Sunday Briefing: Parker Talbot Chops the Sunday Million

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Jan 21, 2019 5 min read Last updated Dec 19, 2019

888poker's popular poker streamer Parker ��tonkaaaa�� Talbot secured the largest online score of his career to date on Jan. 20 when he chopped the PokerStars Sunday Million for more than $124,000 with the United Kingdom��s ��PokerDave476��.

PokerStars Sunday Million

A guarantee-busting field of 5,837 took to the PokerStars virtual felt for this weekend��s Sunday Million, ensuring $1,167,400 was distributed among the top 1,052 finishers. Those reaching the money places netted at least $335 while those who navigated their way to the nine-handed final table banked at least $9,271.

Austria��s ��icebearr�� picked up the latter when they busted in ninth-place, locking up a five-figure score for the remaining eight players. Canadian ��rmullen�� saw their tournament end in eighth-place, a finish worth $13,211. They were followed to the rail by Sech ��T0X16-�� Zehn, Enrico ��WhaTisL0v3�� Camosci, and ��BuddyAces2�� to leave only four players in the hunt for the title.

Fourth-place and a cool $54,472 went to Brazil��s Luan ��Pseudo Fruto�� Felipe before ��Rus-us8�� of Russia crashed out in third-place for a bankroll-boosting $77,622 prize. This left Talbot and PokerDave476 to play heads-up for the title and the not so small matter of a $47,000 pay jump.

Second-place was meant to pay $110,609 but a deal between Talbot and PokerDave476 saw both players now receive $124,114 with $20,000 left for the eventual champion. Unfortunately for Talbot, PokerDave476 got their hands on the additional $20,000 after eliminating Talbot in second-place, but it was still a remarkable result for Talbot who now has more than $4.2 million in online cashes.

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PokerStars High Roller Club: $2,100 Sunday HR

The final table of this weekend��s PokerStars High Roller Club: $2,100 Sunday HR was one of the toughest ever assembled and any of the nine players would have been a worthy champion.

As it happens, it was Italian high stakes guru Dario ��Secret_M0d3�� Sammartino who took down the tournament after a heads-up chop with Swedish superstars Johannes ��Greenstone25�� Korsar. Sammartino netted $48,431 as part of the deal with Korsar securing a $45,435 payday.

Before Sammartino took down yet another tournament, Team PokerStars pro Igor ��IgorKurganov�� Kurganov finished in ninth-place for a $6,530 score. Kurganov was joined as a spectator first by Nick ��caecilius�� Petrangelo then by Patrick ��pads1161�� Leonard, Talal ��raidalot�� Shakerchi, Mikita ��fish2013�� Badyakovskiy and his girlfriend and fellow Team PokerStars pro Liv ��Liv Boeree�� Boreee!

Boeree��s exit was followed by the elimination of ��Futti18�� of Russia which left Korsar and Sammartino to strike a deal for the lion��s share of the prize pool.

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partypoker Sunday Super High Roller

After finishing sixth in the PokerStars High Roller Club: $2,100 Sunday HR, Patrick ��Patrick_Leonard�� Leonard almost went all the way in the partypoker Sunday Super High Roller but ran out of steam at the last minute, busting in third-place for an impressive $22,was

Only the final table of eight were paid in this tournament with both ��DeanMalenko�� and Team partypoker��s Roberto ��WelshWizard�� Romanello collecting $7,362 for the eighth and seventh-place finishes.

Steve ��eet_smakelijk�� O��Dwyer, who won $896,610 when he took down a $25,500 Super High Roller at partypoker in September, finished sixth in this tournament for $8,525 with the remaining players each walking away with a five-figure prize.

Canada��s ��chadi6969�� finished in fifth-place for $10,850 with Sweden��s ��MOTHERSMATTERS�� claiming the $13,950 fourth-place prize. Third-place we know went to Leonard, leaving ��RedDwarf9�� and ��pockjack0�� to lock horns heads-up for the title.

The victory eventually went to the latter; pockjack0 collectED $50,375 for their victory, resigning RedDwarf9 to the $34,100 consolation prize.

partypoker Sunday High Roller: $100K Gtd

Swedish players dominated the partypoker Sunday High Roller: $100K Gtd with four of the final table of eight players calling the country home.

Niklas ��Drulitooo�� Astedt was the first Swede to bust at the final table, crashing out in eighth-place for a $3,705 addition to his bankroll. Three other players then busted before another Swede, ��haddoken�� fell in fourth-place for $9,975.

Croatian pro ��SouhftfW�� busted in third-place for $14,250 to leave a pair of Swedish grinders heads-up for the title. The Swedish duo decided to strike a deal for the remaining prize pool, a deal that saw ��BuyThaPot�� officially finish in second-place for $22,093 and ��CASHEEEGAMEEE�� be crowned champion for $25,786.

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888poker $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep

After dominating the partypoker Sunday High Roller: $100K Gtd tournament, Swedish players finished first and second in the 888poker $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep, again striking a deal for a large percentage of the prize pool.

��Texxxas_�� is the player credited with becoming the tournament��s champion, their first-place finish banking them $17,592. The runner-up was ��robbiish1�� who scooped a $16,257 prize.

Earlier at the eight-handed final table, ��tier999111�� of Germany bowed out in eighth-place for $2,400 and was joined on the rail by ��PokerJoe332�� and Roman ��Romeopro33�� Romanovsky, the latter turning their $215 into $4,400.

Romanovsky was joined on the sidelines by a pair of Argentinians in ��lasochobi�� and ��ultraviol3nt�� who walked away with $5,700 and $8,250 resepctively. Thailand��s ��GoinInDry�� was the third-place finisher and banked $11,000.

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888poker $20,000 Sunday Challenge

There aren��t too many online poker players from the United Arab Emirates but the 888poker $20,000 Sunday Challenge was taken down by ��cottroni14�� who calls the UAE home.

First-place this week was worth $5,697, a decent return on a $109 investment. Cottroni14 found themself heads-up against ��CheckRaise55�� of Germany and got their hands on the lion��s share of the prize pool when they eliminated the German in second-place.

The top seven finishers walked away with a four-figure score. The two aforementioned players were joined in winning more than $1,000 by ��888topPair��, ��vezunchiksss��, ��ALLCasH90��, ��AAdannAA��, and ��LucySagara", the latter taking home $3,113.

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