AUTHOR: Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
TITLE: WEEKEND ONLINE POKER ACTION CONTINUES TO IMPRESS
DATE: 9:28 AM
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Enhancing the weekend online tournament action this week, the ten day, 10<br>event Full Tilt Online Poker Series III steamed past its guaranteed $3.4<br>million in total prize money by a comfortable extra million following strong<br>popular support for all events, and never fell below the guarantee level,<br>with event 7 actually overtaking the guaranteed mark by a factor of four.<br>Crowning another highly successful series thoroughly enjoyed by players was<br>the $1.5 million guaranteed no limit Texas Hold Em main event, which<br>attracted 3 217 entrants.  These gamblers paid $500 + $35 each to get a<br>crack at the prizepool of $1 608 500, which made the winner a happy player<br>and ensured that 459 other pokerheads were in the money bubble. The top 15<br>players all achieved five figure payouts in one of the best series yet.<br>The winner was ultimately player &#39;traheho&#39; who picked up the winner&#39;s check<br>of $288 001.93 after an intense five hand final heads up confrontation with<br>runner up &#39;Boosted J&#39;  the latter&#39;s second place check of $175 326.50 no<br>doubt eased the pain of losing. Over on the record breaking Poker Stars.com<br>site the Sunday Million ended with a five-player agreement after 6 637<br>registered to generate a prizepool of $1 327 400, giving some 900 players a<br>return on their buy-in fees.<br>Winner of the day was &#39;Charlie Braun&#39; who received less than the projected<br>$190 880 main prize following a five-player agreement on the final table.<br>This left Charlie with a main prize of $136 006, and the four runner-ups<br>with five figure payouts all well over $60 000  Party Poker.com enjoyed<br>another great attendance for its boosted $300 000 Guaranteed event, with 1<br>516 players ensuring that the guarantee was overtaken by $3 200, giving a<br>winner payout of $60 640 which was eventually taken by Swedish player<br>XX_GALTEN_XX.  Some 200 players were &#39;in the money&#39; and Party will be<br>pleased with the growth in their action. The second placed &#39;goddi3&#39; went<br>home with $33 352. 858 players signed up for this week&#39;s Ultimate Bet $200<br>000 Guaranteed, each making a $200+$15 contribution to a prizepool that put<br>200 entrants in the money and gave the winner, &#39;highroller48&#39; $45 000.<br>Second placed &#39;aakkjj&#39; collected $27 000.
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