Sunday Briefing: Adrian Mateos Among Big Winners

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Oct 05, 2020 5 min read Last updated Oct 06, 2020

October 4 was another action-packed Sunday in the online poker tournament world and there were plenty of familiar names who found themselves in the winner��s circle.

Adrian Mateos was one such winner, triumphing in the $5,250 buy-in High Rollers Blade Prime at GGPoker for a cool $95,537.

Bert Stevens was the unfortunate soul who burst the money bubble. His seventh-place finish meant he went home empty-handed although he did win almost $400,000 last week so it��s hard to feel sorry for him!

Ole Schemion was the first superstar to see a return on his investment, Sixth-place weighed in at $11,956. Laurynas Levinskas crashed out in fifth for $17,801 before Christian Rudolph bowed out in fourth and padded his bankroll with $26,502.

Heads-up was set when Brock Wilson busted in third for $39,457, Mateos and Sean Winter locked horns heads-up, Mateos got the job done and banked the $95,537 top prize, leaving Winter to scoop a $58,745 consolation prize.

Canada��s ��Yaawn�� got their hands on the largest prize of the weekend courtesy of being the last player standing in the High Roller MILLION$ event. Some 454 players made it through to the final day��s action on October 4 and Yaawn outlasted them all.

Everyone who navigated their way to the final table guaranteed themselves a five-figure score with the top three finishers netting six-figures.

��BadCards��, ��WhyNotChili��, ��blufferbaba��, and ��grosgf�� all fell in quick succession, leaving only five players in the hunt for the gargantuan top prize. Those five became four when ��halom�� ducked out, then ��DonPepe�� saw their tournament end in fourth-place, a finish worth $88,658.

Third-place and $129,391 went to ��ravagee111�� of Moldova, which left Yaawn and United Kingdom-based Belgian Kenny Hallaert heads-up. Hallaert fell at the final hurdle and secured a $188,837 prize, leaving the champion to get their hands on a cool $275,594.

Some of the other big results at GGPoker this weekend included:

• dirtynude �C first-place in the GGMasters High Rollers $1,000 for $163,897
• Serenity Now �C first-place in the Global MILLION$ for $91,125
• Martin Zamani �C first-place in the High Rollers Blade Mulligan $5,250 for $87,247
• Ami Barer �C first-place in the High Rollers Blade Opener $5,250 for $85,316
• Solya �C first-place in the GGMasters $150 for $63,941
• THE Sheriff �C first-place in the High Rollers Bounty King $3,150 for $57,725*
• GoatT �C first-place in the High Rollers Marathon $840 for $57,703
• sagarpupul �C first-place in the Sunday Bounty King $315 for $56,021*
• Subutai89 �C first-place in the Bounty Hunters Main Event $210 for $46,351*
• Jans Arends �C first-place in the Sunday Main Event $200 for $42,915
• rdcrsn �C first-place in the High Rollers Bounty Six Shooter $1,260 for $42,557*
• LottoLarry �C first-place in the Sunday Forty Stack $400 for $39,171
• getaxc56 �C first-place in the High Rollers Main Event $1,050 for $37,544
• static88 �C first-place in the Sunday Marathon $300 for $35,677
• ExoticJoe �C first-place in the Sunday Special $125 for $33,184
• Baba_Yaga �C first-place in the Sunday Monster Stack $200 for $26,530*

*includes bounty payments

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Check Out The Biggest Winners at 888poker

Over at 888poker, Malta��s ��Fermparadox�� won the 888Millions $88 Sunday PKO 8-Max for a combined $3,792. Another big PKO event, the $109 buy-in 888Millions Sunday challenge, saw Sweden��s ��VnilaVader�� scoop the $3,098 top prize plus an additional $3,304 worth of bounties.

This weekend��s Sunday Special overlaid for the third consecutive week, although the 486 entrants meant it was only a few buy-ins short. It ended in a four-way chop with all four players winning five-figure prizes. ��YoureMagical�� (4th - $13,898), ��Iambudha" (3rd - $11,414), ��mieux90�� (2nd - $12,618), and ��The MufinMan�� (1st - $14,008).

