Jerry ?deen Was the Biggest Winner at 888poker in April
Sweden's Jerry "Perrymejsen" ?deen was the biggest winner in Sunday tournaments at 888poker The Whale April 2 for $29,117.
The final table included some of online poker's top names including Conor ��grandma1954�� Beresford (fifth - $8,258) , Rocco "sephir0t" Palumbo Dominik "888Dominik" Nitsche
?deen, with over $2.7 million in online poker tournament cashes, is one of the many Swedes to be consistently near the top of the PocketFives Worldwide Online Poker Rankings where he is currently ranked in 18th place in the world and ninth in his home country.
Johannes "TrollKonst8" Korsar On the same day, an even more successful Swedish poker player, Johannes "TrollKonst8" Korsar , won the second biggest prize of the month after shipping The Mega Deep for $28,883.
Korsar is currently ranked in 12th place in the PocketFives Worldwide Rankings and sixth in his home country. He has amassed an amazing $9.3 million in online poker earnings.
The following week, Australian poker player Stevan "poker_mom74" Chew was among the big winners by shipping The Baby Whale for $19,350.
Other big winners in August included Peru's Ewald "HUEHUAHUEHUA" Mahr Olivera shipping The Sunday Challenge for $15,581 on April 23 and United Kingdom's Jonathan "JohnFoot" Proudfoot winning The Mega Deep for $22,668.
The $100,000 Whale
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $565+35 April 2 252 $142,380
Place Player Prize 1 Jerry "Perrymejsen" ?deen $29,117 2 germaxii $21,357 3 doctor877 $16,089 4 glezna23 $12,102 5 Conor ��grandma1954�� Beresford $8,258 6 Rocco "sephir0t" Palumbo $6,407 7 dmg34 $4,983 8 Dominik "888Dominik" Nitsche $3,560 9 marioallin58 $2,705
The $130,000 Mega Deep - Increased GTD!
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $200+15 April 2 787 $157,400
Place Player Prize 1 Johannes "TrollKonst8" Korsar $28,883 2 KellerA $20,619 3 FoldDearDonk $15,583 4 IOwnU888 $11,726 5 Tomas "DoubleNature" S?derstr?m $8,185 6 TrankiNLVida $6,611 7 Grafgreif $5,037 8 tandren93 $3,463 9 Sebastian "iknowmybody" Saffari $2,046
$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $82+8 April 2 775 $94,780
Place Player Prize 1 EDBTZUK $17,392 2 shipgold $12,416 3 777BMW777 $9,383 4 Avskedad $7,061 5 popsnpoker $4,929 6 Renato "curioso24" Lezama $3,981 7 ?yvind "oyvindbe" Ellingsen $3,033 8 Munnangur $2,085 9 Angelina "wangleypang" Rich $1,232
The Baby $100,000 Whale
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $300+20 April 9 323 $100,000
Place Player Prize 1 Stevan "poker_mom74" Chew $19,350 2 Mazigge $14,500 3 Rory "DEOSONER" Young $11,000 4 BigNich09 $8,250 5 Nicolau "nicofellow" Villa-Lobos $5,700 6 Pimmelspeck $4,400 7 0nurb1ke $3,400 8 sonmonedass $2,400 9 McNugget123 $1,750
The $120,000 Mega Deep
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $200+15 April 9 654 $130,800
Place Player Prize 1 _JoinMyStack $24,525 2 Rafael "keybr" Watanabe do Prado $17,658 3 stckyfingers $13,080 4 Dimitar "trino11" Yosifov $9,810 5 Alessandro "WadoIchimonj" Sarro $6,867 6 dogspot $5,559 7 meat069 $4,251 8 varonislv $2,943 9 salue7$ 1,844
$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $82+8 April 9 694 $85,618
Place Player Prize 1 zllber77 $16,053 2 HappySh00ter $11,558 3 limp0rdie $8,562 4 hell0_br0tti $6,421 5 The__Climber $4,495 6 _Phoenix___ $3,639 7 6oTaHik $2,783 8 Shaolin0927 $1,926 9 GringoSSa $1,207
