Sunday Briefing: Beresford Makes Final Tables at party and PokerStars

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Sunday Briefing

Jan. 28 was the eight day of the $15 million guaranteed POWERFEST at partypoker and it was the biggest day of series so far with more than $2.6 million awarded across 12 events. Besides partypoker, PokerStars had some decent prizes up for grabs too, and it was the last day of the 888 XL Blizzard. Let's take a look at the results of some of the biggest events online this weekend.

partypoker POWERFEST #26-H: $500K Gtd NL Hold��em

DateJanuary 28th
Buy-in$5,200
Guarantee$500,000
Entrants102
Prize pool$510,000
ITM16

Some 102 entrants participated in the POWERFEST #26-H: $500K Gtd NL Hold��em, a $5,200 buy-in tournament that paid out the top 16 finishers.

Some 102 entrants participated in POWERFEST #26-H, a $5,200 buy-in tournament


��nipa3p3�� was the unfortunate soul to burst the money bubble, which paved the way for Team partypoker��s Louise ��lou045�� Butler to min-cash for $10,200. The least any of the eight final table members could win was $16,575, the sum ��WWWpartyCOM�� collected.

��girafganger�� fell in seventh-place and Conor ��ADRIEN_BRODY�� Beresford was another notable finalist; Beresford busted in fifth-place.

��aLiNeNok1617�� and ��PhileasFogg�� locked horns heads-up for the title, but not before striking a deal that locked up a six-figure score for each of them. The former eventually secured the title to win his or her first POWERFEST event.

PlacePlayerPrize
1aliNeNok1617$110,819*
2PhileasFogg$103,380
3Specter_Litt$63,750
4Chris5623$44,625
5Conor ��ADRIEN_BRODY�� Beresford$33,150
6Makemineadouble$25,500
7girafganger$20,400
8WWWpartyCOM$16,575
Conor Beresford
Conor ��ADRIEN_BRODY�� Beresford

partypoker POWERFEST #25-M: $500K Gtd Title Fight Special Edition NL Hold��em

DateJanuary 28th
Buy-in$215
Guarantee$500,000
Entrants2,411
Prize pool$500,000
ITM312

The $215 Title Fight usually has a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool, but thanks to POWERFEST, this special edition of partypoker��s flagship tournament featured a guarantee doubled in size.

Hungary��s Andras ��probirs�� Nemeth took full advantage of the huge prize pool and walk away as the tournament��s champion, an accolade that came with an $82,100 cash prize. Finishing second to Nemeth was ��DedoDeGorila�� who banked $58,000, while the rest of the final table won between $5,225 and $37,350.

PlacePlayerPrize
1Andras ��probirs�� Nemeth$82,010
2DedoDeGorila$58,000
3lipkinator$37,350
4MATTHOLVIK$24,850
5myst_elbarto$17,350
6jelenator$11,850
7MarkLanders123$8,125
8lukiitas99$5,225
Andras Nemeth
Andras ��probirs�� Nemeth

partypoker POWERFEST #24-H: $150K Gtd NL Hold��em

DateJanuary 28th
Buy-in$2,100
Guarantee$150,000
Entrants118
Prize pool$236,000
ITM16
PlacePlayerPrize
1NL_Profit$57,820
2SanityWaterline$41,300
3dbec077$29,500
4Joao "joaosimaobh" Simao$20,650
5eet_smakelijk$15,340
6WWWpartyCOM$11,800
7Dork Pork$9,440
8blakjak19$7,670

partypoker POWERFEST #25-H: $250K Gtd Super High Roller Special Edition NL Hold��em

DateJanuary 28th
Buy-in$2,100
Guarantee$250,000
Entrants220
Prize pool$440,000
ITM32
PlacePlayerPrize
1Dork Pork$82,426*
2TorTor2012$72,409*
3maniakboy$46,420
4youbetipush$34,320
5letsgodancing$24,200
6HighrollerPro$18,480
7karamazovbros$13,640
8POKERPRO2.0$10,120

PokerStars Sunday Million

DateJanuary 28th
Buy-in$215
Guarantee$1,000,000
Entrants6,134
Prize pool$1,226,800
ITM1,106

Not only did "soleeJ" win $165,627 for the victory, he or she won a $30,000 PokerStars Players Platinum Pass as well

Mexico��s Joao ��soleeJ�� Ferreira enjoyed a profitable Sunday at the PokerStars virtual felt courtesy of winning this weekend��s Sunday Million. Not only did "soleeJ" win $165,627 for the victory, he or she won a $30,000 PokerStars Players Platinum Pass as well.

Ferreira reached the final table of the Sunday Million three months ago; he fell in seventh-place for more than $17,000 on that occasion, which was Ferreira��s largest score at PokerStars at that point. Now, Ferreira has almost increased his largest cash ten-fold by topping a field of 6,134 entrants.

Next week��s Sunday Million is the 12th Anniversary Sunday Million featuring a $10 million guaranteed prize pool and a $1 million first-place prize.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Jo?o "soleeJ" FerreiraMexico$165,627
2martinkom111Czech Republic$116,228
3nibbyno1UK$81,565
4NEWFlatRussia$57,540
5koquito5Argentina$40,169
6ORIENTALPASSSweden$28,189
7All-In-MarekGermany$19,782
8rnjstnsdlfSouth Korea$13,882
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Jo?o "soleeJ" Ferreira

PokerStars Sunday High Roller

DateJanuary 28th
Buy-in$2,100
Guarantee$150,000
Entrants151
Prize pool$302,000
ITM20

Netherlands-based Irishman Conor ��1_conor_b_1�� Beresford added almost $63,000 to his lifetime winnings by triumphing in the $2,100 Sunday High Roller. Beresford outlasted a talented crowd of 151 entrants, including Ole ��wizowizo�� Schemion (14th for $5,513), Anton ��antesvante�� Wigg (12th for $6,267) and ��bencb789�� (third for $29,500).

Beresford now has more than $5.6 million in online winnings.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Conor ��1_conor_b_1�� BeresfordNetherlands$57,820
2toril274Russia$41,300
3bencb789Austria$29,500
4Rui "RuiNF" FerreiraNetherlands$20,650
5easy liveRussia$15,340
6Ivan "Negriin" LucaArgentina$11,800
7Dmitry "yurasov1990" YurasovBelarus$9,440
8LoosControlGermany$7,670

PokerStars Sunday 500

DateJanuary 28th
Buy-in$530
Guarantee$150,000
Entrants431
Prize pool$215,500
ITM62
PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1IsnapUcrySweden$38,660
2Joel "jbrown8777" BrownCanada$28,338
3VicFioreseBrazil$20,771
4Ivan "Negriin" LucaArgentina$15,225
5pappadoggGermany$11,160
6Bryan "Brryann" RuiterNetherlands$8,180
7DR FABIAN DRCosta Rica$5,996
8Vicente "vicenfish" DelgadoMexico$4,395

888 Events

With the 888poker XL Blizzard wrapping up with their massive $1,050 Main Event, the biggest first-place prize was rewarded over on 888poker. Head over to our dedicated recap of those events, right here.


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