Sunday Briefing: Beresford Makes Final Tables at party and PokerStars
Jan. 28 was the eight day of the $15 million guaranteed POWERFEST at partypoker and it was the biggest day of series so far with more than $2.6 million awarded across 12 events. Besides partypoker, PokerStars had some decent prizes up for grabs too, and it was the last day of the 888 XL Blizzard. Let's take a look at the results of some of the biggest events online this weekend.
partypoker POWERFEST #26-H: $500K Gtd NL Hold’em
| Date | January 28th |
| Buy-in | $5,200 |
| Guarantee | $500,000 |
| Entrants | 102 |
| Prize pool | $510,000 |
| ITM | 16 |
Some 102 entrants participated in the POWERFEST #26-H: $500K Gtd NL Hold’em, a $5,200 buy-in tournament that paid out the top 16 finishers.
Some 102 entrants participated in POWERFEST #26-H, a $5,200 buy-in tournament
“nipa3p3” was the unfortunate soul to burst the money bubble, which paved the way for Team partypoker’s Louise “lou045” Butler to min-cash for $10,200. The least any of the eight final table members could win was $16,575, the sum “WWWpartyCOM” collected.
“girafganger” fell in seventh-place and Conor “ADRIEN_BRODY” Beresford was another notable finalist; Beresford busted in fifth-place.
“aLiNeNok1617” and “PhileasFogg” locked horns heads-up for the title, but not before striking a deal that locked up a six-figure score for each of them. The former eventually secured the title to win his or her first POWERFEST event.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | aliNeNok1617 | $110,819* |
| 2 | PhileasFogg | $103,380 |
| 3 | Specter_Litt | $63,750 |
| 4 | Chris5623 | $44,625 |
| 5 | Conor “ADRIEN_BRODY” Beresford | $33,150 |
| 6 | Makemineadouble | $25,500 |
| 7 | girafganger | $20,400 |
| 8 | WWWpartyCOM | $16,575 |
partypoker POWERFEST #25-M: $500K Gtd Title Fight Special Edition NL Hold’em
| Date | January 28th |
| Buy-in | $215 |
| Guarantee | $500,000 |
| Entrants | 2,411 |
| Prize pool | $500,000 |
| ITM | 312 |
The $215 Title Fight usually has a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool, but thanks to POWERFEST, this special edition of partypoker’s flagship tournament featured a guarantee doubled in size.
Hungary’s Andras “probirs” Nemeth took full advantage of the huge prize pool and walk away as the tournament’s champion, an accolade that came with an $82,100 cash prize. Finishing second to Nemeth was “DedoDeGorila” who banked $58,000, while the rest of the final table won between $5,225 and $37,350.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andras “probirs” Nemeth | $82,010 |
| 2 | DedoDeGorila | $58,000 |
| 3 | lipkinator | $37,350 |
| 4 | MATTHOLVIK | $24,850 |
| 5 | myst_elbarto | $17,350 |
| 6 | jelenator | $11,850 |
| 7 | MarkLanders123 | $8,125 |
| 8 | lukiitas99 | $5,225 |
partypoker POWERFEST #24-H: $150K Gtd NL Hold’em
| Date | January 28th |
| Buy-in | $2,100 |
| Guarantee | $150,000 |
| Entrants | 118 |
| Prize pool | $236,000 |
| ITM | 16 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NL_Profit | $57,820 |
| 2 | SanityWaterline | $41,300 |
| 3 | dbec077 | $29,500 |
| 4 | Joao "joaosimaobh" Simao | $20,650 |
| 5 | eet_smakelijk | $15,340 |
| 6 | WWWpartyCOM | $11,800 |
| 7 | Dork Pork | $9,440 |
| 8 | blakjak19 | $7,670 |
partypoker POWERFEST #25-H: $250K Gtd Super High Roller Special Edition NL Hold’em
| Date | January 28th |
| Buy-in | $2,100 |
| Guarantee | $250,000 |
| Entrants | 220 |
| Prize pool | $440,000 |
| ITM | 32 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dork Pork | $82,426* |
| 2 | TorTor2012 | $72,409* |
| 3 | maniakboy | $46,420 |
| 4 | youbetipush | $34,320 |
| 5 | letsgodancing | $24,200 |
| 6 | HighrollerPro | $18,480 |
| 7 | karamazovbros | $13,640 |
| 8 | POKERPRO2.0 | $10,120 |
PokerStars Sunday Million
| Date | January 28th |
| Buy-in | $215 |
| Guarantee | $1,000,000 |
| Entrants | 6,134 |
| Prize pool | $1,226,800 |
| ITM | 1,106 |
Not only did "soleeJ" win $165,627 for the victory, he or she won a $30,000 PokerStars Players Platinum Pass as well
Mexico’s Joao “soleeJ” Ferreira enjoyed a profitable Sunday at the PokerStars virtual felt courtesy of winning this weekend’s Sunday Million. Not only did "soleeJ" win $165,627 for the victory, he or she won a $30,000 PokerStars Players Platinum Pass as well.
