Sunday Briefing: "HaHaHakim" Secures a $210K Payday at partypoker

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Apr 15, 2019 7 min read Last updated Dec 19, 2019

Sunday 14th April was another massive day at the virtual felt thanks to the 888poker XL Blizzard and partypoker POWERFEST drawing to a close and the massive $10 million guaranteed PokerStars Sunday Million 13th Anniversary edition taking place.

The Sunday Million drew in a crowd of 61,342, meaning a prize pool of $12,268,400 was created. This huge sum is being shared among the top 10,916 finishers with the eventual champion scooping $1,000,061.

The play has paused in the Sunday Million with only 980 players remaining, each guaranteed at least $1,143. Brazil��s ��Deputado1414�� leads the way with 8,064,114 chips. Play resumes at 19:00 CET; stay tuned to PokerNews for a recap of the action.

Powerfest #69-HSR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max at partypoker

The $5,200 buy-in Powerfest #69-HSR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max saw 237 players take to the partypoker felt all hoping for a slice of the $1,185,000 prize pool. A trio of Team partypoker members navigated their way into the money places: Isaac ��Ike_Haxton�� Haxton, Jason ��Jason_Koon�� Koon, and Nikita ��fish2013�� Badyakovskiy all walking away with a return on their investment.

Another Team partypoker pro in Renato ��renatonomura�� Nomura reached the final table but ran out of steam to bust in eighth-place for a $27,255 prize. Nomura was then joined on the rail by the first of two hailing from Britain in ��FMylife�� who banked $36,735 before ��Jonas_Luck_�� of Austria busted in sixth-place for $49,770.

��Reallygamble�� of the UK crashed out in fifth-place for a $65,175 score and was joined on the rail by Canada��s ��FrioPequeno�� whose $92,430 prize was the last score not to weigh in at five-figures.

Jordan ��JWPRODIGY�� Westmorland added an impressive $125,017 to his lifetime winnings when his tournament ended in third-place, which left ��AndreshhParty94�� of Malta and ��HaHaHakim�� from the Netherlands to lock horns heads-up.

The last pair of players ended the tournament prematurely by striking a deal for the remaining prize pool. This deal saw AndreshhParty94 take home $206,818, and HaHaHakim walk away with the title of champion and $210,813 in prize money.

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Powerfest #70-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO 8-Max at partypoker

The Powerfest #70-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO 8-Max awarded some big prizes thanks to the bounty element of the tournament. There was a slight overlay thanks to 479-players buying in for $2,100, not that it bothered those competing as added value is always welcomed.

Russia��s ��justkot�� fell in eighth-place but actually won more money overall than the sixth-place finisher ��siejstar�� thanks to the bounties. Justkot��s total prize weighed in at $24,289 with seijstar banking $22,635, going to show how profitable PKO tournaments can be if you knock out enough players.

Fifth-place went to Ireland��s ��Iveybluffallin�� whose prize was worth $41,793 before Henrique ��galochina10�� Coutinho lost their chips and fell in fourth-place for a $57,343 addition to his bankroll.

Now the prizes were really getting serious. ��WhoIsICM��, hailing from the UK, locked up the $50,298 third-place prize plus $12,239 worth of bounty payments and sent the tournament into the heads-up stage.

��EggsBenedict�� of Brazil and ��PotatoLottery�� from Mexico fought it out one-on-one for what was a massive bounty payment. partypoker pays first and second-place similar amount in PKO events and leaves the heads-up players to fight for the now large bounty. This meant when EggsBenedict busted in second-place, they collected $73,321 from the main prize pool and $8,219 worth of bounties, with the champion scooping $73,420 plus an additional payment of $86,034 for a total prize worth $159,154.

$2,100 Sunday High Roller at PokerStars

Ben ��jenbizzle�� Jones was the last player standing in the star-studded $2,100 Sunday High Roller at PokerStars, meaning he turned his buy-in into a cool $64,110 first-place prize.

The top 20 finishers received prize money with everyone at the nine-handed final table securing $7,916. Elias ��SinKarma�� Gutierrez locked up this sum when he busted in ninth-place before the talented Linus ��LLinusLLove�� Loeliger busted in eighth-place for a $10,282 score.

Kristen ��krissyb24�� Bicknell saw her tournament end in seventh-place, which was good for $13,354 and she was joined on the rail by the Mexico-based grinder Conor "blanconegro" Drinnan who collected $17,345.

Next to fall was Russia��s ��Black88�� whose fifth-place finish netted $22,528 and the Russian was soon followed to the cashier by Aliaksei ��ale6ka�� Boika who ran out of steam and busted in fourth-place for $29,260.

Any of the final three players would have been a worthy champion, but that champion was not going to be Patrick ��pads1161�� Leonard whose tournament ended in a third-place finish worth $38,004.

