Covering a weekly Sunday Major such as the $425,000 guarantee Sunday Warm-Up has a usual flow to it. The tables will break down to two tables within 15 minutes of a certain time each week and final table will crown a new champ after ten hours. With covering the TCOOP for the past few days, the slow structure was a welcome feel for my typing fingers. ValterBr@nco held out from discussing a chop at five-handed and ended up taking down this week's Sunday Warm-Up for the entire $82,823.86.
Heist Recordings Spotlight 10 Years Of Wired Keinemusik Crue Spotlight 20 Years Of Poker Flat Recordings Louie's Vega. Swagg EP Jhonatan Moraes,Felipe Castilhos. Poker Tournament Summary The heads-up battle in the pokerstars Big $3.30, $6K Gtd featured kristinem90 taking on wirstein. In the end, kristinem90 emerged victorious and cashed for $920.29. Poker Player Hits kristinem90 participated in 43 similar poker tournaments. Kristinem90 was in the money 6 times in total. Felipe Moraes - FmoraesP. 5,500 likes 4 talking about this. Nick PS: FmoraesP Jogador Profissional de Poker. Twitter:@FmoraesP Insta: F.Moraes.
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Two tables and 18 players is all that remained after 2,621 starters and eight and a half hours of play. DonkCommitted with a WCOOP final table way back in 2009 and a Sunday $215 Weekly Turbo win in September would fall a bit short in the quest to add a Sunday Warm-Up final table in 17th place ($1,965.75).
Only 14 players would make it to the ninth hourly break including Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes who holds a SCOOP final table, Sunday Warm-Up and Million final table, and a Super Tuesday win for $104K. Moraes would start the ninth hour second in chips behind Wh0AndBeni.
If you going to win any tournament at PokerStars, make it a Sunday Major, -COOP, a big Spin & Go, or like kofi89, a milestone tourney. Last year kofi89 outlasted 34,081 players to win the one billionth tournament played at PokerStars, and walked away $324K richer. The Sunday Warm-Up was not as inviting as kofi89 collected $3,276.25 in 12th place.
Down to hand-for-hand play with the blinds up to 50K/100K ante 10K, Timorm1 with two Sunday Warm-Up final tables including a runner-up finish for $73K back in March of 2014 would shove 1.1 million from the small blind. Danny 'DannyN13' Noseworthy with a pair of WCOOP 2015final tables would make the call holding A♠8♣. Timorm1's Q♥J♦ would not find a ten on the A♥2♠K♦9♣9♥ board opening up the final table below:
Seat 1: Danny 'DannyN13' Noseworthy (2948318 in chips)
Seat 2: jutrack (2337134 in chips)
Seat 3: Wh0AndBeni (4585170 in chips)
Seat 4: ViTaMoS (1498909 in chips)
Seat 5: Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes (3682946 in chips)
Seat 6: Mr oO12 (1763734 in chips)
Seat 7: airlewis (5078368 in chips)
Seat 8: ValterBr@nco (2459023 in chips)
Seat 9: pm_marke (1856398 in chips)
Ten minutes into the final table with the blinds moving up to 65K/130K ante 13K, Mr oO12 got frisky in the small blind and open shoved for 1.34 million. Airlewis held comfortable chip lead (over seven million in chips) and made the call with 3♥A♠. Mr oO12's K♥9♥ did not catch up to the ace 5♠6♦4♥4♠8♥ claiming ninth place cash ($4,455.70).
ViTaMoS would give Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes' title run a little push. Shortly after the move to 80K/160K ante 16K ViTaMoS would open shove 935K from the small blind as Moraes made the call in the big blind holding 7♦T♦. A ten on the flop and one of the turn T♥5♦A♠T♠2♣ to ship the nearly two million chip pot to Moraes. ViTaMoS collected $7,600.90 in eighth place.
Easy come, easy go for Moraes as seven hands later a huge three-way pot broke out between Moraes, ValterBr@nco, and Wh0AndBeni. ValterBr@nco shoved from early position for 1.18 million as Wh0AndBeni (recently claiming the chiplead) re-shoved for 9.5 million. Sitting on pocket nines 9♣9♠ in the big blind Moraes made the call all-in for 2.9 million to see Wh0AndBeni's T♦A♣ and ValterBr@nco's aces A♠A♥. Losing the side-pot to ValterBr@nco would have been acceptable but a ten on the river 6♥4♣5♣7♣T♥ shipped 3.6 million to ValterBr@nco and the rest to Wh0AndBeni as Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes earned $12,318.70 in seventh place.
Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes
Former shortstack ValterBr@nco (who took fifth in WCOOP 2015's Event #24 earning $52K) went on the offensive three hands later. With the blinds at 80K/160K ante 16K ValterBr@nco shoved for 3.3 million from the button as pm_marke called from the small blind for a little less with pocket aces A♣A♠. The sizable gap between those aces and J♥Q♦ was closed by a rivered straight 7♦8♦T♥3♣9♣ harshly ending the tournament for pm_marke in sixth place ($17,560.70).
By tenth hourly break the chips would flatten out a bit prompting jutrack to speak up about a possible deal. Jutrack called the remaining structure 'pretty much bingo' but after covering three TCOOP tournaments in the past four days this is like watching a turtle run the Boston Marathon on three legs.
Everyone said they checked except ValterBr@anco who promptly doubled through Wh0AndBeni on the first hand back for a nine million chip pot to take the chiplead.
Wh0AndBeni would recover nicely after dipping to 1.4 million after that hand. Seven minutes later with the blinds up to 100K/200K ante 20K Wh0AndBeni now up to 7.1 million, would raise as jutrack shoved 2.6 million from the big blind. Wh0AndBeni made the call with queens Q♠Q♥ as jutrack's sixes 6♦6♣ needed help. Good news a six hit the flop. Bad news the flop was full of spades and with one on the river J♠5♠6♠3♣2♠ jutrack earned $22,802.70 in fifth place.
Fifteen minutes later near the end of the 125K/250K ante 25K level, ValterBr@nco and Danny 'DannyN13' Noseworthy holding the two largest stacks at the table would get to the river Q♠J♥K♠Q♥4♦ with 4.1 million already in the middle. ValterBr@nco check called the flop and turn but led for 875K on the river. Noseworthy raised to six million all-in as ValterBr@nco called with queens full Q♣K♣. Slightly better than Noseworthy's jacks full J♠J♦ as the cooler sent DannyN13 away in fourth place ($30,660.45).
Four hands later as the blinds moved up to 150K/300K ante 30K airlewis min-raise from the button as Wh0AndBeni shoved for 3.8 million. Holding big slick K♠A♥ airlewis made the call as Wh0AndBeni's A♣T♣ was dominated. No turnaround this time for Wh0AndBeni as the 5♦2♥3♣2♠8♣ board gave Wh0AndBeni $44,032.80 for third place.
Despite a plea from airlewis, ValterBr@nco would stay silent on a possible deal, starting with a 15 million to 11.1 million chiplead.
Airlewis would win the first four hands of heads-up play to take a slight lead but ValterBr@nco won a 22.9 million chip pre-flop flip on the fifth hand to take a 22.9 to 3.2 million lead.
After the pocket sevens held, ValterBr@nco would only need ten hands to claim the weekly Sunday Warm-Up title. With the blinds holding at 150K/300K ante 30K ValterBr@nco shoved as airlewis called off the remaining 1.89 million holding 5♦Q♦. Currently ahead of ValterBr@nco 4♦5♠ but a bunch of spades 4♥4♠9♠6♠7♠ spoiled the comeback party as ValterBr@nco earned $82,823.86 as this week's Sunday Warm-Up champion!
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up (01-24-16) results
Entrants: 2,621
Total Prize pool: $524,200.00
Places paid: 378
1. ValterBr@nco (Brazil) $82,823.86
2. airlewis (United Kingdom) $61,855.60
3. Wh0AndBeni (United Kingdom) $44,032.80
4. Danny 'DannyN13' Noseworthy (Canada) $30,660.45
5. jutrack (Germany) $22,802.70
6. pm_marke (Czech Republic) $17,560.70
7. Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes (Brazil) $12,318.70
8. ViTaMoS (Ukraine) $7,600.90
9. Mr oO12 (Germany) $4,455.70
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Covering a weekly Sunday Major such as the $425,000 guarantee Sunday Warm-Up has a usual flow to it. The tables will break down to two tables within 15 minutes of a certain time each week and final table will crown a new champ after ten hours. With covering the TCOOP for the past few days, the slow structure was a welcome feel for my typing fingers. ValterBr@nco held out from discussing a chop at five-handed and ended up taking down this week's Sunday Warm-Up for the entire $82,823.86.
