The latest edition of the $1 million guaranteed Big Game took place on Sunday 24th February and what a fantastic freezeout tournament it was.
A field of 196-players descended on partypoker while late registration was open, all hoping to navigate their way into the top 32 finishing positions so they could turn their $5,200 investment into at least $10,400.
Mexico’s “TJXOLOSFAN1” was the unfortunate soul to burst the money bubble, falling in 33rd place to be the last player to exit the tournament empty-handed. Their exit paved the way to riches with the likes of “Chelsea72”, “rudiqa1”, and “JonasLuck_” all cashing in this huge event.
Team partypoker’s Dzmitry “Dzmitry_Urbanov” Urbanovich was the player to burst the final table bubble, his ninth-place finish securing a $17,800 payout.
The eight finalists were guaranteed $23,000 for their effort and it was one of three British payers at the final table who banked this sum. Tom “Fugilee” Simm busted in eighth-place with his fellow Brits busting in seventh and fourth-place.
Seventh-place went to “LintyontheLash” who secured a $31,000 prize with “FMylife” seeing their tournament end in fourth-place for $78,000.
The top three finishers each walked away with a six-figure prize. Roman “SanityWaterline” Romanovskiy from Ukraine locked up a massive $105,500 prize for their third-place finish, which left “drakeonne” of Brazil and “RPILON” of Canada to battle one-on-one for the title and the lion’s share of the prize pool.
There was no deal struck despite a near $56,000 difference between first and second-place, meaning when drakeonne busted in second-place, they won $148,000 and the champion, RPILON, had turned their $5,200 into a gargantuan $203,900
The Big Game Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RPILON | Canada | $203,900 |
| 2 | drakeonne | Brazil | $148,000 |
| 3 | Roman “SanityWaterline” Romanovskiy | Ukraine | $105,500 |
| 4 | FMylife | United Kingdom | $78,000 |
| 5 | Don_Marato | Belarus | $55,000 |
| 6 | Colette1986 | Germany | $42,000 |
| 7 | LintyontheLash | United Kingdom | $31,000 |
| 8 | Tom “Fugilee” Simm | United Kingdom | $23,000 |
Satellites for the March edition of The Big Game will become available soon, see if you can turn $1.10 into a $5,200 seat then a possible $200,000+ score!
Brazil’s Trem.mineiro” Turns $33 into $17,558 in the Power Series Special Edition
February 24th also saw the Power Series Special Edition take place with the Sunday Bounty Hunter keeping its $33 buy-in but having its guarantee boosted to an incredible $200,000.
It was a hugely popular tournament with 6,617 players turning out for it, ensuring the $200,000 guarantee was surpassed by $8,561. Some 856-players were paid from the main prize pool plus everyone got their hands on some cash if they were responsible for an opponent busting.
Each of the eight players at the final table turned their $33 investment into at least $1,016 plus bounty payments, with the smallest bounty payment weighing in at $237.
By the time heads-up was set, a five-figure haul was guaranteed. The one-on-one battle saw Poland’s “PokerPlayer_123” and “Trem.mineiro” of Brazil lock horns for the title. The Brazilian came out on top to secure an $11,766 main prize pool prize boosted by $5,792 from the bounty prize pool. our runner-up consoled themselves with an $11,741 second-place prize plus $3,805 worth of bounties.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trem.mineiro | Brazil | $11,766 | $5,792 |
| 2 | PokerPlayer_123 | Poland | $11,741 | $3,805 |
| 3 | IACONI_MD | Moldova | $7,539 | $1,434 |
| 4 | JohnnyHunt | Russia | $4,899 | $1,193 |
| 5 | xkr0437 | Germany | $3,356 | $621 |
| 6 | C911er | Russia | $2,272 | $1,226 |
| 7 | MishNuts | Latvia | $1,591 | $237 |
| 8 | Hulios | Ukraine | $1,016 | $644 |
The Power Series Special Edition will return in March, watch this space for more details.
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