But with PokerStars celebrating its 10th anniversary, this week's Storm needed some extra thunder.
So the guarantee was upped to $1 million. Boom!
And first prize was certain to be a minimum of $150,000. Crack!
And to make things much more fun, $100 bounties for anyone knocking out a PokerStars pro along the best way. That's numerous more money raining down!
The Gathering Storm: 116,400 Entrants
When the primary hands were dealt the full selection of entrants had already climbed past 85,000 and would continue to rise within the two hours of late registration. A half-hour later the sector had pushed past the 100,000-player mark, thus ensuring the guarantee could be met.
As the full field grew, players started to fall, among them Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree. All the way down to 1,527 chips in the beginning of the second one hour, Boeree shoved over a GUST1931956 limp, then saw Martonio reraise all in from one seat over. It folded back to GUST1931956 who thought a little bit -- he had Boeree covered, but not Martonio -- and at last he called.
Boeree had 4♣4♦, but either one of her opponents had drawn pocket fives, as GUST1931956 held 5♠5♣ and Martonio 5♦5♥. The board then came 8♦9♦7♦A♦A♣, giving Martonio the flush and two knockouts, plus $100 for having ousted Boeree.
Among other bounties collected in the course of the early afternoon, Gabden77 knocked out Humberto Brenes, 5AULIU5 knocked out 2011 WSOP Main Event runner-up Martin Staszko, ProffiKid eliminated Eugene Katchalov, and cc128 sent Jan Heitmann railward.
When registration finally closed, 116,400 players altogether had jumped into the Storm, making a $1,164,000 prize pool. The highest 15,166 finishers would make the money, with a minimum-cash equaling $23.28. All of these making the overall table would earn no less than five-figure paydays, with first prize an enormous $157,140! (Barring any final table deals, that is.)
Storming Through: From 100,000 to 10,000
A few more bounties were collected because the field shrunk below 40,000. A short-stacked Sebastian Ruthenberg shoved with 8♦8♠ and was called by R£Ch HaRd waiting within the big blind with A♦A♠. That was bad for the Team PokerStars Pro, however the A♣A♥6♣ flop made it even worse, and shortly R£Ch HaRd had all of Ruthenberg's chips and a $100 bounty.
Shortly after that, the blinds were 400/800 when Juan Manuel Pastor shoved his last 5,800 from UTG with 5♥5♦ and TIME250 decided to take a shot on the bounty by calling from the button with 9♦2♥. The board came A♠T♦J♦6♠... 9♥, that river rewarding TIME250 with the pot and an additional hundy.
And clucker28 collected Angel Guillen's bounty when he spiked a river queen with A♦Q♠ against Guillen's A♥K♥ and SVGoogle's pocket eights.
By the three-hour mark the sphere have been trimmed under 20,000 players. At that time k33nz0 and mextrex were setting the pace with greater than 200,000, with MD IACONI, ligra80, Yvon-King not far behind.
The cash bubble was still nearly 5,000 eliminations away, nevertheless it wouldn't take long to get there -- just 20 minutes, if truth be told. Along the way, more bounties were collected by skaza777 (Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hruby), KOSEC510 (Marcel Luske), and AKSU-47 (Richard "Tzen1" Veenman).
A half-hour later 10,000 players were left, with forAwhiteguy setting the pace, nearing the 500,000-chip mark. sergey963 was his nearest challenger with about 379,000, with maro61058 in third with just over 337,000.
More PokerStars Pros Caught within the Storm: From 10,000 to 1,000
With the eliminations of Dale "DaleRoxxu" Philip of Team Online (12,105th, $23.28), and Ana Marquez of Team PokerStars Spain (11,444th, $23.28), that left just five more representatives of Team PokerStars some of the survivors, and thus five more potential bounties to be claimed: Nacho Barbero, Ivan Demidov, Jonathan Duhamel, Alex Kravchenko, and Pierre "Zoutechamp" Neuville.
Barbero was the primary of the five to fall when his Q♦J♠ failed him against Kaketka550's K♠T♣, knocking out the Argentinian in 8,576th ($23.28). Duhamel followed him soon thereafter in a three-way hand wherein $wish$lots$ successfully ousted the 2010 WSOP Main Event champ in 7,049th ($34.92).
