Felipe Ketzer Pads His PokerStars Bankroll With $82,000!

Felipe Ketzer

Brazil's Felipe "ketzerfelipe" Ketzer has plenty of reasons to spend Monday celebrating after he took down the $5,200 Titans Event online at PokerStars for a cool $82,009. Ketzer's prize would have been even larger had he not struck a heads-up deal with his fellow countryman Rodrigo "SELOUAN1991" Selouan.

Sixty-eight players bought into the Titans Event this week, and created a $340,000 prize pool. Such a prize pool meant all nine finalists more than doubled their investment. Ole "wizowizo" Schemion was the first to fall before Team PokerStars Pro Sam "SamSquid" Grafton bowed out in eighth.

Check out the PokerNews Online Tournament Calendar

Never miss an online poker tournament again!

Oliver "Sk2ll_m0dR" Weis and David "MissOracle" Yan fell by the wayside, and left only five players in the hunt for the title. Greek grinder "dimiangelako" busted in fifth, with "Grozzorg" of Austria seeing their tournament end in a fourth-place finish. Heads-up was set when Mexico-base Russian "hello_totti" ran out of steam.

The Brazilian duo of Ketzer and Selouan agreed upon a deal that ultimately saw Selouan finish second for $78,495 and Ketzer clinch the title, which came with $82,009 reasons to be delighted with his performance.

$5,200 Titans Event Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Felipe "ketzerfelipe" KetzerBrazil$82,009*
2Rodrigo "SELOUAN1991" SelouanBrazil$78,495*
3hello_tottiMexico$51,482
4GrozzorgAustria$38,560
5dimiangelakoGreece$28,881
6David "MissOracle" YanNew Zealand$21,632
7Oliver "sk2ll_m0dR" WeisAustria$16,202
8Sam "SamSquid" GraftonUnited Kingdom$12,135
9Ole "wizowizo" SchemionAustria$10,600

*reflects a heads-up deal

Nitsche Nicks the $1,050 Sunday Cooldown Top Honors

Dominik Nitsche
Dominik Nitsche

Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche overcame a tough field to become the $1,050 Sunday Cooldown champion this week. A compact yet stellar field of 47 entrants fought tooth and nail to be the last player standing.

Only seven of the finalists won some prize money from the main prize pool. Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak being the first of those seven to find themselves with no betting tokens in front of them.

"Gogac sniper" was shot down, "Ebaaa11" was relieved of their stack, then Leon "RUMUKULUS" Sturm saw his participation ended earlier than he would have like, leaving a trio of players in contention to become the tournament's champion.

Kazakhstan's "Hofr" was sent packing in third, leaving two Goliath's of the poker world head-to-head. Nitsche defeated Preben "prebz" Stokkan heads-up and received $16,668 in total, with Stokkan heading into the night with a $9,668 consolation prize.

$1,050 Sunday Cooldown Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryBountiesPrizeTotal Prize
1Dominik "Bounatirou" NitscheUnited Kingdom$9,781$6,887$16,668
2Preben "prebz" StokkanUnited Kingdom$2,781$6,887$9,668
3HofrKazakhstan$1,000$3,369$4,369
4Leon "RUMUKULUS" SturmAustria$2,187$2,429$4,616
5Ebaaa11Montenegro$875$1,751$2,626
6Gogac sniperAustria $1,263$1,263
7Andrey "Anjeyyy" NovakUkraine$875$910$1,785

2023 Irish Open Events Are Included in the UKIPT Leaderboards; £15K Package to be Won

Other PokerStars Results

Ketzer's fellow Brazilians Fellipe "FellipeD" Drapichinski and Daniel "Dan.Almeida" Ameida helped themselves to PokerStars Sunday majors this weekend. The former took down the $109 Sunday Fenomeno for $22,351, with the latter capturing the $109 Bounty Builder title for $12,174.

TournamentEntrantsPrize PoolChampionPrize
$1,050 Sunday High Roller101$101,000Bolko$23,453*
$109 Sunday Fenomeno1,457$145,700Fellipe "FellipeD" Drapichinski$22,351
$1,050 Sunday Supersonic High Roller70$71,110darkziv$22,095
$109 Sunday Warm-Up1,348$134,800Toritzo$20,893
$109 Sunday Cooldown1,477$147,700Deal with it$18,984*
$215 Sunday Supersonic415$84,975Emilohlsson$15,355
$1,050 Sunday Warm-Up High Roller38$38,000HardiZ1$13,358
$109 Bounty Builder1,075$107,500Daniel "Dan.Almeida" Almeida$12,174*
$109 Sunday Kickoff582$58,200Alex Shepel$10,274
$215 Bounty Builder228$45,600babecallme$9,876*

*includes bounty payments

"zavor4ik" Warms Up For The Festival Online Main Event With High Roller Victory

The Festival Online

The Festival Online Main Event kicks off at 888poker from April 6, and Austrian "zavor4ik" warmed up for it in style by triumphing in the $40,000 guaranteed Sunday High Roller. Some 81 players bought in for $525, and each of the nine finalists more than doubled their money.