Heist Recordings Spotlight 10 Years Of Wired Keinemusik Crue Spotlight 20 Years Of Poker Flat Recordings Louie's Vega. Swagg EP Jhonatan Moraes,Felipe Castilhos. Poker Tournament Summary The heads-up battle in the pokerstars Big $3.30, $6K Gtd featured kristinem90 taking on wirstein. In the end, kristinem90 emerged victorious and cashed for $920.29. Poker Player Hits kristinem90 participated in 43 similar poker tournaments. Kristinem90 was in the money 6 times in total. Felipe Moraes - FmoraesP. 5,500 likes 4 talking about this. Nick PS: FmoraesP Jogador Profissional de Poker. Twitter:@FmoraesP Insta: F.Moraes.
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Two tables and 18 players is all that remained after 2,621 starters and eight and a half hours of play. DonkCommitted with a WCOOP final table way back in 2009 and a Sunday $215 Weekly Turbo win in September would fall a bit short in the quest to add a Sunday Warm-Up final table in 17th place ($1,965.75).
Only 14 players would make it to the ninth hourly break including Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes who holds a SCOOP final table, Sunday Warm-Up and Million final table, and a Super Tuesday win for $104K. Moraes would start the ninth hour second in chips behind Wh0AndBeni.
If you going to win any tournament at PokerStars, make it a Sunday Major, -COOP, a big Spin & Go, or like kofi89, a milestone tourney. Last year kofi89 outlasted 34,081 players to win the one billionth tournament played at PokerStars, and walked away $324K richer. The Sunday Warm-Up was not as inviting as kofi89 collected $3,276.25 in 12th place.
Down to hand-for-hand play with the blinds up to 50K/100K ante 10K, Timorm1 with two Sunday Warm-Up final tables including a runner-up finish for $73K back in March of 2014 would shove 1.1 million from the small blind. Danny 'DannyN13' Noseworthy with a pair of WCOOP 2015final tables would make the call holding A♠8♣. Timorm1's Q♥J♦ would not find a ten on the A♥2♠K♦9♣9♥ board opening up the final table below:
Seat 1: Danny 'DannyN13' Noseworthy (2948318 in chips)
Seat 2: jutrack (2337134 in chips)
Seat 3: Wh0AndBeni (4585170 in chips)
Seat 4: ViTaMoS (1498909 in chips)
Seat 5: Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes (3682946 in chips)
Seat 6: Mr oO12 (1763734 in chips)
Seat 7: airlewis (5078368 in chips)
Seat 8: ValterBr@nco (2459023 in chips)
Seat 9: pm_marke (1856398 in chips)
Ten minutes into the final table with the blinds moving up to 65K/130K ante 13K, Mr oO12 got frisky in the small blind and open shoved for 1.34 million. Airlewis held comfortable chip lead (over seven million in chips) and made the call with 3♥A♠. Mr oO12's K♥9♥ did not catch up to the ace 5♠6♦4♥4♠8♥ claiming ninth place cash ($4,455.70).
ViTaMoS would give Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes' title run a little push. Shortly after the move to 80K/160K ante 16K ViTaMoS would open shove 935K from the small blind as Moraes made the call in the big blind holding 7♦T♦. A ten on the flop and one of the turn T♥5♦A♠T♠2♣ to ship the nearly two million chip pot to Moraes. ViTaMoS collected $7,600.90 in eighth place.
Easy come, easy go for Moraes as seven hands later a huge three-way pot broke out between Moraes, ValterBr@nco, and Wh0AndBeni. ValterBr@nco shoved from early position for 1.18 million as Wh0AndBeni (recently claiming the chiplead) re-shoved for 9.5 million. Sitting on pocket nines 9♣9♠ in the big blind Moraes made the call all-in for 2.9 million to see Wh0AndBeni's T♦A♣ and ValterBr@nco's aces A♠A♥. Losing the side-pot to ValterBr@nco would have been acceptable but a ten on the river 6♥4♣5♣7♣T♥ shipped 3.6 million to ValterBr@nco and the rest to Wh0AndBeni as Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes earned $12,318.70 in seventh place.
Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes
Former shortstack ValterBr@nco (who took fifth in WCOOP 2015's Event #24 earning $52K) went on the offensive three hands later. With the blinds at 80K/160K ante 16K ValterBr@nco shoved for 3.3 million from the button as pm_marke called from the small blind for a little less with pocket aces A♣A♠. The sizable gap between those aces and J♥Q♦ was closed by a rivered straight 7♦8♦T♥3♣9♣ harshly ending the tournament for pm_marke in sixth place ($17,560.70).
By tenth hourly break the chips would flatten out a bit prompting jutrack to speak up about a possible deal. Jutrack called the remaining structure 'pretty much bingo' but after covering three TCOOP tournaments in the past four days this is like watching a turtle run the Boston Marathon on three legs.
Everyone said they checked except ValterBr@anco who promptly doubled through Wh0AndBeni on the first hand back for a nine million chip pot to take the chiplead.
Wh0AndBeni would recover nicely after dipping to 1.4 million after that hand. Seven minutes later with the blinds up to 100K/200K ante 20K Wh0AndBeni now up to 7.1 million, would raise as jutrack shoved 2.6 million from the big blind. Wh0AndBeni made the call with queens Q♠Q♥ as jutrack's sixes 6♦6♣ needed help. Good news a six hit the flop. Bad news the flop was full of spades and with one on the river J♠5♠6♠3♣2♠ jutrack earned $22,802.70 in fifth place.
Fifteen minutes later near the end of the 125K/250K ante 25K level, ValterBr@nco and Danny 'DannyN13' Noseworthy holding the two largest stacks at the table would get to the river Q♠J♥K♠Q♥4♦ with 4.1 million already in the middle. ValterBr@nco check called the flop and turn but led for 875K on the river. Noseworthy raised to six million all-in as ValterBr@nco called with queens full Q♣K♣. Slightly better than Noseworthy's jacks full J♠J♦ as the cooler sent DannyN13 away in fourth place ($30,660.45).
Four hands later as the blinds moved up to 150K/300K ante 30K airlewis min-raise from the button as Wh0AndBeni shoved for 3.8 million. Holding big slick K♠A♥ airlewis made the call as Wh0AndBeni's A♣T♣ was dominated. No turnaround this time for Wh0AndBeni as the 5♦2♥3♣2♠8♣ board gave Wh0AndBeni $44,032.80 for third place.
Despite a plea from airlewis, ValterBr@nco would stay silent on a possible deal, starting with a 15 million to 11.1 million chiplead.
Airlewis would win the first four hands of heads-up play to take a slight lead but ValterBr@nco won a 22.9 million chip pre-flop flip on the fifth hand to take a 22.9 to 3.2 million lead.
After the pocket sevens held, ValterBr@nco would only need ten hands to claim the weekly Sunday Warm-Up title. With the blinds holding at 150K/300K ante 30K ValterBr@nco shoved as airlewis called off the remaining 1.89 million holding 5♦Q♦. Currently ahead of ValterBr@nco 4♦5♠ but a bunch of spades 4♥4♠9♠6♠7♠ spoiled the comeback party as ValterBr@nco earned $82,823.86 as this week's Sunday Warm-Up champion!
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up (01-24-16) results
Entrants: 2,621
Total Prize pool: $524,200.00
Places paid: 378
1. ValterBr@nco (Brazil) $82,823.86
2. airlewis (United Kingdom) $61,855.60
3. Wh0AndBeni (United Kingdom) $44,032.80
4. Danny 'DannyN13' Noseworthy (Canada) $30,660.45
5. jutrack (Germany) $22,802.70
6. pm_marke (Czech Republic) $17,560.70
7. Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes (Brazil) $12,318.70
8. ViTaMoS (Ukraine) $7,600.90
9. Mr oO12 (Germany) $4,455.70
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It was another big turnout for this week's Super Tuesday, the weekly $1,050 no-limit hold'em tournament on PokerStars that routinely attracts poker's top talent. The final table this week reflected that talent as well, where Brazil's Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes overcame everyone to earn top honors and a $104,810 first prize after chopping heads-up with Israel's VIVILINE1. And among the other tough competitors in the final nine was the U.K.'s Stephen 'stevie444' Chidwick who'd ultimately finish sixth.
