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Soren Eriksen has had a nice run the past two years at the New Zealand Poker Championship. Eriksen won the main event for the second straight year on his way to the $60,000 first place prize.

Soren Eriksen has had a nice run the past two years at the New Zealand Poker Championship. Eriksen won the main event for the second straight year on his way to the $60,000 first place prize.

Full Tilt Poker is one of the largest online poker sites in the world, but according to a report in the Financial Times, the poker site is now under federal investigation in the US.

The World Series of Poker is the most recognizable name in the poker industry, but the WSOP is now in a legal battle after Everest Poker sued the Harrah’s Entertainment subsidiary.

The luck of the Irish held over a few days for TheConcept79 as he battled back to take down $147,310.32 with no deals in the post-St. Patrick’s Day edition of the Sunday Warm-Up. The field of 4,695 players built up a whopping $939,000 prize pool, with the top 675 players picking up cash. After nearly ten hours of wall-to-wall poker, the final nine players settled in to finish off their quest for the big cash.

The first few confrontations of the final table went the way of the underdog, as the shorter stacks doubled through the first few all-ins. But eventually juanan’s luck ran out and he became the first casualty of the final table. Action folded around to the deep-stacked Civell in the small blind, and he put out a healthy raise with [Qs]-[2s]. Juanan moved all in over the top in defense of his big blind, and Civell called. Juanan tabled [Jc]-[8s], already behind, and fell further in the rearview as the flop came down [6c]-[4h]-[Qd]. Juanan picked up a pair on the [Jh] turn, but needed to catch another jack or an eight on the river to stay alive. Neither materialized, and when the river peeled off the [Tc], juanan was done in 9th place ($7,512).

LukeFromB13 got all his money in good in his final hand, but the outcome clearly showed why it’s called a favorite preflop, but not a winner until all the cards come down. Trontrontron raised from late position with [Ah]-[Qc], and Luke quickly shoved all in over the top with [Ac]-[Ks]. Tron called and was a serious underdog, but the queen-high flop turned that all around in an instant. The final board read [8d]-[Qh]-[5s]-[5h]-[9d], and Luke was the 8th-place finisher ($11,737.50).

Rounder13 watched his stack dwindle until his only option was the open-shove, and when he woke up with [Ac]-[9c] in middle position, that looked like a good hand to do it with. He got action from TheConcept79, who woke up on the button with [Jc]-[Jd], and rounder was in trouble. The [Kh]-[Ts]-[3s] flop was no help, and the [4d] on the turn left rounder drawing thin to stay alive. The [8d] on the river meant the best hand preflop would hold up, and rounder13 headed home in 7th place ($21,127.50).

The rich kept getting richer as the night wore on, and when big stack TheConcept79 moved all in from the button, shorty yomahu felt compelled to call with [Ah]-[7d]. Yomahu was actually ahead preflop, as TheConcept79 showed [Kd]-[Qc], but all that changed on the [Ks]-[4c]-[9c] flop. The [9s] on the turn gave TheConcept two pair, and the aceless [6d] on the river meant that another short stack was gone, as yomahu busted in 6th place for $30,517.50.

TheConcept79’s timely aggression and run of good cards continued as he took out his third opponent in a row. This time the victim was once again the shortest remaining stack, vtr82w. Vtr82w raised preflop from the cutoff, and TheConcept79 made a huge re-raise from the small blind, moving all in in a massive bet. TheConcept’s trap worked, as vtr82w made the call with [Qd]-[Ts], only to find himself facing TheConcept’s [Ks]-[Kc]. The cowboys ran roughshod over vtr82w as they picked up a set on the [7s]-[Kd]-[3h] flop. Vtr82w needed runner-runner to stay alive, so when the [4s] landed on the turn, he was drawing dead. The river was a meaningless [7c], and vtr82w collected $39,907.50 for 5th place.

A few orbits later, and once again it was TheConcept79 claiming yet another casualty. Action folded around to TheConcept, who raised from the small blind. Civell defended his big blind by moving all in over the top with [Jh]-[Td], and TheConcept quickly called with, once again, pocket kings. His [Kc]-[Kd] was firmly in the lead going into the flop, and the [2h]-[6c]-[9c] flop did nothing to change that. The turn was a useless [2h], and Civell was drawing dead. The [4s] came on the river, and Civell headed to the rail with a $53,053.50 payday for 4th place.

