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The biggest weekly tournament in online poker got its start 11 years ago this month. To celebrate that momentous occasion back in 2006, this week’s Sunday Million sported a guaranteed prize pool of $10 million and a guaranteed first place prize of at least a million dollars. The prospect of redefining one’s life for a mere $215 investment drew an enormous field that resulted in a final table where everyone was guaranteed at least $78,086. After nearly 16 hours of poker, including a remarkable run at the final table, Panama’s Xavi666 walked away with the top prize of $1,093,204.63.
Oct 30, 2018 Five years into his online poker career as a member of the PocketFives community, high-stakes online poker professional ‘Girafganger7’ still believes in the poker dream. The well-known Belgium pro, who goes by ‘Giraf’, is a fixture in the online tournament scene. Girafganger7 talks about chopping the PokerStars Sunday Million Double Vision for $88,000 and living with three horses and 20 chickens. Girafganger7 (PokerStars) poker results, poker ratings, online poker rankings. Girafganger7 ROI, ITM, wins, loses, profit. Girafganger7 poker statistics and poker ratings.
There were already more than 27,000 players in the field as this special edition of the Sunday Million began at 2 p.m. ET. An hour of late registration had the field up over 38,000, and by two hours on there were more than 47,000 in play. By the end of the third and final hour of late registration the prize pool had swelled to $11,167,000 on the strength of 44,017 entries and 11,818 re-entries. The top 9,206 would share in the money, and after one more hour of play that goal was in sight. Minutes after the day’s fourth break, Canada’s Jack17444 popped the money bubble and the real game began.
Unsurprisingly, plenty of Red Spades showed up in the payouts as hundreds of players fell by the wayside. Chris “Money800” Moneymaker went out in 2,841st, followed a bit later by Igor Kurganov in 2,372nd and Lex Veldhius in 1,246th. Team Online’s George “Jorj95” Lind made a deep run that ended in 331st. And Andre Akkari represented Team Pro well with a 71st-place finish, making him the first player to earn the pay jump to $15,007.33.
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Play continued as the calendar rolled over into Monday, and after almost four more hours the final table was within sight. Past Sunday Warm-Up finalist peter804 double-inflated the bubble with 9♥9♠, busting both Lisekant (with K♦8♥) and Rena15sanCe (with A♠10♦), leaving two five-handed tables in play at 3:46 a.m. They went to the break nine minutes later with the bubble still intact, three players – all seated at the same table – hanging on at the bottom with less than one big blind separating them.
Petruha.K of Belarus was one of those short stacks and called off with A♥Q♥ in the small blind at 4:06 a.m. ET. TranBrothers, who had opened in the cutoff seat with A♦K♠, made kings and fours on the 4♦4♠10♥K♣5♣ board, dodging Petruha.K’s turned gutshot straight draw to set up this final table:
Seat 1: v0nder (49,937,496 in chips)
Seat 2: Xavi666 (51,900,985 in chips)
Seat 3: RTAPEX (17,480,048 in chips)
Seat 4: gabito h261 (49,898,224 in chips)
Seat 5: NormyDozer (82,603,464 in chips)
Seat 6: Mouzen (130,901,970 in chips)
Seat 7: TranBrothers (105,578,838 in chips)
Seat 8: girafganger7 (33,818,421 in chips)
Seat 9: peter804 (36,230,554 in chips)
RTAPEX came in on a mission – pick up chips, pronto. Some early help from A♥A♠ gave the Australian player a double to 37.7M after deep-stacked Mouzen called with A♦K♥. RTAPEX proposed a nine-handed deal after that win, but nobody responded. It was an idea with arguable merit – with $3,690,648.78 in prize money up for grabs at the final table and $100,000 left on the table for the winner, an even nine-handed chop would be worth more than $398,000 for everyone at the table.
