Wednesday means that the Aboslute Poker $150K guarantee took place, and the $1,000 buy-in brought in 148 hungry poker players. The $150K guarantee wraps up the $1,000 tournaments for the week; the other consist of Full Tilt’s $1K Monday and PokerStars Super Tuesday. ‘AIRKID3’ ended up shipping the event which landed him a first place prize of a cool $39,750.00. Not a bad way to bring in the new year eh? This super stack tournament takes place every Wednesday, so saddle up for next week's event.

By now odds are that poker players from around the world are aware of the PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge. PokerStars is now giving their players the opportunity to take on the contestants, celebrities, and the poker pros that will be featured in the tournament. The prize for the bounties will vary. For instance, the lucky individual that knocks out Daniel Negreanu will receive $1,000 for his bounty. The other prizes will vary from $100 all the way up to $750 in cold hard cash. The tournament buy-in is only $10+1 and it takes place January 4th. Get your scopes ready.

It’s every poker players dream; to turn their small bankroll into some serious cash. An unknown Canadian, much like the unknown Swede Isildur1, made a run for the ages. ‘XBLINK’, the unknown Canadian on Ultimate Bet, turned $11 into $800k. He bought into to an $11 tournament, which was the last of his roll, and proceeded to ship the tournament for first place prize of $750. After that XBLINK moved onto cash games where he turned $750 into a six-figure account. XBLINK started with low stakes Omaha, and it in no time he was playing stakes that consists of 25/50 all the way to 200/400 PLO. It’s every low stakes players dream.

The PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge turns a well deserved man into a millionaire. Detective Sergeant Mike Kosowski, one of the first responders to the World Trade Center attacks, wins $1,000,000 by defeating Daniel Negreanu. Kosowski first won a sit n go which consisted of previous winners Father Andrew Trapp, Iraq war veteran Denny Luna, and liquor salesman Brian Baboz. Kosowski was fortunate enough to win the sit n go then proceeded to defeat Negreanu in a heads up bout. A big well deserved congratulations goes out to Mike Kosowski on his victory.

PartyPoker is kicking off the new year by giving their players a chance to earn some extra cash. From January 4-31 PartyPoker players will have the opportunity to exchange their Party Points in for money. Using the ‘Cash Machine’ players who earn 10 Party Points for a minimum of 10 days will be allowed to do said exchange. Those who are able to earn at least one point in 10 qualifying days will be entered into a $25,000 Cash Machine freeroll. PartyPoker players get ready to earn some points, and turn those points into some cold hard cash.