Sunday Briefing: Joe Cada Wins the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Former World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe Cada became an online poker champion again this weekend when he triumphed in the $215 Sunday Warm-Up at PokerStars
Canadian Cada topped a field of 1,917 entries in the Sunday Warm-Up, eventually defeating ��elementx8�� heads up to boost his bankroll by an impressive $57,441.39.
The largest score online this weekend went to Ireland��s ��myleftfoot33�� courtesy of winning the Sunday Million. The Irish grinder turned $215 into $148,934.52 by outlasting 5,234 opponents. Five of the nine finalists hailed from either the United Kingdom or Ireland, including runner-up ��donkey310�� who collected $104,515.09.
Some of the other big scores at PokerStars this Sunday included:
- ��Progotich�� �C winner of the $109 Sunday Starter for $6,558.60
- ��JeremiieLand�� �C winner of the $109 Sunday Kickoff for $19,572.93
- ��GregX89X�� �C winner of the $215 Weekender for $9,215.75
- ��flipmm�� �C winner of the Big $109 for $26,402.41
- Apostolis ��apostolis20�� Bechrakis �C winner of the $700 Super-Sized Sunday for $39,190.35
- ��baeks22�� �C winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand NLHE for $47,664.07
- Brian ��brianm15�� England �C winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand PLO for $31,485.37
- Andrey ��drupe-lucker�� Chernokoz �C winner of the Big $215 for $25,825.05
- ��juicetus�� �C winner of the $109 Sunday Cooldown for $20,753.58
- ��OTT CANADA�� �C winner of the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $27,730.31
- ��v777c�� �C winner of the $109 Sunday Wrap-Up for $9,500.08
Over at 888poker, Russia��s ��proplatish�� walked away with the $22,567.44 first-place prize of the $100,000 Baby Whale after coming out on top of 391 opponents. That impressive score was beaten by the $25,912.50 ��hateh4tehate�� collected for taking down the $120,000 Mega Deep, however.
This week��s $40,000 Turbo Mega Deep saw ��trino11�� turn $215 into $9,079.80 in the space of three hours and 19 minutes for a superb hourly rate, while the $80,000 Sunday Challenge ended in a three-way chop with ��theLINQ�� being crowed champion and collecting $11,379.60, ��truchota�� banking $12,166.35 and ��Bastett�� walking away with $12,023.50.
Finally, the biggest results from partypoker��s Sunday schedule.
The $2,600 Super High Roller smashed it��s $100,000 guarantee by $57,500 this weekend and it was ��icenigel�� who took full advantage of the massive prize pool, winning the tournament and its $51,187.50 first-place prize.
A crowd of 1,251 players helped meet the Title Fight��s guarantee by $200 and the event ended in a heads-up chop. ��MaxVici�� won the tournament with ��elsampa69�� finishing as runner-up with the heads-up duo collected $36,019.31 and $36,019.30 respectively; that cent makes all the difference!
In the $200,000 Gtd High Roller, ��TR22TR�� turned $530 into $39,000 with Niklas ��Tjeeeena�� Astedt winning the $150,000 Gtd Main Event this week, a finish worth $24,928.08.
