1 imeasy2read 3816.55
2 Prom Queens 3500.96
3 JohnFR 3273.62
4 whtdove333 3179.23
5 AjinOK 3179.04
6 baneris 3177.12
7 annodv 3175.25
8 deZZZed 3117.07
9 nutzho 3083.46
10 bdubs3737 3072.33

As you can see, imeasy2read has made a nice little improvement from last month, taking control of 1st place this week, and holding an over 300 point lead on Prom Queens. Both players have been grinding an unbelievable amount of $12 180s, grinding away to get those TLB points.

Whtdove333 is showing just how much those big field tournaments count towards your TLB scores, as she won the Sunday $200k, and garnered a ton of points in the process.

Last month’s champion, bdubs3737, had a great start to his August. He not only won the $55 rebuy, but took down the $200 Limit tournament as well. Neither of those tournaments have huge fields, hence the lesser effects on his TLB score. However, if he keeps this up, he’ll be a force to reckon with in August, just like July.

An interesting name that’s lurking in the Top 25 is shaundeeb. Shaun is well known for putting in monstrous amounts of volumes, and while clocking in at 21st right now, can put in a lot of tournaments at any time and give anyone a run for their money.

That is all for this week, if you’d like to take a better look at today, check out http://www.flopturnriver.com/PokerStars-Players-20080806.php.

The Sunday Million table was far from weak, with two interesting names showing up at the final table. Nofingclue11 has been on a tear this year, showing up at big final tables all over the place. However, the second name at the final table was especially interesting. Andy McLEOD has been gone for quite some time due to being underage. However, yesterday he turned 18, and celebrated doing so by taking 4th in the Sunday Million for $75,879, while nofingclue11 finished right behind him in 5th, for $59k. The two pros weren’t able to outlast Fred_Brink, as he won it all for $204,199.

1. Fred_Brink: $204,199
2. betofetus: $137,425
3. RProps: $93,584
4. Andy McLEOD: $75,879
5. nofingclue11: $59,017
6. Godfatti: $42,155
7. HappyOldMonk: $29,509
8. djmib2: $19,391
9. tpooch: $11,803

Mark “dipthrong/SHIPP ITT” Herm has been on an unbelievable tear in the last month, with wins in the [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-Bodog.php]Bodog[/url] 100k, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url] Sunday Mulligan, and [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url] 750k. He started the carnage on July 6th, and continued it yesterday by taking down the $500 250k on [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]Poker Stars[/url]. In doing so, he had to outlast a tough final table that included ender555 and AK87, as well as SAM66 who took down the Sunday Million two weeks ago. Mark, ender, and AK87 made a chop three handed that locked up over $61k for each of the remaining players.

1. SHIPP ITT: $76,711
2. ender555: $61,744
3. AK87: $69,869
4. SAM66: $37,613
5. tkap243: $26,329
6. Radford999: $21,314
7. rkruok: $16,299
8. Pokerccini: $11,284
9. TheTaker: $7,021

Tomgus456 continues his sick year, with another major final table yesterday, taking 4th in the Sunday Warmup on [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]Poker Stars[/url] for nearly $38.5k. He can add this to his other major final tables this year, including his win in the Sunday Million in February for over $200k.

1. Gullars85: $100,074
2. H.O.V.E. 585: $69,282
3. FFranz89: $46,188
4. tomgus456: $38,490
5. stormi22: $30,792
6. mullet: $23,094
7. MYTHOLOGIC: $15,396
8. Kameleont: $9,623
9. cheddarmon: $6,620

Perhaps the yesterday’s toughest final table was the Sunday Second Chance on [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]Poker Stars[/url]. Fishbones11, Papa Bull XL, s00tedj0kers, and mattg1983 helped make the final table painful for the other players. Despite the depth of the final table, mattg1983 was able to chop them all down en route to winning the full first place amount of $53,330.

