Sunday Briefing: 2gbenz Secures Second Six-Figure Score in Three Months

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Mar 04, 2019 6 min read Last updated Dec 19, 2019

Mexico’s “2gbenz” secured their second-six-figure score in less than three months over at Natural8 poker with both massive sums being awarded for winning a $10,000 buy-in event. The Mexico-based grinder took down a $300,000 guaranteed High Roller Weekend Main Event on Dec. 31 for $143,560 and this weekend netted $140,687 in a similar tournament!

Natural8 Sunday Blade $10K

Thirty-four players bought into the Natural8 Sunday Blade $10K on Mar. 3, smashing the $200,000 guarantee by $129,800. Only the top five finishers received prize money, with a min-cash being worth $20,730.

Last week’s Sunday Blade $10K champion was Canadian superstar “FkTheseGuysBro”. He followed up that victory with a fifth-place finish in this latest $10,000 buy-in affair.

Mexico-based grinder “carsonwentz” busted in fourth-place to lock up $32,934 with Lithuania’s “LaurisL91” seeing his tournament end in third-place, a finish good for $52,322.

This left “AceKing41” of Canada and 2gbanez to lock horns heads-up with $57,562 being the difference between first and second-place. “AceKing41” eventualy collected $83,125 when they fell in second-place and 2gbenz banked $140,687 for their victory.

Natural8 Sunday Blade $2.5K

The Natural8 Sunday Blade $2.5K attracted a field of 62 entries who created a $147,250 prize pool that was almost double the advertised guarantee. The final table of eight all received prizes worth between $5,399 and $45,754.

Perhaps the highest profile poker player at the eight-handed final table was Ukraine’s Roman “SanityWaterline” Romanovskiy who has enjoyed plenty of success at Natural8 of late. The Ukrainian continued his solid run at the site with a fifth-place finish worth $12,468.

“Sense8” was the next to fall, the Austrian walking away with $16,480. They were followed to the rail by another Austrian in the shape of “DanBiz” who scooped a $21,784 prize.

Second-place went to “ImLividBuddy” who took $28,793 back to Thailand, which left Hungary’s “PokerBluff1” to be awarded the $45,754 first-place prize.

PokerStars $109 Sunday Million

A massive field of 11,525 entries were processed in the PokerStars Sunday Million this weekend, creating a $1,152,500 prize pool divided up among the top 2,042 finishers.

The lion’s share of this incredible sum found its way into the PokerStars account of “Lucky_Jew_17” who secured a $117,222 payday after defeating “Iv Run” of China heads-up for the title; Iv Run netted a still respectable $85,061.

All but one of the nine players at the final table won a five-figure score. Ninth-place finisher “Openshoves85” banked $9,016. Brazilian Carlos “CDOSSANTOS95” Dos Santos being the eighth-place finishers for $12,424.

The prize money kept on rising with “Waulker”, “Vera15” and “igor12345673” falling in succession to turn their $109 buy-ins into scores of $17,120, $23,591 and $32,509 respectively.

Fourth-place and a cool $44,796 was awarded to Ukraine’s “SoEzForMe” before “BigStick91” busted in third-place for $61,729.

PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller

We love checking out the results of the $2,100 Sunday High Roller because it is one of the tournaments where any of the entrants could win it as they are poker’s elite grinders.

UK-based Norwegian Preben “prebz” Stokkan was the first casualty of the final table, his ninth-place finish securing a $7,269 prize. Stokkan was joined on the sidelines by Simon “C.Darwin2” Mattson ($9,397), Dominik “Bounatirou” Nitsche ($12,147), and Russia’s Viktor “papan9_p$” Ustimov ($15,702).

Albania may not be known for being a poker hub but “kufungua” put their country on the map with a fifth-place finish worth $20,297 before Conor “1_conor_b_1” Beresford fell in fourth-spot for a $26,237 addition to his bankroll.

Another UK-based poker player, Juan “Malaka$tyle” Pardo, collected $33,916 for his third-place exit, leaving two Russians to butt heads for the top prize.

“hello_totti” is one of the best online poker tournaments of their generation, but even the mighty have to be the bridesmaid sometimes. Hello_totti busted in second-place for $43,842, leaving fellow Russian “DRONCHEK” to bask in the glory of victory along with $56,673 in prize money.

partypoker Sunday High Roller Gladiator: $200K Gtd

The partypoker Sunday High Roller Gladiator: $200K Gtd attracted a field of 134 entrants who were all outlasted by Croatian pro “SouhftfW”. Partypoker make the first and second-place prizes of their PKO events almost the same, leaving the heads-up duo to fight for the substantial bounty payments instead.

And substantial they were because when “CrazyLissy” of Russia saw their tournament come to an abrupt end in second-place, they netted $6,119 worth of bounties in addition to their $23,631, but SouhftfW” walked away with $23,658 from the main prize pool and an astonishing $51,564 worth of bounty payments!

Shout-out to “FkTheseGuysBro” who reached this final table on the same day as the Natural8 Sunday Blade $10K; this result being worth a combined $8,494.

partypoker Sunday High Roller Bounty Hunter Fast: $200K Gtd

Belgian superstar “omgitsgiraf” boosted their bankroll by more than $42,000 on Sunday after taking down the Sunday High Roller Bounty Hunter Fast: $200K Gtd. It was a tournament that saw 184 players take to the partypoker tables.

Mike “Ilove2fish” Telker was the first player to bust at the eight-handed final table, a finish worth a combined $6,634. Seventh-placed “savageplenty” of Bulgaria actually walked away with more money than both sixth and fifth-place thanks to the bounty element. There was a similar story with fourth-placed “Iafocafabla” who won a total of $18,576, over $3,000 more than third-placed “mematanlimon” of Argentina!

Heads-up saw UK-based omgitsgiraf and “Christoph3rP” of New Zealand fight for the title and it was omgitsgiraf who emerged victorious, resigning the New Zealander to a $18,913 consolation prize.

888poker $100,000 Sunday Sale Mega Deep

888poker ran its popular Sunday Sale on some of its biggest events, halving the price of the buy-in. One such tournament was the $100,000 Sunday Sale Mega Deep that only cost $109 this week. It was a smart move by 888poker because 1,304 players bought in and obliterated the guarantee.

The top three finishers turned their $109 into five-figures. Brazil’s Rui “Grobbshinit” Rodrigues busted in third-place for a $12,648 score, which left Peru’s “O_fenomeno9” and Espen “DubaiPrince4” Uhlen Jørstad of Norway to play heads-up for the title.

The Peruvian eventually busted in second-place so had to make do with the $16,952 runner-up prize, meaning Jørstad walked away $23,472 richer and enjoyed a very profitable Sunday.

888poker $50,000 Sunday Sale Whale

The $50,000 Whale received the Sunday Sale treatment, seeing its usual $1,050 buy-in reduced to $530. Again, the guarantee was hit with 115 players creating a $57,500 prize pool.

Canada’s “ThEtRaIN96” secured the lion’s share of the prize pool, namely $15,812 after becoming the last player standing. They defeated “bah23” heads-up for the title, with the runner-up winning $10,637, enough to take their lifetime winnings at 888poker to more than $400,000.

Mentions have to go to 888poker regulars “f0rmEiTseGaL”, “Kannwas”, and “Farrugia_1” who crashed out in fifth-through seventh-place in this star-studded event.

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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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