Sunday Briefing: De Meulder Brothers Crush PokerStars Sunday Events
There were plenty of players enjoying big scores on the last Sunday of March and one of the biggest was the $158,476 won by Finland��s ��Timonpoika�� in the $5,200 buy-in High Rollers event at PokerStars Former Team Pros Matthias and Christophe De Meulder both had big scores on PokerStars as well.
PokerStars High Rollers 19: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max $500K Gtd
| Date | March 25th |
| Buy-in | $5,200 |
| Guarantee | $500,000 |
| Entrants | 151 |
| Prize pool | $755,000 |
| ITM | 17 |
The High Rollers 19: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max $500K Gtd attracted some of the best online poker tournament players in the world, as you would expect to be the case from a tournament commanding a $5,200 buy-in.
With only 17 spots paid, there were a lot of disappointed players from the 151 starters. The likes of Patrick ��pads1161�� Leonard, Martin ��M.nosbocaJ�� Jacobson, Simon ��C. Darwin2�� Mattsson, and Team PokerStars Pros Igor Kurganov and Liv Boeree all fell short of the money.
��Tankanza�� was the unfortunate soul to burst the money bubble, falling in 18th place after firing three bullets. His exit paved the way to a prize of at least $12,011.
This prize had increased to $26,841 by the time the eight-handed final table was set. Estonia��s Matthias ��blueskyyM�� Tikerpe fell in eighth-place and he was joined on the rail by ��ceremore�� of Switzerland, ��DeuceofDuc0�� of the Netherlands, and the Hungarian star Andras ��probirs�� Nemeth.
Fourth-place and $74,040 went to the Russian grinder known simply as ��Black88,�� while Moldova��s ��silentm0de�� banked a cool $95,418 for busting in third. This left the legendary Mike ��SirWatts�� Watson and Timonpoika to lock horns heads-up, a battle that Watson lost meaning he had to walk away with the still very respectable consolation prize of $122,969.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timonpoika | Finland | $158,476 |
| 2 | Mike ��SirWatts�� Watson | Canada | $122,969 |
| 3 | silentm0de | Moldova | $95,418 |
| 4 | Black88 | Russia | $74,040 |
| 5 | Andras ��probirs�� Nemeth | Hungary | $57,451 |
| 6 | DeuceofDuc0 | Netherlands | $44,579 |
| 7 | ceremore | Switzerland | $34,591 |
| 8 | Matthias ��blueskyyM�� Tikerpe | Estonia | $26,841 |
PokerStars Sunday Million
| Date | March 25th |
| Buy-in | $215 |
| Guarantee | $1,000,000 |
| Entrants | 6,227 |
| Prize pool | $1,245,400 |
| ITM | 1,106 |
This week��s Sunday Million once again smashed its guarantee with 6,227 entries processed, and a $1,245,400 prize pool created. This huge sum was distributed among the top 1,106 finishers with a min-cash worth $340, a final table appearance boosting this sum to $9,890, and the original first-place prize locked in at $168,138.
Dietrich ��2pacnrw16�� Fast was the final table��s first casualty and he was joined by ��nice2meatYa��, ��5agittariu5��, ��steeple3000��, Brazil��s Luan ��Pseudo Fruto�� Felipe, ��zidix�� of Hungary and Finland��s ��gypsymagi820��.
Matthias ��mattidm_uk�� De Meulder and ��komarolo22�� struck a deal heads-up that saw the former lock up $127,644 and when Uruguay��s komarolo22 sent him to the rail in second-place, komarolo22 secured a $158,485 payday.
Matthias De Meulder's brother, Christophe "chrisdm" de Meulder, meanwhile won the $33 rebuy on PokerStars, banking $11.724.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | komarolo22 | Uruguay | $158,485* |
| 2 | Matthias "mattidm_uk" De Meulder | Belgium | $127,644* |
| 3 | gypsymagi820 | Finland | $82,802 |
| 4 | zidix | Hungary | $58,108 |
| 5 | Luan ��Pseudo Fruto�� Felipe | Brazil | $40,778 |
| 6 | steeple3000 | Canada | $28,617 |
| 7 | 5agittariu5 | Slovakia | $20,082 |
| 8 | nice2meatYa | Czech Republic | $14,093 |
| 9 | Dietrich ��2pacnrw16�� Fast | Austria | $9,890 |
*reflects a heads-up deal
Sunday Rebuy
| Date | March 25th |
| Buy-in | $33 |
| Guarantee | $75,000 |
| Entrants | 910 |
| Prize pool | $75,000 |
| ITM | 170 |
| positie | gebruikersnaam | land | prijs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christophe "chrisdm" de Meulder | Belgi? | $11,724 |
| 2 | Sam "SamSquid" Grafton | Groot-Brittanni? | $8,310 |
| 3 | Gandalf MR | Groot-Brittanni? | $5,890 |
| 4 | kyzyldurrr | Rusland | $4,175 |
| 5 | Feri$taH | Oekraine | $2,960 |
| 6 | indiandurr | India | $2,098 |
| 7 | Cmon_Gasguet | Canada | $1,487 |
| 8 | jpous | Zwitserland | $1,054 |
| 9 | tatue | Denemarken | $747 |
888poker $100,000 Whale
| Date | March 25th |
| Buy-in | $1,050 |
| Guarantee | $100,000 |
| Entrants | 119 |
| Prize pool | $119,000 |
| ITM | 9 |
The 888poker $100,000 Whale ended in a three-way chop this week with the top three finishers walking away with more than $77,000 combined.
