Sunday Briefing: Thomas Muehloecker Bags $190K

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May 13, 2019 6 min read Last updated Dec 19, 2019

The $30 million guaranteed KO Series kicked off at partypoker on May 12 and saw some massive prize pool created, including three events with $1 million guarantees. Each of those events paid their champion more than $100,000 with two of them awarding over $180,000!

There were also major events taking place at Natural8 where the Good Game Series began and at PokerStars who launched SCOOP. Here’s a recap of the biggest events.

KO Series #02-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event at partypoker

Thomas “onehundredeyes” Muehloecker added more than $190,000 to his already impressive online poker tournament lifetime winnings by taking down the KO Series #02-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event. This $5,200 buy-in event saw 176 entries battle it out in one of the biggest PKO tournaments of the year.

Team partypoker pro Jeff “JeffGross” Gross was the first casualty of the final table. His eighth-place finish saw him win $15,907 plus $7,393 from the bounty prize pool for a haul worth $23,300.

Recent winner of the $1 million guaranteed Big Game, “ucantrybut” was the next player to fall, and they were joined on the rail first by “AussieOsbourne” and then the United Kingdom’s “Welsh187”, the latter banking a combined $33,549.

From that point on, the prize money escalated quickly. “Maddonaa” finished in fourth place for $66,006 before Niklas “Drulitooo” Astedt busted in third place for a total prize worth $123,404. This ended up being more than the runner-up, “R0meluLukaku” banked thanks to Astedt netting $56,306 worth of bounties.

“R0meluLukaku” exited in second-place for $118,059 leaving Mueloecker to claim a first place prize worth $190,073.

KO Series #03-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event at partypoker

Another huge top prize was awarded in the $2,100 buy-in KO Series #03-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event, namely $185,169. This was the sum given to Brazil’s “Thofie” who topped a field of 111.

The prize was made up of $84,845 from the main prize pool and $100,324 worth of bounty payments, including that on the head of runner-up “blakjak19” of Cyprus who had to console themself with a $99,005 prize.

Earlier at the final table, Manuel “Sheparentao” Ruivo busted in eighth place for $13,775 in total and he was joined on the sidelines by “LeeroyJenkins5”, “porsche911sp” and “n1ceFTW”, the latter scooping $38,989.

A cool $50,296 was awarded to “jaimelaviande” after they fell in fourth-place before “WGretzky_9999” saw their tournament come to an abrupt end in third place for $68,068.

$2,100 Sunday Cooldown 8-Max PKO at PokerStars

Over at PokerStars, Steve “Mr. Tim Caum” O’Dwyer, fresh from a massive live win in Montenegro, came out on top of a 151 strong field in the $2,100 Sunday Cooldown 8-Max PKO event. Victory saw O’Dwyer secure a prize worth $80,168 when bounties were taken into consideration.

As you would expect from such high buy-in event, the final table was a star studded affair. Dario “Secret_M0d3” Sammartino busted in eighth place for $10,283 and was joined on the rail by “letsgodody” whose seventh place finish was worth $6,962 in total.

Former EPT Malta champion Aliaksei “ale6ka” Boika then busted out in sixth place for $14,775 with “x_zola25” of Denmark being the fifth place finisher for a prize worth $15,039.

Canada’s Kristen “krissyb24” Bicknell fell in fourth place for $18,105 and was joined as a spectator by “karrt” of Brazil who padded their bankroll with $24,686. This left “Pampas27” and O’Dwyer to lock horns heads-up and we already know how that finished! O’Dwyer got his hands on $80,168 with Pampas27 taking the $32,256 consolation prize back to Argentina.

SCOOP 07-H: $2,100 NLHE 8-Max Turbo at PokerStars

A field of 239 players entered the SCOOP 07-H: $2,100 NLHE 8-Max Turbo event and created a $478,000 prize pool that was shared among the top 31 finishers. The final table read like a who’s who of online poker and any of the nine finalists would have been a worthy champion.