Ferreira reached the final table of the Sunday Million three months ago; he fell in seventh-place for more than $17,000 on that occasion, which was Ferreira’s largest score at PokerStars at that point. Now, Ferreira has almost increased his largest cash ten-fold by topping a field of 6,134 entrants.
Next week’s Sunday Million is the 12th Anniversary Sunday Million featuring a $10 million guaranteed prize pool and a $1 million first-place prize.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | João "soleeJ" Ferreira | Mexico | $165,627 |
| 2 | martinkom111 | Czech Republic | $116,228 |
| 3 | nibbyno1 | UK | $81,565 |
| 4 | NEWFlat | Russia | $57,540 |
| 5 | koquito5 | Argentina | $40,169 |
| 6 | ORIENTALPASS | Sweden | $28,189 |
| 7 | All-In-Marek | Germany | $19,782 |
| 8 | rnjstnsdlf | South Korea | $13,882 |
PokerStars Sunday High Roller
| Date | January 28th |
| Buy-in | $2,100 |
| Guarantee | $150,000 |
| Entrants | 151 |
| Prize pool | $302,000 |
| ITM | 20 |
Netherlands-based Irishman Conor “1_conor_b_1” Beresford added almost $63,000 to his lifetime winnings by triumphing in the $2,100 Sunday High Roller. Beresford outlasted a talented crowd of 151 entrants, including Ole “wizowizo” Schemion (14th for $5,513), Anton “antesvante” Wigg (12th for $6,267) and “bencb789” (third for $29,500).
Beresford now has more than $5.6 million in online winnings.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conor “1_conor_b_1” Beresford | Netherlands | $57,820 |
| 2 | toril274 | Russia | $41,300 |
| 3 | bencb789 | Austria | $29,500 |
| 4 | Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira | Netherlands | $20,650 |
| 5 | easy live | Russia | $15,340 |
| 6 | Ivan "Negriin" Luca | Argentina | $11,800 |
| 7 | Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov | Belarus | $9,440 |
| 8 | LoosControl | Germany | $7,670 |
PokerStars Sunday 500
| Date | January 28th |
| Buy-in | $530 |
| Guarantee | $150,000 |
| Entrants | 431 |
| Prize pool | $215,500 |
| ITM | 62 |
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IsnapUcry | Sweden | $38,660 |
| 2 | Joel "jbrown8777" Brown | Canada | $28,338 |
| 3 | VicFiorese | Brazil | $20,771 |
| 4 | Ivan "Negriin" Luca | Argentina | $15,225 |
| 5 | pappadogg | Germany | $11,160 |
| 6 | Bryan "Brryann" Ruiter | Netherlands | $8,180 |
| 7 | DR FABIAN DR | Costa Rica | $5,996 |
| 8 | Vicente "vicenfish" Delgado | Mexico | $4,395 |
888 Events
With the 888poker XL Blizzard wrapping up with their massive $1,050 Main Event, the biggest first-place prize was rewarded over on 888poker. Head over to our dedicated recap of those events, right here.
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