Sunday Briefing: Mike 'MikeyGG3' Gentili Claims Two Sunday Titles

Doug Lang

Mike “MikeyGG3” Gentili had a massive Sunday on the virtual felt. The Canadian poker pro was involved in a three-way chop before emerging victorious in the $1,050 Sunday grand NLHE on PokerStars, banking $32,094 for his win. Later in the day he would later bag another large score at partypoker. More on that later.

Meanwhile, fellow Canadian Doug “dlanger610” Lang edged ever closer to $4 million in online poker tournament winnings (according to PocketFives.com) thanks to taking down the latest edition of the PokerStars Sunday Million.

Lang came out on top of a bumper crowd of 6,262 players to get his hands on $165,343, which happens to be the second-largest online cash of his career. Lang would have won $20,000 more but he, “marcelo v121” and “Pavlov101” struck a deal with the tournament was three-handed.

Here's a look at some of the other notable victories at PokerStars on Sunday, July 30:

EventWinnerPrize
$109 Sunday StarterEugen2308709$5,7076
Big $162gilcoe$5,200
$109 Sunday Kickoffpapan9_p$$17,536
Hot $162Scott “Aggro Santos” Margereson$6,511
$215 Bounty BuilderJolique$28,633
$215 Sunday Warm-UpAlisson “heyalisson” Piekazewicz$47,713
Big $109josef_shvejk$19,237
Hot $162Zarbon250$13,109
$700 Super-Sized SundayRigged4Mua$67,190
$109 Bounty BuilderRomulo “chaavees” Araujo$27,207
$109 Bubble Rush4:20Marleyy$6,705
Hot $109Groomi$16,826
$1,050 Sunday Grand PLOTobi0513$22,673
Big $215BC1989RF$18,933
$109 Sunday CooldownKasnocken18$21,792
$215 Sunday Supersonicikkedus$20,209
Hot $215theweakest$15,806
$109 Sunday Wrap-UpEder “Schaphz” Ziomek$8,344
$162 Bounty Builderjokepoker333$11,404
Hot $109monnifin$2,572

Over at partypoker, the aforementioned Gentili took down the $200K Gtd Title Fight and turned $215 into $45,812, bringing his daily earnings to more than $78,000. “helicopterben82” flew away with the $46,363 first-place prize of the $100K Gtd Super High Roller tournament, a $2,600 buy-in event, while

In the $150K Gtd Main Event, it was “Darsez” who triumphed and won $24,595 with “Doyle_B” winning the $150K Gtd High Roller for $29,116 and “TullaMoreFan12” taking down the $100K Gtd High Roller for $24,080.

Finally, over to 888poker where Sweden’s “RichardGere” won the $100,000 Baby Whale for a $22,086 score and where “Enl1ght” walked away with the $19,000 top prize of the $100,000 Mega Deep, which sported a new blind structure this weekend.

In the $40,000 Turbo Mega Deep, “V.BlomFan60” became a champion and collected $8,700, Parker “888tonkaaaa” Talbot won the $30,000 Sunday Crocodile for $6,869 and “Romeopro33” won the $60,000 Sunday Challenge for $12,426.

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