1. mattg1983: $53,330
2. Rubadubducky: $39,681
3. fishbones11: $30,108
4. Legacy10: $21,616
5. Papa Bull XL: $15,440
6. Arvid2k7: $12,352
7. s00tedj0kers: $9,264
8. Ayodeji13: $6,794
9. nanonoko: $4,323

Before making the final table of the $530 250k Guaranteed on [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]Poker Stars[/url], Pokerccini made the final table of the Sunday Brawl on [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url] Poker. He got 8th in this as well, for $6,059. Johnny3600 outlasted the final table, taking it all down for $73,418.

1. johnny3600: $73,418
2. torowe: $48,470
3. REDCRUSHER1: $35,996
4. eatschips: $28,156
5. robert07: $21,028
6. ship hamilton: $14,612
7. Max Strength: $8,910
8. Pokerccini: $6,059
9. nicolecutie888: $4,277

The [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url] 750K Guaranteed saw HosniMubarak mow down the competition, outlasting a massive field, and prospering to the tune of $136,081 in doing so.

1. HosniMubarak: $136,081
2. CountTilt: $82,240
3. theman2892: $53,802
4. Reletrom: $42,427
5. theoneone: $31,820
6. potbuilder1881: $23,596
7. lemac1980: $17,678
8. LWALKER: $13,835
9. MajorPayne11: $10,299

The [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url] Sunday Mulligan was also a very, very tough final table, with sketchy1 and Vanessa “fslexcduck” Selbst showing up. However, they both fell short, busting in 4th and 6th respectively, as mrvogt took it down for $49,545.

1. mrvogt: $49,545
2. breeth: $31,379
3. djlizard66: $23,231
4. sketchy1: $18,167
5. ersherman: $13,763
6. fslexcduck: $9,909
7. Woolley: $6,606
8. Bsd80: $4,955
9. benba: $3,523

As always, we’ll be rounding out our coverage with the [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-Bodog.php]Bodog[/url] $100k. 720 players came out this week, creating a $28.8k overlay. Some serious talent showed up this week, with phatcat and iLLNuGWichee creating a tough final table. Docbox3 dominated all of them though, and winning $23.6k.

1. docbox3: $23,600
2. SirStevie89: $13,600
3. phatcat: $9,100
4. iLLNuGWichee: $7,000
5. IAmKeyserSoze: $5,700
6. drexxel7: $4,500
7. JanM: $3,300
8. re585: $2,200
9. Sumpas: $1,300

High Stakes Poker has been popular with its inception, as it features some of the most popular players in the world, such as [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Doyle-Brunson.html]Doyle Brunson[/url], [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Phil-Ivey.html]Phil Ivey[/url], and [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Phil-Hellmuth.html]Phil Hellmuth[/url]. In Season 4, they started to feature players that were lesser known to the general public, such as internet phenoms Brian Townsend and [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Phil-Galfond.php]Phil Galfond[/url]. Whether this trend will continue in Season 5 is also a mystery.

What is known for sure is that High Stakes Poker will yet again be on GSN. It’s rumored that the new season will kick off in 2009, as well as a variation to the show’s format – Omaha. If the past four seasons haven’t produced enough action or massive pots, the addition of Omaha will definitely do that. While it’s going to be a bit of a wait, High Stakes Poker will be back.

1. p3rc4 13885
2. Chick91 13151
3. cessy12 12721
4. Jukka S.11150
5. ToMontana8 10649
6. tons26 10361
7. rhumagricole 9296
8. kyfran91 9011
9. Griff94 8978
10. Nase66 x 8433

If you’d like to do some detective work of your own and see just how we got to today, be sure to check out http://poker-network.flopturnriver.com/PokerNetwork-Ongame-Network.php. Also, if you’d like to check out today, take a look at http://www.flopturnriver.com/Ongame-PokerRoom-Players-20080731.php. With that being said, let’s see who the champion is this month!

1 cessy12 15157
2 Chick91 15143
3 p3rc4 14377
4 Jukka S. 13510
5 tons26 13074
6 ToMontana8 12785
7 rhumagricole 12368
8 kyfran91 12139
9 inio78 11094
10 GUANCHES 10100

And instability continues on the [url=http://poker-network.flopturnriver.com/PokerNetwork-Ongame-Network.php]Ongame[/url] Leaderboard. P3rc4 did close to nothing in the last week, falling down to 3rd place, and opening the way for cessy12, who had a solid week en route to taking down the leaderboard this month. All in all, a disappointing effort from p3rc4 who looked like he was going to run away with it halfway through July, and then just sputtered through the last two weeks of the month. Whether or not he’ll show up in August remains to be seen, but definitely a disappointing in July’s homestretch.

