Sunday Briefing: Kristen Bicknell Enjoys a Super Sunday
Kristen Bicknell, known as ��krissyb24�� in online poker circles, enjoyed a fantastic Sunday on Dec. 2 after winning a Sunday Major at PokerStars, finishing second in another while winning two $5,300 MILLIONS Online seats at partypoker, in addition to bubbling the final table of a partypoker tournament.
PokerStars High Roller Club: $2,100 Sunday Cooldown 8-Max Turbo PKO
| Date | December 2nd |
| Buy-in | $2,100 |
| Guarantee | $150,000 |
| Entrants | 186 |
| Prize pool | $372,000 |
| ITM | 23 |
Bicknell��s biggest cash came in the PokerStars High Roller Club: $2,100 Sunday Cooldown 8-Max Turbo PKO,a tournament that saw 186 players compete for a slice of $372,000. Some of the world��s best players reached the money, including Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom, Steve ��Mr. Tim Caum�� O��Dwyer, ��girafganger7�� and Preben ��prebz�� Stokkan, the latter bursting the final table bubble.
��DotComRicher�� was the first final table member to bust and was joined on the sidelines by Niklas ��Lena900�� Astedt. Belarus�� Aliaksei ��Ale6ka�� Boika, the 2016 EPT Malta champion, was the next to fall.
Fifth-place went to Gary ��quiditbear�� Hasson before ��cigarromata�� of Brazil secured a combined score of $25,329. This was more than third-placed ��TiltMeBig�� won thanks to the former locking up $8,312 worth of bounties.
TiltMeBig��s elimination left Bicknell and Austria��s ��mikki696�� to lock horns heads-up. Bicknell had already secured $27,296 worth of bounties on her way to heads-up, but couldn��t claim the scalp of mikki696 so had to make do with a $28,508 runner-up score, leaving mikki696 to walk away with a combined $81,444.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty Payment | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mikki696 | Austria | $36,898 | $44,546 | $81,444 |
| 2 | Kristen ��krissyb24�� Bicknell | Canada | $28,508 | $27,296 | $55,804 |
| 3 | TiltMeBig | Sweden | $22,025 | $1,000 | $23,025 |
| 4 | cigarromata | Brazil | $17,017 | $8,312 | $25,329 |
| 5 | Gary ��quiditbear�� Hasson | Belgium | $13,148 | $1,000 | $14,148 |
| 6 | Aliaksei ��ale6ka�� Boika | Belarus | $10,158 | $2,000 | $12,158 |
| 7 | Niklas ��Lena900�� Astedt | Sweden | $7,848 | $4,218 | $12,066 |
| 8 | DotComRicher | Canada | $6,063 | $4,500 | $10,563 |
PokerStars Bigger $215
| Date | December 2nd |
| Buy-in | $215 |
| Guarantee | $75,000 |
| Entrants | 564 |
| Prize pool | $112,800 |
| ITM | 98 |
After finishing second in the High Roller Club: $2,100 Sunday Cooldown 8-Max Turbo PKO, Bicknell went on to outlast 563 opponents in the Bigger $215 to get her hands on the $19,882 first-place prize.
Bicknell found herself heads-up again Estonia��s ��ULOSEMFKR!!�� and made short work of them to bag yet another online poker title; the Estonian netted $14,428 for their runner-up finish.
Third-place finisher ��Zluka2010�� of Latvia was the only other player to win five-figures, namely $10,470.
Earlier at the final table, ��tino300469�� of the United Kingdom fell in ninth-place with Belgium��s Anthony ��OemphaLoempah�� Chimkovitch crashing out one place later. Canada��s Shyam ��G��s zee�� Srinivasan busted in seveth-place with Julian ��jutrack�� Track banking $4,001 when he fell in sixth-place.
