Online Poker -- Eric 'basebaldy' Baldwin Wins at Full Tilt

Sunday was kind to many of the top pros across the various sites, as the notables were able to score big payday after big payday. Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin, an online player who frequents the live-tournament scene, was able to score the top prize at Full Tilt by taking down the $750,000 guarantee. He was joined by Jerry "DontBluffMePLZZ" Van Strydonck, who was able to outlast the rest of the field in the Sunday Mulligan. Mark "dipthrong" Herm, who was looking to pick up last-minute Card Player Online Player of the Year points, was able to win the $100 turbo rebuy and boost himself into the top five.

Over at PokerStars, drritalin was able to win the Sunday Million after a five-way chop had been agreed upon. One of the toughest fields online gathered for the $200 rebuy, where Owen "ocrowe" Crowe was able to win and pocket the $41,000 first-place prize, thanks to a small overlay by the site. Over at the Sunday Second Chance, Frank "gator93" Hernandez was able to parlay the excitement generated by his favorite football team and turn it into an outright victory for just over $47,000.

Absolute Poker had its own Sunday tournament, as well, which was won by none other than Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad for just over $31,000.

Read the recaps for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UltimateBet, and Bodog below:


Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee

Surprisingly, the Full Tilt $750,000 guarantee boasted a bit of an overlay last night. The 3,517 entrants were only able to generate a total prize pool of $703,400, meaning the site had to put up $46,600 to meet its guarantee. This was the third week in a row that the tournament sported an overlay.

The red-named pros who were able to make the money included Sigi Stockinger, Vivek Rajkumar, Lee Watkinson, John Cernuto, Bill Gazes, David Pham, and Steve Brecher, who bubbled the final two tables. Other notables to make a deep run at the title included Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad, Va Shon "Julian Verse" Watkins, and Tim "timkrank" Miles.

The eventual winner was none other than Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin, who was coming off of a final table performance at Bellagio the night before. Baldwin steamrolled the final table and had more chips than the rest of the table combined once they reached four-handed play. He beat playnwithnada heads up to win the $132,787 prize outright.

Here were the final results:

1. Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin — $132,787
2. playnwithnada — $80,250
3. ZioStefano — $52,500
4. ALLinwithdaBEST — $41,400
5. thinkinghard — $31,050
6. Evan "BerkeleyBoss" Wrenn — $23,025
7. MattZman — $17,250
8. JLizard — $13,500
9. 13TH BASS PRO — $10,050

PokerStars Sunday Million

An overlay wasn't an issue at PokerStars, where 7,577 players put up the $200 buy-in to create a $1,515,400 prize pool. The tournament was down just over 400 players this week, however, and the approaching holiday season may be to blame.

PokerStars pros Steve Paul-Ambrose and Barry Greenstein were able to represent their site with a cash, as did a few familiar online pros, including Andrew "TheActionKid" Glogowski, CPT CRUX, Chris "herdgolf86" Tipper, and mrvogt.

The final five players reached an agreement to chop, leaving $30,000 on the side for the eventual winner. Here were the final results:

1. drritalin — $136,021
2. ggiillaadd — $114,355
3. Orjan "Aftret" Skommo — $92,881
4. mrvogt — $96,458
5. Winn8D — $78,701
6. Chris "herdgolf86" Tipper — $38,642
7. Jeff "JSchnett" Schnettler — $26,519
8. mozitas — $17,427
9. hiclimber — $10,607

UltimateBet $200,000 Guarantee

The UltimateBet $200,000 guarantee had another good weekend, attracting 889 players. Since merging with Absolute Poker to form Cereus, UltimateBet's numbers have increased across the site, and the big Sunday tournament is no exception.

The final table featured four well known pros in Mike "WISCOMURRAY" Murray, Don "DONK CRUSHER" Stevens, Matt "VENGMONEY" Vengrin, and Jason "JASPUDUF" Lee. Lee was able to make it heads up, but was beaten by MAHI-MAHI.

Here were the final results:

1. MAHI-MAHI — $46,000
2. Jason "JASPUDUF" Lee — $27,000
3. Don "DONK CRUSHER" Stevens — $17,600
4. Mike "WISCOMURRAY" Murray — $13,000
5. BURPEE — $10,600
6. DAACEOHEARTS — $8,600
7. KRYPTOKILLA — $6,600
8. KOEY — $4,600
9. Matt "VENGMONEY" Vengrin — $3,000

Bodog $100,000 Guarantee

The big Sunday tournament at Bodog was down this week, only attracting 702 players. Still, those players were happy to battle for their share of the $29,800 overlay.

Serge "Adanthar" Ravitch made a run at the victory but ultimately fell just short in 17th place. In the end, woodhawk took out homeofthebrave to win the top prize of $23,600.

Here were the final results:

1. woodhawk — $23,600
2. homeofthebrave — $13,600
3. Chris "chrisc7" Cetrone — $9,100
4. mapsfly — $7,000
5. IAMTIMMYT — $5,700
6. swimlilfishy — $4,500
7. rolandgilead — $3,300
8. skinznbonez — $2,200
9. Ogg — $1,300

Also, Card Player readers should be sure to check out the Card Player-exclusive Pro Bowl in Paradise promotion on Bodog, which will send one lucky player and a friend to watch football’s Pro Bowl live in Hawaii.


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