On the other hand, cessy12 deserves a round of applause for overcoming the massive lead that p3rc4 had gained, and taking down the tough [url=http://poker-network.flopturnriver.com/PokerNetwork-Ongame-Network.php]Ongame[/url] Leaderboard. Chick91 should also be commended, for amassing a solid 15,143 points, and falling just short of cessy12, by only 14 points! It looks like these two players are here to stay, and are ready to make a lasting impression upon the [url=http://poker-network.flopturnriver.com/PokerNetwork-Ongame-Network.php]Ongame[/url] Leaderboard. Jukka S. looks like they’re going to fall in the same category, as they stick around in 4th yet again this week, and have made a good impression this month.

Tons26 and ToMontana8 flip flop this week, switching 5th and 6th place, with Tons26 getting the better end of the deal. Look for both of these players to show up again in August, with ToMontana8 having the better chances of making a run at first, as he’s had some Top 10 experience before.

Rhumagricole and KyFran91 are staying still this week, sticking to 7th and 8th place.

Rounding out the [url=http://poker-network.flopturnriver.com/PokerNetwork-Ongame-Network.php]Ongame[/url] Leaderboard in July are inio78 and GUANCHES, coming in at 9th and 10th respectively. They’ve sent Griff94 and Nase66 x packing at the very end of the month as well.

That is all for this month’s coverage of the [url=http://poker-network.flopturnriver.com/PokerNetwork-Ongame-Network.php]Ongame[/url] Leaderboard. Congratulations to cessy12 on an admirable performance, and be sure to check back next week as we kick off the action in August.

1 b00k0fMud0ra 6384.59
2 rage4dorder 6201.94
3 rbeckwith 6184.93
4 DESS66 6038.85
5 anfo500 5613.94
6 FouTight 5550.02
7 ROONEY_DIVES 5374.25
8 ICuRaRook 5319.23
9 bjolla 5242.82
10 NeverScaredB 5035.47

If you’d like to take a look at today in depth, check out http://www.flopturnriver.com/PokerStars-Players-20080730.php. And if you’re curious and would like to check out any days this month, feel free to head over to http://poker-network.flopturnriver.com/Poker-Stars-Network.php, scroll to the bottom of the page, and pick the corresponding day on the [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/calendar.php]Calendar[/url], to the day you’re looking for. Without further adieu, here’s where we are as of July 30th.

1 imeasy2read 6977.74
2 bdubs3737 6816.90
3 jitterbug777 6487.83
4 e4e5nf3nc6 6414.59
5 Kiba52 6300.91
6 bgr9292 6099.86
7 Metsfan512 5911.84
8 $wanswan 5818.81
9 kurt23x 5758.68
10 jonrubs 5599.48

As you can see, imeasy2read and bdubs3737 are ahead of the pack in July, both with formidable scores. This is likely how it will end for July, as tomorrow is the final table, and it’ll be very tough to overtake imeasy2read. He’s definitely put in his work this month, playing well over 800 tournaments in July, while winning a $25 freezeout with nearly 2.5k players for $9,660, and taking 2nd in a $55 freezeout for nearly $10k. Bdubs3737 has had a solid month, topped off with a mammoth takedown this past Sunday. Bdubs made his way through the massive 23,960-player field en route to winning the Sunday Hundred Grand on for $23,960!

That is all for this week, be sure to check back next week for an in-depth look into the end of July, and the start of August on the [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]Poker Stars[/url] Leaderboard!

The Sunday Million once again saw over 8,000 players come out. The final table was devoid of any notables, but it’s tough for a pro, let alone anyone, to make the final table of the biggest online weekly tournament. However, these players fought all day, and in the end, the remaining four players made a deal, which locked up six figures for each of them. Avkid86 locked himself up over 100k with the chop, and another $30k when he beat strahhh25 heads-up.

