Sunday Briefing: Big Weekend for Philipp Gruissem
Germany��s Philipp ��philbort�� Gruissem is widely regarded as one of the best poker players of his generation and his $3,058,099 in online winnings and his $10,135,305 live tournament winnings are a testament to that.
This weekend, Gruissem took to the partypoker virtual felt where he competed in some Powerfest events. It was a great decision on his part because he won the $500,000 guaranteed Main Event for $80,779 then went on to finish sixth in the $1,000,000 guaranteed Main Event for an additional $41,320.
Although impressive, Gruissem��s cash haul was not the largest at partypoker this weekend. That honor went to ��Algorhytm�� who topped a field of 211 players in the $1,000,000 Gtd Super High Roller, turning $5,200 into $226,825.
Another huge score is now in the partypoker account of ��gotthereagain�� who won the $1,000,000 guaranteed Main Event for a bankroll-boosting $175,610.
Some of the other big victories at partypoker on Feb. 5 included ��ReggaeDiBaralho�� who won the $100,000 Gtd Freezeout for $17,170, ��sstoyanov1�� who won the $150,000 Gtd Freezeout for $19,082 and ��RIP_HARAMBE�� who took down the $300,000 Gtd High Roller for $63,791.
Over at PokerStars, the $215 Sunday Million ended in a three-handed chip. Sweden��s Anton ��MORTIIIIIIII�� Herrmann was crowned champion and banked $129,686 with ��pokerjoe485�� finishing as runner-up for $93,000. Third place went to ��good2850�� who collected $105,669 courtesy of the aforementioned deal.
Some of the biggest PokerStars results on Feb. 5 included:
- ��bienballa�� - winner of the $109 Sunday Starter for $6,899
- ��Bulben�� - winner of the Big $162 for $6,013
- ��johnnyCASH90�� - winner of the $109 Sunday Kickoff for $19,707
- ��dddscorpion�� - winner of the Hot $162 for $7,870
- Kevin ��morans350�� Gibson - winner of the $215 Bounty Builder for $16,517
- ��Futti18�� - winner of the $215 Sunday Warm-Up for $56,236
- Artem ��veeea�� Vezhenkov - winner of the $215 Weekender for $10,498
- Niklas ��Lena900�� Astedt - winner of the Big $109 for $25,448.86
- ��edu22.sp�� - winner of the Hot $162 for $15,850
- ��AceSpades11�� - winner of the $700 Super-Sized Sunday for $40,055
- ��razvqq�� - winner of the $109 Bounty Builder for $15,946
- Tomas ��luckymo32�� Geleziunas - winner of the $109 Bubble Rush for $9,329
- ��diablo8807�� - winner of the Hot $109 for $19,204
- Niklas ��Lena900�� Astedt - winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand NLHE for $58,319
- ��31PokerGod31�� - winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand PLO for $38,694
- Andreas ��hucker86�� Huck - winner of the Big $215 for $25,247
- Adrijan ��Adrijan_S�� Sinishtaj - winner of the $109 Sunday Cooldown for $22,667
- ��pappadogg�� - winner of the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $35,600
- Yuri ��theNERDguy�� Martins - winner of the Hot $215 for $19,393
Finally for this week��s Sunday Briefing are the results from 888poker��s biggest Sunday tournaments.
The UK��s ��OMGsete�� walked away with the $32,688 first-place prize in the $120,000 Whale, a $600 buy in tournament that attracts some of the best poker players in the business.
A similar sized score went to ��888Stoyan�� who won the $120,000 Mega Deep by outlasting a field of 731 players in the $215 buy in event. In the $40,000 Turbo Mega Deep, Germany��s ��overthetop33�� turned $215 into a much more impressive $10,674.90, while in the $50,000 Sunday Crocodile it was Rocco ��sephir0t�� Palumbo who claimed top honors, namely $12,426.
Last but not least, ��pina219�� deserves a mention for winning a $16,558 score in this weekend��s $80,000 Sunday Challenge.