Austria��s ��Kannwas�� collected $24,310 as part of the deal, slightly more than the $23,923 ��josef_shvjek�� won for his runner-up finish. Sweden��s ��B.Mitchell�� banked the biggest prize, namely $29,115 and the title of champion.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.Mitchell | Sweden | $29,115* |
| 2 | josef_shvejk | Russia | $23,923* |
| 3 | Kannwas | Austria | $24,310* |
| 4 | summuNNN | UK | $11,900 |
| 5 | bahrainshark | Bahrain | $8,925 |
| 6 | hellohellooo | Russia | $6,545 |
| 7 | J0hnmccle3an | UK | $5,355 |
| 8 | purplegerbil | Finland | $4,760 |
| 9 | SkallePer58 | Sweden | $4,165 |
*reflects a three-handed deal
888poker $50,000 Sunday Challenge
| Date | March 25th |
| Buy-in | $109 |
| Guarantee | $50,000 |
| Entrants | 466 |
| Prize pool | $50,000 |
| ITM | 48 |
The $50,000 Sunday Challenge failed to hit its guarantee, but that did not bother ��Fukuruku�� one iota because he or she took full advantage of the additional $3,400 in the prize pool winning the tournament for $9,625.
Fukuruku of Ukraine defeated ��tinchoarce�� heads-up for the title after a final table battle that saw the likes of Ben ��F3nix35�� Dobson and Bogdan ��Ph4N888�� Nicolae bust in sixth and fourth place.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fukuruku | Ukraine | $9,625 |
| 2 | tinchoarce | Argentina | $7,125 |
| 3 | n0sferatv | Hungary | $5,375 |
| 4 | Bogdan ��Ph4N888�� Nicolae | Romania | $3,875 |
| 5 | Jonr84 | UK | $2,625 |
| 6 | Ben ��F3nix35�� Dobson | UK | $1,875 |
| 7 | abmarin | Russia | $1,375 |
| 8 | tupastacerdo | UK | $1,125 |
partypoker Sunday Major-SHR: $200K Gtd
| Date | March 25th |
| Buy-in | $2,600 |
| Guarantee | $200,000 |
| Entrants | 128 |
| Prize pool | $320,000 |
| ITM | 16 |
The player known as ��skitzo793�� won the largest first-place prize at partypoker this weekend after outlasting 127 opponents in the $2,600 buy-in Super High Roller. The $200,000 guarantee was surpassed by $120,000 which meant some big prizes were on offer.
Skitzo793 beat Swedish superstar Simon ��HellmuthTheGr8�� Mattsson heads-up, a result that netted the Swede $56,000 while Andras ��probirs�� Nemeth secured a $40,000 payout for finishing third.
partypoker ambassador Patrick Leonard bubbled the final table when he busted in ninth-place for $8,000.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | skitzo793 | $78,400 |
| 2 | Simon ��HellmuthTheGr8�� Mattsson | $56,000 |
| 3 | Andras ��probirs�� Nemeth | $40,000 |
| 4 | MisterN411 | $28,000 |
| 5 | STUDcK65 | $20,800 |
| 6 | WWWpartyCOM | $16,000 |
| 7 | Jon ��sordykrd�� Van Fleet | $12,800 |
| 8 | D0nKanaille_ | $10,400 |
partypoker Sunday Major-HR: $200K Gtd
| Date | March 25th |
| Buy-in | $530 |
| Guarantee | $200,000 |
| Entrants | 443 |
| Prize pool | $221,500 |
| ITM | 56 |
The top two finishers in the partypoker $200,000 guaranteed High Roller walked away with the same prize when they decided to end the tournament with an even chop for the remaining prize pool. ��BuyThaPot�� goes into the record books as the runner-up, a finish worth $36,326, with ��dj_inferno�� also collecting $36,326 as part of the deal.
It was another good turnout for the High Roller as 443 entries ensured the $200,000 guarantee was beaten by $21,500. The new Mega Sats may have had an influence on this attendance.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | dj_inferno | $36,326* |
| 2 | BuyThaPot | $36,326* |
| 3 | IN INFINITY | $20,821 |
| 4 | nix0k0ftis | $14,619 |
| 5 | Boy-George | $10,454 |
| 6 | siddhartha90 | $7,619 |
| 7 | Darya_Kurt | $5,382 |
| 8 | madridgalaxy | $3,920 |
*reflects a heads-up deal
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