Sunday Briefing: PokerStars PKO Smashes Guarantee Despite Boycott
Table Of Contents
- PokerStars Turbo Series 108: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max PKO High Roller
- PokerStars Turbo Series 109: $1,050 NLHE Main Event High
- partypoker KO Series #74-SHR: $1M Gtd 8-Max
- partypoker KO Series #74-HR: $500K Gtd 8-Max
- 888poker $100,000 RakeLESS Sunday Mega Deep
- 888poker $100,000 RakeLESS Sunday Main Event
- Natural8 Sunday Blade $10K
- Natural8 Sunday Blade $5K
It was a massive Sunday for online poker tournament players on Feb. 17 thanks to the partypoker KO Series and PokerStars Turbo Series concluding, 888poker running its RakeLESS events and the Natural8 Blade $10K and $5K events taking place.
One of the stories of the weekend was high stakes tournament player ��girafganger7�� organizing a boycott of PokerStars�� $5,200 buy-in Turbo Series PKO event. The Belgian managed to get more than 200 fellow high stakes pros to promise they wouldn��t play in this event, yet the $750,000 guarantee was still easily met thanks to 187 entries into the event.
partypoker responded to the planned boycott by adding a $5,200 event to their KO Series schedule, one with a massive $1 million guaranteed prize pool. This guarantee was also hit, making it a great day for online poker tournament players around the world.
PokerStars Turbo Series 108: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max PKO High Roller
Date | February 17th |
Buy-in | $5,200 |
Guarantee | $750,000 |
Entries | 187 |
Prize pool | $935,000 |
ITM | 23 |
Russia��s ��needdollarz�� walked away with a $239,695 prize after taking down the PokerStars Turbo Series 108: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max PKO High Roller event, a tournament that saw 160 players battle it out for glory. Twenty-seven reentries made for 187 entries total.
Nobody at the final table won less than $16,554 when bounties were taken into consideration, the prize awarded to ��GamadGADOL�� of Malta who busted in ninth-place.
Two British players followed GamadGADOL to the rail, ��despedespi33�� and Magnus ��Giffordonian�� Martin before Finland��s ��WRUUUM�� busted in sixth-place having not won a single bounty along the way.
Bounties were now massive and boosted the remaining players�� prizes. Fifth-place went to ��pvigar�� of Brazil who netted $42,984 in total with fourth-place finisher ��Pokeryugo�� netting a cool $60,692.
Mexico��s ��tanganantor�� finished in third-place for $85,360 and China��s ��huang33�� turned their $5,200 investment into a combined $91,096. The Russian champion secured $92,742 for finishing in first place and also collected $146,953 worth of bounties to win over 2.6 times what the runner-up did.
Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty Prize | Total Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | needdollarz | Russia | $92,742 | $146,953 | $239,695 |
2 | huang33 | China | $71,956 | $19,140 | $91,096 |
3 | tangananator | Mexico | $55,829 | $29,531 | $85,360 |
4 | Pokeryugo | Netherlands | $43,317 | $17,375 | $60,692 |
5 | pvigar | Brazil | $33,609 | $9,375 | $42,984 |
6 | WRUUUUM | Finland | $26,076 | $0 | $26,076 |
7 | Magnus ��Giffordonian�� Martin | United Kingdom | $20,232 | $5,312 | $25,544 |
8 | despedespi33 | United Kingdom | $15,697 | $14,687 | $30,384 |
9 | GamadGADOL | Malta | $12,179 | $4,375 | $16,554 |
PokerStars Turbo Series 109: $1,050 NLHE Main Event High
Date | February 17th |
Buy-in | $1,050 |
Guarantee | $2,000,000 |
Entries | 2,343 |
Prize pool | $2,343,000 |
ITM | 341 |
Former EPT London champion Robin ��robinho�� Ylitalo triumphed in the Turbo Series 109: $1,050 NLHE Main Event High to get his hands on an incredible $322,429 after a heads-up deal with fellow Swede ��jamaica_11��.
The final table members were guaranteed $23,015. Someone had to bank the smaller sum, and that person was ��publier�� of the Netherlands, who was joined on the rail by ��Chrobson�� of Poland, ��MrMaximize�� of Canada, and then Griffin ��Flush_Entity�� Benger. Benger busted when his ace-eight ran into the suited ace-ten of Ylitalo.
Argentina��s Cristian ��progre69�� Sampaoli was the next player to fall, his elimination locking up a six-figure score for the remaining four players.
Canada��s ��carl_nash13�� busted in fourth-place for $125,050 with third-place and $175,426 going to Belgium��s ��Pontois2012��, which left Yliatlo and jamiaca_11 to lock horns heads-up for the title.
