SUNDAY MAJORS: Dominik Nitsche Headlines Big Winners
Germany’s ‘strongwill81‘ came through a 12,371 player-field to turn $109 into $124,602 in the PokerStars Sunday Million. Once again the revamped buy-in meant for five-figure total entrants and resulted in the six-figure first-place prize. ‘Biffinio‘ took the bronze medal for $65,614.91 before ‘AlexS1‘ battled it out with the eventual champion.
‘strongwill81’ in name and nature ultimately came through the final test and banked $124,602 as champion, with ‘AlexS1’ having to settle for $90,415 as runner-up.
Dominik ‘Bounatirou‘ Nitsche added $53,481 to his bankroll after he won the PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller for $53,481.The prize pool was worth $244,000 after 122 entrants took part and when the field was reduced to the final three ‘Secret_M0d3‘ collected the bronze medal worth $31,679. ‘huang33‘ was unable to get the better of Nitsche heads-up and banked $41,161 as runner-up, with the German Pro collecting $53,481 for his win.
Sweden’s ‘vic_xcite‘ won the PokerStars $530 Bounty Builder High Roller for over $79,000 following a heads-up victory over the UK’s Jonathan ‘Gil3000’ Gill. 1,060 entrants created a total $530,000 prize pool with ‘abarone68‘ collecting $23,167 + $8,456 in bounties for third place. Gill, who finished in 10th place in the Sunday Million last week, banked over $47,000 for his silver medal run.
This week’s PokerStars $215 Sunday Warm-Up title went to ‘D.Nowitzki‘ following a heads-up match against Dan ‘NukeTheFish!’ Wilson. There was $34,269 up top after 1,056 entrants created a $211,200 prize pool. High-stakes player Roman ‘RomeOpro’ Romanovsky was able to achieve an 8th place finish for $3,404 and after the battles continued it was ‘papan9_p$’ who picked up a spot on the podium in third place for $17,715. Wilson, who has over $3.6m in online earnings, was then the final player to hit the rail and banked $24,639 in second place, with ‘D.Nowitzki’ taking home $34,269 and the title.
‘madgenius87‘ beat out a total field of 191 entrants to claim victory in the partypoker $1,050 Sunday High Roller. There was a top prize of $44,260 up for grabs and after ‘honestman36‘ departed in third place for $23,200, ‘onehundredeyes‘ was unable to get the better of ‘madgenius87’ and was eliminated in second place for $31,800, with the latter claiming the win.
It was just another Sunday for partypoker ambassador Anatoly ‘NL_Profit’ Filatov who was once again able to find himself on a high stakes final table. This time around the Russian secured second place in the partypoker $3,150 Super Sunday High Roller for $46,800 after Conor ‘ADRIEN_BRODY’ Beresford had fallen in third place for $32,400, and ‘SchelampigaUhu‘ had come through the 80 player field to bink the $68,400 top prize.
Below are this week’s Sunday Majors results:
PokerStars $109 Sunday Million $1M Guaranteed
12,371 entrants, $1,237,100 prize pool
- strongwill81 – $124,602.88
- AlexS1 – $90,415.92
- Biffinio – $65,614.91
- Guillaume479 – $47,616.84
- Thasos_18 – $34,555.54
- eblumin – $25,077.13
- readas_reada – $18,198.48
- GuiTiradente – $13,206.78
PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller, $150k Gtd
122 entrants, $244,000 prize pool
- Bounatirou – $53,481.38
- huang33 – $41,161.58
- Secret_M0d3 – $31,679.76
- kimokh – $24,382.13
- caescilius – $18,765,55
- C.Darwin2 – $14,442.79
- IneedMassari -$11,115.81
- iamivar – $8,555.20
- Lrslzk – $6,584.46
PokerStars $530 Bounty Builder High Roller, $400k Gtd
1,060 entrants, $530,000 prize pool
- vic_xcite – $37,051.86
- Gil3000 – $37,674.03
- abarone68 – $23,167.25
- cwirek1982 – $16,981.51
- emptyspot – $12,447.39
- Greenstone25 – 9,123,89
- progery81 – $6,687.77
- malinga – $4,902.12
- Powergolf – $3,593.26
PokerStars $215 Sunday Warm-Up $175k Gtd
1,056 entrants, $211,200 prize pool
- D.Nowitzki – $34,269.08
- NukeTheFish! – $24,639.24
- papan9_p$ – $17,715.81
- valdemaar74 – $12,737.83
- zyax – $9,158.60
- emptyspot – $6,585.13
- elmo1991 – $4,734.76
- RomeOpro – $3,404.35
- BamsyBear – $2,447.76
partypoker $1,050 Sunday High Roller $200k Gtd
191 entrants, $200,000 prize pool
- madgenius87 – $44,260
- onehundredeyes – $31,800
- honestman36 – $23,200
- benderbei1 – $16,600
- j2805667 – $11,600
- nipa3p3 – $9,000
- proudflop – $7,000
- blackaces93 – $5,500
partypoker $530 KO Series #38-HR – $300k Gtd
739 entrants, $378,737 prize pool
- JimyTransaction – $25,884.97 + $32,825
- Juste1Canard – $25,847.55 + $10,609
- The1n0nlyJonG – $17,373.01 + $5,791
- digvalley – $11,772.09 + $7,264
- Uhtredsan – $8,309.71 + $3,031
- onehundredeyes – $5,987.88 + $5,243
- dartazz – $4,277.06 + $1,663
- ucantrybut – $2,973.57 + $2,444
partypoker $3,150 Super Sunday High Roller $200k Gtd
80 entrants, $240,000 prize pool
- SchelampigaUhu – $68,400
- NL_Profit – $46,800
- ADRIEN_BRODY – $32,400
- ucantrybut – $21,600
- joaosimaobh – $16,800
- orud74 – $13,200
- DeanMalenko – $11,400
- PartyRainer – $10,200
partypoker $1,050 Sunday High Roller Grind – $200k Gtd
197 entrants, $200,000 prize pool
- iveybluffallin – $40,780
- rrinKS – $29,600
- malapisk – $21,100
- arsep – $15,600
- Specter_Litt – $11,000
- iTILTuu – $8,400
- barrm111 – $8,400
- HungarysHero – 4,600