The Midweek Briefing: Patel, Anderson, Hudson, and Gonzalez Capture Weekly Majors

Mickey Doft
Live Reporter
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Several online tournament regulars captured midweek major titles this week. They may not be the biggest names on the virtual felt, but they are certainly known and respected. The top prize of the week went to Hiren "hustla16" Patel, who won the Full Tilt Poker $1K Monday for $87,000. Calvin "cal42688" Anderson and Spencer "UH Big Tex" Hudson notched first-place finishes on PokerStars, winning the Super Tuesday and Wednesday 1/4 Million for $$80,022.30 and $54,000, respectively. The UB $150K GTD was taken down by Fabrizio "SIXTHSENSE19" Gonzalez for $41,605.

Full Tilt $1K Monday

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$1,000+$60348$348,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Hiren "hustla16" Patel$87,000
2stanman420$55,680
3Alex "ags104" Santiago$41,760
4dutchmaster$32,190
5farha123$24,360
6Joshua "pbdrunks" VanDuyn$17,400
7arl1984$11,310
8Chris "herdgolf86" Tipper$8,700
9Michael "tuna_fish_tank" Stroh$6,960

Notable Finishes: Felipe Montenegro (14th - $3,480), Kenny "Hixx" Hixks (16th - $2,610), Jim "WinnerFish" Kilarjian (17th - $2,610)

PokerStars $1,050 Super Tuesday

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$1,000+$50417$417,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Calvin "cal42688" Anderson$80,022.30
2modogrinder$59,422.50
3Snow in June$43,785
4Elad "Gambit360" Nosimaj$33,360
5ilya_crasher$23,352
6Blitzburgh17$17,722.50
7bEatNick"OG"$13,552.50
8Eric "psuNYY51" Ladny$9,382.50
9pmahoney22$6,922.20

Notable Finishes: Alex "Assassinato" Fitzgerald (14th - $4,587), Gordon "holla@yoboy" Vayo (15th - $4,587), Owen "ocrowe" Crowe (19th - $2,919), Jamie "pokerjamers" Armstrong (20th - $2,919)

PokerStars $320 Wednesday 1/4 Million

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$300+$201,000$300,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Spencer "UH Big Tex" Hudson$54,000
2Eric "sheets" Haber$39,000
3ACG 82$29,100
4Sadan "the_snail03" Turker$21,750
5olgakg$15,120
6pertyi$12,120
7gedhanna$9,120
8Zach "HustlerGrune" Gruneberg$6,150
9Joe "Joey Capp" Cappuccio$3,750

Notable Finishes: Ronald "ronaldgrauer" Grauer (15th - $2,550), Jeff "JShark4" Sharkey (28th - $1,230)

UB $150K GTD

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$1,000+$50157$157,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Fabrizio "SIXTHSENSE19" Gonzalez$41,605
2Ara "MELIKMAN" Melikian$25,120
3Ryan "RYANBLUF" Karp$18,447.50
4Clark "SNAKE84" Hamagami$14,915
5Luis "TURKO_MAN" Rodriguez Cruz$11,382.50
6Mark "P0KER H0" Kroon$9,420
7Matt "FUTUREPROQQ" Brown$7,457.50
8Brian "AKSHARKY" James$5,495
9Jeremiah "BELIEVER1982" Vinsant$3,925

Notable Finishes: Sam "AAAJACK99" Chartier (13th - $2,355), Jeff "YOUNGSUPREMCY" Hakim (18th - $1,962.50)

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