Sunday Briefing: Ole Schemion Wins Two PokerStars Majors

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Oct 14, 2019 6 min read Last updated Dec 19, 2019

German superstar Ole ��wizowizo�� Schemion won not one but two major online events at PokerStars on October 13th, going some way to cement his reputation as one of the game��s greats. Schemion collected almost $60,000 for his brace of victories.

$1,050 Sunday Supersonic at PokerStars

Schemion��s first victory came in the $1,050 Sunday Supersonic, which saw 137 players buy in and create a $139,172 prize pool. The hyper-turbo structured six-handed event saw all but one of the finalists bank a five-figure prize.

Sweden��s ��anteen�� won $7,837 for their sixth-place finish before being joined on the rail by Uruguay��s ��ramastar88�� who scooped $10,196 for their $1,050 investment. The final four became three when Joris ��BillLewinsky�� Ruijs fell by the wayside. The talented Dutchman saw the $13,266 fourth-place prize nestle in his account.

Heads-up was set when ��newguy88�� ran out of steam and busted in third place. The Canadian had to console themselves with a $17,259 score. Schemion and another legitimate superstar in Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle locked horns one-on-one for the title.

It was Schemion who emerged victoriously, banking $29,212 and leaving bencb789 to collect the $22,454 runner-up prize.

$1,050 Sunday Warm-Up at PokerStars

Victory number two came in another $1,050 buy-in event, this time the Sunday Warm-Up. This tournament drew in a crowd of 144 players, and the top 17 finishers won a slice of the $144,000 pie.

It was a tournament where any of the nine players who reached the final table could have walked away as a champion since high buy-in events such as these attract the world��s best players. Two such players found themselves heads-up: Ole Schemion and Aliaksei ��ale6ka�� Boika.

Schemion brushed aside the European Poker Tour champion and secured the $30,225 top prize, resigning Boika to the $23,478 consolation prize.

Earlier at the final table, Viktor ��papan9_p$�� Ustimov fell in ninth for $4,250 and gained some company on the rail first by ��girafganger7�� and then by ��iamivar,�� the latter winning $6,640.

The last four-figure prize went to Alex ��steakaddict.�� Papazian of Romania, who netted $8,548. It was ��cartoon2387�� who won $11,004 for busting in fifth before ��edudrake1987�� fell in fourth and hauled in $14,166.

World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Dario ��Secret_M0d3�� Sammartino was the third-place finisher, a result worth $18,237, but it was Schemion who was the man of the hour.

$109 Sunday Million at PokerStars

The attendance of the Sunday Million fell again this week, but the $1 million guarantee was still hit. $1,020,400 was shared among the top 1,826 finishers, and the top three players struck a deal for more than $235,000 combined.

Belgium��s ��tramonto85�� was the first recipient of some deal money, namely $68,851 for their third-place elimination. This set up a heads-up battle between brazil��s Luiz ��Giant_Santos�� de Melo and ��jimmyduraide�� who hails from Canada. It was the Brazilian who won the fight and padded their bankroll with $102,920, meaning the Canadian had to make do with $66,496, still an impressive prize from a $215 buy-in tournament.

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The Big Game partypoker

The Big Game returned to partypoker this week and it drew in a crowd of 119 players who created a guarantee-busting $595,000 prize pool. Each of the eight players who navigated their way to the final table won almost $20,000.

��Loveplz�� was the first casualty in the finale, and they won $19,337. ��CalmDownMan�� a regular in partypoker��s high stakes games, finished in seventh for $23,800 and was joined on the sidelines by ��aaabbb�� and ��YouGotTheDud�� who now have $29,750 and $38,675 more in their lifetime winnings.

Fourth place went to every reporter��s nightmare, an alias going by ��kgroqigmqtbmqom.�� The incomprehensible nickname won $52,062. The penultimate bust-out was that of ��BlueMagic,�� which was worth $74,375, leaving the two heads-up players to each win six figures.

