Bailey, Camosci, Korik, Soucek and Truntsev Win Big at 888poker in December
Sundays are the biggest day of the week at the world's second largest real-money online poker network 888poker
Sunday also features a handful of special added tournaments including the Mega Deep Sunday Challenge each weekend, plus the Whale Baby Whale on alternating Sundays.
A big name in Italy, Enrico "hateh4tehate" Camosci , and in Czech Republic, Lukas "suk12cz" Soucek , won the Mega Deep in back-to-back weeks with the former winning the top prize of $25,913 on Dec. 4 and the latter winning a slightly larger $26,113 on Dec. 11. Also winning this tournament in December were "vaitodo.pt" on Dec. 18 for $24,217 and "T54_IS_A_FAG" on Dec. 25 for $14,891.
Russia's Fedor "TheLINQ" Truntsev won the Sunday Challenge on Dec. 4 for $15,793. Two weeks later on Dec. 18, Canada's Mike "D0nkeyKong" Bailey won this tournament for $15,402. Other winners of this event in December included "iCrushU556" taking down the top prize of $15,299 on Dec. 11 and "hoolzky" banking $10,135 on Dec. 25.
Meanwhile, American poker refugee Zackary "DuduPa1986" Korik won the biggest prize on Christmas at 888poker when he took down the Whale for $17,153. Two weeks before on Dec. 11, "Madeon1994" secured the tournament's top prize of $26,113.
Also winning big were "proplatish" and "steveybg" by winning the Baby Whale on Dec. 4 and Dec. 18 for $22,567 and $18,054, respectively.
Here is a look at the results of the biggest Sunday tournaments in December on 888poker:
The $100,000 Baby Whale
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $300+20 Dec. 4 392 $117,600
Place Player Prize 1 proplatish $22,567.44 2 Marcin "_pyszalek_" Wydrowski $16,758.00 3 larsHendrik $12,348.00 4 Luis "noWHATfella" Gustavo Fontes Ribeiro $9,408.00 5 spider4444 $6,585.60 6 OMGsete $4,998.00 7 974kWRT $3,822.00 8 jcubillos11 $2,646.00 9 carpediem14 $1,952.16
The $120,000 Mega Deep
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $200+15 Dec. 4 691 $138,200
Place Player Prize 1 Enrico "hateh4tehate" Camosci $25,912.50 2 123rigg $18,657.00 3 Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez $13,820.00 4 d7o1d1s0 $10,365.00 5 mnintoiu $7,255.50 6 707089 $5,873.50 7 cube.com11 $4,491.50 8 gib0derGeh90 $3,109.50 9 Jonatan "Namlleh" Hellman $1,948.62
$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $82+8 Dec. 4 685 $84,230
Place Player Prize 1 Fedor "TheLINQ" Truntsev $15,793.12 2 Truchota $11,371.05 3 Bastettt $8,423.00 4 mikinads $6,317.25 5 tinchoarce $4,422.07 6 juicetus $3,579.77 7 OLD_MATE18 $2,737.47 8 larsHendrik $1,895.17 9 RichieLaNuit $1,187.64
The $100,000 Whale
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $565+35 Dec. 11 226 $127,690
Place Player Prize 1 Madeon1994 $26,112.60 2 Fezzz123 $19,153.50 3 TeamShippo $14,428.97 4 Pimmelspeck $10,853.65 5 Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi $7,406.02 6 Truchota $5,746.05 7 Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs $4,469.15 8 V.BlomFan60 $3,192.25 9 Pelfort $2,426.11
The $100,000 Mega Deep
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $200+15 Dec. 11 631 $126,200
Place Player Prize 1 Lukas "suk12cz" Soucek $23,839.18 2 SanttuO $17,289.40 3 Jonathan "jgjg3000" Gill $12,746.20 4 gordijuuuuuu $9,591.20 5 Jono "spyver" Beck $6,739.08 6 Cody "CodyWestwind" Westwind $5,363.50 7 ch3ssmast3rr $4,101.50 8 AAorKK403 $2,839.50 9 03071986 $1,893.00
$70,000 Sunday Challenge 1R
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $82+8 Dec. 11 657 $81,594
Place Player Prize 1 iCrushU556 $15,298.87 2 grandesica26 $11,015.19 3 TyrelJam $8,159.40 4 Stanislav "dapenguin213" Barshak $6,119.55 5 happyone18 $4,283.68 6 Daniel "scrotusd" Carter $3,467.74 7 waytoray $2,651.80 8 a36yka $1,835.86 9 GringoSSa $1,150.47
The $80,000 Baby Whale
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $300+20 Dec. 18 311 $93,300
Place Player Prize 1 steveybg $18,053.55 2 Matthias "amaze1" Neu $13,528.50 3 Vladimir "77kol0bok77" Sokolov $10,263.00 4 kiskutya23 $7,697.25 5 MechaREcorta $5,318.10 6 yolosnap $4,105.20 7 V.BlomFan60 $3,172.20 8 DerEinzahlR $2,239.20 9 Olli "Jarildur1" Ikonen $1,632.75
The $100,000 Mega Deep
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $200+15 Dec. 18 641 $128,200
Place Player Prize 1 vaitodo.pt $24,216.98 2 Nemekiss $17,563.40 3 Diego "Diegoavc" Ventura $12,948.20 4 limp0rdie $9,743.20 5 Sebastian "iknowmybody" Saffari $6,845.88 6 Simon "Doughnuz" Christensson $5,448.50 7 Richard "ChipsFool" Hoadley $4,166.50 8 StinkyKing $2,884.50 9 Palyaaa $1,923.00
$70,000 Sunday Challenge 1R
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $82+8 Dec. 18 667 $82,144
Place Player Prize 1 Mike "D0nkeyKong" Bailey $15,402.00 2 bowdownfish $11,089.44 3 tjappie123 $8,214.40 4 majkl1812 $6,160.80 5 Ben "TopBeaver69" Spraggons $4,312.56 6 Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi $3,491.12 7 Ezequiel "eze88888" Waigel $2,669.68 8 UrBadBeat $1,848.24 9 tinchoarce $1,158.23
The $50,000 Whale
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $565+35 Dec. 25 132 $74,580
Place Player Prize 1 Zackary "DuduPa1986" Korik $17,153.40 2 dccnesquick $11,932.80 3 OMGsete $9,061.47 4 Rayan "Zebest7r" Chamas $6,712.20 5 Patrick "d1sclosure" Leonard $4,474.80 6 HUdonnit $3,729.00 7 HappyVodka $2,983.20 8 Palyaaa $2,237.40 9 Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez $1,864.50
The $100,000 Mega Deep
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $200+15 Dec. 25 388 $77,600
Place Player Prize 1 T54_IS_A_FAG $14,891.44 2 BabyJeff007 $11,058.00 3 fcknutzz $8,148.00 4 CKLouis $6,208.00 5 Gerardo "g3r4rrrr" Rodriguez $4,345.60 6 floatmasta $3,298.00 7 JustGamblin $2,522.00 8 Corey "Corlusion" Kempson $1,746.00 9 Bdubzz $1,288.16
$50,000 Sunday Challenge 1R
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $82+8 Dec. 25 442 $53,344
Place Player Prize 1 hoolzky $10,135.36 2 Palyaaa $7,468.16 3 salue7 $5,467.76 4 checheeeee $4,160.83 5 1kee1 $2,933.92 6 23NoraB $2,267.12 7 bossamtisch1 $1,733.68 8 Imyurfriend $1,200.24 9 rubin3030 $885.51
*Special thanks to PocketFives.com and Poker Pro Labs for some of the data in this article.
