Sunday Briefing: A Win and a Chop For Mattsson

March 16, 2020

Sweden’s Simon “C. Darwin2” Mattsson is one of the great online poker tournament players of all-time. He’s feared and respected in equal measure. It’s difficult to be thought of any higher when you reach Mattsson’s level, but he may have made that happen with his performances at PokerStars on Sunday 15 March.

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

The $1,050 Daily Warm-Up at PokerStars saw 219 players compete for a share of the $219,000 prize pool, of which more than $42,000 was reserved for the champion.

That champion was none other than Simon “C. Darwin2” Mattsson who emerged victoriously to claim the $42,738 top prize. Mattsson defeated the Netherlands’ “Pimmss” heads-up on his way to victory, resigning the Dutchman to a $32,471 consolation prize.

Stars from all over the world were at the final table. Simon “IgorKarkarof” Pedersen was the first superstar to bust. “WATnlos” and Thomas “WushuTM” Muehloecker were the next to fall. Norway’s “fityfmi” busted in fifth for $14,242 before “bencb789” saw his tournament end in a fourth-place finish worth $18,745.

The penultimate bustout was that of Jerry “Perrymejsen” Odeen who banked $24,671 for his third-place exit.

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$2,100 Sunday High Roller at PokerStars

The final table of the $2,100 Sunday High Roller was just as scary as the $1,050 Daily Warm-Up, yet Mattsson still excelled.

Tuen “tinnoemulder” Mulder and “Radioromashka” were the first casualties of the final table. Austria-based German star Ole “wizowizo” Schemion’s tournament ended in a seventh-place finish for $9,467. This was the last prize not to weigh in at five-figures.

South Korea’s “leeeee7” crashed out in sixth-place for $12,561 before Hungary’s number one tournament player Andras “probirs” Nemeth busted and collected $16,356.

The United Kingdom's sole representative at the final table, Luke “Bit2Easy” Reeves bit the dust in fourth before “bencb789” collected $27,728 after falling in third.

Heads-up pitted Mattsson against fellow countryman Anton “anteen” Bertilsson. Bertilsson came out on top, but not before the pair struck a deal that saw Mattsson scoop $38,192. The champion netted $44,920 as part of that deal.

*reflects a heads-up deal

GG Masters $300K Gtd at GGPoker

The $300K Gtd GG Masters smashed its guarantee this week with 2,260 players creating a $311,880 prize pool.

Mexico’s “oldzet” came out on top and collected the $46,252 top prize plus enough Player of the Year points to climb into fourth-place. The Mexican beat “OtxarkoagabrO” of Malta heads-up for the title, the Malta-based pro reeling in $32,968.

Perhaps the most important finish in this tournament was fourth-place, which went to Ricardo “M@cacoCidadao” Nascimento. The Brazilian padded his bankroll with $11,941 but, you may recall, he won this tournament a few weeks ago. The points he got his hands on for this latest deep run fired him to the top of the leaderboard by more than 250 points.

He’s now in pole position to secure the $500,000 GG sponsorship package, although there’s still more than eight months to go!

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Phased High Rollers $250 at GGPoker

Heads-up deals are quite common in poker tournaments, but five-handed deals very rare. The latter happened in the $250 buy-in Phased High Rollers event at GGPoker on March 15.

Brazilian “HarryPorra” is credited with finishing in fifth-place for $26,873 with “Jaszczur” of Poland turning their $150 into $28,223. Next to bust was Panama’s “PositiveMind7”, a finish worth $26,809.

This set up a one-on-one battle between “TheShaft” of Costa Rica and “TheFishMonger” of the UK. A victory for the Brit was assured when they sent their opponent to the rail in second-place. The runner-up banked $36,211 with the champion receiving a haul worth $30,503.

*reflects a five-handed deal

$20,000 Whale at 888poker

This week’s Whale saw a compact field of 62 fight it out over a $20,000 prize pool. Only the top seven finishers received a slice of the pie, with prizes ranging from $900 to $7,000.

The $900 went to Mexico’s “meowiamcat” with $1,100 and sixth-place going to the UAE’s “Placebo36”.

“wellyxxxx” of Belarus busted in fifth for $1,500 before the Canadian going by the alias “DosPoochies” turned their $320 into $2,000. “MarkBurtoni” of the UK scooped $3,000 for their third-place exit before another Belarusian, “Damofila30” got their hands on the $7,000 top prize after slaying Russia’s “LeslieGroves” heads-up for the lion’s share of the prize money. The Russia padded their 888poker account balance with $4,500.

$100,000 Sunday Mega Deep at 888poker

Ronan “Sw33ney” Sweeney recently broke through the $1.5 million in online MTT winnings mark and is showing no signs of slowing down. Sweeney added $19,102 to his already impressive total cashes by taking down the 888poker $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep.

Sweeney was one of 1,041 entrants and became the last man standing when he sent Andrey “AndreyNiki” Nikiforov to the rail in second-place, resigning the Russian to a $13,637 consolation prize.

“salue7” of the UK was the only other player to secure a five-figure payday. Their third-place finish yielded $10,305.

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