Sunday Briefing: "madwin1" Wins First Turbo Series Event

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Sunday Briefing

Sunday 18th February was a huge day for online poker tournament players because the PokerStars Turbo Series kicked off, which gave players more chances to win big in addition to the regular Sunday Majors.

PokerStars Turbo Series 01: $109 NLHE

DateFebruary 18th
Buy-in$109
Guarantee$500,000
Entrants8,869
Prize pool$886,900
ITM1,277

The opening event of the 2018 Turbo Series saw a massive field of 8,869 entrants pay $109 for the chance to win the first tournament of the series. This bumper field meant the $500,000 guarantee was blown out of the water and almost $890,000 was in the prize pool.

Some 1,277 places were paid with a min-cash worth $216 and a final table appearance boosting the payout to $6,880. The first-place prize was originally meant to be $123,857, but the final seven players decided to strike a deal for the remaining prize pool, and they all walked away with at least $45,143 for their efforts.

It was Germany��s ��madwin1�� who emerged victoriously, and he got his hands on $70,738 after the aforementioned seven-way chop.

PlacePlayerPrize
1madwin1$70,738*
2Zarbon250$52,549*
3joaombrito$45,143*
4Far2012$52,094*
5TheDegenFund$47,651*
6ZhenyaD7$52,742*
7Diego ��NesKau09�� Menescal$54,960*
8grind4ever$9,874
9cachacpura$6,880

*reflects a seven-way deal


PokerStars Sunday Million

DateFebruary 18th
Buy-in$215
Guarantee$1,000,000
Entrants6,117
Prize pool$1,223,400
ITM1,106

This weekend��s Sunday Million saw 4,914 entrants make 1,203 re-entries to create a $1,223,400 prize pool. This sum was divided up among the top 1,106 finishers.

Romania��s ��joker180785�� and Brazil��s Dennys ��dennysramos2�� Ramos found themselves heads-up and vying for a $165,168 first-place prize. The heads-up duo quickly agreed to a deal that would guarantee them both their best PokerStars payout and it could become even larger because the deal left $24,468 for the eventual champion.

That champion was announced as "joker180785" after an epic heads-up battle. The final hand saw "dennysramos2" all-in with queen-nine of diamonds and at risk of elimination as joker180785 held a par of kings. Dennysramos2 improved to a pair of nines on the flop, but it wasn��t enough to crack the kings, and he crashed out in second-place.

PlacePlayerPrize
1joker180785$148,775*
2Dennys ��dennysramos2�� Ramos$132,299*
3pablotenisis$81,339
4Luan ��Pseudo Fruto�� Felipe$57,081
5Erikajax1$40,058
6ibreakutoday$28,111
7Balasy-AA$19,727
8WATnlos$13,844
9Arthur ��Steinzz�� Amaral$9,715

*reflects a heads-up chop


PokerStars Turbo Series 02: $215 NLHE Progressive KO

DateFebruary 18th
Buy-in$215
Guarantee$400,000
Entrants3,373
Prize pool$674,600
ITM485
PlacePlayerPrize
1bulkir$67,448*
2Virgil ��vidi.pkr�� Marculescu$29,585*
3Haris ��hanibal1301�� Krnic$26,183*
4Jansons55$33,153*
5ScatLatt23$25,125*
6diplv$12,761
7Kiler_ooooo$8,232
8Lifesucksyah$10,110
9Timeli88$10,081

*reflects a five-way deal
** all prizes include bounty payments


PokerStars Turbo Series 03: $530 NLHE 6-Max Hyper Turbo

DateFebruary 18th
Buy-in$530
Guarantee$400,000
Entrants1,302
Prize pool$657,184
ITM485
PlacePlayerPrize
1Dannyz0r$91,723*
2girafganger7$81,086*
3maucchi$49,445
4WATnlos$34,452
5ha0444$24,005
6Niklas ��Lena900�� Astedt$16,726

partypoker Sunday Main Event-H: $500K Gtd PKO

DateFebruary 18th
Buy-in$215
Guarantee$500,000
Entrants1,992
Prize pool$500,000
ITM280

A new tournament ran for the first time at partypoker this weekend, a $500,000 guaranteed progressive knockout tournament with a $215 buy-in. Some 1,992 entries were processed, leaving a $101,600 overlay on the prize pool.