Three-way action took just a few hands before the steamroller that was TheConcept79 rolled over trontrontron in 3rd place ($77,467.50). Tron opened with an all-in shove from the button holding [Kc]-[8c], and TheConcept made the call from the big blind with [Qd]-[Jd]. Tron was looking good on the [2h]-[7h]-[8d] flop, but the worm turned on the [Qc] turn, as TheConcept made top pair. The [6c] on the river was no help, and trontrontron was done done done in 3rd place.

After taking a massive chip lead into heads up play, one might think that TheConcept79 would make short work of his last remaining opponent weriol. One would be wrong. After doubling through TheConcept on the very first hand of heads up play, weriol pulled almost even in chips before slipping back down the ladder. After several more back-and-forth hands, weriol moved ahead for the first time. Once he grabbed onto the chip lead, weriol kept the pressure on, taking a 2.5:1 chip lead into the final break of the night.

That final break gave TheConcept time to gather his thoughts and get his game back on track, and just a few minutes after returning to the table, he had pulled almost even. Then in one massive pot, he took back his chip lead in dominating fashion. After trading raises back and forth preflop, all the chips ended up in the middle with weriol holding the chip lead and [Kd]-[7d] to TheConcept’s [Jh]-[Js]. TheConcept’s jacks held on a board of [2d]-[9c]-[4h]-[7h]-[3s] in a 42-million chip pot that left weriol on life support. But the wily weriol wasn’t finished yet, as he doubled back through TheConcept just a couple of hands later.

TheConcept kept the pressure on, and finally it all came down to one big hand. Weriol had been chipped down by the constant raises from TheConcept, and managed one last double up before all the chips went into the middle for the last time. With a nearly 5:1 chip lead, TheConcept open-shoved from the button with [Js]-[Ts]. Weriol called with [As]-[4s], and was ahead preflop. The flop came down [Kh]-[Th]-[9h], and weriol needed an Ace on the turn. The deck didn’t oblige, bringing the [Tc] instead. Once again, TheConcept had his opponent drawing dead on the turn, and this time it was for all the potatoes. The river was the [Kc], and weriol was the runner up with a $109,393.50 payday.

TheConcept tore apart the final table in one of the most dominating Sunday Warm-Ups in recent memory, but he had his hands full with weriol in the heads up match. When all was said and done, he earned every bit of the $147,310.32 he took down at the Sunday Warm-Up champion! Congratulation to TheConcept79, weriol for a fantastic runner up performance, and to all our PokerStars players who cashed in the Sunday Warm-Up this week!

NBC’s National Heads-Up Poker Championship is the poker equivalent to the NCAA college basketball tournament. Sixty-four players enter, and only one can be champion, which this year turned out to be Annie Duke.

Michael Olaf Schuett has been arrested in Naples, Florida, and is charged with laundering millions of dollars that was marked for online poker gambling winnings.

The dominoes have all began to fall in Canada regarding Internet gambling. Ontario officials became the latest to discuss the possibility of legalized Internet gambling on Tuesday.

1:32pm: Dang out, ElkY in
Di Dang has been eliminated by Jennifer Tilly over on Table 5. Meanwhile, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier just survived an all in against Chau Giang thanks to a well-timed heart flush.

We’re on our first break of the day now. We’ll get you updated chip counts on all remaining players at the start of the next level.

Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier

1:29pm: Hellmuth hangs on
As we near the end of Level 3 and the first break, a short-stacked Phil Hellmuth was just all in versus Hoyt Corkins. Hellmuth had opened for a raise from the button, Corkins shoved from the big blind, and Hellmuth instacalled, tabling [Ah][Kd] to Corkins’s humble [6d][4s].

“Against Hoyt, I’d like to end this early,” said Hellmuth, alluding to Corkins’s track record of good fortune against the Poker Brat. The flop appeared to do just that, coming [Kh][9h][3d]. But the [5s] brought an “ooh” from the crowd.

The river [6c] paired Corkins but meant Hellmuth had survived. Hellmuth moves up to 27,500 on that one.

1:19pm: Seiver steamrolling
Plenty of action going on over at table six. This time Sorel Mizzi opened the pot to 1,400 from the button. Team Pokerstars Pro Barry Greenstein reraised to 9,300 from the small blind. The big blind Scott Seiver thought for a moment before he announced a raise of 50,600. Mizzi folded and Greenstein committed the rest of his chips.

