The 2011 online tournament scene started off with a bang this past Sunday. A lot of players must have found their stocking stuffed a little bit more this past holiday season as attendance was up across the board. One of the biggest jumps was seen in the $215 buy-in Sunday Warm-Up which saw more than 5,000 players enter the day’s earliest event.  The Warm-Up’s prize pool hit the $1,000,000 mark for the first time in a long while and provides a lot of hope for online events throughout the new year. There was not a whole lot of suspense at the Warm-Up final table as “7de9″ took a large chip-lead, but agreed upon a chip-chop. With just $10,000 left on the table the rail was left wanting more. In the end 7de9′s chiplead proved to be too much as he took down the Warm-Up title and a nice $138,295 payday.

Seat 5: 7de9 (34412292 in chips)
Seat 8: Anita seku (16047708 in chips)
7de9: posts small blind 150000
Anita seku: posts big blind 300000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
7de9: raises 300000 to 600000
Anita seku: raises 1200000 to 1800000
7de9: raises 1500000 to 3300000
Anita seku: raises 12717708 to 16017708 and is all-in
7de9: calls 12717708
*** FLOP *** [Th 5d 5h]
*** TURN *** [Th 5d 5h] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [Th 5d 5h 4s] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Anita seku: shows [9h 9d] (two pair, Nines and Fives)
7de9: shows [Ah Ac] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
7de9 collected 32095416 from pot

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up $750k Guaranteed
5,046 Entrants; $1,009,200 prize pool
*3-way chop

1. 7de9 $138,295
2. Anita seku $114,191
3. pawnUz $106,217
4.Puropoker123 $57,020
5. wegi1980 $42,891
6. superbopeo $32,799
7. niewie $22,707
8. mahowny777 $12,615
9. PJ4412 $8,074

The Sunday Million again saw a rise in its prize pool as it came close to the $1,900,000 mark before falling just short. Still, there was more than $270,00 on the line for the winner.  Interestingly enough the Million was one of a few tournaments that was not chopped this past weekend as “he77_Razor” went against the grain and took down “stevemruk” for the title. The $270,354 cash was by far and away the biggest score of his career.  Runner-up stevemruk earned $198,786 for a hard days work, also the biggest score of his career. While two relatively unknown players make huge scores, it was the most experienced of the bunch, “brianm15″, who busted first at the final table in 9th place. The final-table stacks, bust-out hands, and payouts can be found below:

Seat 1: MorningBuzz (5956686 in chips)
Seat 2: stevemruk (8332528 in chips)
Seat 3: He77_Razor (12968610 in chips)
Seat 4: asianboys271 (6206026 in chips)
Seat 5: BacarySagna (10672936 in chips)
Seat 6: bigred2587 (7849592 in chips)
Seat 7: touchmynuts1 (14972494 in chips)
Seat 8: brianm15 (11690809 in chips)
Seat 9: Pimola (16010319 in chips)

Seat 1: MorningBuzz (5326686 in chips)
Seat 2: stevemruk (12255056 in chips)
Seat 3: He77_Razor (12187082 in chips)
Seat 4: asianboys271 (7282052 in chips)
Seat 5: BacarySagna (9658936 in chips)
Seat 6: bigred2587 (10159592 in chips)
Seat 7: touchmynuts1 (12673494 in chips)
Seat 8: brianm15 (4051809 in chips)
Seat 9: Pimola (21065293 in chips)
asianboys271: posts small blind 300000
BacarySagna: posts big blind 600000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
bigred2587: folds
touchmynuts1: folds
brianm15: raises 3391809 to 3991809 and is all-in
Pimola: folds
MorningBuzz: folds
stevemruk: folds
He77_Razor: folds
asianboys271: raises 3230243 to 7222052 and is all-in
BacarySagna: folds
Uncalled bet (3230243) returned to asianboys271
*** FLOP *** [3d Kh Kc]
*** TURN *** [3d Kh Kc] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [3d Kh Kc 4h] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
asianboys271: shows [Ks Ac] (three of a kind, Kings)
brianm15: shows [Ah 9h] (a pair of Kings)
asianboys271 collected 9123618 from pot