��RuckZuckMuck�� and ��u3MeHa�� took full advantage of the extra cash in the prize pool and made a deal that saw them win $45,560 and $40,078 respectively. Both players also won substantial bounty payments of $16,840 and $12,921.

PlacePlayerPrize
1RuckZuckMuck$62,370*
2u3MeHa$52,999*
3Julio ��DiulioFantin�� Fantin$27,489
4Chestnut1$16,752
5No1_teddy$11,741
6xFabioRiver$11,804
7Johannes ��SLARVBOGMAJS�� Korsar$6,477
8KamasutraKlaus$5,301

*reflects a heads-up deal
**all prizes include bounty payments


partypoker Sunday Major: $200K Gtd Super High Roller

DateFebruary 18th
Buy-in$2,600
Guarantee$200,000
Entrants80
Prize pool$200,000
ITM10

The $2,600 Super High Roller attracted 80 entrants and ended with a heads-up chop between ��PhileasFogg�� and ��aLiNeNok1617�� who shared the final $96,000 of the prize pool.

A recent addition to the Team partypoker roster, Jason ��Jason_Koon�� Koon navigated his way to the tournament��s final table but fell in seventh-place for a $9,500 score.

"PhileasFogg", the tournament��s champion, scooped an impressive $50,845 while "aLiNeNok1617" secured $45,154.

PlacePlayerPrize
1PhileasFogg$50,845*
2aLiNeNok1617$45,154*
3maniakboy$27,000
4WWWpartyCOM$18,000
5IamWyatt$14,000
6ctrain4420$11,000
7Jason ��Jason_Koon�� Koon$9,500
8Niklas ��Drulitooo�� Astedt$8,500

*reflects a heads-up deal


partypoker Sunday Major: $150K Gtd High Roller

DateFebruary 18th
Buy-in$530
Guarantee$150,000
Entrants303
Prize pool$151,500
ITM40
PlacePlayerPrize
1Roman ��SanityWaterline�� Romanovsky$26,336*
2IN INFINITY$25,628*
3akaPman$15,301
4aLiNeNok1617$11,135
5AntiReapCity$7,878
6MAM0HT_T$5,908
7GarlaEdu$4,116
8InthisCity$3,030

*reflects a heads-up deal


888poker The $120,000 Whale

DateFebruary 18th
Buy-in$1,050
Guarantee$120,000
Entrants67
Prize pool$120,000
ITM9

��gnassil�� won the largest prize at 888poker this weekend after securing a $36,000 cash by winning the $120,000 guaranteed Whale tournament. "Gnassil" defeated ��NONAMESGUEY�� heads-up for the title and outlasted a field of 67 in the $1,050 buy-in event.

PlacePlayerPrize
1gnassil$36,000
2NONAMESGUEY$24,000
3Rorigo ��sonmonedass�� Perez$18,000
4EvnomiYa$12,000
5wellyxxx$9,000
6Sebastian ��p000cket000�� Sikorski$6,600
7CountSmegma$5,400
8Gary ��garyt20�� Thompson$4,800
9Niklas ��tutten7�� Astedt$4,200

888poker Sunday Mega Deep

DateFebruary 18th
Buy-in$215
Guarantee$100,000
Entrants404
Prize pool$106,000
ITM56

Some 404 entrants took part in this week��s $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep meaning the guarantee was surpassed by $6,000. ��PennyHrdaway�� took down the tournament and banked a cool $20,140 leaving runner-up ��Ajm901�� to walk away with a prize of $14,840.

PlacePlayerPrize
1PennyHrdaway$20,140
2Ajm901$14,840
3KelevraJesus$11,130
4ContaSagrada$7,950
5Alexandre ��Cavalito_�� Mantovani$5,300
6123magmag123$3,710
7Madeon1994$2,650
8_WhiteBear_$2,120

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