Sunday Briefing: Combes Runner-Up in Sunday Million, Boivin 2nd in High Roller Gladiator

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Mar 11, 2019 6 min read Last updated Dec 19, 2019

Some big prizes were awarded this weekend with the high roller action once again taking place at Natural8. Let��s check it this week��s mammoth-sized hauls with PokerStars up first, followed by partypoker, 888poker, and Natural8.

PokerStars $109 Sunday Million

The cut price PokerStars Sunday Million continues to be popular with 10,469 players turning out for it this week, creating a $1,046,900 prize pool as a result, impressive for a $109 buy-in tournament.

That $109 investment was worth $7,808 by the time the nine-handed final table was reached and was the prize awarded to ninth-place finisher ��Donborno3250�� of Denmark.

United Kingdom��s ��Bluestarze�� was the first player to lock up a five-figure prize, their eighth-place finish awarding them $10,860 and the prize money increased rapidly from that point onwards.

��Gyony77nyc�� busted in seventh-place for $15,105 with Niklas ��Kley�� Kley turning their $109 into $21,008 follo0wing his exit in sixth-place. Russian grinder ��Kazeev S.S�� fell in fifth-place and locked up a cool $29,218 before the first of two Brazilians at the final table, ��Iforoni�� saw their tournament come to an abrupt end in fourth-place for $40,637.

The second Brazilian, ��vcezar�� collected $56,518 after falling in third-place, setting up a heads-up battle between the UK��s Charlie ��JIZOINT�� Combes and Lithuania��s ��BalticMoose.��

Combes, who has several major online titles to his name, including the Super Tuesday, fell in second-place but not before striking a deal that saw him bank $83,813, leaving the Lithuanian to walk away with a massive $104,126 and the title of Sunday Million champion.

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PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller

Sweden��s ��anteen�� was another player who won big this Sunday thanks to outlasting a star-studded field of 112 players in the $2,100 Sunday High Roller. What made the Swede��s victory all the more impressive was they managed it on their one bullet, despite several other players firing three $2,100 shots at the prize pool.

Again, the final table was a who��s who of online poker with Artem ��veeea�� Vezhenkov being the first player to fall at the nine-handed final table. Moldova��s ��silentm0de�� crashed out in eighth-place with Dominik ��Bounatirou�� Nitsche exiting in seventh-place for the second week running, this one worth $10,593.

Any of the final six players would have been a worthy champion, but tournament poker only allows for one winner.

Laszlo ��omaha4rollz�� Bujtas collected $13,793 for his sixth-place finish, ��CrazyLissy�� of Russia fell short and busted in fifth-place for $17,959 while Kristen ��krissyb24�� Bicknell turned her $2,100 into $23,384.

Luke ��Bit2Easy�� Reeves fired three bullets and turned those into $30,447, leaving Ivan ��Negriin�� Luca and ��anteen�� to battle for the lion��s share of the prize pool. It was a fight the Swede went on to win, securing the $51,617 top prize and resigning Luca to a $39,643 consolation prize.

partypoker Sunday High Roller Gladiator: $250K Gtd

Over at partypoker, Moldovan pro ��nipa3p3�� walked away $61,307 richer thanks to taking down the $250,000 guaranteed Sunday High Roller Gladiator tournament. Some 123-players bought in for $2,100 and saw the guarantee surpassed by $2,150.

There were plenty of big names at the final table, as you would expect from such a high buy-in affair.

��Rudiqa1�� of Latvia was the final table��s first casualty, their eighth-place was worth $15,848 when bounties were taken into consideration.

��Chelsea72�� is a regular in partypoker��s bigger buy-in tournaments, and they fell in seventh-place for $10,605 before ��IamPEAKing�� of Costa Rica busted in sixth-place for a $7,137 haul.

Fifth-place and $9,646 went to ��dean23price�� before Finland��s Samuel ��JHelppi�� Vousden crashed out in fourth-spot for a $22,597 addition to his bankroll. Vousden was joined on the sidelines by ��onehundredeyes�� who scored a $26,408 prize, which set up a one-on-one encounter between UK-based Belgian Thomas ��chaAt�� Boivin and nipa3p3.

Boivin busted in second-place for $28,841, leaving nipa3p3 to bank $61,307.

partypoker Sunday High Roller Deepstack: $200K Gtd

Three players from the United Kingdom reached the eight-handed final table of the Sunday High Roller Deepstack, a $200,000 guaranteed affair that saw 203 players buy in for $1,050.

