Sunday Briefing: A Win and a Chop For Mattsson

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Mar 16, 2020 4 min read

Sweden��s Simon ��C. Darwin2�� Mattsson is one of the great online poker tournament players of all-time. He��s feared and respected in equal measure. It��s difficult to be thought of any higher when you reach Mattsson��s level, but he may have made that happen with his performances at PokerStars on Sunday 15 March.

$1,050 Daily Warm-Up 8-Max at PokerStars

The $1,050 Daily Warm-Up at PokerStars saw 219 players compete for a share of the $219,000 prize pool, of which more than $42,000 was reserved for the champion.

That champion was none other than Simon ��C. Darwin2�� Mattsson who emerged victoriously to claim the $42,738 top prize. Mattsson defeated the Netherlands�� ��Pimmss�� heads-up on his way to victory, resigning the Dutchman to a $32,471 consolation prize.

Stars from all over the world were at the final table. Simon ��IgorKarkarof�� Pedersen was the first superstar to bust. ��WATnlos�� and Thomas ��WushuTM�� Muehloecker were the next to fall. Norway��s ��fityfmi�� busted in fifth for $14,242 before ��bencb789�� saw his tournament end in a fourth-place finish worth $18,745.

The penultimate bustout was that of Jerry ��Perrymejsen�� Odeen who banked $24,671 for his third-place exit.

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$2,100 Sunday High Roller at PokerStars

The final table of the $2,100 Sunday High Roller was just as scary as the $1,050 Daily Warm-Up, yet Mattsson still excelled.

Tuen ��tinnoemulder�� Mulder and ��Radioromashka�� were the first casualties of the final table. Austria-based German star Ole ��wizowizo�� Schemion��s tournament ended in a seventh-place finish for $9,467. This was the last prize not to weigh in at five-figures.

South Korea��s ��leeeee7�� crashed out in sixth-place for $12,561 before Hungary��s number one tournament player Andras ��probirs�� Nemeth busted and collected $16,356.

The United Kingdom's sole representative at the final table, Luke ��Bit2Easy�� Reeves bit the dust in fourth before ��bencb789�� collected $27,728 after falling in third.

Heads-up pitted Mattsson against fellow countryman Anton ��anteen�� Bertilsson. Bertilsson came out on top, but not before the pair struck a deal that saw Mattsson scoop $38,192. The champion netted $44,920 as part of that deal.

*reflects a heads-up deal

GG Masters $300K Gtd at GGPoker

The $300K Gtd GG Masters smashed its guarantee this week with 2,260 players creating a $311,880 prize pool.

Mexico��s ��oldzet�� came out on top and collected the $46,252 top prize plus enough Player of the Year points to climb into fourth-place. The Mexican beat ��OtxarkoagabrO�� of Malta heads-up for the title, the Malta-based pro reeling in $32,968.

Perhaps the most important finish in this tournament was fourth-place, which went to Ricardo ��M@cacoCidadao�� Nascimento. The Brazilian padded his bankroll with $11,941 but, you may recall, he won this tournament a few weeks ago. The points he got his hands on for this latest deep run fired him to the top of the leaderboard by more than 250 points.

He��s now in pole position to secure the $500,000 GG sponsorship package, although there��s still more than eight months to go!

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Phased High Rollers $250 at GGPoker

Heads-up deals are quite common in poker tournaments, but five-handed deals very rare. The latter happened in the $250 buy-in Phased High Rollers event at GGPoker on March 15.

Brazilian ��HarryPorra�� is credited with finishing in fifth-place for $26,873 with ��Jaszczur�� of Poland turning their $150 into $28,223. Next to bust was Panama��s ��PositiveMind7��, a finish worth $26,809.

This set up a one-on-one battle between ��TheShaft�� of Costa Rica and ��TheFishMonger�� of the UK. A victory for the Brit was assured when they sent their opponent to the rail in second-place. The runner-up banked $36,211 with the champion receiving a haul worth $30,503.

*reflects a five-handed deal

$20,000 Whale at 888poker

This week��s Whale saw a compact field of 62 fight it out over a $20,000 prize pool. Only the top seven finishers received a slice of the pie, with prizes ranging from $900 to $7,000.

The $900 went to Mexico��s ��meowiamcat�� with $1,100 and sixth-place going to the UAE��s ��Placebo36��.

��wellyxxxx�� of Belarus busted in fifth for $1,500 before the Canadian going by the alias ��DosPoochies�� turned their $320 into $2,000. ��MarkBurtoni�� of the UK scooped $3,000 for their third-place exit before another Belarusian, ��Damofila30�� got their hands on the $7,000 top prize after slaying Russia��s ��LeslieGroves�� heads-up for the lion��s share of the prize money. The Russia padded their 888poker account balance with $4,500.

$100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker

Ronan ��Sw33ney�� Sweeney recently broke through the $1.5 million in online MTT winnings mark and is showing no signs of slowing down. Sweeney added $19,102 to his already impressive total cashes by taking down the 888poker $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep.

Sweeney was one of 1,041 entrants and became the last man standing when he sent Andrey ��AndreyNiki�� Nikiforov to the rail in second-place, resigning the Russian to a $13,637 consolation prize.

��salue7�� of the UK was the only other player to secure a five-figure payday. Their third-place finish yielded $10,305.

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