http://blog.partypoker.com The Official PartyPoker.com Blog Tue, 13 May 2008 10:16:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The top two made a deal in our latest $300K Guaranteed Sunday that gave them each just under $50,000 for a few hours work at the tables. Player ACTPA  took the title and extra change after romping through the 1,339-strong field. Top ten finishers were: 1 ACTPA, $49,838.68 2 cvtmWauzMaus, $49,161.33 3 prettypinkpony, $21,750 4 ... http://blog.partypoker.com/general/more-big-cash-winners-on-partypoker.html See our other PartyPoker Million VI coverage: Germans dominate PartyPoker Million final,  Bubble bursts and we're in the money, Chips ahoy!, Strassmann takes command of cruise, Jorbeck works up his appetite for chips, Lidviksson runs aground, Overnight chip leaders, Ludvik takes chip lead on first day, Early fallers as the ... http://blog.partypoker.com/general/ppm-vi-final-jung-has-chip-lead-down-to-five-players.html The PartyPoker Million VI final begins 1pm local time on Thursday  By Simon Young People who know far more about statistics than I do assure me that 20% of starters for the PartyPoker Million VI were from Germany. It’s no huge surprise, therefore, to find two of them almost neck-and-neck for the ... http://blog.partypoker.com/general/ppm-vi-day-3-germans-dominate-partypoker-million-final-table.html By Simon Young When the tournament bubble approaches, it normally takes time to burst as many players try and steer themselves to a money-paying position. We started with 33 players this afternoon, all hoping at least to make it to the prized 24th spot. There was no pussy-footing around, however, as again ... http://blog.partypoker.com/general/ppm-vi-day-3-bubble-bursts-and-were-in-the-money.html By Simon Young Welcome to day three of the PartyPoker Million VI on board MSC Poesia, currently docked in Izmir in Turkey. Play resumes at 4pm local time today, with just 33 of our 171 starters remaining. All hope to get their hands on the $358,280 first prize when the final ... http://blog.partypoker.com/general/ppm-vi-day-3-chips-ahoy.html By Simon Young I don't know what the players had for dinner, but when the 60 of them returned there was a burst of bloodthirsty aggression that scared the hell out of me. So bad was it, that by the time play ended for the night, just three hours later, the ... http://blog.partypoker.com/general/ppm-vi-day-2-strassmann-takes-command-of-partypoker-cruise.html By Simon Young Swede Andreas Jorbeck, who won the recent PartyPoker.com Late Night Poker 2008 event for $125,000, raced into the chip lead here on the last hand before the dinner break. He found himself getting the chips in on a flop that had two kings - he had 7-7,  his ... http://blog.partypoker.com/general/ppm-vi-day-2-jorbeck-works-up-his-appetite-for-chips.html By Simon Young The crystal-clear seas outside may be calm, but in Le Moulin Rouge room, at the back of the seventh deck of the huge MSC Poesia, there are stormy waters for some as numbers remaining in the PartyPoker Million VI falls to 93 from the 123 day two starters. One ... http://blog.partypoker.com/general/ppm-vi-day-2-lidviksson-runs-aground.html By Simon Young Welcome to day two of the PartyPoker Million VI tournament on board the MSC Poesia. We're just pulling out of Katakolon in Greece, where many of our players stepped ashore to do the tourist thing. Next stop is Izmir in Turkey. The tournament, with a prize pool of $1,326,960,  ... http://blog.partypoker.com/general/ppm-vi-day-2-overnight-chip-leaders.html By Simon Young As the PartyPoker Million VI cruise sails overnight towards Greece, a group of players with healthy chip stacks will sleep easily in their beds. Although the official chips counts are not yet in, it looks like Icelandic Ludvik Lidviksson is our Day One chip leader with 45,000, well ... http://blog.partypoker.com/general/ppm-vi-day-1-ludvik-leads-charge-for-chip-lead.html