The PokerStars MicroMillions 8 was a great series, and the $22 Main Event drew a huge field, the eventual winner outlasted 57,885 others to claim the trophy and more than $100,000 in prize money.
The tournament had a $1 million guaranteed prize pool and a $100,000 first place guarantee, both of which were easily covered by the huge field. In the end, after more than twelve and a half hours of play, 69FABIAN69, a Hungarian micro stakes player with just 112 tournaments played lifetime, managed to take down the tournament.
He and his heads-up opponent, RoxyDeluxe from Austria made a deal at the start of the heads-up play, with RoxyDeluxe receiving $85,216 and 69FABIAN69 receiving $80,668, with $20,000 left to play for.
69FABIAN69 doubled up twice, and once he got the lead he didn’t let it out of his hands. In the final hand, RoxyDeluxe raised it up on the button, 69FABIAN69 jammed, and RoxyDeluxe called it off with Q8 suited, while 69FABIAN69 held the A5 offsuit.
RoxyDeluxe picked up a flushdraw on the turn, but couldn’t improve, and 69FABIAN69 was finally able to rest after what must have been a grueling half-day at the tables.
In other PokerStars news, according to a forum post by PokerStars employee "PokerStars Keith" the PokerStars 7 beta client will be available later this week for .eu users to test. If you want to know more about the PS7 client, click on this link.
The European Poker Tour is celebrating its 100th stop, and for this occasian they have a promotion for all the players who qualify to the EPT Barcelona Main Event on PokerStars.
Every Main Event Qualifier receives a ticket to the EPT100 Qualifiers’ Freeroll on August 17. The top five finishers in that freeroll will get teamed up with a member of Team Pro for the EPT100 Barcelona Takedown, where they have to do various challenges throught the day, while receiving points for their efforts. The first 3 places are paid, and all of them will receive EPT Side Event tickets:
1st = €2,000 + €200 Deepstack 8 Handed
2nd = €1,000 + €100 Turbo
3rd = €500 + €50 NLHE Deepstack