The $100,000 Whale
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $565+35 April 16 215 $121,475
Place Player Prize 1 Monster_Dong $26,117 2 purplegerbil $18,829 3 Simon ��IggyGak�� Pedersen $14,273 4 Pimmelspeck $10,629 5 DuduPa1986 $7,289 6 MisterN411 $6,074 7 Marton "WorldIsOurs" Czuczor $4,859 8 Rodrigo "rodckz" Motoki $3,644 9 hateVAMOS $2,430
The $120,000 Mega Deep
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $200+15 April 16 647 $129,400
Place Player Prize 1 jareth3542 $24,444 2 Alexsandr "Biack88" Trofimov $17,728 3 Kurt "GiNgErSpEw" Fitzgerald $13,069 4 Damien "UveBeenStakt" Wain $9,834 5 Vondopoulos $6,910 6 armin631 $5,500 7 Noob3R1337 $4,206 8 z4c4rd $2,912 9 pantsinants $1,941
$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $82+8 April 16 693 $83,826
Place Player Prize 1 PureBusine66 $12,667* 2 Marc "icallyamet" Wright $14,368* 3 Matthew451 $8,383 4 ADRI_ATM $6,287 5 Jean "SickManJFS" Franco Sierra $4,401 6 da_Menace888 $3,563 7 limp0rdie $2,724 8 zZagnuX $1,886 9 itakeallofu $1,182
*Reflects heads-up deal
The Baby $100,000 Whale
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $300+20 April 23 325 $100,000
Place Player Prize 1 bigblindbets $19,350 2 Monster_Dong $14,500 3 APOARSLAN $11,000 4 Conor ��grandma1954�� Beresford $8,250 5 neverfoldQ5 $5,700 6 Pik00rs $4,400 7 OMGsete $3,400 8 kozirok_bel $2,400 9 Troy "s.janowski" Quenneville $1,750
The $120,000 Mega Deep
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $200+15 April 23 624 $124,800
Place Player Prize 1 saiyajin1337 $23,575 2 Valentino "K0VAK" Konakchiev $17,098 3 Stefan "IceStream" Ivanov $12,605 4 tomekatos $9,485 5 TeamShippo $6,664 6 Kyle "Chip_giveme" Neville $5,304 7 ThaSquirrel $4,056 8 timru631 $2,808 9 shroooomin $1,872
$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $82+8 April 23 683 $83,096
Place Player Prize 1 Ewald "HUEHUAHUEHUA" Mahr Olivera $15,581 2 Paul "Senta99" Senter $11,218 3 Pedro "pedrohennnn" Correa $8,310 4 Toobo16 $6,232 5 ThaSquirrel $4,363 6 TeamShippo $3,532 7 Lawrence "cjacksallin" Chung $2,701 8 Kabotajoe $1,870 9 asiarat $1,172
The $100,000 Whale
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $565+35 April 30 203 $120,000
Place Player Prize 1 JDrake770 $25,800 2 Johannes "TrollKonst8" Korsar $18,600 3 jareth3542 $14,100 4 Joao Mathias ��joao_mathias�� Baumgarten $10,500 5 dErEk_eekk $7,200 6 Andreas "r4ndomr4gs" Berggren $6,000 7 plotka_voxa $4,800 8 _whitebear_ $3,600 9 rafasdad $2,400
The $120,000 Mega Deep
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $200+15 April 30 598 $120,000
Place Player Prize 1 Jonathan "JohnFoot" Proudfoot $22,668 2 t8ofdiamonds $16,440 3 Fackedelic $12,120 4 Alessandro "ZeroNineee" Valli $9,120 5 summuNNN $6,408 6 Xuan "888Xuan" Liu $5,100 7 neverfoldQ5 $3,900 8 desifish $2,700 9 acespade11 $1,800
$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R
Buy-in Date Entries Prize Pool $82+8 April 30 667 $80,582
Place Player Prize 1 heyfreddy $15,109 2 TRlCEPS $10,879 3 lunchbox1980 $8,058 4 latoronja $6,044 5 eStfu $4,231 6 DoffDavi $3,425 7 Przemeq90 $2,619 8 Juan "Redsky1308" Cam $1,813 9 zZagnuX $1,136
*Special thanks to PocketFives.com and Poker Pro Labs for some of the data in this article.
