Sunday Briefing: Preben Stokkan Wins Sunday Warm-Up

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Mar 09, 2020 5 min read

Preben “prebz” Stokkan has been tearing up the online poker scene like a man possessed these past couple of weeks and helped himself to yet another title on March 8.

Stokkan managed to win the $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up at PokerStars despite the site being forced to cancel several headline tournaments due to a technical issue. This included the cancellation of the Sunday Million and the $2,100 Sunday High Roller among others.

$1,050 Sunday Warm-Up 8-Max at PokerStars

Stokkan banked a cool $35,482 for his victory in the $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up, a tournament that saw 176 players buy in and create a $176,000 prize pool. Only the top 20 finishers received a slice of the pie, a prize that was worth $4,946 by the time the final table was reached.

“Pimms”, former EPT champion Aliaksei “ale6ka” Boika and Norway’s “_sennj_” al fell by the wayside before Cyprus-based grinder “MITS 304” busted in sixth-place, securing a five-figure prize for the remaining players.

China’s “huang33” got their hands on $12,717 while Igor “lechuckpoker” Kurganov collected $16,435 for his fourth-place finish. Another Chinese player in the shape of “RJYJYR” fell in third for $21,242, setting up a heads-up battle with Steve “Mr.Tim Caum” O’Dwyer and Stokkan.

Stokkan came out of the battle unscathed and with the $35,482 top prize, resigning O’Dwyer to the $27,454 consolation prize.

$1,050 Sunday Cooldown 8-Max Turbo PKO at PokerStars

The $1,050 Sunday Cooldown 8-Max Turbo PKO was another tournament that survived the technical issues and “be_awesome1” is glad it did because they took it down for a combined $40,745.

More than half of that prize came from the bounty prize pool, including the big prize on the head of runner-up Simon “IgorKarkarof” Pederson who won a total of $20,167.

Third-place went to partypoker-sponsored pro Anatoly “NL_Profit” Filatov, a finish worth $18,578 with bounties included.

Prior to those high profile bust-outs, “T-Macha”, “cocojamb0” and “WhatIfGod” all dusted off their stacks in positions eighth through sixth.

Argentina’s Ivan “Negriin” Luca finished in fifth with recent Sunday Million champion falling "eisenhower1" in fourth-place for an $11,827 haul.

GG Masters $300K Gtd at GGPoker

Brazil’s “XAMA” took down this weekend’s $300,000 Gtd GG Masters and not only won $44,821 but also soared to the top of the current leaderboard. This means they are now the player to catch in the race for the $500,000 sponsorship package at the end of the year.

XAMA defeated Ukraine’s “Kurily” heads-up to secure the title, resigning the runner-up to a still welcomed $31,950 prize.

The top five finishers all won more than $11,000 each. “PincheGordo” of Canada ran out of steam in fifth-place and won a $11,572 prize.Patrick “Babu$hka” Leonard collected $16,234 after busting in fourth while “OMGChaningTatum” had to make do with the $22,775 third-place prize money.

Phased High Rollers $250 at GGPoker

“LIONEL_MESSI_10” turned $250 into $42,926 by walking away with the Phased High Rollers $250 title on March 8th. This multi-day tournament saw 1,181 players create a guarantee busting $271,630 prize pool shared among the top 170 players.

Like the GG Masters, the top five finisher padded their bankroll with prizes in excess of $11,000.

“Lion-el” of Israel locked up $11,905 for their fifth-place exit while “NeverGambol” reeled in $16,405 from their home in Lithuania.

The penultimate bust out was that of Brazil’s “MarkyAurelio” which was worth an impressive $22,606. This set up a one-on-one battle between “rubbherducky” of Canada and Macau’s LIONEL_MESSI_10. The latter emerged victoriously and got their hands on the $42,926 top prize, leaving the runner-up to win $31,151.

Big Game: $500K Gtd at partypoker

Jordan “The Undecided” Drummond was only made part of partypoker’s Team Online a couple of weeks ago and he announced his arrival with a fantastic victory in the $5,200 Big Game.

First-place in this huge tournament was worth $141,086, and that is now in Drummond’s partypoker account. Even the runner-up secured a six-figure prize, namely $100,776. This went to “NOLIMITHOLDEM”

Nobody at the eight-handed final table got their hands on less than $18,000!

“tdlvechicknbn” and “BaBaDeBaBa” were the first casualties under the spotlight, winning $18,715 and $23,034 respectively. They were joined on the rail by “Achtungdiekurve”, “RussianButs” and “TheseApples”, the latter securing a $50,388 payout.

Third-place went to “LappyRage” who scooped $71,983 before Dummond pushed on and took down the tournament for the lion's share of the prize pool.

partypoker MILLION at partypoker

Two six-figure prizes were awarded in this week’s partypoker MILLION as the tournament once again overlaid. “attitydsproblem” was the recipient of the biggest prize, one worth a massive $153,350. They defeated “jerbi9999” heads-up to lock up the title. Second-place weighed in at a huge $107,050.

Only “snoek2” at the final table didn’t walk away five-figures richer; their eighth-place was worth $9,490.

“Stormbreaker”

$20,000 Whale at 888poker

The 888poker Whale hit its guarantee once again as it continues its mini revival. Seventy-six players paid $320 to enter, creating a $22,800 prize pool as a result.

The final table was a star-studded affair with the linkes of “xFink_Ploydx” of Canada (7th - $1,026), Sam “sammygrinder” Grafton (5th - $1,710) and “josef_shvejk” (3rd - $3,420) all reaching it.

Heads-up was contested by triple Sunday Million champion Artem “veeea” Vezhenkov and “j_peso4”. It was the latter who got their hands on the $7,410 top prize, leaving Vezhenkov to net $4,788.

$100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker

The $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep saw another overlay this week, not that the 90-players who cashed cared much about it as it’s all extra value for them.

Nobody enjoyed the overlay more than “haymon23” from the United Kingdom as they walked away with the $18,750 top prize. They got their hands on this sum after sending “CheersMates” of Canada to the showers in second-place, a finish worth $13,500.

Only one other player won five-figures; “pAhApepu” of Estonia won exactly $10,000.

Shout-outs to “getabreak”, “CoolHandTone”, “normannolly”, “V_Poliakov” and Andrey “AndreyNiki” Nikiforov who all navigated their way to the final table.

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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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