Nobody would have stood to pick up more value than RTAPEX, whose 37.6M-chip stack was worth just over 10 big blinds. With no takers, though, RTAPEX’s tournament went on the line again minutes later when the Aussie shoved for 26.9M with A♣6♥ on the button. gabito h261 called in the small blind with A♥7♣ and the two looked likely to split the pot after the J♣9♦8♠ flop and A♦ turn left both with a pair of aces. Then the 10♦ hit the river, making a jack-high straight for gabito h261 and sending RTAPEX to the rail in ninth.
The next 24 minutes saw multiple players dodge similar fates. First girafganger7, a TCOOP 2017 winner and past Super Tuesday and WCOOP runner-up, doubled with A♠9♣ against Mouzen’s button-stealing Q♦7♦. Then peter804’s A♠K♠ made a pair of aces and held against Xavi666’s K♥Q♠, and girafganger7 picked up a queen with Q♥10♥ to outrace gabito h261’s A♣J♠.
The big one went to Xavi666, who called an early position raise by TranBrothers with A♦J♠ and made Broadway when the flop came K♥10♥Q♠. When TranBrothers open-shoved, holding A♣A♠, Xavi666 snap-called. The board ran out 6♥ –6♣, and Xavi666 claimed the lead with the 114M-chip pot. gabito h261 followed up with a coin-flip win with 9♣9♦ against NormyDozer’s A♣K♥, and Mouzen’s K♦J♣ made a pair of jacks on the flop to crack peter804’s 10♣10♦ on the following hand.
The run of good fortune for the short stacks ended when NormyDozer, a past finalist at SCOOP 2014, SCOOP 2015, and the Super Tuesday, opened all-in for 28.3M under the gun with K♣Q♥. The action folded around to the big blind, where gabito h261 called with A♠K♦ and promptly hit top pair with the nut flush draw on the 3♦A♦9♦ flop. The 7♣ turn locked up the 63.1M-chip pot for gabito h261, who made a flush with the 2♦ river and knocked out NormyDozer in eighth.
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v0nder was next to go, three minutes later. The player from Belarus limped in from the small blind with 10♥9♥ and open-shoved when the flop came 3♦A♦9♦. Xavi666 called with 7♦5♦ for middle pair with a diamond flush draw. The pair would have been enough, but the flush came in after the Q♣ turn and A♦ river to give Xavi666 the 115M-chip pot, sending v0nder to the rail in seventh.
Six hands later it was peter804’s turn. The player from the United Kingdom open-shoved for 26.8M on the button with J♦9♦ and ended up facing Xavi666, who successfully isolated form the small blind with K♦10♦. The 2♦6♣10♣5♥K♠ board made kings and tens to give Xavi666 the pot, and peter804 bowed out in sixth.
girafganger7 and gabito h261 were the next two players on the chopping block as the 4:55 a.m. ET break came and went, and both of them doubled up within minutes. First girafganger7 re-raised all-in for 40M on the button with A♦6♦ after Mouzen opened for 12.3M under the gun with K♥J♣; Mouzen was set to take the pot after the 9♣9♦9♠ flop and K♣ turn, but the A♣ river gave girafganger7 the 92.1M-chip pot. Five hands later gabito h261 duplicated the feat, calling all-in in the big blind with K♦7♣ and making two pair after Xavi666 tried to steal with J♠8♠ in the small.
That 104M-chip win for gabito h261 put girafganger7 back in the hot seat, and two hands later a lost race with K♦Q♠ against Mouzen’s 6♥6♠ left the Belgian player with just one big blind. girafganger7 was forced all-in on the next hand with 7♦3♠, which fell to Xavi666’s A♥J♦ on the A♦K♥9♣4♦K♦ board to bust girafganger7 in fifth.
The four remaining players soon agreed to look at numbers for a potential deal. The numbers would have given everybody at least $663,222 and left another $100,000 on the table for the winner, a good enough deal to get three players to agree immediately. But Xavi666 declined, so play resumed.
