Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on May 30, 2007

The big weekly guarantee tourneys throughout online poker land continue to bring home the big money despite a decline in the amount of US players still holding out from the UIEGA bans on money transfers.

Reporter Haley Hintze from PokerNews.com has compiled a run down of all the "major" Sunday tourneys streaming from UltimateBet to PokerStars' monster $500+$35 monthly showing that obtained nearly 3,000 crazy people willing to put up that cash for a chance at a six figure payday.

Make sure you drop by the PokerNews site for the card graphics and detailed hand descriptions from Haley, it makes the tourneys for questionably legal dollars much more fun to follow.

Here is part of the recap of the big weekend tourneys:

PokerStars Sunday Million
Legato pulled ahead early in the matchup, only to see RikkiTikki double through to the lead with pocket queens. The lead would swap several times in the battle. The end finally came when the chips went in after a flop. Legato held for middle pair, but RikkiTikki showed for top pair. The turn and river were the and , sealing RikkiTikki's win.

Final standings:

* 1st ($226,142): RikkiTikki
* 2nd ($135,431): Legato
* 3rd ($133,634): luigi da BP
4th ($74,434.50): bigbrain2005
5th ($59,839.50): Jovial Gent
6th ($45,244.50): Pwnasaurus
7th ($31,817.10): JJJanet
8th ($20,141.10): timkrank
9th ($11,676): Suck My Ace

* --- three-way deal for remaining prize money; $30,000 to eventual winner

Full Tilt $400,000 Guaranteed

It was back to normal at Full Tilt, following the highly successful FTOPS series, if 'normal' means 2,597 players and a $519,400 prize purse. The cash ran 351 places deep and first was scheduled to receive $95,283.93. Two players were elimated on the same final-table bubble hand, meaning eight players made the last table, instead of the normal nine. Brady 'vegan213' Shepard topped $2.5 million in chips to hold a commanding early lead over a final table full of big online names, with Cliff 'JohnnyBax' Josephy surging late to move into second.

Final standings:

1st ($95,283.93): magikstick8
2nd ($58,484.44): JohnnyBax
3rd ($38,279.78): thescarecrow13
4th ($30,540.72): vegan213
5th ($23,113.30): russbuster
6th ($16,620.80): unknown4noww
7th ($12,205.90): Tutnik
8th ($9,556.96): cane3418
** 9th ($7,271.60): Sh00terTSN [** not at final table]