Sunday Briefing: Rasmus Agerskov Larsen Wins partypoker Main Event
Denmark's Rasmus "RasAAAAA" Agerskov Larsen moved ever closer to $3 million in lifetime online winnings on Sunday after he took down the $150,000 guaranteed Main Event at partypoker for a $25,072.52 score.
Agerskov Larsen defeated "stylegames" heads-up to get his hand on the largest share of the prize pool, leaving his last opponent to collect $18,804 for a runner-up finish.
Meanwhile, this weekend's $2,600 Super High Roller at partypoker was chopped heads-up. "luckytedbear" secured a $36,639.52 prize, with "BuyThaPot" emerging victorious to bank a cool $37,760.49.
partypoker's other High Roller tournament, a $530 buy-in with a $150,000 guaranteed prize pool, ended with "SentimenTODO23" as the last player standing, a result worth $32,175, while "aftret" won the $50,000 Weigh-In to add $10,844.53 to the bankroll.
Over at PokerStars, two players ended their Sunday session with six-figure scores. "chess87" finished second in the Sunday Million for $159,000 while "eightndeuce" banked $162,386.67 and the win after a heads-up chop.
Some of the other big PokerStars results from this weekend included:
- "trickyone14" — winner of the Big $162 for $4,908.92
- "tomekato" — winner of the Sunday Kickoff for $20,146.23
- David "davaman" Lopez — winner of the Hot $162 for $7,003.69
- Pedro "gusmaa" Madeira — winner of the $215 Bounty Builder for $13,620.29
- Andrei "ragAAAila19" Boghean — winner of the Sunday Warm-Up for $52,192
- "greengrass67" — winner of the Big $109 for $23,857.49
- Sam "SamSquid" Grafton — winner of the Hot $162 for $14,332.47
- Joao "joaoMathias" Mathias Baunmgarten — winner of the Super-Sized Sunday for $32,505.29
- Matthew "wazzo11" Spurring — winner of the $109 Bounty Builder for $10,303.61
- "riverking021" — winner of the Hot $109 for $18,303.96
- Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov — winner of the Sunday Grand for $58,630.50
- Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet — winner of the Big $215 for $25,147.38
- "Master DENy" — winner of the Sunday Cooldown for $22,646
- "RuckusTheJam" — winner of the Sunday Supersonic for $30,286.18
- "Saintreine" — winner of the Hot $215 for $17,942.14
- "Tamamne" — winner of the Sunday Wrap-Up for $8,448.30
Canada's "birdgamecray" finished a session at 888poker by triumphing in the $100,000 Whale, a result adding $30,503.22 in lifetime winnings, with Norway's "kaggis" collecting the $24,368.10 first-place prize for winning the $100,000 Mega Deep.
Finally, the United Kingdom's Patrick "d1sclosure" Leonard turned $160 into $12,654 by winning the $50,000 Sunday Crocodile, and another British player, "anmols94" banked the $16,476.37 top prize in the $80,000 Sunday Challenge.
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