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Join PokerStars now! The second of two “Ante Up” tourneys in the 100-event MicroMillions series, the $8.80 buy-in no-limit hold’em Event #75, drew 5,869 entrants to create a $46,952 prize pool, thus exceeding the event’s $40K guarantee.

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MicroMillions: SergeySil83 turns $8.80 into $8K-plus, wins Event #75 (NLHE, Ante Up)

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MicroMillions: ALVARADO 111 wins Event #79 ($5.50 FL Omaha Hi/Lo)

Join PokerStars now! If you’ve ever played a game of HORSE and wished you could just ditch the silly flop games to show off what a skilled poker player you really are, today’s MicroMillions event was tailor-made for you.

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MicroMillions: mdv1978 wins for Russia in Event 69, $3.30 Triple Stud

Join PokerStars now! Time to go through the MicroMillions checklist before reporting the final table: 1. Small buy-in – $5.50 CHECK 2.

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MicroMillions Event 65: 8csvb8 is great, wins $5,300

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LAPT Viña del Mar: João Lopes leads Day 1

Join PokerStars now! This week’s Super Tuesday drew a stunning 540 entrants for a prize pool of $540,000, meaning the winner could become the first to earn a six-figure score in the $1,000 buy-in tournament. Although there was talk of a deal, calvinv7 bested Bryn Kenney heads-up, going from 9th of 9 at the final table to winner of over $102,000. Team PokerStars and notables The large field meant several members of Team PokerStars Pro and Team PokerStars Online took their shot at the record prize pool.

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Super Tuesday 3/20: Calvin7v goes from worst to first, wins $102,600

Join PokerStars now! Pot-limit Omaha is the quintessential game for action junkies, but pot-limit Omaha high/low is a finesse game that attracts a varying mix ranging from the usual cast of “shoot first, ask questions later” degenerates who gamble it up, and meticulous split-pot veterans known for their nitty and cantankerous nature. For a simple $5.50 investment, players from the farthest corners of the Earth had an instant ticket for a shot of a lifetime — shipping a MicroMillions tournament. Event #42 attracted 6,215 runners and the prize pool swelled to $31,075

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MicroMillions: farmer488 cultivates crown in Event #42 $5.50 PL Omaha Hi/Lo

Join PokerStars now! This week’s Super Tuesday featured 440 players turning out, creating a $440,000 prize pool for the final 54 players standings. Tonight’s winner was expected to cash in for over $84,000, but it was another win for Russia as alexandr18ru claimed the title, defeating Ben “NeverScaredB” Wilinofsky for just over $80,000. Several Team PokerStars Pros made up this week’s lineup, but all fell well short of making the money

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Super Tuesday 3/6/12: Alexandr18ru declared winner over Wilinofsky

Join PokerStars now! It was a most super Super Tuesday this week, with an enormous turnout that not only smashed the event’s $300K guarantee, but may well have established a new record for the weekly $1,050 no-limit hold’em tournament. PokerStars first introduced the Super Tuesday in late May 2007, with Eric “Basebaldy” Baldwin winning the inaugural tourney by defeating a field of 356 players for a $89,000 first prize. Here on the blog we began recapping the Super Tuesdays a couple of years ago, and since then the largest field to play was in mid-February 2010 when 487 players competed

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BoskoRock Rolls Over Huge 2/28/12 Super Tuesday field, wins $94K

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TCOOP: grauito grabs a win in Event #43 ($109 NL Omaha Hi/Lo 6-Max, Hyper-Turbo)