Sunday Briefing: $318k Score For UK��s ��Alwaysfolding99��

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Apr 20, 2020 5 min read

The PokerStars Turbo Series concluded on April 19 and created some massive prize pools thanks to its $1,050 High Main Event and $5,200 High Roller drawing in substantial crowds. The former saw more than $2.1 million paid out, including almost $320,000 to its champion!

Turbo Series 109: $1,050 NLHE Main Event High at PokerStars

A field of 2,133 players entered $1,050 Turbo Series High Main Event and ensured the $2 million guarantee was surpassed by $133,000. This princely sum was shared among the top 305 finishers, with the prize money weighing in at $21,213 by the time the final table was set.

This increased to $82,158 by the time only five players remained. The first of two Brazilians, Joao ��XxJoaoFeraxX�� Otavio busted in fourth for that aforementioned prize, before his fellow countryman Ramon ��PESCANO�� Sfalsin busted in fourth for $115,256.

Germany pro Paul ��_pauL�FauL_�� Hofer secured a $161,688 prize for his third-place finish, setting up a heads-up battle between Alex ��SteakAddict.�� Papazian and ��Alwaysfolding99�� of the UK.

The heads-up pair didn��t strike a deal despite there being almost $100,000 difference in prize money. This meant Papazian collected $226,824 when he busted in second, leaving the British champion to add $318,201 to their bankroll.

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Turbo Series 108: $5,200 8-Max High Roller at PokerStars

Hungary��s Laszlo ��omaha4rollz�� Bujtas overcame a star-studded final table in the Turbo Series High Roller at PokerStars to become the tournament��s champion. Not only did winning $188,460 give Bujtas plenty of reasons to be pleased with himself, the fact he came out on top of one of the toughest final tables we��ve seen in a long time.

Sergi ��srxakgirona�� Reixach was the first finalist to crash out and he got his hands on $31,899. Joao ��IneedMassari�� Simao joined Reixach on the rail and walked away with $41,114 for his seventh-place finish.

Finland��s ��WRUUUUM�� was the sixth-place finisher, a result worth $52,990. Ivan ��Negriin�� Luca and Sam ��Str8$$$Homey�� Greenwood were the next players to lose their stack. The pair of high roller specialists padded their bankrolls with $68,296 and $88,024.

The first six-figure prize of the event went to Mike ��SirWatts�� Watson. He claimed the $113,451 prize only a couple of days after winning a Poker Masters event at partypoker.

Heads-up saw Bujtas take on Talal ��raidalot�� Shakerchi and the former was the soul who emerged victoriously. First-place was worth $188,460 with second-place netting $146,222.

POWERFEST: Big Game $1M Gtd Phase Final at partypoker

Some of the scores at partypoker were also massive thanks to POWERFEST being extended once again. ��IIIIIIIIII�� locked up the largest prize of the evening, at partypoker at least, one worth $256,502 thanks to taking down the POWERFEST edition of the Big Game.

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Partypoker regulars ��Madgenius111�� and ��bitw1�� busted soon after for scores of $50,269 and $67,025 respectively.

The top three finishers won six-figure prizes. We already know IIIIIIIIII won $256,502 but ��Achtungdiekurve��, the tournament��s runner-up, reeled in $185,609. Third-place fisher, ��FamilyMan72��, padded their bankroll with $130,184.

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partypoker MILLION at partypoker

This week��s partypoker MILLION ended in a heads-up chop that saw the last pair of players share $329,275.

��SmbCall911�� was the player who is credited with taking down the tournament. Their first-place finish seeing their $215 investment swell to a wallet-filling $182,725. The runner-up, ��better_than_you�� received a $146,500 prize.

You can play in the partypoker MILLION for free, or from as little as $2.20. partypoker made its flagship tournament phased, meaning you can buy in at any stage of the ladder and play your way into Sunday��s final. No direct buy-in is possible for the weekly final, but the Phases cost $2.20, $22, and $109.

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$20,000 Sunday Whale at 888poker

888poker is a happy hunting ground for ��carmen.1957�� who always seems to be there or thereabouts when it comes to the site��s biggest buy-in tournaments. This week, carmen.1957 took down the $20,000 Whale, which happened to be a $24,000 Whale thanks to 80 players buying in.

The champion saw their 888poker account increase by $7,200 after they defeated ��Damofila30�� of Belarus heads-up for the title. Second-place netted the runner-up $4,800.

Others who reached the final table were ��Octopokes��, ��MarkBurtoni��, and ��SCCP91910��. Germany��s ��guenni107��, ��Ronaldo4112��, ��supari69�� and ��dmg34�� were the others, the latter falling in third-place for $3,600.

The $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker

While carmen.1957 was on their way to winning the $20,000 Whale, another British star was busy winning the $100,000 Mega Deep.

A field of 1,073-entrants fought it out for a slice of the $107,300 pie, which the top 99 finishers got their hands on. Everyone at the final table won almost $1,400 for their efforts, ��WestCliff26�� scooping $1,394 after falling in ninth.

By the time only three players remained, the min-cash was a five-figure prize. ��MrSatisfying�� of Germany banked $10,622 for their third-place elimination before Jack ��JBHinfinity�� Hardcastle lost his stack at the final hurdle and had to make do with the $14,056 second-place prize.

This left ��Evian38888�� to bank the $19,689 top prize and the title of champion.

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