Sunday Briefing: Swedes Smash It Up At PokerStars

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Mar 02, 2020 6 min read

It may have been all about the Brazilians in this week’s Sunday Million at PokerStars, but it was players from Sweden who excelled in the site’s largest buy-in tournaments.

The $2,100 Sunday High Roller finished with a Swedish one-two, while a Swede banked the top prize in the $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up. Let’s find out who won what and for how much!

$2,100 Sunday High Roller at PokerStars

The $2,100 Sunday High Roller is one of the toughest online poker tournaments as it lures in the game’s biggest stars. Anyone who comes out on top of this event is deserving of their prize.

Johannes “Greenstone25” Korsar (lead image) was this week’s champion. Korsar got his hands on $37,595 after striking a deal with fellow Swede Simon “C.Darwin2” Mattsson who collected $31,768 as part of that deal.

Thomas “WushuTM” Muehloecker was the first casualty of the eight-handed final table. Jens “Graftekkel” Arends joined him in seventh-place. Arends’ exit meant the remaining players would win at least $10,004.

That sum went to “edoiler” of Canada before Anatoly “NL_Profit” Filatov ran out of steam in fifth-place.

Hungarian legend Peter “Belabasci” Traply had to make do with the $17,311 fourth-place prize with Dominik “Bounatirou” Nitsche scooping $22,772 when he fell in third-place.

*reflects a heads-up deal

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

Niklas “Lena900” Astedt is one of Sweden’s best-ever players and he showed his class by topping a field of 161 in the $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up.

Like his fellow Swedish stars in the $2,100 Sunday High Roller, Astedt saw his tournament end in a heads-up chop. Romania’s Alex “steakaddict” Papazian was the man involved in the deal. Papazian collecting $28,255 when he busted in second-place, leaving Astedt to scoop yet another title and the now $29,317 top prize.

Others who reached the final table included Ramiro “ramastar88” Petrone and Franciso “Tomatee” Benitez of Uruguay, Claas “SsicK_OnE” Segebrecht of Austria, Juan “Malaka$tyle” Pardo, and another Swede in the shape of Alfred “Kzzon” Karlsson.

*reflects a heads-up deal

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GG Masters $300K Gtd at GGPoker

Austria’s “BabaSchlumpf” is the latest player to win the GG Masters, a $300,000 guaranteed freezeout with an awesome Player of the Year twist. Whoever earns the most points from GG Masters tournaments throughout 2020 wins a sponsorship package worth around $500,000!

The Austrian defeated China’s “nari111” heads-up for the title and $44,821. They were also awarded enough POY points for their victory the standings in second place. Even the runner-up received enough points to propel them to 17th in the standings. Both players now has a realistic shot at that $500,000 prize.

Those players finishing in third-place through fifth turned their $150 into five-figures.

“Kench” won $22,775 from their Macau home, “DIAS18” banked $16,234 from Austria and “lovebietch” of the Philippines secured a $11,572 payday. Not a bad return at all from $150.

Phased High Rollers $250 at GGPoker

Croatia’s “PuntSzn” was crowned the High Rollers $250 Phased champion and padded their bankroll with $40,780 as a result. The Croatian defeated a talented opponent heads-up, namely Patrick “HangulMalMotevo” Tardif of partypoker Team Online fame. Tardif had to make do with the $29,594 runner-up prize.

Earlier at the final table, “reallyeasy”, “LottoLarry” and “tali19977idan” fell by the wayside to leave only six players in the hunt for the lion’s share of the prize pool.

“KatjaThaterIhrVater” busted in sixth for $8,208, the last of the four-figure prizes.

“NoTekJusTho” of Romania and “ToroToro” of Austria saw their tournaments end in fourth and third-place finishes worth $15,585 and $21,476 respectively.

$1M in cash game leaderboards!

Big Game: $500K Gtd at partypoker

The biggest prizes this weekend were reserved for players at partypoker. Once again, the $500,000 Gtd Big Game showed there is a market for weekly $5,200 tournaments because it smashed its guarantee again, this time by $36,940.

“JIZOINT” was the main beneficiary of the juicy prize pool because they came out on top of the 115-strong field. Their reward? $131,550.

JIZOINT defeated “BaBaDeBaBa” heads-up for, leaving the runner-up to secure a $93,964 payout.

All the eight finalists banked more than $17,000 for their impressive finishes.

“BlueMagic1”, “attitydproblem” and “fromHolland1945” won prizes worth $17,450, $21,477, and $26,847 respectively. “Madgenious111” found an extra $34,901 in their account this morning after finishing in fifth-place with “Triple Sexy” being $46,982 richer following their fourth-place exit.

“LittleRussia” was the name of the penultimate bust-out, third-place weighing in at a cool $67,117.

partypoker MILLION at partypoker

The partypoker MILLION top prize was the biggest tournament score of the weekend, one that was worth $153,000. This is the sum awarded to “Eh juxto” who outlasted more than 4,980 opponents on their way to victory.

“BuddyRW” was the player who fell at the final hurdle, although they did still collect $106,800 so it’s difficult to feel sorry for them.

Others who scooped large prizes for a night’s work included “Hedger16” ($68,500), “MoStack” ($44,600), and “Bets ombro” ($30,630).

$20,000 Whale at 888poker

This weekend’s $20,000 Whale at 888poker had a Germany champion after “29021900” came out on top of a 68-player field. The German winner saw their $320 investment swell to $6,630 after sending “Akakabuto” of Sweden home in second-place, a finish worth $4,284.

UK-based Norwegian Preben “prebzzz” Stokkan was present at the final table, although he couldn’t quite get the job finished. Stokkan collected $3,060 for a third-place finish, one place deeper than 888poker regular “carmen.1957” who netted $2,040.

“yarik1903” and “MarkBurtoni” were the other brace of players who won four-figure amounts. The former won $1,530 with the latter reeling in $1,122.

$100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker

The $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep was one of the tournaments highlighted in our Weekend Preview, partly because it almost always overlays. Guess what? That happened again this week. Did you grab yourself some extra value?

Brazil’s “franguet” did. They finished on top of a 981-field to won $18,750. Not only did they give their bankroll a significant boost, they did the same with their confidence because the final step on the way to victory was a Swedish star by the name of Martin “MJacobson888” Jacobson.

franguet sent the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event champion to the rail in second-place, meaning Jacobson had to console himself with the $13,500 runner-up prize.

Shout-out to “CKLouis” of Austria who won $10,000, the only other entrant to secure a $10,000 or higher payout.

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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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