While most of our readers were opening presents and carving their turkey on Christmas Day, scores of high-stakes poker tournament players were grinding online at PokerStars. Andreas "daskalos20" Christoforou, Pedro "gusmaa" Gusma, and Malta's "HypnosisMass" were just three stars who shone brightly on Christmas Day and who padded their bankrolls with stocking-filling amounts.
Christoforou celebrated Christmas in style by taking down the $5,200 Titans Event for $87,002. Fifty-six players bought in and created a $280,000 prize pool that the top seven players shared.
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian was the unfortunate soul that popped the money bubble, leaving Pablo "pabritz" Silva, "drew.