Sunday Briefing: Elio Fox Takes Down partypoker's Sunday Gladiator

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May 06, 2019 6 min read Last updated Dec 19, 2019

Thousands of poker players headed to the online tables on May 5 while the 2019 European Poker Tour Monte Carlo festival was drawing to a close. You would have thought having such a massive live festival taking place would have made the online tables less shark infested. You would think wrong!

$1M Gtd Big Game at partypoker

partypoker ran its $1 million guaranteed Big Game again on May 5 and 194 entries fought it out to finish in the top 32 places where the seven-figure prize pool was distributed.

Everyone locked up at least $23,000 by the time the final table was set and ��franthemonster�� would get their hands on this prize after failing to ladder up the payouts. Ramiro ��letsgodancing�� Petrone was the next to fall; his seventh-place finish was worth $31,000.

��RPILON�� won this tournament in late Feb. 2019 and almost took this one down too but ran out of steam and had to make do with the $42,000 sixth-place finish. RPILON was then joined in the role of spectator by ��MechaCorta�� and ��Chelsea72�� who won $55,000 and $78,000 respectively.

The penultimate elimination was that of ��GreenNaugahyde�� who locked up their first six-figure score of their career by collecting the $105,500 third-place prize. This exit set up a heads-up battle between ��SlowDoke�� and ��ucantrybut�� and it was the latter who emerged unscathed to collect a cool $203,900 with SlowDoke taking home $148,000.

Sunday Gladiator: $250K Gtd at partypoker

Elio ��donzledubru�� Fox (lead image) won the Sunday Gladiator: $250K Gtd at partypoker, topping a field of 111 entries to bolster his bankroll with a combined $63,481.

Fox��s impressive prize was made up of $25,124 first-place money and an additional $38,357 worth of bounty payments, including the one on his own head and that of runner-up ��aLiNeNok1617�� of Russia who walked away with a total prize worth $27,460.

It was a talented final table, as you��d expect from such a high buy-in affair. After winning the $1 million Gtd Big Game, ��ucantrybut�� finished in eighth here for $10,831 while ��ojanOmaha�� and ��BuyThaPot��, a pair of Swedish grinders, busted with prizes of $8,823 and $9,011.

Mexico��s ��Partyyycular�� was the next to fall, busting in fifth-place for $12,673 before ��onehundredeyes�� of Austria added $17,017 to their massive $7 million in lifetime winnings.

��Sentapied99�� busted in third-place for $29,453 leaving aLiNeNok1617 and Fox to fight it out of the title and glory, and we already know how that finished!

$2,100 Sunday High Roller at PokerStars

The $2,100 Sunday High Roller at PokerStars always attracted a stellar field and this weekend was no different. A total of 133 entries created a $266,000 prize pool that was shared among the top 17 finishers.

Austria��s Thomas ��WushuTM�� Muehloecker was the unfortunate soul to burst the money bubble; his exit paved the way for a min-cash of at least $4,987. This sum increase to $7,161 by the time the nine-handed final table was reached and the sum collected by Austria��s ��Tankanza��; the final table��s first casualty.

Russia��s ��Kot_Spartac�� busted in eighth-place for $9,257 and was the last player not to bank a five-figure prize. Seventh-place and ��11,967 went to Sweden��s ��compris�� before Portugal's Joao ��Naza114�� Vieira, playing out of the Netherlands, saw his tournament end in a sixth-place finish worth $15,469.

Argentina��s Ivan ��Negriin�� Luca then busted in fifth-place for $19,996 and was joined on the rail by Swedish superstar Niklas ��Lena900�� Astedt who collected $25,849. Luca and Astedt received some more company on the rail when Andras ��probirs�� Nemeth busted in third place for $33,414.

This left the United Kingdom��s Jonathan ��Proudflop�� Proudfoot and China��s ��zzwwzzwwzz�� to fight one-on-one for the title and the lion��s share of the prize pool. It was the Chinese player who emerged victorious, claiming the $55,834 top prize and resigning Proudfoot to a $43,193 consolation prize.

The Chinese player has only ever won more than this impressive sum twice before. Once in 2015 when they were the runner-up in a $2,100 PLO SCOOP event for $103,428, and again in 2018 when they won a $1,050 High Roller for a career-best score of $167,910.

