“Alvero Veritas” Gets the Party Started; Wins PLO8 PKO Championship

The PartyPoker Grand Prix Summer series continues marching towards a thrilling finale, and is crowning champions all over the place. Three more of your fellow PartyPoker players became Grand Prix Summer champions in numbered events this week. Who were that trio? Continue reading to find out.

Event #07 was the $33buy-in PLO8 PKO Championship, and it attracted 647 players to the tables. All those entrants meant a $19,410 prize pool, far more than the advertised $15,000 guarantee.

With bounties included, each of the nine finalists saw a healthy return on their investments. “LuckyJJ” ran out of luck in ninth for $352, with “Lyren” falling in eighth for a $428 addition to their bankroll.

Seventh-place and $402 went to “pokytrg” before “ourson69” walked away with $793 after busting in sixth. “ourson69” won the fourth-most cash despite busting in sixth thanks to sending 14 opponents to the rail; don’t you just love progressive knockout tournaments?

The remaining finalists gained some extra elbow room when “AllaboutAlan” and “Samieli” crashed out in succession. They netted $564 and $679 for their efforts.

The prayers of “SaveMeJesus” went unanswered, and they had to console themselves with a $1,078 score after their demise in third. “SaveMeJesus”‘bustout left “Alvaro Veritas” and “Jumashouse” heads-up for the title.

That one-on-one battle went the way of “Alvaro Veritas” who not only gets to call themselves a PartyPoker champion, but also has the welcome problem of figuring out what to spend their $3,027 winnings on! Second place came with a total prize worth $1,787.

Grand Prix Summer #07 PLO8 PKO Championship

Place | Player | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize
1 | Alvaro Veritas | $1,659 | $1,368 | $3,027
2 | Jumashouse | $421 | $1,366 | $1,787
3 | SaveMeJesus | $166 | $912 | $1,078
4 | Samieli | $83 | $596 | $679
5 | AllaboutAlan | $154 | $410 | $564
6 | ourson69 | $475 | $318 | $793
7 | pokytrg | $166 | $236 | $402
8 | Lyren | $238 | $190 | $428
9 | LuckyJJ | $199 | $153 | $352

“BOMAHA77” Bulldozes Their Way to Victory

It pays, literally, to be aggressive in PKO tournaments because you win cash prizes for each opponent you eliminate from the competition. It appears “BOMAHA77” got that memo judging by how they bulldozed their way through the $5.50 buy-in Grand Prix Summer #08 Mini PLO8 PKO Championship.

When the dust settled on this event, “BOMAHA77” was the last player standing, and had turned their $5.50 buy-in into $521. That sum came from the main prize pool, but the champion also captured a quite ridiculous $575 from the bounty prize pool, for a combined prize tipping the scales at $1,096!

“BOMAHA77” was personally responsible for eliminating 29 opponents from the 1,598-strong field! Their ability to send opponents to the showers meant their prize was worth more than the total prize money both second and third place collected!

We have n doubts that we will see “BOMAHA77” in some PLO8 tournaments in the near future.

Grand Prix Summer #08 Mini PLO8 PKO Championship

Place | Player | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize
1 | BOMAHA77 | $575 | $521 | $1,096
2 | CaliWeedFan1993 | $37 | $519 | $556
3 | freemindplo8cz | $72 | $343 | $415
4 | Hectormtd | $8 | $221 | $303
5 | Howbizarre | $41 | $150 | $191
6 | elarabi2021 | $18 | $115 | $133
7 | BOLODENOZES | $47 | $84 | $131
8 | MOADNDA1 | $91 | $66 | $157
9 | ElarnToPaly | $55 | $52 | $107

“UberSuper” Crowned Micro PLO8 PKO Champion

“UberSuper” defeated “Flossen” heads-up in the $1.10 buy-in PLO8 PKO Championship and got their hands on a $220 score. Either of those players would have made a worthy champion because between them they sent 40 of the 1,549 field to the rail, with “Flossen” responsible to scalping 25 opponents.

Unfortunately for them, “Flossen” could not claim a 26th casualty, and had to make do with a $133 score, which is still a healthy return on a $1.10 buy-in.

Grand Prix Summer #09 Micro PLO8 PKO Championship

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Place | Player | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize
1 | UberSuper | $116 | $104 | $220
2 | Flossen | $30 | $103 | $133
3 | Deano_T8 | $5 | $68 | $73
4 | stromi6 | $2 | $44 | $46
5 | WazzRunner | $9 | $29 | $38
6 | IChinDiapersLot | $18 | $22 | $40
7 | Sentynel_Akk | $10 | $16 | $26
8 | Jader-Good | $4 | $13 | $17
9 | jhoni_u2 | $11 | $10 | $21

Remaining Grand Prix Summer Events

In addition to dozens of side events taking place each and every day throughout the Grand Prix Summer festival, you can also get involved in the following numbered events, which have the juiciest guarantees!

Event | Buy-in | Guarantee | Start | Final Day
#04 Main Event | $55 | $150,000 | Jun 29 | Jul 17
#05 Mini Main Event | $11 | $40,000 | Jun 29 | Jul 17
#06 Micro Main Event | $2.20 | $5,000 | Jun 29 | Jul 17
#10 PLO PKO Championship | $33 | $15,000 | Jul 10 | Jul 17
#11 Mini PLO PKO Championship | $5.50 | $5,000 | Jul 10 | Jul 17
#12 Micro PLO PKO Championship | $1.10 | $1,000 | Jul 10 | Jul 17

SPINS Your Way to Grand Prix Summer Events

We want as many of our players to experience what it is like to play in a prestigious poker tournament and have the chance to pad their bankrolls with poker career-defining prizes, which is why we’re launching Grand Prix Summer Edition SPINS.

These jackpot sit & go tournaments only cost $2 to enter. Mostly, they award their winner $4 cash, but they also pay Grand Prix Summer tickets ranging from $5.50 to $109 and do so in a matter of minutes thanks to the hyper-turbo blind structure.

Multiplier | 1st Prize | Frequency in 1M Games
2 | $4 Cash | 609,233
2.75 | $5.50 GP Summer Ticket | 266,467
5.5 | $11 GP Summer Ticket | 100,000
11 | $22 GP Summer Ticket | 20,000
16.5 | $33 GP Summer Ticket | 3,000
27.5 | $55 GP Summer Ticket | 800
54.5 | $109 GP Summer Ticket | 500

Those of you who prefer a traditional satellite are in luck because our ever-popular phased satellites return. They start with our industry-famous $0.01 centrolls, which fee into $0.22 Phase 1, then $1.10 Phase 2, then the no direct buy-in final each Saturday where $55 Main Event tickets are won.

There are also nightly Main Event satellites for you to try your luck in. Turn a $0.33 buy-in into a $3.30 Micro Main Event seat, a $1.65 buy-in into an $11 Mini Main Event seat, or an affordable $7.50 buy-in into a $55 Main Event seat. Good luck!