A total of 604 registered this week, creating a $604,000 prize pool that easily bested the recently-increased guarantee of $400K for the event. It would take about five-and-a-half hours for the field to be whittled down to 72 players and the money bubble to burst, at which point Chidwick had found himself a spot at the top of the counts.
A little over 90 minutes later they were down to 27, with Chidwick again the pace-setter after having briefly lost the lead during the interim. A half-hour later he was still on top with 18 left, sitting with more than 340,000 with VIVILINE1 the nearest competitor with just over 260,000.
MadsMP (18th), Andre 'extasyman' One (17th), and LUNOID (16th) were the next three to go, each earning $4,832 for their finishes. They were followed by SsicK_OnE (15th), ForzaVaxholm (14th), and clancywigam (13th) who each cashed for $6,040. Then badbeatman06 (12th), eidur888 (11th), and Firas 'firas71″ Bassam Massouh (10th) were successively knocked out, with each picking up $7,248.
After a little over eight-and-a-half hours the final table was underway, with ActionFreak having just overtaken Chidwick to take the lead with nine players remaining.
Felipe Morais Poker
Seat 1: Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes (Brazil) -- 407,403
Seat 2: ActionFreak (Cyprus) -- 639,827
Seat 3: VIVILINE1 (Israel) -- 258,305
Seat 4: cocojamb0 (Bulgaria) -- 340,929
Seat 5: ICANTSNG (Australia) -- 188,206
Seat 6: knutante (Germany) -- 110,316
Seat 7: djuuud (Canada) -- 356,875
Seat 8: BigPig400 (Russia) -- 190,728
Seat 9: Stephen 'stevie444' Chidwick (United Kingdom) -- 527,411
Just a few minutes later the blinds were 3,600/7,200 when leader ActionFreak raised to 14,400 from middle position, then it folded around to knutante in the big blind who reraised all in for 88,916. ActionFreak called, showing A♥9♥ while knutante had A♦3♣.
The 5♣6♠9♠ flop paired ActionFreak's kicker, and after the 6♦ fell on the turn the 5♦ river was no matter as knutante was drawing dead, having been eliminated in ninth.
They played on, then just before the tourney's nine-hour break it was ActionFreak min-raising to 16,000 from the cutoff seat and getting three callers in VIVILINE1 (cutoff), cocojamb0 (button), and ICANTSNG (small blind).
The flop came 3♠4♠3♦. ICANTSNG checked, ActionFreak bet 31,220, VIVILINE1 called, and cocojamb0 folded. ICANSING then shoved all in for 152,406 total, and after ActionFreak folded, VIVILINE1 called.
ICANTSNG: Q♠J♠
VIVILINE1: 5♦5♣
VIVILINE1's pocket pair was ahead while ICANTSNG was gunning for a spade flush. The turn was the 9♥ and river the 3♥, meaning VIVILINE1's hand had held and ICANTSNG was done in eighth.
Play continued with Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes pushing out into the chip lead while Stephen 'stevie444' Chidwick slipped back to seventh out of the remaining seven. Soon the blinds were 5,000/10,000 when ActionFreak raised to 20,000 from middle position, then BigPig400 made it 60,000 to go from the big blind. ActionFreak responded by shoving all in for over 210,000 total and BigPig400 called all in with the 149,565 left behind.
BigPig400 had A♥K♠ and needed to improve to best ActionFreak's 9♦9♥. But the board came 4♦Q♠6♣4♠7♠, and BigPig400 was done in seventh.
Meanwhile Chidwick continued to persevere with a stack of just over 200,000 as the blinds crept up again to 6,000/12,000. That's when a hand arose that saw VIVILINE1 open for 24,000 from the cutoff, then Chidwick jammed for 206,579 from the big blind and VIVILINE1 called.
stevie444 had K♣T♠ while VIVILINE1 held Q♣Q♠, then the 3♠Q♥J♠ flop arrived to give VIVILINE1 a set of queens and Chidwick an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the J♦, however, filling VIVILINE1 up and making the 3♣ on the end inconsequential as Chidwick finished in sixth.
