Sunday Briefing: Artem “veeea” Vezhenkov Wins Third Sunday Million
December 17, 2024 Matthew Pitt Senior Editor
Most online poker player dream of winning the PokerStars Sunday Million. It is a dream that remains unfulfilled for the vast majority of those players. Russia’s Artem “veeea” Vezhenkov isn’t like most players, he has now won the Sunday Million a staggering three times, with this latest victory bagging him more thanR$140,000.
PokerStars Sunday Million
Date December 16th Buy-inR$215 GuaranteeR$1,000,000 Entrants 5,236 Prize poolR$1,047,200 ITM 944
Artem “veeea” Vezhenkov first won the PokerStars Sunday Million on Nov. 15, 2024 when he outlasted a field of 5,925 players to secure aR$183,675 prize, which is still his largest cash to date. Less than two years later, on Jul. 9, 2024, Vezhenkov took down his second Sunday Million after being the last player standing from 5,554 entrants; this win banked himR$166,530.
Amazingly, Vezhenkov almost won the Sunday Million on Oct. 28 this year, but fell in third-place for aR$71,822 score. This weekend, Vezhenkov triumphed over 5,235 opponents to get his hands on anotherR$141,494.
It is a remarkable achievement by anyone’s standards. One Sunday Million victory is a solid achievement in its own right, two is crazy but three and a third-place finish is quite ridiculous.
Vezhenkov defeated the United Kingdom’s “WhatA298” heads-up to lock in his third Sunday Million title, resigning the British grinder to aR$99,292 consolation prize. A huge congratulations to Vezhenkov. If he enters the Sunday Million on Dec. 23, PokerStars may as well just give him the title!
Place Player Country Prize 1 Artem “veeea” Vezhenkov RussiaR$141,494 2 WhatA298 United KingdomR$99,292 3 LEHMATLENTAA FinlandR$69,680 4 sman9876 United KingdomR$48,899 5 Joelauson7 United KingdomR$34,316 6 SoCloseCall NorwayR$24,082 7 Ejdms Czech RepublicR$16,900 8 shockpowerJr NetherlandsR$11,859 9 Jose Queiroz “neto gol” Costa Neto BrazilR$8,323
PokerStars High Roller Club:R$2,100 Sunday HR
Date December 16th Buy-inR$2,100 GuaranteeR$150,000 Entrants 82 Prize poolR$164,000 ITM 9
Martin “M.nosbocaJ” Jacobson was crowned theR$2,100 Sunday High Roller champion this weekend, an accolade that came with aR$39,838 first-place prize. Former World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jacobson defeated “topdoll827” of the United Kingdom heads-up for the title; second-place was worthR$31,248.
The final table had plenty of established professionals seated at it, as you would expect from such a high buy-in affair. Guillaume “Nolet20” Nolet was one of those pros, although his tournament ended in a ninth-place finish.
Others who navigated their way to the final table included Claas “SsicK_OnE” Segebrecht, Richard “a Bull 67” Loth, Connor “blanconegro” Drinan and Argentina’s Rodrigo “sonmonedas” Perez.
Place Player Country Prize 1 Martin “M.nosbocaJ” Jacobson United KingdomR$39,838 2 topdoll827 United KingdomR$31,248 3 Pimmss NetherlandsR$24,511 4 Sphinx87 PolandR$19,226 5 Rodrigo “sonmonedas” Perez ArgentinaR$15,080 6 Connor “blanconegro” Drinan MexicoR$11,829 7 Richard “a Bull 67” Loth DenmarkR$9,278 8 Claas “SsicK_OnE” Segebrecht GermanyR$7,277 9 Guillaume “Nolet20” Nolet CanadaR$5,708
partypoker Sunday High Roller Bounty Hunter
Date December 16th Buy-inR$530 GuaranteeR$200,000 Entrants 419 Prize poolR$214,737 ITM 56
This weekend’s partypoker Sunday High Roller Bounty Hunter saw itsR$200,000 guarantee blown out of the water after 419 players ponied upR$530 to create aR$214,737 prize pool that was shared among the top 56 finishers.
Claiming the lion’s share of the money was Germany’s “I am bored.” who took home theR$20,007 first-place prize plus an additionalR$18,682 from the bounty prize pool. This bounty prize was so substantial because it contained the bounty of runner-up “Hedger44499” of Ireland and their own now huge bounty.
Earlier at the final table, Kosovo’s high stakes regular “rrinKS” busted in sixth-place for a combined score ofR$5,317 while Jamie “lipinator” O’Connor crashed out in third-place for a total cash haul ofR$15,358 and was the only other player, aside from the top two finishers, to bank five-figures for their effort.