A little later the blinds were 3,000/6,000 when gabtom13 limped in from late position, then Kravchenko shoved all in for 78,171 from the small blind. gabtom13 thought for several seconds, then called with 5♠5♣. It was an excellent call, as his Russian foe had but 2♠2♣, and five cards later Kravchenko was out in 5,023rd ($34.92)
With 5,000 players left, Remmi was in first position with greater than 683,000 while bemessinger and bunicul177 were the one other players with greater than 600,000.
Another 999 players ran out of chips, then Ivan Demidov reraised all in for 114,192 (about 16 big blinds) and Pestilential called. Demidov had K♠J♦ and Pestilential A♠J♣, and after the board came ten-high Demidov was gone in 4,001st, giving him $34.92 and $100 for Pestilential.
"I think you were given the last bounty pro here gl," typed Pierre "Zoutechamp" Neuville at his table some time later.
Some time after that Neuville became short-stacked, then folded down until he had but 664 chips remaining at which point he pushed his last chips within the middle.
Five opponents limped along for 20,000 each to peer in the event that they could earn the overall bounty, and in any case it was Luk1985 whose K♠5♣ gave him a couple of fives, adequate to win the pot and $100 as Neuville hit the rail in 1,562nd ($58.20).
Lightning Strikes: From 1,000 to 100
The tourney was a bit over five-and-a-half hours old when 1,000 players remained. They'd outlasted over 115,000 opponents, however the forecast was for the Storm to last rather a lot longer.
By then Efimike had pushed in front with just over 3.23 million, with cover point next with about 3.12 million and lennie-g22 hovering at 2.7 million.
Over the following hour the sector shrunk to not up to 300 players, by which period tiriesto steadily rose to the highest of the leaderboard and shut to the ten million-chip mark. Then came an enormous three way-all in between tiriesto with A♦Q♠, KRANTY with T♣T♠, and kid world with Q♦9♦.
After the 2♣5♥8♥ flop and 9♠ turn it looked as if KRANTY could be claiming the 6 million-plus chip pot. However the A♥ struck at the river like a bolt of lightning, sending out both kid world (242nd, $116.40) and KRANTY (241st, $116.40) and pushing tiriesto up as regards to 13.3 million chips -- on the time about five million greater than second-place collins82.
tiriesto kept adding to his leading stack, and a half-hour later will be the first to cross 20 million. Then lightning would strike for tiriesto again in another big three-way all-in by which he held ace-queen.
In this one, the blinds were as much as 120,000/240,000 when Vlad Russia raised to 1,571,618, leaving himself only a single chip behind. tiriesto reraised to 2,903,236 from the button, then Felsss shoved all in for 5,159,748 from the small blind. Vlad Russia tossed in his last chip and tiriesto called as well.
As mentioned, tiriesto had A♣Q♦, better than Vlad Russia's A♠9♦ but way behind Felsss' A♦A♥. However the flop came Q♥2♠Q♠, giving tiriesto trips, and two cards later his hand had held. Vlad Russia was out in 105th ($430.68) and Felsss out in 104th (also $430.68).
Meanwhile, as three more fell and the sphere shrunk to 100 players, tiriesto was up over 29.5 million, an entire 10 million prior to second-place Puigmal.
In the attention of the Storm: From 100 to 9
As they crossed the eight-hour mark, tiriesto continued to take care of the lead, moving out further past 35 million. Eliminations were now leading to $500-plus paydays for players, a pleasant return on an $11 investment. But all continued to eye those $10K-plus prizes on the final table, including the $157,140 awaiting the winner.
By the time 50 were left, tiriesto was holding steady at 35.3 million, with Eldasensei next with 28.4 million and sebstop, dim1388, and Orekhov59 everywhere in the 25 million-chip mark.
Puigmal would rush past them all, however, to be the primary to 40 million, then 45 million. As tiriesto's run good finally bogged down to knock him back a couple of spots, Eldasensei would likewise move over 40 million, then past the 50 million-mark with just 30 players left. Then Eldasensei took a bite from tiriesto's stack to move over 60 million in a hand wherein he rivered a spade flush and got paid.
After nine hours and 40 minutes of play there have been 20 left, through which point the typical stack was a whopping 29.1 million. Eldasensei was still in front with greater than 62 million, Kutscher83 in second with about 56.6 million, and Kuzjayo in third with rather less than 47.4 million.
