Sunday Briefing: “simba8787” Wins Two POWERFEST Events

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May 14, 2018 6 min read

The partypoker POWERFEST progressed to Day 8 on May 13 where three Championship Events, each with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool, took place. Some of poker’s biggest stars headed to the partypoker virtual felt, but it was “simba8787” who outshone them all, walking away with two of the three Championship Event titles.

partypoker POWERFEST #43-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event NL Hold’em

The POWERFEST #43-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event NL Hold’em was a $530 buy-in eight-handed tournament that attracted 1,776 players. This meant the tournament had an overlay of $112,000.

Everyone finishing in the top 248 players received some prize money for their efforts. A min-cash was worth $1,150 while a final table appearance increased the payout to $11,400.

“Derek Dumpster” was the first player to bust from the final table and they were followed to the sidelines by “Riverixxx”. Sixth-place and $25,400 went to the player known as “ATM_Mage” while “BockRamsch” secured $36,500 for their fifth-place finish.

“RedDwarf9” and “MonkMode” fell in fourth and third places, respectively, meaning the final two players were guaranteed a six-figure score. Despite the difference between first and second-place being almost $49,000, there was no deal struck between the heads-up duo. This meant when “good-bye-PS” banked $119,200 for the runner-up finish, simba8787 walked away with a cool $168,100.

partypoker POWERFEST #44-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO NL Hold’em

Not content with winning $168,100 in one POWERFEST Championship Event, simba8787 went and won the POWERFEST #44-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO NL Hold’em tournament for $87,118 and an additional $82,553 in bounty payments.

Simba8787 eliminated 12 opponents on their way to victory, including runner-up “purelife23” who secured $62,400 from the main prize pool and $21,997 from the bounty prize pool.

Amazingly, simba8787 was not the player who claimed the most bounties, in terms of scalps claimed at least. Fellow final table member Guilherme “Fulgencio1962” Chevaeu also sent 12 opponents to the showers and “wisimaki” was responsible for the demise of 15 opponents; this banked them $10,278, which was more than the seventh-place prize money the player received.

PKO events may have the opinion of the poker community divided, but this event shows how profitable they can be for those who reach the tournaments’ final tables and who are prepared to go all out to eliminate opponents.

partypoker POWERFEST #42-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event NL Hold’em

The third POWERFEST Championship Event saw its $1 million guarantee smashed by $240,000 and the $1,240,000 prize pool was shared among the top 32 finishers. Once “rudiqa1” busted in 33rd place to burst the bubble, the surviving players locked up $12,896.

The min cash for the eight final tablists was $28,520, and this is the sum now nestled in the partypoker account of “Hahaha_Owned.” “CooperKupp” and “geileaap” fell in seventh and sixth-place before "Alien_Army" busted in fifth place for $68,200; Alien_Army won the 2017 888poker XL Inferno Main Event for $291,007.

“FMylife” was the fourth-place finisher for $96,270 and the final three players were guaranteed a six-figure score. “STORTjavlaGL” collected $130,820 after busting in third place, which left “aLiNeNok1617” and Juan “Malakastyle” Pardo to battle one-on-one for the title, a custom trophy and the small matter of more than a quarter of a million dollars.

Pardo emerged victorious to get his hands on $252,836 which meant aLiNeNok1617 was the tournament’s runner-up, a finish worth $183,520.

PokerStars Sunday High Roller: $150K Gtd

Russia’s Artem “veeea” Vezhenko took his lifetime winnings ever closer to the $8 million mark by winning the PokerStars Sunday High Roller.

Vezhenko was one of 117 entrants in the $2,100 buy-in tournament, PokerStars’ largest buy-in weekly tournament. Those 117 players created a $234,000 prize pool that was shared among the top 17 finishers.

Germany’s Julian “jutrack” Track busted on the money bubble and did so after firing two bullets at the tournament. This exit paved the way for the likes of Patrick “pads1161” Leonard (14th for $4,437), “hotmark777” (12th for $5,051) and Dario “Secret_M0d3” Sammartino (10th for $5,051) to see some return on their investment.

“EnvomiYa” secured a $5,750 payout by becoming the ninth-place finisher and the first casualty of the final table. Sweden’s “snapUcry” was next out and they were followed to the rail by high stakes cash game specialist Rui “RuiNF” Ferreira.

Team partypoker’s Kristen “krissyb24” Bicknell exited in sixth place for $13,063 with online veteran Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet collecting $17,173 for fifth. Van Fleet was followed out of the door by Nick “caecilius” Petrangelo who netted $22,575.

“T-Macha” of the United Kingdom busted in third place, a finish worth $29,678 and they were followed by UK-based German, and every writer’s nightmare due to his alias, Fabio “hdjkfgsgdl” Sperling in second- place, which meant Vezhenkov collected the $51,289 first-place prize.

PokerStars Sunday 500

Players calling Canada home made up five of the nine seats at the Sunday 500 final table, yet it was Austria’s “WATnlos” who emerged victorious to scoop the $38,481 top prize.

WATnlos defeated Canada’s Sebastian “p0cket00” Sikorski heads-up, a player who has won more than $11.3 million online, for the title. Sikorski picked up the $28,206 consolation prize. Other Canada natives finished in places third through sixth: Joseph “subiime” Cheong, Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet, UK’s Chris “Moorman1” Moorman and “luckyluckey” being that quartet.

Several Spring Championship Of Online Poker events started on May 13 and will conclude on May 14. These include the SCOOP edition of the Sunday Million where 395 players remain and almost $230,000 is awaiting the champion, and the $2,100 NLHE 6-Max that is down to 24 players and which has $196,407 reserved for the winner.

888poker $50,000 Sunday Challenge

The XL Inferno is in full swing at 888poker and you can learn which players have won big by reading our daily updates, but the site also ran some of its standard Sunday Majors, including the $50,000 Sunday Challenge.

Some 403 entries were processed in the $109 buy-in $50,000 Sunday Challenge, meaning there was an overlay of $9,700 for the players to take advantage of. “Tydarax” of Germany took full advantage and won the tournament for $9,750 after beating Malta’s “Bravo1972” heads-up for the title. The Malta-based runner-up turned their $109 investment into $7,250 thanks in part to a deal being struck when only two players remained.

*reflects a heads-up deal

888poker $30,000 Sunday GREAT 8

Another exciting tournament at 888poker is the $30,000 Sunday GREAT 8, which is played on eight-handed tables, costs $88 to enter and everyone sits down with 8,888 chips; 888poker love the number eight!

Russia’s “MaximusAces3” was the tournament’s winner after they topped a field of 329 entries to get their hands on $6,075. Germany’s “tier999111” finished second for $4,650 while “_Antikk_” of Belarus walked away with $3,450 for their third-place finish.

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