Sunday Briefing: Viktor Blom Wins PokerStars Sunday Grand PLO
Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom may be better known for his high stakes cash game exploits, but the Swedish sensation continued to prove that he knows his way around a poker tournament by taking down one of the toughest tournaments found online.
Blom was one of 149 entrants in the $1,050 Sunday Grand PLO tournament at PokerStars on Oct. 8, a six-max event that saw $149,000 paid out to the top 19 finishers. Greece��s ��MITS 304�� was the unfortunate bubble boy and his exit cleared the way for the likes of Jason ��jakoon1985�� Koon, Joao ��IneedMassari�� Simao, Alex ��Ahhh Is It?�� Lindoff and Brian ��brianm15�� England to make it into the money, the latter falling in seventh place to narrowly miss out on a final table spot.
Brazil��s Yuri ��theNERDguy�� Martins was the first casualty of the official final table and he was followed to the rail by Canada��s ��ruthless848,�� Russia��s Vladimir ��vovtroy�� Troyanovskiy and then Macao-based Australian Martin ��nizmo jiz�� Kozlov.
Heads-up saw ��YOUYOU777�� of Lebanon take on Blom and it was the hyper-aggressive Swede who eventually emerged victorious to get his hands on the $30,199 first place prize, resigning his final opponent to the $22,542 runner-up prize.
$1,050 Sunday Grand PLO Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor ��Isi8ldur1�� Blom�� | Sweden | $30,199 |
| 2 | YOUYOU777 | Lebanon | $22,524 |
| 3 | Martin ��nizmo jiz�� Kozlov | Macao | $16,826 |
| 4 | Vladimir ��vovtroy�� Troyanovskiy | Russia | $12,559 |
| 5 | ruthless848 | Canada | $9,375 |
| 6 | Yuri ��theNERDguy�� Martins | Brazil | $6,998 |
The biggest online poker tournament cash of the weekend went to Finland��s ��Kesjan�� courtesy of him taking down the $215 Sunday Million. The Finn outlasted 5,831 opponents to secure a $157,485 payout while his heads-up opponent, ��enigma2018��, banked $110,514 for finishing second.
Some of the other notable victories at PokerStars this weekend included:
| Tournament | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| $700 Super-Sized Sunday | Laurynas ��LaurisL91�� Levinskas | $66,801* |
| $215 Sunday Warm-Up | SENSIMIL1 | $43,357 |
| $1,050 Sunday Grand NLHE | Brian ��brianm15�� England | $43,234 |
| $215 Sunday Supersonic | soufian-070 | $34,597 |
| $215 Bounty Builder | Diego ��Mr.Bittar�� Bittar | $28,392* |
| $109 Bounty Builder | gronnegronn | $25,106* |
| $109 Sunday Cooldown | Bjorn ��kleath�� Kleathersson | $21,033 |
| Big $215 | BuddyAces2 | $17,963 |
| Hot $215 | RhoNin9 | $16,909 |
| Hot $109 | Daniel ��ShippityShip�� Nielson | $16,309 |
| $109 Sunday Kickoff | misi814 | $14,446 |
| Hot $162 | KNLv | $14,412 |
| Big $109 | Rodrigo ��Terao90�� Terao | $12,485 |
| $109 Sunday Wrap-Up | brianjk | $7,466 |
| $109 Bubble Rush | ProBelgian | $7,363 |
| Hot $162 | allin62760 | $6,945 |
| $109 Sunday Starter | Durrden | $5,860 |
| Big $162 | Alexander ��Schildy1984�� Debus | $4,959 |
*Includes bounty payouts
Over to 888poker where Ireland��s ��callylally�� walked away with the $26,819 first place prize in the $100,000 Baby Whale. The tournament attracted 293 players who all paid $320 to create a $138,600 prize pool. The United Kingdom had four players at the final table, including the UK-based German star Dominik ��888Dominik�� Nitsche who finished fifth for $7,900.
This victory comes almost exactly a month after "callylally" reached the final table of the $100,000 Mega Deep. On that occasion, the Irish grinder busted in fifth place for a $5,880 score.
Check out these other 888poker victories from Oct. 8:
| Tournament | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| $100,000 Mega Deep | Streusalz | $19,731 |
| $60,000 Sunday Challenge | SkallePer58 | $12,361 |
| $40,000 Turbo Mega Deep | Ti0373 | $8,700 |
| $30,000 Sunday Crocodile | NEONTIGER | $6,450 |
| $20,000 Sunday Lightning 6-Max | Matas ��SeRG3nT�� Cimbolas | $6,168 |
| $20,000 Sunday Tornado | MechaREcorta | $4,600 |
Over at partypoker, the $215 Title Fight, which recently saw its guarantee doubled to $500,000, missed the guarantee by almost $55,000, and Dimitri ��Gringenkov�� Gringenkov took full advantage of the added cash. Gringenkov, who hails from Brazil, usually plays mid-stakes tournaments but took a shot at the Title Fight and what a decision that was. After almost 13 hours of play, Gringenkov got his hands on the $83,500 first place prize, with ��Alien_Army�� collecting $58,850 for his runner-up finish.
$215 Title Fight Final Table Results
| ��Place | Player | Prize* |
| 1 | Dimitri ��Gringenkov�� Gringenkov | $83,500 |
| 2 | Alien_Army | $58,850 |
| 3 | barrm111 | $38,000 |
| 4 | josef_shvejk | $25,250 |
| 5 | Rez-P12 | $17,725 |
| 6 | P0L4R1C3 | $12,200 |
| 7 | Stuey987 | $8,380 |
| 8 | k23Temujin | $5,375 |
Some of the other big wins at partypoker included:
| Tournament | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| $100K Gtd Super High Roller | Stikeeez | $51,725 |
| $150K Gtd High Roller | RingelStink | $34,190 |
| $150K Gtd Main Event | Derek Dumpster | $31,452 |
| $100K Gtd High Roller | madridgalaxy | $29,877 |
| $100K Gtd Title Fight Warm Up | mateee | $29,452 |
| $50K Gtd Weigh-In | needplacebo1 | $11,088 |
| $40K Gtd Drago | BogdanCapitan | $8,972 |
| $30K Gtd Title Fight II | Ractigons7 | $8,188 |
| $30K Gtd Main Event II | josef_Shvejk | $6,248 |
| $25K Gtd Clubber | MommyTosier | $4,715 |