Soon after tiriesto's run came to an end, knocked by Kuzjayo in 20th ($2,106.84). He was followed to the rail by zbaur (19th, $2,106.84), avasimp (18th, $3,154.44), siinovedad (17th, $3,154.44), dandanaini (16th, $3,154.44), BartezJB (15th, $4,737.48), and stefanoy (14th, $4,737.48), by which stretch Eldasensei became the primary to 100 million.
Next out was tianmojing85 (13th, $4,737.48), followed by isexshop.us (12th, $6,855.96) and lennie-g22 (11th, $6,855.96), the latter by the hands of sebstop. That hand catapulted sebstop up over 125 million and into the chip lead, followed by Eldasensei who'd slipped back around 75 million, and Kutscher83 with about 72 million.
The final ten played hand-for-hand throughout the 10-and-a-half-hour break. sebstop would really build his stack up over 150 million at one point before falling back, then losing an enormous one to Eldasensei through which the pair got all the latter's chips within the middle on a 5♥T♠5♣ flop with sebstop holding Q♣T♥ and Eldasensei K♥T♣. Eldasensei's hand held, shooting him back to the highest of the counts and sending sebstop down near the bottom.
Finally Orekhov59 was eliminated in 10th ($6,855.96) when his A♦A♠ got cracked by chrjs2k's T♣9♣. All in for 10.7 million before the flop, Orekhov59 saw three clubs fall very quickly to strike him down one spot shy of the general table.
Just nine remained.
Seat 1: Speedyy1986 -- 32,375,057Seat 2: Kuzjayo -- 89,951,381Seat 3: Puigmal -- 63,489,246Seat 4: Eldasensei -- 121,958,132Seat 5: chrjs2k -- 90,916,497Seat 6: Kutscher83 -- 20,904,505Seat 7: sebstop -- 30,623,896Seat 8: Timjonsen -- 20,894,258Seat 9: emaestrodobi -- 110,887,028
Some deep stacks with nine left, although the blinds had reached 900k/1.8m, meaning Kutscher83 and Timjonsen were sitting on near to 11 big blinds each to start out the general table.
Storming Out of the Gate: From 9 to 6
Timjonsen would waste little time getting his stack within the middle, open-shoving from late position for 19,274,258 and getting a caller in emaestrodobi from a seat over. Speedyy1986 then reraised all in for just about 29 million from the blinds, and emaestrodobi called that as well.
Speedyy1986: K♣K♠Timjonsen: K♦J♥emaaestrodobi: 9♥9♣
The board rolled out T♣A♦7♥A♣5♥, giving Speedyy1986 both the principle and side pots and sending Timjonsen out in ninth.
The other short stack Kutscher83 can be all in shortly thereafter, open-shoving from the small blind for 13,524,505 with A♣3♦ and getting called quickly by sebstop within the BB with A♣J♣. The flop paired Kutscher83, coming 3♣2♦Q♣, however the J♦ fell at the turn to provide sebstop the simpler pair. The river was the 7♦ they usually were right down to seven.
The remaining players then started to discuss possibly creating a deal, but sebstop said he wasn't interested and play continued. And as often seems to happen in these spots, it was the only averse to the deal-making who'd be the following to go.
The blinds had reached 1m/2m by the point sebstop's end arrived. Speedyy1986 opened with a raise to 4.38 million from UTG and it folded around to sebstop who made it 9.3 million from the small blind. The BB folded and Speedyy1986 called.
The flop came 7♠T♥Q♣. sebstop checked, Speedyy1986 bet 7,825,899, then sebstop check-raised to twenty million even. Speedyy1986 made it 32,174,101, sebstop reraised again all in for 67,784,255 total, and Speedyy1986 speedily called.
sebstop had but 3♥3♠ while Speedyy1986 had a suite with T♠T♣. The 9♦ at the turn sealed it, and sebstop was out in seventh.
Thunderous Applause for the Six Who Made a Deal
The remaining six players then agreed to speak chop, and after some time the tourney was paused. At that time Speeddy1986 had the lead with about 157 million, Eldasensei was next with just over 108 million, Kuzjayo was third with almost 95.5 million, chrjs2k was fourth with almost 91 million, Puigmal was fifth with about 67.5 million, and emaestrodobi last with about 62.5 million.
"Chip chop" numbers were provided -- leaving $20,000 for which to play -- and all agreed apart from the short-stack emaestrodobi who wanted a minimum of $55,000 in place of the $51,127.83 being proposed for him. But that presented an issue for Puigmal who was sooner than emaestrodobi within the counts but was only as a result of receive $53,113.39.
