Sunday Briefing: Roberto Romanello Takes Down Big Game

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Nov 11, 2019 5 min read Last updated Dec 19, 2019

European Poker Tour Prague champion Roberto Romanello triumphed in the partypoker Big Game this weekend and padded his bankroll with almost $130,000. Romanello’s was not the only six-figure score because several other grinders also banked big prizes on November 10th. These are the largest.

High Roller Big Game at partypoker

A field of 105 players turned out for the $500,000 Gtd Big Game at partypoker, a $5,200 tournament that attracted some of the best in the business. Each of the eight finalists was guaranteed more than three-times their initial buy-in, “Porsche911” taking home $17,062 for their eighth place exit.

“Sims_or_sins..” netted $21,000 for their seventh place finish with “PunchlineEnBata” banking $26,250 after falling one place later. Fifth place and $34,125 went to “El_Cucuy” before “Player1235640423” busted in fourth and collected $45,937.

Now the prize money was getting into serious amounts, and the remaining players were only a handful of bust-outs away from a six-figure haul. “Games123456” ran out of luck and busted in third place for $65,625, leaving Roberto “R_Romanello” Romanello and “YouGotTheDud” to fight it out heads-up for the title.

It was partypoker pro Romanello who came out unscathed and scooped $128,625, leaving his final opponent to console themselves with $91,875.

partypoker MILLION at partypoker

The $1 million guaranteed partypoker MILLION final day ran perfectly this week after a technical hitch saw last week’s event canceled. The player known as “Velaquez76” is the one who goes into the history books as the inaugural champion, an accolade that came with a cool $152,700 prize.

“mickeyMous3” finished in second place and secured a $106,650 payday.

All but one player at the final table turned their $215 into five figures. “Poopernoodle” netted $9,360 for their eighth-place exit. They were joined on the sidelines by “QautreVingCent”, Bernado “g0dm0de” Dias Granato and “Anon1m1”, the latter picking up the $30,580 fifth-place prize.

“NvrSnLkThsB4” busted in fourth for $44,55 with “FlipTheShiip” being the penultimate elimination, their third-place finish seeing them haul in $68,440.

$109 Sunday Million at PokerStars

This week’s PokerStars Sunday Million smashed its $1 million guarantee again when 10,890 players bought in and created a $1,089,000 prize pool.This huge sum was shared among the top 1,934 finishers, with all but one of the final table players winning a five-figure prize.

Malta’s “1mDonuts” was the ninth-place finisher for $8,597 with Aaron “timetopop87” Stone of the UK collecting $11,846 for their eighth-place elimination. “GabiMuguruzu” busted before “Wildace_hun” collected $22,494 for their sixth-place finish, that Hungarian player would later reach the final table of the $2,100 Sunday High Roller.

“Asker444” and “H!tthehole” hit the rail, before “luvictor88” of Vietnam got their hands on $58,586 after a third-place exit. Heads-up was between “noob3r” of Hungary and “viniperri” of Brazil. It was the South American who came out on top to lock up $111,769, with the second-place finisher adding $81,103 to their lifetime winnings total.

$2,100 Sunday High Roller at PokerStars

Another star-studded field descended on the $2,100 Sunday High Roller, and of the nine finalists would have made a worthy champion. As it happens, it was “hello_totti”, the Russian pro, who emerged victoriously and got their hands on $38,866. The Russian defeated Austria-based Italian Gianluca “Tankanza” Speranza heads-up for the title, with the Italian banking $30,486 for his runner-up finish.

Earlier at the final table, poker streamer Parker “tonkaaa” Talbot busted in ninth and got some company on the rail by Simon “simon1471” Higgins and “Wildace_hun”. “Omaha4rollz” won $11,540 for their sixth-place exit before “house800" and “bencb789” fell by the wayside to leave only three players from the 80 starters.

Jon “aplestyles” van Fleet fell in third for a $23,913 score, leaving hello_totti to sweep aside Speranza heads-up for an impressive victory.

PKO Series #1 - $150,000 Gtd at 888poker

The PKO Series kicked off at 888poker at did so in style with the $150,000 guaranteed event hitting its guarantee. Brazil’s “GoldoJuninho” won the lion’s share of the prize pool, namely $26,607, for their victory.

The Bazilian defeated “green88g” of Belarus for the title, leaving the second-place finisher to scoop $14,482.

Before the champion was crowned, James “BL1NDRAZOR” Walsh banked a combined $2,061 for his ninth-place finish with fellow Brit “steamraise1” winning $2,907 for busting in eighth.

Sri Lanka’s “isurox1” secured a payday of $4,255 before “lasochobi” and “iBustYa888” walked away with $4,536 and $6,846 respectively. Canada’s“.Gregnog.” collected $7,698 for their fourth-place exit with“Mr_Coyote” of Sweden padding their bankroll with $9,195.

$20,000 Sunday Challenge at 888poker

This week’s $20,000 Sunday Challenge ended in a heads-up chop with the final two players winning more than $8,300 between them.

“LucySagara70”, “AlbaGiu” and “simondelu” were the first three players to exit from the final table, the latter being the last player to win four-figures. $1,140 went to “BuyUADrank” for finishing sixth with “Hudder5” of the UK collecting $1,368 for their fifth-place finish.

Finnish star “RaiseRaiZe” fell in fourth and scooped $1,995 with “hateeeeem” locking up $2,679 for their third-place finish.

Heads-up saw “ahjaa” and “alexos888” fight it out one-on-one for the lion’s share of the prize pool. The former came out on top but not before striking a deal that saw them win $4,076, and the runner-up take home $4,359.

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High Rollers $1K at Natural8

Two $1,000 high roller events took place at Natural8 and Brazil’s “chunanumberone” was the victory in the first. The Brazilian turned their $1,000 investment into $15,399 after outlasting 37 opponents, including “UknowWhoIam” of Uruguay heads-up for the title. The Uruguayan banked $9,098 for their second-place finish.

Only the top five finishers received money, “Mustlaaaveit” of Canada being the first to reach the payouts, their fifth place yielding $2,269. Natural8 regular “pDNA” won the $3,604 fourth place prize with “MickeyM”, also of the UK, winning $5,727 for their third-place exit.

High Rollers $1K at Natural8

The second $1,000 High Rollers event saw 39 players turn out and Hungary’s “Aladjinn” finishing on top of them all. First place in this tournament was worth $15,804, almost half of the $37,050 prize pool.

The Hungarian defeated “MickeyM” heads-up for the title and resigned their British opponent to a $9,338 consolation prize. Earlier, “bh9999” busted in fifth and won $2,328, “UknowWhoIam” scooped $3,699 for finishing in fourth and “Mustlaaaveit” got their hands on the $5,877 third-place prize.

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