Poker Superstars season 3 results

The third season of the Poker Superstars televised poker tournament commenced on 12 March 2006. The tournament had a knockout format, and Todd Brunson finished as winner, making over half a million dollars.

Regular season results

Event	Winner	Runner-Up	Remainder Finishing Order
Elimination match #1	Antonio Esfandiari ($10,000)	Jennifer Tilly	Mimi Tran Juan Carlos Mortensen Cyndy Violette Joe Hachem
Elimination match #2	Jeff Shulman ($10,000)	Barry Greenstein	Todd Brunson Eli Elezra Phil Ivey Chris Ferguson
Elimination match #3	Mike Sexton ($10,000)	Phil Hellmuth Jr	Gus Hansen Kassem "Freddy" Deeb Jennifer Harman Johnny Chan
Elimination match #4	Daniel Negreanu ($10,000)	Erick Lindgren	Greg Raymer Ted Forrest Chris Moneymaker Mike Matusow
Elimination match #5	Chris Moneymaker ($10,000)	Antonio Esfandiari	Jeff Shulman Chris Ferguson Mimi Tran Mike Matusow
Elimination match #6	Daniel Negreanu ($10,000)	Jennifer Harman	Cyndy Violette Gus Hansen Phil Ivey Greg Raymer
Elimination match #7	Todd Brunson($10,000)	Joe Hachem	Johnny Chan Juan Carlos Mortensen Mike Sexton Ted Forrest
Elimination match #8	Kassem "Freddy" Deeb ($10,000)	Phil Hellmuth Jr	Erick Lindgren Barry Greenstein Eli Elezra Jennifer Tilly
Elimination match #9	Johnny Chan ($10,000)	Jeff Shulman	Phil Hellmuth Jr Jennifer Harman Chris Moneymaker Mike Sexton
Elimination match #10	Mike Matusow ($10,000)	Barry Greenstein	Eli Elezra Gus Hansen Todd Brunson Ted Forrest
Elimination match #11	Erick Lindgren ($10,000)	Juan Carlos Mortensen	Joe Hachem Kassem "Freddy" Deeb Mimi Tran Jennifer Tilly
Elimination match #12	Chris Ferguson ($10,000)	Phil Ivey	Antonio Esfandiari Daniel Negreanu Cyndy Violette Greg Raymer
Elimination match #13	Eli Elezra ($10,000)	Mike Matusow	Erick Lindgren Juan Carlos Mortensen Phil Hellmuth Jr Gus Hansen
Elimination match #14	Barry Greenstein ($10,000)	Phil Ivey	Mike Sexton Mimi Tran Daniel Negreanu Chris Moneymaker
Elimination match #15	Jennifer Tilly ($10,000)	Antonio Esfandiari	Greg Raymer Chris Ferguson Jennifer Harman Ted Forrest
Elimination match #16	Jeff Shulman ($10,000)	Cyndy Violette	Johnny Chan Todd Brunson Kassem "Freddy" Deeb Joe Hachem
Elimination match #17	Chris Ferguson ($10,000)	Jennifer Harman	Eli Elezra Erick Lindgren Johnny Chan Greg Raymer
Elimination match #18	Jeff Shulman ($10,000)	Mike Matusow	Juan Carlos Mortensen Mike Sexton Ted Forrest Jennifer Tilly
Elimination match #19	Todd Brunson ($10,000)	Joe Hachem	Mimi Tran Daniel Negreanu Cyndy Violette Barry Greenstein
Elimination match #20	Gus Hansen ($10,000)	Antonio Esfandiari	Phil Ivey Kassem "Freddy" Deeb Chris Moneymaker Phil Hellmuth Jr.
Super 16, Group A, Match 1	Mike Matusow ($15,000)	Jeff Shulman	Eli Elezra Mike Sexton
Super 16, Group A, Match 2	Jeff Shulman ($15,000)	Eli Elezra	Mike Sexton
Super 16, Group B, Match 1	Johnny Chan ($15,000)	Antonio Esfandiari	Chris Ferguson Phil Hellmuth
Super 16, Group B, Match 2	Antonio Esfandiari ($15,000)	Phil Hellmuth	Chris Ferguson
Super 16, Group C, Match 1	Freddy Deeb ($15,000)	Barry Greenstein	Gus Hansen Erick Lindgren
Super 16, Group C, Match 2	Gus Hansen ($15,000)	Erick Lindgren	Barry Greenstein
Super 16, Group D, Match 1	Todd Brunson($15,000)	Daniel Negreanu	Carlos Mortensen Phil Ivey
Super 16, Group D, Match 2	Carlos Mortensen ($15,000)	Daniel Negreanu	Phil Ivey
Quarter-Finals, Group A, Match 1	Antonio Esfandiari ($30,000)	Johnny Chan ($15,000)	Freddy Deeb Carlos Mortensen
Quarter-Finals, Group A, Match 2	Johnny Chan ($30,000)	Freddy Deeb ($15,000)	Carlos Mortensen
Quarter-Finals, Group B, Match 1	Todd Brunson ($30,000)	Mike Matusow ($15,000)	Jeff Shulman Gus Hansen
Quarter-Finals, Group B, Match 2	Gus Hansen ($30,000)	Mike Matusow ($15,000)	Jeff Shulman
Semi-Finals, Group A	Antonio Esfandiari ($50,000)	Gus Hansen ($30,000)
Semi-Finals, Group B	Todd Brunson ($50,000)	Johnny Chan ($30,000)
Final	Todd Brunson ($400,000)	Antonio Esfandiari ($140,000)

Elimination round point standings

Group and Chip Setup

The players whose names appear in bold qualified to advance to the next round.