Team partypoker��s Roberto ��WelshWizard�� Romanello was the first of the British trio to bust from this event, eventually falling in fifth-place for $11,165; Romanello was the first player in the tournament to win a five-figure score.

Russia pair ��justkot�� and ��aLiNeNok1617�� then fell in fourth and third-place respectively, turning their $1,050 investments into $15,834 and $21,416, leaving a British duo as the last two players standings.

��BigPescado69�� and ��CardiffPhil�� fought one-on-one for the title and it was the latter who emerged victorious, banking a cool $41,391 and leaving the runner-up to collect a still welcomed $30,044.

888poker $100,000 Mega Deep

Now to 888poker where ��DeuceofDuc0�� finished on top of a 510-strong field in the $100,000 Mega Deep, a finish worth $19,737.

Everyone at the nine-handed final table was guaranteed at least $1,785, the sum Tim ��REALTTWIST�� Kelly walked away with. Kelly was joined in the showers by ��LucySagara70��, ��Lik3az0mbY��, last week��s champion ��DubaiPrince4�� and ��nitGMmator��, the latter scooping $5,814.

A prize weighing in at $8,415 was awarded to Brazil��s ��ivanlimeira�� when they fell in fourth-place, and the first five-figure prize went to ��komarolo222�� of Uruguay who busted in third-place for $11,220.

DeuceofDuc0 defeated Germany��s ��Barkley83�� heads-up for the title, leaving the German to collect $14,790.

888poker $50,000 Sunday Whale

After reaching the final table of the $100,000 Mega Deep, Canada��s Tim ��REALTTWIST�� Kelly navigated his way to a second-place finish in the $50,000 Sunday Whale.

Only six of the 55 starters received prize money, ��wisimaki�� being the first player to bust inside the money, so a $3,245 haul was theirs.

Malta-based pro ��Farrugia_1�� has enjoyed many big results at 888poker and added $4,425 to their winnings there courtesy of a fifth-place finish, while Simon ��IggyGak�� Pedersen turned their $1,050 into $5,900 after falling in fourth-place.

Ukrainian superstar Roman ��Romeopro33�� Romanovskiy collected the $8,850 third-place prize, with Kelly banking $14,750 for his runner-up finish. This meant the champion, ��tmurdah�� secured a $21,830 prize for being the last player standing.

Natural8 Sunday Blade $10K

��FuTimReilly�� of Austria helped themselves to a $122,954 prize by winning the Natural 8 Sunday Blade $10K on Mar. 10. It was a $10,000 tournament that saw 38 entries and a $368,600 prize pool that was shared among the top five finishers.

Thailand��s ��ImLividBuddy�� burst the money bubble, paving the way for ��SasukeUchina�� to bank the $23,169 fifth-place prize. He was joined on the sidelines by ��AceKing41�� who collected $36,808 only a week after finishing second in this event for $83,125.

Third-place went to ��NONAMES�� of Mexico, a finish worth $58,478 which left FuTim Reilly and Canada��s ��Shark Bait�� to lock horns heads-up. The heads-up duo struck a deal for the remaining prize pool that saw Shark bait walk away with $127,189, slightly more than the $122,954 the champion FuTimRielly secured.

Natural8 Sunday Blade $5K

This weekend��s Sunday Blade $5K was another tournament at Natural8 to smash it��s guarantee thanks to 55 players creating a $261,250 prize pool shared among the top seven finishers.

A min-cash weighed in at $10,844, the prize gifted to ��carsonwentz�� for his seventh-place finish. A larger $15,021 is now nestled in the Natural8 account of ��0milly�� of the United Kingdom after they busted in sixth-place, while ��baita�� of Brazil took home $20,809 for their fifth-place bust out.

Representing Costa Rica was ��TexasPete�� whose tournament ended in fourth-place, a finish worth $28,825 before ��NONAMES��, fresh from a $58,478 cash in the Sunday Blade $10K, dusted off their stack in third-place for an additional $39,930.

There was no heads-up deal despite a near $35,000 difference between first and second-place. This meant when Dutch player ��ExclusiveA�� fell in second-place, they banked $55,312 leaving ��ImLividBuddy�� to scoop the $90,506 top prize.

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