$100,000 GTD PKR Masters
Date: Saturday 20 February 2010
Buy-in: $250
Runners: 428
Prize pool: $107,00
Duration: 09h 28m
Saturday's showcase resulted in a tough final ten. Cash game grinder giveyourcash joined by Daily $17K champ DevineAngel, Primetime nearly man kidpoker14, hot-running Italian ilcurioso and Open winner stuart200168. Norwegian legend ovnis rounded out the field, making his fourth Masters final table appearance after a win in 2008, followed by sixth and second place finishes behind PatIvey last October.
All eyes were on the Norwegian, attempting to win his second Masters, but he couldn't find the cards at crucial moments and departed in eighth place behind Djutz and barbamama. Stuart200168 claimed seventh place and $3,210. ilcurioso capped off a fine start to the year with sixth place worth $4,280.
Cash game shark giveyourcash's fate was sealed after his huge bluff (watch the hand below!) was hero-called by Holland's langechuckyy, who went from strength to strength after the coup. Giveyourcash picked up $5,350 for fifth. Check out his discussion of the hand in this thread.
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Turning point of the final table - giveyourcash vs langechuckyy
Germany's crash154 earned $7,490 for fourth place. Kidpoker14 walked away $9,630 heavier after his third place finish, a personal best at the Dutchman's 37th PKR final table, leaving the U.K's DevineAngel and Dutchman langechuckyy to fight out the title. Despite DevineAngel's wealth of experience, he was unable to add a 34th win to his record, accepting $16,050 for his defeat heads-up.
The winner, playing only his 42nd PKR tournament, bagged $26,750 for the win, some way clear of his previous best $1,110 final table in the Primetime #5 eight days before. Congradulations langechuckyy.
$30,000 GTD Prime Time #7
Date: Sunday 21 February 2010
Buy-in: $200
Runners: 150
Prize pool: $30,000
Duration: 07h 24m
The Sunday night major always attracts the upper echelon of PKR's tournament scene, with no change this week. Filling the final ten were such names as December Masters finalist macrobody, two-time Primetime finalist smudge777, Big shot runner up frozone and Oktoberfest Bounty champ KingMacca3.
After seven hours, it was Sweden's Flynk who improved on near misses in the Open and Open Bounty in the preceding weeks to claim the title and $8,100, with cash gamer gier1 and KingMacca3 filling the remaining podium positions. In fourth came frozone (for $2,400), with Luxembourg's ladyray in fifth.
Other weekend winners...
Geordie herse outlasted 862 others to win the Sunday Open and $4,531, while Brit Parsonage added a Primetime #5 title and $6,750 to his record on Friday night. The weekend's PKR Opens went to greg601 and WINNIE333, with bardey and chrissyf claiming the Grand Prix. Special mention should go to High Roller champ megazord who bagged second place on both occasions, continuing his impressive run of form.
Last but not least, the Aussie Classic title headed to Holland courtesy of esther80, while the coveted Omaha Showdown title went to Sweden's PrettyBullet.