Increasing numbers of poker players


New records by the flagship sites of poker tournaments. After the holiday season, poker players have returned in force to the regular poker tournaments this weekend, proving once again that the field of poker online world continues to thrive.

The big poker site PokerStars has generated a huge price of $ 1 425 800 of a prize pool with 7 129 registered players to chase the million guaranteed Sunday after a break in the season. With a projected price just above $ 200 000 and enough money in the pot to put over a thousand entrants to the list, there were plenty of palpitation when the tournament began.

Before the final table, the player xapla lead with a remarkable amount of $ 17 million in chips, but despite this he had the bad luck to finish sixth after a tight match with plenty of action. At the end it was Lopin and ch0ppy who met in the heads-up, the latter winning the grand prize of $ 201 037.80. The second prize of $ 231.80 for 101 Lopin was adequate compensation for its efforts to expert.

Full Tilt Poker has opened the new year by arranging his Sunday Guaranteed tournament with impressive price of $ 400 000, which increased to $ 515 200 thanks to the strong entry list of 2 576 players. The first prize was calculated at well over $ 94 000, silver prices covering players so low that the squares in the middle of three hundred.

Omaholic and DSnyder766 met in the heads-up, which was brief but exciting, and which resulted in a gain of $ 94 513.44 in the first while DSnyder took the second prize consisting of the amount not-so-bad for $ 58 011.52.

The event at Mansion Poker $ 100 000 Guaranteed also saw a boost when 502 players were registered, increasing the pot to $ 149 800, of which $ 24 000 for first prize and the money for about 54 players. Opusx69 won in a heads-up for the first prize of $ 24 000 prize and second prize of $ 15,000 for Samanta.

Party Poker hosted the $ 200 000 Guaranteed which also had a greater number of players with 1167, contributing to a remarkable pot of $ 233 400, with prices up to 150th. In the end, thanks to an agreement between the two finalists, TheSinSinAnteKid and second-placed kitbul added $ 38 606.59 and $ 38 415.42, respectively, to their accounts at the end of a very tight match

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