Sunday Briefing: Big Weekend for Philipp Gruissem
Germany’s Philipp “philbort” Gruissem is widely regarded as one of the best poker players of his generation and his $3,058,099 in online winnings and his $10,135,305 live tournament winnings are a testament to that.
This weekend, Gruissem took to the partypoker virtual felt where he competed in some Powerfest events. It was a great decision on his part because he won the $500,000 guaranteed Main Event for $80,779 then went on to finish sixth in the $1,000,000 guaranteed Main Event for an additional $41,320.
Although impressive, Gruissem’s cash haul was not the largest at partypoker this weekend. That honor went to “Algorhytm” who topped a field of 211 players in the $1,000,000 Gtd Super High Roller, turning $5,200 into $226,825.
Another huge score is now in the partypoker account of “gotthereagain” who won the $1,000,000 guaranteed Main Event for a bankroll-boosting $175,610.
Some of the other big victories at partypoker on Feb. 5 included “ReggaeDiBaralho” who won the $100,000 Gtd Freezeout for $17,170, “sstoyanov1” who won the $150,000 Gtd Freezeout for $19,082 and “RIP_HARAMBE” who took down the $300,000 Gtd High Roller for $63,791.
Over at PokerStars, the $215 Sunday Million ended in a three-handed chip. Sweden’s Anton “MORTIIIIIIII” Herrmann was crowned champion and banked $129,686 with “pokerjoe485” finishing as runner-up for $93,000. Third place went to “good2850” who collected $105,669 courtesy of the aforementioned deal.
Some of the biggest PokerStars results on Feb. 5 included:
- “bienballa” - winner of the $109 Sunday Starter for $6,899
- “Bulben” - winner of the Big $162 for $6,013
- “johnnyCASH90” - winner of the $109 Sunday Kickoff for $19,707
- “dddscorpion” - winner of the Hot $162 for $7,870
- Kevin “morans350” Gibson - winner of the $215 Bounty Builder for $16,517
- “Futti18” - winner of the $215 Sunday Warm-Up for $56,236
- Artem “veeea” Vezhenkov - winner of the $215 Weekender for $10,498
- Niklas “Lena900” Astedt - winner of the Big $109 for $25,448.86
- “edu22.sp” - winner of the Hot $162 for $15,850
- “AceSpades11” - winner of the $700 Super-Sized Sunday for $40,055
- “razvqq” - winner of the $109 Bounty Builder for $15,946
- Tomas “luckymo32” Geleziunas - winner of the $109 Bubble Rush for $9,329
- “diablo8807” - winner of the Hot $109 for $19,204
- Niklas “Lena900” Astedt - winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand NLHE for $58,319
- “31PokerGod31” - winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand PLO for $38,694
- Andreas “hucker86” Huck - winner of the Big $215 for $25,247
- Adrijan “Adrijan_S” Sinishtaj - winner of the $109 Sunday Cooldown for $22,667
- “pappadogg” - winner of the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $35,600
- Yuri “theNERDguy” Martins - winner of the Hot $215 for $19,393
Finally for this week’s Sunday Briefing are the results from 888poker’s biggest Sunday tournaments.
The UK’s “OMGsete” walked away with the $32,688 first-place prize in the $120,000 Whale, a $600 buy in tournament that attracts some of the best poker players in the business.
A similar sized score went to “888Stoyan” who won the $120,000 Mega Deep by outlasting a field of 731 players in the $215 buy in event. In the $40,000 Turbo Mega Deep, Germany’s “overthetop33” turned $215 into a much more impressive $10,674.90, while in the $50,000 Sunday Crocodile it was Rocco “sephir0t” Palumbo who claimed top honors, namely $12,426.
Last but not least, “pina219” deserves a mention for winning a $16,558 score in this weekend’s $80,000 Sunday Challenge.