Seat 1: MorningBuzz (4066686 in chips)
Seat 2: stevemruk (24570112 in chips)
Seat 3: He77_Razor (14587082 in chips)
Seat 4: asianboys271 (158805 in chips)
Seat 5: BacarySagna (8398936 in chips)
Seat 6: bigred2587 (11479592 in chips)
Seat 7: touchmynuts1 (12793494 in chips)
Seat 9: Pimola (18605293 in chips)
stevemruk: posts small blind 300000
He77_Razor: posts big blind 600000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
asianboys271: calls 98805 and is all-in
BacarySagna: folds
bigred2587: folds
touchmynuts1: folds
Pimola: raises 750000 to 1350000
MorningBuzz: folds
stevemruk: folds
He77_Razor: calls 750000
*** FLOP *** [9d Ks 9s]
He77_Razor: checks
Pimola: bets 1575000
He77_Razor: raises 2025000 to 3600000
Pimola: folds
Uncalled bet (2025000) returned to He77_Razor
*** TURN *** [9d Ks 9s] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [9d Ks 9s 7h] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
He77_Razor: shows [Ts Js] (a straight, Nine to King)
He77_Razor collected 5853585 from side pot
asianboys271: shows [8c Ac] (a pair of Nines)
He77_Razor collected 875220 from main pot

Seat 1: MorningBuzz (2266686 in chips)
Seat 2: stevemruk (22823236 in chips)
Seat 3: He77_Razor (26560887 in chips)
Seat 5: BacarySagna (6313936 in chips)
Seat 6: bigred2587 (10119592 in chips)
Seat 7: touchmynuts1 (21386988 in chips)
Seat 9: Pimola (5188675 in chips)
He77_Razor: posts small blind 400000
BacarySagna: posts big blind 800000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
bigred2587: folds
touchmynuts1: folds
Pimola: raises 4308675 to 5108675 and is all-in
MorningBuzz: folds
stevemruk: folds
He77_Razor: folds
BacarySagna: calls 4308675
*** FLOP *** [3h Ks Qd]
*** TURN *** [3h Ks Qd] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [3h Ks Qd 7s] [5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BacarySagna: shows [Ad Jh] (high card Ace)
Pimola: shows [9c Js] (high card King)
BacarySagna collected 11177350 from pot

Seat 1: MorningBuzz (1146686 in chips)
Seat 2: stevemruk (22503236 in chips)
Seat 3: He77_Razor (26720887 in chips)
Seat 5: BacarySagna (13302611 in chips)
Seat 6: bigred2587 (8599592 in chips)
Seat 7: touchmynuts1 (22386988 in chips)
MorningBuzz: posts small blind 400000
stevemruk: posts big blind 800000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
He77_Razor: folds
BacarySagna: folds
bigred2587: folds
touchmynuts1: raises 800000 to 1600000
MorningBuzz: calls 666686 and is all-in
stevemruk: folds
Uncalled bet (533314) returned to touchmynuts1
*** FLOP *** [8d 2d Ad]
*** TURN *** [8d 2d Ad] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [8d 2d Ad 4c] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MorningBuzz: shows [5h Th] (high card Ace)
touchmynuts1: shows [Jd 5d] (a flush, Ace high)
touchmynuts1 collected 3413372 from pot

Seat 2: stevemruk (21543236 in chips)
Seat 3: He77_Razor (34560887 in chips)
Seat 5: BacarySagna (10742611 in chips)
Seat 6: bigred2587 (6839592 in chips)
Seat 7: touchmynuts1 (20973674 in chips)
BacarySagna: posts small blind 400000
bigred2587: posts big blind 800000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
touchmynuts1: raises 800000 to 1600000
stevemruk: folds
He77_Razor: folds
BacarySagna: folds
bigred2587: raises 4000000 to 5600000
touchmynuts1: raises 4000000 to 9600000
bigred2587: calls 1159592 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (2840408) returned to touchmynuts1
*** FLOP *** [6d 5c Qd]
*** TURN *** [6d 5c Qd] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [6d 5c Qd Ac] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bigred2587: shows [Qs Ad] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
touchmynuts1: shows [6s 6h] (three of a kind, Sixes)
touchmynuts1 collected 14319184 from pot

