Sunday Briefing: $318k Score For UK’s “Alwaysfolding99”

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Apr 20, 2020 5 min read

The PokerStars Turbo Series concluded on April 19 and created some massive prize pools thanks to its $1,050 High Main Event and $5,200 High Roller drawing in substantial crowds. The former saw more than $2.1 million paid out, including almost $320,000 to its champion!

Turbo Series 109: $1,050 NLHE Main Event High at PokerStars

A field of 2,133 players entered $1,050 Turbo Series High Main Event and ensured the $2 million guarantee was surpassed by $133,000. This princely sum was shared among the top 305 finishers, with the prize money weighing in at $21,213 by the time the final table was set.

This increased to $82,158 by the time only five players remained. The first of two Brazilians, Joao “XxJoaoFeraxX” Otavio busted in fourth for that aforementioned prize, before his fellow countryman Ramon “PESCANO” Sfalsin busted in fourth for $115,256.

Germany pro Paul “_pauL€FauL_” Hofer secured a $161,688 prize for his third-place finish, setting up a heads-up battle between Alex “SteakAddict.” Papazian and “Alwaysfolding99” of the UK.

The heads-up pair didn’t strike a deal despite there being almost $100,000 difference in prize money. This meant Papazian collected $226,824 when he busted in second, leaving the British champion to add $318,201 to their bankroll.

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Turbo Series 108: $5,200 8-Max High Roller at PokerStars

Hungary’s Laszlo “omaha4rollz” Bujtas overcame a star-studded final table in the Turbo Series High Roller at PokerStars to become the tournament’s champion. Not only did winning $188,460 give Bujtas plenty of reasons to be pleased with himself, the fact he came out on top of one of the toughest final tables we’ve seen in a long time.

Sergi “srxakgirona” Reixach was the first finalist to crash out and he got his hands on $31,899. Joao “IneedMassari” Simao joined Reixach on the rail and walked away with $41,114 for his seventh-place finish.

Finland’s “WRUUUUM” was the sixth-place finisher, a result worth $52,990. Ivan “Negriin” Luca and Sam “Str8$$$Homey” Greenwood were the next players to lose their stack. The pair of high roller specialists padded their bankrolls with $68,296 and $88,024.

The first six-figure prize of the event went to Mike “SirWatts” Watson. He claimed the $113,451 prize only a couple of days after winning a Poker Masters event at partypoker.

Heads-up saw Bujtas take on Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi and the former was the soul who emerged victoriously. First-place was worth $188,460 with second-place netting $146,222.

POWERFEST: Big Game $1M Gtd Phase Final at partypoker

Some of the scores at partypoker were also massive thanks to POWERFEST being extended once again. “IIIIIIIIII” locked up the largest prize of the evening, at partypoker at least, one worth $256,502 thanks to taking down the POWERFEST edition of the Big Game.

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Partypoker regulars “Madgenius111” and “bitw1” busted soon after for scores of $50,269 and $67,025 respectively.

The top three finishers won six-figure prizes. We already know IIIIIIIIII won $256,502 but “Achtungdiekurve”, the tournament’s runner-up, reeled in $185,609. Third-place fisher, “FamilyMan72”, padded their bankroll with $130,184.

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partypoker MILLION at partypoker

This week’s partypoker MILLION ended in a heads-up chop that saw the last pair of players share $329,275.

“SmbCall911” was the player who is credited with taking down the tournament. Their first-place finish seeing their $215 investment swell to a wallet-filling $182,725. The runner-up, “better_than_you” received a $146,500 prize.

You can play in the partypoker MILLION for free, or from as little as $2.20. partypoker made its flagship tournament phased, meaning you can buy in at any stage of the ladder and play your way into Sunday’s final. No direct buy-in is possible for the weekly final, but the Phases cost $2.20, $22, and $109.

*reflects a heads-up deal

$20,000 Sunday Whale at 888poker

888poker is a happy hunting ground for “carmen.1957” who always seems to be there or thereabouts when it comes to the site’s biggest buy-in tournaments. This week, carmen.1957 took down the $20,000 Whale, which happened to be a $24,000 Whale thanks to 80 players buying in.

The champion saw their 888poker account increase by $7,200 after they defeated “Damofila30” of Belarus heads-up for the title. Second-place netted the runner-up $4,800.

Others who reached the final table were “Octopokes”, “MarkBurtoni”, and “SCCP91910”. Germany’s “guenni107”, “Ronaldo4112”, “supari69” and “dmg34” were the others, the latter falling in third-place for $3,600.

The $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker

While carmen.1957 was on their way to winning the $20,000 Whale, another British star was busy winning the $100,000 Mega Deep.

A field of 1,073-entrants fought it out for a slice of the $107,300 pie, which the top 99 finishers got their hands on. Everyone at the final table won almost $1,400 for their efforts, “WestCliff26” scooping $1,394 after falling in ninth.

By the time only three players remained, the min-cash was a five-figure prize. “MrSatisfying” of Germany banked $10,622 for their third-place elimination before Jack “JBHinfinity” Hardcastle lost his stack at the final hurdle and had to make do with the $14,056 second-place prize.

This left “Evian38888” to bank the $19,689 top prize and the title of champion.

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