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May is here! And the new month brings the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) on PokerStars for players of various bankrolls. There are 40 tournaments over the next two weeks, and each one has three buy-in levels so everyone can play in their own comfort zones. With $30 million in guaranteed prize money and satellites running around the clock, there are many incentives to get in on the action.

All of the SCOOP information can be found at this link, including a leaderboard and list of all satellites for each event.

While playing or following along with that action, the Women’s Sunday was in its usual spot today. The $10K guarantee and the promise of $50 Team Pro bounties for a $55 buy-in brought a solid group of players to the tables today. The final registration numbers were:

Total players: 242
Prize pool: $12,100.00
Paid finishers: 36

There were several Team PokerStars Pros in the field, but two of them exited within moments of each other. Ana Marquez busted in 166th place, and Celina Lin tweeted her elimination in 164th place:

Lost 99 to AK in the @PokerStarsWomen Sunday Try again next week! #timetoflipgood #winaflip

Sandra Naujoks headed out in 145th place, and Team Online’s Adrienne “talonchick” Rowsome registered late and busted late, going out of the tournament in 91st place.

The money bubble burst as the three-hour mark approached, as SADE31 exited on the bubble in 37th place and Lili LaFae took home $90.75 for her 36th place finish. Play moved forward as players like iculook, Aussteiger13, and luzzzy hit the virtual rail.

The final table bubble came on rather quickly. Moments after bezgarantiy was eliminated on one of the two remaining tables, a-nadine moved all-in on the other one. Dntcalmefish called with [Jh][Js], while a-nadine was on the line with [Ah][Tc]. The board of [6c][2s][Ts][7h][8h] wasn’t enough to save a-nadine, who left in tenth place with $193.60.

$TurboPandi leads at the start

The final table began with these starting stacks and at the beginning of Level 18, with blinds of 1,250/2,500 and a 250 ante:

Seat 1: StarlingC (115,117 in chips)
Seat 2: $TurboPandi (169,499 in chips)
Seat 3: nutbreakerLL (101,282 in chips)
Seat 4: lankorio (15,670 in chips)
Seat 5: simobe28 (22,794 in chips)
Seat 6: dntcalmefish (123,781 in chips)
Seat 7: 4Lisa (29,801 in chips)
Seat 8: rosemarie209 (123,729 in chips)
Seat 9: Kispocok91 (24,327 in chips)

On the second hand of action, Kispocok91 made a push for 23,877 from middle position. Lankorio called all-in for 12,720 from the big blind with [Ac][Kc], and Kispocok91 showed [9d][9s]. The better hand only improved to a flush on the [4s][8s][Ts][Th][6s] board and eliminated lankorio in ninth place with $229.90.

Double-ups were in order, and that trend started with 4Lisa doubling through dntcalmefish and simobe28 doing the same through StarlingC. Kispocok91 did it through nutbreakerLL as well.

When StarlingC doubled back through 4Lisa, the latter had a tough time recovering. In fact, it was only a few hands later when 4Lisa pushed her 6,608 chips all-in with [Ad][2c], and dntcalmefish called from the big blind with [9d][3c]. But the board came [Tc][9s][2h][Jc][Qh], giving dntcalmefish the pair of nines and leaving 4Lisa out in eighth place with $302.50.

The very next hand saw simobe28 push all-in with less than 9K chips with [2c][2s], and Kispocok91 had a dominating [Th][Td]. The board of [4d][6s][Jh][Qd][Qh] changed nothing, and simobe28 had to leave in seventh place with $423.50.

After rosemarie209 doubled through nutbreakerLL, the latter participated in some split pots before moving all-in again with [Ad][5c]. Dntcalmefish had [Kd][Qd] and hit the flop of [Qh][Kc][3s]. The two pair stood up to the [9d] turn and [Jd] river, which eliminated nutbreakerLL in sixth place with $544.50.

Rosemarie209 leaps ahead

Things then took a nasty turn for dntcalmefish. After losing some chips and the lead, the all-in move was made by dntcalmefish holding [Kc][Jc], but rosemarie209 called with [Ah][Qh]. The ace-high hand held up to the [Th][6d][2s][5s][9s] board, and dntcalmefish bowed out in fifth place with $701.80.

When $TurboPandi was ready to risk it all with [Tc][Jd], rosemarie209 was there with [Ad][4s] and a supportive board of [9d][7h][As][6c][7s]. That left $TurboPandi out in fourth place with $1,028.50.

StarlingC doubled through rosemarie209 more than once during three-handed play, but this one put the former in the chip lead:

The very next hand saw Kispocok91 push all-in with [Kc][Td], but rosemarie209 quickly called with [Ks][Kd], which only improved to two pair on the [2h][2s][4c][Qc][6h] board. Kispocok91 had to leave in third place with $1,367.30.

Mexico vs. UK heads-up

The last two players standing began their heads-up battle as follows:

Seat 1: StarlingC (331,334 in chips)
Seat 8: rosemarie209 (394,666 in chips)

StarlingC was the aggressor and chipped up into the lead rather quickly. It only took a few rounds for rosemarie209 to risk all of her 280K chips with [3h][3d], and StarlingC snap-called with [Js][Jh]. The board came [9d][2d][9c][5c][Qd], and rosemarie209 had to accept second place and the $1,815.000 in cash that went with it.