1. avkid86: $138,101
2. strahhh25: $118,193
3. pokerbrat13: $113,017
4. Gambooooool: $138,078
5. tonijeromi: $58,590
6. dapoopta: $41,850
7. Jimboski30: $29,295
8. gio_piso: $19,251
9. DonC33: $11,718

As I previously mentioned, the Warm-up was a second chance tournament yesterday, giving players who busted in the first 120 minutes a chance to buy in again. There was yet another deal made, between the final three players. ShowM4n won the most money, taking down $120,410 despite finishing second, but richlizard – the eventual winner – took down 1st place and $114,662.

1. richlizard: $114,662
2. ShowM4n: $120,410
3. LION8HART: $78,357
4. Bumbulbee_G: $56,170
5. nederen_dk: $44,936
6. Bozz814: $33,702
7. LukeLasko: $22,468
8. hoyd78: $14,042
9. mnkyman: $9,100

The Sunday Second Chance on [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]Poker Stars[/url] saw yet another chop, which was three-handed this time. It also saw yet again, where someone other than first place took home the most money. Junior4718 came away victorious, outlasting his fellow choppers in AlBrvs4Life and MrteddyKGB, en route to taking home $41k.

1. junior4718: $41,265
2. AlBrvs4Life: $46,598
3. MrteddyKGB: $41,206
4. DenverSports: $22,960
5. carmenomar: $16,400
6. toddinhu: $13,120
7. jvtilt: $9,840
8. joejackson06: $6,560
9. paze1: $4,592

11,962 players showed up for the extremely popular Million Dollar Turbo Takedown on [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]Poker Stars[/url]. That seems like an insurmountable number, but nine players showed up ready to fight for a $100k first place. Perhaps in a surprise, no chop was made, and riffery was the big winner, outlasting 11,961 other players, and taking down an amazing $100k. Riffery made an excellent return on 5k FPP’s.

1. riffery: $100,000
2. nsewell4: $60,000
3. kipa58: $40,000
4. papa333: $32,500
5. jitterbug777: $25,000
6. Badboy Orrie: $20,000
7. HipsterDufes: $15,000
8. gambler2k4: $10,000
9. roybaauw: $5,500

The $530 250k on [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]Poker Stars[/url] held some incredibly sick players at the final table, which should come as no surprise. This tournament is becoming weekly, and at the end of the month will turn into a $1,050. As for yesterday, Stammdogg, Dyzalot, Sno0oWMAN, and TheNew helped to create an incredibly sick final table. However, none of these four accomplished players were able to top Benba, as he took it all down, for $105.6k.

1. Benba: $105,660
2. Ozone23: $76,310
3. Stammdogg: $58,700
4. Dyzalot: $44,025
5. MPetes: $30,818
6. CKOTUHA: $24,948
7. Avi011: $19,078
8. SNo0oWMAN: $13,208
9. TheNew:$ 8,218

The [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url] $750k Guaranteed saw a [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url] Pro show up, along with eight other players who outlasted a 4k+ field. Unfortunately, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Erica-Schoenberg.php]Erica Schoenberg[/url] was the first player eliminated from the final table, busting out 9th place for $10,873. syzygy-1-1-1-1 proved to be unstoppable, as he ran down the final table, taking down $143,285 in the process.

1. syzygy-1-1-1-1: $143,285
2. govshark2: $86,739
3. Babooyah: $56,798
4. blizair: $44,627
5. thekellster89: $33,511
6. Brundaddy: $24,829
7. IndianRope: $18,662
8. Capax Infiniti: $14,605
9. EricaSchoenberg: $10,873

The Sunday Brawl on [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url] saw two tough players make it to the final table, in Hunter “TopTizzlePizzle” Frey, and Ben “bmf823” Fineman. Ben had a nice run, but ultimately fell short in 5th, for $21.5k. However, the player of the day was Hunter, as he made the last knockout, as he shipped the Brawl for $75k.