Heads-up saw Steve ��Mr. Tim Caum�� O��Dwyer fight it out with Jones for the title and the $64,110 top prize. It was the latter who won all of the chip in play to resign O��Dwyer to the $49,360 consolation prize.

$2,100 Sunday Cooldown 8-Max Turbo PKO at PokerStars

More big prizes were awarded at PokerStars in the $2,100 Sunday Cooldown 8-Max Turbo PKO, and the final table was certainly a star-studded affair.

After ��kofi89�� and ��unclewolfy�� busted out in eighth and seventh-place for scores of $11,778 and $9,541, the Netherlands-based British youngster Conor ��1_conor_b_1�� Beresford fell by the wayside in sixth-place for a $14,029 prize. Beresford was then joined on the rail by Michel ��FreeLancerZZ�� Dattani who had been collecting plenty of bounties on his way to the fifth-place finish, so many that he walked away with a total prize bigger than both third and fourth-place namely $28,338.

China��s ��huang33�� was the fourth-place finisher, their exit banked them $19,444 and ��vic_xcite�� of Sweden scooped $21,997 in total after falling in third-place.

Bulgaria��s Krasimir ��Kraskata85�� Yankov faced the daunting task of taking on Sweden��s Niklas ��Lena900�� Astedt heads-up but doing so knowing they would win at least $40,488. Astedt defeated Yankov one-on-one and added another $57,016 to his already ridiculous lifetime winnings of more than $14.9 million.

$20,000 Sunday Challenge at 888poker

The XL Blizzard series created some impressive scores, but PokerNews will cover those excellent results in a stand-alone article.

In the meantime, join us on congratulating ��Grobar1984�� of Serbia who turned their $109 investment into $4,687 by being the last player standing in the $20,000 Sunday Challenge. The Serbian navigated their way through 217 opponents to secure the top prize.

Grobar1984 was joined on the final table by 888poker sponsored pro Chris ��888Moorman�� Moorman who fell in seventh-place for a $872 prize. Moorman was the last player to lock up a three-figure score as sixth-place finisher ��pappagallo93�� collected $1,090.

Next to be eliminated was ��frost3g�� of Russia who added $1,308 to their 888poker balance and they were joined as a spectator by ��BuyUADrank�� of Romania and Argentina��s ��Bombertime1�� who walked away with $1,907 and $2,561 respectively.

The champion was crowned after Grobar1984 sent Roman ��EyesofSkadi�� Matveychuk to the rail in second place, a finish worth $3,379.

$10,000 Monsoon at 888poker

The top three finishers in the $10,000 Monsoon event turned their $55 buy-in into a four-figure prize.

��MrDrogo��, hailing from Romania, got their hands on a $1,175 prize for their third-place finish, which left ��SHUFFLEMAN�� of Belarus and ��sherblemon�� of Russia to play one-on-one for the title and the lion��s share of the $10,000 prize pool.

It was sherblemon who emerged victorious, getting their hands on the $2,150 first-place prize, which meant SHUFFLEMAN had to console themself with a $1,550 runner-up score.

Blade Series 009 $5K at Natural8

The Blade Series is in full swing at the GG poker network and it has thrown up some huge events with a massive prize pool. One such event was the Blade Series 009 $5K that saw 65 players create a $308,750 prize pool that was shared among the top eight finishers.

��AceKing41�� was the first player to cash, getting their hands on $11,320 and they were followed on the payouts by ��PyramidOfSkulls�� and ��FkTheseGuysBro�� who scooped an impressive $14,963 and $19,778 respectively.

A brace of Mexicans were the next casualties. ��Nator�� busted in fifth-place for $26,413 and was joined on the rail ��nbvcxz�� who locked up $34,556. The only British player to cash was ��DownswingPeters�� who netted $45,676 for their third-place finish.

No deal was discussed heads-up despite there being a $35,600 difference between first and second-place. This meant ��KenBrynney�� netted $60,374 for their runner-up finish when ��NOMAMES�� sent them to the rail in second place, with the champion taking home $95,936.

Blade Series 007 $10K

The Blade Series 007 $10K attracted 34-entries who created a $329,800 prize pool that was shared among the top five finishers.

Fifth-place and $20,730 went to Austria��s ��FNC_Broxah�� before Netherlands�� ��RuiNF*" ran out of luck and busted in fourth-place for a $32,934 prize. The penultimate bust out was that of ��PokerBluff1�� of Hungary whose bronze medal finished earned them $52,322.

Unlike the $5K event, this $10,000 buy-in event did end in a chop. It was two Ukrainians who shared more than $220,000. ��Pihler13�� is credited with the victory despite taking home less than Roman ��SanityWaterline�� Romanovsky. The winner netted $92,120 and the title of champion while Romanovsky padded his bankroll with $131,692.

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