$109 Sunday Million at PokerStars

Last weekend��s Sunday Million ended in a heads-up chop and this week's edition followed the same path. The heads-up duo in question, ��tomnelz1�� of Brazil and Turlough ��TheVirus217�� McHugh split more than $200,000 between them.

It was the Brazilian who ran out the winner and got their hands on $110,747. McHugh locked up $90,747 which is by far his largest online cash to date, with his previous best weighing in at $15,018.

Earlier at the final table, ��777ANTONY777�� crashed out in ninth-place for $8,981 and was joined on the sidelines by ��ChristianBR4�� and Hungary��s ��Csabi69�� who walked away with $12,375 ad $17,053 respectively.

Next to bust was ��fishyfischer�� and ��FreshAir93��, the latter hailing from the UK, before Netherlands�� ��IADTTMax" and ��Bertheult�� of Denmark saw their tournaments come to an abrupt end, the latter turning their $109 into an impressive $61,488.

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$100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker

The $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker ended in a heads-up chop this week with final two players winning more than a combined $33,000.

Each of the nine finalists won at least $1,750, the sum awarded to ��DR.Lorax�� who fell in ninth-place. The New Zealander was joined on the payout table by Brazil��s ��Catholoa�� and a pair of Lithuanian players in ��PiktasVilkas�� and ��oTILIN��, the latter scooping $4,400.

Malta��s David ��OccItalian�� Gervasoni was the next casualty, his bust out in fifth place netting him $5,700 before ��buitre180�� won $8,250 for their fourth-place elimination. Third place and $11,000 went to ��drupalucker�� of Russia, which set up the heads-up encounter between Diego ��Diegoavc�� Ventrua Chunga and ��KTBFFH89�� of Denmark.

A deal was struck before the Dane won all of the chips in play, meaning the runner-up netted $16,461 and KTBFFH89 walked away $17,388 richer.

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$20,000 Sunday Challenge at 888poker

Canada��s ��patrickhenry�� was crowned the $20,000 Sunday Challenge champion this week, an accolade that came with a $5,224 prize. The Canadian found themselves heads-up against Ukraine��s ��MAVERICk121�� who fell at the final hurdle for a $3,766 addition to their bankroll.

The runner-up was one of three Ukrainian players to reach the final table. ��busKKer�� busted in ninth-place for $486 with ��YSoSerious7��, a regular at 888poker, navigating their way to third-place for a $2,855 prize.

Another 888poker regular, Austria��s ��alwayswin111�� couldn��t win this time around and had to make do with a $2,126 fourth-place finish instead.

Sunday Blade 2.5K (playable via Natural8)

The GG network, playable through Natural8, continued its massive high roller events this weekend with the Sunday Blade $2.5K attracting 56 entries, creating a $133,000 prize pool.

Seven places were paid, with ��NOMAMES�� falling in seventh-place for $5,520. The Mexico-based star was then joined on the rail by ��LlinusLLove�� of Austria whose $7,647 score was the last four-figure prize awarded.

$10,593 went to Costa Rica��s ��TexasPete�� before the UK��s ��chan593�� busted in fourth-place for $14,674. ��ImLividBuddy�� all the way over in Thailand, banked $20,328 when they exited in third place, leaving ��SasukeUchiha�� and ��PyramidOfSkulls�� to play one-on-one for the title and the lion��s share of the prize pool.

It was PyramidOfSkulls who walked away as a champion, doing so with a $46,076 prize in their hand, leaving the runner-up to collect a $28,159 consolation prize.

Sunday Blade $5K (playable via Natural8)

The biggest prize at Natural8 this weekend went to Mexico��s ��vamossuerte�� who won the Sunday Blade $5K for an impressive $94,390. The Mexico-based grinder defeated ��ravenoustrashdog��, also of Mexico, heads-up for the title and the massive payout; second-place was worth $58,040.

Only six-places were paid with ��SasukeUchiha�� collecting $11,813 for being the first player to cash. Partypoker-sponsored pro Kristen ��Krissyb24�� Bicknell followed them to the cashier��s desk to pick up $17,587 before ��Shark Bait�� busted in fourth place for $26,184.

Third place and $38,983 went to the Ukrainian superstar Roman ��SanityWaterline�� Romanovsky.

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