Sunday Briefing: Huge $214K Score for AchoBogdanov
While France were celebrating winning the 2018 FIFA World Cup and John Cynn was getting used to being poker��s World Champion, Bulgaria��s ��AchoBogdanov�� was busy writing his own story and helping himself to almost $215,000.
PokerStars Sunday Million
| Date | July 15 |
| Buy-in | $215 |
| Guarantee | $1,000,000 |
| Entrants | 7,603 |
| Prize pool | $1,520,600 |
| ITM | 1,259 |
This week��s Sunday Million was by far the biggest in recent weeks as players returned to the virtual felt after their World Series of Poker exploits. A field of 7,603 created a $1,520,600 prize pool that was shared among the top 1,259 finishers.
Everyone at the nine-handed final table locked up $11,938 for their efforts, the sum Brazil��s Vinicius ��jason13-2008�� Steves banked when his king-queen ran into the ace-queen of ��zemachess�� on the turn of a queen-high board.
Canada��s ��sauce3000�� lost a coinflip with pocket queens against the ace-king of zemachess before AchoBogdanov caught a ten on the flop to see their ace-ten come from behind to best the ace-jack of ��vidi.pkr�� to reduce the player count by one.
Sixth-place went to zemachess who endured a rollercoaster of emotions at the final table. The start of their undoing came courtesy of ��Crashsite!!�� after their pocket aces melted the zemachess�� snowmen (pocket eights). Zemachess then jammed all-in with ace-jack and ran into the ace-king of AchoBogdanov to exit in sixth.
AchoBogdanov then found ace-king again and it flopped an ace to crack the pocket eights of ��alexos888�� to leave only four players in the hunt for the title. The final four became three when Crashsite!! Moved all-in with ace-four and lost to the ace-king of AchoBogdanov.
Heads-up was set when AchoBogdanov continued to send players to the rail. This time the Bulgarian found a pair of kings in the hole in a hand with ��Januliatko87�� who had three-bet all-in with a pair of sevens. A king on the flop left Januliatko87 drawing to running sevens, which never appeared.
Thanks to the run of eliminations, AchoBogdanov held a massive 10-to-1 chip lead over ��dunny03�� going into the heads-up. Dunny03 fought valiantly for five minutes before calling off their chips with pocket sixes when AchoBogdanov set them all in while holding ten-nine. The door card was a nine, no sixes landed on the felt and AchoBogdanov turned their $215 investment into a massive $214,893 score, the largest cash of their career to date.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AchoBogdanov | Bulgaria$214,893 | |
| 2 | dunny03 | Canada | $149,728 |
| 3 | Januliatko87 | Slovakia | $104,326 |
| 4 | Crashite!! | Netherlands | $72,691 |
| 5 | alexos888 | Canada | $50,649 |
| 6 | zemachess | Russia | $35,291 |
| 7 | vidi.pkr | Romania | $24,589 |
| 8 | sauce3000 | Canada | $17,133 |
| 9 | Vinicius ��jason13-2008�� Steves | Brazil | $11,938 |
PokerStars Sunday High Roller: $75K Gtd
| Date | July 15 |
| Buy-in | $2,100 |
| Guarantee | $75,000 |
| Entries | 49 |
| Prize pool | $98,000 |
| ITM | 6 |
The $2,100 Sunday High Rollerat PokerStars saw a compact field of 49 entries compete for a slice of a $98,000 prize pool, and it was the United Kingdom��s ��T-Macha�� who got their hands on the lion��s share of the money, namely $37,450.
T-Macha defeated Hungary��s Laszlo ��omaha4rollz�� Bujtas heads-up to leave the Hungarian to collect the $23,028 consolation prize.
Only six places were paid and it was ��Bigfish112932�� from the Philippines who busted in sixth-place, a finish worth $4,686. They were followed to the sidelines by Swedish superstar Simon ��C. Darwin2�� Mattsson and then German duo ��pappadogg�� and Julian ��jutrack�� Track, the latter busted in third place for a $15,467 addition to his bankroll.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Macha | United Kingdom | $37,450 |
| 2 | Laszlo ��omaha4rollz�� Bujtas | Hungary | $23,028 |
| 3 | Julian ��jutrack�� Track | Germany | $15,467 |
| 4 | pappadogg | Germany | $10,388 |
| 5 | Simon ��C. Darwin2�� Mattsson | Sweden | $6,978 |
| 6 | Bigfish112392 | Philippines | $4,686 |
partypoker 1K Sunday Big Bounty Hunter-HR
| Date | July 8 |
| Buy-in | $1,050 |
| Guarantee | $125,000 |
| Entrants | 136 |
| Prize pool | $138,720 |
| ITM | 23 |
��ld3f1x89�� was one of the biggest winners at partypoker on Jul. 15 courtesy of them taking down the 1K Sunday Big Bounty Hunter. A field of 136 players competed for a share of $138,720 in the $1,050 buy-in event and only 23 of those starters got their hands on some prize money.
��SchelampigaUhu�� was the eight-handed final table��s first casualty. They busted and banked $1,844 plus an additional $2,080 worth of bounties; only the runner-up and eventual champion claimed more scalps.
��Arxigos��, ��Ewokwat�� and ��sweet_dreammm�� all crashed out before Niklas ��Drulitooo�� Astedt busted in fourth-place for a combined score of $8,155.
