Lukas “Robin Poker” Robinson Puts Cruel Beat on Jaime Staples in Sunday Party

The say you need plenty of skills and a generous helping of luck if you want to win poker tournaments, and Lukas “Robin Poker” Robinson had both in abundance this weekend. The popular Liverpudlian streamer, who once streamed playing online poker for 1,000 hours in 100 days, collared Team PartyPoker’s Jaime Staples en route to taking down the event for $13,371.

Robinson was one of 1,026 entrants in the $109 Sunday Party, our $100,000 guaranteed weekly tournament. After an intense opening day that saw the field whittled to only 16 hopefuls, Robinson found himself third in chips.

Sunday Party Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Place | Player | Chips
1 | ASAP JARDA | 15,000,542
2 | Charly Error | 12,886,617
3 | Robin Poker | 12,207,563
4 | Joker_James95 | 8,465,319
5 | Phaelzin | 8,045,040
6 | antiZZZ | 7,823,916
7 | xfnd | 7,728,953
8 | gunfire22 | 6,594,920
9 | persevero77 | 5,155,973
10 | Kenny11 | 4,121,305

Our very own Jaime Staples was the first of the eight finalists to bust, and he did so in cruel circumstances. The hand in question started with a min-raise to 600,000 from Robinson with pocket sevens in the hole, and a cll in the cutoff from Staples holding ace-jack of clubs.

The flop landed seven-five-queen with two clubs, and both players checked its arrival. The eight of clubs on the turn completed Staples’ flush, and nudged him into the lead. Robinson bet 1,200,000, and Staples called. An offsuit five on the river improved Robinson to a full house. Robinson went into the tank for a few moments before unleashing a 3,000,000 bet. Staples pondered his options, settled on a jam, and moved all-in for 10,167,932. Robinson instantly called, busting Staples in eighth, and claiming a 24.6 million pot for good measure.

Robinson kept hold of the chip lead for most of the final table action, but he trailed “antiZZZZ” when the Sunday Party reached the heads-up stage. The eventual champion won more than his fair share of early pots, and began establishing a lead for himself.

The final hand saw Robinson limp in on the button with pocket kings, and “antiZZZZ” check their ace-four of diamonds. “antiZZZZ” check-called a bet on the seven-six-eight flop, and a chunkier bet on the seven of diamonds turn, which put two diamonds out there. The river was the king of diamond, improving “antiZZZZ” to an ace-high flush but Robinson to another full house. “antiZZZZ” checked again, Robinson bet half-pot and snap-called when his opponent moved all-in.

Sunday Party Final Table Results

Place | Player | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize
1 | Lukas “Robin Poker” Robinson | $7,654 | $6,077 | $13,731
2 | antiZZZZ | $2,642 | $6,066 | $8,708
3 | Charly Error | $1,007 | $4,020 | $5,027
4 | Joker_James95 | $1,269 | $2,609 | $3,878
5 | perservero | $567 | $1,783 | $2,350
6 | ASAP JARDA | $952 | $1,376 | $2,328
7 | Phaelzin | $1,326 | $1,014 | $2,340
8 | Jaime “jaimestaples” Staples | $596 | $808 | $1,404

“t1ltaka” Captures Sunday Carnival Title

“t1ltaka” came out on top in the latest edition of the Sunday Carnival, outlasting 1,479 opponents on their way to reeling in $4,258 of the $35,000 prize pool, making for a profitable weekend at the PartyPoker tables.

The campion-elect finished Day 1 with 16,838,036 chips, enough for second place from 16 surviving players. “t1ltaka” still had much work to do before being crowned the Sunday Carnival champion, because everyone in the top six places at the start of Day 2 were armed with eight-figure stacks.

Sunday Carnival Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Place | Player | Chips
1 | jussi1 | 19,706,724
2 | t1ltaka | 16,838,036
3 | UsteckaMACHINA | 16,150,660
4 | omegalulz | 14,443,635
5 | rica_games | 12,076,626
6 | DaiRoKKfish72 | 11,426,015
7 | El-Filliponn | 8,940,414
8 | ACEofVADERS | 7,229,576
9 | Jamie197833 | 6,459,891
10 | shevadio | 6,073,928

With bounty payments included, none of the finalists took home less than $434 for their $22 investment, with the top four finishers each scooping more than $1,100.

That quartet were “El-Filliponn” ($1,172), “rica_games” ($1.708), runner-up “UsteckaMACHINA” ($2,541), and your champion “t1ltaka” ($4,258.

Sunday Carnival Final Table Results

Place | Player | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize
1 | t1ltaka | $1,947 | $2,311 | $4,258
2 | UsteckaMACHINA | $235 | $2,306 | $2,541
3 | rica_games | $219 | $1,489 | $1,708
4 | El-Filliponn | $189 | $983 | $1,172
5 | MF96FM | $76 | $668 | $744
6 | jussi1 | $476 | $510 | $986
7 | DaiRoKKfish72 | $165 | $372 | $537
8 | Kamie197833 | $137 | $297 | $434