Grand Prix Spring Edition Explodes Into Life at PartyPoker

The Grand Prix Spring edition kicked off on March 16 and crowned its first three champions on March 20. Those trio of opening events have set a high benchmark for the Main Events, especially the $33 Opener PKO, which not only reached its $75,000 guarantee but paid out an impressive $96,720!

Some 3,224 PartyPoker players took to the tables for the $33 buy-in $75,000 guaranteed Grand Prix Spring #01 Opener PKO, with 479 of those starters progressing to Day 2 and securing at least a min-cash for their efforts. That min-cash grew to at least $533 by the time the final table reached, plus, of course, any bounties those finalists picked up along the way.

“PsychFox” was the first of the nine finalists to bow out, doing so with $780 to show for their efforts, the only prize at the final table that was less than four figures.

“Sankaku Jime” and “Tarekkk_” were the next casualties. Their deep runs resulted in their PartyPoker account balances swelling by $1,108 and $1,013, respectively. Then came the elimination of “EpicSince92” in sixth ($2,012) and “vixkickx” in fifth ($1,810) before the untimely demises of “SAMURAVI77” ($2,980) and “dust2_killer” ($4,823) sent the opening event into the heads-up stage.

Here, “running4guns” locked horns with “iva76.” Both players guaranteed themselves at least $5,600 from the main prize pool, but the final bounty payment was almost $5,000, so there was everything to play for. Eventually, running4guns found themselves in possession of all the chips, thus becoming the first Grand Prix Spring champion, and recipient of $10,454. Our runner-up received $6,351.

Grand Prix Spring #01 Opener PKO Final Table Results

Place | Player | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize
1 | running4guns | $4,840 | $5,614 | $10,454
2 | iva76 | $749 | $5,602 | $6,351
3 | dust2_killer | $1,233 | $3,590 | $4,823
4 | SAMURAVI77 | $623 | $2,357 | $2,980
5 | vixkickx | $219 | $1,591 | $1,810
6 | EpicSince92 | $820 | $1,192 | $2,012
7 | Tarekkk_ | $151 | $862 | $1,013
8 | Sankaku Jime | $421 | $687 | $1,108
0 | PsychFox | $247 | $533 | $780

Raven0216 Crowned Mini Opener Champion

The $5.50 buy-in Mini Opener PKO also obliterated its guarantee when 3,594 entrants created a $17,970 prize pool! Despite only costing $5.50 to enter, the top two finishers saw four-figure sums land in their PartyPoker account, with the rest of the finalists securing payments from $137 to $812.

When the dust settled in the Mini Opener, it was “Raven0216” that sat behind all of the chips. The champion captured a $1,041 score from the main prize pool plus an additional $855 from the bounty prize pool for a total haul worth $1,896. “k0rnqka” was the runner-up; their reward came in at a combined $1,127, which is impressive for a $5.50 investment.

Grand Prix Spring #02 Mini Opener PKO Final Table Results

Place | Player | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize
1 | Raven0216 | $855 | $1,041 | $1,896
2 | k0rnqka | $90 | $1,037 | $1,127
3 | sn00ka6677 | $148 | $664 | $812
4 | TomaBadToma | $99 | $436 | $535
5 | BruXoo. | $23 | $294 | $317
6 | Paulera293 | $98 | $218 | $316
7 | Moneysniper | $129 | $157 | $286
8 | Metalhands | $3 | $126 | $129
9 | PtitWinnie | $39 | $98 | $137

PuruPasta Turns $1.10 Into $266

Imagine winning more than 200 times your initial investment and getting to call yourself a PartyPoker champion. That is precisely what happened to “PuruRasta” after they came out on top of the $1.10 buy-in Micro Opener PKO event, part of the PartyPoker Grand Prix Spring festival.

A field of 2,446 entrants left a small overlay on the $2,500 guarantee, and PuruRasta took full advantage of the added value. After they defeated “Pelegossauro” heads-up, PuruPasta saw $266 land in their PartyPoker account, while the runner-up netted $183. Third-place finisher, “DonkerKiller,” collected $119, all impressive sums considering their only spent $1.10 to enter!

Grand Prix Spring #03 Micro Opener PKO Final Table Results

Place | Player | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize
1 | PuruRasta | $111 | $155 | $266
2 | Pelegossauro | $29 | $154 | $183
3 | DonkerKiller | $20 | $99 | $119
4 | Xerengo14 | $14 | $65 | $79
5 | Gimka2L | $18 | $44 | $62
6 | r77shark | $25 | $33 | $58
7 | the_jungledon | $31 | $24 | $55
8 | pokerganja_1 | $2 | $19 | $21
9 | EduDuda2022 | $5 | $14 | $19

The PartyPoker Grand Prix Spring continues until April 3, so you still have ample opportunities to get involved in the series and follow in the footsteps of our first three champions. We can’t wait to write an article about your conquests!