SUNDAY MAJORS: ‘Bencb789’ Conquers Sunday Warm-Up

‘Bencb789’ was the big winner across this week’s Sunday Majors after collecting $62,582, which included victory in the PokerStars $215 Sunday Warm-Up for $51,562. The well-known MTT player and coach outlasted a field of 1,704 entrants and defeated Andrew ‘eastwest_27’ Theriault heads-up to take the majority of the bumper $340,000 prize pool.
Bencb789’s coaching site ‘RaiseYourEdge’ tweeted their delight after seeing its premier coach secure victory and later announced he had added another $11,000 to his Sunday winnings after a final table finish in the 888poker $100,000 Whale.
This just in…add on another $11K in The Whale on 888! Nice little add on for a $63K day!
— Raise Your Edge (@raiseyouredge) April 23, 2018
PokerStars hosted their anniversary $10M Guaranteed Sunday Million ‘Take 2’ event this weekend, which has a first-place prize of $1m, and the client saw increased prize pools across its major Sunday Tournaments. The ‘Sunday Million Take 2’ re-starts today (April 23) at 19:00 WET with 735 of the 56,310 players still remaining.
‘OempaLoempah’ achieved his biggest online cash by winning the PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller, $150JK Guaranteed event. The tournament saw 156 entrants create a prize pool of $312,000 – more than double the guarantee, with a first-place prize of $64,671. ‘M1TR4ND1R’ was the runner-up for $49,287 after succumbing to the pressure of ‘OempaLoempah’ heads-up.
The $530 Bounty Builder High Roller collected a prize pool of $674,000 after seeing 1,348 entrants battle it out. ‘FloweerBoy’, who finished third in the Sunday Million back in 2016, was the last player standing and banked $52,226.
‘BenRichards1‘ was the big winner across partypoker’s Sunday events after claiming victory in the $2,600 Sunday Major Super High Roller. The PocketFiver, who has over $5.5m in online tournament cashes, claimed the $63,600 first-place prize after eliminating ‘shadoww0rm’, who banked $44,400 as runner-up.
Paul ‘Senterpied99’ Senter won $40,110 after claiming the $1,050 Super Sunday Big Bounty Hunter-HR title. The result was the Cardiff based player’s second-largest recorded online cash.
Leandro ‘hayarropatodos’ Bustillo, winner of the 2016 WCOOP-29 $700 Sunday Million event for $298,927, added another gold medal to his PocketFives profile with victory in the $530 Super Sunday Main Event High Roller. The Argentine came through the 533 player field to win $49,675, with ‘EXPENSIVE22’ taking $35,311 for second place.
The partypoker Super Sunday Main Event High reverted from a $215 to $109 buy-in this week, which created a $258,300 prize pool. ‘profikiller73’ took the title for $41,748 after navigating their way through the large 2,583 player field.
Over on 888poker, Anton ‘anteen’ Bertilsson and former PocketFives #1-ranked ‘VnilaVader’ agreed on a heads-up deal in the client’s premier Sunday tournament the $1,050 The $100,000 Guaranteed Whale. Bertilsson ultimately claimed the victory and $29,515, with ‘VnilaVader’ having to settle for second place and $23,844 for his share of the deal.
Russia’s ‘CalmRevolver‘ was the champion in the 888poker $215 Sunday Mega Deep, with the tournament seeing a $103,800 prize pool this week. ‘CalmRevolver’, who has a WCOOP title to their name, bested a field of 519 entrants and added $19,722 to their lifetime cashes.
Last but not least, a shoutout goes to ‘josef_shvejk’ who final-tabled both the partypoker $530 Super Sunday Main Event and the 888poker $1,050 The $100,000 Whale for combined total winnings of $11,000.
Below are this week’s Sunday Major’s final table results:
PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller, $150k Gtd
156 entrants, $312,000 prize pool
- OempaLoempah – $64,671.48
- M1TR4ND1R – $49,287.63
- fanen – $37,563.27
- Timonpoika – $28,627.84
- fish2013 – $21,817.94
- yurasov1990 – $16,627.97
- mamamamama70… – $12,672
- NCSU2012 – $9,658.05
- blanconegro – $7,360.64
PokerStars $530 Bounty Builder High Roller, $400k Gtd
1,348 entrants, $674,000 prize pool
- FloweerBoy – $52,226.46
- huiiiiiiiii – $38,281.31
- ROBBED6969 – $28,060.10
- tinnoemulder – $20,597.95
- Royalik – $15,076.23
- Fjusse – $11,050.83
- GadMO – $8,100.23
- FU_15 – $5,937.43
- ninototoroko – $4,352.11
PokerStars $215 Sunday Warm-Up $200k Gtd
1,704 entrants, $340,000 prize pool
- bencb789 – $51,562.79
- eastwest_27 – $37,072.73
- trishgal 29 – $26,655.60
- FurerKuvalda – $19,165.63
- ImTheNuts1 – $13,780.28
- ova dawg – $9,908.14
- Marto115 – $7,124.04
- Platzhirsch – $5,122.29
- Majchi – $3,682.95
partypoker $109 Super Sunday Main Event-H $200k Gtd
2,583 entrants, $258,300 prize pool
- profikiller73 – $41,748.14
- Mr.Miy4gi – $29,536.60
- COL_Moutarde – $19,003.13
- buxyta – $12,630.87
- gfsg1989 – $8,782.20
- slaaasch – $5,992.56
- toshapiter88 – $4,132.80
- muhhamadALLIN – $2,634.66
partypoker $530 Super Sunday Main Event-HR $200k Gtd
533 entrants, $266,500 prize pool
- hayarropatodos – $49,675.60
- EXPENSIVE22 – $35,311.25
- I_Am_Groot – $24,064.95
- IliusDooo – $16,656.25
- SiguiendoElFlow – $11,726
- mugggy1 – $8,474.70
- josef_shvejk – $6,102.85
- SanityWaterline – $4,370.60
partypoker $2,600 Sunday Major – SHR $200k Super High Roller
96 entrants, $240,000 prize pool
- BenRichards1 – $63,600
- shadoww0rm – $44,400
- IamWyatt – $31,200
- DrMiKee – $21,600
- WinManey – $16,800
- shlongoperator – $12,600
- WWWpartyCOM – $10,200
- ABOUDIABY2 – $8,400
partypoker $1,050 Super Sunday Big Bounty Hunter-HR $300k Gtd
420 entrants, $420,000 prize pool
- Sentapied99 – $40,110
- SouhftfW – $28,770
- chwichwi69 – $19,740
- smilethenclick – $13,860
- PhileasFogg – $9,912
- padredetres – $7,224
- Tightguy66 – $5,103
- liderrpoker – $3,717
888poker $1,050 The $100,000 Whale
116 entrants – $116,000 prize pool
- anteen – $29,515.01*
- VnilaVader – $23,844.99*
- wellyxx – $16,240
- f0rmEiTseGal – $11,020
- gimligal88 – $8,120
- B.Mitchell – $6,090
- josef_shvejk – $4,930
- chuckemdown9 – $4,060
- Litt_it_up – $3,480
*denotes a deal
888poker $215 Sunday Mega Deep
519 entrants – $103,800 prize pool
- CalmRevolver – $19,722
- SnowRoll – $14,532
- brancacoca – $10,899
- alexos888 – $7,785
- TopBeaver69 – $5,190
- TylerRM – $3,633
- streetdekor – $2,595
- cuadrado12 – $2,076