Sunday Briefing: Preben Stokkan Wins Sunday Warm-Up

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Mar 09, 2020 5 min read

Preben ��prebz�� Stokkan has been tearing up the online poker scene like a man possessed these past couple of weeks and helped himself to yet another title on March 8.

Stokkan managed to win the $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up at PokerStars despite the site being forced to cancel several headline tournaments due to a technical issue. This included the cancellation of the Sunday Million and the $2,100 Sunday High Roller among others.

$1,050 Sunday Warm-Up 8-Max at PokerStars

Stokkan banked a cool $35,482 for his victory in the $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up, a tournament that saw 176 players buy in and create a $176,000 prize pool. Only the top 20 finishers received a slice of the pie, a prize that was worth $4,946 by the time the final table was reached.

��Pimms��, former EPT champion Aliaksei ��ale6ka�� Boika and Norway��s ��_sennj_�� al fell by the wayside before Cyprus-based grinder ��MITS 304�� busted in sixth-place, securing a five-figure prize for the remaining players.

China��s ��huang33�� got their hands on $12,717 while Igor ��lechuckpoker�� Kurganov collected $16,435 for his fourth-place finish. Another Chinese player in the shape of ��RJYJYR�� fell in third for $21,242, setting up a heads-up battle with Steve ��Mr.Tim Caum�� O��Dwyer and Stokkan.

Stokkan came out of the battle unscathed and with the $35,482 top prize, resigning O��Dwyer to the $27,454 consolation prize.

$1,050 Sunday Cooldown 8-Max Turbo PKO at PokerStars

The $1,050 Sunday Cooldown 8-Max Turbo PKO was another tournament that survived the technical issues and ��be_awesome1�� is glad it did because they took it down for a combined $40,745.

More than half of that prize came from the bounty prize pool, including the big prize on the head of runner-up Simon ��IgorKarkarof�� Pederson who won a total of $20,167.

Third-place went to partypoker-sponsored pro Anatoly ��NL_Profit�� Filatov, a finish worth $18,578 with bounties included.

Prior to those high profile bust-outs, ��T-Macha��, ��cocojamb0�� and ��WhatIfGod�� all dusted off their stacks in positions eighth through sixth.

Argentina��s Ivan ��Negriin�� Luca finished in fifth with recent Sunday Million champion falling "eisenhower1" in fourth-place for an $11,827 haul.

GG Masters $300K Gtd at GGPoker

Brazil��s ��XAMA�� took down this weekend��s $300,000 Gtd GG Masters and not only won $44,821 but also soared to the top of the current leaderboard. This means they are now the player to catch in the race for the $500,000 sponsorship package at the end of the year.

XAMA defeated Ukraine��s ��Kurily�� heads-up to secure the title, resigning the runner-up to a still welcomed $31,950 prize.

The top five finishers all won more than $11,000 each. ��PincheGordo�� of Canada ran out of steam in fifth-place and won a $11,572 prize.Patrick ��Babu$hka�� Leonard collected $16,234 after busting in fourth while ��OMGChaningTatum�� had to make do with the $22,775 third-place prize money.

Phased High Rollers $250 at GGPoker

��LIONEL_MESSI_10�� turned $250 into $42,926 by walking away with the Phased High Rollers $250 title on March 8th. This multi-day tournament saw 1,181 players create a guarantee busting $271,630 prize pool shared among the top 170 players.

Like the GG Masters, the top five finisher padded their bankroll with prizes in excess of $11,000.

��Lion-el�� of Israel locked up $11,905 for their fifth-place exit while ��NeverGambol�� reeled in $16,405 from their home in Lithuania.

The penultimate bust out was that of Brazil��s ��MarkyAurelio�� which was worth an impressive $22,606. This set up a one-on-one battle between ��rubbherducky�� of Canada and Macau��s LIONEL_MESSI_10. The latter emerged victoriously and got their hands on the $42,926 top prize, leaving the runner-up to win $31,151.

Big Game: $500K Gtd at partypoker

Jordan ��The Undecided�� Drummond was only made part of partypoker��s Team Online a couple of weeks ago and he announced his arrival with a fantastic victory in the $5,200 Big Game.

First-place in this huge tournament was worth $141,086, and that is now in Drummond��s partypoker account. Even the runner-up secured a six-figure prize, namely $100,776. This went to ��NOLIMITHOLDEM��

Nobody at the eight-handed final table got their hands on less than $18,000!

��tdlvechicknbn�� and ��BaBaDeBaBa�� were the first casualties under the spotlight, winning $18,715 and $23,034 respectively. They were joined on the rail by ��Achtungdiekurve��, ��RussianButs�� and ��TheseApples��, the latter securing a $50,388 payout.

Third-place went to ��LappyRage�� who scooped $71,983 before Dummond pushed on and took down the tournament for the lion's share of the prize pool.

partypoker MILLION at partypoker

Two six-figure prizes were awarded in this week��s partypoker MILLION as the tournament once again overlaid. ��attitydsproblem�� was the recipient of the biggest prize, one worth a massive $153,350. They defeated ��jerbi9999�� heads-up to lock up the title. Second-place weighed in at a huge $107,050.

Only ��snoek2�� at the final table didn��t walk away five-figures richer; their eighth-place was worth $9,490.

��Stormbreaker��

$20,000 Whale at 888poker

The 888poker Whale hit its guarantee once again as it continues its mini revival. Seventy-six players paid $320 to enter, creating a $22,800 prize pool as a result.

The final table was a star-studded affair with the linkes of ��xFink_Ploydx�� of Canada (7th - $1,026), Sam ��sammygrinder�� Grafton (5th - $1,710) and ��josef_shvejk�� (3rd - $3,420) all reaching it.

Heads-up was contested by triple Sunday Million champion Artem ��veeea�� Vezhenkov and ��j_peso4��. It was the latter who got their hands on the $7,410 top prize, leaving Vezhenkov to net $4,788.

$100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker

The $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep saw another overlay this week, not that the 90-players who cashed cared much about it as it��s all extra value for them.

Nobody enjoyed the overlay more than ��haymon23�� from the United Kingdom as they walked away with the $18,750 top prize. They got their hands on this sum after sending ��CheersMates�� of Canada to the showers in second-place, a finish worth $13,500.

Only one other player won five-figures; ��pAhApepu�� of Estonia won exactly $10,000.

Shout-outs to ��getabreak��, ��CoolHandTone��, ��normannolly��, ��V_Poliakov�� and Andrey ��AndreyNiki�� Nikiforov who all navigated their way to the final table.

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