Russian pro ��MAM0HT_T�� exited in third-place for $7,912 and $4,907 worth of bounties to leave ��z-boooo�� and ld3f1x89 to lock horns heads-up for the title. It was a battle ld3f1x89 emerged victorious from, securing a combined $32,691 and leaving z-boooo to walk away in second-place with a $13,902 addition to their bankroll.
| Place | Player | Prize | Bounty Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ld3f1x89 | $14,166 | $18,525 |
| 2 | z-boooo | $10,587 | $3,315 |
| 3 | MAM0HT_T | $7,912 | $4,907 |
| 4 | Niklas ��Drulitooo�� Astedt | $5,913 | $2,242 |
| 5 | sweet_dreammm | $4,419 | $4,550 |
| 6 | Ewokwat | $3,302 | $520 |
| 7 | arxigos2 | $2,468 | $2,405 |
| 8 | SchelampigaUhu | $1,844 | $2,080 |
partypoker Super Sunday 1K Deepstack
| Date | July 15 |
| Buy-in | $1,050 |
| Guarantee | $100,000 |
| Entrants | 104 |
| Prize pool | $104,000 |
| ITM | 16 |
��M1ndBl0w�� turned $1,050 into a $25,480 score by taking down the partypoker Super Sunday 1K Deepstack.
Philipp ��Phil_Gruissem�� Gruissem, a member of Team partypoker, narrowly missed out on a final table appearance. Gruissem busted in ninth-place for $2,600 and he burst the final table bubble.
Eighth-place and $3,380 went to ��pruttzz12�� before ��Demba_Pa�� busted in seventh-place. They were joined on the rail by ��chhurro�� and ��Thanks-Dude�� and ��spinner2255.�� A special mention has to go to spinner2255 because they finished fifth in this very tournament last week and followed that up with a fourth-place finish this week.
Third-placed ��HungarysHero�� was the first player to collect a five-figure score, namely $13,000 and their exit left ��barrm111�� and M1ndBl0w to play heads-up for the victory. It was a victory that went the way of ��M1ndBl0w��, a finish worth $25,480, which left barrm111 to collect the $18,200 consolation prize.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | M1ndBl0w | $25,480 |
| 2 | barrm111 | $18,200 |
| 3 | HungarysHero | $13,000 |
| 4 | spinner2255 | $9,100 |
| 5 | Thanks-Dude | $6,760 |
| 6 | chhurro | $5,200 |
| 7 | Demba_Pa | $4,160 |
| 8 | pruttzz12 | $3,380 |
888poker $50,000 Whale
| Date | July 15 |
| Buy-in | $1,050 |
| Guarantee | $50,000 |
| Entries | 58 |
| Prize pool | $58,000 |
| ITM | 6 |
Malta��s ��Farrugia_1�� came out on top of this weekend��s 888poker $50,000 Whale that hit its guarantee after 58 players exchanged $1,050 for a shot at glory.
Farrugia_1 walked away with a cool $21,460 for their victory after defeating Sweden��s Niklas ��tutten7�� Astedt in the heads-up battle; the Swede collected $14,500.
Six places were paid in this tournament with ��UrShitStorm�� of Sweden falling in sixth-place for $3,190. They were followed to the showers by ��Pik00rs�� of Austria, ��DeuceofDuc0�� of the Netherlands and Uruguay��s elite grinder Fabrizio ��DrMiKee�� Gonzalez in third-place.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farrugia_1 | Malta | $21,460 |
| 2 | Niklas ��tutten7�� Astedt | Sweden | $14,500 |
| 3 | Fabrizio ��DrMiKee�� Gonzalez | Uruguay | $8,700 |
| 4 | DeuceofDuc0Netherlands | $5,800 | |
| 5 | Pik00rs | Austria | $4,350 |
| 6 | UrShitStorm | Sweden | $3,190 |
888poker $50,000 Sunday Mega Deep
| Date | July 15 |
| Buy-in | $215 |
| Guarantee | $50,000 |
| Entries | 387 |
| Prize pool | $77,400 |
| ITM | 40 |
The $50,000 Sunday Mega Deep title is now in Brazil thanks to Ivanildo ��ivanlimeira�� Limeira outlasting a field of 387 in the $215 buy-in event. This week��s guarantee was surpassed by $27,400 and Limeira took full advantage of the juicy prize pool, getting his hands on $15,093.
The final three players of this event would not have looked out of place in a tournament 10 times the buy-in. Mike ��Pipedream17�� Dietrich busted in third-place for a $8,514 score and fellow Canadian Alex ��Dynoalot�� Difelice was the runner-up, a finish worth $11,223.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivanildo ��ivanlimeira�� Limeira | Brazil | $15,093 |
| 2 | Alex ��Dynoalot�� Difelice | Canada | $11,223 |
| 3 | Mike ��Pipedream17�� Dietrich | Canada | $8,514 |
| 4 | Al_Robbya | Mexico | $6,192 |
| 5 | BlackBrahman | Russia | $4,257 |
| 6 | Avskedad | Sweden | $3,096 |
| 7 | mne_d0edet1 | Russia | $2,322 |
| 8 | playboy1983 | Switzerland | $1,935 |
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