StarlingC of Mexico won this week’s Women’s Sunday and $2,474.45 in cash. Congratulations!

Women’s Sunday Results for 05/06/12:

1st place: StarlingC ($2,474.45)
2nd place: rosemarie209 ($1,815.00)
3rd place: Kispocok91 ($1,367.30)
4th place: $TurboPandi ($1,028.50)
5th place: dntcalmefish ($701.80)
6th place: nutbreakerLL ($544.50)
7th place: simobe28 ($423.50)
8th place: 4Lisa ($302.50)
9th place: lankorio ($229.90)

There are many ways to get in on the Women’s Sunday action. Take a look at the home page for information on daily satellites. And join us on Facebook for news and monthly freerolls, and Twitter for the latest information. See you next week!

After six weeks of rolling around in piles of money without anyone trying to take it away from him, Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom is about to return to the SuperStar Showdown ring.

This Sunday (June 19) at noon ET, Blom will give Rui Cao his long-awaited shot. Cao (known as PepperoniF on PokerStars) has been asking for a chance at Blom since the SuperStar Showdowns were announced last December. Now, after a brief hiatus from the Showdown ring, Blom will give Cao what he wants.

This game stands to be a big one for both players. We’re told the mach will consist four tables of no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha (two tables of each) played at stakes of $50/$100.

Blom is looking to build on an already impressive record. Of the nine SuperStar Showdown matches he’s played, he’s won seven of them. Five of those wins have come in high-stakes competition like he faces against the similarly swingy Rui Cao.

Blom last played a SuperStar Showdown on April 24. After that match, he was up more than $350,000 for SuperStar Showdowns overall. Now he’s got a shot to add to that total in a big way.

Tune in to PokerStars at noon ET this Sunday to watch the match as it happens, or come right back here after it’s over for a full recap.

Every Sunday is busy in the world of online poker, and PokerStars always offers plenty of tournament options. The last Sunday of every month offers extra opportunities to win with the Battle of the Planets and the Turbo Takedown. But this Sunday topped previous efforts by adding two more events to the roster, first with the inaugural Women’s Sunday tournament that more than doubled its guarantee, and second with the newly-dubbed Sunday Storm with its celebratory $1 million guarantee (for the $11 buy-in). Add in the Isildur1 vs. Daniel Negreanu SuperStar Showdown, and it was a thrilling and exhausting day in online poker.

With that said, the Sunday Million was going strong late into the evening hours, and those still in the late stages of the tournament didn’t know the meaning of the word exhaustion.

But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Let’s start at the beginning, where 9,288 players signed up for the weekly $1.5 million guarantee of the Sunday Million, thus creating a prize pool of $1,857,600.00. When the tournament made it to the money bubble, assuring the last 1,350 people standing of cash for their efforts, there were still a few members of Team PokerStars in the crowd. Of them, none were able to make it to the final table, but they cashed in this order:

Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom (Team Pro) – 1283rd place
Dag Palovic (Team Pro) – 1222nd place
Grzegorz “DaWarsaw” Mikielewicz (Team Online) – 1188th place
Tyler “frosty012″ Frost (Team Online) – 1186th place
Christophe de Meulder (Team Pro) – 1166th place
Dusty “Leatherass9″ Schmidt (Team Online) – 1156th place
Clayton “cnew27″ Newman (Team Online) – 1104th place
Barry “barryg1″ Greenstein (Team Pro) – 627th place
Joe “jcada99″ Cada (Team Pro) – 488th place

Play continued as numerous other players made efforts to secure seats at the final table, but it wasn’t until around the ten-hour mark of the tournament that the seats were determined. It happened at Table 614 where guldkasse doubled through Nile1 in one hand, and the very next hand saw short-stacked Nile1 move all-in. Guldkasse and Jysky11 called and checked down the [7h][5c][4s][2c][4d] board, and when guldkasse showed [Kd][Jc], it was enough to take the pot. That left Nile1 out in tenth place with $9,659.52.

Jysky11 jumps into final table with the lead

The final table was set just a few minutes into the tenth hour of play, and Level 36 had blinds at 200,000/400,000 and the ante at 40,000. The starting chip counts were as follows:

Seat 1: Jysky11 (17,000,923 in chips)
Seat 2: guldkasse (8,682,998 in chips)
Seat 3: 69jocker69 (10,061,229 in chips)
Seat 4: Exan13 (6,509,097 in chips)
Seat 5: player9ball (9,640,674 in chips)
Seat 6: Cares37 (5,684,576 in chips)
Seat 7: AmazingErvin (12,349,605 in chips)
Seat 8: chevy chasin (13,116,914 in chips)
Seat 9: Kragg111 (9,833,984 in chips)

Some of the players were quite aggressive at the table, but there was enough caution to call it a slow start to the action.

