Monthly Million results

A total of 1659 players took their seats for the inaugural PartyPoker.com Monthly Million on Sunday and it was Palladium Lounge member Popeye7111 from France who was celebrating the most after eating all the spinach, taking down the tournament and scooping $ 155,000! The runner-up was mbalzack of the Netherlands who took home $147,500 after the final pair did a deal once third place was eliminated. The total prize pool was $ 1,000,000 with 250 players making the money.

The PartyPoker.com Monthly Million is a $ 1 million guaranteed online poker tournament every first Sunday of the month. The first Monthly Million took place on Sunday 1 February at 12.45 ET (17.45 GMT, 18.45 CET) and featured a championship blind structure. The buy-in was $ 600+$ 40 but the diverse qualifying paths meant players could join the qualifiers from as little as $ 1. The wide range of qualifiers for the Main Event included $ 64+$ 4 daily satellites with 18 seats guaranteed – a Mega Friday $ 50+$ 5 satellite that guaranteed 30 seats and Super Satellite Saturday qualifiers with a $ 32+$ 3 buy-in and 25 seats guaranteed.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “We’d like to congratulate Palladium Lounge member Popeye 7111 on his win – Olive Oyl will be happy. The spoils went to France but there was a very strong performance from the UK with three players cashing in the top ten.”

Qualifiers are already online for the next tournament on Sunday 1st March at 12.45 ET (17.45 GMT, 1845 CET). For more information see: http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/monthly_million.html

PartyPoker.com Monthly Million – Sunday 1 February 2009

1. Popeye7111 (FR) $ 155,000

2. mbalzack (NET) $ 147,500

3. Ninja232 (UK) $ 68,000

4. IC2UrSoul (FIN) $ 53,000

5. Lol1985 (UK) $ 43,000

6. PJA87 (CAN) $ 33,000

7. TKTAA (DEN) $ 25,500

8. stevie_444 (UK) $ 17,500

9. SickSpirit (CAN) $ 13,000
10. thecheese (AU) $ 8,500