If you are a golf fan, today's Masters Championship in Augusta, Georgia won by Phil Mickelson was the best sporting event offered today. If you are a poker fan (and we have a feeling if you're reading here that's probably true) then today's victory by Vanessa Selbst in the PokerStars sponsored North America Poker Tour's stop at Mohegan Sun was the highlight of your sporting weekend. Luckily, for the 4,588 players in tonight's $750,000 guarantee Sunday Warm-Up, Vanessa was too wrapped up in taking down the final table to enter. Everyone is invited to watch a replay of Vanessa strong-arming her way to victory at PokerStars.TV, or you could check out her take on the final table in the video below:

As for the maters tonight, because of the large turnout, a prize pool of $917,600.00 was complied with $143,955.23 of it set aside for tonight's champion. Among the 675 cashing this evening and making a deep run were Team PokerStars Pros Andre "aakkari" Akkari (92nd place $1,101.12) and German pro Jan Heitmann (101st place $1,009.36). Down to two tables and 10 players left and after several shortstacks found a way to stay alive by doubling up we had our last elimination before the final table. With blinds at 100K/200K ante 20K and nearly done with the level, ziale who had just doubled-up JoseGuti after getting coolered by holding pocket jacks to JoseGuti's pocket aces, was down to 2.2 million chips and shoved from the cutoff with [6c][Ac]. hafizzle sitting in the small blind holding [As][Qd] made the call as the board spilled out an unnecessary full house for hafizzle [Jd] [Qs] [Jh] [Ks] [Qc] as ziale was done in 10th place ($5,505.60) setting up the final table below:

Seat 1: Xenor30 (2485060 in chips)
Seat 2: JoseGuti (11416720 in chips)
Seat 3: ginofluit (3797761 in chips)
Seat 4: hafizzle (6520597 in chips)
Seat 5: chino285 (3834475 in chips)
Seat 6: jcgoheels (6581772 in chips)
Seat 7: Rigboz (5115080 in chips)
Seat 8: ague007 (3683472 in chips)
Seat 9: thebirdman84 (2445063 in chips)

With the help of the 10 million chip pot taken prior to the final table, JoseGuti came in as only player in eight figures and tonight's chip leader. But, with the blinds at 125K/250K ante 25K, the table will need to play fast to prevent getting blinded off. Xenor30 was one of the shortstacks, but managed to slide [Ah][Qc] past the [7c][Ac] of ginofluit for a 4.2 million chip double up in the early goings. However, five hands later, thebirdman84 was not as lucky. After shoving from UTG+1 holding [Jc][Ac], thebirdman84 watched the table fold around to jcgoheels who would call from the small blind with big slick [Kh][Ad]. There was a flush scare on the turn but the favorite held up on the [5c] [9s] [5d] [3c] [Td] board and shipped the 4.8 million chip pot to jcgoheels. After the board was laid out thebirdman84 flew off with 9th place money ($7,340.80).

Two hands later and blinds holding steady at 125K/250K ante 25K we'd start an explosion of action and missing seats as a result. Rigboz started the hand with a standard 3XBB raise, as shortstacked ague007 on the immediate left tried to make something happen with a shove for 2.2 million holding pocket jacks [Jc][Js]. Rigboz covered and quickly made the call with [Ah][Qh]. The race was ended quickly by the [5h] [2c] [Ad] flop as ague007 missed hitting the needed jack on the [7d] turn and [8h] river to finish in 8th place ($11,470.00).

Another two hands later hafizzle found a pair after ginofluit shoved all-in just ahead of him. Watch the results play out below:

Another race and another elimination, as this time the pocket pair of hafizzle [Tc][Ts] successfully outran big slick [As][Kd] held by ginofluit. 7.7 million was shipped to hafizzle as ginofluit couldn't handle the sizzle, burning out in 7th place ($20,646.00).