Finals

• Champion - Todd Brunson (2,000,000 chips) (Won 3 of 5)
• Antonio Esfandiari (2,000,000 chips) (Won 0 of 5)

Semifinals

Group A:

• Antonio Esfandiari (1,500,000 chips) (Won 2 of 3)
• Gus Hansen (1,000,000 chips) (Won 1 of 3)

Group B:

• Todd Brunson (1,500,000 chips) (Won 2 of 3)
• Johnny Chan (1,000,000 chips) (Won 1 of 3)

Quarterfinals

Group A:

• Johnny Chan (600,000 chips)
• Freddy Deeb (600,000 chips)
• Antonio Esfandiari (400,000 chips)
• Carlos Mortensen (400,000 chips)

Group B:

• Todd Brunson (600,000 chips)
• Mike Matusow (600,000 chips)
• Jeff Shulman (400,000 chips)
• Gus Hansen (400,000 chips)

Super Sixteen

Group A:

• Jeff Shulman (840,000 chips)
• Eli Elezra (480,000 chips)
• Mike Matusow (480,000 chips)
• Mike Sexton (380,000 chips)

Group B:

• Antonio Esfandiari (720,000 chips)
• Chris Ferguson (520,000 chips)
• Johnny Chan (420,000 chips)
• Phil Hellmuth (400,000 chips)

Group C:

• Erick Lindgren (600,000 chips)
• Barry Greenstein (540,000 chips)
• Gus Hansen (420,000 chips)
• Freddy Deeb (400,000 chips)

Group D:

• Todd Brunson (580,000 chips)
• Daniel Negreanu (540,000 chips)
• Phil Ivey (420,000 chips)
• Carlos Mortensen (420,000 chips)

Final standings after the elimination round

Qualifiers for the Super 16

• 42 - Jeff Shulman (1st, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, 1st)
• 36 - Antonio Esfandiari (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd, 2nd)
• 30 - Erick Lindgren (2nd, 3rd, 1st, 3rd, 4th)
• 29 - Todd Brunson (3rd, 1st, 5th, 4th, 1st)
• 27 - Daniel Negreanu (1st, 1st, 4th, 5th, 4th)
• 27 - Barry Greenstein (2nd, 4th, 2nd, 1st, 6th)
• 26 - Chris Ferguson (6th, 4th, 1st, 4th, 1st)
• 24 - Mike Matusow (6th, 6th, 1st, 2nd, 2nd)
• 24 - Eli Elezra (4th, 5th, 3rd, 1st, 3rd)
• 21 - Johnny Chan (6th, 3rd, 1st, 3rd, 5th)
• 21 - Gus Hansen (3rd, 4th, 4th, 6th, 1st)
• 21 - Phil Ivey (5th, 5th, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd)
• 21 - Juan Carlos Mortensen (4th, 4th, 2nd, 4th, 3rd)
• 20 - Kassem "Freddy" Deeb (4th, 1st, 4th, 5th, 4th)
• 20 - Phil Hellmuth Jr. (2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th)
• 19 - Mike Sexton (1st, 5th, 6th, 3rd, 4th)

Eliminated

• 19 - Joe Hachem (6th, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 2nd)
• 19 - Jennifer Harman (5th, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 2nd)
• 17 - Jennifer Tilly (2nd, 6th, 6th, 1st, 6th)
• 15 - Mimi Tran (3rd, 5th, 5th, 4th, 3rd)
• 15 - Cyndy Violette (5th, 3rd, 5th, 2nd, 5th)
• 13 - Chris Moneymaker (5th, 1st, 5th, 6th, 5th)
• 10 - Greg Raymer (3rd, 6th, 6th, 3rd, 6th)
• 4 - Ted Forrest (4th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 5th)

Profits and losses

Winners

• 1. Todd Brunson: $515,000 (+$465,000)
• 2. Antonio Esfandiari: $245,000 (+$195,000)
• 3. Johnny Chan: $100,000 (+$50,000)
• 4. Gus Hansen: $85,000 (+$35,000)
• 5. Mike Matusow: $55,000 (+$5,000)

Losers

• 6. Jeff Shulman: $45,000 (-$5,000)
• 7. Freddy Deeb: $40,000 (-$10,000)
• 8. Chris Ferguson: $20,000 (-$30,000)
• 9. Daniel Negreanu: $20,000 (-$30,000)
• 10. Juan Mortensen: $15,000 (-$35,000)
• 11. Eli Elezra: $10,000 (-$40,000)
• 12. Barry Greenstein: $10,000 (-$40,000)
• 13. Erick Lindgren: $10,000 (-$40,000)
• 14. Chris Moneymaker: $10,000 (-$40,000)
• 15. Mike Sexton: $10,000 (-$40,000)
• 16. Jennifer Tilly: $10,000 (-$40,000)
• 17. Ted Forrest: $0 (-$50,000)
• 18. Joe Hachem: $0 (-$50,000)
• 19. Jennifer Harmen: $0 (-$50,000)
• 20. Phil Hellmuth: $0 (-$50,000)
• 21. Phil Ivey: $0 (-$50,000)
• 22. Greg Raymer: $0 (-$50,000)
• 23. Miami Tran: $0 (-$50,000)
• 24. Cindy Violette: $0 (-$50,000)