Place Player Country Prize Bounty Prize Total Prize 1 I am bored. GermanyR$20,007R$18,682R$38,689 2 Hedger44499 IrelandR$14,350R$3,441R$17,791 3 Jamie “lipkinator” O’Connor United KingdomR$9,846R$5,512R$15,358 4 blackaces93 PolandR$6,913R$754R$7,667 5 Kahui BrazilR$4,944R$3,084R$8,028 6 rrinKS KosovoR$3,603R$1,714R$5,317 7 Hallgeir72 NorwayR$2,545R$2,280R$4,825 8 GangbaaangBob GermanyR$1,854R$2,313R$4,167
partypoker Bounty Hunter
Date December 16th Buy-inR$109 GuaranteeR$150,000 Entrants 1,595 Prize poolR$165,880 ITM 200
$150,000 was guaranteed in theR$109 Bounty Hunter andR$165,880 was paid out, with the largest chunk of cash now being nestled in the partypoker account of Canada’s “RedPant”.
Another Canadia, “seotaiji86” fell in eighth-place but must have been aggressive on their way to the final table as they bankedR$1,790 worth of bounties, almost double theR$949 they were awarded for finishing eighth.
Austria’s “M1ndBl0w” busted in third-place and was the last player not to collect a five-figure score. The Austrian nettedR$6,220 for their third-place finish, which was boosted byR$2,631 from the bounty prize pool.
The United Kingdom’s “ohthedevil” pushed RedPant all the way for the title but ultimately fell at the final hurdle. Second-place was worthR$10,385 in total this week, which left RedPant to turn theirR$109 investment intoR$21,619.
Place Player Country Prize Bounty Prize Total Prize 1 RedPant CanadaR$13,478R$8,141R$21,619 2 ohthedevil United KingdomR$9,570R$815R$10,385 3 M1ndBl0w AustriaR$6,220R$2,631R$8,851 4 foxmulder92 NetherlandsR$4,154R$2,150R$6,304 5 ginger_master PolandR$2,950R$1,563R$4,513 6 umadatmebro NorwayR$2,073R$881R$2,954 7 BadFox77 UkraineR$1,435R$108R$1,543 8 seotaiji86 CanadaR$949R$1,790R$2,739
888pokerR$80,000 Sunday Mega Deep
Date December 16th Buy-inR$215 GuaranteeR$80,000 Entrants 420 Prize poolR$84,000 ITM 40
It was a case of fourth time lucky for Brazil’s “Yattag0” in the 888pokerR$80,000 SUnday Mega Deep after they went all the way and took down the biggest tournament held at 888poker this weekend with their fourthR$215 bullet.
$16,380 was the champion’s prize this week and the Brazilian got their hands on it after sending “Duckface01” to the rail in second-place, a finish worthR$12,180 and the only other five-figure score awarded in this tournament.
Another player who fired multiple bullets was eighth-place “bAdP0KeR87” of Germany who managed to take six bites at the cherry this week on their way to collectingR$2,100.
Place Player Country Prize 1 Yattag0 BrazilR$16,380 2 Duckface01R$12,180 3 ShipGold NorwayR$9,240 4 GangstaGo UkraineR$6,720 5 1LevelAbove SwedenR$4,620 6 Alessandro “WadoIchimonj” SarroR$3,360 7 Andy “Life0nMars” Wilson United KingdomR$2,520 8 bAdP0KeR87 GermanyR$2,100
888pokerR$20,000 Sunday PKO
Date December 16th Buy-inR$109 GuaranteeR$20,000 Entrants 244 Prize poolR$24,400 ITM 27
Progressive Knockout tournaments are relatively new at 888poker but they have already proven popular with 244 players exchangingR$109 for a shot at aR$24,400 prize pool on Sunday.
Ninth-place finisher “nordfrutt” of Germany was busy sending foes to the rail and collected three-times as much money from the bounty prize pool as they did from the main prize pool; a combined score ofR$998 was more than seventh-place “MarikChichik” banked.
Four British grinders occupied placed third through sixth. Feargus “EZ.PZ” Murphy went the deepest in third, Luis “paraRC” Faria, “silkshoota” and Paul “Senta99” Senter busted in fourth-place though sixth.
After earlier winning theR$109 Bounty Hunter at partypoker, “RedPantRed” found themself heads-up against “ruttz” of Estonia in this event. They couldn’t quite get the job done, however, and had to make do with a combinedR$2,484 for second-place, leaving the Estonia to collectR$4,872.
Place Player Country Prize Bounty Prize Total Prize 1 ruttz EstoniaR$2,623R$2,249R$4,872 2 RedPantRed CanadaR$1,891R$593R$2,484 3 Feargus “EZ.PZ” Murphy United KingdomR$1,433R$693R$2,126 4 Luis “paraRC” Faria United KingdomR$1,067R$534R$1,601 5 silkshoota United KingdomR$732R$434R$1,166 6 Paul “Senta99” Senter United KingdomR$610R$583R$1,193 7 MarikChichik UkraineR$488R$231R$719 8 Papeiraaa GermanyR$366R$150R$516 9 nordfrutt GermanyR$244R$754R$998
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