This weekend, outstanding legends like Samuel Vousden, Claas Segebrecht and Niklas Astedt returned in the HRC, and Georgious Karakousis picked up a huge win. The Sunday major results came from a mix of pros, and aspiring players hitting their biggest ever wins. Let’s take a look at the action:
- Georgios “Geokarak” Karakousis picks up huge score in HRC
- Samuel Vousden, Class Segebrecht and Niklas Astedt also among winners
- Pros share spoils of Sunday majors with aspiring players
- Sunday Million and Bounty Builder Day 1 results
Poker’s biggest names return to HRC stardom
Samuel “€urop€an” Vousden, one of Finland’s top players with over $9 million in online cashes, had an excellent weekend in the High Roller Club. He bested “veeea” from Russia, a WCOOP and three-time Sunday Million winner, to win the $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up for $20,790.
Vousden also had a decent run in the $530 Sunday Marathon, eventually finishing fourth. UK pro Sam “SamSquid” Grafton from the UK went on to win the Marathon for $8k.
The biggest HRC results this weekend came courtesy of Georgios “Geokarak” Karakousis, a long-timer from Greece who’s had serious results in COOP and EPT events. Karakousis made it through a hardcore final table in the $1,050 Sunday HR, outlasting third place “munchenHB” and second place “JoseGuti” to earn an incredible first place finish for $68,368.
The $1,050 Sunday Cooldown had an even more impressive line-up. “WhatIfGod”, winner of the EPT Online Main Event, came third, and top ranked Russian pro “drupa-lucker” came second. Multi-time SCOOP champion and EPT Online 05 winner Claas “Ssick_OnE” Segebrecht knocked out drupa-lucker to secure the final bounty and lock up a total of $32,635 (with over $20k coming from bounties).
Swedish pro Niklas “Lena900” Astedt made his return to the winners list, earning $22,333 for first place in the HRC Sunday Supersonic. Martynenko “VladTheSlaye” Vladislav came second. Vladislav has been climbing up the rankings this year (ranked 15th on P5s) and will be a player to watch out for in 2021.
In the Bounty Builder HR, “Luciano S.H” from Brazil led at the end of Day 1, and carried on strong on Day 2 before finally finishing in second place for $46k. “MezuuUuuT” from the UK came first for $84,998 (with $44k in KOs). “ClutchHero” from Canada also played a great game, making $15k in bounties and finishing fifth for a further $12k.
Here are the top High Roller Club results:
Tournament | Player | Country | Prize |
HRC: $530 Bounty Builder | MezuuUuuT | UK | $84,998 |
HRC: $1,050 Sunday HR | Georgious “Geokarak” Karakousis | Greece | $68,368 |
HRC: $1,050 Sunday Cooldown | Claas “Ssick_OnE” Segebrecht | Austria | $32,635 (inc. KOs) |
HRC: $1,050 Sunday Supersonic | Niklas “Lena900” Astedt | Sweden | $22,333 |
HRC: $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up | Samuel “European” Vousden | Finland | $20,790 |
Pros and aspiring players share spoils of Sunday majors
We always see top pros ruling the tables in the High Roller Club. It’s more of a mixed bag in the Sunday majors, with pros and up-and-comers sharing the spoils.
Peter “Belabaccsi” Traply from Hungary represents the pros. He’s had over $18 million in online winnings, including two massive SCOOP victories. Traply came first in the $215 Sunday Warm-Up this weekend for $22,105.
Pablo “pabritz” Brito Silva also claimed a win. He’s one of Brazil’s top players with over $6.7 million in online winnings, and only last week took down the $530 Bounty Builder HR for $82k. This time, Silva won the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $20,523.
Players like “JayStra” from Canada claimed their biggest ever wins this weekend. JayStra made a deal with heads-up opponent “tizulian” in the $22 Mini Sunday Million. tizulian was chip lead when the deal took place, so earned $16,365 despite finishing second. JayStra took first place for $13,799.
“Hartige” from Belgium scored big in the $109 Sunday Cooldown, administering the final knockout to“TheCanucken” to earn a first place total of $28,199.
Here are the top Sunday major results:
Tournament | Player | Country | Prize |
$109 Sunday Cooldown | Hartige | Belgium | $28,199 |
$215 Sunday Warm-Up | Peter “Belabaccsi” Traply | Hungary | $22,105 |
$215 Sunday Supersonic | pabritz | Brazil | $20,523 |
$22 Mini Sunday Million | JayStra | Canada | $13,799* |
$55 Sunday Marathon | btvedt | Norway | $13,175 |
markoville19 wins Sunday Million
The Sunday Million reached a prize pool of $1,035,000 from 10,350 entries. “hero(O-(_-Q” from Canada had a narrow lead at the end of Day 1, eventually finishing fourth. “LoneHixx” from Canada came third, and “leisundlaut” from Germany grabbed second. “markovilla19” from Ireland came out on top, earning a rather splendid $108,094.
Here’s the final table results:
Player | Country | Prize |
markovilla19 | Ireland | $108,094 |
leisundlaut | Germany | $77,712 |
LoneHixx | Canada | $55,875 |
hero(O-(-_-Q | Canada | $40,175 |
MrStrike77 | Russia | $28,886 |
danistheking | Netherlands | $20,769 |
Horho2 | Austria | $14,933 |
tua123 | UK | $10,737 |
AokirBr | Brazil | $7,720 |