Sunday Briefing: 2gbenz Secures Second Six-Figure Score in Three Months
Mexico��s ��2gbenz�� secured their second-six-figure score in less than three months over at Natural8 poker with both massive sums being awarded for winning a $10,000 buy-in event. The Mexico-based grinder took down a $300,000 guaranteed High Roller Weekend Main Event on Dec. 31 for $143,560 and this weekend netted $140,687 in a similar tournament!
Natural8 Sunday Blade $10K
Date | March 3rd |
Buy-in | $10,000 |
Guarantee | $200,000 |
Entrants | 34 |
Prize pool | $329,800 |
ITM | 5 |
Thirty-four players bought into the Natural8 Sunday Blade $10K on Mar. 3, smashing the $200,000 guarantee by $129,800. Only the top five finishers received prize money, with a min-cash being worth $20,730.
Last week��s Sunday Blade $10K champion was Canadian superstar ��FkTheseGuysBro��. He followed up that victory with a fifth-place finish in this latest $10,000 buy-in affair.
Mexico-based grinder ��carsonwentz�� busted in fourth-place to lock up $32,934 with Lithuania��s ��LaurisL91�� seeing his tournament end in third-place, a finish good for $52,322.
This left ��AceKing41�� of Canada and 2gbanez to lock horns heads-up with $57,562 being the difference between first and second-place. ��AceKing41�� eventualy collected $83,125 when they fell in second-place and 2gbenz banked $140,687 for their victory.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 2gbenz | Mexico | $140,687 |
2 | AceKing41 | Canada | $83,125 |
3 | LaurisL91 | Lithuania | $52,322 |
4 | carsonwentz | Mexico | $32,934 |
5 | FkTheseGuysBro | Canada | $20,730 |
Natural8 Sunday Blade $2.5K
Date | March 3rd |
Buy-in | $2,500 |
Guarantee | $75,000 |
Entrants | 62 |
Prize pool | $147,250 |
ITM | 8 |
The Natural8 Sunday Blade $2.5K attracted a field of 62 entries who created a $147,250 prize pool that was almost double the advertised guarantee. The final table of eight all received prizes worth between $5,399 and $45,754.
Perhaps the highest profile poker player at the eight-handed final table was Ukraine��s Roman ��SanityWaterline�� Romanovskiy who has enjoyed plenty of success at Natural8 of late. The Ukrainian continued his solid run at the site with a fifth-place finish worth $12,468.
��Sense8�� was the next to fall, the Austrian walking away with $16,480. They were followed to the rail by another Austrian in the shape of ��DanBiz�� who scooped a $21,784 prize.
Second-place went to ��ImLividBuddy�� who took $28,793 back to Thailand, which left Hungary��s ��PokerBluff1�� to be awarded the $45,754 first-place prize.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | PokerBluff1 | Hungary | $45,754 |
2 | ImLividBuddy | Thailand | $28,793 |
3 | DanBiz | Austria | $21,784 |
4 | Sense8 | Austria | $16,480 |
5 | Roman ��SanityWaterline�� Romanovskiy | Ukraine | $12,468 |
6 | bh9999 | UNited Kingdom | $9,433 |
7 | MiMosa1 | Finland | $7,136 |
8 | nbvcxz | Mexico | $5,399 |
PokerStars $109 Sunday Million
Date | March 3rd |
Buy-in | $109 |
Guarantee | $1,000,000 |
Entrants | 11,525 |
Prize pool | $1,152,500 |
ITM | 2,042 |
A massive field of 11,525 entries were processed in the PokerStars Sunday Million this weekend, creating a $1,152,500 prize pool divided up among the top 2,042 finishers.
The lion��s share of this incredible sum found its way into the PokerStars account of ��Lucky_Jew_17�� who secured a $117,222 payday after defeating ��Iv Run�� of China heads-up for the title; Iv Run netted a still respectable $85,061.
All but one of the nine players at the final table won a five-figure score. Ninth-place finisher ��Openshoves85�� banked $9,016. Brazilian Carlos ��CDOSSANTOS95�� Dos Santos being the eighth-place finishers for $12,424.
The prize money kept on rising with ��Waulker��, ��Vera15�� and ��igor12345673�� falling in succession to turn their $109 buy-ins into scores of $17,120, $23,591 and $32,509 respectively.
