When we looked ahead to events this past weekend on Friday, we had a hunch that things can be big. But you never really grasp just how big until the numbers are counted, and the dial finally stops turning.
And so, I'm happy to report, numbers were enormous. With the prizes so big, and satellites running up until the last minute, the billionth tournament was a draw for newbie and professional players alike. Some 34,081 players -- or put differently all the population of Pohnpei Island within the Pacific - took a seat, most on time to participate in two and a half hours of random perks and bonuses, amounting to a few $200,000 worth of tournament tickets and cash prizes.
Those who didn't find any of that loot landing of their accounts still had a bumper prize pool to think about, up to you'll be able to recall to mind a bunch like $3,408,100 without drifting off into some kind of blissful reverie.
It meant a primary prize of $329,586.71 to the eventual winner, who therefore was Kofi89 from Uruguay. His reverie might last for a while yet, but you'll be able to read how he got there in Martin Harris's report at the PokerStars Blog.
Tourney Primary Billion ($109 No-Limit Hold'em) resultsEntrants: 34,081Prize pool: $3,408,100.00Places paid: 4,212
1. kofi89 (Uruguay) -- $329,586.712. kaveh001 (Germany) -- $241,566.123. zardy912 (Ukraine) -- $177,050.794. Joas "No Limit NL" Mudde (Netherlands) -- $129,780.445. svendottke (Denmark) -- $95,120.076. dzambur (Germany) -- $69,729.727. BlindRazorJJ (UK) -- $51,121.508. KiepDoDen007 (Vietnam) -- $37,455.019. StepaPupkin (Ukraine) -- $27,469.28
As you'd expect, that figure eclipsed the standard numbers that feature within the Sunday headlines, with both the Sunday Million and Warm-up benefitting from the bustle of the weekend's online activity.
In the Warm-Up CMRolfes1990 of Germany got things started. With "The Billion" attracting such a lot attention the Warm-Up seemed an excellent enough place to, well, warm up, or no less than find consolation.
But so far as consolation goes it was pretty tough to get your hands on, being against 3,428 like-minded folk. With an expanded field came an expanded prize pool of $685,600. As David Aydt wrote, the biggest share was eventually won by Germany player CMRolfes1990.
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up results Entrants: 3,428Places Paid: 495Prize Pool: $685,600.00
1. CMRolfes1990 (Germany) *$99,398.642. ModzillaPL (Canada) *$88,456.753. K1ngdomCome (UK) $56,562.004. gardze wami (Poland) $39,422.005. Simon "ministerborg" Ravnsbaek (Denmark) $29,138.006. O''Pazzzo" (Netherlands) $22,282.007. Nelis020 (Netherlands) $15,426.008. Sergio "trujustrus" Cabrera (Portugal) $8,570.009. QuadVQuadMe (New Zealand) $5,484.80* denotes a part of two-way deal
That left the Sunday Million, with a cast of supporting extras 500 stronger than the week before. It produced a winner not usually attuned to life within the high stakes shark pool. Leonid6691 of Russia was that man, jumping out of his regular low stakes games. A leap of religion it will was however it was worth $221,674 to the Russian. And for us it meant a super story, and one really worth reading, as told by Kristin Bihr.
PokerStars Sunday Million results for Players: 7,389Prizepool: $1,477,800.00Places paid: 1,080
1. leonid6691 (Russia) $221,674.922. BOLDONEALLAN (Sweden) $163,104.783. Lubczyk88 (Poland) $118,224.004. Michael "SilentPurple" MacHugh (Canada) $78,323.405. JhonyFonseca (Brazil) $60,589.806. LuckyDave83 (Austria) $45,811.807. joquannez (Norway) $31,772.708. Solidthought (UK) $17,733.609. Epkathy0901 (China) $11,452.95
Those were the most important events of the weekend, but they were under no circumstances the one highlights. With the last days of the Billionth Tournament Carnival happen there have been more a lot of titles to be won, all of which might be found listed on our weekend results page below.
Tournament results from the weekend November 29-30, 2014.
Congratulations to the entire weekend's winners.
Stephen Bartley is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.
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