Another Brit, "0409479" was the fifth-place finisher for $5,514 with Gunti ��poker@luffyD�� Aleskinu falling in fourth-place for $7,598.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristen ��krissyb24�� Bicknell | Canada | $19,882 |
| 2 | ULOSEMFKR!! | Estonia | |
| 3 | Zluka2010 | Latvia | $10,470 |
| 4 | Gunti ��poker@luffyD�� Aleskinu | Latvia | $7,598 |
| 5 | 0409479 | United Kingdom | $5,514 |
| 6 | Julian ��jutrack�� Track | Germany | $4,001 |
| 7 | Shyam ��G��s zee�� Srinivasan | Canada | $2,904 |
| 8 | Anthony ��OempaLoempah�� Chimkovitch | Belgium | $2,107 |
| 9 | tino300469 | United Kingdom | $1,529 |
partypoker MILLIONS Online Day 1C
| Date | December 2nd |
| Buy-in | $5,300 |
| Guarantee | $20,000,000 |
| Entrants | 1,112 |
| Prize pool | $5,560,000 |
| ITM |
The third of five starting flights in the partypoker MILLIONS Online took place on Dec. 2 and saw another massive field buy in for $5,300. Some 1,112 players had bought in by the time late registration closed, taking the total attendance so far to 3,170; partypoker may just hit this $20 million guarantee after all.
Colombia��s Carlos ��carlitos350�� Camargo finished Day 1C as the chip leader after turning his 1,000,000 starting stack into 19,285,021, giving himself a legitimate chance of winning what will be a $2.5 million first-place prize. Camargo pipped ��JORD_GUBBEN�� to the chip lead with JORD_GUBBEN bagging up 18,421,926 at the close of play.
Several well-known online pros finished with enough chips to see their names displayed in the top 10 of the Day 1C chip counts. New Zealand��s Hamish ��hamishc2�� Crawshaw was third in chips with 17,777,764 with ��Alien_Army�� in fourth-place with 17,351,003; Alien_Army won a massive 888poker XL Inferno event last year.
Team partypoker��s Joni ��JJouhki�� Jouhkimainen finished the night with 16,158,283 chips, enough for sixth-place on the Day 1C leaderboard, while Laszlo ��omaha4rollz�� Bujtas and Netherlands�� ��Hahaha_Owned�� finished with enough chips for ninth and tenth-place in the counts.
Some of the other big-name players to progress to Day 2 included ��PhileasFogg��, Fedor ��Fedor_Holz�� Holz, Daniel ��ROTTsFEARestFC�� Charlton and Simon ��HellmuthTheGr8�� Mattsson.
Two flights remain in this massive event. Day 1D shuffles up at 8:00 p.m. CET on Dec. 3 with a turbo-structured Day 1E scheduled for 1:00 p.m. CET on Dec. 4.
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos ��carlitos350�� Camargo | Colombia | 19,285,021 |
| 2 | JORD_GUBBEN | Sweden | 18,421,926 |
| 3 | Hamish ��hamishc2�� Crawshaw | New Zealand | 17,777,764 |
| 4 | Alien_Army | Austria | 17,351,003 |
| 5 | Thomas ��chaAat�� Boivin | United Kingdom | 16,938,436 |
| 6 | Joni ��JJouhki�� Jouhkimainen | Finland | 16,158,283 |
| 7 | RosenheimCops | Austria | 15,969,561 |
| 8 | savetrpo | Austria | 15,429,451 |
| 9 | Laszlo ��omaha4rollz�� Bujtas | Hungary | 15,378,883 |
| 10 | Hahaha_Owned | Netherlands | 15,042,585 |
partypoker Sunday Super High Roller
| Date | December 2nd |
| Buy-in | $2,600 |
| Guarantee | $200,000 |
| Entrants | 117 |
| Prize pool | $292,500 |
| ITM | 16 |
A star-studded field of 117 players took to the partypoker tables for the Sunday Super High Roller, creating a $292,500 prize pool as a result.
All but one of the eight players who reached the final table walked away with a five-figure score, Sam ��DeanMalenko�� Greenwood falling in eighth-place for $9,506.
Greenwood was joined on the rail by Steve ��eet_smakelijk�� O��Dwyer who netted $11,700 for his seventh-place finish. A pair of players from the UK were the next casualties. Jonathan ��proudflop�� Proudfoot crashed out in sixth-place for $14,625 with ��orud74�� busting in fifth-place for $19,012.
