Sunday Briefing: Six-Figure Score For Mike Watson
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Sunday 8th December threw up some massive results in the online poker world thanks in part to PokerStars�� High Rollers series drawing towards a conclusion and partypoker running an impromptu $25,500 Super High Roller event.
Mike ��SirWatts�� Watson found himself in the winner��s circle in one of those events, let��s see which one.
High Rollers 25: $2,100 NLHE 8-Max PKO at PokerStars
| Date | December 1st |
| Buy-in | $2,100 |
| Guarantee | $400,000 |
| Entrants | 269 |
| Prize pool | $538,000 |
| ITM | 34 |
The High Rollers 25: $2,100 NLHE 8-Max PKO saw 269 players buy in and create a $538,000 prize pool shared half among the top 34 finishers and the remaining 50% on the heads of each of the entrants.
As you would expect from such a high buy-in event, the field was star-studded, which carried forward to the eight-handed final table.
Norway��s ��paolinetti67�� busted in eighth for a combined $11,179 nd they were followed to the sidelines by Claas ��SicK_OnE�� Segebrecht and Joris ��BillLewinsky�� Rujis who banked $14,018 and $19,933 respectively.
China��s ��6uplanbojini1�� collected $17,083 for their fifth-place exit while Dutch star Rens ��Rens02�� Feenstra walked away with more than $28,000 with bounties included.
Third-place went to British grinder Simon ��simon1471�� Higgins, a finish worth $40,837. Higgins�� exit set up an enticing heads-up clash between Dutchman Joep ��Pappe_Ruk�� vanden Bijgaart and Mike ��SirWatts�� Watson. It was the latter who came out of the fight unscathed and with a combined prize weighing in at $117,203, resigning van den Bijgaart to the $52,304 consolation prize.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounties | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike ��SirWatts�� Watson | Canada | $51,345 | $65,585 | $117,203 |
| 2 | Joep ��Pappe_Ruk�� van den Bijgaart | Netherlands | $38,469 | $13,835 | $52,304 |
| 3 | Simon ��simon1471�� Higgins | United Kingdom | $28,822 | $12,015 | $40,837 |
| 4 | Rens ��Rens02�� Feenstra | Netherlands | $21,594 | $6,656 | $28,250 |
| 5 | 6uplanbojini1 | China | $16,178 | $875 | $17,053 |
| 6 | Joris ��BillLewinsky�� Ruijs | Netherlands | $12,121 | $7,812 | $19,933 |
| 7 | Claas ��SicK_OnE�� Segebrecht | Austria | $9,081 | $4,937 | |
| 8 | paolinetti67 | Norway | $6,804 | $4,375 | $11,179 |
High Rollers 24: $10,300 PLO 6-Max at PokerStars
| Date | December 8th |
| Buy-in | $10,300 |
| Guarantee | $500,000 |
| Entrants | 69 |
| Prize pool | $690,000 |
| ITM | 6 |
Canada��s Pascal ��Pass_72�� Lefrancois is better-known for his no-limit hold��em prowess but he showcased his skill in the pot-limit Omaha arena at PokerStars this weekend. Lefrancois entered the $10,300 PLO 6-Max High Rollers event along with 68 others and helped create a $690,000 prize pool.
Lefrancois came out on top to secure the $186,237 top prize, a sizeable haul and a suitable reward for sending Norway��s Mads ��madsamot�� Amot to the rail in second-place. The Norwegian had to console himself with a $139,215 prize.
Earlier at the final table, Laszlo ��omaha4rollz�� Bujtas collected $43,468 for his sixth-place exit and was joined on the rail by ��anteen�� of Sweden who banked $58,150.
Almost $78,000 went to ��Grezi�� of Germany before Rui ��RuiNF�� Ferreira, a PLO specialist netted $104,065 after crashing out in third spot.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pascal ��Pass_72�� Lefrancois | Canada | $186,237 |
| 2 | Mads ��madsamot�� Amot | Norway | $139,215 |
| 3 | Rui ��RuiNF�� Ferreira | Netherlands | $104,065 |
| 4 | Grezi | Germany | $77,791 |
| 5 | anteen | Sweden | $58,150 |
| 6 | Laszlo ��omaha4rollz�� Bujtas | Hungary | $43,468 |
MILLIONS Online Super High Roller at partypoker
| Date | December 8th |
| Buy-in | $25,500 |
| Guarantee | $1,000,000 |
| Entrants | 62 |
| Prize pool | $1,550,000 |
| ITM | 8 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan ��rmorrell11�� Morrell | $503,750 |
| 2 | Triple Sexy | $341,000 |
| 3 | BtchByTrade | $224,750 |
| 4IPlarize | $139,500 | |
| 5 | Jason ��Jason_Koon�� Koon | $108,500 |
| 6 | rayjay93 | $85,250 |
| 7 | bowlsome | $73,625 |
| 8 | CocaineKiller | $73,625 |
Over at partypoker, a $25,500 Super High Roller was requested by the players and partypoker obliged by hosting the event. Soe 62 players bought in and helped smash the $1 million guarantee by more than half a million dollars.
Only the final table of eight received a slice of the pie with the seventh and eighth-place finishers, ��bowlsome�� and ��CocaineKiller�� each collecting $73,625. The next player to fall, ��rayjay93�� banked $82,250 and was the last player not to receive a six-figure payout.
