Sunday Briefing: Dominik Nitsche Among the Big Winners

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Sep 21, 2020 5 min read Last updated Sep 22, 2020

Dominik Nitsche is no stranger to final tables of major poker tournaments and he found himself in the winner��s enclosure once again when he triumphed in the $1,500 Sunday Side Event at GGPoker.

Nitsche came out on top of a 370-strong crowd and walked away with yet another online victory and the $96,428 prize that came with it.

Dzmitry Urbanovich was the first player to bust from the final table and the last player not to bank five-figures. Teddy Monroe, Pedro ��BillyJeanS�� Marques, and Martin Pineiro followed Urbanovoch to the rail, leaving five players in the hunt for the title.

China��s Wei ��dugui777�� Zhao fell in fifth for $38,199 before Adam ��MikePrice82�� Hendrix ran out of steam and exited in third for $52,021. Heads-up saw Nitsche and Alex Papazian lock horns and Nitsche emerged from the battle victoriously, securing the $96,428, which left Papazian to collect $96,428.

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It was a good day for Brazilians in the $2 million guaranteed High Roller MILLIONS$ with four of the nine finalists hailing from the South American country. Two of that quartet were involved in a three-handed deal that saw more than $715,000 distributed.

Douglas ��SEPOLAGUOD�� Lopes was the tournament��s champion and he padded his bankroll with $256,974 after the previously mentioned deal. Fellow Brazilian Thales ��qwerqwerqwer�� Koppe crashed out in third and won $215,553. Joaquin ��Pukambi�� Melongo of Uruguay was the runner-up, he reeled in a $246,093 score.

The other two Brazilians finished in fifth and sixth-place. Eduardo Pires was the former, his fifth-place exit won him $73,516. Thiago ��dj0ngador�� Carvalho was the sixth-place finisher, a result worth $50,373.

*reflects a three-handed deal

Some of the other GGPoker victories this weekend included:

• ��Helen Clark�� �C first-place in the GGMasters High Rollers $1,000 for $172,177
• Duff ��Sammy Farha�� Charette �C first-place in the High Rollers Blade Mulligan $5K for $112,570
• Jaako �C first-place in the High Rollers Blade Prime $5K for $101,639
• Lev ��LevMeAlone�� Gottlieb �C first-place in the High Rollers Blade Closer $5K for $$92,984
• Kyriakos ��LITIS�� Papadopoulos �C first-place in the Side Event: $800 Marathon for $90,585
• badu08 �C first-place in the $150 GGMasters GGSOP Edition for $80,037
• Brunno Albuquerque �C first-place in the Side Event: $3,150 Bounty King for $79,974*
• LLinusHate �C first-place in the Global MILLION$ for $78,979
• Stephen Chidwick �C first-place in the High Rollers Blade Opener $5K for $73,698
• Ronny Kaiser �C first-place in the High Rollers Blade PLO $5K for $70,919
• Ole Schemion �C first-place in the Sunday Bounty King $315 for $56,699*
• Kevin Pu �C first-place in the Side Event: $1,260 Bounty Six Shooter High Roller for $52,554*
• Gary ��GoatT�� Thompson �C first-place in the Sunday Forty Stack $400 for $51,049
• Fabian ��MeowTzGenau�� Gumz �C first-place in the Sunday Fifty Stack $500 for $50,251
• Viktor Kudinov �C first-place in the High Rollers Main Event $1K for $44,220
• Krasimir ��Talking123�� Yankov �C first-place in the Sunday Marathon $300 for $43,802
• Andrey ��ImAndy�� Veselov �C first-place in the Sunday Main Event $200 for $33,916

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There were a couple of chunky scores over at 888poker where the 888Millions is in full swing.

Romania��s ��TrisTan7�� was the last man standing in the 888Millions Sunday Mega Deep, a $100,000 guaranteed tournament that overlaid by almost $17,000. TrisTan7 won $18,890 after defeating ��JoaquinRuiz�� of Argentina heads-up, the runner-up secured $13,700. Third-place finisher ��kenniii14�� of Sweden won $10,100, the only other five-figure prize.

The 888Millions Sunday Special was another $100,000 guaranteed event. It overlaid by $8,600. Again, the top three finishers won more than $10,000 each. ��corner130�� of Chile banked $11,000 when they fell in third. This left ��petersmyth�� and ��777ibi�� of Romania heads-up for the title. The heads-up duo struck a deal that saw the former take home $16,661 and the latter crowned champion, an accolade that came with $17,188 worth of prize money.

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There were plenty of big scores over at partypoker where the WPT World Online Championships are drawing to a close.

The biggest score went to Dimitar Danchev who triumphed in the $3,200 Turbo Championship and padded his bankroll with $188,316. Danchev��s score would have been larger but he struck a deal that saw third-place finisher Alfred Karlsson bank $184,832 and Belarus�� Aliaksei Boika collect $156,843 for his runner-up finish.

Netherlands�� Floyd Rosner won the $320 buy-in Mini Turbo Championship and saw a $66,041 haul land in his partypoker account. Rosner was joined in the winner��s circle by fellow Dutchman Ronald Fokker who topped a field of 3,890-players in the $33 Micro Turbo Championship event. Vicotry here weighed in at $17,537.

Some of the other big scores, including a High Roller win for Benjamin Rolle, included:

• Benjamin Rolle �C first-place in the $10,300 WPT High Roller for $155,000
• Mario Navarro Arrocha �C first-place in the $1,050 WPT 7-Max Weekender for $82,548*
• Benjamin Wilhelmsen �C first-place in the $109 WPT Mini 7-Max Weekender for $23,693*

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Finally, over to PokerStars. We recap the WCOOP action in a separate article so these are the juiciest prizes won from non-WCOOP events.

Hungary��s ��Fieldmice1�� was the last player standing in the $109 Bounty Builder. The Hungarian bested 3,051-opponents to get their hands on the $18,797 top prize plus an additional $14,368 worth of bounties, for a combined prize of $33,165.

There was a similar score for Poland��s ��Tr!pleeeee�� in the $215 Bounty Builder. First place here weighed in at $16,221 which the Pole boosted $13,287 from the bounty prize pool Turning $215 into $29,508 is a good day at the office.

These are some of the other victories enjoyed at PokerStars on September 20.

• ��Nes1989�� �C first-place in the $1,050 Sunday Supersonic for $21,783
• ��akayagi44�� �C first-place in the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $18,621
• Andres ��wisopekeno!�� Gonzalez - first-place in the Hotter $215 PKO for $14,402*
• ��Iesha-bablo�� �C first-place in the Hotter $109 for $8,650
• Pavels ��Rigapols81�� Spirins �C first-place in the Bigger $109 for $7,993
• ��d.apollo777�� �C first-place in the $530 Omania for $7,800
• Ezequiel ��ezepoker90�� Vazquez �C first-place in the $215 NLO8 Sunday Supersonic for $5,608
• Peter ��Belabacsi�� Traply �C first-place in the Bigger $215 for $3,421

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