1. TopTizzlePizzle: $75,066
2. the_corpofag: $49,558
3. johnDF: $36,804
4. DuquesneDropOut: $28,788
5. bmf823: $21,500
6. rms smr: $14,940
7. goldenbollox: $9,110
8. Lopov: $6,195
9. prebzman: $4,373

The Sunday Mulligan was yet another [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url] final table that featured top flight talented. CrazyMarco, Intervention, and Aaron_Hacker highlighted the last big [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url] final table of the day. CrazyMarco and Intervention each put up great performances, finishing in 5th and 3rd respectively. Aaron beat out his fellow pros, and took away $53.5k for it.

1. Aaron_Hacker: $53,505
2. 3_9_offsuit: $33,887
3. Intervention: $25,088
4. JOSEYY: $19,619
5. CrazyMarco: $14,863
6. Swimmer808: $10,701
7. mordi20: $7,134
8. nononoko: $5,351
9. broomcrnsuncle: $3,805

As usual, we’re going to round out the FTR coverage of the Sunday Majors with the [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-Bodog.php]Bodog[/url] 100k Guaranteed. 720 players came out this week, creating an overlay of $27.3k. Skeptix beat out the other 719 players, and won it outright for $23.6k.

1. skeptix: $23,600
2. fitzfitz: $13,600
3. theman94: $9,100
4. No Mans Land: $7,000
5. swimjack: $5,700
6. farmslicer7: $4,500
7. wybm: $3,300
8. Rataveli: $2,200
9. TheHesse: $1,300

Be sure to check back next week for more of FTR’s coverage of Sunday Majors!

[url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-TitanPoker.php]Titan[/url] Poker is gearing up to send players to beautiful Dublin, Ireland, for the Irish Winter Festival. Not only will players who win packages to the Irish Winter Festival get to enjoy the beautiful city of Dublin, but they’ll gain entry into the Irish Masters main event. The main event is estimated to have a €1,000,000 prize pool. Reuben Peters won it last year, and took home €532,620 for first place, so there will be plenty of money to play for. The players who win packages won’t only be playing in the Irish masters main event, but they’ll be enjoying four nights at Dublin’s City West Hotel, will have their flights paid for, and will have spending money to enjoy Dublin. On top of all of that, players sent by [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-TitanPoker.php]Titan[/url] Poker will have a private welcome party at the Guinness Storehouse Gravity Bar, a brewery tour, dinner, and will be treated to a live band show! The packages are worth $4,500, and that includes your buy-in to the main event ($2,600), and accommodations, flights, and spending money. From the 8th of July to the 14th of October, Super Satellites will be running every Sunday and Tuesday. Players are able to buy into these satellites directly for $55, or win their way in through the extremely affordable sit n’ go and qualifier satellites that run daily. The Irish Masters will be taking place from October 25th to October 27th, so don’t waste any time!

The Asia [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PacificPoker.php]Pacific[/url] Poker Tour’s second season is fast approaching, with the first event in Macau, China going down in early September. As of now, there are nine players being sent by [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-TitanPoker.php]Titan[/url] Poker. They hail from all over the world, from Germany, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Japan, France, and the Czech Republic. [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-TitanPoker.php]Titan[/url] Poker is still hosting Super Satellites to this event, on Sunday and Wednesday. These qualifiers will be going on until August 6th, so don’t waste any time! Players who are skilled and lucky enough to win an APPT Macau package (valued at $9k), won’t only win entry to the event, but will have six days at the StarWorld hotel, and $3k for travel and spending!

As has been previously mentioned in courtiebee’s coverage of [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-TitanPoker.php]Titan[/url] Poker, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-TitanPoker.php]Titan[/url] Poker is working to send players to the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour as we speak! [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-TitanPoker.php]Titan[/url] is doing a great job with this, as they’re giving their players a ton of freedom all around. Not only are players able to satellite in for as little as $2.20, but, they’re also able to choose from one of four Grosvenor UK Poker Tour events if they do win! There will be an event in Luton from August 7 – August 10, Bolton from September 4th to September 7th, Thanet from October 16th – October 19th, and Blackpool from November 13th – November 16th. The Super Satellites to these events are running every Thursday, and they include your Main Event buy-in, which is worth roughly $2.1k, as well as up to $1.9k for flights, accommodations, and spending money. Now depending on the destination you’re shooting for, the super satellites for those events will be ending on different dates. They will be as such: Luton: July 29th, Bolton: August 26th, Thanet: September 30th, Blackpool: October 28th.

