Sunday Briefing: Virgil "vidi.pkr" Marculescu Ships the Sunday Million

August 27, 2018

For the second time this year, Romania's Virgil "vidi.pkr" Marculescu agreed to a multiway deal on the final table of the PokerStars Sunday Million. This week he managed to win it for $77,070, while United Kingdom's Jono "Spyver" Beck collected the biggest prize in the tournament of $94,106.

PokerStars Sunday Million

Over 5,500 players bought into this week’s Sunday Million to generate a $1,103,400, more than 10 percent more than the posted $1 million guarantee. A total of 998 players cashed for at least $335 with everyone at the final table guaranteed themselves to walk away with at least $8,766.

After Ukraine "Zormegun" was eliminated in sixth place for $80,682, the final five players agreed to a deal.

Andorra's "Andypsw" (fifth - $80,682), United Kingdom's Jono "Spyver" Beck (fourth - $94,106), and Czech Republic's Tomas "poohmanCZ" Petru (third - $72,481) were all eliminated in succession leaving just Romania's Virgil "vidi.pkr" Marculescu and Russia's "wladimim" battling it out for the title.

Marculescu eliminated his opponent to claim the title and a prize of $77,070, while "wladimim" walked away with a bigger prize of $90,291 for their runner-up performance.

This marks the second time this year that Marculescu has been involved in a final table deal in the Sunday Million. On April 29, the Romanian finished in third place for $89,558 after agreeing to a four-way deal.

_{*Reflects five-way deal.}

PokerStars Sunday 500

The PokerStars Sunday 500 smashed its $75,000 guarantee with 257 entrants generating a massive $128,500. A total of 35 players cashed for at least $1,203, with everyone at the final table walking away with at least $2,355.

The final four players agreed to a deal securing each a four-digit prize. Two well-known online grinders were left to battle it out heads-up in United Kingdom's "LAP1293" and Germany's "nilsef" after Canada's "ameliaroy007" (fourth - $17,038) and Latvia's Yaniv "Zluka2010" Peretz (third - $16,463) were eliminated.

"LAP1293" was able to claim the title and walked away with $16,027. Meanwhile, "nilsef," despite finishing second best in the standings, snagged the biggest prize of the tournament by taking home $17,577.

Finishing outside the deal at the final table was former top-ranked player at PocketFives Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov from Russia taking eighth for $3,159.

_{*Reflects four-way deal.}

partypoker Sunday Super High Roller: $150K Gtd

Over to partypoker where 57 players contested a $150,000 prize pool in the $2,600 buy-in Sunday Super High Roller, a prize pool shared among the top eight finishers.

For a second straight week, Samuel “JHelppi” Vousden appeared at the final table in this tournament. Last week he finished in third place for $26,975. This week he took home a larger prize of $43,257 after finishing in first place as part of a heads-up deal with "rdcrsnn" (second - $38,493).

Meanwhile, Ukraine's Roman "SanityWaterline" Romanovsky got even closer to $10 million in online cashes after finishing in eighth place for $7,125.

_{*Reflects heads-up deal.}

partypoker Sunday High Roller: $100K Gtd

“AussieOsbourne” was one of the big winners at partypoker on Aug. 26 thanks to securing the title of Sunday High Roller champion. A total of 116 entries of $1,050 were processed and the $116,000 prize pool was divided up among the top 16 finishers.

The champion got their hands on a cool $28,420 for their victory with “GoMore21” walking away with $20,300 for their runner-up finish.

Also on the podium was well-known online grinder Joshua "slayerv1fan" Hoesel with a third-place finish worth $14,500.

888poker $50,000 Whale

Last week, Russia's “josef_shvejk” outlasted 75 opponents to win The $80,000 Whale at 888poker for $26,000. The Russian player managed another deep run this week in The $50,000 Whale, but ultimately fell short after bowing out in third place for $8,550.

After the elimination of "josef_shvejk", United Kingdom's "SpitOnGraves" and Russia's "blowjob1987" agreed to a heads-up deal awarding the duo $22,800 and $15,390 respectively.

Meanwhile, Sweden's Johannes"TrollKonst8" Korsar added to his nearly $12 million in online tournament cashes with a fourth place finish for $5,700.

_{*Reflects heads-up deal.}

888poker $75,000 Sunday Mega Deep

The final table in the $75,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker was a who's who in online poker led by Sweden's Jonatan "Namlleh" Hellman shipping the tournament for $15,093. Just behind Hellman were Russia's "msksevart" (second - $11,223) and Brazil's Rodrigo "seijistar1" Seiji Sirichuk (third - $8,514).

Notable players finishing short of a podium finish included Sweden's Andreas "KURDEdersim" Samuelsson (fifth - $4,257), Ukraine's Anton "YSoSerious7" Yakuba (sixth - $3,096), and United Kingdom's Sam "sammygrinder" Grafton (seventh - $2,322).

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