Sunday Briefing: Ben Tollerene Bags $310K Score
Sunday, September 16 was a massive day for online poker tournament players thanks to the PokerStars WCOOP nearing its conclusion, two $1 million guaranteed POWERFEST events at partypoker and the XL Eclipse series being in full swing at 888poker.
Ben Tollerene was one of the day��s biggest winners; let��s see what he got his hands on.
partypoker POWERFEST #095-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event
| Date | September 16th |
| Buy-in | $5,200 |
| Guarantee | $1,000,000 |
| Entrants | 312 |
| Prize pool | $1,560,000 |
| ITM | 40 |
The first of two $1 million guaranteed POWERFEST Championship Events saw 312 players part company with $5,200, creating a massive $1,560,000 prize pool as a result. This huge prize pool was shared among the top 40 finishers with a min-cash weighing in at $12,168, a final table appearance being worth $31,200 and the champion walking away with $310,440.
Team partypoker member Roberto ��WelshWizard�� Romanello burst the final table bubble, busting in ninth-place for $24,180.
��MaXiMuSpkr�� was the final table��s first casualty and they were followed to the sidelines by ��PaLpAlIZa��, ��Kackucy�� and ��PokerG1rl69.��
Each of the final four players were guaranteed a six-figure score. Team partypoker��s Anatoly ��NL_Profit�� Filatov fell in fourth place for $114,660 only a week after he banked a $159,000 prize.
Sweden��s Niklas ��Drultiooo�� Astedt then busted in third place for a $157,560 addition to his bankroll, leaving Jon ��sordykrd�� Van Fleet and Ben ��CowEyed�� Tollerene to play heads-up for the title.
Van Fleet, winner of partypoker��s inaugural MILLIONS Online event last year for more than $1 million, fell in second place and collected $224,640, which allowed Tollerene to get his hands on $310,440.
Tollerene has a superb record in partypoker��s biggest online events. He won $393,900 in May 2018 when he finished fourth in a $5 million guaranteed POWERFEST event and won the $25,500 Super High Roller POWERFEST event in Sept. 2017 for $846,772.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben ��CowEyed�� Tollerene | $310,440 |
| 2 | Jon ��sordykrd�� Van Fleet | $224,640 |
| 3 | Niklas ��Drulitooo�� Astedt | $157,560 |
| 4 | Anatoly ��NL_Profit�� Filatov | $114,660 |
| 5 | PokerG1rl69 | $81,120 |
| 6 | Kackucy | $60,840 |
| 7 | PaLpAlIZa | $42,900 |
| 8 | MaXiMuSpkr | $31,200 |
partypoker POWERFEST #097-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO
| Date | September 16th |
| Buy-in | $1,050 |
| Guarantee | $1,000,000 |
| Entrants | 1,199 |
| Prize pool | $1,222,980 |
| ITM | 152 |
The other $1 million guaranteed POWERFEST Championship Event was a $1,050 PKO tournament that saw 1,199 players create a guarantee-busting prize pool of $1,222,980.
Canada��s ��nolet20�� was the player who emerged victorious in this tournament, taking home $102,214 for their first-place finish plus an additional $88,328 worth of bounties for a combined score of $190,542.
Nolet20 defeated ��whresmymind�� heads-up to secure the title and the lion��s share of the prize pool, resigning their heads-up opponent to a total prize worth $88,816.
Earlier in the tournament, the partypoker sponsored pros Anatoly ��NL_Profit�� Filatov and Kristen ��Krissyb24�� Bicknell busted in the money, the latter falling in 19th place for $3,297 and $2,827 from the bounty prize pool.
British grinder Ben ��bfzhang�� Farrell reached the final table, but busted in fifth place for a combined $34,261.
| Place | Player | Prize | Bounty payment | Total prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nolet20 | $102,214 | $88,328 | $190,542 |
| 2 | whresmymind | $73,139 | $15,677 | $88,816 |
| 3 | josef_shvejk | $48,019 | $16,938 | $64,957 |
| 4 | ch1ck3nrobb3rr | $32,133 | $5,094 | $37,227 |
| 5 | Ben ��bfzhang�� Farrell | $22,781 | $11,480 | $34,261 |
| 6 | Tenebrus321 | $16,066 | $9,518 | $25,584 |
| 7 | goodluckhavefun | $11,270 | $12,934 | $24,204 |
| 8 | mwhldwn | $7,553 | $10,091 | $17,644 |
PokerStars WCOOP-55-H: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max PKO
| Date | September 16th |
| Buy-in | $5,200 |
| Guarantee | $500,000 |
| Entrants | 203 |
| Prize pool | $1,015,000 |
| ITM | 23 |
The PokerStars WCOOP-55-H: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max PKO entry list read like a who��s who of online poker, which wasn��t surprising considering the tournament cost $5,200 to enter.