Fourth-place and a cool $44,796 was awarded to Ukraine��s ��SoEzForMe�� before ��BigStick91�� busted in third-place for $61,729.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Lucky_Jew_17 | Russia | $117,222 |
2 | Iv Run | China | $85,061 |
3 | BigStick91 | Canada | $61,729 |
4 | SoEzForMe | Ukraine | $44,796 |
5 | igor12345673 | Ukraine | $32,509 |
6 | Vera15 | Sweden | $23,591 |
7 | Waulker | Canada | $17,120 |
8 | Carlos ��CDOSSANTOS95�� Dos Santos | Brazil | $12,424 |
9 | Openshoves85 | United Kingdom | $9,016 |
PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller
Date | March 3rd |
Buy-in | $2,100 |
Guarantee | $200,000 |
Entrants | 135 |
Prize pool | $270,000 |
ITM | 17 |
We love checking out the results of the $2,100 Sunday High Roller because it is one of the tournaments where any of the entrants could win it as they are poker��s elite grinders.
UK-based Norwegian Preben ��prebz�� Stokkan was the first casualty of the final table, his ninth-place finish securing a $7,269 prize. Stokkan was joined on the sidelines by Simon ��C.Darwin2�� Mattson ($9,397), Dominik ��Bounatirou�� Nitsche ($12,147), and Russia��s Viktor ��papan9_p$�� Ustimov ($15,702).
Albania may not be known for being a poker hub but ��kufungua�� put their country on the map with a fifth-place finish worth $20,297 before Conor ��1_conor_b_1�� Beresford fell in fourth-spot for a $26,237 addition to his bankroll.
Another UK-based poker player, Juan ��Malaka$tyle�� Pardo, collected $33,916 for his third-place exit, leaving two Russians to butt heads for the top prize.
��hello_totti�� is one of the best online poker tournaments of their generation, but even the mighty have to be the bridesmaid sometimes. Hello_totti busted in second-place for $43,842, leaving fellow Russian ��DRONCHEK�� to bask in the glory of victory along with $56,673 in prize money.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | DRONCHEK | Russia | $56,673 |
2 | hello_totti | Russia | $43,842 |
3 | Juan ��Malaka$tyle�� Pardo | United Kingdom | $33,916 |
4 | Conor ��1_conor_b_1�� Beresford | Netherlands | $26,237 |
5 | kufungua | Albania | $20,297 |
6 | Viktor ��papan9_p$�� Ustimov | Russia | $15,702 |
7 | Dominik ��Bounatirou�� Nitsche | United Kingdom | $12,147 |
8 | Simon ��C.Darwin2�� Mattsson | Sweden | $9,397 |
9 | Preben ��prebz�� Stokkan | United Kingdom | $7,269 |
partypoker Sunday High Roller Gladiator: $200K Gtd
Date | March 3rd |
Buy-in | $2,100 |
Guarantee | $200,000 |
Entrants | 134 |
Prize pool | $274,700 |
ITM | 20 |
The partypoker Sunday High Roller Gladiator: $200K Gtd attracted a field of 134 entrants who were all outlasted by Croatian pro ��SouhftfW��. Partypoker make the first and second-place prizes of their PKO events almost the same, leaving the heads-up duo to fight for the substantial bounty payments instead.
And substantial they were because when ��CrazyLissy�� of Russia saw their tournament come to an abrupt end in second-place, they netted $6,119 worth of bounties in addition to their $23,631, but SouhftfW�� walked away with $23,658 from the main prize pool and an astonishing $51,564 worth of bounty payments!
Shout-out to ��FkTheseGuysBro�� who reached this final table on the same day as the Natural8 Sunday Blade $10K; this result being worth a combined $8,494.
Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty Prize | Total Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SouhftfW | Croatia | $23,658 | $51,564 | $75,222 |
2 | CrazyLissy | Russia | $23,631 | $6,119 | $29,750 |
3 | Maddonaa | Croatia | $17,196 | $7,710 | $24,906 |
4 | HeavensEdge222 | Mexico | $12,180 | $3,806 | $15,986 |
5 | RosenheimCops | Austria | $8,598 | $4,200 | $12,798 |
6 | trinkie | Germany | $6,806 | $3,412 | $10,218 |
7 | Chelsea72 | Austria | $5,416 | $4,134 | $9,550 |
8 | FkTheseGuysBrof | Canada | $4,299 | $4,265 | $8,494 |
partypoker Sunday High Roller Bounty Hunter Fast: $200K Gtd
Date | March 3rd |
Buy-in | $1,050 |
Guarantee | $200,000 |
Entrants | 184 |
Prize pool | $200,000 |
ITM | 24 |
Belgian superstar ��omgitsgiraf�� boosted their bankroll by more than $42,000 on Sunday after taking down the Sunday High Roller Bounty Hunter Fast: $200K Gtd. It was a tournament that saw 184 players take to the partypoker tables.