The Swedish duo struck a deal that left $40,000 on the table, and this extra money went to Ylitalo when he flopped trip nines and value bet all streets and was called all the way by jamiaca_11��s pocket queens.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Robin ��robinho�� Ylitalo | Sweden | $322,429* |
2 | jamaica_11 | Sweden | $268,907* |
3 | Pontois2012 | Belgium | $175,426 |
4 | carl_nash13 | Canada | $125,050 |
5 | Cristian ��progre69�� Sampaoli | Argentina | $89,140 |
6 | Griffin ��Flush_Entity�� Benger | Canada | $63,542 |
7 | MrMaximize | Canada | $45,295 |
8 | Chrobson | Poland | $32,288 |
9 | pulbier | Netherlands | $23,015 |
partypoker KO Series #74-SHR: $1M Gtd 8-Max
Date | February 17th |
Buy-in | $5,200 |
Guarantee | $1,000,000 |
Entries | 206 |
Prize pool | $1,050,000 |
ITM | 32 |
The partypoker KO Series #74-SHR: $1M Gtd 8-Max hit its ambitious guarantee when 206 players bought in for $5,200 to create a $1,050,000 prize pool.
The lion��s share of this impressive sum is now nestled in the partypoker account of Sweden��s ��STORTjavlaGL�� who emerged victorious in the early hours of Feb. 18 with a massive prize worth a total of $193,935.
��PokerBrothersTM�� of Belarus was the tournament��s runner-up and the only other player to secure a six-figure payout, namely $109,982.
Earlier at the final table, Finnish superstars Lars ��LarsLuzak1�� Luzak crashed out of the tournament in sixth-place for a combined score of $35,247 with Canadian high stakes guru ��TIMEXCNT�� busting in fifth-place for $61,060 in total.
Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty Prize | Total Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | STORTjavlaGL | Sweden | $83,029 | $110,906 | $193,935 |
2 | PokerBrothersTM | Belarus | $82,926 | $27,056 | $109,982 |
3 | SouhftfW | Croatia | $59,149 | $27,787 | $86,936 |
4 | chaAat | United Kingdom | $43,731 | $16,737 | $60,468 |
5 | TIMEXCNT | Canada | $30,836 | $30,224 | $61,060 |
6 | Lars ��LarsLuzak1�� Luzak | Finland | $23,547 | $11,700 | $35,247 |
7 | ALiNeNok1617 | Russia | $17,380 | $25,268 | $42,648 |
8 | TeamToxico | United Kingdom | $12,895 | $5,525 | $18,420 |
partypoker KO Series #74-HR: $500K Gtd 8-Max
Date | February 17th |
Buy-in | $530 |
Guarantee | $500,000 |
Entries | 1,154 |
Prize pool | $591,425 |
ITM | 152 |
Another big KO Series event was the KO Series #74-HR: $500K Gtd 8-Max that saw 1,154 players exchange $530 for the chance of glory and a huge cash prize.
The champion was none other than ��marjanko89�� of Ukraine who got their hands on the $38,828 first-place prize and an additional $37,278 worth of bounty payments. That bounty payment included the scalp of runner-up ��GRRRIZZZLY�� of Belarus who was the tournament��s bridesmaid, a finish worth a combined $54,293 when bounties were taken into consideration.
All but one of the players at the eighth-handed final table won a five-figure score, eighth-place finisher ��hasleloren�� of Sweden was the only one not to; he or she banked $4,761.
Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty Prize | Total Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | marjanko89 | Ukraine | $38,828 | $37,278 | $76,106 |
2 | GRRRIZZZLY | Belarus | $38,770 | $15,523 | $54,293 |
3 | Mr.Stagger Lee | Hungary | $25,473 | $3,191 | $28,664 |
4 | Cr4zy_driver | Poland | $17,046 | $7,950 | $24,996 |
5 | LordPuasonG | United Kingdom | $12,084 | $9,003 | $21,087 |
6 | LintyontheLash | United Kingdom | $8,523 | $3,228 | $11,751 |
7 | Machacente66 | Finland | $5,978 | $4,429 | $10,407 |
8 | hasleloren | Sweden | $4,007 | $754 | $4,761 |
888poker $100,000 RakeLESS Sunday Mega Deep
Date | February 17th |
Buy-in | $200 |
Guarantee | $100,000 |
Entrants | 732 |
Prize pool | $146,400 |
ITM | 72 |
There was a great rags to riches story in the 888poker $100,000 RakeLESS Sunday Mega Deep event as the eventual champion won their place in the $200 buy-in tournament from a $22 buy-in satellite.
Latvia��s Rihards ��Rihard4a�� Dobelis turned that $22 satellite victory into a cool $27,669 by outlasting 731-opponents.
