888poker Millions Superstorm: Russia's "bazzzarov" Wins Nearly $10K

4 min read
888Millions Superstorm

The biggest online poker festival ever to take place in the long history of 888poker is more than halfway through its schedule with the Millions Superstorm guaranteeing at more than $8 million across 480 tournaments from Sept. 10 to Oct. 11.

Russia's "bazzzarov" claimed the biggest win over the past two days in the festival after finishing on top of a field of 325 entrants in the 888Millions $160 PKO 8-Max - $50,000 GTD to bank $9,637 ($4,997 prize + $4,640 in bounties).

The highlight of the festival is the two-day $320 888Millions Superstorm Main Event boasting a huge $1 million guarantee. Opening flights have already begun for this event and there are plenty of chances every day for you to earn a ticket to this event for free.

Check below for a complete overview of the past few days of the Millions Superstorm at 888poker.

Follow all the latest from the 888 Millions Superstorm - LIVE!

The PokerNews Live Reporting team is reporting the biggest Millions Superstorm events. Don't miss a beat!

888Millions Superstorm Recent Results

"bazzzarov" wasn't the only player to hit big the past couple of days. Winning nearly as much was Canada's "danimal19" who took home $9,455 ($5,466 prize + $3,979 in bounties) after shipping the 888Millions $109 PKO 9-Max - $50,000 GTD.

Other players to win events included Alex "AGelinski" Gelinski, Michael "HyperX." Skeldon, and Ben "DoobieFish" Kett.

Check out all of the 888Millions results from Monday and Tuesday:

888Millions $16.50 PKO - $5,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries328
Prize Pool$5,000
Winnerdima_dub (Belarus)
First-place Prize$519 + $636 in bounties

888Millions $44 PKO 8-Max - $5,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries138
Prize Pool$5,520
WinnerBeastinPGeon (Romania)
First-place Prize$676 + $804 in bounties

888Millions $88 PKO 8-Max - $10,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries123
Prize Pool$10,000
WinnerKavamatsu (Kazakhstan)
First-place Prize$1,384 + $1,635 in bounties

888Millions $33 BIG Fish - $12,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries389
Prize Pool$12,000
WinnerFoenkerd83
First-place Prize$2,322

888Millions $109 Mega Deep - $12,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries136
Prize Pool$13,600
WinnerWellberg (Belarus)
First-place Prize$3,400

888Millions $22 PKO - $8,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries409
Prize Pool$8,180
WinnerAdriaticMan (Russia)
First-place Prize$792 + $727 in bounties

888Millions $7.50 PKO 8-Max - $6,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries917
Prize Pool$6,419
WinnerDonjouan_89
First-place Prize$601 + $429 in bounties

888Millions $55 Monsoon - $12,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries228
Prize Pool$12,000
Winnerbubyy87 (Romania)
First-place Prize$2,580

888Millions $109 PKO 9-Max - $50,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries435
Prize Pool$25,000
Winnerdanimal19 (Canada)
First-place Prize$5,466 + $3,979 in bounties

888Millions $22 Mini PKO 9-Max - $20,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries869
Prize Pool$20,000
Winnerwacko90 (United Kingdom)
First-place Prize$2,137 + $1,094 in bounties

888Millions $16.50 BIG Fish - $15,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries791
Prize Pool$15,000
WinnerPulgetti (Lithuania)
First-place Prize$2,834

888Millions $33 BIG Fish - $12,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries342
Prize Pool$12,000
WinnerBrunoZika1 (Brazil)
First-place Prize$2,454

888Millions $5.50 BIG Fish - $7,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries1,219
Prize Pool$7,000
WinnerPlayercv777 (Ukraine)
First-place Prize$1,267

888Millions $55 PKO 6-Max - $10,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries174
Prize Pool$10,000
WinnerIamBudha
First-place Prize$1,356 + $1,011 in bounties

888Millions $22 PKO - $8,000 GTD

DateSept. 30, 2020
Entries349
Prize Pool$8,000
WinnerMadplumber (Canada)
First-place Prize$922 + $727 in bounties

888Millions $16.50 PKO - $5,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries338
Prize Pool$5,070
Winnertinitun14 (Belarus)
First-place Prize$519 + $492 in bounties

