Just been reading a post on AWOP by Poisson who I regularly speak to in Newcastle about Gerry "The Jock" Mcnally a well known player around the town who finished 2nd in the Poker Stars Poker Millions on Sunday Night. Its a megga well done from me mate
and a continuation of some great results especially live from 2007. Theyll be queuing up for a drink off him in Aspers!
PokerStars Sunday Million
The PokerStars Sunday Million had yet another big night last night, making for the third time in a row that the $200 buy-in version of the even has had more than 7,000 entrants. Last night’s event lured 7,520 entrants to generate a prize pool of $1,504,000. The first-place prize of $212,000 stood to be the biggest payday of the night if no deal was made at the final table (Full Tilt’s $1 million-guaranteed tournament was offering the first-place finisher $207,000).
A deal was made, however, when it got down to threehanded play. The deal ensured that all three players were guaranteed six-figure paydays. With $30,000 (or, as Lee Jones likes to say, “A small Lexus”) still on the line for the eventual winner, it got down to macthemac67 and StudMaverick for heads-up play. StudMaverick landed the final blow to take down the tournament and earn a total of $171,445, including the extra $30,000.
The final results were:
StudMaverick — $171,445*
macthemac67 — $117,784*
BluStarZ16 — $104,819*
spank01 — $60,160
Pier85 — $45,120
goonertone7 — $33,088
MagicCoin — $23,312
Tiwo — $13,536
mariaras — $8,874
* Payout reflects a three-way deal made at the final table.
Secondly a special mention and congratulations to Julien Thew on his achievement in winning the Brighton leg of the 2008 GUKPT to go with his other major achievements from 2007. What a start to the New Year for him which has been well received from a very liked player. Couple of lads I know met him last year around the hotel tournaments in Vegas during the WSOP and had nothing but nice words for him.
