Ruivo and De Goede Chop partypoker MILLIONS Online for $2.3 Million Each
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The record-breaking partypoker MILLIONS Online is in the books after Portuguese player Manuel "Sheparentao" Ruivo (registered at partypoker with a Maltese flag, lead image right) and Pim "ForMatherRussia" de Goede (registered under the Dutch flag, lead image left) agreed to a heads-up deal awarding the duo $2,329,944 and $2,309,995 respectively.
The guarantee was shattered with 4,367 entrants to generate a historic $21,385,000 prize pool.
The event was hyped up for a full year, in no small part thanks to partypoker guaranteeing a record-breaking $20 million prize pool. The guarantee was shattered with 4,367 entrants ponying up the $5,300 buy-in during five opening flights on Nov. 25 to Dec. 4 to generate a historic $21,385,000 prize pool.
The third and final day began with 29 hopefuls battling it out with Mexico's "wheatforsheep" in the lead. Each player was guaranteed a $65,505 payday at the start of the final day.
Belgium's "NOCOINER" was eliminated in 29th place. On the very first hand of play on the final day, they ran king-jack suited into the ace-king held by Estonia's "depo777".
Christopher "Ad_Finem" Kruk (11th - $163,720), Jon "ICMslut99" Clark (19th - $109,175), and Chance "ChanceSeeYou" Kornuth (22nd - $81,881) all began the final day in the top ten but were unable to reach the final table.
partypoker $5,300 MILLIONS Online Final Table Results
| Position | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel "Sheparentao" Ruivo | Netherlands | $2,329,944* |
| 2 | Pim "ForMatherRussia" de Goede | Malta | $2,309,995* |
| 3 | Scarmak3r | Slovenia | $1,364,688 |
| 4 | Pedro "Maddonaa" Marques | Netherlands | $1,091,750 |
| 5 | j2805667 | Malta | $818,813 |
| 6 | COL_Moutarde | Canada | $655,050 |
| 7 | wheatforsheep | Mexico | $491,288 |
| 8 | orginALUS | Lithuania | $327,525 |
*Reflects heads-up deal.
partypoker MILLIONS Online Final Table Recap
The eight-max final table began after Ukraine's "senchilko" (ninth - $218,350) jammed ace-queen and was unable to hold against De Goede's ace-jack.
Portuguese poker player Pedro "Maddonaa" Marques, registered at partypoker with a Dutch flag, began the final table with the chip lead closely followed by Mexico's "wheatforsheep", Canada's "COL_Moutarde", and De Goede.
The remaining four players were now each guaranteed a massive seven-figure payout.
De Goede quickly took the chip lead from Marques and became the first player in the tournament to surpass 1 billion in chips.
Lithuania's "orginALUS" was the first casualty at the final table. Marques, who was bleeding some chips, jammed king-eight from the small blind and "orginALUS" called off their short-stack shove of three big blinds with ace-ten from the big blind. Marques paired up his eight on the flop and "orginALUS" was unable to catch up to exit the tournament in eighth place for $327,525.
Shortly after, "wheatforsheep" jammed twelve big blinds with queen-deuce suited from the small blind and was ousted in seventh place for $491,288 after they didn't get there against De Goede's ace-ten in the big blind. After the hand, De Goede had more than half the chips in play and was raising or jamming the majority of hands.
It was d��j�� vu an orbit later. "COL_Moutarde" jammed the button for twelve big blinds with ace-four suited and was called by De Goede with ace-ten. De Goede's hand held, and "COL_Moutarde" hit the rail in sixth place for $655,050.
De Goede's momentum appeared to be halted a little while later after he doubled up Manuel "Sheparentao" Ruivo when his pocket sevens couldn't outflip ace-queen. Although De Goede still had the lead at this point, "Sheparentao" narrowed the gap and became the second player to surpass 1 billion in chips.
Malta's "j2805667" was the next to go in fifth place for $818,813 after jamming three big blinds with ace-jack and not holding against the queen-seven held by Ruivo.
The remaining four players were now each guaranteed a massive seven-figure payout.
Slovenia's "Scarmak3r", who qualified into the partypoker MILLIONS Online for just $5, managed to parlay his small investment into a huge payday of $1,364,688.
Shortly after, "Sheparentao" snagged the chip lead before extending it further after eliminating Marques in fourth place for $1,091,750. Marques jammed a short stack with king-seven and wasn't able to get there against the pocket jacks held by Ruivo.
Slovenia's "Scarmak3r", who qualified into the partypoker MILLIONS Online for just $5, managed to parlay his small investment into a huge payday of $1,364,688. The Slovenian was ousted in third place after jamming pocket deuces and running up against De Goede's pocket sixes.
partypoker MILLIONS Online Heads Up Deal
A single hand was played before the action was paused for players to discuss a deal. Ruivo held a minor chip lead against De Goede. Original payouts were projected to be $2,729,376 for the winner and $1,910,563 for the runner-up. De Goede suggested a chip count deal and Ruivo quickly accepted. The latter was crowned the second-ever partypoker MILLIONS Online winner, taking home the biggest prize of $2,329,944 while De Goede banked $2,309,995.
Ruivo is the second winner of the MILLIONS Online after Jonathan "sordykrd" Van Fleet won the inaugural MILLIONS Online for $1,027,000 last year.