Seat 2: stevemruk (20103236 in chips)
Seat 3: He77_Razor (35040887 in chips)
Seat 5: BacarySagna (10102611 in chips)
Seat 7: touchmynuts1 (29413266 in chips)
He77_Razor: posts small blind 400000
BacarySagna: posts big blind 800000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
touchmynuts1: folds
stevemruk: folds
He77_Razor: raises 800000 to 1600000
BacarySagna: raises 8422611 to 10022611 and is all-in
He77_Razor: calls 8422611
*** FLOP *** [Kd 9s 6h]
*** TURN *** [Kd 9s 6h] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 9s 6h 9d] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
He77_Razor: shows [Ac As] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
BacarySagna: shows [8h Ah] (a pair of Nines)
He77_Razor collected 20365222 from pot

Seat 2: stevemruk (27343236 in chips)
Seat 3: He77_Razor (45023498 in chips)
Seat 7: touchmynuts1 (22293266 in chips)
He77_Razor: posts small blind 500000
touchmynuts1: posts big blind 1000000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
stevemruk: folds
He77_Razor: raises 2000000 to 3000000
touchmynuts1: raises 19193266 to 22193266 and is all-in
He77_Razor: calls 19193266
*** FLOP *** [8h 2s 7d]
*** TURN *** [8h 2s 7d] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [8h 2s 7d 6s] [5c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
He77_Razor: shows [4s As] (a straight, Four to Eight)
touchmynuts1: shows [Qh Kc] (high card King)
He77_Razor collected 44686532 from pot

Seat 2: stevemruk (13150778 in chips)
Seat 3: He77_Razor (81509222 in chips)
stevemruk: posts small blind 600000
He77_Razor: posts big blind 1200000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
stevemruk: raises 11830778 to 13030778 and is all-in
He77_Razor: calls 11830778
*** FLOP *** [3c 6d Jh]
*** TURN *** [3c 6d Jh] [Qs]
*** RIVER *** [3c 6d Jh Qs] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
He77_Razor: shows [Qd Ac] (a pair of Queens)
stevemruk: shows [Ks 7c] (high card King)
He77_Razor collected 26301556 from pot

PokerStars Sunday Million $1.5M Guaranteed
9,466 Entrants; $1,893,200 prize pool

1. He77_Razor $270,354
2. stevemruk $198,786
3. touchmynuts1 $140,949
4. BacarySagna $94,660
5. bigred2587 $75,728
6. MorningBuzz $56,796
7. Pimola $37,864
8. asianboys271 $20,825
9. brianm15 $13,252

The Sunday500 final table was once again chalk full of big names with impressive tournament resumes.  The tournament came down to a chop between “KJulius10″ and Yorane “viirusss” Kerignard.  The highly-ranked KJulius10 earned himself the biggest piece of the pie as his chip stack was much larger at the time of the chop. The $86,995 score was the 4th biggest of his career well behind a win in FTOPS Event #22 for $159,243 and a 2nd place finish in the $1M on FullTilt for $163,222. Runner-up Kerignard’s $78,500 cash bolstered a resume that includes wins in the Super Tuesday and $100k Guaranteed on PokerStars.

