prize pool, the Hundred Grand is just one of four major tournaments PokerSTars.com hosts on Sundays. It's also joined by the Sunday Warm-up, the Sunday Million and the High-Stakes Showdown, all of which offer players a shot at first-place prizes of thousands of dollars.

With its $10+$1 buy-in, the Hundred Grand is a shot at big money for small stakes. Lynna1, a player from the United States, was this week's winner, taking home $20,000.

The final table results were as follows:

Place
Name
Country
Cash

1st
Lynna1
United States
$20,000

2nd
henrybourbon
Australi
$10,000

3rd
steeldawgs
United States
$6,500

4th
laststand77
United States
$5,000

5th
Heien
Norway
$3,000

6th
medloh man
United States
$2,000

7th
NikRoon11
Canada
$1,600

8th
Roy_nmgn
Netherlands
$1,260

9th
LumpyTators
United States
$1,000


Twenty grand was the lowest of the big prizes handed out on Sunday. Players who showed up for the High-Stakes Showdown were treated to a $72,000 top prize.

With a $10,000+$300 buy-in, this heads-up series of matches still fills up quickly. Lrslzk, a player from Finland, will be happy he made it in this week after taking down the top prize. The final table results were:

Place
Name
Country
Cash

1st
LrsLzk
Finland
$72,000

2nd
ActionJeff
United States
$40,000

3rd
adsanman12
United States
$24,000

4th
Rekrul
United States
$24,000

The Sunday Warm-Up kicked up the prize levels another notch as its top prize neared $100,000 this week. Thai player azn_baller3 took home the $93,909.24 prize, in a final table that looked like this:

Place
Name
Country
Cash

1st
azn_baller3
Thailand
$93,909.24

2nd
Machiavelli
Sweden
$47,579.40

3rd
Sansion
United States
$31,671.54

4th
ENGLISHJUDGE
United Kingdom
$25,471.80

5th
pokerbig77
Netherlands
$20,185.20

6th
mikeyt51
New Zealand
$15,331.14

7th
paul0s
United Kingdom
$11,005.74

8th
Poker Invest
Spain
$6,920.64

9th
potbooster
United States
$4,037.04


Of course, the "big one" on Sundays at PokerStars.com is the Sunday Million. Even after a four-way deal that left an extra $30,000 for the first place finisher, Canadian player Zutzman pocketed $152,537.87 for the win.

The final table results were as follows:

Place
Name
Country
Cash

1st
Zutzman
Canada
$152,537.87

2nd
Pehtoori
Finland
$134,484.16

3rd
lb6121
United Kingdom
$157,963.52

4th
GARBANZITO
Mexico
$122,811.40

5th
plasticard
Sweden
$59,211.60

6th
Xaston
United States
$43,804.50

7th
asdf2000
United States
$31,720.50

8th
fundmyaudi
United States
$19,938.60

9th
nazeehah66
United States
$11,781.90

courtesy of Sarah Polson

News Added: 30 July, 2007

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