Sunday Briefing: Double Victory for Romanovsky

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Oct 01, 2018 6 min read

Three players walked away with six-figure additions to their bankrolls on Sep. 30 after the PokerStars Sunday Million ended in a three-handed chop. Who walked away with the lion’s share of the prize pool? Let’s find out.

PokerStars Sunday Million

A field of 5,779 took to the PokerStars virtual felt for this week’s edition of the $215 Sunday Million. They created a prize pool of $1,155,800 that was shared among the top 1,052 finishers, with a min-cash weighing in at $332 and $156,053 reserved for the champion.

China’s “fuoliver” was the unfortunate soul to burst the money bubble, their exit clearing the way for everyone to show a return on their investment.

$9,179 was the least anyone would take home by the time the nine-handed final table was reached. “Csabesz3” of Hungary busted in ninth-place for $9,179 and was the last player not to win at least five-figures. A pair of Russians, “XnGo” and “Wizir” fell in eighth and seventh-places for scores of $13,080 and $18,639 before one of two Brazilians, Regis “capotinha” Kogler, exited in sixth-place for a $26,560 addition to his bankroll.

The Faroe Islands may be tiny but they have produced a solid poker player in “Mortan23.” A PokerStars regular, Mortan23 saw their tournament end in a fifth-place finish worth $37,847.

It may have been a Chinese player who burst the money bubble, but “chenrenqing” made amends of their fellow country person by navigating their way to a fourth-place finish worth $53,931.

With only three players remaining, the tournament clock was paused and the final trio struck upon a deal that saw all of them win at least $100,000.

Romania’s “ALIN76poker” busted in third-place for $100,042 to leave Patrick "Egption" Tardif and Luiz Felipe "lftgjc" Sales to battle heads-up for the title. It was the latter, representing Brazil, who emerged victorious from the one-on-one battle to get their hands on $142,372 and leave Egption to collect the $100,000 consolation prize.

PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller

Another star-studded field of 117 players turned out for the $2,100 Sunday High Roller at PokerStars and created a $234,000 prize pool that was almost 2.5 times the size of the advertised guarantee.

Netherlands’ “Naza114” burst the money bubble, falling in 18th place after firing two bullets, paving the way for a score of at least $4,437 for the surviving 17 players. This sum increased to $5,750 by the time the final table was set and was the amount Stefan “I’am_Sound” Huber collected when they became the final table’s first casualty.

Nick “Caecilius” Petrangelo was the eighth-place finisher, a finish worth $7,559, while “naliju90” exited in seventh-place to turn $2,100 into $9,937.

Sixth and fifth-place were taken by two well-known poker pros. Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet busted in sixth to claim $13,063 and Gary “quiditbear” Hasson of Belgium secured a $17,173 score for their fifth-place finish.

Canada’s Sebastian “p0cket00” Sikorski broke through the $12 million of online winnings barrier with a $22,575 bankroll boost for finishing in fourth-place while Ukraine’s “Remi Lebo_10” netted $29,678 by busting in third.

Panama’s “calitox” and Slovakia-based Italian Dario “Secret_M0d3” Sammartino were the last two players standing. Sammartino may have been the more experienced of the two, but it was the Panamanian who triumphed in this encounter, scooping a cool $51,289 for their victory and resigning Sammartino to a $39,015 consolation prize.

partypoker Sunday Warm Up High Roller

Ukrainian star Roman “SanityWaterline” Romanovsky (photo) took down yet another major online poker tournament, this time the $1,050 buy-in Sunday Warm Up High Roller at partypoker.

Romanovsky got his hands on $41,825 of the $189,000 prize pool after outlasting 188 opponents, including “orid74” who was the tournament’s runner-up, a finish worth $30,051.

The eight-handed final table was tough and any of the eight players would have been a worthy champion. Kenny “Spacey1891” Hallaert crashed out in seventh-place to make the waters a little less shark infested and “TullaMoreFan12” busted in fifth-place for $10,962.

One of Sweden’s best, “Algorhytm”, saw their Sunday Warm Up end in a third-place finish, meaning their $1,050 investment was now worth $21,924, but it was Romanovsky who shone the brightest to boost his lifetime winnings to more than $10.6 million.

partypoker Sunday Bounty Hunter High Roller Mix-Max Fast

The partypoker Sunday Bounty Hunter High Roller Mix-Max Fast saw 209 players part company with $1,050 to create a guarantee busting prize pool of $213,180 that was distributed among the top 24 finishers.

$104,500 was awarded from the main prize pool and an additional $108,680 was paid out in bounties.

The six-handed final table saw everyone lock up $4,180 plus at least $1,885 worth of bounties. “GlobalHappiness” busted in sixth-place for $4,180 and $3,136 from the bounty prize pool.

Fifth-place finisher “MonkMode” actually walked away with more money than “geileaap” who fell one place later thanks to claiming some higher value bounties along the way. MonkMode netted $13,907 with geileaap securing a $13,553 payout.

Heads-up was set when “JimyTransaction” fell by the wayside in third-place for a combined $16,241. “BurgerMan41” and “savageplenty” battled heads-up for the title and the largest share of the main prize pool. It was savageplenty who devoured BurgerMan41 to bank $26,027 plus $29,022 worth of bounties for a combined score worth a cool $55,049.

888poker $50,000 Whale

After taking down a Sunday major at partypoker, Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovsky triumphed in the 888poker $50,000 Whale to round off a very profitable night for the Ukrainian. Romanovsky came out on top of a compact field of 68 entrants to turn his $1,050 into $25,160.

Romanovsky’s heads-up opponent was “Dioszilla” of the United Kingdom who banked $17,000 for their bridesmaid finish. Another British player, “radasahk”, fell in third-place for $10,200 and was the only other player to walk away with a five-figure score for their effort.

Shout outs also to “StuntSoHard”, “MisterN411” and “trino11” who busted in placed third through sixth and were the other trio of players to get their hands on some of the $68,000 prize pool.

888poker $80,000 Sunday Mega Deep

Malta-based pro “Ronaldo4112” became an 888poker champion on Sep. 30 when he or she outlasted a field of 483 players in the $80,000 Sunday Mega Deep. It was a victory that saw their $215 buy-in turn into a much more substantial $18,837.

Another Maltese player, “shadinho888” was the eight-handed final table’s first casualty. A pair of Finns also navigated their way to the final table. One, “MuckFest”, busted in fifth place for a $5,313 score with “VALIUM4WIN” playing their way to a runner-up finish worth $14,007.

VALIUM4WIN won the $50,000 Quarterback event at the XL Eclipse festival on Sep. 21 so it's safe to say he loves playing at 888poker.

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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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