Seiver tabled [Qs][Qd], Greenstein held [As][Kd] and we’re off to the races.

The board ran out [3s][10h][Js][4d][6c] and Seiver is awarded the first $5,000 bounty.

Seiver would also knock out Antonio Esfandiari the very next hand when he flopped two pair against Esfandiari’s queen high. Seiver is now in command with just under 100,000 in chips.

1:12pm The Magician crippled
We picked up the action on the turn over at table six. With the board reading [Ac][7d][6h][Qs], Antonio Esfandiari and Scott Seiver got all of their chips in the middle after a few raises back and forth.

Esfandiari showed [As][Qc] for top two pair, but Seiver had him in bad shape with [7s][7c] for a set of sevens. The river was the [3c] and Esfandiari was left with just 1,800 in chips.

1:06pm: Raymer doubles
On Table 7, Greg Raymer just survived an all in after getting his stack in the middle with [7s][7c] on a flop of [7h][Kh][2d] against Adam Richardson’s [Ah][Js]. The turn was the [Jh], bringing a sweat, but the [3s] river meant Raymer had survived.

12:59pm: Tilly turning it on
Jennifer Tilly opened for a raise from middle position, and it folded to Joe Hachem who called from the big blind. The flop came [Js][Qh][6c]. Hachem checked, Tilly continued with a bet, and Hachem called. The turn was the [9h] and this time Hachem led out for 6,500. Tilly thought a moment, then called. The pot had grown to about 18,000.

Jennifer Tilly

12:49pm: Dang Doubles
Over at table five, we found Di Dang opening the action to 1,000 from the button. J.C. Tran made the call from the small blind as did Joe Hachem from the big blind.

The flop came [Qs][5d][4s]. Tran led out 1,500, Hachem folded. Dang thought for a while and announced a raise of 3,500. After a few moments of thought Tran reraised to 16,500 which was enough to put Dang all in. Dang made the call.

Tran: [Js][9s] for a flush draw
Dang: [Qh][5h] top two pair

“You run so good against me online, I don’t think you can fade this. You owe me one” said Tran.

The turn was the [Ah], and the river was the [2d]. Dang’s hand held and he avoided elimination. He is now up to 33,000 while Tran slips to 18,000.

12:43pm: Mens sana in corpore sano for Hellmuth
“I have 14k… I should be frustrated. But I’m feeling great!”

So says Phil Hellmuth. Despite the tough start, Hellmuth says he’s feeling good. He’s mentioned his workout regimen a couple of times. And is demonstrating that he’s eating healthy, too, having ordered a salad.

We’ll see if he can make that chip stack start looking healthier here soon enough.

12:40pm: Table 7 counts
And here’s what we’re seeing over the shoulders of the camera crew on the feature table:

John Duthie - 33,000
Hoyt Corkins - 31,000
Adam Richardson - 30,000
Hevad Khan - 26,000
Steven Paul - 24,000
Greg Raymer - 17,000
Phil Hellmuth - 14,000

12:33pm: Table 5 counts
Looks as though Jennifer Tilly has taken the lead from Hachem. Again, these are approximate:

Jennifer Tilly - 41,000
Joe Hachem - 33,000
J.C. Tran - 27,000
Annie Duke - 23,000
Faraz Jaka - 22,000
Di Dang - 17,000
Vanessa Rousso - 12,000

12:24pm: Table 6 counts
We’ll have exact chip counts at the first break (after Level 3), but here’s an idea of what Table 6 looks like midway through Level 2:

Sorel Mizzi - 36,000
Antonio Esfandiari - 28,000
Bertrand Grospellier - 25,000
Scott Sevier - 26,000
Chau Giang - 24,000
Brian Rast - 22,000
Barry Greenstein - 12,000

12:16pm: Hachem leading the way
We picked up the action on the turn over at table five. With approximately 2,200 in the pot and the board reading [7h][7d][Qh] [9s], Team Pokerstars Pro Joe Hachem led out with a bet of 1,200. Fellow team pro Vanessa Rousso made the call. The river brought the [Qc] and both players checked.

Hachem tabled [Ad][7s] for a full house, Rousso mucked.

“I’m such an idiot for not betting the river” claimed Hachem. His neighbor J.C. Tran noted “What if you bet and she raises? Then you’re still an idiot”. “Well I guess I’m an idiot either way” joked Hachem as he raked in his pot.

