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It was one of the biggest Sundays in the history of online poker, courtesy of larger guarantees and poker players coming to the tables in droves. PokerStars ran a Sunday Million Special Edition with a $2 million guarantee, which brought enough players into the mix to create a prize pool just under $4 million.

After 32 preliminary tournaments, the World Poker Tour descended upon the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi for the WPT Southern Poker Championship Main Event. With many of poker’s biggest names in town, some having already won preliminary events like Nick and Michael Binger, Jason Mercier, and Scott Clements, the four-day tournament was set to begin on January 24.

Here’s the Deal presents a week’s worth of poker news - the good, bad, and sometimes ugly - in one place. Between the poker tournaments, player happenings, and political updates, there is a little something for every poker enthusiast.

It was an average Sunday to most of the poker industry, though notable exceptions included anyone at the final tables of the biggest tournaments of the day. But one player in particular was looking to solidify a place in poker, and that was Juan Antonio Maceiras Barros, who was playing on PokerStars as vietcong01.

Here’s the Deal presents a week’s worth of poker news - the good, bad, and sometimes ugly - in one place. Between the poker tournaments, player happenings, and political updates, there is a little something for every poker enthusiast.

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It was the second Sunday of the year, and whether it pertained to New Year’s resolutions to cut down on big buy-in tournaments or the economy has been hitting more of the poker community, most tournaments saw a downswing in attendance. But that didn’t mean most of the Sunday majors didn’t still have substantial prize pools for their players.

It was a new year with the same set of tournaments. The Sunday lineup of online poker events didn’t change, but with 2010 came a renewed vigor from many players to start the year with some victories, significant cashes, and positive results. Despite many players being on their way to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas, most tournaments saw a nice increase in the number of registrants for the Sunday majors, which set the new year off on the right foot (or hand).

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Another MiniFTOPS is now in the books, and another success is documented for Full Tilt Poker. After awarding $5,540,300 in the 25 events of the series, all at discount prices - 1/10th of the price of regular FTOPS events - Full Tilt and its players can take a break to enjoy the holidays.