Sunday Briefing: Yet Another Big Weekend for Andras Nemeth
Hungarian superstar Andras Nemeth enjoyed yet another big Sunday only a week after banking more than $475,000 from a Natural8 High Roller event. While this weekend was not as big in terms of numbers, Nemeth took down a major event at PokerStars and reached the final table of another Natural8 $5,000 buy-in tournament.
Sunday 500 at PokerStars
Date | June 2nd |
Buy-in | $530 |
Guarantee | $100,000 |
Entrants | 248 |
Prize pool | $124,000 |
ITM | 31 |
Andras ��probirs�� Nemeth took down the Sunday 500 at PokerStars to pad his bankroll with $23,843.
Nemeth was one of 248 entries in the $530 buy-in Sunday 500 and was the last man standing in the competition. The Hungarian found himself heads -up against Brazil��s Renato ��bauruzito�� Valentim and it was a battle he emerged victorious from to resign his South American opponent to the $17,906 consolation prize.
Earlier at the final table, Mexico-based grinder ��ROFLshove�� ran out of steam and busted in ninth place for $2,412 and was followed to the rail by ��GamadGADOL�� and ��mraink�� of Malta and Canada who walked away with prizes of $3,212 and $4,278.
Romania��s Nedelcu ��Narcisus90�� Narcis was the next to fall, his sixth-place finish banking him $5,696 with ��Corlusion�� fell in fifth place for $7,584; the final finishing position not to pay out five figures.
Poland��s ��PAX176�� busted in fourth place for $10,999 with the penultimate elimination being that of Preben ��prebz�� Stokkan which was worth $13,448.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Andras ��probirs�� Nemeth | Hungary | $23,843 |
2 | Renato ��bauruzito�� Valentim | Brazil | $17,906 |
3 | Preben ��prebz�� Stokkan | United Kingdom | $13,448 |
4 | PAX176 | Poland | $10,099 |
5 | Corlusion | Mexico | $7,584 |
6 | Nedelcu ��Narcisus90�� Narcis | Romania | $5,696 |
7 | mraink | Canada | $4,278 |
8 | GamadGADOL | Malta | $3,212 |
9 | ROFLshove | Mexico | $2,412 |
$109 Sunday Million PokerStars
Date | June 2nd |
Buy-in | $109 |
Guarantee | $1,000,000 |
Entrants | 8,984 |
Prize pool | $1,000,000 |
ITM | 1,610 |
Brazilian players dominated the latter stages of this week��s Sunday Million with five of them reaching the nine-handed final table and one of them being crowned champion.
Entry figures for this week��s $109 buy-in tournament were the lowest they have been since the switch from a $215 to $109 buy-in, probably because of the ongoing World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. The field of 8,984 left an overlay of $101,600, much to the delight of the 1,610 players who cashed in the event.
Rafael ��LiroLa�� Lopes Monteiro was the first Brazilian to bust, his ninth-place netting him $8,367. ��KaikeSilva�� fell next and collected $11,530 for their eighth-place finish, while ��KKing James�� saw their tournament come to an abrupt end in fourth place for $41,575.
Third place and $57,290 went to ��igoretH10�� of Brazil to leave Russia��s ��evgeny0777�� and Matheus ��pimenta7�� Pimenta to battle heads-up for the title and a six figure prize. It was the South American who came out of the battle unscathed to collect $108,784, leaving the Russian to scoop $78,944.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Matheus ��pimenta7�� Pimenta | Brazil | $108,784 |
2 | evgeny0777 | Russia | $78,944 |
3 | igoretH10 | Brazil | $57,290 |
4 | KKing James | Brazil$41,575 | |
5 | Coco de Coc | Germany | $30,171 |
6 | Eerie123 | Russia | $21,895 |
7 | Taitensens | Germany | $15,889 |
8 | KaikeSilva | Brazil | $11,530 |
9 | Rafael ��LiroLa�� Lopes Monteiro | Brazil | $8,367 |
Sunday High Roller Gladiator at partypoker
Date | June 2nd |
Buy-in | $2,100 |
Guarantee | $150,000 |
Entrants | 90 |
Prize pool | $184,500 |
ITM | 12 |
Over at partypoker, two big progressive knockout tournaments produced some large scores. The $2,100 buy-in Sunday High Roller Gladiator surpassed its $150,000 guarantee by $34,500 when 90 entries were processed.
Team partypoker��s Jeff ��JeffGross�� Gross navigated his way to the eight-handed final table but was the first player to be eliminated, his eighth place securing a $4,735 payday. Gross was joined on the rail soon after by Swedish legend Niklas ��Drulitooo�� Astedt whose seventh-place exit banked him a total of $8,094.