Three hands later (like we said, the action was quick!) we had the biggest pot of the tournament. JoseGuti sitting UTG started off the hand with a raise to 525,555 with the blinds still at 125K/250K ante 25K. hafizzle, still stacking the chips made from busting ginofluit, quickly reraised to 1.25 million. Undeterred, JoseGuti still holding the chip lead, would 4-bet to 2.79 million, and hafizzle definitely liking the pocket queens [Qc][Qh] 5-bet all-in. Passed back to JoseGuti holding a suited big slick [As][Ks] would just as quickly make the call. This time the pocket pair was not lucky for hafizzle as the ace would hit flop and an king on the turn gave JoseGuti the winning two pair on the [8h] [3d] [Ad] [Kd] [Jc] board good for the 21.8 million chip pot. hafizzle, well, fizzled out in 6th place earning a little coin on the side ($29,822.00). This isn't hafizzle's first brush with big tournament success, as he sat down with Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier at the Event #38 2009 WCOOP final table and walked away with a cool $93K in 4th place.

Rigboz at least waited eight hands to chop final table down to four. After Rigboz limped in from the cutoff, chino285 would shove his remaining 2.9 million into the pot holding [Ac][7h]. Covering the bet, Rigboz would make the call showing the dominating [Th][As]. No surprises on this hand as both would pair their ace, but the [3s] [5d] [Ah] [2s] [8d] board stayed low enough for Rigboz's ten kicker to play, as chino285 earned a solid $38,998.00 in fifth place.

Finally the players let off the gas a bit as the death trap of the 125K/250K ante 25K level was allowed to move up to 150K/300K ante 30K. A quick blurb asking to see the numbers was ignored as the quiet chat box remained silent throughout the rest of the night.

Down to just 1.6 million, Xenor30 wasn't finding many playable hands and finally found [As][7s] UTG to shove with. Rigboz sitting in the big blind with plenty of chips to spare would make the call holding [Kc][Jh]. A flopped pair of sevens [3s] [7h] [Ts] changed nothing for Xenor30 who's ace held the preflop lead but there was added a cushion with the flush draw negating some of Rigboz's outs. But a turned non-spade king [Kd] spiked and the river was spade, seven, and ace-less [2h] sending our hard-working shortstack Xenor30 out in fourth place ($51,844.40).

Three hands later jcgoheels would steer pocket jacks [Jh][Jd] to a 11.1 million chip pot, slicing into the chip stack of Rigboz who couldn't find an ace to match his [Ah][3c]. About ten hands later jcgoheels would saw off some more chips from Rigboz, this time with [7d][9d] betting the whole way until the river on the [5s] [2c] [Tc] [9s] [7s] board as Rigboz tried a 2.7 million bluff with just king high [Jd][Kh], but had to concede the 8.4 million chip pot after jcgoheels made the call. Five hands later with a depleted stack Rigboz would find himself all-in against the chip leader JoseGuti. Watch below for the results:

No race here as Rigboz's pocket fives [5c][5s] started behind the pocket sixes [6d][6s] of JoseGuti and stayed there throughout the [7c] [4d] [8c] [9s] [3s] paint-free board. $75,702.00 for the third place finisher Rigboz, as we moved on to heads-up play for the six figure pay outs waiting there for our final two.

Starting Heads-Up Chip Stacks
Seat 2: JoseGuti (33638550 in chips)
Seat 6: jcgoheels (12241450 in chips)

JoseGuti would start out with a 3:1 chip lead on jcgoheels as the blinds moved up to 200K/400K ante 40K. And despite only two players remaining, this was the longest the final table went without an elimination.

Over 70 hands were played as the players had reached the tenth hour of this tournament. JoseGuti's big stack was too much for jcgoheels, as JoseGuti continually took the blinds including winning the last six hand of the tournament in a row. As the blinds moved up to 250K/500K ante 50K, jcgoheels was knocked down to just 4.1 million chips and moved over the top of JoseGuti's min raise from the button holding [9h][Ah]. Being priced in and having a huge lead, JoseGuti would call with [Kc][5s]. The lead would only last preflop, as a king would hit the [Ts] [Ks] [2s] spade ladened flop. No one held a spade but there plenty out there for the taking. [2h] on the turn and no ace on the [3d] river meant we had a new Sunday Warm-Up champion! Don't fret for jcgoheels $106,900.40 in second place money was shipped after the hand completed. The biggest chunk of the pie went to our champ, JoseGuti, as the Swede will be getting a deposit of $143,955.23 that certainly beats out a previous Sunday final table best of $2,044 earned a few years ago.

