Online Poker Weekend: 'MattSuspect' Rushes to Sunday Million Win

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The biggest online battle of Sunday night occurred at Poker Stars, where a drawn-out final table saw players with short chip stacks slowly reel in the early frontrunners. 'MattSuspect' moved to the front of a tight pack roughly halfway through the action, and never looked back. Elsewhere, a huge frontrunner saw a big lead slip away at Full Tilt, while Party's final-table survivors haggled over a deal before splitting up a healthy four-way payday.

Poker Stars Sunday Million

It was $530-buyin night at the Stars Sunday Million, and 2,880 players signed up for the fun. The prize pool swelled to $1,440,000, with 414 players sharing the money, and first place was scheduled to be a head-turning $264,816. 'AUSSIE_JASE' was the early final-table leader, but none of the players were desperate for chips as the final nine started, with a slow pace and no early eliminations the result.

'MattSuspect' finally claimed the first knockout, sending 'amichaiKK' to the rail in ninth. On that hand, MattSuspect held 88 to amichaiKK's 77, and the board was an indifferent KJ434. MattSuspect made it two-for-two on the next hand, this time with 'Azzel' departing; MattSuspect's 1010 held up over Azzel's JQ when the board brought 948KA. AUSSIE_JASE then joined the act, making a raise pre-flop with AA and getting 'Dogg11' to make an all-in re-raise from the small blind with A5. The board came 694J4, and the field was six.

The newly rapid pace continued when 'Luie Sojo' was bounced two hands later, losing a race with 88 against 'gunning4you's AJ when the board displayed 7A455. Then MattSuspect picked up another knockout --- and expanded his new-found lead --- by using AQ to top 'Dubner's 99; this time the board offered 1068Q2.

MattSuspect slowly padded his lead through a lengthy stretch of four-handed play, then picked off a down-to-the-felt AUSSIE_JASE, who pushed with Q4. gunning4yiu made the call with A5, and won when the board arrived 7K1069. Third place went to 'dazzy2004,' who was never deep in chips and finally succumbed to MattSuspect on a hand where dazzy2004 pushed A4 into MattSuspect's AA; the board came 383QK.

Heads-up, MattSuspect and gunning4you worked out an easy chop for most of the remaining money, a great climb for both, especially gunning4you, who had started the final table technically last in chips. MattSuspect's late run of great cards continued right to the end. On the final hand he picked JJ as gunning4you found 99. The chips went in, the board came 5388K, and the rush to victory was complete

Final standings:

* 1st ($223,637): MattSuspect

* 2nd ($175,818): gunning4you

3rd ($89,136): dazzy2004

4th ($73,440): AUSSIE_JASE

5th ($59,040): Dubner

6th ($44,640): Luie Sojo

7th ($31,392): Dogg11

8th ($19,872): Azzel

9th ($11,520): amichaiKK

* --- two-way deal for remaining prize money; $30,000 to eventual winner

Full Tilt $400,000 Guarantee

Sunday night's $400,000 Guarantee at Full Tilt found 2,334 players chasing pieces of what added up to a $466,800 prize pool. First-place money was $85,634.46, with 351 players sharing the wealth. Roland de Wolfe made a deep run here, leading during much of the late-event play before fading to a 13th-place finish. 'toppsett' led the way to the final table in this one, having amassed over $1.8 million in chips.

This final table got off to a slow start, with nearly 60 hands elapsing before the first knockout. 'UntiltDotCom' was the unlucky party bounced when KQ proved unlucky indeed against toppsett's QQ, with the board showing 61053Q. 'BigFIshie118' exited next, reeled in by 'MathForPoker's K10 when the board brought 7Q5K6. 'ChipnaChrrrr' survived several all-in situations before finally succumbing on a hand where he held 108 to 'bballer88's 106 in a battle of the blinds, but succumbed when the board arrived AQ764. 'Hixx' was hexed next, a last stand with A10 crushed by toppsett's modest 85 when the board delivered JA46K for the spade flush.

toppsett's aggressive rampage continued with a k.o. of 'SMIKAS,' where toppsett A7 held up over SKIMAS's J10 on a board of 5K8AK. MathForPoker then claimed another scalp, using 55 to bounce bballer88's A4 when the board came 48295. Soon after it was toppsett's turn, this time with 'flip123077' as the victim; toppsett held A8 to flip123077's A5, and won easily when the 410A6K board completed another flush.

toppsett entered heads-up play with a healthy chip lead, but MathForPoker won a race by flopping a set of nines to move ahead. The end came on a hand where both players caught top pair on a 1047 flop. The last of the chips went in after a Q turn, when it turned out that toppsett, with a 109 holding, was drawing dead. MathForPoker held Q10 for top two pairs, and waited only for the meaningless K river to drop before claiming the victory.