“I’MlliN.3lli” busted in ninth place for $10,917 and was followed by “kofi89” of Uruguay who banked $13,786. Next to fall was the legendary Ole “wizowizo” Schemion who got his hands on the $18,077 seventh place prize, with “Lateski” netting $23,705 for their sixth place finish.

Sam “SamQuid” Grafton of the Uk then fell in fifth place for $31,085 and Jonathan “OMGjonyctt” Concepcion joined him on the rail after busting in fourth place, a finish worth a cool $40,762.

The penultimate bust out was that of the Netherlands’ “Pimms” who collected $53,452, which left “Soyza” of China and Oli “Era_Koira” Ikonen to battle heads-up for the title and the lion’s share of the prize pool.

It was a battle that Ikonen won, securing the $91,913 top prize, leaving Sozya to bank the $70,092 runner-up prize.

$100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker

This week’s $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker saw an overlay as 388 players bought in for $215. Each of the nine players who reached the final table won at least $1,900, the sum awarded to “Happynose” of Belarus after they busted in ninth place.

Germany’s “KlongKlong86” was the eighth place finisher with Kenny “SpaceyFCB” Hallaert joining them on the sidelines; Hallaert’s seventh place finish was worth $3,500. Sweden’s “SkallePer58” and “xvchneru” of Argentina lost their stack and collected $4,500 and $5,800 respectively, before “lintonlin” of Canada busted in fourth place for $8,500, the last position not to win a five-figure prize.

Third place and $11,300 went to “StackinStack” of the Ascension Islands and this set up a one-on-one battle with “Fukuruku” and “guydeet39.” No deal was struck despite their being a $5,450 difference between first and second place, which meant Fukuruku secured a $15,000 prize when they busted in second place and guydeet39 collected $20,450 for their victory.

$20,000 Sunday Challenge at 888poker

A field of 264 ensured the $20,000 Sunday Challenge surpassed its guarantee by $6,400 and it was “SWEart777” of Russia who benefited the most, coming out on top for a $5,676 haul. The Russian defeated Romania’s “BuyUADrank” heads-up to resign the second place finisher to a $4,092 prize

All but two of the final table players received a four-figure prize. “PaSSoGiveUP” and “zanzibar58” scored $528 and $792 respectively after busting in ninth and eighth place. $1,056 went to seventh place finisher “phervian” before “toastmanQ” and “kor1977” lost their stacks and bolstered their bankrolls with $1,320 and $1,584.

The United Kingdom’s “BrownBrit” then busted in fourth spot for a $2,310 prize and “papichpoker” busted in third-place for a $3,102 prize.

GGS #011: $300K Gtd Super High Roller at Natural8

A field of 94 took part in the $5,000 buy-in GGS #011: $300K Gtd Super High Roller, creating a $446,500 prize pool as a result. This sum was shared among the top 13 finishers.

“Oiltrader” was the first player to bust from the final table, their ninth-place exit saw their $5,000 investment turn into $12,910. Roman “SanityWaterline” Romanovsky busted in eighth place for $15,119 before “vamossuerte” and “HogFish333” ran out of steam and walked away with prizes of $19,964 and $26,361.

Fifth place went to “PyramidOfSkulls” who netted $34,808 with fourth place going to “HONEYDETECTED” who won $45,962. It was Natural8 regular “AceKing41” of Canada who helped themself to the $60,690 third-place prize, which set up a heads-up battle between Mexico’s “2gbenz” and Canada’s “HectorHermano”.

It was the Canadian who triumphed and walked away with a $105,816 prize, leaving 2gbenz to lock up the $80,137 second place prize.

Sunday Blade $10K at Natural8

“StackMvrSlackn” is $177,928 richer today thanks to coming out on top of a 43 strong field in the Sunday Blade $10K. Only five places were paid with fifth place and $26,217 going to “vamossuerte” who was joined on the sidelines by “SasukeUchiha”; fourth place was wotth $41,652.

Macau’s “oldfishing” then exited in third place for a $66,172 prize before “StackMvrSlack” defeated “HogFish333” heads-up for the title and $177,928, with the runner-up winning a still respectable $105,129.

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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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