“puntnko” Books A Big Win In Stars Millions

August 12, 2008 by ozpoker
Filed under Pokerstars Sunday Million

Just one week after “ Andy McLeod ”’s well earned 4th place in the PokerStars Sunday Millions , Sydney online poker MTT player, “puntnko” has taken 2nd in the same event for a $US151,283.00 payday.

The newly revamped Sunday Millions generated a massive field and shattered the $1.5 Million guarantee. This week 8,236 players built a prize pool of $1,647,200.00, with the top 1260 players taking home a piece of the pie.

After nine hours of play, the final nine competitors gathered ‘round the final table, all vying for the title and the $199,475.92 first prize with Australian online poker player “puntnko” sitting 4th with chips.

“puntko” knocked the first player off the final table when the short-stacked lissem, who had played the waiting game by sitting back and posting and folding while awaiting a premium hand; finally looked down at A♥K♠. After a preflop raise from “puntnko”, “lissem” called all-in to find a classic race waiting A♥K♠ v. Q♠Q♥. This time, the coin landed tails for lissem as the board ran out 4♦8♠4♥7♠2♣, pushing the pot to “puntnko”.

“puntko” avoided any bnig pots until, after a preflop raise from “puntnko” and a call by “ohhaaahhh”, the flop came down 9♦8♠K♠. “Ohhaaahhh” moved all in with K♥J♣ for top pair, only to find himself drawing thin against “puntnko”’s K♣Q♣. The 2♠ on the turn helped neither player, and “ohhaaahhh” was left looking for only a Jack on the river. The 7♦ was no help and then there were only 3 left.

“ziggy47″ showed the A♣A♦ against “j.thaddeus”’s 9♥9♠ and they held up send the game to heads-up. The chip stacks were pretty close when heads-up play commenced, with “ziggy47″ holding a slight edge over “puntnko”.

ziggy47 – 43,409,883
puntnko – 38,950,117

With blinds at 400,000/800,000 with an ante of 80,000, the two remaining players agreed to a chip count chop that was almost exactly even. Ziggy47 locked up $152,438 to puntnko’s $151,283, with $30,000 left for the winner. With a deal in place, the remaining competitors squared off for the title and the $30,000 left in the middle.

The final hand came down like this :
“ziggy47″ raised from the button like on many hands before, and this time puntnko re-raised with A♦9♥. “ziggy47″ moved all in over the top, and “puntnko” called, only to watch “ziggy47″ table the dominant A♣J♠. Nothing unexpected happened, and like so many of the final table hands, a strong hand ran into a stronger one, and after the board ran out 8♣A♥2♦7♣5♥, the tournament was over and “ziggy47″ was the winner, pocketing a total of $182,438 for a long night’s work, with Aussie online MTT star, “puntnko” taking home 2nd and a nice $US151,283 collect

Sunday Millions Final Results