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A total of 7,001 players entered the PokerStars Sunday Million creating a prize pool of just over $1.4 million. When the players began play at the final table the chips were fairly evenly distributed with five players having above 10 million but as play progressed it was Iron Henry who would begin to accumulate and come out on top – after he and his heads-up opponent, ShankingYou, would agree to an even chop. Here’s how the final table played out:
Seating assignments and chip counts when final table play began:
Seat 1: ShankingYou (11,450,247) Seat 2: fiddski (4,016,082) Seat 6: Iron Henry (10,155,389)
ROCKHOUND23 eliminated in 9th place
Blinds were 200,000/400,000 (40,000 antes) when etushekki called from middle position, hobbybob called from the small blind and ROCKHOUND23 checked his option. The flop came 9c 9s 4c and hobbybob checked, allowing ROCKHOUND23 to move all-in for 144,970. Both etushekki and hobbybob called. The turn was the Qh and hobbybob lead out for 400,000 and etushekki raised all-in for 2,084,894; hobbybob folded. etushekki showed Kc Qc while ROCKHOUND23 showed Ac Th. The river was the Kh giving etushekki top two pair eliminating ROCKHOUND23.
redhookesb eliminated in 8th place
The blinds were still 200,000/400,000 (40,000 antes) and hobbybob raised to 1,600,000 from the button, redhookesb re-raised to 4,400,000 from the small blind, hobbybob raised again, this time to 7,200,000 and redhookesb moved all-in for 14,373,348. When the cards were flipped over redhookesb showed Ks Ad and hobbybob showed Qd Qh. The board came 8c 7s 9h 4d 2h and hobbybob’s pair of queens was good enough to take down the 29,466,696 chip pot and send redhookesb out of the tournament.
fiddski eliminated in 7th place
During the early part of the next blind level, 250,000/500,000 (50,000 antes), fiddski moved all-in for 4,164,883 from the button and Iron Henry called from the big blind. fiddski showed Kc 8c while Iron Henry happily turned over Ac Ad. The board came 5s 3h 6c 5h 5c giving fiddski no help and sending him home from the Sunday Million.
Duffman08 eliminated in 6th place
Not long after fiddski was sent packing Duffman08 saw his tournament end as well. The blinds had not changed when Duffman08 moved all-in for 1651496 from the button only to have ShankingYou call from the small blind. Duffman08 turned over Ah Kd and ShankingYou showed Ks Qs. The flop came 5d Tc Ts giving ShankingYou a flush draw and when the turn brought the 2s it ended anychance Duffman08 had of winning the Sunday Million. The As on the river only added insult to injury as ShankingYou took down the pot with the now nut-flush.
jlost88 eliminated in 5th place
It took a while for another player to find the rail. Blinds had moved all the way up to 400,000/800,000 (80,000 antes) when it was folded around to the blinds and Iron Henry moved all-in for 18,379,705, jlost88 called from the big blind for his last 1,255,706. Iron Henry showed Js 3h while jlost88 tabled Ac 7h. The board ran out 2c 6s As 4s 5d giving Iron Henry a six-high straight and ending the night for jlost88.
etushekki eliminated in 4th place
With blinds now at a staggering 500,000/1,000,000 (100,000 antes) Iron Henry moved all-in from the button for 34,375,411 and etushekki called right behind him for 8,833,236 and showed 9c 9s while Iron Henry flipped over Qh Ks. The flop came 4d Jh Kc giving Iron Henry top pair. Neither the turn nor river produced one of two remaining nines and etushekki was sent packing from the Sunday Million.
hobbybob eliminated in 3rd place
After watching ShankingYou and Iron Henry duel over some big pots hobbybob decided his short-stack could take no more. Blinds were 600,000/1,200,000 (120,000 antes) when ShankingYou moved all-in for 23,081,097 from the small blind. hobbybob called and showed Jh Th while ShankingYou tabled Qs 8d. The board came 5h 5s 9d 8h 3s and despite picking up a straight and flush draw on the turn hobbybob was eliminated from play and heads-up play was set to begin.
Iron Henry wins the Sunday Million!
When heads-up play began Iron Henry found himself with just over 12 million more chips than ShankingYou. The notion of a chip chop was dismissed and the two played heads-up until ShankingYou had closed the gap to only a few thousand right before a break in play. At that point the two players agreed to an even chop of $133,421.20 each with $30,000 left to play for. It wouldn’t take long for the final hand to come.
Blinds were 700,000/1,400,000 (140,000 antes) when ShankingYou, outchipped 2-1, raised to 2,800,000 and Iron Henry moved all-in. ShankingYou called and showed Kh 8c while Iron Henry showed Qc 3d. The flop of 6h Ts 4c was safe for ShankingYou and the 6s on the turn was harmless. But on the river the 3s hit the board sending Iron Henry and additional $30,000 in cash and the title of Sunday Million champion.
For full details on payouts check out The Sunday Report.
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