On the second hand back, Xavi666 was in the big blind with 6♠2♥ and called gabito h261’s min-raise to 14M, bringing a 7♥2♠J♥ flop. Both players checked, and the 2♣ came on the turn, giving Xavi666 trip deuces. Both players checked once again, and the 9♠ came on the river. Xavi666 led with a min-bet of 7M this time and quickly called when gabito h261 shoved all-in for 107M on a bluff with A♠4♠. Covered by 17M chips, gabito h261 bowed out in fourth.
Mouzen doubled through Xavi666 nine hands later with A♥9♥ to 10♠9♦ to keep things close. Another win five hands later in the small blind with Q♠2♦ came at TranBrothers’s expense – after check-raising the 8♠A♠A♥ flop on a bluff and continuing the action on the 9♠ turn, Mouzen checked the Q♥ river and bagged the 106M-chip pot when TranBrothers mucked.
Just eight hands after that, TranBrothers opened the action all-in for 82.3M on the button with J♣8♣. Xavi666 was the lone caller in the small blind, holding Q♦J♦, and promptly made two pair on the K♣Q♥J♥ flop. The Q♣ turn and 10♠ river left Xavi666 with queens full of jacks, and TranBrothers hit the rail in third.
Mouzen trailed by 27 big blinds as heads-up play began with a $208,000 pay jump due to the winner. The Swede opened the fourth hand for 17.2M on the button with K♣K♦. Xavi666 called in the big blind and check-called 11.5M more on the 3♦10♥6♠ flop, bringing the 8♦ on the turn. Xavi666 checked again, then shoved all-in after Mouzen bet 28.9M. Mouzen snap-called with the kings, only to find that Xavi666 had turned the nuts with 9♥7♥. The ten-high straight officially won the pot after the 4♦ came on the river, and the 11th Anniversary edition of the Sunday Million made its way into the history books.
Mouzen’s runner-up finish was worth $785,999.34, a massive step up for a play whose previous biggest cash was just under $10K. And winner Xavi666, whose previous biggest PokerStars cash was worth just over $3,500, took down the massive $1,093,204.63 top prize, along with the distinction of being the winner of one truly massive Sunday Million event. Congratulations to both players, as well as the other finalists, on successfully navigating the enormous field to play for the biggest money in this tournament’s 11-year history.
4/2/17 Sunday Million 11th Anniversary ($215 NL Hold’em) results
Entrants: 55,835 (44,017 entries, 11,818 re-entries)
Total prize pool: $11,167,000
Places paid: 9,206
1. Xavi666 (Panama) $1,093,204.63
2. Mouzen (Sweden) $785,999.34
3. TranBrothers (Vietnam) $565,140.65
4. gabito h261 (Colombia) $406,341.44
5. girafganger7 (Belgium) $292,163.33
6. Peter804 (United Kingdom) $210,069.13
7. v0nder (Belarus) $151,042.60
8. NormyDozer (Australia) $108,601.30
9. RTAPEX (Australia) $78,086.36
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There were two more winners on Day 7 of the 2020 European Poker Tour (EPT) Online festival at PokerStars.
Bert 'girafganger7' Stevens made EPT history by becoming the first player to win two separate EPT Online Events, while Fabian '!$eveeeeeeen!' Gumz won his first.
In other big news, today is the day many poker players have been waiting for with the four-day EPT Online $5,200 Main Event kicking off its action today with a massive $5 million guaranteed prize pool.
Check out below for all that transpired on Day 7 of the EPT Online.
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Fabian '!$eveeeeeeen!' Gumz Wins the EPT Online 12: $1,050 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO] ($87,984)
It took just over four hours on Day 2 to decide a winner in EPT Online 12: $1,050 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO], and Germany's Fabian '!$eveeeeeeen!' Gumz took down the top prize of more than $100,000 in prizes and bounties, and he even did it with a seven in his hand in the final hand.
Gumz navigated through a field of 733 players to bag a middle stack of just under 2 million chips at the end of Day 1 but turned it on for the final day. He collected more in bounties ($54,336) than the first place prize ($53,006) and more than 10-times the bounties of $5,033 that runner-up Jasper 'AppelKruimel' Wetemans claimed.
