The Sunday Briefing - Chad "jse81" Batista Wins FTOPS Gold
An eventful Sunday of online poker concluded early Monday morning with ten players emerging to earn six-figure scores. One name stood out in particular. Chad “jse81” Batista took down event #10 of FTOPS XV for $225,000 and a gold jersey, topping a field of 4,682. Also winning gold jerseys were Josh “AAeveryhand” Hillock and "Dr Fill Good".
Over on PokerStars the Sunday Million was won by "Blompf" for $227,757.02, the biggest payday of the weekend. Alan “smacl02” Lake was the last man standing in the Sunday Warm-Up, earning $142,982.61.
FTOPS XV Event #10 (no-limit hold’em)
Buy-in: $300+22
Prize Pool: $1,500,000
Entrants: 4,682
*1. Chad “jse81” Batista - $225,000
*2. Lilly79 - $210,000
3. Clint “coffmeister” Coffee - $127,500
4. honestbobs - $96,000
5. mugwumphump - $71,925
6. Albert “vtlaxer09” Winchester - $49,500
7. Clément “Gerar Mendujeu” Thumy - $32,250
8. Biocid - $22,500
9. magicbaloo - $15,750
*denotes heads-up deal leaving $15,000 to the eventual winner
Notable Finishes: Isaac Baron (11th - $10,800), Chance “Chances Cards” Kornuth (14th - $8,250), Dustin “DDBeast” Dorrance-Bowman (15th - $8,250), Justin “robert07” Young (16th - $6,000), Phil “USCphildo” Collins (19th - $4,050), Kevin “kev19” Tanner (25th - $4,050), Yuval “yuvee04” Bronshtein (40th - $3,000)
PokerStars Sunday Million
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $1,668,200
Entrants: 8,341
*1. Blompf - $227,757.02
*2. oldrich88 - $196,971.38
3. iownoknp - $125,115
4. Ramewa38 - $83,410
5. qsf84 - $66,728
6. Profesoras - $50,046
7. Ryan “Saygoodbye40” Eriquezzo - $33,364
8. 13sneik13 - $18,350.20
9. Catafract80 - $12,928.55
*denotes heads-up deal leaving $30,000 to the eventual winner
Notable Finishes: Greg “gregior” Howard (11th - $8,841.46), Mark “thret” Furniss (42nd - $3,086.17), Mike “SirWatts” Watson (53rd - $2,835.94), Scott “xmrstyle” Bohlman (62nd - $2,585.71)
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $911,400
Entrants: 4,557
1. Alan “smacl02” Lake - $142,982.61
2. B DA cards - $106,178.10
3. Moritz “Catenaccio” Kranich - $75,190.50
4. jimsweats - $51,494.10
5. kronkol - $38,734.50
6. mancrazy - $29,620.50
7. Bassduck - $20,506.50
8. heavenhell19 - $11,392.50
9. IPODpoker88 - $7,291.20
Notable Finishes: Chris “TheTownhouse” Odle (14th - $4,101.30), Victor Ramdin (22nd - $2,269.38)
PokerStars F40: $40 Micro Million
Buy-in: $37+3
Prize Pool: $1,511,968
Entrants: 40,864
*1. anybodybut17 - $95,816
*2. Steven “PiKappRaider” Burkholder - $75,816
*3. veryking - $75,816
*4. tpir90036 - $75,816
5. Eugene “genetodd” Todd - $33,263.29
6. Sebastian “skuja” Skuja - $18,143.61
7. 123-Gabriel - $13,607.71
8. bwiner - $9,827.79
9. matakoda - $7,181.84
* denotes four-way even chop leaving $20,000 to the eventual winner
Notable Finishes: Chuck “wineguytx” Barnes (16th - $2,721.54), Kevin “BeLOWaBOVe” Saul (32nd - $1,738.76), Ricky “RonaldKosh” Fohrenbach (38th - $1,511.96), Zac “Zacpacker” Fellows (47th - $1,360.77)
PokerStars Sunday 500
Buy-in: $500+30
Prize Pool: $535,000
Entrants: 1,070
1. KGBkaka - $92,341
2. Jeremy “thechemist83” Gaubert - $66,875
3. Jeremiah “Believer82” Vinsant - $50,825
4. Francix - $37,236
5. Frank “RaineTech” Calo - $26,482.50
6. Mikey0690 - $21,132.50
7. Nick “FU_15” Maimone - $15,782.50
8. JC Alvarado - $10,432.50
9. James “croll103” Carroll - $5.885
Notable Finishes: Steven “PiKappRaider” Burkholder (12th - $4,761.50), Mark “newhizzle” Newhouse (3,691.50), Carter “ckingusc” King (16th - $2,621.50)
FTOPS XV Event #9 (no-limit hold’em heads Up)
Buy-in: $500+35
Prize Pool: $512,000
Entrants: 1,024
*1. Josh “AAeveryhand” Hillock - $77,336
*2. chickface - $65,000
3. Thomas “GnightMoon” Fuller - $27,136
4. Amoroso50 - $27,136
5. UnoffensiveNick - $14,336
6. Drake17 - $14,336
7. Jared “Smokinokun” Okun - $14,336
8. Jas11 - $14,336
*denotes heads-up deal leaving $12,336 to the eventual winner
Notable Finishes: Dan “imabigkidnow” Kelly (16th - $7,680)
FTOPS XV Event #8 (no-limit hold’em knockout)
Buy-in: $120+9
Prize Pool: $875,900
Entrants: 8,759
*1. Dr Fill Good - $136,250.11
*2. Kakafoni - $100,242.89
3. Duffyduckk - $68,320.30
4. lucky seven - $49,926.30
5. mixmaster_p - $36,787.80
6. alexuuus - $26,277
7. blkromeo - $18,393.90
8. Depresooxa - $12,700.55
9. Tobias “fabregarp” Garp - $8,934.18
* denotes heads-up deal
Notable Finishes:Allie "The Prescott" Prescott (39th - $1,664.21), Jeff “Biggest Donkey” Banghart (40th - $1,661.24), Shannon “BLUFFforRENT” Shorr (56th - $1,226.26)
Ultimate Bet $200K GTD
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $219,200
Entrants: 1,096
1. BEARBEER - $48,202.08
2. Jesse “TOOHOTTOTROT” Habbak - $28,430.24
3. DOCTORDOKTOR - $19,618.40
4. Nick “I SPEW CHIPS” Phillips - $14,138.40
5. TROOPDOGG - $11,727.20
6. GLOWIN20 - $9,535.20
7. HUSTLETAMIL - $7,343.20
8. 1BIGDUMBDONK - $5,260.80
9. Peter “APATHY123” Jetten - $3,726.40
Notable Finishes: Matt “NOBADBEATSPLZ” Kay (10th - $2,301.60)
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