Big Money Sunday – February 1st

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It was an interesting night on the tables as Big Money Sunday turned into Super Sunday on the day American Football crowned it’s champion. As expected, the fields were smaller as a large chunk of players took the night off to watch the game with friends and adult beverages.

The big game of the evening was the Super Sunday $500k and pulled a nice crowd away from the TV. Chris “herdrolf86″ Tipper followed up his $100k Double Deuce final table last week with by winning the Super Sunday $500k. Mark “dipthrong” Herm went deep in the 2009 Borgata Winter Poker Open Main event and followed up by finishing second in this week’s Sunday Brawl. We had a bit of an overlay in the Sunday Mulligan and some interesting play across all the major events.

Details and numbers after the jump.

Even with the Super Bowl kicking off in the middle of the major events, there was still a great turnout with all the added distractions. The 4 tournaments drew over 14,000 players and exceeded $1,300,000 in prize money.

- I had an added interest in watching the action during the Sunday Brawl as the players began to dwindle. Mark “dipthrong” Herm continued to add to his stack as the tables broke and chance for a good story began to unfold. I had an opportunity during the 2009 Borgata Winter Poker Open to spend some time speaking with “dipthrong” about his game. Interesting young player who finished deep in their Main Event and has completed the unheard of feat of winning two major Sunday tournaments on the same day. After a long battle he finished in the second spot this evening. Also at the final table was Richard “thekellster89″ Kellet ($750K Final table in July) and Michael “benvo123″ Benvenuti (final table of FTOPS IX Event #4). “MrRenniW” was making his second Sunday Brawl final table in two weeks, finishing second on January 18th.

- Chris “herdgolf86″ Tipper also spent some time last week running around the Borgata Tournament room on the final weekend. Last Sunday he made a great run to final table the 10,000 player $100K Double Deuce and followed up with a win in this week’s Super Sunday $500k. Tipper has a previous final table appearance in the $750k during the summer of 2008. “Antonio78″ finished second in FTOPS IX Event #9 for $68,000. Brian Stevens made last night’s final table almost one year to the day of taking down the Sunday Mulligan in February 2008.

- Sunday Mulligan winner “fishhookn1″ made his biggest score on FTP since opening an account although he does have some big cashes in other major events. “mdv85″ was the final table bubble during the $1,000 buyin FTOPS IX Event #9. “Fishbones11″ has a previous Sunday Mulligan final table as well as several other deep finishes. Jason “JaspudUF” Lee had a 5th place finish in FTOPS VII Event #1 banking $42,000. The anonymous “Tomgus456″ came to this final table with a Sunday Brawl win under his belt just back in late November.

The Sunday Brawl
Entrants: 2,063
Prizepool: $412,600
First Place: $84,149

thekellster89 – 1,736,835
dipthrong – 1,380,000
asgeirt80 – 1,216,316
TinSmith80 – 536,483
benvo123 – 430,458
Skully18 – 304,282
MrRenniW – 268,304
Chancew – 250,291
zug33 – 66,031

1st – asgeirt80 – $84,149
2nd – dipthrong – $54,463
3rd – thekellster89 – $40,434
4th – TinSmith76 – $30,532
5th – benvo123 – $21,455
6th – MrRenniW – $14,028
7th – Skully18 – $9,489
8th – Chancew – $6,601
9th – zug33 – $4,951

The $100K Double Deuce
Entrants: 8,232
Prizepool: $164,640
First Place: $26,325

rxt215 – 6,003,916
seiwal – 5,590,018
Naturale1602 – 4,478,588
feasantman22 – 4,267,540
FishNutsJKo – 2,751,096
Barakuda878 – 1,302,798
Malmac1 – 1,134,994
TeamsPatch – 574,838
ToM RoX 420 – 403,252

1st – Barakuda878 – $26,325
2nd – seiwal – $16,464
3rd – feasantman22 – $9,878
4th – FishNutsKJo – $7,408
5th – Naturale1602 – $5,762
6th – TeamPatch – $4,445
7th – rxt215 – $3,292
8th – Malmac1 – $2,469
9th – ToM RoX 420 – $1,811

Super Sunday $500K
Entrants: 2,805
Prizepool: $561,000
First Place: $102,663

PrishChips31 – 1,487,642
Antonio18 – 1,434,298
Yeshaya – 1,248,218
xx BabyGrand xx – 1,153,714
herdgolf86 – 1,033,558
fooker323 – 883,486
mi30ke – 566,578
Brian Stevens – 398,896
bigbubbava – 208,610

1st – herdgolf86 – $102,663
2nd – Antonio18 – $62,832
3rd – xx Baby Grand xx – $40,953
4th – PrishChips31 – $32,538
5th – fooker323 – $24,684
6th – Yeshaya – $17,783
7th – bigbubbava – $13,127
8th – Brian Stevens – $10,322
9th – mi30ke – $7,854

The Sunday Mulligan
Entrants: 954
Prizepool: $200,000 ($9,200 overlay)
First Place: $45,000

mdv85 – 670,474
fishhookn1 – 537,802
DaPokerGun – 418,452
SpanishKey – 400,288
Fishbones11 – 276,154
JaspudUF – 206,190
Tomgus456 – 146,124
pcayoobh – 130,251
TEX582 – 76,265

1st – fishhookn1 – $45,000
2nd – mdv85 – $29,000
3rd – DaPokerGun – $21,500
4th – Fishbones11 – $16,500
5th – SpanishKey – $12,500
6th – JaspudUF – $9,000
7th – pcayoobh – $6,000
8th – TEX582 – $4,500
9th – Tomgus456 – $3,200

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