He is currently the chipleader at his table with approximately 39,000.

Team PokerStars Pro Joe Hachem

12:05pm: Level 2 begins
Blinds 200-400 now, with a 50 ante. All 21 of our players still with chips.

12:02pm: Tilly active early on
Jennifer Tilly is continuing to be active on Table 5 as we near the end of Level 1. Just now she opened for 600 from early position, then Di Dang raised behind to 2,000. Faraz Jaka then repopped it to 5,000 from the button, prompting both players to fold.

Undeterred, Tilly raised again the next hand — to 550 from UTG. Vanessa Rousso called, and it folded around to J.C. Tran who reraised to 2,050 from the button. The blinds got out, then Tilly pushed it to 6,550 total. Rousso folded, and Tran quickly relinquished his hand as well.

11:57am: Chau gets some magic
Over at table 5, Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari opened the action to 525 from middle position. Folded around to Chau Giang in the big blind, who then reraised to a meager 925. Esfandiari must have sensed some weakness, he four bet to a total 3,025. Giang made the call.

The flop fell [Qc][4d][Qd]. Giang check called a bet of 3,600. The action slowed down when the [3d] fell on the turn, both players would check. The river was the [9c] and again both players checked.

Giang tabled [Js][Jh] and The Magician mucked his hand. With that pot Giang is now just above 30,000 in chips.

11:51am: Hand in the cookie jar
Back to Table 7. With the board reading [2h][9c][3h][2c][5h], Hoyt Corkins bet and Greg Raymer responded with a quick raise to 5,000. Corkins looked over at his opponent from underneath the brim of his characteristic cowboy hat and made the call.

“Ten high,” said the captured Fossilman. Corkins showed a pair of eights to claim the pot.

11:42am: Two pair for Paul
Action from Table 7. With the board showing [Qc][4c][Jd][2h], Steven Paul bet, John Duthie raised to 3,025, and Paul called. The then river brought the [3s]. Paul checked, Duthie bet 3,100, and Paul made the call.

Paul showed [Qs][Jd] for top two and Duthie mucked. Paul chips up above 30,000, while Duthie slips to 18,500.

11:39am: Better than average Joe
Over at Table 5, three players saw a flop come [7h][4s][7c]. Preflop raiser Vanessa Rousso continued with a bet, Joe Hachem called, and Jen Tilly folded. The turn was the [9c], and both Rousso and Hachem checked.

The river brought the [Ah]. Rousso checked, and Hachem bet 3,750. Rousso thought a moment, then made the call. Hachem showed [Kc][7d], prompting a “Wow” from Rousso. “Ace cost you?” asked Hachem. Rousso nodded in confirmation.

Hachem is up to 30,000 now, while Rousso slips down below 20,000.

11:32am: Mizzi takes early chip lead
Kicking off the action over at Table 6, we found Sorel Mizzi opening to a raise of 550 from early position. Team Pokerstars Pro Barry Greenstein reraised to a total of 1,700. Action folded back around to Mizzi, “Every time eh Barry?, ok I’ll look you up” call.

The flop fell [Kc][3h][7d]. Mizzi checked, Greenstein bet 2,000, call. The turn brought the [7h] and both players checked. The river was the [4d], this time Mizzi led out 4,050 and Greenstein quickly called.

Mizzi tabled [Kh][Qh] for two pair, Greenstein mucked. Sorel takes the early chiplead for his table and is up to 33,000.

11:28am: Setting in
Small steps here in the early going. Over on Table 5, Jen Tilly opened for a raise to 600 from UTG and got one caller in Di Dang. The flop came [3c][6d][6h], Tilly continued with a bet of 1,000, and Dang folded. Incidentally, our three women in the Shootout all just happened to draw seats next to one another, with Tilly sitting between Annie Duke and Vanessa Rousso.

On Table 7 (the “feature table” of our three), the table folded around to Phil Hellmuth who opened for 600 from the button. Then Adam Richardson reraised to 1,700 from the small blind, prompting both Hoyt Corkins (BB) and Hellmuth to fold.

Everyone is still more or less near the starting stacks of 25,000.

11:23am: Shuffle up and deal
The first hands of the NAPT Venetian $25,000 Bounty Shootout are being dealt.

