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The first legal, regulated real-money tournament in Nevada was played on Sunday at UltimatePoker.com. The inaugural multi-table tournament on the new site was a $100 buy-in with a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool, and the event reached its 200-player cap well before the first hand was dealt Sunday evening.
The total prize pool of $18,200 was distributed to the top 27 players. First place was awarded to "d4heals," who won $4,173 and the honor of being the first player to win a tournament in Nevada’s legalized online poker market.
Here’s a look at the results from Ultimate Poker’s first multi-table tournament:
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | d4heals | $4,173 |
| 2 | RURahRahRahRah | $2,940 |
| 3 | DrMcBoy | $2,255 |
| 4 | Fisher | $1,570 |
| 5 | ScsuHockey10 | $1,296 |
| 6 | BUDDA | $1,022 |
| 7 | bakford | $885 |
| 8 | Tim Garbagio | $748 |
| 9 | jorjazz | $611 |
A $1,000 guaranteed nightly tournament was also completed on Sunday night. The $50 buy-in saw 75 players compete for a collective prize pool of $3,412. "MikeyMillz" took it down for $1,092.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MikeyMillz | $1,092 |
| 2 | TheGameKat | $750 |
| 3 | AK1977 | $511 |
| 4 | pordan | $341 |
| 5 | TeamGIKMO | $273 |
| 6 | A/C Milan | $204 |
| 7 | Zen Archer | $136 |
| 8 | Muckem | $102 |
The $10,000 Sunday event will be available every Sunday at 6 p.m. PST with satellites available daily for a chance to win a seat for free. Other promotions include a $10,000 freeroll, which is scheduled for May 26. Entry is free, and the promotion will pay out the top three finishers. A daily $100 freeroll is also available along with a daily Staycation freeroll for a chance to win a VIP staycation at any Station Casino property in Las Vegas.
On Monday, Ultimate Poker dealt its 300,000th cash game hand, less than a week after becoming the first-ever regulated online poker room to deal a legal hand of online poker in the U.S.
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