��futomaki123�� won the 888Millions Sunday Mega Deep, turning $109 into $18,750, the largest prize awarded at 888poker on October 4.

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Big Scores Galore at partypoker

Qatar��s Mayank Saxena is $119,875 richer than a few hours ago courtesy of triumphing in the $5,200 High Roller Big Game at partypoker.

The tournament saw 101 players buy in and it was Saxena who outlasted them all and secured the tournament��s only six-figure prize, namely $119,875. Saxena defeated Joakim Andersson heads-up for the title; the Swedish runner-up banked $85,925.

Before that happened, a whole host of stars helped themselves to some of the $500,000 prize pool. WPTWOC Player of the Championship Artur Martirosian crashed out in eighth before former MILLIONS Online champion Jon Van Fleet fell in seventh.

Christopher Fitzgerald and Team partypoker��s Ludovic Geilich busted before four-time WSOP bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche saw his tournament end in fourth-place. Slovenia��s Rok Gostisa was the penultimate elimination, his demise in third netting him $61,450.

Feast your eyes on these other impressive results from partypoker tournaments held on October 4.

• Krzysztof Dulowski �C first-place in the $530 Big Game for $46,966
• Victor Onizuka �C first-place in the $55 Mini Big Game for $15,318
• UnderEV95 �C first-place in the $55 Gladiator for $11,162*
• Brachiosaurus �C first-place in the $109 Ultrasonic for $5,535*
• pasoperopago �C first-place in the $77 Magnificent 77 for $5,192*
• Blindguy69 �C first-place in the Bounty Hunter $109 for $3,685*

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Epic Heads-Up Clash at PokerStars

The PokerStars $1,050 Sunday Supersonic is a tournament that never fails to excite. A big buy-in, juicy guarantee, and hyper-turbo blind structure always leads to a thrilling conclusion. This week��s was no different.

It was won by Niklas ��Lena900�� Astedt for $19,128 after a heads-up deal with fellow superstar Andras ��probirs�� Nemeth who banked $19,458. Only five others received a slice of the $66,030 prize pool, including Anton ��Bomber&Granater�� Wigg, ��Old brock��, Peter ��Belabasci�� Traply, Simon ��C. Darwin2�� Mattsson and ��efkinis24��. What a ridiculous finale!

*reflects a heads-up deal

Swede��s excelled in the $107.50 Half Price Sunday Supersonic too, with a pair of Swedish grinders finishing in first and second place.

��ambosexus001�� and ��mariaanovic�� were the six-handed final table��s first casualties before Argentinian pro German ��germaxi�� Chrstiansen fell in fourth for the final four-figure score. Andres ��pintoelbajon�� Viola secured the $12,102 third-place prize with their exit setting up an all-Swedish heads-up battle between ��TiltMeBig�� and ��SURLOPE��. The former got the job done and their hands on $24,929, leaving the latter to console themselves with a $17,369 runner-up prize.

These are some of the other highlights from PokerStars�� tournaments this weekend:

• Torben ��Tralllle�� Soerensen �C first-place in the $1,50 Sunday High Roller for $45,379
• Ben ��Fabaz�� Farrel �C first-place in the $215 Bounty Builder for $39,145*
• VladTheSlaye �C first-place in the $1,050 Sunday Cooldown for $29,383
• L1VeYRdrEamS �C first-place in the $215 Fat Sunday for $18,900
• Anton ��Bomber&Granater�� Wigg �C first-place in the Hotter $215 for $17,658*
• Wildace_hun �C first-place in the $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up for $14,218
• ajetopatamat �C first-place in the $530 Sunday Marathon for $10,546
• Lefty Gekko �C first-place in the Hotter $109 for $9,608
• Joeyh1991 �C first-place in the $109 Sunday Starter for $4,168
• GoodLuckH4veFun �C first-place in the $109 Bounty Builder for $3,916*

*includes bounty payments

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