11:12am: Getting there
Players are starting to settle into their seats around the three tables that will be played here during the first flight of the day. Here is where they are being directed:

Table 5

1. J.C Tran
2. Joe Hachem
3. Annie Duke
4. Jennifer Tilly
5. Vanessa Rousso
6. Di Dang
7. Faraz Jaka

Table 6

1. Scott Seiver
2. Brian Rast
3. Chau Giang
4. Bertrand Grospellier
5. Antonio Esfandiari
6. Sorel Mizzi
7. Barry Greenstein

Table 7

1. Phil Hellmuth
2. Adam Richardson
3. Hoyt Corkins
4. Greg Raymer
5. John Duthie
6. Hevad Khan
7. Steven Paul (a.k.a. Steve Paul-Ambrose)

And here is the schedule of blinds/antes for today’s Round 1:

Starting stack: 25,000
Time of level: 40 minutes; breaks after every 3 levels
Level 1: 100-200 blinds, 25 ante
Level 2: 200-400, 50
Level 3: 300-600, 75
Level 4: 400-800, 100
Level 5: 600-1,200, 100
Level 6: 800-1,600, 200
Level 7: 1,000-2,000, 200
Level 8: 1,200-2,400, 300
Level 9: 1,500-3,000, 300
Level 10: 2,000-4,000, 400
Level 11: 2,500-5,000, 500
Level 12: “Tournament Director Discretion”

We’ll be letting you know of level changes and chip counts as we go here in the blog. Still a few minutes away. Stay tuned!

10:44am: High rolling in
Players are beginning to gather for interviews. The scheduled start is 11:00am, but with the television crews setting up it looks like we’ll probably be some time after that before we get under way.

Winners of round 1 will be receiving $75,000. (The original plan had been $50,000 for getting through the first table, but that was changed.) Also up for grabs today will be those $5,000 bounties for each knockout, with the player eliminating the most of his or her opponents earning an extra $100,000.

Back in a few with table draws for Flight 1 and the first hands of the day.

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, shown here playing in the NAPT Venetian Main Event, will be one of 49 high rollers eyeing the prize in the $25K Bounty Shootout

NAPT Venetian $25,000 Bounty Shootout reporting comes courtesy of bloggers Martin Harris and Marc Hodge and photographer Joe Giron.

This weekend was a huge one for PokerStars, with the NAPT Venetian going on, the EPT Copenhagen wrapping up, and more exploded guarantees in the Sunday major tourneys. But it was the phenomenal 40 Billionth Hand promotion that drove the action online this week. This week’s Sunday Warm-Up drew a tremendous field of 5,341 players, creating a prize pool of $1,068,200. The top 765 players took home a piece of that prize pool, with the lion’s share going to cumicon, who held a dominating chip lead when a four-way deal was struck. Thanks to his chip lead at that point, cumicon took home over $128,000, while eventually finishing in 3rd place. Our champion homanga, meanwhile, came from one of the shortest stacks when the final table kicked off to claim a final prize of $111,006.50.

It’s not often that the final table bubble corresponds to break time, but that’s exactly what happened this week. The players came back from break for just a couple of hands of bubble, then the final table was set. The chip stacks looked like this when the final table kicked off -

Seat 1: homanga - $3,374,111
Seat 2: intervnton - $3,729,128
Seat 3: ANIMAL5050 - $6,717,841
Seat 4: APerfectGent - $7,338,237
Seat 5: polpolpol - $1,871,264
Seat 6: alexuuus - $944,126
Seat 7: bigbear17 - $6,944,718
Seat 8: Skryll - $3,812,540
Seat 9: cumicon - $18,243,035

After the final table bubble burst, it took just one hand for the field to be reduced to eight. Intervntion opened for a raise from the button with [5s]-[5h], and polpolpol woke up with [Kh]-[Kc] in the small blind. Polpolpol made the call for the last of his stack, but watched his huge favorite turn into a huge dog when the flop came down [Jh]-[5d]-[8h]. The [4h] on the turn gave polpolpol a flush draw to stay alive, but the [Qs] on the river was no good, and intervntion sent polpolpol packing in 9th place ($8545.60).

Alexuuus quickly followed polpolpol to the rail, busting in 8th place just moments later. On the short stack and in late position, alexuuus shipped it all in when the action folded around to him in the cutoff with [Jc]-[8c]. Cumicon had a dominating chip lead and the big blind, so he made the call with [Kd]-[9s]. The flop was right in cumicon’s wheelhouse as it came down [Ks]-[3d]-[5d]. The [Jh] hit the turn to give alexuuus a little hope, but it wasn’t enough, as the [6s] came on the river. Alexuuus picked up $13,352.50 for his 8th-place finish.

