High Rollers Double for 'Pimmss', Titles for Christoforou and Vieira

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Dec 05, 2019 3 min read

It's been an exciting few days of poker at the online felt, with the PokerStars High Rollers tournament series in full swing. With 12 events complete of a mammoth 27-event schedule, there have already been some big winners.

With a range of formats and buy-ins from $530 to $10,300, some of the best online poker players have taken to the felt, including Niklas "lena900" ?stedt, Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff, Samuel "�urop�an" Vousden and Ben "Ben86" Tollerene to name but a few.

There have already been some big-name winners, with Andreas ��daskalos20�� Christoforou winning the High Rollers 01: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max], and Joao ��Naza114�� Vieira adding a High Rollers series to the WCOOP title he won earlier this year.

High Rollers 01: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max]

High Rollers 01: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max] attracted a field of 106 players, only just breaking the $1,000,000 guarantee. As expected several well-known players made it to the final table. These included including Conor ��1_conor_b_1�� Beresford and Chris "Apotheosis92" Kruk.

However, it was Andreas ��daskalos20�� Christoforou (pictured) who took down the first tournament of the series, defeating Canada's "Roo_400" into second place. The Cypriot, who won the Sunday Million back in 2017 walked away with the $244,271.02 first prize.

High Rollers 01: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max] Final Table Results

Anyone for 'Pimmss'?

Even with only half the schedule completed, there has already been a two-time High Rollers champion, with "Pimmss" first winning High Rollers 02: $1,050 NLHE 8-Max PKO for $56,901.33 + $57,015.59 in bounties, and following that up with victory in High Rollers 12: $530 NLHE 8-Max for $41,674.50.

With over $155,000 in cashes so far this series, who's to say that "Pimmss" won't make it a hat-trick of tournament victories by the time the series wraps up next week?

High Rollers 05: $530 8-max Progressive KO

Another exciting tournament on the schedule was High Rollers 05: $530 8-max Progressive KO and it was satellite winner "NeedBeat" who emerged victorious, turning a $55 satellite into a $164,561.24 payday. Former world No. 1 Simon ��C. Darwin2�� Mattsson would have to settle for fourth, with the eventual Estonian champion recording an mouth-watering ROI of 2,992%.

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Big ROIs in High Rollers series

He's not the only player turning satellite success into big ROIs during the High Rollers series.

High Rollers 06: $530 NLHE 8-Max

Earlier in the year, Joao ��Naza114�� Vieira won the WCOOP-71-H: $10,300 PLO 6-Max Main Event for $384,947, defeating Ben ��Ben86�� Tollerene heads-up, and now less than three months later he has a High Rollers series title to add to it after victory at the High Rollers 06: $530 NLHE 8-Max final table.

High Rollers 06: $530 NLHE 8-Max Final Table Results

Full High Rollers Series Results So Far

• Andreas ��daskalos20�� - winner of High Rollers 01: $10,300 NLHE 8-Max for $244,261.02
• "Pimmss" - winner of High Rollers 02: $1,050 NLHE 8-Max PKO for $56,901.33 + $57,015.59
• "Cocojamb0" - winner of High Rollers 03: $530 NLHE 8-Max Turbo for $50,377.12*
• Manuel "Fellatiado" Ruivo - winner of High Rollers 04: $1,050 NLHE 6-Max Hyper Turbo for $57,977.39
• "NeedBeat" - winner of High Rollers 05: $530 8-Max Progressive KO for $164,561.24
• Joao ��Naza114�� Vieira - winner of High Rollers 06: $530 NLHE 8-Max for $44,811.01
• "NEWFlat" - winner of High Rollers 07: $1,050 NLHE 6-Max for $39,890.96
• "mexican222" - winner of High Rollers 08: $10,300 NLHE 8-Max for $265,000.18
• MITS - winner of High Rollers 09: $1,050 PLO 6-Max for $35,702.52
• "Kzzon" - winner of High Rollers 10: $530 8-Max Progressive KO for $58,139.55
• "Pimmss" - winner of High Rollers 12: $530 NLHE 8-Max for $41,674.50
• "pabritz" - winner of High Rollers 13: $1,050 NLHE 8-Max for $39,675.80

Satellites to High Rollers series tournaments

There's still time to satellite into any of the remaining High Roller tournaments, including the $2,000,000 GTD $5,200 NLHE Main Event on Dec. 8.

• $10,300 NLHE, $1,000,000 GTD, Dec. 5 at 13:00 ET
• $5,200 6+ Hold��em, $250,000 GTD, Dec. 7 at 13:00 ET
• $10,300 PLO, $500,000 GTD, Dec. 8 at 14:30 ET
• $5,200 NLHE Main Event, $2,000,000 GTD, Dec. 8 at 13:00 ET

Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

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