Whilst the Olympics burst into life over in China the smaller flame of the Weekly Round 2 events shone just as brightly as players from around the world competed for poker gold. It was a Germanic one-two last weekend with an Austrian and a German taking honours.

First it was Austrian ‘bbberni’ on Saturday, ahead of 702 players who won money for nothing. ‘bbberni’ took $287.60 for his efforts. Whilst on Sunday a slightly more modest sum of $276 was taken down by German player ‘sender z’, with a total 802 players receiving something for playing ahead of thousands more.

Weekly round 2 results (Saturday 9 August)

1. bbberni (Austria) -- $287.60
2. dzsinn6 (Hungary) -- $166.00
3. haensdaempf (Germany) -- $100.00
4. Its_Instinct (United States) -- $80.00
5. amy***cap (United States) -- $62.00
6. sabio3 (United States) -- $50.00
7. kingtin1 (United Kingdom) -- $39.00
8. troyAxXx (Philippines) -- $30.00
9. ykmjc (United States) -- $22.20

702nd jdavis142000 (United States) -- $0.80

Weekly round 2 results (Sunday 10 August)

1. sender z (Germany) -- $276.00
2. scarypete (United Kingdom) -- $164.00
3. Yendor (Canada) -- $100.00
4. Chris Siai (Switzerland) -- $80.00
5. Timmy699 (United States) -- $62.00
6. htn2 (United States) -- $50.00
7. HunterMc07 (United States) -- $39.00
8. SilvEagle (United States) -- $30.00
9. JJBusta -- $22.20

801st LattManJR (United States) -- $0.60

Qualifying for one of the two weekly events is easy and a great way to get some practice at tournament poker. All you need to do is play in one of the Astronomer freerolls in the PokerStars.net lobby and finish within the top number of tables specified in the details. The astronomer freerolls run several times a day so there’s never long to wait and if you’re successful your ticket into the Weekly Round 2 could see you win a cash prize.