Sergio Cabrera, Pedro Madeira, Patrick Leonard, Emil Olsson, & Peter Turmezey Win Big at 888poker in July

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Aug 05, 2016 6 min read

Sundays are the biggest day of the week at the world's second largest real-money online poker network 888poker. Many of the regularly scheduled tournaments feature bigger guaranteed prize pools compared to what takes place during the week. To make things even better, each Sunday features a handful of special added tournaments including the Mega Deep and the Sunday Challenge each weekend, plus the Whale and the Baby Whale on alternating Sundays.

During the early part of July, many of the guaranteed prize pools were lowered as this is the slow time of the year for online poker players. With a lot of the big names heading to poker's center stage in Las Vegas to compete in the World Series of Poker, and many recreational players choosing to enjoy the summer weather - the tournaments were a bit smaller. As the month moved on, many of the guarantees began to increase again with players coming back home and on to the grind again.

Canada's "birdgamecray" shipped the single biggest prize at 888poker in July after he took down the Whale on July 24 for a healthy score of $30,503. Big names on the final table in this included Spanish poker player living in the United Kingdom Sergio "trujustrus" Cabrera (2^nd - $22,374), Canada's Shyam "Sdot111" Srinivasan (6^th - $6,712), and Brazil's Leonardo "narizinhodzi" Alcantara (8^th - $3,729).

Cabrera added to his big month at 888poker when the following Sunday on July 31 he took fourth place in the Sunday Challenge for $7,569.

Brazil's Pedro "gusma" Madeira took down the other Whale during the month on July 10 after outlasting a star-studded final table to bank $21,500. Also on the final table were Sweden's Simon "Isildur1337x" Mattsson (5^th - $6,000), the PocketFives current top ranked online poker tournament player in the world Jonathan "chut_up" Van Fleet (6^th - $5,000), American poker refugee residing in Mexico Stephen "SpewWOkid87" Buell (8^th - $3,000), and Sweden's Emil "Ejsenhoven1" Olsson (9^th - $2,000).

Olsson had a much bigger win earlier in the month after he took down the Baby Whale on July 3 for $16,074. Hungary's Peter "breeth" Turmezey shipped this tournament two weeks later for an even bigger sum of $17,117, while in the final Baby Whale on July 31, it was "Juanfran1973" snagging the top prize of $21,071.

Meanwhile, former top-ranked online poker tournament player in the world according to the PocketFives Rankings, United Kingdom's Patrick "d1sclosure" Leonard, also won big during the month by shipping the Mega Deep on July 17 for $21,357.

Other players to ship the Mega Deep during July included "Roycieboy" (July 3 - $21,773), "saiyajin1337" (July 10 - $19,958), "Kaggis" (July 24 - $24,368), and "TomYamKai" (July 31 - $26,738).

Sunday Challenge winners included "penfolds6" (July 3 - $15,112), Brazil's Rodrigo "selouan1991" Selouan (July 10 - $14,184), "HoobertM" (July 17 - $15,330), "anmols94" (July 14 - $16,476), and "Toilet_Po8L" (July 31 - $18,643)

Here is a look at the results of the biggest Sunday tournaments in July on 888poker:

The $50,000 Baby Whale

The $100,000 Mega Deep

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

The $100,000 Whale

The $100,000 Mega Deep

$65,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

The $80,000 Baby Whale

The $100,000 Mega Deep

$65,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

The $100,000 Whale

The $100,000 Mega Deep

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

The $80,000 Baby Whale

The $100,000 Mega Deep

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

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_{*Special thanks to PocketFives.com and Poker Pro Labs for some of the data in this article.}

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