Finland��s ��rdcrsnn�� finished in sixth place but won more than the fifth-place finisher ��morant3�� of Ireland thanks to the bounty element. The Finn walked away with a $12,419 haul while the Irish player locked up a prize worth $9,997 in total.
Brazil��s Gustavo ��Quatroe3ehFLIP�� Mastelotto ran out of steam and crashed out in fourth place for $13,529 and when ��ojanOmaha�� of Sweden exited in third place for $15,079, a one-on-one encounter between ��SpiritDNA�� of the United Kingdom and Denmark��s ��x_zola25�� began.
SpritDNA came out on top to bank the top prize of $18,106 plus $28,284 worth of bounties for a combined prize worth $46,390, while x_zola25��s total prize weighed in at $25,700.
Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty Prize | Total Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SpiritDNA | United Kingdom | $18,106 | $28,284 | $46,390 |
2 | x_zola25 | UDenmark | $18,088 | $7,612 | $25,700 |
3 | ojanOmaha | Sweden | $12,717 | $2,362 | $15,079 |
4 | Gustavo ��Quatroe3ehFLIP�� Mastelotto | Brazil | $8,804 | $4,725 | $13,529 |
5 | morant3 | Ireland | $6,847 | $3,150 | $9,997 |
6 | rdcrsnn | Finland | $5,135 | $7,284 | $12,419 |
7 | Niklas ��Drulitooo�� Astedt | Sweden | $4,157 | $3,937 | $8,094 |
8 | Jeff ��JeffGross�� Gross | Canada | $3,423 | $1,312 | $4,735 |
Sunday Gladiator at partypoker
Date | June 2nd |
Buy-in | $320 |
Guarantee | $150,000 |
Entrants | 625 |
Prize pool | $192,500 |
ITM | 80 |
The $320 buy-in edition of the Sunday Gladiator had a larger prize pool than it��s $2,100 buy-in bigger brother thanks to 625 players taking part and creating a pot with $192,500 in it.
Eighty players were paid, but nobody got their hands on more than the eventual champion, Sweden��s ��STORTjavlaGL��. The Swede��s first-place finish saw them win $13,544 from the main prize pool and $19,782 from the bounty prize pool. A large part of that substantial bounty payment stemmed from busting ��boulton1994�� of the UK heads-up, which left the Brit to add $16,364 to their lifetime winnings.
A special mention has to go to the player who busted in sixth place. The UK��s ��king_of_tainha�� netted $3,309 worth of bounties during the tournament and only the champion managed to secure more.
Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty Prize | Total Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | STORTjavlaGL | Sweden | $13,544 | $19,782 | $33,326 |
2 | boulton1994 | United Kingdom | $13,525 | $2,839 | $16,364 |
3 | vuks0n | Canada | $9,178 | $2,303 | $11,481 |
4 | PaquesigasCerdo | Poland | $6,318 | $2,648 | $8,966 |
5 | arczi999 | Poland | $4,418 | $3,008 | $7,426 |
6 | king_of_tainha | United Kingdom | $3,210 | $3,309 | $6,519 |
7 | runningtheworld | United Kingdom | $2,312 | $355 | $2,667 |
8 | Blocs | Canada | $1,641 | $1,513 | $3,154 |
$20,000 Sunday Challenge at 888poker
Date | June 2nd |
Buy-in | $109 |
Guarantee | $20,000 |
Entrants | 250 |
Prize pool | $25,000 |
ITM | 27 |
A field of 250 entries took part in this weekend��s $20,000 Sunday Challenge to ensure the guarantee was surpassed by $5,000. All but two of the players who reached the final table turned their $109 into a four-figure prize, those player being Malta��s ��PumpySouyon�� and Canada��s ��soHORNY1984��.
Charlie ��chazcombes�� Combes netted $1,000 for his seventh-place finish and the prize money escalated quickly from there. ��DrunkSpewer�� won $1,250 before ��ZDamian�� collected $1,500 for their fifth place finish.