That is all for this week, be sure to check back next week when courtiebee resumes her coverage of [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-TitanPoker.php]Titan[/url] Poker.

However, the 2008 WSOP cultivated quite a few notable stories. First and foremost were the exploits of Aaron Gordon, aka “toadstool”, and Richard Lyndaker, aka “[url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/nutsinho.php]nutsinho[/url]”. Aaron made an unbelievable run in this year’s Main Event, finishing in 24th place, all the way down from the original 6,844, leaving with a respectable $257k for his work. Richard has been a mainstay in the [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]Poker Stars[/url] cash game scene this year, and inflated his bankroll by a good deal with his WSOP performance. He only played three events, but in one of those events – a $1.5k NLH event – he took 29th for $11,950. However, his biggest score by far, came in the $5k 6-max NLH event, when he fell just short, finishing 2nd for $570,551. Congratulations to both Aaron and Richard for their performances.

Speaking of great performances, one would have to give the nod to John Phan. Phan had perhaps the best performance of the summer, winning not one, but two bracelets. One of those bracelets came in No Limit Hold ‘Em, with the other coming in Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Low Ball. On top of that, John came in 5th place in the recent WPT Bellagio Cup IV event, for $193,915! John Phan has definitely had an incredible summer. Between those three cashes alone, John pocketed over $780k!

[url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Mike-Matusow.php]Mike Matusow[/url] has had an up and down career, often displaying high levels of skill, but burning through money live and online due to emotional and tilt issues. However, Mike came into this year’s World Series several pounds lighter (which in turn won him a $100k prop bet), and played great poker for the majority of the series. He first took down the No Limit 2-7 Single Draw Lowball event for $537,862, beating out a stacked final table that included Jeff Lisandro, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Barry-Greenstein.html]Barry Greenstein[/url], [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Erick-Lindgren.php]Erick Lindgren[/url], Tom “Durr” Dwan, and [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/David-Benyamine.php]David Benyamine[/url]. He also final tabled the $10k Omaha Hi/Lo World Championship, busting 5th for $138k. He couldn’t outlast [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/David-Benyamine.php]David Benyamine[/url], who took it down for $535,687. [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/David-Benyamine.php]David Benyamine[/url] has had an amazing summer in his own right, taking down the aforementioned event, finishing 7th in the event Mike won, and taking 3rd in a $5k Pot Limit Omaha rebuy. And on top of all of that, he took 2nd in the Bellagio Cup IV event for $840k! Back to Mike however, he made a legendary run in the Main Event, getting 3 outered and busting in 30th for $193k.

[url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Barry-Greenstein.html]Barry Greenstein[/url] made three final tables this series as well, taking 3rd in the event Matusow won, winning a Razz event for $157,643, and taking 6th in the $50k H.O.R.S.E. event for $355,200. Given the sizes of the fields these days, it’s mind boggling to believe that Phan, Matusow, Benyamine, and Greenstein were able to plow through these fields en route to multiple final tables, and numerous bracelets combined. There were numerous first time bracelet winners this year that are highly regarded amongst their peers. David Singer, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Erick-Lindgren.php]Erick Lindgren[/url], and Kenny Tran all collected their first bracelets in the 2008 WSOP.

Looking to the very near future, we have the 2008 Legends of Poker series coming up in California at the Bicycle Casino. This will be a rather long series, with tons of events under $1k. It begins on July 30th, will span 23 events leading up to August 23rd, when the $10k WPT Championship event begins. Last year, Dan Harrington beat David Pham heads up, taking down the hefty $1.6 million first place prize.

Keep posted to [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/blogs/]FTR Blogs[/url] in the near future as we continue to cover tournaments, whether they’re live or online.

