Sunday Briefing: Huge Score for Geovanne ��Grande_Prego�� Pereira

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Oct 22, 2018 6 min read

Geovanne ��Grande_Prego�� Pereira of Brazil walked away with more than $145,000 this weekend when he came out on top of a 5,835-strong field in the PokerStars Sunday Million.

PokerStars Sunday Million

A prize pool of $1,167,000 was created in this weekend��s Sunday Million after 5,835 entries turned out in force for the $215 buy-in event. The top 1,052 players received a slice of the pie, a min-cash being worth $335 and a final table appearance boosting this sum to $9,268.

Former world number one Patrick ��pads1161�� Leonard burst the final table bubble, crashing out in 10th place on his second bullet for $6,504.

The first of two Danes to reach the final table, ��squashchamp��, busted in ninth-place for $9,268 and was followed to the rail by Canada��s Matthew ��Matthew101�� Carpenter who banked $13,207, his third-largest online score.

��ludachips28��, the second of the Danish contingent fell in seventh-place before the first of a brace of Romanian exited in sixth-place; ��diw.2303�� netted a cool $26,817 for their efforts.

Yorkshireman Christopher ��BuyMyLunch�� Williams helped himself to the $38,214 fifth-place prize, the second-largest cash of his career. Williams�� best score came, ironically, in the Sunday Million back in June 2016 when he finished fourth for $64,348.

UK-based Spaniard Carlos ��Carsandi�� Sanchez was the next player to lose their chips, busting in fourth-spot for $54,454 and when Swedish star ��anteen�� busted in third-place for $77,595 heads-up was set.

Romania��s ��AndyKidPoker�� and Pereira locked horns in the final battle of the tournament and struck a deal to make the pay jump shallower. AndyKidPoker took $122,386 instead of $110,571 and it turned out to be a good business decision as they fell in second-place to leave Pereira to collect the now $145,753 top prize.

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PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller

This weekend��s $2,100 Sunday High Roller was dominated by players who call the United Kingdom home as four of the nine final tablists were from the UK, including the eventual champion.

A field of 91 entries created a $182,000 prize pool that was shared among the top 13 finishers. Swedish superstar Simon ��C. Darwin2�� Mattsson burst the final table bubble to leave everyone else in the money.

Season 13 EPT Malta Main Event champion Aliaksei ��ale6ka�� Boika busted from the final table first to bank $5,295 and was joined as a spectator by China��s ��huang33�� and Canadian grinder Sam ��Str8$$$Homey�� Greenwood.

The UK��s ��T-Macha�� busted in sixth-place for yet another five-figure score, namely $10,745 with Oliver ��sk2ll_m0dR�� Weis netting $14,188 when his tournament came to an abrupt end in fifth-place.

Jack ��jackziyang�� Salter was the next casualty of the final table, his fourth-place finish added $18,734 to his bankroll and another player with a Union Jack next to their alias, ��0409479�� walked away with $24,738 after finishing in third-place.

Jordan ��JWPRODIGY�� Westmorland and ��bartek901�� were the last remaining players in the tournament, playing was was essentially now a $10,467 heads-up sit and go. Westmorland ran out of steam in the one-on-one battle and busted in second-place for $32,665 to take his online winnings close to $5.2 million.

This left UK-based Polish pro bartek901 to collect the $43,132 first-place prize and take his lifetime winnings ever closer to $3.5 million.

partypoker Super Sunday High Roller

��Specter_Litt�� came out on top of a compact 98-strong field in the partypoker $2,600 Super Sunday High Roller to secure a $60,025 first-place prize.

The victory was made all the more sweeter by the fact they defeated Joao ��joaosimaobh�� Simao heads-up; the Brazilian is regarded as one of the elite online players of his generation.

Earlier at the final table, partypoker regular ��MOTHERSMATT�� busted in eighth-place for $7,962 and Elio ��donzledurbru�� Fox fell in seventh-place for $9,800 and was the last player not to lock up five-figures in this event.

The UK��s ��Paul_Folders��, who enjoyed an exceptional POWERFEST series a couple of months ago, collected $12,250 for their sixth-place finisher while ��MoNddLeR�� walked away with a $15,925 addition to their bankroll.

Simon ��fren96�� Higgins busted in fourth-place for $21,437. Higgins has been grinding a lot at partypoker of late and is now approaching $1.8 million in online cashes.

Third-place and $30,625 went to ��aLiNeNok1617��. This meant when Simao fell in second-place, he collected $42,875, leaving Specter_Litt to boast about a $60,025 cash haul.

partypoker Sunday Main Event High Roller

The partypoker Sunday Main Event High Roller attracted a field of 263 entrants, which meant the $200,000 guarantee was surpassed by some $63,300. It was the player known as ��TheRepoMan86�� who took full advantage of the juicy prize pool as they were the last player standing, an accolade that came with a $52,337 prize.

��SchelampigaUhu�� was the first player to bust from the final table, their eighth-place finish seeing them turn $1,050 into $5,260. Seventh-place and the last four-figure score, namely $7,232, went to ��SacredAccount�� before ��Echomaus�� exited in sixth-place for a $10,257 bankroll boost.

Next to bust was ��orud74�� who netted $13,676 and then ��aLiNeNok1617�� who had early finished third in the Super Sunday High Roller for $30,625, busted in fourth-place for an additional $19,330.

Heads-up was set when ��CropDustr�� lost their stack to finish in third-place, leaving ��rdcrsnn�� and TheReopMan86 to fight it out one-on-one for the title and the $52,337 first-place prize. It was a battle that TheRepoMan86 would win, resigning rdcrsnn to the $37,872 consolation prize.

888poker $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep

The 888poker $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep hit its guarantee this week after 560 players turned out for it. The $112,000 prize pool was distributed among the top 48 finishers with $21,560 reserved for the champion.

Everyone at the final table was guaranteed $2,520 for their efforts, the sum ��Sinatra48�� of Lithuania banked for their eighth-place finish. They were joined on the sidelines by ��BeeTheBeagle��, Vitaliy ��VitaliyPanko�� Panko, ��radfish14�� of Switzerland and ��GangstaGo�� of the Ukraine.

Each of the final three players locked up a five-figure haul with Denmark��s ��PoulPanasony�� netting $12,040 for their third-place finish. This left ��BrAvEHrt1�� and Padro ��GritinhO_Dzi�� Garagnani to battle heads-up for the title. It was the latter who emerged victorious, turning their $215 into $21,560 with the runner-up seeing $15,960 hit their 888poker account.

888poker $50,000 Whale

The Whale tournament has struggled of late but this weekend��s edition saw the $50,000 guarantee surpassed by $23,000 as 73 players bought in for $1,050 each.

��Kannwas�� of Austria was the last player standing, their first-place finish seeing them win $25,550. Kannwas defeated Swedish legend Simon ��Isildur1337x�� Mattsson heads-up to secure the title and the top prize; Mattsson collected $16,425 for his second-place.

Only Rodrigo ��sonmonedass�� Perez from Argentina walked away with five-figures, his third-place finish netting him $10,950.

Those finishing in fourth through seventh also collected some prize money, ��DosPoochies��, ��wellyxx��, Apo ��APOARSLAN�� Arslan and ��Svengate�� being those in the money finishers.

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