$750,000 Guarantee Sunday Warm-Up Results (04-11-10)
1. JoseGuti (Gothenburg) $143,955.23
2. jcgoheels (San Francisco) $106,900.40
3. Rigboz (karlstad) $75,702.00
4. Xenor30 (Baden-Baden) $51,844.40
5. chino285 (madrid) $39,998.00
6. hafizzle (stockton) $29,822.00
7. ginofluit (sint jansteen) $20,646.00
8. ague007 (La Garenne Colombes) $11,470.00
9. thebirdman84 (Mays Landing ) $7,340.80

If you are a golf fan, today's Masters Championship in Augusta, Georgia won by Phil Mickelson was the best sporting event offered today. If you are a poker fan (and we have a feeling if you're reading here that's probably true) then today's victory by Vanessa Selbst in the PokerStars sponsored North America Poker Tour's stop at Mohegan Sun was the highlight of your sporting weekend. Luckily, for the 4,588 players in tonight's $750,000 guarantee Sunday Warm-Up, Vanessa was too wrapped up in taking down the final table to enter. Everyone is invited to watch a replay of Vanessa strong-arming her way to victory at PokerStars.TV, or you could check out her take on the final table in the video below:

As for the maters tonight, because of the large turnout, a prize pool of $917,600.00 was complied with $143,955.23 of it set aside for tonight's champion. Among the 675 cashing this evening and making a deep run were Team PokerStars Pros Andre "aakkari" Akkari (92nd place $1,101.12) and German pro Jan Heitmann (101st place $1,009.36). Down to two tables and 10 players left and after several shortstacks found a way to stay alive by doubling up we had our last elimination before the final table. With blinds at 100K/200K ante 20K and nearly done with the level, ziale who had just doubled-up JoseGuti after getting coolered by holding pocket jacks to JoseGuti's pocket aces, was down to 2.2 million chips and shoved from the cutoff with [6c][Ac]. hafizzle sitting in the small blind holding [As][Qd] made the call as the board spilled out an unnecessary full house for hafizzle [Jd] [Qs] [Jh] [Ks] [Qc] as ziale was done in 10th place ($5,505.60) setting up the final table below:

Seat 1: Xenor30 (2485060 in chips)
Seat 2: JoseGuti (11416720 in chips)
Seat 3: ginofluit (3797761 in chips)
Seat 4: hafizzle (6520597 in chips)
Seat 5: chino285 (3834475 in chips)
Seat 6: jcgoheels (6581772 in chips)
Seat 7: Rigboz (5115080 in chips)
Seat 8: ague007 (3683472 in chips)
Seat 9: thebirdman84 (2445063 in chips)

With the help of the 10 million chip pot taken prior to the final table, JoseGuti came in as only player in eight figures and tonight's chip leader. But, with the blinds at 125K/250K ante 25K, the table will need to play fast to prevent getting blinded off. Xenor30 was one of the shortstacks, but managed to slide [Ah][Qc] past the [7c][Ac] of ginofluit for a 4.2 million chip double up in the early goings. However, five hands later, thebirdman84 was not as lucky. After shoving from UTG+1 holding [Jc][Ac], thebirdman84 watched the table fold around to jcgoheels who would call from the small blind with big slick [Kh][Ad]. There was a flush scare on the turn but the favorite held up on the [5c] [9s] [5d] [3c] [Td] board and shipped the 4.8 million chip pot to jcgoheels. After the board was laid out thebirdman84 flew off with 9th place money ($7,340.80).