But after about 10 minutes, guldkasse was back in the zone and looking for another double-up. After an initial raise from Kragg111, guldkasse moved all-in for just over 6.6 million chips. Kragg111 called with [Ad][Qd], and guldkasse turned over [Jh][Jc]. The board came [8d][8s][7c][3s][Ah], and Kragg111 rivered the better two pair. Guldkasse headed out in ninth place with $13,003.20.

Shortly thereafter, short-stacked Cares37 made the all-in move preflop with [Ac][9c], but AmazingErvin reraised all-in with [Ts][Tc] to isolate, which worked. The dealer provided [Kc][6s][3h][Th][9h], which only improved AmazingErvin to a set. Cares37 was gone in eighth place with $20,433.60.

On the very next hand, chevy chasin started it with a raise, and Exan13 pushed all-in with [Ah][Kh]. Chevy chasin called with [Ad][Qh] and would need to improve to eliminate his opponent. The flop of [3h][9s][4h] didn’t meet that need, but the [Qd] on the turn did the deed. The [6s] on the river finished the hand with Exan13 exiting in seventh place, which was worth $37,152.00.

Deal fails, double-ups prevail

The final six players stopped the action to see some chip-chop numbers, and once they were given, there was enough objection to call off the talks almost immediately. It seemed that the divide was too wide, and play resumed quickly.

Then it was time for 69jocker69 to double, and it happened when A-K beat the A-Q of chevy chasin. That put 69jocker69 into the chip lead, while former chip leader Jysky11 was the short stack of the bunch. And when Jysky11 moved with pocket queens against the pocket sevens of chevy chasin, each hit a set but the queens ruled and gave Jysky11 the double-up.

Chevy chasin didn’t waste much time moving his 3 million chips all-in with [7d][7c], but AmazingErvin just happened to wake up to [Qc][Qd]. The board fell [4s][Tc][5d][8h][9h], and that was all it took to eliminate chevy chasin in sixth place with $55,728.00.

Another attempt at a deal was made with the remaining five players, but that quickly went sour and play resumed. Again. But this time, play was slow and steady for quite a few rounds of poker.

Just after the clocked bonged for the 11th hour of the game, player9ball put all 8,655,674 chips at risk with [Qs][Jh], and AmazingErvin was there for the battle with [As][Kc]. When the board produced [3s][8s][5c][4c][Ac], the hands stood and player9ball had to go in fifth place with $74,304.00.

Final four fancy a deal

The last four players tried it again, and it worked! They were given the chip-chop numbers, they all agreed, and it was quickly settled. With $30,000 in extra cash to be awarded to the winner, the players were to be paid as follows per their chip counts at the time of the deal:

Seat 1: Jysky11 (10,253,971 in chips) = $124,893.46
Seat 3: 69jocker69 (31,309,583 in chips) = $190,630.24
Seat 7: AmazingErvin (39,494,464 in chips) = $216,183.88
Seat 9: Kragg111 (11,821.982 in chips) = $129,788.88

The player with the fewest chips then made his push, as Jysky11 was all-in with [Ah][2h]. AmazingErvin called from the big blind with [Ac][5d], and though the flop of [3h][9s][4d] brought interesting possibilities, the [2c] turn and [3c] river only completed the straight for AmazingErvin. Jysky11 was out of the tournament in fourth place with $124,893.46.

AmazingErvin was in a fairly solid first place of the final three, especially after taking a pot worth more than 27 million chips from 69jocker69. Kragg111 proceeded to double through AmazingErvin, but that didn’t hurt the latter’s standing.

Kragg111 was itching to play and got into a raising war preflop with both opponents, though it ended with Kragg111 raising all-in and only AmazingErvin calling. Kragg111 showed [Ac][Qc], but AmazingErvin had the amazing [As][Ah]. The board of [Ts][7s][3d][Th][5c] changed nothing, and Kragg111 was cut in third place with $129,788.88 to show for it.

What’s in a name?

The final two players started their match-up with these chip numbers:

Seat 3: 69jocker69 (19295233 in chips)
Seat 7: AmazingErvin (73584767 in chips)

Within only a few hands, 69jocker69 doubled through with Q-8 over K-Q on a Q-9-4-8-8 board. And two hands after that, the following hand changed the entire dynamic of heads-up play:

The next all-in came in short order when AmazingErvin moved with [Ah][Kh] against the [As][2c] of 69jocker69 and looked like the chip lead might change hands again. But the board of [6d][2d][Qs][7h][6c] gave 69jocker69 the deuces to go with the sixes, and that left AmazingErvin out in second place with $216,183.88.

And the March 27th Sunday Million champion became 69jocker69, who walked away with $220,630.24 and the biggest weekly title in poker. Congratulations!

Sunday Million Results for 03/27/11:

1st place: 69jocker69 ($220,630.24)*
2nd place: AmazingErvin ($216,183.88)*
3rd place: Kragg111 ($129,788.88)*
4th place: Jysky11 ($124,893.46)*
5th place: player9ball ($74,304.00)
6th place: chevy chasin ($55,728.00)
7th place: Exan13 ($37,152.00)
8th place: Cares37 ($20,433.60)
9th place: guldkasse ($13,003.20)

*results of a four-way deal

For more information on ways to register and qualify for upcoming Sunday Million tournaments, visit the Sunday Million page.