“PJSNEAKS” Tussles For 1st Place In Full Tilt Poker’s Sunday Brawl

Full Tilt, the second largest internet poker room in the world, saw a great deal of action this weekend as it hosted its most lucrative, regularly scheduled events. One of these notable tournaments, the $250k GTD Sunday Brawl, saw high enough participation to boost the purse to a massive $346,800.

A field of 1,734 took to the tables at 2:00 pm ET, posting the $240+$16 buy-in to compete in the knockout event. $200 of each buy-in went to the prize pool, while another $40 was placed on the head of each participant.

The double-stacked No Limit Hold’em event lasted nearly 8-1/2 hours into the night before a victor emerged. At the final table, “PJSNEAKS” and “Volker_Racho” went down and dirty into heads-up competition after sending “CHI01” to the virtual rails in 3rd place with about $35k.

It wasn’t long before the immaculate skills of “PJSNEAKS” overwhelmed “Volker_Racho”. The cards simply were not in his favor this day as Racho’s stack was forced into submission, earning him $47,164 for the 2nd place finish.

PJSNEAKS collected the heftiest prize of the day, $71,440 as the 1st place winner of the Full Tilt Poker Sunday Brawl.

Interestingly enough, the $750k GTD held later that day at Full Tilt Poker did not receive enough entries to cover its prize pool, while the FullTilt Poker.com Sunday Brawl was trumped by more than 1/3 of the expected guarantee. Of course, it takes a lot more numbers to cover a $750k purse, but the immense popularity of knockout style tournaments like the Sunday Brawl takes a lot of the credit. One does not need to finish in the money bubble to even make a profit at such online poker tournaments, as simply ousting 7 other players will earn back your entire buy-in, plus fee, and grant a small $24 profit.

Full Tilt Poker $250k GTD Sunday Brawl Final Table Results
1st – PJSNEAKS ($71,441)
2nd – Volker_Racho ($47,165)
3rd – CHI01 ($35,027)
4th – rUsure420 ($27,397)
5th – sebbau ($20,461)
6th – Grazza No1 ($14,219)
7th – tassen1 ($8,670)
8th – dany1989 ($5,896)
9th – JesusLizzard ($4,162)