Two hands later and blinds holding steady at 125K/250K ante 25K we'd start an explosion of action and missing seats as a result. Rigboz started the hand with a standard 3XBB raise, as shortstacked ague007 on the immediate left tried to make something happen with a shove for 2.2 million holding pocket jacks [Jc][Js]. Rigboz covered and quickly made the call with [Ah][Qh]. The race was ended quickly by the [5h] [2c] [Ad] flop as ague007 missed hitting the needed jack on the [7d] turn and [8h] river to finish in 8th place ($11,470.00).

Another two hands later hafizzle found a pair after ginofluit shoved all-in just ahead of him. Watch the results play out below:

Another race and another elimination, as this time the pocket pair of hafizzle [Tc][Ts] successfully outran big slick [As][Kd] held by ginofluit. 7.7 million was shipped to hafizzle as ginofluit couldn't handle the sizzle, burning out in 7th place ($20,646.00).

Three hands later (like we said, the action was quick!) we had the biggest pot of the tournament. JoseGuti sitting UTG started off the hand with a raise to 525,555 with the blinds still at 125K/250K ante 25K. hafizzle, still stacking the chips made from busting ginofluit, quickly reraised to 1.25 million. Undeterred, JoseGuti still holding the chip lead, would 4-bet to 2.79 million, and hafizzle definitely liking the pocket queens [Qc][Qh] 5-bet all-in. Passed back to JoseGuti holding a suited big slick [As][Ks] would just as quickly make the call. This time the pocket pair was not lucky for hafizzle as the ace would hit flop and an king on the turn gave JoseGuti the winning two pair on the [8h] [3d] [Ad] [Kd] [Jc] board good for the 21.8 million chip pot. hafizzle, well, fizzled out in 6th place earning a little coin on the side ($29,822.00). This isn't hafizzle's first brush with big tournament success, as he sat down with Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier at the Event #38 2009 WCOOP final table and walked away with a cool $93K in 4th place.

Rigboz at least waited eight hands to chop final table down to four. After Rigboz limped in from the cutoff, chino285 would shove his remaining 2.9 million into the pot holding [Ac][7h]. Covering the bet, Rigboz would make the call showing the dominating [Th][As]. No surprises on this hand as both would pair their ace, but the [3s] [5d] [Ah] [2s] [8d] board stayed low enough for Rigboz's ten kicker to play, as chino285 earned a solid $38,998.00 in fifth place.

Finally the players let off the gas a bit as the death trap of the 125K/250K ante 25K level was allowed to move up to 150K/300K ante 30K. A quick blurb asking to see the numbers was ignored as the quiet chat box remained silent throughout the rest of the night.

Down to just 1.6 million, Xenor30 wasn't finding many playable hands and finally found [As][7s] UTG to shove with. Rigboz sitting in the big blind with plenty of chips to spare would make the call holding [Kc][Jh]. A flopped pair of sevens [3s] [7h] [Ts] changed nothing for Xenor30 who's ace held the preflop lead but there was added a cushion with the flush draw negating some of Rigboz's outs. But a turned non-spade king [Kd] spiked and the river was spade, seven, and ace-less [2h] sending our hard-working shortstack Xenor30 out in fourth place ($51,844.40).

Three hands later jcgoheels would steer pocket jacks [Jh][Jd] to a 11.1 million chip pot, slicing into the chip stack of Rigboz who couldn't find an ace to match his [Ah][3c]. About ten hands later jcgoheels would saw off some more chips from Rigboz, this time with [7d][9d] betting the whole way until the river on the [5s] [2c] [Tc] [9s] [7s] board as Rigboz tried a 2.7 million bluff with just king high [Jd][Kh], but had to concede the 8.4 million chip pot after jcgoheels made the call. Five hands later with a depleted stack Rigboz would find himself all-in against the chip leader JoseGuti. Watch below for the results:

No race here as Rigboz's pocket fives [5c][5s] started behind the pocket sixes [6d][6s] of JoseGuti and stayed there throughout the [7c] [4d] [8c] [9s] [3s] paint-free board. $75,702.00 for the third place finisher Rigboz, as we moved on to heads-up play for the six figure pay outs waiting there for our final two.