Gumz has managed some bigger success in the past on the live felts including a second-place finish in the 2019/2020 WPT Rock & Roll Poker Open for $353,880 and an eighth-place performance in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Millionaire Maker at the 2019 WSOP for $157,565.
EPT Online 12: $1,050 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO] Final Table Results
| Place | Name | Country | Bounty | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabian '!$eveeeeeeen!' Gumz | Austria | $54,336 | $53,007 |
| 2 | Jasper 'AppelKruimel' Wetemans | Netherlands | $5,033 | $53,006 |
| 3 | rolic_ro | Russian Federation | $11,363 | $30,841 |
| 4 | kennyct31 | Romania | $8,459 | $21,715 |
| 5 | Arturs 'ARTSchGamble' Scerbaks | Germany | $2,063 | $15,290 |
| 6 | Vlad 'VladTheSlaye' Martynenko | Ukraine | $7,102 | $10,766 |
| 7 | dodi papa | Hungary | $7,625 | $8,573 |
Bert 'girafganger7' Stevens Wins EPT Online 15: $10,300 Turbo 6-Max High Roller ($186,238)
Just two days ago, Bert 'girafganger7' Stevens took down EPT Online 08: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max] for $87,984 and now has added another $186,238 to his bankroll with victory in EPT Online 15: $10,300 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, High Roller].
After finishing seventh in an early EPT Online High Roller Stevens had a point to prove in the last $10,300 buy-in tournament of the festival.
And in a fast-paced and action-filled tournament, Stevens came out on top, eliminating the last four players single-handed to secure victory and defeating Michael Addamo heads-up in a single hand.
Other big names at the final table included Mikita 'fish2013' Badziakouski, Laszlo 'omaha4rollz' Bujtas, Conor '1_conor_b_1' Beresford, and Vyacheslav 'VbV1990' Buldygin.
EPT Online 15: $10,300 Turbo 6-Max High Roller Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bert 'girafganger7' Stevens | United Kingdom | $186,238 |
| 2 | Michael 'Imluckbox' Addamo | United Kingdom | $139,492 |
| 3 | Mikita 'fish2013' Badziakouski | Latvia | $104,479 |
| 4 | BoldSergey | Ukraine | $78,255 |
| 5 | Laszlo 'omaha4rollz' Bujtas | Hungary | $58,613 |
| 6 | Conor '1_conor_b_1' Beresford | United Kingdom | $43,901 |
| 7 | Vyacheslav 'VbV1990' Buldygin | Russia | $32,882 |
'Harn1' Bags Day 1 Chip Lead in EPT Online 14: $215 NLHE [EPT Online Cup]
United Kingdom's 'Harn1' bagged the overnight chip lead after the conclusion of Day 1 in the two-day EPT Online 14: $215 NLHE [EPT Online Cup].
Russia's Roman 'Roma-Tilt' Korenev and Brazil's Matheus 'mpZancan' Zancan also managed to bring forth huge stacks into Day 2.
The EPT Online Cup was the most affordable event on the EPT Online schedule with just a $215 buy-in. This didn't stop the $500,000 guarantee from being smashed with the event attracting 2,833 entrants to generate a huge $566,600 prize pool.
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The field was trimmed down 130 players to start the second and final day of this event today at 6:05 p.m. GMT with each returning player guaranteed a $716 payout with their eyes on the $82,093 top prize slated for the winner barring any deals at the final table.
