Sunday Briefing: $200K Score For Sami Kelopuro

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Apr 06, 2020 5 min read

April 5 was another massive day for online poker tournaments with several sites running festivals that created huge prize pools. There was big scores at PokerStars, partypoker, GGPoker, and 888poker. Let��s check out who got their hands on the biggest prizes of the weekend.

$10,300 High Rollers PLO 6-Max at PokerStars

Sami ��Lrslzk�� Kelopuro was one of the biggest winners courtesy of banking $200,376 at PokerStars. The exceptionally talented Finn topped a field of 57 in the $10,300 buy-in High Rollers PLO 6-Max event to secure yet another six-figure prize.

Kelopuro defeated ��yara777�� of the Ukraine heads-up to claim the top prize. His Ukrainian opponent walked away with a $132,717 addition to his bankroll.

Only seven players received a slice of the $570,000 prize pool. ��xnrobix�� of Hungary burst the final table bubble and won $23,896. ��pkrbt�� of Sweden reeled in a $28,321 prize before ��MITS 304�� turned $10,300 into $38,562 when the Cypriot fell in fourth.

��Zagalo87�� was the penultimate bust-out; third-place yielded a $87,903 prize.

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Turbo Series 01: $215 NLHE PKO at PokerStars

The opening event of the Turbo Series, the Turbo Series 01: $215 NLHE PKO, ensuring the series kicked off in style with 6,791 entries processed by the time late registration closed. This ensured the $1 million guarantee was beaten by $358,200.

Russia��s ��MAMOHT_T�� was the main beneficiary of this juicy pot because the Russian came out on top to scoop the $81,420 top prize. Their prize was bolstered by $52,088 worth of bounty payments. They defeated ��LIKE A G6�� heads-up for the title, the Czech grinder walking away with a combined prize worth $89,424.

POWERFEST #216-SHR: $1M Gtd Phase Final at partypoker

The extended POWERFEST continued to smash its guarantees with a $1,314,665 prize pool created in the POWERFEST #216-SHR: $1M Gtd Phase Final.

��Toppairlover�� and team partypoker��s Anatoly ��NL_Profit�� Filatov were the first casualties of the final table. That duo scooped prizes worth $26,296 and $36,153 respectively.

��usinghud�� and ��trustnobody_99�� then fell by the wayside and saw their partypoker account balances increase by $51,271 and $68,362. Fourth-placed ��Irunsogoooood�� almost won six-figures but narrowly missed out with a $96,627 score.

��PayAndPlay�� was the first recipient of a six-figure score. Their tournament ended with a third-place finish worth $132,781.

This left ��BoldPilot�� and ��nomeansyes�� to fight it out for the gargantuan top prize of $261,618. The latter was the last man standing, leaving the runner-up to bank $189,311. nomeansyes loves high stakes tournaments at partypoker. They finished third in the 2019 MILLIONS Online for more than $1.3 million.

$1.6 Million Worth of Leaderboards!

POWERFEST #217-HR: $500K Gtd Phase Final

��Sexy Guru�� was another big winner at partypoker on April 5 after they triumphed in the POWERFEST #217-HR: $500K Gtd Phase Final. Some 1,094 players were in the final and Sexy guru outlasted them all to win $90,978.

Several high stakes regulars reached the final table. These included ��MoStack�� who fell in seventh for $10,031, Anton ��antesvante�� Wigg who collected $42,741 for his third-place exit, and runner-up ��Quantum_Leap�� who hauled in $65,099.

GG Masters $500K Gtd at GGPoker

This week��s $500,000 guaranteed GG Masters ended in a heads-up chop that saw the top two finishers secure almost $125,000 between them.

Canada��s��mike444�� was crowned the tournament��s champion and walked away with $66,185 after his heads-up deal. Russia��s ��flyyy�� officially finished in second-place and turned their $150 investment into a cool $58,085.

The top six finishers netted five-figures each. ��kevin8097�� busted in sixth for $13,891 before Ukraine��s ��luckykaky�� banked $19,320 when their tournament ended abruptly in fifth-place.

Slovenia��s ��ThePizzaGuy�� finished in fourth-place, a finish that delivered $26,871. Shout-out to ��for_science�� of Canada who was the third-place finisher, a result that saw $37,373 make its way to their GGPoker account.

*reflects a heads-up deal

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GGS 009-HR: $5K Sunday Main at GGPoker

GGPoker��s GG Series kicked off in style and the $5,000 buy-in Sunday Main was one of the biggest events of the day. A compact field of 96 created a $456,000 prize pool, a huge increase over the $300,000 that was guaranteed.

Germany��s ��WooKah�� won the lion��s share of the prize pool and the only six-figure prize from the tournament. They netted $108,067 after sending ��The_Answer�� to the rail in second-place to collect $81,842.

All nine finalists won at least $13,000 with GGPoker regular ��HogFish333�� falling in sixth-place for $26,922 from their home in Switzerland.

$25,000 Sunday Challenge at 888poker

The$25,000 Sunday Challenge turned into the $30,100 Sunday Challenge thanks to thr 301 players who bought in for $109.

Denmark��s ��N33dCoaching�� triumphed in this event and won its $6,155, taking their lifetime winnings at 888poker to $230,000. The Dane defeated ��Tjaaja�� of Finland heads-up to get their hands on the top prize. The Finn had to make do with the $4,515 consolation prize.

Three Brits reached the final table. Ben ��DoobieFish�� Kett fell in eighth for $752 with ��TopBeaver69�� collecting $1,354 for their sixth-place exit. ��tiltedlol�� navigated their way to a third-place finish worth $3,401.

PKO Series #2- $150,000 Tune Up at 888poker

Rounding off the Sunday Briefing this week is the PKO Series #2- $150,000 Tune Up. We selected this tournament in our Weekend Preview citing it may overlay. It did by $7,700 or 77 entries.

��D3n1sk4PP�� took full advantage of the funds added by 888poker as they were the only player with chips in front of them when the curtain came down. The Russian��s $14,193 top prize was boosted by $8,281 worth of bounty payments for a $22,474 haul.

UK��s ��Kel3103�� was the runner-up, a finish worth a combined $12,816, the only other five-figure score of the tournament.

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