Sunday Briefing: Muehloecker, Addamo, and Elias Among Big Winners

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Nov 02, 2020 5 min read

It was Halloween over the weekend and some of the prizes awarded in the biggest online poker events were nothing short of scary. Some of the world’s elite tournament grinders padded their bankrolls with substantial scores, here are some of the highlights.

Muehloecker Triumphs in High Rollers Blade Prime

Thomas Muehloecker took down the $5,250 High Rollers Blade Prime at GGPoker and secured the tournament’s only six-figure prize. As you’d expect from a tournament of such magnitude, the field was packed with the game’s superstars.

A handful of them reached the final table, including Elio Fox, Isaac Haxton, and recent WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Dvoress. The tournament eventually progressed to heads-up where Muehloecker locked horns with “RRomashka” who you may recall reached the final table of last week’s Super MILLION$. Muehloecker got the job done and walked away with a cool $100,985.

Addamo Wins Yet Another Major Event

Michael Addamo secured a $70,336 prize and yet another major online title. The Australian superstar won the Bounty Grand Master HR $3,150, a Battle of Malta side event.

Exactly 100 players bought in and it was Addamo who emerged victoriously. After battling at the final table with the likes of David Peters, Dario Sammartino, and Artur Martirosian, Addamo found himself heads-up against Andras Nemeth; things don’t get any easier in these high stakes events! Addamo being Addamo managed to win his heads-up fight and walked away with a combined prize worth $70,336.

Some of the other highlights from GGPoker’s events included:

• UknowConcoo – first-place in the High Roller MILLION$ for $275,594
• DerEinzahler – first-place in the GGMasters High Rollers $1,050 for $163,897
• wisechinese1 – first-place in the Global MILLION$ for $126,197
• Ori Hasson – first-place in the Kings of Tallinn Main Event for $109,892
• Pluto The Doggo – first-place in the High Rollers Blade Mulligan $5,250 for $99,358
• Sitting Outi – first-place in the GGMasters $150 for $76,719
• Darren Elias – first-place in the Sunday High Rollers $1,500 for $62,163
• SQDSR – first-place in the King’s Landing Opener for $60,518
• A Christoforou – first-place in the Bounty Hunters Malta HR $525 for $54,802*
• GROSZEK 5 – first-place in the High Rollers Marathon $840 for $50,679
• Dante Fernandes – first-place in the High Rollers PLO Bounty $2,100 for $50,189*
• Mr_3rdBullet – first-place in the Bounty Grand master $315 Side Event for $46,809*
• Bill Thunder – first-place in the PLO Crusaders HR $2,100 Side Event for $43,338
• shadinho94 – first-place in the Bounty Hunters Main Event $210 for $41,372*
• riverphoenix – first-place in the High Rollers Main Event $1,050 for $38,539
• FreshlyBaked – first-place in the Bounty Hunters Castle Siege HR $1,050 Side Event for $34,107*
• Pen15 – first-place in the Sunday Forty Stack $400 for $30,302
• 888pruha – first-place in the Let the Battle Begin $100 Side Event for $30,104
• Sebastian Sikorski – first-place in the Sunday Marathon $300 for $27,356
• Chris Klodnicki – first-place in the High Rollers Bounty Six Shooter $1,260 for $25,354*
• Dzmitry Urbanovich – first-place in the Sunday Main Event $200 for $24,556
• AKisgood – first-place in the Bounty Hunters Sunday Special $105 for $24,134*
• Pascal Hartmann – first-place in the Sunday Monster Stack $200 for $22,419

*includes bounty payments

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Matthias Eibinger Wins The High Roller Big Game

A field of 138 of the world’s top players bought into the partypoker Big Game High Roller on Sunday and created a guarantee-busting $357,500 prize pool.

Adrian Mateos was the unfortunate soul who burst the money bubble, leaving the likes of Jeff Gross, Ole Schemion, Fabio Sperling, and Sebastian Sikorski to collect some prize money.

Everyone at the final table walk away with a five-figure prize for their $2,600 buy-in. Such luminaries as Francois Billard, Aliaksei Boika, and Juan Pardo Dominguez being among the first to fall at the final table.

Reigning MILLIONS Online champion Benjamin Chalot crashed out in fourth for $30,387 before Ireland’s Eugenio Peralta’s third-place exit left Matthias Eibinger and Mark Radoja heads-up. Eibinger doesn’t lose many one-on-one encounters so it was unsurprising to see him defeat Radoja.

First-place weighed in at $80,687 with the runner-up banking $58,086.0

Check out these other partypoker results:

• layla – first-place in the $1,111 High Roller One Shot for $42,790
• Peter Jetten – first-place in the $530 Big Game for $41,136
• adddo19 – first-place in the $109 Weekender for $20,503*
• M13 SQUAD – first-place in the $320 The 300 for $20,225*
• runit1nce – first-place in the $215 Deepstack for $10,032
• Happy-AIA – first-place in the $777 Magnificent 777 for $19,779*
• LeBassie – first-place in the $111 The One Shot for $17,217
• Robson Oliveira – first-place in the $55 Mini Big Game for $16,982
• littlemouse – first-place in the $215 Warrior for $15,375*
• leNz_ - first-place in the $55 Gladiator for $13,272*

*includes bounties

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Over at 888poker, the site’s two biggest Sunday tournaments were won by players from opposite sides of the world.

New Zealand’s “ImPaulin” fired two bullets in the $25,000 Sunday Challenge PKO and turned that second $109 buy-in into a total prize worth $6,025.

Brazil’s Romulo “Dred_Rednose” Barreto took down the $100,000 Mega Deep, which missed it’s guarantee, again, by 97 $109 entries. The Brazilian champion wasn’t bothered about this because they got their hands on the $18,750 top prize.

RUMUKULUS Wins Largest Prize at PokerStars

Germany’s “RUMUKULUS” was the biggest winner at PokerStars this weekend courtesy of being the last player standing in the $1,050 Sunday High Roller. A field of 323 entrants created a $323,000 prize pool that the top 39 finishers shared.

RUMUKULUS had a tough time at the final table, as would you if you were seated with the eight others who reached it. Team PokerStars Pro Lex “L.Veldhuis” Veldhuis’ exit in seventh-place made the waters less shark-infested, however.

Gary “quiditbear” Hasson and Dominik “Bounatirou” Nitsche and Juan “Malaka$tyle” Pardo fell after Veldhuis, the latter in third-place for $34,114.

Denmark’s “JackRipperJr” busted in second-place and got their hands on the $45,530 consolation prize, leaving RUMUKULUS to net the $60,764 top prize and the title of champion.

These were the other notable victories at PokerStars this weekend:

• daltonhb – first-place in the $107.50 Half Price Sunday Warm-Up for $46,322
• Romulo “Dred_Rednose” Barreto – first-place in the $215 Bounty Builder for $33,102*
• Gogsi04 – first-place in the $109 Bounty Builder for $27,804*
• gardze_wami – first-place in the $215 Bounty Builder for $25,427*
• PaPi7o92 – first-place in the $107.50 Half Price Sunday Supersonic for $25,020
• Sergio “zcedrick” Aido – first-place in the $1,050 Sunday Cooldown for $24,980*
• Sintoras – first-place in the $1,050 Sunday Supersonic for $22,855
• P0KERPR02.0 – first-place in the $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up for $13,301
• Viktor “papan9_p$” Ustimov - first-place in the $215 Fat Sunday for $12,703

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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