Play continued 7-handed for a while until cumicon decided it was time to send another opponent to the rail. This time it was intervntion, busting in 7th place for $24,034.50. Intervntion raised preflop from early position, then snap-called when cumicon moved all in over the top from the big blind. Intervntion was in the lead when the cards were revealed, with [Jc]-[Js] to cumicon’s [Kd]-[Th]. The players traded places promptly on the flop, though, as it came down [3c]-[Ks]-[Qh]. The [7h] on the turn was no help to either player, and when the [Ac] came on the river, intervntion’s run was over.

Skryll was next to fall, finishing a respectable 6th place thanks to a coin flip gone the other way. ANIMAL5050 raised preflop with [8d]-[8s], and Skryll moved all in over the top with [Ac]-[9h]. ANIMAL5050 made the call, then made a set on the [9s]-[8c]-[3d] flop. Skryll needed to catch perfect running cards to stay alive, and when the [Jd] hit the turn, he was drawing dead. The river was an irrelevant [4d], and Skryll headed home with an extra $34,716.50 in his virtual pocket.

Another coin flip, another victim, could be the story of the night as cumicon claimed another victim, busting bigbear17 in 5th place ($45,398.50). The players traded raises back and forth preflop until all the money was in the middle, and bigbear17 tabled [Tc]-[Ts] to cumicon’s [Ac]-[Jd]. The flop pretty much ended all speculation when it came down [9d]-[Ks]-[Jh]. Bigber17 needed a queen or a ten on the turn or river to stay alive, but when the rest of the board ran out [5s]-[2d], the field was down to four. The last four players took a brief break to discuss a chop, and after some wrangling agreed to a deal that guaranteed big payouts to all four players.

Chip leader cumicon locked up $128,006.50, while second-place APerfectGent nabbed a guaranteed $109,006.50. Homanga rounded out the six-figure club at $101,006.50, while fourth-place ANIMAL5050 took down $92,006.50. This deal left $10,000 to play for, so the four survivors took a brief moment to congratulate each other, and then re-entered the fray.

As often happens once a deal is struck, the all-ins came fast and furious once the details had been hammered out. It was just a few hands into four-handed play when homanga raised enough from the small blind to put ANIMAL5050 all in with a call. ANIMAL did indeed call, and was slightly ahead with [Ac]-[4d] to homanga’s [Kc]-[Js]. The flop helped neither player as it came down [6s]-[8h]-[9c]. Homanga was behind ANIMAL’s ace-high even when the turn brought the [Qs], but the [Tc] on the river made the runner-runner straight, and ANIMAL5050 was done in 4th place ($92,006.50).

The player happiest about making a four-way deal had to be cumicon, because after a marathon three-way session, he ended up on the short end and still had the biggest payday of anyone. After losing a few tough hands to APerfectGent, cumicon’s demise came at the hands of homanga. With only fumes left in his tank, cumicon moved all in preflop with [Qh]-[9s], and homanga made the call with [Ah]-[8c], and promptly flopped trips on the [3h]-[Ad]-[As] board. With his opponent drawing dead, homanga added insult to injury when he rivered quads on a final board of [3h]-[Ad]-[As]-[6s]-[Ac]. It was pretty hard for cumicon to be upset, though, as he’d locked up $128K for a third-place finish!
Heads up play then ensued between APerfectGent and homanga, who were both mostly concerned with the TLB points at stake, even moreso than the $10,000! They battled back and forth for quite some time, before finally this hand happened.

APerfectGent opened with a button raise, and homanga made the call. The flop came down [9c]-[9s]-[Kh], and homanga led out. APerfectGent raised, and homanga once again flat-called. Homanga checked the [7d] turn, and APerfectGent led out. Homanga called once again, then checked again on the [8d] river. APerfectGent moved all in, and homanga called. APerfectGent showed [9h]-[4h] for trips, but was crushed to see homanga table [Js]-[9d] for trips with a better kicker. After all that heads up play, it all came down to a kicker as homanga picked up an extra $10,000 and the title of Sunday Warm-Up champion!

Congrats to homanga, APerfectGent, and all our final table players for a game well played. Join us next week for more busted guarantees and gigantic payouts!