Sunday Briefing: High Roller Title For Nick Petrangelo

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Jun 24, 2019 5 min read Last updated Dec 19, 2019

Nick Petrangelo and Thomas Muehloecker were among the big winners this weekend after taking down high buy-in tournaments at PokerStars. Petrangelo’s was the largest prize of the two as it weighed in at $38,381.

$2,100 Sunday High Roller at PokerStars

Nick “caecilius” Petrangelo emerged victorious from the $2,100 Sunday High Roller at PokerStars to collect $38,381. Pretrangelo has been in Las Vegas for the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) but has only cashed once. That cash, however, was worth a cool $335,181, his reward for a fifth-place finish in the $50,000 High Roller.

Petrangelo found himself heads-up against Cyprus’ “MITS 304” and it was a one-on-one battle he came out of unscathed, resigning the runner-up to a $30,105 consolation prize.

The final table was a star-studded affair. Ninth place went to Alexandro “mexican222” Kolonias before Brazil’s Lincon “Lincownz” de Olivieira with Arturs “ARTSchGamble” Scerbaks of Germany falling in seventh place for $8,939, the last player not to bank five figures.

“Sinortas” busted in sixth place for $11,396 and was joined on the rail by Jens “Graftekkel” Arends, David “MoneyBausss” Laka, and then by Finland’s “elmerixx” who was the penultimate bust out.

Sunday 500 at PokerStars

Thomas “WushuTM” Muehloecker has been one of the notable absentees at the 2019 WSOP, preferring to grind online instead. His decision to stay at home resulted in a $19,837 prize on Jun. 23 after he topped a field of 187 entries in the $530 Sunday 500.

After Belarusian legend “Leqenden” fell in ninth-place a trio of Dutch stars hit the rail. Jens “Graftekkel” Arends, Rens “Rens02” Feenstra, and “Pimmss” all busted and walked away with prizes of $3,089, $4,030 and $5,256 respectively.

Lincon “Lincownz” de Oliveira saw another final table appearance fall short of victory, his fifth-place finish seeing him turn his $530 into $6,855. The Brazilian gained some company on the sidelines when Dominik “Bounatirou” Nitsche busted in fourth place for $8,941 with Poland’s “Sphinx87” running out of steam in third place for $11,661.

Heads up saw Muehloecker and Sebastian “p0cket00” Sikorski fight it out of the title and the lion’s share of the prize pool. Muehloecker came out on top to bank the $19,837 first place prize with Canada’s Sikorski walking away with $15,210.

Sunday High Roller Gladiator: $150K Gtd at partypoker

The biggest winner at partypoker on Jun. 23 was “nick_Illuslon” who triumphed in the Sunday High Roller Gladiator, a $150,000 guaranteed PKO event that cost $2,100 to enter.

With bounties included, the champion walked away with a cool $37,312 after defeating “hypnosis” heads-up. Thanks to an aggressive style of play that resulted in plenty of eliminations, the runner-up still collected $26,796 helped by $9,876 from the bounty prize pool; only the champion claimed more bounties.

Another player who benefited from the PKO structure was seventh-place finisher “SovseFlemming” who won a total of $8,716, almost as much as eighth and sixth place combined.

The top four finishers each collected more than $13,000. “Onehundredeyez” scooped $13,916 with third-place finisher “patrick” collecting $20,053. The runner-up, “hypnosis” won $26,796 with the champion locking up $37,312.

Sunday Gladiator: $150K Gtd at partypoker

The $320 buy-in Sunday Gladiator: $150K Gtd saw 492 players create a $151,536 prize pool shared half among the top 64 finishers and half to those who sent an opponent to the showers.

“NBdown” got their hands on the biggest prize from the main prize and the most bounties. First place was worth $10,901 which was boosted by $14,280 from the bounty prize pool, an impressive sum helped by sending “Orgrim” to the rail in second place. In PKO tournaments, the champion walks away with a big bounty payment thanks to collecting the prize on their own head too.

Orgrim’s second-place finish was worth $12,039 in total with third-place finisher “Mac007” collecting a combined $10,082.

Shout outs also to those who navigated their way to the eight-handed final table. They were “N0GUTSNOGloryA”, “RhoNin”, “HCG1992”, “BRAER_71RUS”, and “PhatToad”.

$100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker

Over at 888poker, the $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep saw its buy-in return to $215 after last weekend’s sale, and it resulted in 383 entries being processed and an overlay of almost $25,000.

Taking full advantage of this was “ContaSagrada” who came out on top to bank the $20,450 first place prize, defeating Lithuania’s “Acestain” heads-up along the way. The Lithuanian runner-up consoled themselves with a $15,000 addition to their bankroll.

Each of the nine players who reached the final table won at least $1,900 for their efforts with “StorValle” of Sweden collecting that sum. Another Swede in “Mr_Coyote” finished in eighth place for $2,500 while “SpiderMonk03” from Canada returned home with $3,500.

Sixth place and $4,500 went to “xane7a” before three players from the UK fell in quick succession. “Sue.1979”, “Hodor83” and “cebulak11” crashed out and won prizes ranging between $5,800 and $11,300.

$20,000 Sunday Whale at 888poker

888poker sponsored pro Dominik “888Dominik” Nitsche came agonizingly close to taking down the $20,000 Sunday Whale, falling at the final hurdle and having to make do with the runner-up prize of $5,875.

Only six spots were paid in this event as 47 players took to the tables. “Mr_Coyote”, who reached the final table of the $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep too, fell in sixth place for $1,292 with “wellyxx” of Finland and “Fukuruku” of Ukraine being the next casualties.

Online poker veteran Michael “wywrotx” Wywrot was the third-place finisher for $3,525 before Nitsche lost a heads up battle against Canada’s “zoobanana” to leave the winner to pad their bankroll with $8,695.

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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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