Starting Heads-Up Chip Stacks
Seat 2: JoseGuti (33638550 in chips)
Seat 6: jcgoheels (12241450 in chips)

JoseGuti would start out with a 3:1 chip lead on jcgoheels as the blinds moved up to 200K/400K ante 40K. And despite only two players remaining, this was the longest the final table went without an elimination.

Over 70 hands were played as the players had reached the tenth hour of this tournament. JoseGuti's big stack was too much for jcgoheels, as JoseGuti continually took the blinds including winning the last six hand of the tournament in a row. As the blinds moved up to 250K/500K ante 50K, jcgoheels was knocked down to just 4.1 million chips and moved over the top of JoseGuti's min raise from the button holding [9h][Ah]. Being priced in and having a huge lead, JoseGuti would call with [Kc][5s]. The lead would only last preflop, as a king would hit the [Ts] [Ks] [2s] spade ladened flop. No one held a spade but there plenty out there for the taking. [2h] on the turn and no ace on the [3d] river meant we had a new Sunday Warm-Up champion! Don't fret for jcgoheels $106,900.40 in second place money was shipped after the hand completed. The biggest chunk of the pie went to our champ, JoseGuti, as the Swede will be getting a deposit of $143,955.23 that certainly beats out a previous Sunday final table best of $2,044 earned a few years ago.

$750,000 Guarantee Sunday Warm-Up Results (04-11-10)
1. JoseGuti (Gothenburg) $143,955.23
2. jcgoheels (San Francisco) $106,900.40
3. Rigboz (karlstad) $75,702.00
4. Xenor30 (Baden-Baden) $51,844.40
5. chino285 (madrid) $39,998.00
6. hafizzle (stockton) $29,822.00
7. ginofluit (sint jansteen) $20,646.00
8. ague007 (La Garenne Colombes) $11,470.00
9. thebirdman84 (Mays Landing ) $7,340.80

While the Hollywood stars were walking the red carpet in Hollywood, the only fabric anyone was concerned about in the poker world was the final table felt at the PokerStars Sunday majors. This week's Sunday Warm-Up had 4,980 players, with a prize pool of $996,000. It was a fast and furious final table, with a six-way deal after a racecar start, but when everything was settled and the last cards were dealt, Ramux walked away with the win and the $139,163.73 first place prize money. Not only did he win the event, he held the chip lead when the deal was made, so he ended up with the lion's share of the cash as well!

The final table kicked off in the most tumultuous action I've ever seen, with an elimination on each of the first three hands! On the very first hand of the final table, the short-stacked Shaaarrrp moved all in from early position with [As]-[Qc]. Juda10 moved all in over the top to isolate, and when the rest of the table folded, juda10 showed [8c]-[8h] for the slight edge in the race. A slight edge was all juda10 needed, as the board came down [Ks]-[5d]-[Jh]-[4c]-[9d], and Shaaarrrp was done in 9th place ($7,968).

Before the rest of the table could catch their breath, all the chips were in the middle again as L C P open-shoved with [Kd]-[Qd]. His only opponent was Ansgar2000, holding the charmed hand du jour - pocket eights. Ansgar's [8c]-[8d] was good enough to send another competitor to the rail, however, as the board ran out [6h]-[9s]-[5s]-[Js]-[3d]. After two hands, and two coin flips, there were two fewer players at the table as LCP collected $12,450 for 8th place.

But the frenzy wasn't over yet, as Ramux and gaffel tangled in one last huge pot to kick off the final table. Ramux opened for a raise with [Kh]-[Qh], and made the call when gaffel moved all in over the top with [Ac]-[Js]. The flop brought a huge draw to Ramux, as it came down [3h]-[3s]-[7h], giving Ramux the flush draw to go with his live cards. The flush hit the turn on the form of the [Th], leaving gaffel drawing dead. The river was the irrelevant [Jc], and gaffel headed to bed with an extra $22,410 for 7th place in his bankroll.

With the breathtaking pace of the first few eliminations, the remaining six players decided to chat about a deal. The massive chip lead the Ramux had accumulated made the deal process difficult, but after some lengthy debate, a deal was reached that left $10,000 for the winner and locked up comfortable guarantees for everyone.