Team partypoker pro Jason ��Jason_Koon�� Koon then ran out of steam and busted in fifth-place for $108,500 and gained some company on the rail in the shape of ��Plarize�� who reeled in a $139,500 prize.
The penultimate elimination was that of ��BtchByTrade�� who scooped up $224,750.
Heads-up pitted ��Triple Sexy�� against Ryan ��rmorrell11�� Morrell for the title and more than half a million dollars. Triple Sexy, who finished Day 1A of the $20 million guaranteed MILLIONS Online in the top two chip counts, had to make do with a $341,000 consolation prize, leaving Morrell to bank $503,750.
Sunday Big Game at partypoker
| Date | December 8th |
| Buy-in | $5,200 |
| Guarantee | $500,000 |
| Entrants | 144 |
| Prize pool | $720,000 |
| ITM | 20 |
This week��s $5,200 Sunday Big Game should have been called the Sunday Huge Game as 144 players bought in and fought it out to finish in the top 20 where the $720,000 prize pool was distributed.
The prize money was worth at least $21,600 by the time the final table was reached. ��NewYorkJimmY�� won this sum. One-by-one ��Quantum_Leap��, ��CocaineKiller��, ��Jizoint�� and ��gastrader�� busted, to leave only three players in the hunt for the title.
Those three became two with the exit of Team partypoker��s Anatoly ��NL_Profit�� Filatov who will be disappointed not to have won but who will also be delighted with his $86,400 prize.
��NOLIMITHOLDEM�� was the player who emerged from the finale with the lion��s share of the prize pool, $165,528, lifted aloft. This meant ��player_99887766�� locked up the $118,800 runner-up prize.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOLIMITHOLDEM | $165,528 |
| 2 | player_99887766 | $118,800 |
| 3 | Anatoly ��NL_Profit�� Filatov | $86,400 |
| 4Igastrader | $61,200 | |
| 5 | Jizoint | $43,200 |
| 6 | CocaineKiller | $34,200 |
| 7 | Quantum_Leap | $27,216 |
| 8 | NewYorkJimmY | $21,600 |
$20,000 Whale at 888poker
| Date | December 8th |
| Buy-in | $320 |
| Guarantee | $20,000 |
| Entrants | 56 |
| Prize pool | $20.000 |
| ITM | 7 |
After smashing its guarantee last week, the $20,000 Whale at 888poker reverted to type and overlaid, this time to the tune of $2,640.
Bangladesh��s ��strangejelly�� certainly wasn��t complaining as they helped themselves to some extra value in the shape of the $7,000 first-place prize. Bangladesh may not be the first country you think of when asked about online poker but strangejelly��s recent results are putting the country on the poker map.
Austrian pro ��alwayswin111�� was the runner-up, a finish worth $4,500. Alwayswin111 would later make amends for falling at the final hurdle of this event; more on that later.
Three Swedish players reached the top seven places where the prize money was shared. ��Mr_Coyotte�� busted in seventh for $700 with ��Madeon1994�� falling in fifth for $1,500. ��Gnassil�� secured a $2,000 prize for their fourth-place bust out.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounties | Total prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strangejelly | Bangladesh | $7,000 | ||
| 2 | alwayswin111 | Austria | $4,500 | ||
| 3 | maphacks | Austria | $3,000 | ||
| 4 | gnassil | Sweden | $2,000 | ||
| 5 | Madeon1994 | Sweden | $1,500 | ||
| 6 | pactamah23 | Germany | $1,000 | ||
| 7 | Mr_Coyotte | Sweden | $700 |
$100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker
| Date | December 8th |
| Buy-in | $215 |
| Guarantee | $100,000 |
| Entrants | 428 |
| Prize pool | $100,000 |
| ITM | 45 |
After finishing in second-place in the $20,000 Whale, Alwayswin111 lived up their alias and walked away with the $19,350 top prize of the $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep. It was an impressive victory that also resigned ��THEPWNER�� to a $14,500 runner-up prize.
Only one other person netted five-figures from the $100,000 prize pool, that person being ��xFINK_Ploydx�� of Canada who padded their bankroll with $11,000.
Everyone else collected at least $1,750 for their efforts. Shout-outs to ��w4ll4s�� of Luxembourg, ��Polesetyv�� of Switzerland and ��1llb3b4ck�� of Malta who finished in positions ninth through seventh.
Also to ��BeenWonderin�� of the United Kingdom, ��checcmate�� all the way from India and to Estonia��s ��AvoViiol�� who made up the final table.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | alwayswin111 | Austria | $19,350 |
| 2 | THEPWNER | $14,500 | |
| 3 | xFINK_Ploydx | Canada | $11,000 |
| 4 | AvoViiol | Estonia | $8,250 |
| 5 | checcmate | India | $5,700 |
| 6 | BeenWonderin | United Kingdom | $4,400 |
| 7 | 1llb3b4ck | Malta | $3,400 |
| 8 | Poelsetyv | Switzerland | $2,400 |
| 9 | w4II4s | Luxembourg | $1,750 |
Natural8��s own high roller series saw Sunday 8th December fire off several Day 1s. We��ll keep an eye on these and report back with the biggest results.
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