Seat 2: viirusss (2359100 in chips)
Seat 6: KJulius10 (8860900 in chips)
viirusss: posts small blind 50000
KJulius10: posts big blind 100000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
viirusss: raises 100000 to 200000
KJulius10: raises 172400 to 372400
viirusss: raises 1976700 to 2349100 and is all-in
KJulius10: calls 1976700
*** FLOP *** [9d 8d Qs]
*** TURN *** [9d 8d Qs] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [9d 8d Qs 2c] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KJulius10: shows [Ad 9c] (two pair, Queens and Nines)
viirusss: shows [Ah Jc] (a pair of Queens)
KJulius10 collected 4718200 from pot

PokerStars Sunday $500k Guaranteed
1,122 Entrants; $561,500 prize pool
*2-way chop

1. KJulius10 $86,995
2. viirusss $78,500
3. LosChief $52,239
4. padjes $38,148
5. ImaLuckSac $27,770
6. Bambula271 $22,160
7. danube $16,550
8. plz be live $10,940
9. rockylooch80 $6,059

The Sunday $215r came back from a poor showing last week to easily eclipse its $150,000 guarantee this past Sunday. With more than 260 of the best online tournament players in the world on hand there were plenty of studs at the final table.  9th place finisher Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19″ Gonzalez is a top-50 ranked tournament professional who won WCOOP Event #38 earlier this year for $120,000.  “Dr_Olson”, one of the world’s best high-stakes fixed-limit pros finished in 7th place for just $6,566. The nosebleed Limit player has earned nearly $1,000,000 on PokerStars playing mainly $200/$400 Limit.  Eventual winner “jus2awsum” is best known for winning FTOPS Event #3 in 2010 for $76,545. He also has wins in the $1k Monday on FullTilt and the $100k Guaranteed on Absolute Poker. The $38,458 score comes in as just the 6th best finish of his career.

Seat 4: jus2awsum (1059302 in chips)
Seat 7: Athanasios 9 (1047698 in chips)
Athanasios 9: posts small blind 12500
jus2awsum: posts big blind 25000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Athanasios 9: raises 25000 to 50000
jus2awsum: raises 76555 to 126555
Athanasios 9: raises 918643 to 1045198 and is all-in
jus2awsum: calls 918643
*** FLOP *** [3c Kc 4s]
*** TURN *** [3c Kc 4s] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [3c Kc 4s 8h] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jus2awsum: shows [9s Ah] (high card Ace)
Athanasios 9: shows [Ac 5c] (high card Ace – lower kicker)
jus2awsum collected 2095396 from pot

PokerStars Sunday $215r $150k Guaranteed
263 Entrants; $187,600 prize pool

1. jus2awsum $38,458
2. Athanasios 9 $28,140
3. Believer82 $21,199
4. maxypaxy $15,496
5. Pokerccini $11,068
6. OBVAMENTS $8,442
7. Dr_Olson $6,566
8. Creatiff111 $4,690
9. SixthSenSe19 $3,283

Wrapping up the first Sunday of 2011 on PokerStars was the $250,000 Guaranteed Second Chance. The late starting event attracted more than 1,500 players creating a $305,600.  Unfortunately the final four players let the air out of the final table’s tires as they decided upon a chip-chop guaranteeing everyone at least $31,000.  The biggest piece of the pie went to 3rd place finisher “shimmyzo” who earned more than $43,700 after the chop.  The five-figure score appears to be the first of his career.  Taking home the title was “F.Briatore” who is no stranger to big wins on PokerStars having shipped WCOOP Event #8 back in 2006 for a $79,112 payday.

Seat 5: F.Briatore (3141968 in chips)
Seat 9: PokerOkk (1442032 in chips)
PokerOkk: posts small blind 15000
F.Briatore: posts big blind 30000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
PokerOkk: raises 1409032 to 1439032 and is all-in
F.Briatore: calls 1409032
*** FLOP *** [2c Jc Ts]
*** TURN *** [2c Jc Ts] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [2c Jc Ts 3c] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
F.Briatore: shows [8s Kc] (a pair of Threes)
PokerOkk: shows [7h 4h] (a pair of Threes – lower kicker)
F.Briatore collected 2884064 from pot