The deal locked up $129,163.73 for chip leader Ramux, while the second-place Ansgar2000 picked up $86,163.71. Hismoon nabbed $77,163.71 for his third-place stack, Method999 locked in $68,163.71, juda10 took down a guaranteed $66,163.71 and Feez0 grabbed $48,163.71 for his 6th-place stack. That left $10,000 for the eventual winner of the tournament, and play resumed.

After some jockeying for position at the final table and a few double-ups, the first big confrontation sent two players to the rail at once. Feez0 found himself on the extreme short stack and put his last few chips in the middle of the table as the big blind. Method999 raised from the button, and Ramux made the call from the small blind. The flop came down [9d]-[Ks]-[7h], and the rest of the chips went in the middle. Feez0 showed [Qs]-[4s], Method999 opened [Kh]-[6d], and Ramux held the lead with [Kc]-[Td]. The [Kd] on the turn did nothing to change that, and when the river brought the [Ts], it was all over for Feez0 and Method999.

Ansgar2000 was the next to fall, busting in 4th place at the hands of juda10. Action folded around to juda, who moved all in preflop with [6h]-[9h]. Ansgar thought for a moment but finally called with [Ac]-[8c]. Juda10 picked up a pair of nines on a flop of [Th]-[Ks]-[9c], and that was enough to hold up and send Ansgar packing as the turn and river came down [7d]-[Qd] and thin the field to three.

It took a little while to whittle it down, and there were several double-throughs along the way to heads-up play, but finally juda10's run at the final table came to an end. After Ramux folded from the button, juda10 moved all in from the small blind with [Ac]-[6c]. Hismoon made the call with [Ad]-[9c], and his lead extended with the flop of [4d]-[As]-[9s]. Needing running sixes to stay alive, juda was drawing dead after the [Tc] hit the turn. The river was a meaningless [Qd], and the tournament was heads up for $10,000.

Heads up play was a real battle, with multiple lead change and double ups before everything was finally settled. But in the end, it came down to who could catch cards when it counted most, and that was Ramux on the last hand. After crippling Hismoon, then doubling him up on back-to-back hands, all the money went in the middle preflop once again, but this time Ramux had the right ammo - pocket aces. His [Ac]-[Ad] was firmly in the driver's seat against Hismoon's [Kc]-[Jh]. The flop brought more suspense as it came down [Tc]-[7c]-[Qs], giving Hismoon the up and down straight draw, but the [5h] on the turn was no help. Ramux just needed to fade an ace or nine on the river to win the tournament and the extra $10k, and when the river brought the [Qd], that's exactly what he did. Hismoon played a brilliant final table, even taking over Ramux's seemingly insurmountable chip lead a couple of time, but in the end he could only come away with second place.

Congrats to Ramux, who picked up $139,163.73 when all was said and done, and congratulations as well to all our final table players!

While the Hollywood stars were walking the red carpet in Hollywood, the only fabric anyone was concerned about in the poker world was the final table felt at the PokerStars Sunday majors. This week's Sunday Warm-Up had 4,980 players, with a prize pool of $996,000. It was a fast and furious final table, with a six-way deal after a racecar start, but when everything was settled and the last cards were dealt, Ramux walked away with the win and the $139,163.73 first place prize money. Not only did he win the event, he held the chip lead when the deal was made, so he ended up with the lion's share of the cash as well!

The final table kicked off in the most tumultuous action I've ever seen, with an elimination on each of the first three hands! On the very first hand of the final table, the short-stacked Shaaarrrp moved all in from early position with [As]-[Qc]. Juda10 moved all in over the top to isolate, and when the rest of the table folded, juda10 showed [8c]-[8h] for the slight edge in the race. A slight edge was all juda10 needed, as the board came down [Ks]-[5d]-[Jh]-[4c]-[9d], and Shaaarrrp was done in 9th place ($7,968).