1. p3rc4 12852
2. Chick91 9933
3. tons26 8729
4. Jukka S. 8461
5. kyfran91 8003
6. cessy12 7983
7. ToMontana8 7912
8. rhumagricole 7488
9. Griff94 7397
10. xocolate 7301

As you can see, p3rc4 held a pretty hefty lead last week at this time. If you’d like to do your own searching of the [url=http://poker-network.flopturnriver.com/PokerNetwork-Ongame-Network.php]Ongame[/url] Leaderboard archives, be sure to head over to http://poker-network.flopturnriver.com/PokerNetwork-Ongame-Network.php. Once there, scroll to the bottom of the page, and then use the [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/calendar.php]Calendar[/url] to navigate through prior days. Also, if you’d like to take a look at today’s results in general, check out http://www.flopturnriver.com/Ongame-PokerRoom-Players-20080724.php. Without any more fanfare, let’s check out where we stand this week!

1. p3rc4 13885
2. Chick91 13151
3. cessy12 12721
4. Jukka S.11150
5. ToMontana8 10649
6. tons26 10361
7. rhumagricole 9296
8. kyfran91 9011
9. Griff94 8978
10. Nase66 x 8433

First things first, p3rc4’s lead has nearly eroded. After enjoying a cushy lead for the majority of the month, Chick91 has erased a ton of the distance between the two of them, and is just 734 points away from overtaking p3rc4’s lead! From what was at one point a bit of a snoozefest, we’ve gone to what is looking to be a feverish race to the finish as July wraps up. With just a week left in the month, both players are going to need to turn it on if they want to take this down.

In other news, for the first time in quite some time, just one player has fallen out of the Top 10, which means just one came in of course. This is a big deal, seeing as instability has been unbelievably common amongst the Top 10 in the [url=http://poker-network.flopturnriver.com/PokerNetwork-Ongame-Network.php]Ongame[/url] Leaderboard for awhile now. It’s very surprising to see the change. Whether or not it will continue remains to be seen.

Cessy12 has made a solid jump this week, moving up to 3rd from 6th place, after a solid week of nearly 5,000 points! Jukka S is holding steady at 4th, building on an already respectable month. Jukka may be one of the names to watch in the future, as they’ve been extremely consistent the entire month; not swingy at all.

One of the mainstays from earlier this year, ToMontana8 is showing signs of perhaps returning to form. Re-entering the Top 10 in 7th place last week, it wasn’t known if these were just flashes of former success, or whether they were legitimate. It appears that it could bet he latter, rather than the former. ToMontana8 makes a nice little jump back up to 5th this week.

Tons26 has had a lackluster week, amassing just around 1.3k in points, effectively ending any shot they had of winning the [url=http://poker-network.flopturnriver.com/PokerNetwork-Ongame-Network.php]Ongame[/url] Leaderboard this month. Rhumagricole, another player who’s hovered around the Top 10 in the past, has made a small improvement on last week, moving up to 6th from 7th.

KyFran91 comes in at 8th this week, Griff94 stays strong at 9th, and Nase66 x is our new arrival in 10th.

That is all for this week! Be sure to check back next week as July wraps up!

8,589 players came out this week, inflating the prize pool up to 1.7 million this week! That meant that first place would be over $200k, and after 11 hours of play, that’s just what SAM66 took home! SAM66 had a big chiplead throughout a good deal of the final table. He proved to be unstoppable, as he outlasted a massive field en route to a $209,572 payday!

1. SAM66: $209,572
2. Shantaram: $141,719
3. MrMuck1976: $95,338
4. rubenrtv: $77,301
5. pepperdiablo: $60,123
6. my_emolument: $42,945
7. moorten: $30,062
8. Axinar: $19,755
9. Cjh1224: $13,399

The Sunday Warmup saw one of the very best Sweden has to offer come out and decimate the final table. Eisenhower1 has been building a solid reputation amongst tournament pros in the past few months, and helped that along quite well yesterday by dominating the final table and collecting a solid payday of $97,664.

