Sunday Briefing: Roberto Romanello Reaches Two POWERFEST Final Tables!
Prominent poker pro and member of Team partypoker Roberto Romanello enjoyed a profitable Sunday grind thanks to navigating his way to two final tables of POWERFEST events.
The partypoker POWERFEST is a 147-event online festival with combined guarantees of $15 million. Romanello was one of 137 entrants in the $2,100 Super High Roller, which saw its $250,000 guarantee beaten by $24,000.
Romanello eventually fell in fifth-place for $16,440. The tournament ended in a heads-up chop between "KONY2012" and "PrettySteph". "KONY2012" banked $56,740 and the title while "PrettySteph" walked away with $51,462.
It was in the $500,000 guaranteed Title Fight Special Edition where Romanello reached another final table. This time, Romanello battled his way through the majority of the 2,110-strong field before falling in fourth-place for a $25,200 score.
The tournament was taken down by "ABOUDIABY2" for a massive $83,500 score.
Some of the other highlights from partypoker tournaments on Jan. 21 included:
| Tournament | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| $530 POWERFEST #02 - 6-Max NLHE | SteWiee26 | $47,343 |
| $215 POWERFEST #01 - NLHE | SchelampigaUhu | $27,988 |
| $109 Main Event | RuTherFord00 | $25,395 |
| $530 High Roller | Drulitooo | $25,006 |
| $109 Main Event Kick-Off | InthisCity | $11,015 |
| $530 High Roller Turbo | Algothytm | $9,736 |
"auercan" Triumphs in the PokerStars Sunday Million
There were celebrations in part of Latvia last night after "auercan" came out on top of a 5,893 field in the PokerStars Sunday Million.
This week’s Sunday Million saw all 1,052 players who cashed in the event given a ticket for a $30,000 PokerStars Players Championship Platinum Pass giveaway all-in shootout. "auercan" could now easily afford one of these $30,000 passes thanks to taking home a whopping $159,131 in cash for his Sunday Million victory.
"Auercan"’s heads-up opponent was Uruguay’s "zavag" who collected $111,670 while Sergio "zcedrick" Aido bust earlier in the tournament before taking advantage of the re-entry policy to finish third for $78,366.
The United Kingdom’s Michael "mczhang" Zhang was the winner of the $2,100 Sunday High Roller, a victory to netted him a cool $56,111. It was a star-studded final table that homed the likes of Ole "wizowizo" Schemion, Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden, Chris "Apotheosis92" Kruk, "silentm0de", Pascal "Paffchen" Hartmann, and the runner-up "EnvomiYa."
Some of the other highlights from PokerStars tournaments on Jan. 21 included:
| Tournament | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| $530 Bounty Builder High Roller | Gary “quiditbear” Hasson | $69,722* |
| $215 Sunday Warm-Up | SENSIMIL1 | $47,105 |
| Sunday 500 | Roman “RomeOpro” Romanovsky | $37,764 |
| $215 Bounty Builder | hello_totti | $36,482* |
| $109 Bounty Builder | wituniooo | $32,079* |
| $215 Sunday Supersonic | Gabriel1244 | $30,905 |
| Bigger $109 | pkrmav87 | $30,032 |
| Bigger $215 | Ariel “ArielBahia” Celestiono | $24,256 |
| Hotter $215 | ludako123 | $21,584 |
| Hotter $109 | 107dalmatass | $21,288 |
| $109 Sunday Cooldown | LoosControl | $20,115 |
| $109 Sunday Kickoff | tikidiii | $17,899 |
| Hotter $162 | Durrden | $8,384 |
| $109 Sunday Starter | sitiolibre29 | $7,399 |
| $109 Sunday Wrap-Up | smooty13 | $5,842 |
| Bigger $162 | Popyk “arodnaS” Ihor | $5,784 |
*includes bounty payments
XL BLizzard Continues at 888poker
The biggest results from 888poker this weekend stemmed from its XL Blizzard Series. To discover who won big, check out our daily recaps of the action here at PokerNews.
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