Sunday Briefing: Andreas ��daskalos20 Christoforou Secures His Largest-Ever Cash
Cyprus�� Andreas ��daskalos20�� Christoforou helped himself to his largest-ever poker tournament score on Jun. 25 when he came out on top in the PokerStars Sunday Million and walked away with $165,000.
A total of 5,764 entries were processed in this weekend��s $215 buy-in event, which resulted in a $1,152,800 prize pool. Daskalos20 found himself heads-up with ��cxde�� of Slovakia and the last standing duo struck a deal that saw cxde net $127,329 and when Christoforou eventually won all of the chip in play, he banked $165,000.
The sum won by Christoforou is his seventh six-figure score. His previous largest online cash weighed in at $146,902, his reward for a fifth-place finish in the 2014 WCOOP Main Event, with his largest live score being for the equivalent of $137,019 which he collected for an eighth-place finish in the 2013 EPT Barcelona Main Event.
In total, Christoforou now has almost $3.2 million in online winnings and almost $520,000 in live tournament cashes.
Some of the other notable victories at PokerStars on Jun. 25 included:
- ��Leshi94�� - winner of the $109 Sunday Starter for $5,092
- Oscar ��xXROMmMEOXx�� Barriga Cueva - winner of the Big $162 for $4,304
- ��TanTanSWE�� - winner of the $109 Sunday Kickoff for $18,237
- Manuel ��fellatiado�� Ruivo - winner of the Hot $162 for $6,743
- ��Lincownz�� - winner of the $215 Bounty Builder for $14,365 and $10,629 in bounties
- ��torcotr06�� - winner of the $215 Sunday Warm-Up for $44,054
- ��seserman01�� - winner of the Big $109 for $20,420
- ��TrunguyKGB�� - winner of the Hot $162 for $11,855
- ��rudisf�� - winner of the $700 Super-Sized Sunday for $33,104 and $28,725 in bounties
- Farcasanu ��alexxt7�� Alexandru - winner of the $109 Bounty Builder for $14,902 and $11,006 in bounties
- ��hdjgkfgsdl�� - winner of the $109 Bubble Rush for $6,329
- Nick ��FU_15�� Maimone - winner of the Hot $109 for $15,685
- ��Brryann�� - winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand NLHE for $38,114
- Gavin ��gavz101�� Cochrane - winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand PLO for $20,790
- ��Puggy22�� - winner of the Big $215 for $17,763
- ��pellompogos�� - winner of the $109 Sunday Cooldown for $19,469
- ��HU4FU�� - winner of the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $29,505
- ��rojorulez�� - winner of the Hot $215 for $14,357
- Christian ��chry1982�� Sare - winner of the $109 Sunday Wrap-Up for $8,116
Over at 888poker, it was Russia��s ��EvnomiYa�� who walked away with the $35,250 first-place prize of the $120,000 Whale while the $100,000 Mega Deep ended in a heads-up chop between ��YSoSerious7�� and ��Dejavu.turn�� who netted $17,884 and $15,115.
The $40,000 Turbo Mega Deep was taken down by ��Burgerfrans�� who collected $8,600 and it was David ��Satchless�� Mowery who triumphed in the $30,000 Sunday Crocodile for $6,450, while Austria��s ��iBustYa888�� took down the $60,000 Sunday Crocodile and turned $90 into $11,400.
Now for the biggest results from partypoker where the $250K Gtd Title Fight saw an overlay of more than $50,000. It was ��SKOJAUTOMATEN�� who took full advantage of the added prize money and walked away victorious and $43,000 richer.
In the $150K Gtd Main Event, UK-based Spaniard Oscar ��OMGMenda�� Serradell turned $109 into $25,395, ��azkabante�� won the $100K Gtd Super High Roller for a $44,533 score, and ��JORD_GUBBEN�� became the $150K Gtd High Roller tournament, an accolade that came with a $28,781 boost to his bankroll.
Also at partypoker, Chris ��GettinDaize�� Oliver won the $50K Gtd PKO Weigh-In for $5,117, ��BBCgiants�� won the $100K Gtd Title Fight Warm Up for $16,135 and ��YumsYums�� won the $100K Gtd High Roller for a $19,878 score.