1. eisenhower1: $97,664
2. seberek: $69,760
3. hanji: $45,693
4. nukemaster1: $34,880
5. AyeReady1966: $27,904
6. AA_Legend: $20,928
7. bartleby666: $14,998
8. ryanfitz05: $10,464
9. truls77: $6,767

As I mentioned earlier, there was an FTR member present at one of today’s majors –  the Sunday Second Chance on [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]Poker Stars[/url]. Mcatdog waded his way through the field, but definitely didn’t pick the softest final table, as Universe112 and Jason “Taknapotin” Carver were present as well. Mcat played a great game, but unfortunately ran into a cooler, getting it in with AQ vs. a very aggressive taknapotin’s AK. He busted in 8th for $6,796, as he busted to the eventual winner. Taknapotin took down an impressive $57,766 for his efforts.

1. Taknapotin: $57,766
2. uncledrkmeat: $43,494
3. P0ker D0h: $32,451
4. Rugieee: $23,786
5. voyager7o9: $16,990
6. v1nc: $13,592
7. Universe112: $10,194
8. mcatdog: $6,796
9. Brezi26: $4,757

The [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url] major was a $535 this week, and was a $1 million guaranteed rather than a $750k. Some tough talent made it to the final table, including AJKHoosier1, and A__theKevlar__2. Also, while most people might not know GulahPapyrus, a simple check on any of the tracking sites would bring up the fact that this isn’t the first time they’ve made this final table. In January, when the [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url] major was once again a $535 $1 million guaranteed, GulahPapyrus won it then. That’s just what Gulah did yesterday, outlasting the tough final table, including beating the extremely talented AJKHoosier1 headsup! Between the two wins, Gulah has pocketed a whopping $400k+.

1. GulahPapyrus: $219,773
2. AJKHoosier1: $134,895
3. hurikane3: $88,293
4. A__theKevlar__2: $70,442
5. SitAndStack: $53,311
6. Chipleader56: $38,336
7. Nom Sayin: $28,153
8. acatlover: $22,043
9. ILIKEPONIES: $16,772

The Sunday Brawl on [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url] Poker saw a solid turnout of 1,769 players this week, creating a $350k+ prizepool, with the bulk of that prizepool going to the nine players who were able to make it through the field. Unfortunately for the other eight players at the final table, they weren’t able to outlast Styjroben33, who was the last player standing, and the recipient of $72,883!

1. Styjroben33: $72,883
2. ulilbeach: $48,117
3. CopenhagenPride: $35,734
4. Sakerfalke: $27,950
5. Badtilt: $20,874
6. HigHRolliN44: $14,506
7. BlackFours: $8,845
8. otti_B: $6,015
9. Hanahan: $4,246

[url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url]’s version of the Second Chance – The Sunday Mulligan, saw GimmeFiction grind out the competition, taking down 1st place and $55.9k while doing so.

1. GimmeFiction: $55,924
2. rafampvierira: $35,588
3. FromThaGroundUp: $26,183
4. Boodacious: $20,654
5. Jagz7: $15,[url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-888PacificPoker.php]888[/url]
6. Outdraw09: $11,439
7. GrMonkey: $7,626
8. Bernie Kosar: $5,720
9. LovinItAll: $4,067

Rounding out our coverage as usual, is the [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-Bodog.php]Bodog[/url] $100k. The value is dropping a bit, as this $100+$9 saw 753 players come out this week, as the players have been coming back again, dropping the overlay that [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-Bodog.php]Bodog[/url] paid out to $24.7k this week. Dippydough was this week’s winner, taking away $23.6k for the win.

1. dippydough - $23,600
2. 35thcorvette - $13,600
3. Jray87 - $9,100
4. azn_synergy - $7,000
5. Ragaboo - $5,700
6. escape222 - $4,500
7. pkb6786 - $3,300
8. Homer_Jay - $2,200
9. JohnD - $1,300

That’s all for this week, folks. Be sure to come back next week, as next Sunday is going to be a big one. The $530 $250k Guaranteed on [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]Poker Stars[/url], along with the Turbo Takedown, and a special version of the Sunday Warm-up, where it will be the 2x chance, with a $1 million prize pool!