Sunday Briefing: Huge Score for Geovanne “Grande_Prego” Pereira

Copy link Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Oct 22, 2018 6 min read

Geovanne “Grande_Prego” Pereira of Brazil walked away with more than $145,000 this weekend when he came out on top of a 5,835-strong field in the PokerStars Sunday Million.

PokerStars Sunday Million

A prize pool of $1,167,000 was created in this weekend’s Sunday Million after 5,835 entries turned out in force for the $215 buy-in event. The top 1,052 players received a slice of the pie, a min-cash being worth $335 and a final table appearance boosting this sum to $9,268.

Former world number one Patrick “pads1161” Leonard burst the final table bubble, crashing out in 10th place on his second bullet for $6,504.

The first of two Danes to reach the final table, “squashchamp”, busted in ninth-place for $9,268 and was followed to the rail by Canada’s Matthew “Matthew101” Carpenter who banked $13,207, his third-largest online score.

“ludachips28”, the second of the Danish contingent fell in seventh-place before the first of a brace of Romanian exited in sixth-place; “diw.2303” netted a cool $26,817 for their efforts.

Yorkshireman Christopher “BuyMyLunch” Williams helped himself to the $38,214 fifth-place prize, the second-largest cash of his career. Williams’ best score came, ironically, in the Sunday Million back in June 2016 when he finished fourth for $64,348.

UK-based Spaniard Carlos “Carsandi” Sanchez was the next player to lose their chips, busting in fourth-spot for $54,454 and when Swedish star “anteen” busted in third-place for $77,595 heads-up was set.

Romania’s “AndyKidPoker” and Pereira locked horns in the final battle of the tournament and struck a deal to make the pay jump shallower. AndyKidPoker took $122,386 instead of $110,571 and it turned out to be a good business decision as they fell in second-place to leave Pereira to collect the now $145,753 top prize.

^{*reflects a heads-up deal}

PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller

This weekend’s $2,100 Sunday High Roller was dominated by players who call the United Kingdom home as four of the nine final tablists were from the UK, including the eventual champion.

A field of 91 entries created a $182,000 prize pool that was shared among the top 13 finishers. Swedish superstar Simon “C. Darwin2” Mattsson burst the final table bubble to leave everyone else in the money.

Season 13 EPT Malta Main Event champion Aliaksei “ale6ka” Boika busted from the final table first to bank $5,295 and was joined as a spectator by China’s “huang33” and Canadian grinder Sam “Str8$$$Homey” Greenwood.

The UK’s “T-Macha” busted in sixth-place for yet another five-figure score, namely $10,745 with Oliver “sk2ll_m0dR” Weis netting $14,188 when his tournament came to an abrupt end in fifth-place.

Jack “jackziyang” Salter was the next casualty of the final table, his fourth-place finish added $18,734 to his bankroll and another player with a Union Jack next to their alias, “0409479” walked away with $24,738 after finishing in third-place.

Jordan “JWPRODIGY” Westmorland and “bartek901” were the last remaining players in the tournament, playing was was essentially now a $10,467 heads-up sit and go. Westmorland ran out of steam in the one-on-one battle and busted in second-place for $32,665 to take his online winnings close to $5.2 million.

This left UK-based Polish pro bartek901 to collect the $43,132 first-place prize and take his lifetime winnings ever closer to $3.5 million.

partypoker Super Sunday High Roller

“Specter_Litt” came out on top of a compact 98-strong field in the partypoker $2,600 Super Sunday High Roller to secure a $60,025 first-place prize.

The victory was made all the more sweeter by the fact they defeated Joao “joaosimaobh” Simao heads-up; the Brazilian is regarded as one of the elite online players of his generation.

Earlier at the final table, partypoker regular “MOTHERSMATT” busted in eighth-place for $7,962 and Elio “donzledurbru” Fox fell in seventh-place for $9,800 and was the last player not to lock up five-figures in this event.

The UK’s “Paul_Folders”, who enjoyed an exceptional POWERFEST series a couple of months ago, collected $12,250 for their sixth-place finisher while “MoNddLeR” walked away with a $15,925 addition to their bankroll.

Simon “fren96” Higgins busted in fourth-place for $21,437. Higgins has been grinding a lot at partypoker of late and is now approaching $1.8 million in online cashes.

Third-place and $30,625 went to “aLiNeNok1617”. This meant when Simao fell in second-place, he collected $42,875, leaving Specter_Litt to boast about a $60,025 cash haul.

partypoker Sunday Main Event High Roller

The partypoker Sunday Main Event High Roller attracted a field of 263 entrants, which meant the $200,000 guarantee was surpassed by some $63,300. It was the player known as “TheRepoMan86” who took full advantage of the juicy prize pool as they were the last player standing, an accolade that came with a $52,337 prize.

“SchelampigaUhu” was the first player to bust from the final table, their eighth-place finish seeing them turn $1,050 into $5,260. Seventh-place and the last four-figure score, namely $7,232, went to “SacredAccount” before “Echomaus” exited in sixth-place for a $10,257 bankroll boost.

Next to bust was “orud74” who netted $13,676 and then “aLiNeNok1617” who had early finished third in the Super Sunday High Roller for $30,625, busted in fourth-place for an additional $19,330.

Heads-up was set when “CropDustr” lost their stack to finish in third-place, leaving “rdcrsnn” and TheReopMan86 to fight it out one-on-one for the title and the $52,337 first-place prize. It was a battle that TheRepoMan86 would win, resigning rdcrsnn to the $37,872 consolation prize.

888poker $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep

The 888poker $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep hit its guarantee this week after 560 players turned out for it. The $112,000 prize pool was distributed among the top 48 finishers with $21,560 reserved for the champion.

Everyone at the final table was guaranteed $2,520 for their efforts, the sum “Sinatra48” of Lithuania banked for their eighth-place finish. They were joined on the sidelines by “BeeTheBeagle”, Vitaliy “VitaliyPanko” Panko, “radfish14” of Switzerland and “GangstaGo” of the Ukraine.

Each of the final three players locked up a five-figure haul with Denmark’s “PoulPanasony” netting $12,040 for their third-place finish. This left “BrAvEHrt1” and Padro “GritinhO_Dzi” Garagnani to battle heads-up for the title. It was the latter who emerged victorious, turning their $215 into $21,560 with the runner-up seeing $15,960 hit their 888poker account.

888poker $50,000 Whale

The Whale tournament has struggled of late but this weekend’s edition saw the $50,000 guarantee surpassed by $23,000 as 73 players bought in for $1,050 each.

“Kannwas” of Austria was the last player standing, their first-place finish seeing them win $25,550. Kannwas defeated Swedish legend Simon “Isildur1337x” Mattsson heads-up to secure the title and the top prize; Mattsson collected $16,425 for his second-place.

Only Rodrigo “sonmonedass” Perez from Argentina walked away with five-figures, his third-place finish netting him $10,950.

Those finishing in fourth through seventh also collected some prize money, “DosPoochies”, “wellyxx”, Apo “APOARSLAN” Arslan and “Svengate” being those in the money finishers.

_{The Stars Group is a majority shareholder in iBus Media}

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.

Follow on

• Tags 888 Elio Fox Isildur1 Online Poker partypoker Poker Players PokerStars
• Related Players Viktor BlomElio Fox