Sunday Briefing: $200K Score For Sami Kelopuro

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Apr 06, 2020 5 min read

April 5 was another massive day for online poker tournaments with several sites running festivals that created huge prize pools. There was big scores at PokerStars, partypoker, GGPoker, and 888poker. Let’s check out who got their hands on the biggest prizes of the weekend.

$10,300 High Rollers PLO 6-Max at PokerStars

Sami “Lrslzk” Kelopuro was one of the biggest winners courtesy of banking $200,376 at PokerStars. The exceptionally talented Finn topped a field of 57 in the $10,300 buy-in High Rollers PLO 6-Max event to secure yet another six-figure prize.

Kelopuro defeated “yara777” of the Ukraine heads-up to claim the top prize. His Ukrainian opponent walked away with a $132,717 addition to his bankroll.

Only seven players received a slice of the $570,000 prize pool. “xnrobix” of Hungary burst the final table bubble and won $23,896. “pkrbt” of Sweden reeled in a $28,321 prize before “MITS 304” turned $10,300 into $38,562 when the Cypriot fell in fourth.

“Zagalo87” was the penultimate bust-out; third-place yielded a $87,903 prize.

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Turbo Series 01: $215 NLHE PKO at PokerStars

The opening event of the Turbo Series, the Turbo Series 01: $215 NLHE PKO, ensuring the series kicked off in style with 6,791 entries processed by the time late registration closed. This ensured the $1 million guarantee was beaten by $358,200.

Russia’s “MAMOHT_T” was the main beneficiary of this juicy pot because the Russian came out on top to scoop the $81,420 top prize. Their prize was bolstered by $52,088 worth of bounty payments. They defeated “LIKE A G6” heads-up for the title, the Czech grinder walking away with a combined prize worth $89,424.

POWERFEST #216-SHR: $1M Gtd Phase Final at partypoker

The extended POWERFEST continued to smash its guarantees with a $1,314,665 prize pool created in the POWERFEST #216-SHR: $1M Gtd Phase Final.

“Toppairlover” and team partypoker’s Anatoly “NL_Profit” Filatov were the first casualties of the final table. That duo scooped prizes worth $26,296 and $36,153 respectively.

“usinghud” and “trustnobody_99” then fell by the wayside and saw their partypoker account balances increase by $51,271 and $68,362. Fourth-placed “Irunsogoooood” almost won six-figures but narrowly missed out with a $96,627 score.

“PayAndPlay” was the first recipient of a six-figure score. Their tournament ended with a third-place finish worth $132,781.

This left “BoldPilot” and “nomeansyes” to fight it out for the gargantuan top prize of $261,618. The latter was the last man standing, leaving the runner-up to bank $189,311. nomeansyes loves high stakes tournaments at partypoker. They finished third in the 2019 MILLIONS Online for more than $1.3 million.

$1.6 Million Worth of Leaderboards!

POWERFEST #217-HR: $500K Gtd Phase Final

“Sexy Guru” was another big winner at partypoker on April 5 after they triumphed in the POWERFEST #217-HR: $500K Gtd Phase Final. Some 1,094 players were in the final and Sexy guru outlasted them all to win $90,978.

Several high stakes regulars reached the final table. These included “MoStack” who fell in seventh for $10,031, Anton “antesvante” Wigg who collected $42,741 for his third-place exit, and runner-up “Quantum_Leap” who hauled in $65,099.

GG Masters $500K Gtd at GGPoker

This week’s $500,000 guaranteed GG Masters ended in a heads-up chop that saw the top two finishers secure almost $125,000 between them.

Canada’s“mike444” was crowned the tournament’s champion and walked away with $66,185 after his heads-up deal. Russia’s “flyyy” officially finished in second-place and turned their $150 investment into a cool $58,085.

The top six finishers netted five-figures each. “kevin8097” busted in sixth for $13,891 before Ukraine’s “luckykaky” banked $19,320 when their tournament ended abruptly in fifth-place.

Slovenia’s “ThePizzaGuy” finished in fourth-place, a finish that delivered $26,871. Shout-out to “for_science” of Canada who was the third-place finisher, a result that saw $37,373 make its way to their GGPoker account.

*reflects a heads-up deal

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GGS 009-HR: $5K Sunday Main at GGPoker

GGPoker’s GG Series kicked off in style and the $5,000 buy-in Sunday Main was one of the biggest events of the day. A compact field of 96 created a $456,000 prize pool, a huge increase over the $300,000 that was guaranteed.

Germany’s “WooKah” won the lion’s share of the prize pool and the only six-figure prize from the tournament. They netted $108,067 after sending “The_Answer” to the rail in second-place to collect $81,842.

All nine finalists won at least $13,000 with GGPoker regular “HogFish333” falling in sixth-place for $26,922 from their home in Switzerland.

$25,000 Sunday Challenge at 888poker

The$25,000 Sunday Challenge turned into the $30,100 Sunday Challenge thanks to thr 301 players who bought in for $109.

Denmark’s “N33dCoaching” triumphed in this event and won its $6,155, taking their lifetime winnings at 888poker to $230,000. The Dane defeated “Tjaaja” of Finland heads-up to get their hands on the top prize. The Finn had to make do with the $4,515 consolation prize.

Three Brits reached the final table. Ben “DoobieFish” Kett fell in eighth for $752 with “TopBeaver69” collecting $1,354 for their sixth-place exit. “tiltedlol” navigated their way to a third-place finish worth $3,401.

PKO Series #2- $150,000 Tune Up at 888poker

Rounding off the Sunday Briefing this week is the PKO Series #2- $150,000 Tune Up. We selected this tournament in our Weekend Preview citing it may overlay. It did by $7,700 or 77 entries.

“D3n1sk4PP” took full advantage of the funds added by 888poker as they were the only player with chips in front of them when the curtain came down. The Russian’s $14,193 top prize was boosted by $8,281 worth of bounty payments for a $22,474 haul.

UK’s “Kel3103” was the runner-up, a finish worth a combined $12,816, the only other five-figure score of the tournament.

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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