��The Undecided�� fell in second place and won $104,125, leaving ��SleevePatrol�� to lock up the $145,775 top prize and title of Big Game champion.

High Roller Gladiator at partypoker

The $2,100 High Roller Gladiator event was won by ��Jizoint��, who secured a massive $84,007 payout. This was made up of a $32,262 first-place prize plus a cool $51,745 from the bounty prize pool. A large chunk of that bounty payment was formerly on the head of ��bfklg�� who crashed out in second place. Bkflg banked a combined prize weighing in at $50,634.

With bounties included, everyone at the final table turned their $2,100 buy-in into five-figures. ��Sims_or_sins���� won $12,425 with ��GordonBanks.�� busting in fifth-place, which yielded $16,487 in total.

��Cowboy_Frank�� rode off into the sunset with $20,361 more in their bankroll before ��No_No_No�� ran out of steam in third place for $31,301.

Rake or Break Whale Whale at 888poker

888poker ran its Rake or Break promotion for its Sunday Whale, meaning if the $25,000 target was not hit, everyone received their $30 tournament fee back in their accounts. This happened because the 45 entrants created a $22,500 prize pool.

Adding the $9,000 top prize to the $30 refund was Preben ��prebzzz�� Stokkan. He defeated ��YSoSerious7�� heads-up to secure the title and resign the Ukrainian to a $6,075 consolation prize.

The top five finishers received some prize money. Fifth-place and $1,800 went to ��MarkBurtoni��, who was joined on the rail by ��tinchoarce�� of Argentina, a finish worth $2,250. The penultimate elimination was that of ��pactamah23��, who padded their bankroll with $3,375.

$100,000 Sunday Mega Deep PKO at 888poker

This weekend��s $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep was switched to a PKO format. This gave the 455 entrants the chance to win some prize money without actually reaching the top 45 finishing places where half of the $100,000 guarantee was awarded.

Everyone at the nine-handed final table won at least $1,418 with bounties included. This was the haul enjoyed by ��Bombertime1�� of Argentina.

Austrian star ��23NoraB�� fell in eighth-place before Maksym ��LiverpoolFor�� Tshryk and ��Placebo36�� both lost their stacks to reduce the player count by two. Fifth place and a combined $3,848 went to ��pinedinho10�� with ��RagnAArok�� securing a $7,219 payday.

Third place and $7,919 was awarded to ��stroposoz��, which set up a heads-up battle between ��BeeTheBeagle�� and ��JonnyJamz��. The former couldn��t quite get the job done and became the bridesmaid, falling in second for $10,182 leaving JonnyJimz to win the $17,074 top prize.

$2.5K Sunday Blade at Natural8

There were no $10,000 or $25,000 buy-in tournaments at Natural8 this Sunday but there were still some large events. The $2.5K Sunday Blade reeled in 53 entrants who created a $125,875 prize pool.

��PyramidOfSkills�� was the first player to cash, their seventh-place exit locking up $5,224. ��KenBrynney�� lost their stack to crash out in sixth for $7,237, the last prize not to be more than $10,000.

The first five-figure prize went to ��pDNA��, namely $10,026, who was joined as a spectator by ��FailBassLuck�� of Hungary who turned $2,500 into $13,888.

GGpoker regular ��SasukeUchiha�� was the third-place finisher and scooped $19,239, setting up a one-on-one fight between ��ImLividBuddy�� and ��ravenoustrashdog��. It was the latter who came out of the fight unscathed, winning $43,607 and leaving the runner-up to collect $26,650.

$5K Sunday Blade at Natural8

Only four players won any prize money in the $5K Sunday Blade because a compact field of 30 entries were all that competed. ��StacknNvrSlackn�� was the first recipient of some of the $142,500 prize pool; fourth-place was worth $14,871.

Third place and $24,197 went to ��MickeyM�� of the United Kingdom before ��Picasso16��, also from the UK, lost heads-up to bank $39,371. This meant ��Joeri_van_Heeten�� was the last player standing, and the Dutchman was rewarded with $64,059.

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