RoxMorE emerges victorious after a difficult final table in which the online champ was second to last in chips.
7,651 players took to the virtual felt for the Poker Stars Sunday Million on the last Sunday of March 2009. They drove up the prize pool to $1,530,200. The top 1,170 players were paid.
As the final table got underway, AmirSF had the chip lead. RoxMorE, who was second to last in chips, doubled through detroitj6 quickly. At four handed play, a deal was agreed upon which left the remaining players with:
HuBaer582 (13,391,394 in chips) - $95,744.61
RoxmorE (11,448,338 in chips) - $91,664.40
ILIOS72 (15,789,428 in chips) - $108,780.23
AmirSF (35,880,840 in chips) - $142,970.07
Play seemed to slow after the deal. However, RoxMorE caught some luck and doubled up more than once. This propelled RoxmorE to heads-up play against the former chip leader AmirSF with the following counts:
RoxmorE (50,321,108 in chips)
AmirSF (26,188,892 in chips)
In the end, RoxmorE defeated AmirSF and took the extra $30,000 along with the title.
Here are the final results:
1) RoxmorE - $121,664.40
2) AmirSF - $142,970.07
3) HuBaer582 - $95,744.61
4) ILIOS72 - $108,780.23
5) detroitj6 - $54,322.10
6) ikszoorn - $39,020.10
7) Coconut Soda - $26,778.50
8) matt1269 - $17,597.30
9) MarleyGroup - $10,711.40
Summary: RoxmorE won the Poker Stars Sunday Million tournament but AmirSF took home the most cash after a deal was struck at four-handed play.