Sunday Briefing: Romania’s "profit76" Wins $437K
The Spring Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars almost rounded off another great festival on Sunday, but some events are still playing out. PokerNews will have a recap of the latest in SCOOP action in a separate article, but we couldn't pass up mentioning this huge event.
The 51st event of SCOOP, a $1,050 no-limit hold'em tournament with a $1,500,000 guarantee, saw a total of 2,813 players enter across a number of flights, and 307 of them progressed to Day 2. By the time the final table was set, each of the nine hopefuls was guaranteed almost $30,000, but the eventual champion, who turned out to be Romania's "profit76", walked away with a massive $437,420.71. Here's how that final table finished.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "profit76" | $437,420.17 |
| 2 | Rob "robtinnion" Tinnion | $314,794.10 |
| 3 | "jzjayz88" | $224,395.82 |
| 4 | "gordon0410" | $19,957.02 |
| 5 | Jack "jackziyang" Salter | $114,022.98 |
| 6 | Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins | $81,279.66 |
| 7 | Andreas "Hoegh93" Høgh | $57,938.79 |
| 8 | "ViCiuSMaXiMu" | $41,300.74 |
| 9 | ismo<3seppo | $29,440.57 |
With SCOOP attracting players in large numbers, the prize pools of some of PokerStars' regular Sunday tournaments swelled, and some of the game's most recognizable players helped themselves to bankroll-boosting scores.
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz took down the $700 Super-Sized Sunday Progressive KO for $55,331.84 plus almost $27,000 in bounty payments, while "DEX888" won the $1,050 Sunday Grand for $104,716 after besting a final table that included "goleafsgo41", Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit, and his heads-up opponent Michael "munchenHB" Telker, with the latter winning $76,309.
Other large PokerStars scores from Sunday include:
- Bruno "brunodcm" Desimoni — winner of the Big $109 for $37,801.59
- "skattefar" — winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand PLO for $67,855
- "Brunco chato" — winner of the Big $215 for $35,221.93
- "Abrvalk998" — winner of the $109 Sunday Cooldown for $26,400
- "Graftekkel" — winner of the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $47,535.92
"telmrock" Captures the 888 Baby Whale
Over at 888poker, British player "telmrock" walked away with top honors in the $100,000 Baby Whale, a result that came with a $23,776.41 prize. While "telmrock" was busy bossing his way to victory, the $150,000 Super XL Mega Deep was being chopped four ways:
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "ILovePancake" | $27,546.14 |
| 2 | Richard "ChipsFools" Hoadley | $27,109.14 |
| 3 | "moccastube" | $29,166.76 |
| 4 | "linda_h" | $23,117.04 |
Another big 888poker score went to one of their ambassadors, Dominik "888Dominik" Nitsche, who won the $150,000 Super XL Mini Main Event, turning $160 into a much more significant $36,541.50.
Lastly on 888poker, a mention to "2701marko" for winning the $110,000 Sunday Challenge for a cool $19,910.
Powerfest Ends With a Bang at partypoker
partypoker's Powerfest series ended on a high note this Sunday with several massive events wrapping matters up. One such tournament was the $1,050 High Roller Main Event, which saw 1,146 players create a $1,146,000 prize pool. The lion's share of this, more than $330,000, was shared among the final two players, "PCMPCM" and "jvieiradias8", who chopped for $168,055.44 and $162.612.61, respectively.
In that event, "ProLuckbox" finished third for $107,151 which was an excellent result in itself. However, they also finished third in the $215 Main Event and banked another $60,749.07 after a three-way chop involving runner-up "easylimppp" ($62,545.01) and winner "SnipeDonkey" ($62,716.68).
The biggest partypoker prize this weekend went to "Ch4nsey", who topped a field of 225 in the $5,200 Super High Roller Main Event to end Sunday with an extra $219,375.05 in his account. "DankMemes" and Jeffrey "jeff710" Hakim also secured six-figure scores for second- and third-place finishes.
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