PokerStars Sunday Second Chance $250k Guaranteed
1,528 Entrants; $305,600 prize pool
*4-way chop

1. F.Briatore $38,470
2. PokerOkk $31,497
3. shimmyzo $43,715
4. thk_u_fish $34,807
5. chubb10 $16,044
6. PokerDomeAA $12,988
7. tasos80 $9,932
8. kylef89 $6,876
9. pool_shark_1 $4,278

Much like PokerStars, FullTilt also saw a nice uptick in attendance this past weekend as prize pools were up in the Brawl, $750k, and Mulligan.  The first major of the day, the $400k Brawl, is a knock-out style tournament. Every player buys-in for $240+$16 and $40 goes to the knock-out pool. Throughout the event, if you eliminate some one you earn their $40 bounty. Players who make it all the way to the final table typically earn $200-$400 in bounties through out the event.  There were more than 30 FullTilt pros on hand in the Brawl including former POY Allen Cunningham, Andrew “muddywater” Wiggins, Brandon Adams, and David “the Dragon” Pham. Caio Pimenta took low-pro honors finishing in 93rd place. The Brawl also fell to the chip-chop bug as runner-up “Docdog1″ actually earned $19,686 than winner “neker2013″.  The six-figure score was the first of his career.

FullTilt Sunday Brawl $400k Guaranteed
3,044 Entrants; $608,800 prize pool
*2-way chop

1. neker2013 $90,000
2. Docdog1 $109,686
3. Poker Line 101 $57,836
4. Zurn1 $43,225
5. LuckyGalaxy $30,440
6. Masiello21 $20,090
7. Siggen $13,394
8. xoplitax $9,133
9. CP7Dido $6,69

The $750k Guaranteed gave the Warm-Up on Stars a run for its money for the day’s 2nd biggest event. The $216 buy-in major fell just short as 4,556 players created a $911,200 prize pool.  Nearly 50 FullTilt sponsored professionals participated in the $750k including Matt “Hoss_TBF” Hawrilenko, Scott Fischman, Huck Seed, and Isaac “Menlo” Baron.  Matt Jarvis made a deep run before busting in 77th place for $1,321.  Much like nearly every other major on Sunday the $750k was chopped. Andras Nemeth and Craig “mcc3991″ McCorkell agreed upon a chip-chop paying out $119,338 and $133,939 respectively.  Both players had seen solid success on FullTilt and PokerStars in the past, but these scores easily rank as the best of their careers.

FullTilt Sunday $750k Guaranteed
4,556 Entrants; $911,200 prize pool
*2-way chop

1. mcc3991 $133,939
2. Andras Nemeth $119,338
3. bjpoke $61,962
4. YrrsiNN $48,294
5. endlessj83 $36,448
6. JBJacks $27,336
7. nickyluvshu $20,958
8. 3max $15,946
9. dig nasty $11,846

It was only fitting that the day’s final event, the $200k Mulligan on FullTilt, came down to a chip-chop much like every other tournament. This obviously wasn’t the best way to start 2011 but much like in all forms of poker, this appears to be just a little bit of variance.  The late starting major had a strong showing with 1,341 players creating a $268,200 prize pool.  Just over 20 FullTilt “red pros” entered the Mulligan including Scott Clements, Michael Mizrachi, and Jeff Madsen.  Unfortunately none of the professionals could muster up enough chips to make the top-100. The final table chop included three players, “SonnyBlack87″, “Anthonyyy_Kimmm”, and “mamacool”. All three earned at least $38,000 for a hard days work.

FullTilt Sunday Mulligan $200k Guaranteed
1,341 Entrants; $268,200 prize pool
*3-way chop

1. SonnyBlack87 $44,777
2. Anthonyyy_Kimmm $40,845
3. mamacool $38,086
4. Pghfan987 $21,791
5. Sailor XXX $16,441
6. AmazingAk47 $12,069
7. QuasiFiction $7,778
8. AshTheDonkey $5,632
9. Csabicsekk $4,023