Final standings:

1st ($85,634.46): MathForPoker

2nd ($52,561.68): toppsett

3rd ($34,403.16): flip123077

4th ($27,447.84): bballer88

5th ($20,772.60): SMIKAS

6th ($14,937.60): Hixx

7th ($10,969.80): ChipnaChrrrr

8th ($8,589.12): BigFIshie118

9th ($6,535.20): UntiltDotCom

Party Poker $300,000 Guaranteed

Attendance at Party Poker's $300,000 Guaranteed again came quite close to expectations, with 1,463 players chasing the big money. First place was worth $60,000, with the cash running 200 places deep. 'TheAsgard,' with about $1.2 million in chips, was the only player above the million-chip plateau as the final table began.

The first player eliminated was 'DalconOpeaN,' whose 88 was cracked by the 55 of 'XDaenerysX' when the board came 6J5KA. XDaenerysX picked up the next knockout, too, when his 99 held up over 'HKLAW1's A9 on a board of 367K4. Eighth went to 'napier8w' when his 99 couldn't hold up against the AK of 'Paifos,' the board displaying 57105A. And seventh went to 'tharina,' forced in after losing a big pot with 102. XDaenerysX made a cheap call with 55 and watched the board come 97AKA to take that pot.

Sixth place went to 'Slowhand_AA,' whose 33 fell to Paifos's AJ on a 10A76J board, and fifth would go to 'TheAsgard,' whose K9 couldn't catch against XDaenerysX's AJ when the board offered 765J4. At this point the four survivors quickly agreed to deal talks, but wrangled for a considerable period of time before the final payout numbers were reached.

Final standings:

** 1st ($44,780.11): XDaenerysX

** 2nd ($30,624.12): Paifos

** 3rd ($30,325.50): nafudoma

** 4th ($24,320.28): Tika22

5th ($13,800): TheAsgard

6th ($10,350): Slowhand_AA

7th: ($7,950): tharina

8th ($5,250): napier8w

9th ($4,050): HKLAW1

10th ($2,850): DalconOpeaN

** --- four-way deal for remaining prize money

Ultimate Bet $200,000 Guaranteed

Ultimate Bet had 934 players on hand for their weekly $200,000 event, with the top 100 cashing and first worth $45,000. 'Loeppenthin' led the way to the final table with $570,000 in chips, over $200,000 ahead of the closest challengers. 'al_333' exited in tenth when his 55 couldn't overtake 'POPMONSTER's 88, with the board arriving A6J73, and ninth went to 'eisenhower1,' whose A10 went nowhere against 'Wachovia's QQ with a board of 7JK28.

'imawwinbaby' was knocked out in eighth when A4 proved no match for 've6ticata's 77, the board of 5JJQ5 changing nothing. Soon after, Loeppenthin's AQ crushed 'Stamdogg3's A8 when the board arrived QQ439, to trim the field to six. One hand later it was down to five, when POPMONSTER's AQ rivered a queen --- the complete board reading 85JJQ, to best 'srated23's 77.

Wachovia eliminated Ve6ticata on a hand where the chips went in with Wachovia holding AJ to Ve6ticata's A10, and an all-small 43222 board appeared. 'J0hnyRingo' hit the rail next, out in fourth when his push with J10 ran into POPMONSTER's AJ, with the board completing 5KJ34. After losing most of his chips on a big bluff that ran square into Wachovia's pocket kings, the aggressive POPMONSTER doubled through Loeppenthin twice to come back from the brink.

Loeppenthin, though, made his own charge back from the brink to make it a three-way race, but exited in an unlucky way, ahead with QQ against Wachovia's A7 until the river on a hand where the board unfolded 2102KA. Wachovia and POPMONSTER see-sawed wildly, with POPMONSTER doubling through on a huge hand where Wachovia made a misclicked call with a worthless 8-3. On the final hand, Wachovia and POPMONSTER got the chips in after a 2K9 flop; Wachovia held 33, but was way behind POPMONSTER's AA. The turn and river came Q and 6, and POPMONSTER's wild win was complete.

Final standings:

1st ($45,000): POPMONSTER

2nd ($26,500): Wachovia

3rd ($18,000): Loeppenthin

4th ($13,100): J0hnyRingo

5th ($10,500): ve6ticata

6th ($8,500): srated23

7th ($6,500): Stamdogg3

8th ($4,500): imawwinbaby

9th ($3,400): eisenhower1

10th: ($2,000): al_333

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