Almost 9,000 Players Enter for Weekend Online Poker Tourney

February 24, 2009 (InfoPowa News) — PokerStars enjoyed another major turnout for one of its tournaments last weekend, signing up 8,799 entrants who generated a $1.7 million prize pool and first prize of $213,136 for winner "cmyworth" in the PokerStars Sunday Millions regular offering.
 
After battling through the huge online field, cmyworth faced "iggymcfly" in the heads up, defeating him to take home the main prize. His opponent was also in six-figure prize territory, collecting a check for 143,440.