A field of 203 players created a prize pool of $1,015,000, more than twice the size of the guarantee, and this was shared among the top 23 finishers.
Each of the eight players at the final table was guaranteed at least $16,872 from the prize pool plus whatever they had accumulated in bounties along the way. Finnish star Samuel ���urop�an�� Vousden fell in eighth place for a combined $24,372 with Hungary��s Laszlo ��omaha4rollz�� Bujtas collecting $52,438 for his seventh-place exit.
Kahle ��ROFLshove�� Burns, Phil ��MrSweets28�� Galfond and China��s ��huang33�� then fell by the wayside with Galfond winning the most cash despite finishing in fifth place thanks to him securing $31,796 worth of bounties to go with his $36,066 prize.
Romania��s Nedelcu ��Narcisus90�� Narcis crashed out in third place after firing three bullets at the tournament. His persistence paid off to the tune of $105,121 when bounties were taken into consideration.
Narcis�� exit left ��MB TREMENDO�� and the UK��s Lucas ��Bit2Easy�� Reeves to battle it out for the title. It was a battle that Reeves would emerge victorious from, getting his hands on a combined $219,741 with his Uruguayan opponent busting with $87,173 to console themselves with.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas ��Bit2Easy�� Reeves | United Kingdom | $99,312 | $120,429 | $219,741 |
| 2 | MB TREMENDO | Uruguay | $77,095 | $10,078 | $87,173 |
| 3 | Nedelcu ��Narcisus90�� Narcis | Romania | $59,848 | $45,273 | $105,121 |
| 4 | huang33 | China | $46,460 | $7,968 | $54,428 |
| 5 | Phil ��MrSweets28�� Galfond | Canada | $36,066 | $31,796 | $67,862 |
| 6 | Kahle ��ROFLshove�� Burns | Mexico | $27,998 | $16,875 | $44,873 |
| 7 | Laszlo ��omaha4rollz�� Bujtas | Hungary | $21,735 | $30,703 | $52,438 |
| 8 | Samuel ���urop�an�� Vousden | Finland | $16,872 | $7,500 | $24,372 |
PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller
| Date | September 16th |
| Buy-in | $2,100 |
| Guarantee | $150,000 |
| Entrants | 95 |
| Prize pool | $190,000 |
| ITM | 13 |
Bryn ��BrynKenney�� Kenney triumphed in the $2,100 Sunday High Roller at PokerStars to lock up a $45,028 first-place prize. The outspoken Kenney locked horns with Italian star Dario ��Secret_M0d3�� Sammartino for the title and he brushed him aside to leave Sammartino to collect a $34,100 payout.
UK-based Spaniard ��girafganger7�� was the final table��s first casualty, their ninth-place netting them $5,528.
Russia��s ��hello_totti�� was the first player to bank a five-figure score, namely $11,217 when they fell in sixth place. Hello_totti was joined on the rail by Roman ��RomeOpro�� Romanovskiy, Scott ��Aggro Santos�� Margereson and ��bartek901�� before Sammartino and Kenney embarked in their one-on-one battle.
Former Magic The Gathering pro, Kenney has won more than $25 million from live poker tournaments and is a huge winner online, too.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryn ��BrynKenney�� Kenney | Mexico | $45,028 |
| 2 | Dario ��Secret_M0d3�� Sammartino | Slovenia | $34,100 |
| 3 | bartek901 | United Kingdom | $25,825 |
| 4 | Scott ��Aggro Santos�� Margereson | Mexico | $19,558 |
| 5 | Roman ��RomeOpro�� Romanovskiy | Ukraine | $14,812 |
| 6 | hello_totti | Russia | $11,217 |
| 7 | Kahle ��ROFLshove�� Burns | Mexico | $8,495 |
| 8 | hongdou7788 | China | $6,433 |
| 9 | girafganger7 | United Kingdom | $5,528 |
You can check out the biggest results from the 888poker XL Eclipse series in our dedicated daily recap here at PokerNews.com.
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