The Weekend action

Who were the big winners this weekend?

By Philip Tuck

The tournaments.

These are the top three finishers from the sunday majors:

Bodog $100k Guaranteed

rufrider - $25,000
69BossMustang - $14,300
Jack Splat - $9,200

Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed

xPEOPLES CHAMPx - $132,788
Rdgfish - $80,250
futbolin - $52,500

Party Poker $300k Guaranteed

vovanitsch - $62,280
ottobronx - $34,254
GiGa_ - $21,487

PokerStars $1 Million Guaranteed

graslevy - $204,562
JTD DOG - $103,007
Mescalin8 - $72,540

Ultimate Bet $200k Guranteed

taknapotin - $45,000
the real heat - $27,000
pelican444 - $18,500

 

The cash games.

The action was relatively slow this weekend, probably due to the EPT Monte Carlo, although there was still some great high stakes play going on. The big winner was Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond, who has won over $600,000 playing predominantly $300/$600 heads up hold'em. The big losers in these games were "present" and Alahi "Ziigmund" Sahamies, both of whom lost over $200,000.

Over in the big PLO game, David Benyamine has been taking a beating, and over the course of two marathon weekend sessions has lost close to $400,000. The two big winners (and mainly at the expense of Benyamine) were Markus Golser ( $250,000) and "Pekay" ( $350,000).

Hopefully once the EPT is over a few more of the big name players will be back. These games certainly missed the catalyst of Gus Hansen over the weekend - the sooner he returns the better.

 

 

15/04/08