"Ydavidy77" and "matokr" were the first players to be eliminated from the final table. "QdEqTeCalaz" joined those busted players in the role of a spectator before the exits of "wacko90" and 888poker regular "xFink_Ploydx" left four players contesting the tournament.

Ireland's "9salute46" and "ukrLaci" of Ukraine fell in the latter stages, before zavor4ik defeated "Sickslick" in the one-on-one battle, and reeled in the tournament's only five-figure prize, namely $11,340.

$40,000 The Festival Online Sunday High Roller Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1zavor4ikAustria$11,340
2SickslickGermany$7,573
3ukrLaciUkraine$5,346
49salute46Ireland$3,888
5xFink_PloydxCanada$2,835
6wacko90United Kingdom$2,126
7QdEqTeCalazBrazil$1,721
8matokr $1,417
9Ydavidy77Sweden$1,215

888poker: Ask Yourself These Questions Before Calling A River Bet!

Other 888poker Results

Shout-out to "01100" who become the champion of the $109 Sunday PKO Rumble, a result worth $2,921.

Sunday also saw almost 1,000 players in the $100,000 Sunday Big Shot 109 whittled to the final table of nine. One of those nine heroes will walk away with an impressive $15,480 when the final table plays out on April 3 under the watchful eyes of the 888poker Twitch streamers.

TournamentEntrantsPrize PoolChampionPrize
Sunday PKO Rumble $109123$12,30001100$2,921*
Sunday Big Shot $33414$12,420marcio181810$2,396
$55 Sunday PKO Rumble 8-Max132$6,600Brunsonskid$1,885*

*includes bounty payments

Lam Denies Odeen in the PartyPoker Grand

PartyPoker

The $1,050 Grand is PartyPoker's largest buy-in tournament of the week, and this latest edition saw 70 players enter. $75,000 was up for grabs, but British star Tom Hall narrowly missed out on some prize money because he fell in 14th place and popped the money bubble.

$2,890 was the least anyone at the final table could win, and that sum went to Boris Angelov of Bulgaria. Anton Blondal, Euan Baxter, and Jonathan Proudfoot were eliminated, before a trio of Malta-based grinders made their way to the exits. Alberto Cigliano was the first, followed by Alan Goasdoue, and finally four-time WSOP bracelet winner Michael Gathy.

Gathy's untimely demise left Jason lam heads-up against Jerry Odeen, and it was Lam that came out of that particular battle unscathed. Lam reeled in $18,816, resigning Odeen to the $12,344 consolation prize.

The Grand Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Jason LamUnited Kingdom$18,806
2Jerry OdeenSweden$12,344
3Michael GathyMalta$8,684
4Alan GoasdoueMalta$6,382
5Alberto CiglianoMalta$4,912
6Jonthan ProudfootIreland$4,011
7Euan BaxterUnited Kingdom$3,483
8Anton BlondalDenmark$3,184
9Boris AngelovBulgaria$2,890

RL-t1Nd3R-> Shines in the Super $55

It may have only cost $55 to enter, but the PartyPoker Super $55 paid out an impressive $63,000, some $3,000 more than the advertised $60,000 guarantee. That chunky prize pool was created by 1,260 players buying in, and it was "RL-t1Nd3R->" that outlasted them all.

RL-t1Nd3R-> saw their $55 investment swell to $6,970 and the title of champion. That prize was made up from $3,651 from the main prize pool and $3,319 worth of bounties, including the price on their head, as happens in PKO tournaments.

"VIKINGBoss" was the runner-up, and although disappointed not to get a win under their belts, the $5,547 they collected for their second-place finish will go some way to numbing the pain of defeat.

The Super $55 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerBountiesPrizeTotal Prize
1RL-t1Nd3R->$3,319$3,651$6,970
2VIKINGSBoss$1,903$3,644$5,547
3Thebladeboy$1,063$2,409$3,472
4U42CaratPlonker$975$1,560$2,535
5Mr.Anderss0n$358$1,062$1,420
6Gordothegreat$230$817$1,047
7trustuniverse$379$600$979
8sCatGames$215$476$691
9derya272788$360$376$736

Give Your Bankroll a Boost with the PokerNews-Exclusive PartyPoker Freerolls

Other PartyPoker Results

"Lizard1104" was a big winner at PartyPoker over the weekend thanks to taking down the $530 Great Game Pot-Limit Omaha tournament for $7,530.

There will be some impressive prizes awarded on April 3, with the Grand Prix Spring Main Events crowning their champions. Of course, as always, PokerNews will have recaps of those tournaments for you on April 4.

TournamentEntrantsPrize PoolChampionPrize
The $530 Great Game51$25,000Lizard1104$7,530
The Super $320103$30,900itsbtwynyouandme$7,183*
The Super $215166$33,200COBRA KAI$6,888*
The $215 Big Saturday153$30,608flipin4livinnn$6,001
The Super $331,138$35,000nautriys$3,235*

*includes bounty payments

Sharelines
  • Check out the biggest results from 888poker, PartyPoker, and PokerStars from April 2, 2023.

Name Surname
Senior Editor

More Stories

Other Stories

Recommended for you

3 Must-read SCOOP Satellite Strategy Tips 3 Must-read SCOOP Satellite Strategy Tips