SUNDAY MAJORS: Balazs ‘birs320’ Botond Wins Sunday Million
Major online poker tournament action picked up over the weekend following the New Year. There were two players who cashed for six-figures in the PokerStars Sunday Million Balazs ‘birs320’ Botond captured an outright victory, outlasting nearly 5,600 opponents to take home $158,982 as ‘Greyhairs‘ was awarded $110,026 for finishing runner-up. ‘cmajli‘ placed third in that event for $76,146 and ‘keba91‘ cashed for $52,699 in fourth place.
PocketFives members earned the top two spots in the Stars Sunday Warm-Up, led by Argentina’s ‘Kleinsane‘ who won the event for $59,658 followed by ‘ferdilicious‘ of Romania (second place for $43,293). The $1,050 NLHE Sunday Grand was won by ‘profit76‘ who collected $56,438 for the win while ‘thipoker10‘ finished second for $42,225. The Pot Limit Omaha version of that tournament was taken down by ‘ImWithSumo‘ for a payday of $32,632. ‘SsicK_OnE‘ was the winner in the Sunday Supersonic tournament for $36,161 and ‘monya838‘ outlasted more than 31,000 opponents to take down the Sunday Storm for $31,320.
#62-ranked ‘3BunPass‘ of the United Kingdom once again made the final table of the $2,600 buy-in “Super High Roller” on partypoker, winning the tournament outright for $43,750. ‘SentimenTODO23‘ received $36,759 for first place in the $530 buy-in version of that event.
In the 888 poker Mega Deep tournament, ‘stockfish9‘ came out on top for $26,644. The $100K Guaranteed Whale witnessed a three-way final table deal which involved two P5ers. Olli ‘OgSulttaani’ Ikonen of Finland (ranked #27 worldwide) earned the largest payout of $26,523 while fellow elite player Jerry ‘perrymejsen’ Odeen of Sweden (ranked #18 worldwide) cashed for $21,806 for his official third place effort in that event.
PokerStars Sunday Million($200+15 NLHE) *$1M Guaranteed
5,592 entrants – $1,118,400 paid out to 800 spots
- Balazs ‘birs320’ Botond – $158,981.69
- Greyhairs – $110,025.06
- cmajli – $76,146.04
- keba91 – $52,699.11
- sica26 – $36,471.91
- OempaLoempah – $25,241.50
- brysch22 – $17,469.18
- hondacivic66 – $12,090.12
- DubleVV – $8,367.30
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($200+15 NLHE) *$275K Guaranteed
1,991 entrants – $308,600 paid out to 278 spots
- TEENageTuRtL – $59,657.85 (Kleinsane)
- ferdi123zzz – $43,292.74 (ferdilicious)
- Ballage87 – $31,417.54
- ProRaiser26 – $22,799.69
- imlucknuts – $16,545.72
- mikulita – $12,007.20
- eddycadub – $8,713.61
- thebigdog09 – $6,323.45
- wisopekeño! – $4,588.93 (wisoooo)
PokerStars Sunday Grand ($1,000+50 NLHE) *$175K Guaranteed
300 entrants – $300,000 paid out to 31 spots
- profit76 – $56,437.71
- thipoker10 – $42,224.82
- ale6ka – $31,591.23
- nilsef – $23,635.53
- “0PIGGYBANK” – $17,683.32
- hellzito – $13,230.09
- enfermosky – $9,898.32
- pmahoney1 – $7,405.59
- EvnomiYa – $5,540.61 (NoPlanB)
PokerStars Sunday Grand PLO ($1,000+50 PLO 6-Max) *$75K Guaranteed
161 entrants – $161,000 paid out to 19 spots
- ImWithSumo – $32,631.86
- ALLEXarm – $24,357.65
- lissi stinkt – $18,181.53
- iamivar – $13,571.44
- tatianita032 – $10,130.28
- KissMyAcePlz – $7,561.65
PokerStars Sunday Supersonic ($215 NLHE Six Max Hyper) *$125k Guaranteed
1,097 entrants – $224,622 paid out to 155 spots
- SsicK_OnE – $36,160.80
- blackDonii – $23,636.71
- ZhipOHoy – $15,450.64
- ImDaNuts – $10,099.64 (Gettin Daize)
- yuheeeeee – $6,601.85
- hansiyi – $4,315.43 (chenyizhao)
PokerStars Sunday Storm ($10+$1 NLHE) *$250k Guaranteed
31,468 entrants – $314,680 paid out to 5,111 spots
- monya838 – $31,319.53
- Gorby3975 – $22,314.17
- gobatiy – $15,906.28
- zva0411 – $11,338.54
- cuco.sebas – $8,082.49
- siiiiigghhhh – $5,761.44
- aleks-jnr – $4,106.95
- Nastya1804 – $2,927.56
- PedroNevez – $2,086.83
partypoker Super High Roller ($2,600 NLHE) *$100k Guaranteed
50 entrants – $125,000 paid out to 7 spots
- 3BunPass – $43,750
- omaha4rollz – $28,125
- dorizledurbru – $18,750
- Servej – $12,500
- IN INFINITY – $9,375
- TDurdenWAR – $6,875 (joaomathias)
- WWWpartyCOM – $5,625
partypoker High Roller ($530 NLHE) *$150k Guaranteed
421 entrants – $210,500 paid out to 45 spots
- SentimenTODO23 – $36,759
- dartazz – $33,864
- majocdc – $22,103
- deepsee – $16,840 (veeea)
- Im_on__Tilt – $11,788
- prebzzz – $9,157
- sordykrd – $7,052 (apestyles)
- FergieTime5 – $4,947
- profikiller73 – $3,579
888 Poker WHALE ($600 NLHE) *$100k Guaranteed
267 entrants – $150,855 paid out to 36 spots
- Jarildur1 – $26,523 (Olli ‘OgSulttaani’ Ikonen)
- floatmasta – $22,196
- Jerry ‘perrymejsen’ Odeen – $21,806 *3-way deal
- trino11 – $12,823 (Dimitar ‘bipbippp’ Yosifov)
- duffmonbrah – $8,750
- grandepike – $6,788
- JamieSimmo – $5,280
- DangerMaus17 – $3,771
- InJeBakkes – $2,866
888 Poker Mega Deep($215 NLHE) *$80k Guaranteed
726 entrants – $145,200 paid out to 99 spots
- stockfish9 – $26,644
- Wayouttofhere – $19,021
- salue7 – $14,375
- angrysanchez – $10,817 (myleftfoot)
- wushutm – $7,550
- grandepike – $6,098
- oneh1twonder – $4,646 (bubblebwoy)
- bahiafeliz – $3,194
- jackthecpt – $1,888