Last Month, Cosmin Calea (pictured), who is known as xkosssxon PocketFives, won the PokerStars Sunday Millionoutright for $215,000. There were almost 7,200 entrants that day and Calea was one of 1,080 to make the money. “I am very happy and excited about the successful performance I had,” he told PocketFives after the final cards had been dealt. “A final table in the Sunday Million has been one of my dreams since I started playing poker.”

On the 30th of March, Calea passed $1 million in online tournament cashes, about one-fifth of which came from the Sunday Million. Accordingly, his score will have a profound impact on his life. He explained, “I have been trying to buy an apartment. I was struggling and wasn’t succeeding in saving much money, so this result came at a perfect time and now I have the money I need to buy a bigger apartment and a car.”

His Sunday Million win means a new chapter in his life. “I consider this score a starting point of a new stage of my career,” he said. “This score will give me the power to work increasingly more every day to reach my new target of becoming a top player. I will try to keep the same stakes I have now.”

We won’t likely see Calea in any additional live events going forward, as he explained, “The extra expenses associated with them decrease your real ROI. I see live events more like a trip.” He has two small live cashes to his name, according to the Hendon Mob.

He started playing poker five years ago in freerolls. The Romanian rehashed, “I played freerolls when they were popular because of Facebook. There, I had my first winnings from poker and realized that is the easiest way to do what I enjoy and make more money than the average person in Romania (pictured). Although I play the game professionally, I really love the adrenaline you get when you are at the poker tables as well as the competition that makes you to want to become a better player every day.”

Away from poker, Calea studies Economics at university. He had a solid showing in 2013 poker-wise, finishing second in the WinamaxMain Event and Full Tilt Double Deuce for almost $30,000 total, among other scores. He is the #2 ranked PocketFives member in Romania and tops in the country’s capital city of Bucharest.

All told, Calea has turned in 3,100 tracked in the money finishes and is averaging $333 a pop. Congrats to Calea on his blockbuster Sunday score!

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