Sunday Briefing: Greece��s ��tzeskobar�� Takes Down the Sunday Million
Greece��s ��tzeskobar�� was by far the biggest winner in online poker circles this weekend, walking away with the title of Sunday Million champion at PokerStars, a finish worth a colossal $149,645.28.
��tzeskobar�� defeated Bernado ��bedias�� Dias heads up to prevent Dias from joining an elite group of players who have won online poker��s largest weekly tournament twice. Dias banked $105,014.21 for his runner-up finish, which is sure to soften the blow.
The Sunday Grand NLHE may have missed its guarantee this weekend, but there was still $275,000 up for grabs. The lion��s share of this impressive amount is now nestled in the PokerStars account of Adrijan ��Adrijan_S�� Siishtaj who topped a field of 265 players to get his hands on $52,879.12.
Other big winners at PokerStars on Sunday, Nov. 13 included:
- Matheus ��M Cunha G�� Cunha �C winner of the $109 Sunday Kickoff for $19,218.30
- ��tonn22�� �C winner of the Hot $162 for $6,945.73
- Kevin ��torino2000�� Killeen �C winner of the $215 Bounty Builder for $16,194.60
- ��Sergio1306�� �C winner of the $215 Sunday Warm-Up for $56,086.61
- ��plspaythxbye�� �C winner of the $215 Weekender for $9,753.45
- ��d7o1d1s0�� �C winner of the Big $109 for $26,312.05
- ��MonkeyBausss�� �C winner of the Hot $162 for $15,943.13
- ��Muntjesvader�� �C winner of the $700 Super-Sized Sunday for $34,433.92
- Rodrigo ��rodrigorpv�� Valente �C winner of the $109 Bounty Builder for $15,507.49
- ��BlackMajlo�� �C winner of the $109 Bubble Rush for $10,591.11
- Patrick ��pads1161�� Leonard �C winner of the Hot $109 for $16,339.69
- Jens ��Fresh_oO_D�� Lakemeier �C winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand PLO for $31,213.06
- Robert ��Little Kraut�� Deppe �C winner of the Big $215 for $24,975.68
- Oliver ��thanilo�� Johansson �C winner of the $109 Sunday Cooldown for $17,921.84
- Adrian ��Knightsgeee�� Attenborough �C winner of the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $34,809.22
- ��plspaythxbye�� �C winner of the Hot $215 for $15,237.65
- ��FelipeAJ�� �C winner of the $109 Sunday Wrap-Up for $9,150.71
Over at partypoker, ��ErikSchniedel�� won the $200,000 guaranteed High Roller, turning $530 into an impressive $39,000. At the $100,000 guaranteed Super High Roller, a $2,600 buy in event, Niklas ��Tjeeeena�� Astedt emerged victorious and claimed the $47,125 first-place prize.
This week��s $150,000 guaranteed Main Event ended in a three-handed chop. ��WaWazDa�� finished third for $17,055, ��FearDatBeard�� came in second for $17,604.08 and ��JENOVA�� collected $21,002.34 for his victory.
Finally for partypoker, the $215 buy in Title Fight missed its $300,000 guarantee for the second week running, this time by $43,000. ��OMG_MIGAAA�� took full advantage of the overlay and secured a $50,376.90 payday by outlasting 1,284 opponents.
This week saw the return of the $120,000 Whale to 888poker and it concluded with a chop by the last two players standing. ��wushutm�� finished second and collected $24,469.74 with ��Kannwas�� walking away with $24,201.48 for their $600 investment.
Another 888poker winner was ��que_te_crio�� who is now the reigning champion in the $120,000 Mega Deep. First place paid $24,750 this weekend.
Shout outs have to go to ��jadniq�� who won the $45,000 Turbo Mega Deep for $9,243.40, to Julio ��Julioassp10�� Ribeiro who won $12,032.12 by winning the $60,000 Sunday Crocodile and to ��ZDamian�� who triumphed in the $80,000 Sunday Challenge.