Mikita Badziakouski Banks $90K PokerStars Score; Sunday Million Anniversary Only Five Days Away
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Belarusian superstar Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski took a break from crushing live super high rollers by heading to PokerStars and doing the same in the online poker giant's $5,200 Titans Event. Badziakouski recently earned $2,212,000 the Triton Super High Roller Series in Jeju, pushing his live tournament winnings to almost $61 million. He has now bolstered his online bankroll by $90,419 after coming out on top of a 67-strong field in PokerStars' most expensive weekly tournament.
Badziakouski's first bullet didn't go to plan, and he fell by the wayside in 51st place. After e-entering for $5,200, Badziakouski navigated through a star-studded field containing the likes of Andre "aakkari" Akkari, Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois, Ole "wizowizo" Schemion, and Niklas "Lena900" Astedt.
The top nine finishers won a slice of the $335,000 prize pool, meaning tenth-place finisher "P0KERPR02.0" was the last player to leave the event empty-handed. The Austrian's demise locked in at least $10,444 for the nine finalists.
Those finalists busted one by one; the prize money increasing with each elimination. Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis bowed out in fourth for $37,993, much to the delight of his former table mates such is his proficiency in high stakes tournaments.
Mexico-based Ukrainian "SerVlaMin" fell in third for $50,725, leaving Badziakouski in a one-on-one battle with Danish grinder "starswins :)" for the title and the lion's share of the prize pool.
Badziakouski rarely loses once he is heads-up, and this was not one of those rare occasions. The superstar high-stakes specialist reeled in the $90,419 top prize, leaving his Danish opponent to lick their wounds and console themselves with a still respectable $67,724.
$5,200 Titans Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski | Ukraine | $90,419 |
| 2 | starswins :) | Denmark | $67,724 |
| 3 | SerVlaMin | Mexico | $50,725 |
| 4 | Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis | Austria | $37,993 |
| 5 | IgammiI€120 | Belarus | $28,457 |
| 6 | dujo123 | Canada | $21,314 |
| 7 | GodOf.com | Andorra | $15,964 |
| 8 | chrisgoataui | Austria | $11,957 |
| 9 | Haringbuis | Brazil | $10,444 |
Other Notable PokerStars Results
A special mention goes to "dujo123," who finished sixth in the $5,200 Titans Event for $21,314 before helping themselves to the $16,404 first-place prize of the $109 Sunday Warm-Up.
"AcidVaule" triumphed in not one but two of PokerStars' Sunday Majors. They won the $1,050 Sunday High Roller PKO for $23,957 and the $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up High Roller for an additional $14,889.
Of course, the Sunday Million's champion was the biggest winner of the weekend, outside the Titans Event. "anth0nypappa" outlasted 9,894 opponents on their way to turning their $109 buy-in into an $83,582 score.
| Tournament | Entrants | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $109 Sunday Million | 9,895 | $1,000,000 | anth0nypappa | $83,582 |
| $1,050 Sunday High Roller PKO | 125 | $125,000 | AcidVaule | $23,957 |
| $530 Bounty Bonanza Mystery Bounty | 440 | $220,000 | arodnaS | $22,793 |
| $109 Sunday Warm-Up | 962 | $100,000 | dujo123 | $16,404 |
| $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up High Roller | 62 | $62,000 | AcidVaule | $14,889 |
| $215 Sunday StacKOsaurus | 459 | $100,000 | Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak | $14,3317 |
| $1,050 Sunday Supersonic High Roller | 37 | $37,586 | Gediminas "Gedis92" Uselis | $13,784 |
| $109 Sunday Fenomeno | 770 | $77,000 | Stoqnov303 | $13,073 |
| $530 Sunday Fenomeno High Roller | 99 | $50,000 | Klopp4zeKop | $11,521 |
| $109 Sunday Kickoff | 479 | $50,000 | Jerry "Perrymejsen" Odeen | $8,880 |
Prizes include bounty payments where applicable
$6 Million Guaranteed Sunday Million Anniversary Edition Runs April 6
The 19th Anniversary edition of the Sunday Million is right around the corner. The first cards will be pitched at 6:05 p.m. BST on April 6. More than 4,000 PokerStars players have already bought in, but there needs to be at least 30,000 entries to hit the massive $6 million guarantee.
Satellites continue running around the clock, including eight with at least 100 seats guaranteed to be won. At 4:30 p.m. BST on April 6, just a couple of hours before the big dance kicks off, an $11 buy-in satellite boasts a 400x $215 seat guarantee!
An hour later, a $22 buy-in satellite shuffles up and deals. It guarantees that at least 500 seats will be won; that equates to a $107,500 guarantee for a $22 buy-in!
Whether you buy in directly or win your way into the Sunday Million 19th Anniversary, you'll sit down with 20,000 chips and play to 20-minute levels for the first 18 levels. The curtain then comes down on Day 1, with play resuming at 6:05 p.m. BST on April 7.
The first level on Day 2 lasts 30 minutes before levels are reduced to 15 minutes until a champion is crowned. Day 2 ends after the 50th level, with the third and final day starting at 6:05 p.m. BST on April 8.
