Sunday Briefing: Johannes Korsar Wins the partypoker Super High Roller
Sweden��s Johannes ��SLARVBOGMAJS�� Korsar drew ever closer to $10 million in online winnings this weekend when he took down the $2,600 buy in Super High Roller at partypoker for $52,436.
Korsar topped a field of 71 entrants to get his hands on the large prize and this latest victory, his 193rd online, means he now has more than $9.5 million in online cashes according to PocketFives.com.
Another big winner at partypoker on Jun. 4 was ��PeitodePeru�� who triumphed in the $250,000 guaranteed Title Fight. The Brazilian turned $215 into $42,625 by outlasting 1,207 opponents.
Partypoker��s other large-scale tournament is the $150,000 guaranteed Main Event. The $109 buy in event attracted a field of 1,610 entries and it was Igor ��IgorFederal�� Trafane who came out on top to win $24,601.
In the $150,000 guaranteed High Roller, ��SentimenTODO23�� was crowned champion and won $29,778 while in the $100,000 guaranteed High Roller it was ��BenRichards1�� who emerged victorious and turned $530 into $22,669.
Over at 888poker, Nick ��PKaiser�� Fierro won the $100,000 Baby Whale for $20,450, ��sir.dohoda�� secured the $22,516 first place prize of the $100,000 Mega Deep and the United Kingdom��s ��Cannette_15�� took down the $40,000 Turbo Mega Deep for a $10,492 score.
This weekend��s $30,000 Sunday Crocodile ended in a heads-up chop between ��77kol0bok77�� and ��iCrushU556�� who netted $7,477 and $6,241 and it was Canada��s ��popsnpoker�� who won the $60,000 Sunday Challenge for a $13,614 addition to their bankroll.
PokerStars was hit with connectivity problems on Sunday, which resulted in dozens of tournaments being cancelled, including the Sunday Million, both the no-limit hold��em and pot-limit Omaha Sunday Grands and the popular Super-Sized Sunday.
Some tournaments were completed before the server problems, including ��GS_LT�� who won the $109 Sunday Starter for $6,391 and the Netherlands�� ��Graftekkel�� who came out on top of a 161 field in the Big $162 for $4,878.
In the Hot $162, ��Durrden�� of Germany bagged the $6,306 top prize while ��MD IACONI�� of Moldova won $14,618 in cash and $13,910 in bounty payments in the $215 Bounty Builder.
Lastly, ��eijseijs�� won the fast-paced Hot $162 for a cool $12,206.