Rihard4a found themselves heads-up against ��kudesnik2012�� of Belarus to lock up the top prize. The Belarusian had to make do with a $20,276 consolation prize when they fell in second-place.
��SkallPer58�� of Sweden and ��OneH1tWodner�� of Austria busted in third and fourth-place respectively to bank $14,932 and $11,272, the only other players to turn their $200 investment into a five-figure score.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rihards "Rihard4a" Dobelis | Latvia | $27,669 |
2 | kudesnik2012 | Belarus | $20,276 |
3 | SkallPer58 | Sweden | $14,932 |
4 | OneH1tWonder | Austria | $11,272 |
5 | Prof_Plum | Canada | $7,905 |
6 | Ilfris | $6,222 | |
7 | LprMessiah | Sweden | $4,758 |
8 | NoMamesWey33 | Mexico | $3,294 |
8 | alexos888 | Canada | $2,239 |
Looks like I won Mega Deep on @888poker, satted from $22 @daraokearney style ##poker #pokerlife #pokerpro�� https://t.co/gIVLC2t6qp
— Rihards Dobelis (@Rihard4a)
888poker $100,000 RakeLESS Sunday Main Event
Date | February 17th |
Buy-in | $300 |
Guarantee | $100,000 |
Entrants | 376 |
Prize pool | $112,800 |
ITM | 54 |
Russian grinder ��CalmRevolver�� was crowned the 888poker $100,000 RakeLESS Sunday Main Event champion, with first-place worth a cool $21,646. No rake was charged on this $300 buy-in tournament, and no reentries were allowed, making it a big freezeout competition that was hard fought throughout.
The top three finishers turned their $300 into five-figures. The champion banked $21,646, with Russian runner-up ��krakadiller�� walking away with $16,074 to console themselves with. Third-place was worth $11,844 and that went to ��kiskutya23��.
CalmRevolver has a solid record at 888poker having won the $100,000 Mega Deep and an XL Eclipse title previously.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | CalmRevolver | Russia | $21,646 |
2 | krakadiller | Russia | $16,074 |
3 | kiskutya23 | $11,844 | |
4 | vzb_poker | Brazil | $9,024 |
5 | 77kol0bok77 | Russia | $6,316 |
6 | toastmanQ | $4,794 | |
7 | IlovePickles | Romania | $3,666 |
8 | TooMuchRake | $2,538 | |
9 | Yoshiaki97 | Canada | $1,872 |
Natural8 Sunday Blade $10K
Date | February 17th |
Buy-in | $10,000 |
Guarantee | $200,000 |
Entrants | 31 |
Prize pool | $300,700 |
ITM | 4 |
Natural8 had two massive events this week, one of them being a $10,000 buy-in affair that attracted a field of 31 runners, creating a $300,000 prize pool.
Lithuania��s Laurynas ��LaurisL91�� Levinskas was crowned champion, a finish with a massive $135,177 score after he defeated ��DownswingPete�� heads-up for the title. The British runner-up won $83,079 for their second-place finish, although they did fire three bullets at the tournament.
Both the third-place and fourth-place finishers fired two bullets each, too. ��Pihler13�� of Ukraine finished in third place for $51,060 with ��carsonweltz�� collecting $31,381 when they busted in fourth-place.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Laurynas ��LaurisL91�� Levinskas | Lithuania | $135,177 |
2 | DownswingPete | United Kingdom | $83,079 |
3 | pihler13 | Ukraine | $51,060 |
4 | carsonwentz | Mexico | $31,381 |
Natural8 Sunday Blade $5K
Date | February 17th |
Buy-in | $5,000 |
Guarantee | $200,000 |
Entrants | 41 |
Prize pool | $200,000 |
ITM | 5 |
Natural8��s Blade $5K saw 41 entries of $5,000 each and a $200,000 prize pool that was shared among the top five finishers.
After bursting the bubble in the $10K, ��B3ndTheKnee�� of Canada reached the money in the $5k, falling in fifth-place for $12,571. They were joined on the sidelines by ��MiMosa1�� of Finland who collected $19,972 then by ��HE22�� of Mexico whose third-place finish locked up $31,730.
Heads-up saw ��ImLividBuddy�� of Costa Rica and ��HogFish333�� of Colombia fight for an $85,316 top prize, and it was the latter who got their hands on this huge sum, resigning ImLividBuddy to the $50,409 runner-up prize.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | HogFish333 | Colombia | $85,316 |
2 | ImLividBuddy | Costa Rica | $50,409 |
3 | HE22 | Mexico | $31,730 |
4 | MiMosa1 | Finland | $19,972 |
5 | B3ndTheKnee | Canada | $12,571 |
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