Field Up to 50,000 Players
The field has broken through 50,000 mid-way through the fourth level of the tournament.
The field has broken through 50,000 mid-way through the fourth level of the tournament.
A stack of 50 big blinds isn't exactly short in a poker tournament, but Felix "xflixx" Schneiders is already down to half starting stack with a minute left in level four.
Two players at his table are already over the 30,000 stack, with "moonkost" closing in on 40,000 chips.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
moonkost
|
38,262 | |
Di Sanches
|
30,582 | |
Felix "xflixx" Schneiders
|
10,022 | -9,978 |
Niveau: 5
Blinds: 125/250
Ante: 30
It looked to be all in pre-flop between "partypundarn" and "bamupmip" for the former's last 18,000 chips.
partypundarn:
bamupmip:
The board ran out and "bamupip" moved up to around 48,000, eliminating his opponent.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
bamupmip
|
48,384 | |
partypundarn
|
Eliminé |
Back in July 2019, Conor “1_conor_1” Beresford took down a 10,931 player field to win the Sunday Million for $112,185 after defeating Ukraine's "manumanu1985" heads-up.
Winning the Sunday Million is one of the biggest achievements an online poker player can hope to accomplish, with the size of the field and the potential ROI larger than many other online tournaments.
Ahead of the $12.5m Anniversary Edition Sunday Million, PokerNews caught up with Beresford to talk about how it felt to win the Sunday Million and what his memories of this prestigious tournament were.
Poker industry experts are already speculating as to just how big the Anniversary Edition Sunday Million can get, with already 52,000 players entered.
Late registration and re-entry is open until the start of Day 2.
Looks like the Sunday Milly is going to break the previous record of 62,116 from 2011. It's at 50k already after ju… https://t.co/gYe2lKrFqf
— Barry Carter (@Barry_Carter)
Felix "xflixx" Schneiders had flopped a full house with on a board. He bet on the turn and "Cp6uja007" folded.
"MB/Brazil" called and also called a bet on the river. Schneiders tabled his full house, but "MB/Brazil" held for a bigger full house.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Cp6uja007
|
31,598 | 31,598 |
MB/Brazil
|
13,520 | 13,520 |
Felix "xflixx" Schneiders
|
8,036 | -1,986 |
"zerusbr" opened to 547 and both Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas and Niklas "Lena900" Astedt called. "Phytolacca" three-bet to 2250 and the other three players all called.
The flop came and it checked to Astedt who bet 2,250. The other players all folded and Astedt took down the pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt
|
48,405 | |
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas
|
28,552 |
Niveau: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 40
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Mikhail "innerpsy" Shalamov
|
59,120 | 39,120 |
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
|
35,438 | 10,859 |
Fintan "easywithaces" Hand
|
30,026 | 1,334 |
Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban
|
18,265 | -2,046 |
Felix "xflixx" Schneiders
|
15,612 | 7,576 |
Benj "Spraggy" Spragg
|
15,586 | -2,325 |
Mason "Pye_Face21" Pye
|
14,250 | -5,750 |
Nicholas "OP_Poker Nick" Walsh
|
12,091 | -8,789 |
Georgina "GJReggie" James
|
8,289 | -2,740 |
James "OP_Poker James" Mackenzie
|
5,267 | -23,758 |