Carter King Takes Down PokerStars Sunday Million
March 24, 2009
Carter “ckingusc” has beefed up his already glowing poker resume. After winning the PokerStars’ 2008 World Championship of Online Poker Main Event, King won the Sunday Million after arriving at the final table second in chips. King had to outlast 7,905 other participants to take down the $193,697 prize. The sheer number of participants pumped the prize pool to $1,599,800 and 1,170 players ended up in the money.
Terris “tpreston” Preston entered the final table as the short-stack and he was the first to be eliminated for $11,068.50. Rabbiej, who was also nursing a short stack, was eliminated several hands later in eight place for $18,183.80. BigSexyKN was the next one to go courtesy of a bad beat dealt by Carter King. BigSexyKN settled for seventh place and $27,671.
At 250,000/500,000/50,000, Craig “1GENERAL_TAO” Bergeron was eliminated when his all-in push was called by *xen. Bergeron went home with $40,320.60. Soon after, it was Liqqa’s turn to hit the rail when his all-in push at the small blinds was called by reef2287 who was sitting on the big blind. Liqqa was eliminated in fifth place, taking home $56,132.60.
Reef2287’s victory was short-lived as he was eliminated by Carter King who was holding Kings at 300,000/600,000/60,000. The board was no help to Reef2287 and he ended up in fourth place with $71,944.60. King continued on his winning ways by eliminating bbs99 next. Bbs99 settled for third place with a very respectable payday of $88,457.20.
Heads-up play was between Carter King who was holding 48,778,949 in chips and *xen who had 30,281,050 in chips. Despite his lead, it wasn’t looking good for King when *xen doubled up. The tables were turned, however, when *xen lost a hand while he was holding a 2:1 chip lead versus King. A few hands later, *xen was eliminated in second place, adding $130,607.12 to his bankroll. King, who has emerged victorious, has now become one of the men to beat in online poker.
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