Sunday Briefing: Anton Wigg Wins Bigger $109
Swedish superstar Anton “antesvante” Wigg was among the big winners on Jan. 14 courtesy of him taking down the Bigger $109 at PokerStars.
Wigg was one of 1,829 entrants in the Bigger $109 tournament this week, a field that created a guarantee-busting $182,900 prize pool. Several notable players navigated their way into the money places, including Dennis “DBerglin” Berglin, Ludovic “ludovi333” Geilich, Russell “rdcrsn” Carson, and Owain “sngwonder” Carey.
The final table was a star-studded affair that grew less shark-infested with the elimination of Daryl “DJG1989” Green in eighth place. By the time only three players remained in the Bigger $109, the least amount of money any of the trio could win was $13,992. This is the sum awarded to Brazil’s “SitPro2011” who busted in third, which left Wigg and Mexico’s “LrdofDonkTwn” to go head-to-head for the title and the $27,539 first-place prize.
It was Wigg who emerged victorious, in the 180th online poker tournament win of his career. "LrdofDonkTwn" collected $19,629 for his runner-up finish.
The largest cash of the weekend went to the PokerStars account of the United Kingdom’s “panda713”. A recreational player with $15,000 in winnings at PokerStars, according to the PokerStars Blog, "panda713" mixed it up with the pros and came out on top in the Sunday Million to bank a cool $108,985 after a four-handed deal.
“Ferran789999” finished second and collected $99,717, “@rtemur” was the third-place finisher and banked $93,683, and “Ewokwat” of Canada came in fourth-place for a $100,200 score.
Some of the other notable victories at PokerStars on Jan.14 included:
| Tournament | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| $530 Bounty Builder High Roller | thx4urm0n3y | $62,839* |
| $2,100 Sunday High Roller | xiaoyyy | $46,721 |
| $215 Sunday Warm-Up | Pedro “peterwhooo” Correa | $42,329 |
| Sunday 500 | 107dalmatass | $33,670 |
| $215 Bounty Builder | giftmyra | $31,015* |
| $215 Sunday Supersonic | Regadeitor | $30,026 |
| $109 Bounty Builder | arbaarba | $29,528* |
| Bigger $215 | fityfmi | $21,328 |
| Hotter $109 | oAguiG88o | $19,220 |
| Hotter $215 | Dan “NukeThe Fish!” Wilson | $19,180 |
| $109 Sunday Cooldown | diablo8807 | $19,153 |
| $109 Sunday Kickoff | Raketysje | $17,183 |
| $530 Omania High Roller | Alex “Ahhh Is It?” Lindop | $15,309 |
| $215 Triple Threat | woodyJ101 | $12,801* |
| Hotter $162 | Vingle84 | $8,241 |
| $109 Sunday KOmania | Coenn | $8,108* |
| $215 NLO8 Sunday Supersonic | Murilo “Muka82” Figueredo | $7,253 |
| $109 Omania | wnbgambler | $7,015 |
| $109 Sunday Wrap-Up | DanicusC | $6,687 |
| $109 Sunday Starter | ForzaVaxholm | $6,494 |
| $109 Bubble Rush | NEWFlat | $5,710 |
| Bigger $162 | ZeelandBoy | $5,260 |
| $109 NLO8 Sunday KOmania | baheera | $4,838* |
*includes bounty payments
Solid Sunday for Roman Romanovsky at partypoker
Ukraine’s Roman “SanityWaterline” Romanovsky enjoyed a solid Sunday at partypoker thanks in part to winning the $150,000 Gtd High Roller for $28,569.
Romanovsky topped a field of 289 entrants in the $530 buy-in tournament before finishing fifth in the $150,000 Gtd Super High Roller for an additional $8,158; the $2,600 buy-in Super High Roller was won by “MisterN411” for $53,496, which was the biggest prize at partypoker this weekend.
The second-largest cash at partypoker this weekend weighed in at $42,625. This is the princely sum awarded to “Zaymovishka” for taking down the $250,000 Gtd Title Fight, a tournament that Ireland’s Dara “okearney” O’Kearney finished third in for a $20,025 score.
Some of the biggest partypoker wins on Jan. 14 can be seen in the table below:
| Tournament | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| $150K Gtd Main Event | Jon “TheNappyFund” Spinks | $25,395 |
| $50K Gtd Title Fight Kick-Off | adolfnitler.ftw | $11,422 |
| $40K Gtd High Roller Turbo | sweet_dreammm | $11,280 |
| $50K Gtd Main Event Kick-Off | Feelzgoodman76 | $10,494 |
| $20K Gtd Title Fight Turbo | idealsolar | $6,988 |
| $20K Gtd Main Event Turbo | HungarysHero | $6,368 |
| $30K Gtd Main Event II | amadej17 | $6,117 |
Mega Deep Title For "tmurdah" at 888poker
Finally, the notable results from the Sunday tournaments held at 888poker.
Netherlands’ “tmurdah” turned $215 into $19,836 by winning the $100,000 Mega Deep. A field of 395 players competed for a slice of the $104,400 prize pool, but it was the Dutchman who came away with the lion’s share of the spoils.
There was a well-known player crowned champion of the $15,000 Turbo Mega Deep. Canada’s Sebastian “p000cket000” Sikorski edged ever closer to $11 million in online winnings by adding $6,267 to his impressive tally.
Shout-outs also have to go to Germany’s “Mowlschbazd” after he won the $40,000 GREAT 8 for $8,527 and to Argentina’s Joaquin “JoaquinRuiz” Ruiz who won the $50,000 Sunday Challenge for $11,514.
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