EPT Online 14: $215 NLHE [EPT Online Cup] Day 1 Leaderboard
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harn1 | United Kingdom | 4,064,369 | 163 |
| 2 | kosilkO | Belarus | 3,268,591 | 131 |
| 3 | Roman 'Roma-Tilt' Korenev | Russia | 2,623,637 | 105 |
| 4 | Matheus 'mpZancan' Zancan | Brazil | 2,555,546 | 102 |
| 5 | gytav420 | United Kingdom | 2,442,732 | 98 |
| 6 | DrunkSp3wer | Malta | 2,327,689 | 93 |
| 7 | DeM!st3r | Germany | 2,135,043 | 85 |
| 8 | acapulcoo | Poland | 2,114,438 | 85 |
| 9 | Biocid | Sweden | 2,109,499 | 84 |
| 10 | MrSwingKK | United Kingdom | 2,062,558 | 83 |
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Events Scheduled on November 15
Three new EPT Online Events kick off on Sunday, Nov. 15. This is in addition to what promises to be an exciting conclusion of the EPT Online Cup.
All eyes are on the four-day EPT Online 16: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] kicking off today at 6:05 p.m. GMT with many eager players hoping to become the first EPT Online Main Event champion while also claiming a huge cash haul when this event concludes on Wednesday, Nov. 18.
Pot-limit Omaha specialists will have their day in the sun as well with the two-day EPT Online 17: $2,100 PLO [6-Max] beginning at 7:05 p.m. GMT followed by the EPT Online 18: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Turbo] an hour later at 8:05 p.m. GMT.
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| Date | Time | Event | Buy-in | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 15 | 6:05 p.m. | EPT Online 16: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] | $5,200 | $5,000,000 |
| Nov. 15 | 7:05 p.m. | EPT Online 17: $2,100 PLO [6-Max] | $2,100 | $500,000 |
| Nov. 15 | 8:05 p.m. | EPT Online 18: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Turbo] | $1,050 | $500,000 |
| Nov. 15 | 6:05 p.m. | Mini EPT Online 14: $2.20 NLHE [EPT Online Cup] | $2.20 | $50,000 |
| Nov. 15 | 7:05 p.m. | Mini EPT Online 15: $109 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, High Roller] | $109 | $300,000 |
EPT Online Winners
| Date | Event | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | First Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 9 | EPT Online 02: $10,300 PLO High Roller | 70 | $700,000 | Ka Kwan 'kaju5' Lau | $188,937 |
| Nov. 8 | EPT Online 03: $5,200 High Roller | 131 | $655,000 | David 'MonkeyBausss' Laka | $143,567 |
| Nov. 9 | EPT Online 04: $530 NLHE | 1,139 | $569,500 | Tatiana 'Mysters_Y' Barausova | $74,951 |
| Nov. 9 | EPT Online 05: $1,050 Win the Button | 238 | $200,000 | Claas 'SsicK_OnE' Segebrecht | $45,765 |
| Nov. 11 | EPT Online 06: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller] | 109 | $1,090,000 | Mikita 'fish2013' Badziakouski | $222,453 |
| Nov. 10 | EPT Online 07: $2,100 NLHE PKO | 334 | $668,000 | Daniel “SmilleThHero” Smiljkovic | $113,490 |
| Nov. 12 | EPT Online 08: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max] | 244 | $500,000 | Bert 'girafganger7' Stevens | $87,984 |
| Nov. 12 | EPT Online 09: $5,200 8-Game [High Roller] | 51 | $255,000 | 'RaulGonzalez' | $100,050 |
| Nov. 13 | EPT Online 10: $25,000 NLHE [8-Max, Super High Roller] | 81 | $2,000,000 | Eelis “EEE27” Parssinen | $539,819 |
| Nov. 13 | EPT Online 11: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Deep Stacks] | 637 | $637,000 | Daan “DaanOss” Mulders | $111,184 |
| Nov. 14 | EPT Online 12: $1,050 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO] | 733 | $733,000 | Fabian '!$eveeeeeeen!' Gumz | $107,343 |
| Nov. 13 | EPT Online 13: $10,300 6+ Hold’em [6-Max High Roller] | 41 | $410,000 | Sam “Str8$$$Homey” Greenwood | $177,599 |
| Nov. 14 | EPT Online 15: $10,300 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, High Roller] | 69 | $500,000 | Bert 'girafganger7' Stevens | $186,238 |
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