Sunday Briefing: Anatoly Filatov Wins Two partypoker Majors

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Oct 29, 2018 5 min read Last updated Dec 19, 2019

Some poker players can go their entire career without winning a Sunday Major, but Anatoly “NL_Profit” Filatov is not just some poker player. The talented Russian took down not one but two major tournaments at partypoker on Oct. 28. Let’s take a look at what he won.

partypoker Sunday Bounty Hunter High Roller: $200K Gtd

Filatov’s first victory of the evening came in the partypoker Sunday Bounty Hunter High Roller: $200K Gtd where 186 players battled over $200,000. Only 24 of those received any prize money for their efforts with Filatov’s fellow Team partypoker member Kristen “Krissyb24” Bicknell cashing in 19th place for $1,373 plus $910 worth of bounties.

The players at the eight-handed final table were guaranteed almost $3,000 from the main prize pool plus whatever they had claimed from the bounty prize pool.

“SiguiendoElFlow” was the first player to bust from the final table and they were followed to the rail by British grinder Dan “ROTTsFEARestFC” Charlton.

“TigerVSyou” busted in sixth-place and collected more money overall that fifth-place finisher “funnyboy7777” thanks to the progressive bounty element of the tournament.

Fourth-place went to “KryptoKing420” who netted a combined $13,187, a few hundred dollars more than “Dork Pork” who was eliminated in third-place for $12,435 in total.

That elimination left “x_zola25” and Filatov to battle it out for the title and it was Filatov who came out on top. X_zola25 walked away with a combined $22,839 but Filatov scooped an impressive $52,933 thanks in part to claiming his own substantial bounty.

partypoker Sunday Main Event High Roller: $100K Gtd

Not content with just winning almost $53,000 a couple of hours earlier, Filatov went on to take down the partypoker Sunday Main Event High Roller: $100K Gtd for an additional $20,491.

Filatov outlasted 200 opponents to get his hands on the first-place prize, sending Dutch star Jans “Graftekkel” Arends to the rail in second-place, a finish worth $14,874.

Earlier in the tournament, Niklas “Drulitooo” Astedt, Kenny “Spacey1891” Hallaert and Team partypoker’s Jason “Jason_Koon” Koon busted inside the money places, while Jordan “JWPRODIGY” Westmorland navigated his way to another final table where he ran out of steam in sixth-place to collect $4,221.

The man of the hour was Filatov, however, and this latest result pushes his lifetime online winnings towards $3.8 million, $1 million of which stems from his play at partypoker.

PokerStars Sunday Million

This week’s Sunday Million title is heading to Romania after “behindme93” outlasted 5,386 opponents in online poker’s biggest weekly tournament.

An impressive 5,387 players created a $1,079,400 prize pool that was divided up among the top 944 finishers. By the time the final table was set, the smallest prize anyone was walking away with was $8,578, the sum awarded to “haidee” of Romania.

The remaining eight players were guaranteed a five-figure score and it was Mexico-based grinder Zackary “zackmorris99” Morris who netted $12,224 when he fell in eighth-place. Morris was joined on the sidelines by “Salomon444”, “swatek1983” and “rodrigoruas” before British star Luke “LFmagic” Fields crashed out in fourth-place for a $50,402 score.

Third-place and an impressive $71,822 went to Russia superstar Artem “veeea” Vezhenkov which left “gettingpwned” of Bulgaria and behindme93 to lock horns for the title. The final two players decided to strike a deal for the remaining prize pool that left an additional $20,000 for the eventual champion.

That champion turned out to be behindme93 who walked away with bragging rights and $131,018, leaving gettingpwned to bank $117,170 for their $215 investment.

*reflects a heads-up deal

PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller

The final table of the PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller was a star-studded affair, as you would expect from such a high buy-in tournament. Any of the nine grinders would have made a worthy champion, but the very nature of poker tournaments mean only one player can be crowned king or queen.

That winner was UK-based Norwegian Preben “prebz” Stokkan, albeit after a three-handed deal. Stokkan netted himself $40,354 for his victory. Germany’s Claas “Ssick_OnE” Segebrecht was the tournament’s runner-up for $35,826 with “naliuj90” finishing in third-place for a $36,461 score.

Others who reached the final table included “hotmark777”, Niklas “Lena900” Astedt, Damian “pampa27” Salas, “anteen” and “MITS 304” of Cyprus.

*reflects a three-handed deal

888poker $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep

“derharry69” emerged victorious from the 888poker $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep this week, turning $215 into $20,097 as a result. The victory was made sweeter by the fact derharry had to contest with two elite opponents once play was three-handed.

British duo Charlie “chazcombes” Combes and Sam “sammygrinder” Grafton were the two stars hoping to stop derharry69 from walking away with the lion’s share of the prize pool, but their quest to do so failed.

Combes busted in third-place for a $11,223 score and when Grafton exited in second-place he added $14,877 to his bankroll. Grafton now has more than $5.5 million in online poker tournament winnings, more than $350,000 of which stems from his play at 888poker.

888poker $50,000 Whale

A Malta-based pro took down the $100,000 Mega Deep and it was a player from sunny Malta who triumphed in the 888poker $50,000 Whale too.

“HateH4teHate” was one of 76 entrants in the $1,050 buy-in event, which paid its $76,000 prize pool to the top seven finishers. Mexico “NoMamesWeyyy” was the final tables first casualty and they were joined as a spectator by “2good2beTru”, Finland’s “wellyxx” and Sweden’s “Madeon1994” the latter being the last player not to win at least $10,000.

“SalasFiesta” of Sweden, perhaps the least Swedish name we’ll come across this week, finished in third-place for $11,400 to leave “FlatTopTony” of Canada and HateH4teHate to play heads-up for the title and the not-so-small matter of $26,600.

That prize is now nestled in the 888poker account of HateH4teHate, meaning FlatTopTony banked the $17,100 consolatio prize.

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Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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