Russians Dominate the Monthly Million

PartyPoker.com Monthly Million, Sunday 1 March 2009

Entrants: 1,591

Buyin: $ 640

Prizepool: $ 1,000,000

1. SuperTight31 (RUS) $ 163,114.08

2. LuckyLudvig (DEN) $ 112,549.41

3. P_L_A_N (RUS) $ 103,336.52

4. Kaspar19 (DEN) $ 54,500

5. tfastrack (GER) $ 46,000

6. READBLANK (SWE) $ 34,500

7. torkolort2 (NOR) $ 26,500

8. casinoice (ICE) $ 17,500

9. hinker2000 (DEN) $ 13,500

10. zeNUTcracker (UK) $ 9,500

1591 players took their seats for the second PartyPoker.com Monthly Million on Sunday for what turned out to be a fantastic night for the Russian online contingent as representatives finished in both first and third places.

The main honours went to SuperTight31 who finished first for $ 163,114.08, while fellow Russian P_L_A_N took third for $ 103,336.52. Denmark had three representatives within the final ten with LuckyLudvig second for $ 112,549.41, Kaspar19 fourth for $ 54,500 and hinker2000 ninth for $ 13,500. Representatives from Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom also made the final table. A total of 1591 players took part in the tournament which had a $ 1,000,000 prize pool and paid out 200 places.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “The rise of Russia in the poker world has been acknowledged for some time and the second PartyPoker.com Monthly Million was very much dominated by two very strong players from that country. A few years ago you would have said that the strongest Russian online players were those that played in big Limit games but the situation now is very different. The main plaudits go to SuperTight31 who spectacularly failed to live up to his name after taking top honours.”

PartyPoker.com introduced the Palladium Lounge for their top players last year and the top four players in this running of the Monthly Million were all members. Collect more than 5,000 reward points in a month, and you’ll immediately become a member of this exclusive club, where you’ll enjoy exceptional service with the personal touch.

The PartyPoker.com Monthly Million is a $ 1 million guaranteed online poker tournament every first Sunday of the month. The second Monthly Million took place on Sunday 1 March at 17.45 GMT 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.

Qualifiers are already online for the next PartyPoker.com Monthly Million on Sunday 5th April at 12.45 ET (17.45 GMT, 1845 CET). For more information see: http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/monthly_million.html