��Macchow�� saw their tournament end abruptly in fourth for $2,187 with the UK��s ��xxAYADxx�� being the penultimate elimination, their third place locking up a $2,937 prize. This set up a heads-up battle between ��Stappy21�� of Denmark and ��TheColdCallr��. The Dane couldn��t quite get the job done and they fell at the final hurdle. Their untimely demise saw them have to make do with the $3,875 consolation prize, which left the champion to bank $5,375.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | TheColdCallr | $5,375 | |
2 | Stappy21 | Denmark | $3,875 |
3 | xxAYADxx | United Kingdom | $2,937 |
4 | macchow | Canada | $2,187 |
5 | ZDamian | $1,500 | |
6 | DrunkSpewer | Malta | $1,250 |
7 | Charlie ��chazcombes�� Combes | United Kingdom | $1,000 |
8 | soHORNY1984 | Canada | $750 |
9 | PumpySouyon | Malta | $500 |
$100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker
Date | June 2nd |
Buy-in | $215 |
Guarantee | $100,000 |
Entrants | 480 |
Prize pool | $100,000 |
ITM | 45 |
The $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep returned after the XL Inferno enforced an hiatus. It attracted a 480 strong field to the 888poker tables. Nobody at the final table won less than $1,750 and the top three finishers each won at least $11,000.
��Gregorypek34�� and ��pokerJoe332�� were the first casualties of the nine-handed final table; they won prizes worth $1,750 and $2,400. This duo was then joined on the sidelines by ��Madalina084�� of Moldova who collected $3,400 and by ��DvaBe�� from the Ukraine whose sixth-place finish was worth $4,400.
The next two players to bust were ��Waldolcimonj�� and ��xane7a�� who saw their $215 investment swell to $5,700 and $8,250 respectively. Third place and the first five-figure prize of the night, namely $11,000, went to ��WowAceDude�� of Sweden.
Heads-up saw two players from Latin America trade blows for the title. Mexico��s ��REFpussy�� couldn��t quite defeat Brazil��s ��rmilheiro�� so had to make do with a $14,500 score, while rmilheiro now has $19,350 more in their 888poker account than they did 24 hours ago.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | rmilheiro | Brazil | $19,350 |
2 | REFpussy | Mexico | $14,500 |
3 | WowAceDude | Sweden | $11,000 |
4 | xane7a | Malta | $8,250 |
5 | WadoIcimonj | $5,700 | |
6 | DvaBe | Ukraine | $4,400 |
7 | Madalina084 | Moldova | $3,400 |
8 | PokerJoe332 | Croatia | $2,400 |
9 | gregorypek34 | United Kingdom | $1,750 |
Sunday Blade $5K at Natural8
Date | June 2nd |
Buy-in | $5,000 |
Guarantee | $50,000 |
Entrants | 34 |
Prize pool | $161,500 |
ITM | 5 |
While on his way to winning the PokerStars Sunday 500, Andras Nemeth, unfortunately, burst the money bubble in the first of two Sunday Blade $5K events at Natural8. Nemeth��s demise meant the surviving five players were guaranteed $10,151 for their efforts.
This is the sum ��Olekonjole�� of Austria won when they lost all their chips to fall in fifth. The Austrian got some company on the rail in the shape of Mexico��s ��godiswithme!�� who netted $16,127.
$25,621 went to third place finisher ��HectorHermano�� of Finland and despite there being a $28,100 difference between first and second place, no deal was struck. The lack of a deal meant ��PyramidOfSkulls�� was awarded $40,705 for their second place exit, while the UK��s ��chan593��, a regular in these high stakes games, locked up the $68,893 top prize.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | chan593 | United Kingdom | $68,893 |
2 | PyramidOfSkulls | Canada | $40,705 |
3 | HectorHermano | Finland | $25,621 |
4 | godiswithme! | Mexico | $16,127 |
5 | Olekonjole | Austria | $10,151 |
Sunday Blade $5K at Natural8
Date | June 2nd |
Buy-in | $5,000 |
Guarantee | $100,000 |
Entrants | 30 |
Prize pool | $142,500 |
ITM | 4 |
The second Sunday Blade $5K drew in a field of 30 who created a $142,500 prize pool shared among the top four finishers.
��Chan593�� won the earlier edition of the Sunday Blade $5K for $68,893 and added $14,871 more to it with a fourth-place exit in this event. The UK player was joined by Andras ��PokerBluff1�� Nemeth whose third place bust out netted him $24,197 to go with the similarly sized prize he won at Pokerstars.
Again, no deal was discussed heads-up so ��Joeri_van_Heeten�� of the Netherlands banked an impressive $64,059 for their victory while the runner-up, ��SasukeUchiha�� of Canada, saw $39,371 deposited into their Natural8 account.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Joeri_van_Heeten | Netherlands | $64,059 |
2 | SasukeUchiha | Canada | $39,371 |
3 | Andras ��PokerBluff1�� Nemeth | Hungary | $24,197 |
4 | chan593 | United Kingdom | $14,871 |
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