Mike ��Ilove2fish�� Telker was the first player to bust at the eight-handed final table, a finish worth a combined $6,634. Seventh-placed ��savageplenty�� of Bulgaria actually walked away with more money than both sixth and fifth-place thanks to the bounty element. There was a similar story with fourth-placed ��Iafocafabla�� who won a total of $18,576, over $3,000 more than third-placed ��mematanlimon�� of Argentina!
Heads-up saw UK-based omgitsgiraf and ��Christoph3rP�� of New Zealand fight for the title and it was omgitsgiraf who emerged victorious, resigning the New Zealander to a $18,913 consolation prize.
Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty Prize | Total Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | omgitsgiraf | United Kingdom | $17,699 | $24,651 | $42,350 |
2 | Christoph3rP | New Zealand | $17,678 | $1,235 | $18,913 |
3 | mematanlimon | Argentina | $12,905 | $2,470 | $15,375 |
4 | Iafocafabla | Uruguay | $9,233 | $9,343 | $18,576 |
5 | madgenius87 | Austria | $6,452 | $1,820 | $8,272 |
6 | ca11meron | Canada | $5,006 | $2,908 | $7,914 |
7 | savageplenty | Bulgaria | $3,893 | $5,313 | $9,206 |
8 | Mike ��Ilove2fish�� Telker | Costa Rica | $3,059 | $3,575 | $6,634 |
888poker $100,000 Sunday Sale Mega Deep
Date | March 3rd |
Buy-in | $109 |
Guarantee | $100,000 |
Entrants | 1,304 |
Prize pool | $130,400 |
ITM | 126 |
888poker ran its popular Sunday Sale on some of its biggest events, halving the price of the buy-in. One such tournament was the $100,000 Sunday Sale Mega Deep that only cost $109 this week. It was a smart move by 888poker because 1,304 players bought in and obliterated the guarantee.
The top three finishers turned their $109 into five-figures. Brazil��s Rui ��Grobbshinit�� Rodrigues busted in third-place for a $12,648 score, which left Peru��s ��O_fenomeno9�� and Espen ��DubaiPrince4�� Uhlen J?rstad of Norway to play heads-up for the title.
The Peruvian eventually busted in second-place so had to make do with the $16,952 runner-up prize, meaning J?rstad walked away $23,472 richer and enjoyed a very profitable Sunday.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Espen "DubaiPrince4" Uhlen J?rstad | Norway | $23,472 |
2 | O_fenomeno9 | Peru | $16,952 |
3 | Rui ��Grobbshinit�� Rodrigues | Brazil | $12,648 |
4 | MuckFest | Finland | $9,454 |
5 | tooCoolForNL | Germany | $6,572 |
6 | mistermoney2 | Turkey | $5,216 |
7 | R2Rka | Ukraine | $3,912 |
8 | ZapanE | Romania | $2,608 |
9 | Chris ��ChristaBorg�� Conley | Canada | $1,564 |
Epic Sunday grind in the books. Over $30,000 in scores, with 1st in the $109 Mega Deep and 4th in the �200 Battle R�� https://t.co/sAbl8fLtjN
— Espen Uhlen J?rstad (@UhlenPoker)
888poker $50,000 Sunday Sale Whale
Date | March 3rd |
Buy-in | $530 |
Guarantee | $50,000 |
Entrants | 115 |
Prize pool | $57,500 |
ITM | 12 |
The $50,000 Whale received the Sunday Sale treatment, seeing its usual $1,050 buy-in reduced to $530. Again, the guarantee was hit with 115 players creating a $57,500 prize pool.
Canada��s ��ThEtRaIN96�� secured the lion��s share of the prize pool, namely $15,812 after becoming the last player standing. They defeated ��bah23�� heads-up for the title, with the runner-up winning $10,637, enough to take their lifetime winnings at 888poker to more than $400,000.
Mentions have to go to 888poker regulars ��f0rmEiTseGaL��, ��Kannwas��, and ��Farrugia_1�� who crashed out in fifth-through seventh-place in this star-studded event.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ThEtRaIN96 | Canada | $15,812 |
2 | bah23 | Bulgaria | $10,637 |
3 | GrafKohks | Germany | $8,050 |
4 | velkommeninn | Norway | $5,462 |
5 | f0rmEiTseGaL | United Kingdom | $4,025 |
6 | Kannwas | Austria | $3,018 |
7 | Farrugia_1 | Malta | $2,443 |
8 | Imyurfriend | Germany | $2,012 |
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