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A recap of the major results from this weekend on PokerStars…

• Sweden’s “42ayay” wins the Knockout Sunday Milly for $91K
• Another weekend, another big win for “€urop€an”
• “elmerixx” wins $2,100 Sunday HR, finishes 3rd in Sunday 500
• Two big scores for “Tomatee”


SWEDEN’S “42ayay” WINS THE MILLY FOR $91K

This weekend saw a big batch of Sunday Majors, including the Sunday Million, converted to a Progressive KO format for what we called “Knockout Sunday.” The biggest prize (as usual) was in the Sunday Million, where an enormous field of 12,790 players combined for a $1.279 million prize pool.

After a touch over 15 hours of play, Sweden’s “42ayay” locked up the $63,416 top prize plus another $28,055 in bounties. Romania’s The39player, the only other player to grab five figures’ worth of KO prizes, finished in second for $46,015 with another $10,652 in bounties.


ANOTHER WEEKEND, ANOTHER BOUNTY BUILDER WIN FOR “€urop€an”

Last weekend was big for Finland’s Samuel “€urop€an” Vousden as he made four final table appearances and took down two titles. This week he only appeared at one final table, but he made it count.

Samuel “€urop€an” Vousden

“€urop€an” had to fire two bullets to get there but he took down the title in the Sunday $530 Bounty Builder HR. (One of his two wins last weekend was a daily High Roller Club Bounty Builder tourney.) Between the top prize and bounties, “€urop€an” bagged a total of $88,679.


“elmerixx” WINS $2,100 SUNDAY HR TITLE, 3RD IN SUNDAY 500

While “€urop€an” was dominating the Bounty Builder on Sunday, another player from Finland grabbed the biggest freezeout prize of the weekend in the $2,100 Sunday HR.

Past Super Tuesday champ Tomi “elmerixx” Brouk topped the 1,142-player field and earned $63,707 for the win. And then for good measure, “elmerixx” went on to take third in the Sunday 500, winning another $18,810.


TWO BIG SCORES FOR “Tomatee”

Also of note this weekend was a strong pair of runs by SCOOP 2018 champ Francisco “Tomatee” Benitez — who, interestingly enough, was the runner-up to “elmerixx” when the latter won his Super Tuesday title in 2017.

Francisco “Tomatee” Benitez and friends.

For finishing in third place, “Tomatee” earned $24,959 plus $3,240 in bounties in the $2,100 Sunday HR. “Tomatee” then followed that up by winning the High Roller Club $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up for another $56,499.


TOP 5 RESULTS FROM THE HIGH ROLLER CLUB

TOURNAMENT PLAYER COUNTRY PRIZE BOUNTIES
High Roller Club: $530 Bounty Builder HR, $400K Gtd Samuel “€urop€an” Vousden Finland $46,455.38 $42,224.48
High Roller Club: $2,100 Sunday HR, $200K Gtd Tomi “elmerixx” Brouk Finland $63,707.60
High Roller Club: $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up [8-Max], $175K Gtd Francisco “Tomatee” Benitez Uruguay $56,499.54
High Roller Club: $1,050 Sunday Supersonic [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo], $175K Gtd Pimmss Netherlands $43,676.20
High Roller Club: $530 Sunday 500, $115K Gtd NoTilit Lithuania $33,454.68

TOP 5 RESULTS FROM THE WEEKEND MAJORS

TOURNAMENT  PLAYER  COUNTRY  PRIZE BOUNTIES 
$109 SUNDAY MILLION, $1,000,000 Gtd – Knockout Sunday! 42ayay Sweden $63,416.90 $28,055.64
$215 Sunday Warm-Up, $250K Gtd – Knockout Sunday! herr_01 Austria $21,874.18 $19,862.76
$215 Sunday Supersonic [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo], $175K Gtd – Knockout Sunday! Isurox Sri Lanka $15,120.17 $15,478.09
$109 Sunday Cooldown [8-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO], $125K Gtd losa811 Hungary $13,069.93 $8,311.10
$55 Sunday Marathon, $100K Gtd C0rpsbal Netherlands $16,521.33

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