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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