They pushed on past the 10-hour mark, then with the blinds at 7,000/14,000 it was ActionFreak raising to 28,000 from UTG, then Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes reraised to 87,425 from the big blind. ActionFreak responded by pushing all in for 435,396 and Moraes called.
ActionFreak had 8♠8♣ while GM_VALTER showed A♥Q♣. The 4♥5♣T♣ flop was fine for ActionFreak, but the Q♥ fell on fourth street to give Moraes the better pair. The river was the 2♠, and ActionFreak was out in fifth.
A half-dozen hands later they were in the same level when djuuud opened with a 2x raise to 28,000 from under the gun, then VIVILINE1 three-bet to 72,622 from the small blind. Next to act, cocojamb0 reraised again to 154,000 from the big blind, and when djuuud shoved for 296,297 total VIVILINE1 stepped aside then cocojamb0 called.
It was a race as cocojamb0 had A♦K♠ versus djuuud's Q♦Q♥. The flop came K♦T♣8♣ to swing the advantage to cocojamb0, and after the 3♥ turn and 7♦ river djuuud was out and just three remained.
The blinds increased once more to 9,000/18,000, and soon cocojamb0 was raising to 36,000 from the button, Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes reraised to 109,898 from the small blind, and cocojamb0 called.
The flop came 5♣J♦9♦. Moraes checked, cocojamb0 bet 97,818, Moraes raised all in, and cocojamb0 called with the 485,334 left. cocojamb0 showed 8♦7♦ -- a double-gutshot draw and a flush draw -- while GM_VALTER had middle pair with 9♣6♣. The turn was the 5♠ and river the 9♥, improving Moraes to a full house and ending cocojamb0's run in third.
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That big hand gave Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes the lead to start heads-up play with 1,813,439 versus VIVILINE1's 1,206,561. They played four more small hands after which Moraes had 1,840,439 to VIVILINE1's 1,179,561, then the pair paused the tournament to discuss a possible deal to narrow the gap between the last two payouts.
Figures were produced -- 'chip chop' and 'ICM'-based calculations being the same heads-up -- leaving $8,000 for which to play, and after Moraes okayed giving VIVILINE1 a few hundred more than what was suggested the players agreed and a deal was made.
Soon cards were back in the air. Ultimately the final two would battle heads-up for more than 45 minutes, with VIVILINE1 narrowing the gap and then taking the lead on a few different occasions before GM_VALTER snatched it back.
Moraes then had about 1.77 million to VIVILINE1's 1.24 million when a hand came up that saw VIVILINE1 open with a 2x raise to 50,000, GM_VALTER call, and the pair watch a flop fall 8♦8♠3♦. GM_VALTER checked, VIVILINE1 bet 48,875, and Moraes called. The turn brought the 9♦ and another check from Moraes. This time VIVILINE1 bet 93,840, and Moraes called again.
The river was the 9♠, putting a second pair on the board. GM_VALTER checked one last time, and when VIVILINE1 bet 266,342, Moraes check-raised all in and VIVILINE1 called with the 780,246 remaining.
VIVILINE1 had 8♥7♠ for eights full of nines, but GM_VALTER had K♣9♣ for nines full of eights to win the hand and the tournament.
Congratulations to to Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes for beating more than 600 players to win this week's Super Tuesday and more than $104K.
Kudos as well to VIVILINE1 who thanks to the heads-up deal earned a big $93K payday.
9/2/14 Super Tuesday ($1,050 No-Limit Hold'em) results
Entrants: 604
Prize pool: $604,000.00
Places paid: 72
1. Rafael 'GM_VALTER' Moraes (Brazil) $104,810.00
2. VIVILINE1 (Israel) $93,000.00
3. cocojamb0 (Bulgaria) $61,608.00
4. djuuud (Canada) $46,508.00
5. ActionFreak (Cyprus) $32,616.00
6. Stephen 'stevie444' Chidwick (United Kingdom) $25,670.00
7. BigPig400 (Russia) $19,630.00
8. ICANTSNG (Australia) $13,590.00
9. knutante (Germany) $9,241.20
*= reflects the results of a two-way deal that left $8,000 in play for the winner
EPTLive's James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton are in Florida this week broadcasting from the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, with the final table of the big $10 million guaranteed Main Event happening Wednesday. Read here for the full skinny.
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