Big Money Sunday – July 26th | Poker From The Rail

Big Money Sunday – July 26th

Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail

It certainly hasn’t been an easy week since I returned from the World Series of Poker but it’s mostly technical in nature. Foremost being my laptop taking a literal dump all over the place. That gave me an opportunity to unwind from the craziness which was very much needed. But Big Money Sunday rolls around again and we’re back in business. It’s been awhile since I’ve covered the full slate of Full Tilt’s Sunday night majors and I’m glad that nothing has really changed. The four tournaments I followed pulled in just south of 20,000 players and $1,900,000 in prize money.

I was not surprised to see the numbers are still huge especially in the $200k Double Deuce. You wouldn’t have been alone if you though that the draw would eventually lessen for the smaller buyin tournament but it’s holding with huge numbers. The Sunday majors went well beyond their guarantees with large fields stars all around. After spending two months in Las Vegas, I did manage to forget some of the insanity on the virtual rails as the tournaments narrowed to just a few tables. I’m not sure I would survive with the chat option turned on if I made it that far. Naturally I don’t have to worry about that with my skills.

I may have to start tracking some of the best comments but I’m pretty sure I’m not seeing any of the brilliant minds in poker. That doesn’t stop them from voicing opinions on just about every play or speculating wildly on every hole card. I think next week I’ll bring some of the best from the rail.

During the Sunday night majors, I’m always looking out for the top players and red letter pros. I’m not sure how the last few months of the Double Deuce have gone but we almost had a big name at this final table. Garrett “GBecks” Beckman, former FTOPS winner, was near the top of the leaderboard through the later parts of the tournament. He unfortunately ran his AA smack dab into a four-deuce.

Red Letter pro and Cardrunner instructor Mike McDonald (picture above) was our big name runner this weekend. He fought his way through the 1,300 plus entrants in the Sunday Brawl to make the final table where he ended up 5th. Starting next week we’ll bring you another twist as I tackle the $750k Satellite Challenge with fellow bloggers.

Final table and payout numbers after the jump:

The Sunday Brawl
Entrants: 2,600
Prizepool: $520,000
First place: $105,560

lakenut42 – 1,849,423
qasem2000 – 1,112,509
Vincent1204 – 1,079,814
bullrotx313 – 875,924
artbrancusi – 648,964
JohnnyM77 – 647,840
s33dsnb33r – 567,282
Edelweys – 423,072
uregood – 378,596
21boo21 – 216,576

1st – 21boo21 – $105,560
2nd – Vincent1024 – $68,120
3rd – bullrotx313 – $50,440
4th – lakenut42 – $37,960
5th – artbrancusi – $26,520
6th – s33dsnb33r – $17,680
7th – qasem2000 – $11,960
8th – JohnnyM77 – $8,320
9th – Edelweys – $6,240

The $200k Double Deuce
Entrants: 11,152
Prizepool: $223,040
First place: $34,571

JoZ66 – 7,647,622
Kuroske – 5,457,066
Pablokrioya – 5,137,800
Roy McAvoy 83 – 5,080,600
rakayy – 3,803,625
Lesseps – 3,140,908
turbo_high – 2,615,725
airrude122 – 1,909,393
mrayers2u – 1,116,701

1st – Roy McAvoy 83 – $34,571
2nd – JoZ66 – $23,419
3rd – Pablokrioya – $16,504
4th – rakayy – $11,865
5th – Kuroske – $8,698
6th – Lesseps – $6,245
7th – mrayers2u – $4,460
8th – airrude122 – $3,189
9th – turbo_high – $2,254

The $750k Guarantee
Entrants: 4,401
Prizepool: $880,200
First Place: $155,434

KtownCicero – 2,894,057
crazyz987 – 2,146,534
jba1986 – 2,017,000
wvumaniac2 – 1,734,617
HITTHEPANDA – 1,734,209
kishotti – 1,025,034
00s – 774,672
feltingfools – 749,148
chkrazethedevil – 127,729

1st – Ktowncicero – $155,434
2nd – HITTHEPANDA – $94,093
3rd – crazyz987 – $61,614
4th – feltingfools – $48,411
5th – wvumaniac2 – $36,352
6th – jba1986 – $26,934
7th – kishotti – $20,244
8th – 00s – $15,843
9th – chkrazethedevil – $11,794

The Sunday Mulligan
Entrants: 1,348
Prizepool: $269,600
First place: $59,312

TheGuerreiro – 677,079
Liinda14 – 458,949
czGLoRy – 475,443
the alternate – 470,811
Mike McDonald – 438,025
mathew66 – 398,543
robert07 – 342,148
MrQuist – 310,012
Anguz – 272,990

1st – Liinda14 – $59,312
2nd – robert07 – $37,744
3rd – czGLoRy – $27,634
4th – TheGuerreiro – $21,905
5th – Mike McDonald – $16,850
6th – the alternate – $12,132
7th – Anguz – $7,818
8th – matthew66 – $5,661
9th – MrQuist – $4,151