Before the rest of the table could catch their breath, all the chips were in the middle again as L C P open-shoved with [Kd]-[Qd]. His only opponent was Ansgar2000, holding the charmed hand du jour - pocket eights. Ansgar's [8c]-[8d] was good enough to send another competitor to the rail, however, as the board ran out [6h]-[9s]-[5s]-[Js]-[3d]. After two hands, and two coin flips, there were two fewer players at the table as LCP collected $12,450 for 8th place.

But the frenzy wasn't over yet, as Ramux and gaffel tangled in one last huge pot to kick off the final table. Ramux opened for a raise with [Kh]-[Qh], and made the call when gaffel moved all in over the top with [Ac]-[Js]. The flop brought a huge draw to Ramux, as it came down [3h]-[3s]-[7h], giving Ramux the flush draw to go with his live cards. The flush hit the turn on the form of the [Th], leaving gaffel drawing dead. The river was the irrelevant [Jc], and gaffel headed to bed with an extra $22,410 for 7th place in his bankroll.

With the breathtaking pace of the first few eliminations, the remaining six players decided to chat about a deal. The massive chip lead the Ramux had accumulated made the deal process difficult, but after some lengthy debate, a deal was reached that left $10,000 for the winner and locked up comfortable guarantees for everyone.

The deal locked up $129,163.73 for chip leader Ramux, while the second-place Ansgar2000 picked up $86,163.71. Hismoon nabbed $77,163.71 for his third-place stack, Method999 locked in $68,163.71, juda10 took down a guaranteed $66,163.71 and Feez0 grabbed $48,163.71 for his 6th-place stack. That left $10,000 for the eventual winner of the tournament, and play resumed.

After some jockeying for position at the final table and a few double-ups, the first big confrontation sent two players to the rail at once. Feez0 found himself on the extreme short stack and put his last few chips in the middle of the table as the big blind. Method999 raised from the button, and Ramux made the call from the small blind. The flop came down [9d]-[Ks]-[7h], and the rest of the chips went in the middle. Feez0 showed [Qs]-[4s], Method999 opened [Kh]-[6d], and Ramux held the lead with [Kc]-[Td]. The [Kd] on the turn did nothing to change that, and when the river brought the [Ts], it was all over for Feez0 and Method999.

Ansgar2000 was the next to fall, busting in 4th place at the hands of juda10. Action folded around to juda, who moved all in preflop with [6h]-[9h]. Ansgar thought for a moment but finally called with [Ac]-[8c]. Juda10 picked up a pair of nines on a flop of [Th]-[Ks]-[9c], and that was enough to hold up and send Ansgar packing as the turn and river came down [7d]-[Qd] and thin the field to three.

It took a little while to whittle it down, and there were several double-throughs along the way to heads-up play, but finally juda10's run at the final table came to an end. After Ramux folded from the button, juda10 moved all in from the small blind with [Ac]-[6c]. Hismoon made the call with [Ad]-[9c], and his lead extended with the flop of [4d]-[As]-[9s]. Needing running sixes to stay alive, juda was drawing dead after the [Tc] hit the turn. The river was a meaningless [Qd], and the tournament was heads up for $10,000.

Heads up play was a real battle, with multiple lead change and double ups before everything was finally settled. But in the end, it came down to who could catch cards when it counted most, and that was Ramux on the last hand. After crippling Hismoon, then doubling him up on back-to-back hands, all the money went in the middle preflop once again, but this time Ramux had the right ammo - pocket aces. His [Ac]-[Ad] was firmly in the driver's seat against Hismoon's [Kc]-[Jh]. The flop brought more suspense as it came down [Tc]-[7c]-[Qs], giving Hismoon the up and down straight draw, but the [5h] on the turn was no help. Ramux just needed to fade an ace or nine on the river to win the tournament and the extra $10k, and when the river brought the [Qd], that's exactly what he did. Hismoon played a brilliant final table, even taking over Ramux's seemingly insurmountable chip lead a couple of time, but in the end he could only come away with second place.

Congrats to Ramux, who picked up $139,163.73 when all was said and done, and congratulations as well to all our final table players!