For the second consecutive Sunday, the major online tournaments at PokerStars and Full Tilt fell just short of their announced guarantees, thereby offering a bit of extra money for the players that did make it to the fun. Despite the small overlays, massive fields vied it out for the events' six-figure first-place prizes. Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher and FadinAway emerged as the victors to cap an exciting day of tournament poker. PokerStars Sunday Million The PokerStars Sunday Million drew a field of 7,245 participants,
not quite enough to reach its $1.5 million guarantee. Among the best finishes were Tracey "XTraCey" Nguyen in 26th place ($3,000), Mark "RandALLin" Flowers in 29th place ($2,700), and Brian "SNo0oWMAN" Hawkins in 78th place ($2,100). The chip counts at the start of the final table were as follows: forza-guti - 20,452,649 insanocut - 11,732,370 Soren "Kongsgaard" Kongsgaard - 10,482,856 cdbr3799 - 7,555,840 tnapoleao - 5,747,738 aty79 - 5,746,206 Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher - 4,027,610 Smith "sjco22" Collins - 3,823,426 Tyler9897 - 2,881,305 Smith "sjco22" Collins was the first to hit the rail. With blinds of 250,000/500,000 and a 50,000 ante. Collins' last 2,743,426 chips went all in preflop with against Allanon85's . The board brought no help to Smith, as he earned $10,500 for the ninth-place effort. Tyler9897 was the next to go after moving all in from the button for 2,721,305 with . Soren Kongsgaard woke up with in the big blind. The flop brought a third queen for Kongsgaard, eliminating Tyler9897 in eighth for $17,250. Seventh place was determined on one of those hands that one just cannot do anything about. Under the gun, tnapoleao opened to 1,111,111 and saw insanocut move all in for 11,544,594. Then from the big blind, aty79 called all in for 6,986,206. With action back to tnapoleao, his remaining 3,656,627 went in with , but was still in dire straits against aty79's . To make matters worse, tnapoleao was drawing to one less out, seeing insanocut's in play as well. The board came out , shipping a pot of over 20,000,000 to aty79. Tnapoleao took home $26,250 for his run. Insanocut was the next to be felted. With blinds and antes now at 300,000/600,000/60,000, insanocut moved all in from the button for 4,178,388 and from the small blind, Soren Kongsgaard shoved all in over the top to isolate the action. Kongsgaard's dominated insanocut's . The board rolled out , sending insanocut home in sixth place for $39,000. forza-guti entered the final as the leader but was unable to build upon it and finished the tournament in fifth. Down to 3,465,725, forza-guti moved all in under the gun with and was called by Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher's . The flop gave forza-guti the lead and the turn card kept it that way, but Drescher was quite happy to see the hit the river and give him the pot. Forza-guti collected $54,000 for fifth. Four-handed play saw Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher's double up through cdbr3799's when a jack fell on the turn and set the stage for the remainder of the tournament. Prior to the next elimination, the chip counts were these: Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher - 36,901,592 aty79 - 14,850,365 Soren "Kongsgaard" Kongsgaard - 10,702,945 cdbr3799 - 9,995,098 Soren Kongsgaard finished in fourth place for $69,000, after the blinds and antes reached the 400,000/800,000/80,000 level. From the cutoff, Kongsgaard pushed all in for 10,622,945 and saw chip leader Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher reshove. The blinds folded and the hands were revealed -- for Kongsgaard and for Drescher. A third jack fell on the flop, eliminating Kongsgaard. A deal was worked out with the three players remaining guaranteeing each these numbers: Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher - $147,450 aty79 - $109,000 cdbr3799 - $107,000 The standard $30,000 was remained for the winner to claim. The action was fast following the arranged deal and quickly left cdbr3799 on the rail in third. From the small blind, cdbr3799 moved all in for 7,595,089 with and Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher called from the big blind with . The board rolled out , sending cdbr3799 home with $107,000. Heads-up play saw Drescher begin with nearly a 5-to-1 chip lead. Though aty79 managed to double up once, it was not enough. The blinds and antes had moved to 500,000/1,000,000/100,000 when Aty79 made it 3,000,000 from the button and Drescher called from the big blind, bringing a flop of . Drescher check-called a bet of 3,000,000 leading to the turn card. This time Drescher check-raised Aty79's bet of 9,000,000, moving all in. Aty79 called all in for his tournament life and showed but was out-kicked by Drescher's . The river came the and aty79 finished as the runner-up for $109,000. The winner of the PokerStars Sunday Million was Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher. He navigated his way up the leader board, with a combination of solid play and a little luck, to a $177,450 payday. The final results: *1. Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher - $177,450 *2. aty79 - $109,000 *3. cdbr3799 - $107,000 4. Soren "Kongsgaard" Kongsgaard - $69,000 5. forza-guti - $59,000 6. insanocut - $39,000 7. tnapoleao - $26,250 8. Tyler9897 - $17,250 9. Smith "sjco22" Collins - $10,500 * three-way deal for remaining prize money, $30,000 to eventual winner
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