Russian pro ��aLiNeNok1617�� exited in fourth-place and when ��madgenius87�� fell in third-place heads-up was set.
The final battle in this tournament saw ��z-boooo�� of Malta take on the UK��s ��SpiritDNA�� but no deal was struck despite the difference between first and second place being a cool $20,475. This meant z-boooo banked $51,187 when the were eliminated in second-place, leaving the champion to scoop a bankroll-boosting $71,662.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SpiritDNA | United Kingdom | $71,662 |
| 2 | z-boooo | Malta | $51,187 |
| 3 | madgenius87 | Austria | $36,562 |
| 4 | aLiNeNok1617 | Russia | $25,593 |
| 5 | orud74 | United Kingdom | $19,012 |
| 6 | Jonathan ��proudflop�� Proudfoot | United Kingdom | $14,625 |
| 7 | Steve ��eet_smakelijk�� O��Dwyer | Netherlands | $11,700 |
| 8 | Sam ��DeanMalenko�� Greenwood | Canada | $9,506 |
888poker $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep
| Date | December 2nd |
| Buy-in | $215 |
| Guarantee | $100,000 |
| Entrants | 478 |
| Prize pool | $100,000 |
| ITM | 48 |
This weekend��s $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker ended in a heads-up chop between ��Happynose�� of belarus and Malta-based Dutchman Steven ��Kale333�� van Zadelhoff. The Belarusian secured the larger of the two prizes, namely $17,607 with van Zadelhoff netting $15,892 for his $215 investment.
The UK��s Paul ��Senta99�� Senter was the first casualty of the final table, his eight-place finish seeing $2,250 added to his 888poker account. Senter was joined as a spectator by ��Omegita06�� of the Dominican Republic, ��SEWart777�� and ��23NoraB�� who won this tournament last week.
Slovenian Ivan ��Hurrrrican3�� Gabrieli busted in third to leave Happynose and van Zadelhoff to play one-on-one for the title, but the final duo struck a deal instead to guarantee themselves a profitable Sunday session at 888poker.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happynose | Belarus | $17,607* |
| 2 | Steven ��Kale333�� van Zadelhoff | Malta | $15,892* |
| 3 | Ivan ��Hurrrrican3�� Gabrieli | Slovenia | $10,750 |
| 4 | 23NoraB | Austria | $7,750 |
| 5 | SEWart777 | Russia | $5,250 |
| 6 | Pik00rs | $3,750 | |
| 7 | Omegita06 | Domincan Republic | $2,750 |
| 8 | Paul ��Senta99�� Senter | United Kingdom | $2,250 |
*reflects a heads-up deal
888poker $50,000 Sunday Sale Whale
| Date | December 2nd |
| Buy-in | $1,050 |
| Guarantee | $50,000 |
| Entrants | 75 |
| Prize pool | $75,000 |
| ITM | 7 |
Rounding off the Sunday Briefing for another week is a look at the $50,000 Sunday Whale, which this week attracted 75 entrants who helped surpass the $50,000 guarantee by $25,000.
Taking full advantage of the juicy prize pool was Ukrainian superstar Roman ��Romeopro33�� Romanovsky who turned his $1,050 buy-in into a much more substantial $26,250. Romanvsky plans to retire from poker in the not too distant future,according to an interview with PokerNews, his opponents will be hoping it is a case of retiring sooner rather than later.
The top three finishers won more than $10,000 each in this event. ��Kannwas�� of Austria finished third and collected $11,250 while runner-up ��PokerJoe332�� of Croatia secured a $16,875 payday.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roman ��Romeopro33�� Romanovsky | Ukraine | $26,250 |
| 2 | PokerJoe332 | Croatia | $16,875 |
| 3 | Kannwas | Austria | $11,250 |
| 4 | doctor877 | Finland | $7,500 |
| 5 | Johan5390 | Sweden | $5,625 |
| 6 | HateH4teHate | Malta | $4,125 |
| 7 | 2sick2bluff | Canada | $3,375 |
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