The others agreed to provide emaestrodobi more and let Puigmal keep what was as a result of him via the "chip chop," and while it took some encouraging Puigmal finally agreed. (See payouts below.) Then came slightly jubilation.
Puigmal: It is a BIG BIG RESULLT!!!!Puigmal: FOR ALLPuigmal: CONGRATSchrjs2k: yesSpeeddy1986: it's for allchrjs2k: AmenPuigmal: ang now play for 20,000!!!!!
And so -- after congratulating one another somewhat more -- they did.
Riders at the Storm: From 6 to 2
They'd been back at it a brief while, and the blinds had crept to 1.25m/2.5m when Kuzjayo opened for 7.5 million from the button, then Eldasensei reraised to 17.5 million from the large blind. Kuzjayo called the reraise, and both saw the flop come 2♠9♦5♠. Eldasensei led for 32.5 million, Kuzjayo raised all in for 78,131,381, and Eldasensei called with the 37,272,932 he had left.
Eldasensei showed Q♥Q♦ for queens while Kuzjayo had A♣9♥ for nines. The turn was the T♠ and Eldasensei was still ahead, however the river brought the A♣, giving Kuzjayo a second pair and sending Eldasensei out in sixth.
About QUARTER-HOUR later, leader Speedyy1986 would lose an enormous preflop all-in versus Kuzjayo wherein the latter caught an ace with A♣K♠ to outdraw Speedyy1986's 6♣6♠. That 215 million-plus pot sent Kuzjayo into the chip lead with five left and momentarily made Speedyy1986 the quick stack.
Then came an enormous three-way all in pitting Kuzjayo's Q♦Q♠ against emaestrodobi's J♥J♠ and Puigmal's 7♦7♠. The flop paired no one, however the turn and river both brought sevens to present Puigmal quads and send emaestrodobi out in fifth. Take a look:
Five hands later the blinds were 2m/4m when Speedyy1986 open-pushed for 57,608,138 from the button with Q♠J♥ and got one caller in Kuzjayo within the small blind with A♠8♠. The community cards came 7♠T♠6♥9♦4♦, giving Kuzjayo a straight. Speedyy1986 was out in fourth, although was assured the most important payday of the tourney way to the sooner deal.
The blinds moved to 2.5m/5m, and Kuzjayo opened for 10 million from the small blind. Puigmal pushed all in from the large blind for 68,611,031, and Kuzjayo called. Puigmal had A♣2♥ but needed help versus Kuzjayo's A♠T♥. The board came A♥J♥3♥K♣4♠, and Puigmal's run led to third place.
Weathering the Storm: Heads-Up
Kuzjayo began heads-up play with the chip advantage, his massive stack of 354,714,782 sooner than chrjs2k's 227,285,218.
On the 11th hand of heads-up, chrjs2k scored a large double-up when his A♦K♣ managed to outrace Kuzjayo's 2♣2♠, hitting a king at the flop. Then five hands later -- almost about 12-and-a-half-hours after the tourney began -- the overall hand took place.
With the blinds still 2.5m/5m, chrjs2k raised to fifteen million from the button, Kuzjayo shoved for 128,429,564, and chrjs2k called. This time chrjs2k had the black deuces and hoped 2♠2♣ would determine better for him than it had for Kuzjayo who here held A♦6♣.
The flop was excellent for chrjs2k, coming K♦2♦3♠ to present him a suite. The turn was the K♣, improving him to an entire house and making the river 8♣ regardless of. chrjs2k had won!
Congratulations to chrjs2k for besting a field of 116,400 to win the 10th Anniversary Sunday Storm! And in addition congrats to Speedyy1986 who netted the most important payday way to the six-way chop. Some nice returns on those $11 buy-ins!
10th Anniversary Sunday Storm results for 12/11/11 (*reflects six-way deal):1st: chrjs2k ($81,604.01)*2nd: Kuzjayo ($63,462.39)*3rd: Puigmal ($53,113.39)*4th: Speedyy1986 ($87.437.94)*5th: emaestrodobi ($55,127.83)*6th: Eldasensei ($68,458.64)*7th: sebstop ($20,952)8th: Kutscher83 ($15,783.84)9th: Timjonsen ($10,557.48)
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