Sunday Briefing: $148,801 Score for United Kingdom’s 'ad144'
The Sunday Million returned to PokerStars this weekend following the completion of the 2017 World Championship Of Online Poker and it attracted a field of 5,980 to the virtual felt. Almost $1.2 million was in the prize pool and more than $160,000 of that sum was reserved for the eventual champion.
PokerStars Sunday Million Final Table Results (Oct. 1, 2017)
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ad144 | United Kingdom | $148,801* |
| 2 | CrownUpGay | United Kingdom | $126,000* |
| 3 | JAGUARRRRRR | Bulgaria | $79,523 |
| 4 | Vitor “VitinhO Dzi” Dzivielevski | Brazil | $55,807 |
| 5 | knockoutian | United Kingdom | $39,164 |
| 6 | Therealkuch | Switzerland | $27,484 |
| 7 | Mikal “mikal12345” Blomlie | Norway | $19,287 |
| 8 | deivid29 | United Kingdom | $13,535 |
| 9 | Regadeitor | Mexico | $9,498 |
*reflects a heads-up deal
By the time the final table was reached, the least amount of money anyone would be taking home was $9,498, which is what Mexico’s “Regadeitor” collected for their ninth-place finish.
Next to fall was “deivid29”, one of four British players to reach the Sunday Million’s final table. He was followed to the sidelines by the 2012 WCOOP Player of the Year Mikal “mikal12345” Blomlie, before a double elimination claimed the tournament lives of Switzerland’s “Therealkuch” and “knockoutian.”
"ad144" min-raised with a pair of kings, Therealkuch three-bet all-in with ace-ten of clubs, knockoutian four-bet all-in from the small blind with pocket queens, and ad144 called to put two players at risk of elimination. The board ran out ten-high and the final table lost two players.
Vitor “VitinhO Dzi” Dzivielevski crashed out in fourth place before Bulgaria’s “JAGUARRRRRR” exited in third place to leave two Brits fighting for the title — ad144 and “CrownUpGay.”
The heads-up duo agreed to a deal that left $20,000 in play for the eventual champion. That champion was decided after an exciting one-on-one battle which ended with "ad144"’s pair of red kings holding against the ten-seven of CrownUpGay.
Other Big Winners at PokerStars
Some of the other notable victories at PokerStars on Oct. 1 included:
| Tournament | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| $700 Super-Sized Sunday | bertie “bigstealer” Bayley | $77,094* |
| $1,050 Sunday Grand NLHE | Scott “Aggros Santos” Margereson | $45,970 |
| $215 Sunday Warm-Up | Fr@n_4774 | $39,584 |
| $215 Sunday Supersonic | iissrr | $34,864 |
| $109 Bounty Builder | maxb1818 | $30,222* |
| $1,050 Sunday Grand PLO | Sylvain “calculer_” Loosli | $29,386 |
| $215 Bounty Builder | ychhust | $27,597* |
| Big $109 | LrdofDonkTwn | $22,013 |
| $109 Sunday Cooldown | Keep2p34Ch” | $21,484 |
| Hot $109 | deivid29 | $18,240 |
| $109 Sunday Kickoff | Tatiana “Mysters_Y” Barausova | $17,540 |
| Hot $215 | BlackOwl_IG | $15,114 |
| Hot $162 | fityfmi | $12,949 |
| $109 Sunday Wrap-Up | MSACEKING.JR | $8,011 |
| $109 Bubble Rush | kofi89 | $7,957 |
| Big $215 | easylimp | $5,899 |
| Hot $162 | justnl2 | $5,590 |
| $109 Sunday Starter | LR-President | $5,161 |
| Big $162 | MiJatoEsLima | $4,666 |
partypoker Results
Over at partypoker, the $215 Title Fight tournament saw its guarantee doubled from the usual $250,000 to an impressive $500,000. A field of 2,260 headed to the tables, leaving the partypoker management team nursing a near $50,000 overlay, which “electrofarha” took full advantage of by winning the event for a cool $75,608 after a heads-up deal with “PitiBaron” who scooped $64,401.
Another major tournament at partypoker was the $2,600 Super High Roller. Ninety players helped smash the $100,000 guarantee by $125,000 and it was “eet_smakelijk” who came out on top to claim the $53,433 first-place prize. partypoker’s sponsored pro Roberto “WelshWizard” Romanello was the runner-up, a finish worth $39,556.
Some of the other partypoker results included:
| Tournament | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| $530 High Roller: $150K Gtd | Chaisurivirat | $38,810 |
| $530 High Roller: $100K Gtd | MechaCorta | $31,645 |
| $215 Title Fight Warm-Up: $100K Gtd | T4140T0NI | $28,774 |
| $109 Main Event: $150K Gtd | SciorXxx | $25,789 |
| $530 High Roller: $25K Gtd | Jordan “JWPRODIGY” Westmorland | $10,449 |
| $109 Drago: $40K Gtd | BRESTLEON | $9,860 |
| $109 Clubber: $25K Gtd | Colette1986 | $5,193 |
Winners at 888poker
Finally, over to 888poker where Sweden’s “tutten7” triumphed in the $150,000 Whale, turning $1,050 into $43,750 and where “inferno_amg” walked away with the $19,038 top prize of the $100,000 Mega Deep event.
Also at 888poker, “V.BlomFan60” won the $30,000 Sunday Crocodile for $6,482, “elmatador333” and Rick “WhosToClaim” Trigg chopped the $20,000 Sunday Lightning 6-Max for $6,434 and $6,216, and the United Kingdom’s “nutcracker95” walked away with the $13,851 top prize of the $60,000 Sunday Challenge.
