Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April

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Jerry "Perrymejsen" Ödeen

Sweden's Jerry "Perrymejsen" Ödeen was the biggest winner in Sunday tournaments at 888poker after taking down The Whale April 2 for $29,117.

The final table included some of online poker's top names including Conor “grandma1954” Beresford (fifth - $8,258) , Rocco "sephir0t" Palumbo (sixth - $6,407) and 888poker Ambassador Dominik "888Dominik" Nitsche (eighth - $3,560).

Ödeen, with over $2.7 million in online poker tournament cashes, is one of the many Swedes to be consistently near the top of the PocketFives Worldwide Online Poker Rankings where he is currently ranked in 18th place in the world and ninth in his home country.

Johannes Korsar
Johannes "TrollKonst8" Korsar

On the same day, an even more successful Swedish poker player, Johannes "TrollKonst8" Korsar, won the second biggest prize of the month after shipping The Mega Deep for $28,883.

Korsar is currently ranked in 12th place in the PocketFives Worldwide Rankings and sixth in his home country. He has amassed an amazing $9.3 million in online poker earnings.

The following week, Australian poker player Stevan "poker_mom74" Chew was among the big winners by shipping The Baby Whale for $19,350.

Other big winners in August included Peru's Ewald "HUEHUAHUEHUA" Mahr Olivera shipping The Sunday Challenge for $15,581 on April 23 and United Kingdom's Jonathan "JohnFoot" Proudfoot winning The Mega Deep for $22,668.


Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 101

The $100,000 Whale

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$565+35April 2252$142,380
PlacePlayerPrize
1Jerry "Perrymejsen" Ödeen$29,117
2germaxii$21,357
3doctor877$16,089
4glezna23$12,102
5Conor “grandma1954” Beresford$8,258
6Rocco "sephir0t" Palumbo$6,407
7dmg34$4,983
8Dominik "888Dominik" Nitsche$3,560
9marioallin58$2,705

Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 102

The $130,000 Mega Deep - Increased GTD!

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$200+15April 2787$157,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1Johannes "TrollKonst8" Korsar$28,883
2KellerA$20,619
3FoldDearDonk$15,583
4IOwnU888$11,726
5Tomas "DoubleNature" Söderström$8,185
6TrankiNLVida$6,611
7Grafgreif$5,037
8tandren93$3,463
9Sebastian "iknowmybody" Saffari$2,046

Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 103

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$82+8April 2775$94,780
PlacePlayerPrize
1EDBTZUK$17,392
2shipgold$12,416
3777BMW777$9,383
4Avskedad$7,061
5popsnpoker$4,929
6Renato "curioso24" Lezama$3,981
7Øyvind "oyvindbe" Ellingsen$3,033
8Munnangur$2,085
9Angelina "wangleypang" Rich$1,232

Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 104

The Baby $100,000 Whale

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$300+20April 9323$100,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Stevan "poker_mom74" Chew$19,350
2Mazigge$14,500
3Rory "DEOSONER" Young$11,000
4BigNich09$8,250
5Nicolau "nicofellow" Villa-Lobos$5,700
6Pimmelspeck$4,400
70nurb1ke$3,400
8sonmonedass$2,400
9McNugget123$1,750

Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 105

The $120,000 Mega Deep

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$200+15April 9654$130,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1_JoinMyStack$24,525
2Rafael "keybr" Watanabe do Prado$17,658
3stckyfingers$13,080
4Dimitar "trino11" Yosifov$9,810
5Alessandro "WadoIchimonj" Sarro$6,867
6dogspot$5,559
7meat069$4,251
8varonislv$2,943
9salue7$1,844

Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 106

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$82+8April 9694$85,618
PlacePlayerPrize
1zllber77$16,053
2HappySh00ter$11,558
3limp0rdie$8,562
4hell0_br0tti$6,421
5The__Climber$4,495
6_Phoenix___$3,639
76oTaHik$2,783
8Shaolin0927$1,926
9GringoSSa$1,207

Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 107

The $100,000 Whale

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$565+35April 16215$121,475
PlacePlayerPrize
1Monster_Dong$26,117
2purplegerbil$18,829
3Simon “IggyGak” Pedersen$14,273
4Pimmelspeck$10,629
5DuduPa1986$7,289
6MisterN411$6,074
7Marton "WorldIsOurs" Czuczor$4,859
8Rodrigo "rodckz" Motoki$3,644
9hateVAMOS$2,430

Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 108

The $120,000 Mega Deep

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$200+15April 16647$129,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1jareth3542$24,444
2Alexsandr "Biack88" Trofimov$17,728
3Kurt "GiNgErSpEw" Fitzgerald$13,069
4Damien "UveBeenStakt" Wain$9,834
5Vondopoulos$6,910
6armin631$5,500
7Noob3R1337$4,206
8z4c4rd$2,912
9pantsinants$1,941

Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 109

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$82+8April 16693$83,826
PlacePlayerPrize
1PureBusine66$12,667*
2Marc "icallyamet" Wright$14,368*
3Matthew451$8,383
4ADRI_ATM$6,287
5Jean "SickManJFS" Franco Sierra$4,401
6da_Menace888$3,563
7limp0rdie$2,724
8zZagnuX$1,886
9itakeallofu$1,182

*Reflects heads-up deal


Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 110

The Baby $100,000 Whale

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$300+20April 23325$100,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1bigblindbets$19,350
2Monster_Dong$14,500
3APOARSLAN$11,000
4Conor “grandma1954” Beresford$8,250
5neverfoldQ5$5,700
6Pik00rs$4,400
7OMGsete$3,400
8kozirok_bel$2,400
9Troy "s.janowski" Quenneville$1,750

Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 111

The $120,000 Mega Deep

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$200+15April 23624$124,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1saiyajin1337$23,575
2Valentino "K0VAK" Konakchiev$17,098
3Stefan "IceStream" Ivanov$12,605
4tomekatos$9,485
5TeamShippo$6,664
6Kyle "Chip_giveme" Neville$5,304
7ThaSquirrel$4,056
8timru631$2,808
9shroooomin$1,872

Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 112

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$82+8April 23683$83,096
PlacePlayerPrize
1Ewald "HUEHUAHUEHUA" Mahr Olivera$15,581
2Paul "Senta99" Senter$11,218
3Pedro "pedrohennnn" Correa$8,310
4Toobo16$6,232
5ThaSquirrel$4,363
6TeamShippo$3,532
7Lawrence "cjacksallin" Chung$2,701
8Kabotajoe$1,870
9asiarat$1,172

Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 113

The $100,000 Whale

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$565+35April 30203$120,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1JDrake770$25,800
2Johannes "TrollKonst8" Korsar$18,600
3jareth3542$14,100
4Joao Mathias “joao_mathias” Baumgarten$10,500
5dErEk_eekk$7,200
6Andreas "r4ndomr4gs" Berggren$6,000
7plotka_voxa$4,800
8_whitebear_$3,600
9rafasdad$2,400

Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 114

The $120,000 Mega Deep

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$200+15April 30598$120,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Jonathan "JohnFoot" Proudfoot$22,668
2t8ofdiamonds$16,440
3Fackedelic$12,120
4Alessandro "ZeroNineee" Valli$9,120
5summuNNN$6,408
6Xuan "888Xuan" Liu$5,100
7neverfoldQ5$3,900
8desifish$2,700
9acespade11$1,800

Jerry Ödeen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April 115

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$82+8April 30667$80,582
PlacePlayerPrize
1heyfreddy$15,109
2TRlCEPS$10,879
3lunchbox1980$8,058
4latoronja$6,044
5eStfu$4,231
6DoffDavi$3,425
7Przemeq90$2,619
8Juan "Redsky1308" Cam$1,813
9zZagnuX$1,136

*Special thanks to PocketFives.com and Poker Pro Labs for some of the data in this article.

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