888Millions $44 PKO 8-Max - $5,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries137
Prize Pool$5,480
WinnerLangolier86 (Russia)
First-place Prize$671 + $823 in bounties

888Millions $88 PKO 8-Max - $10,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries129
Prize Pool$10,320
WinnerErwannP (Malta)
First-place Prize$1,264 + $1,222 in bounties

888Millions $33 BIG Fish - $12,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries385
Prize Pool$12,000
Winnerkaira_cosmo (Romania)
First-place Prize$2,454

888Millions $109 Mega Deep - $12,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries129
Prize Pool$12,900
Winnerahjaa
First-place Prize$3,548

888Millions $22 PKO - $8,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries398
Prize Pool$8,000
WinnerAlex "AGelinski" Gelinski (Brazil)
First-place Prize$778 + $820 in bounties

888Millions $7.50 PKO 8-Max - $6,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries810
Prize Pool$6,000
Winnerkwan1981 (Canada)
First-place Prize$592 + $346 in bounties

888Millions $55 Monsoon - $12,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries227
Prize Pool$12,000
WinnerImyaibragim (Belarus)
First-place Prize$2,282 (heads-up deal)

888Millions $160 PKO 8-Max - $50,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries325
Prize Pool$50,000
Winnerbazzzarov (Russia)
First-place Prize$4,997 + $4,640 in bounties

888Millions $22 Mini PKO 8-Max - $20,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries871
Prize Pool$20,000
WinnerMichael "HyperX." Skeldon
First-place Prize$2,139 + $1,425 in bounties

888Millions $16.50 BIG Fish - $15,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries764
Prize Pool$15,000
Winnergsdziva (Canada)
First-place Prize$2,834

888Millions $33 BIG Fish - $12,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries326
Prize Pool$12,000
WinnerBen "DoobieFish" Kett (United Kingdom)
First-place Prize$2,454

888Millions $5.50 BIG Fish - $7,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries1,120
Prize Pool$7,000
Winnerftragueta (Brazil)
First-place Prize$1,267

888Millions $55 PKO 6-Max - $10,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries185
Prize Pool$10,000
Winnerbalamytkane (Russia)
First-place Prize$1,290 + $955 in bounties

888Millions $22 PKO - $8,000 GTD

DateOct. 1, 2020
Entries380
Prize Pool$8,000
WinnerTheGambler30 (Romania)
First-place Prize$859 + $915 in bounties

888Millions Superstorm Main Event Update

Opening flights for the Superstorm Main Event are underway with thus far 1,609 entrants (including 171 inflight re-entries) already hopping into the action in hopes for a lion's share of the at least $1 million guaranteed in the prize pool.

A total of 241 players and counting have thus far virtually bagged a stack with many more to come. Brazil's "vitola99" has kept the chip lead for since near the beginning of the series after growing his 10,000 opening chip stack into a monster stack of 227,527 in chips.

There were no changes in the top ten chip stacks on the leaderboard entering Day 2 in the past two days. Here is a look at who has the biggest stacks thus far in the 888Millions Superstorm Main Event.

PlacePlayerCountryChips
1vitola99Brazil227,527
2VadimKalantaKazakhstan194,118
3gremistaAAKsBrazil187,700
4baurjantKazakhstan184,589
5Belz3bu7Romania177,843
6KzzzonSweden164,971
7PlumpySouyonMalta162,319
8bigMEwayIreland161,630
9GarbinaDMalta161,409
10InfoDealerLithuania151,718

The Main Event provides plenty of action with 20-minute blind levels on Day 1. Opening flights end the sooner of 12 blind levels in the books or the field trimmed down to 14 percent of its starting size.

The next opening flight takes place on Monday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. GMT / 3 p.m. EDT. There are plenty of satellites for players to qualify for pennies on the dollars along with many paths for players to get their tickets for free!

Surviving players will return for one final day of play on Sunday, Oct. 11 when all of the action will be reported under the watchful eye of the PokerNews Live Reporting team.

Check out the dedicated PokerNews 888poker Millions Superstorm hub for all things Millions Superstorm.

Share this article
Jason Glatzer

More Stories

Other Stories