{"id":66025,"date":"2018-12-06T11:06:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T11:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=66025"},"modified":"2018-12-10T12:19:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T12:19:07","slug":"2018-millions-online-manuel-sheparentao-ruivo-wins-2-33-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/2018-millions-online-manuel-sheparentao-ruivo-wins-2-33-million.html","title":{"rendered":"2018 MILLIONS Online: Manuel \u201cSheparentao\u201d Ruivo Crowned Champion; Wins $2.33 Million!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Third-placed “Scarmak3r” of Slovenia won his $5,300 MILLIONS Online seat for only $5.50 and turned that into a massive $1,364,687<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Portugal\u2019s Manuel \u201cSheparentao\u201d Ruivo<\/strong>, living in the Netherlands, is the 2018 partypoker MILLIONS Online<\/strong> champion, an accolade that came with a massive $2,329,943 first-place prize following a heads-up deal with Pim \u201cForMatherRussia\u201d de Goede<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

MILLIONS Online Final Table Results<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nPrize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nManuel \u201cSheparentao\u201d Ruivo<\/td>\nNetherlands<\/td>\n$2,329,943*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nPim \u201cForMatherRussia\u201d de Goede<\/td>\nMalta<\/td>\n$2,309,994*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nScarmak3r<\/td>\nSlovenia<\/td>\n$1,364,687<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nPedro \u201cMaddonaa\u201d Marques<\/td>\nNetherlands<\/td>\n$1,091,750<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nj2805667<\/td>\nMalta<\/td>\n$818,812<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nCOL_Moutarde<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n$655,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nwheatforsheep<\/td>\nMexico<\/td>\n$491,287<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\norginALUS<\/td>\nLithuania<\/td>\n$327,525<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*reflects a heads-up deal<\/em><\/p>\n

Twenty-nine players returned to the partypoker tables on December 5th, each guaranteed $65,505 for their effort. With $2,729,376 awaiting the champion, nobody wanted to collect this smaller sum.<\/p>\n

The waters were a little less infested with sharks when two Goliaths clashed on Table 18. Christopher \u201cAd_Finem\u201d Kruk<\/strong> moved all-in for 237 million chips on a board and Chance \u201cChanceSeeYou\u201d Kornuth<\/strong> called off his 138 million stack. Kornuth showed for top pair, Kruk revealed and sent Kornuth to the rail in 22nd place.<\/p>\n

Kruk would go on to bust in 11th place for $163,762 when his couldn\u2019t get there against the pocket fours of \u201cCOL_Moutarde\u201d<\/strong> who flopped a set for good measure.<\/p>\n

Final Table Set<\/h2>\n

Once the eight-handed final table was set, De Goede held a massive 1,588,165,265 chips \u2013 yes, 1.5 billion \u2013 with COL_MOutarde being his nearest rival, in terms of chips, with a 626,714,202 stack. This put de Goede in a prime spot to bully his opponents and bully he did, moving all in regularly and putting his foes to the test for their entire stacks.<\/p>\n

Lithuania\u2019s \u201corginALUS\u201d<\/strong> was the first casualty of the final table. They called a shove from Pedro \u201cMaddonaa\u201d Marques<\/strong> with to find themselves up against the inferior . The Lithuanian only stayed ahead until the flop, although they did have an open-ended straight draw. That draw failed to come in as the turn and river fell and .<\/p>\n

De Goede then sent the start-of-day chip leader, \u201cwheatforsheep\u201d<\/strong> to the rail and accumulated half of the chips in play as a result. Wheatforsheep jammed all in for around 12 big blinds with from the small blind and de Goede snapped him off in the big blind with . A final board reading sealed wheatforsheep\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n

Sixth-place and a cool $655,050 went to COL_Moutarde after a clash with de Goede. The action folded to COL_MOutarde on the button and he pushed all-in for 12 or so big blinds with and de Goede called with in the big blind, which improved to a straight on the turn.<\/p>\n

The last player not to be made into a millionaire in this event was \u201cj2805667\u201d<\/strong> who thought all of their Christmases had come at once when they found in the hole while nursing a stack of less than four big blinds. That handful of chips went into the middle and Manuel \u201cSheparentao\u201d Ruivo called with . A queen on the turn proved enough to bust j2805667 in fifth-place, a finish worth $818,813.<\/p>\n

Scarmak3r Turns $22 Ticket into $1,364,688!<\/h2>\n

De Goede continued his one-man wrecking spree by sending Marques to the rail; his besting the of Marques. He then sent Slovenia\u2019s \u201cScarmak3r\u201d<\/strong> to the rail when his prevailed against the Slovenian\u2019s . A fantastic result for Scarmak3r who qualified for MILLIONS Online for only $22<\/strong> and turned that into a colossal $1,364,688.<\/p>\n

Scarmak3r\u2019s elimination made the stacks of the final two players almost even and with a payjump of $818,813 it was no surprise the final pair decided to pause the tournament and discuss a deal. Those discussion bore fruit, leaving de Goede to walk away with $2,309,994 and crowning Ruivo the 2018 MILLIONS Online champion with a prize of $2,329,943<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Third-placed “Scarmak3r” of Slovenia won his $5,300 MILLIONS Online seat for only $5.50 and turned that into a massive $1,364,687 Portugal\u2019s Manuel \u201cSheparentao\u201d Ruivo, living in the Netherlands, is the 2018 partypoker MILLIONS Online champion, an accolade that came with a massive $2,329,943 first-place prize following a heads-up deal with Pim \u201cForMatherRussia\u201d de Goede. MILLIONS<\/p>\n

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