The EPT Season On-line burst into life at PokerStars throughout the weekend, and the sequence has already produced some large winners. Brazil’s “161445” was a type of who reeled in a considerable rating, turning a $109 funding into $60,751 and a Sunday Million title.
For the opening EPT season weekend, the Sunday Million was performed to a thriller bounty format. On Sunday’s Day 1, a area of 9,759 entrants was lowered to a extra manageable 90, throughout which era some big bounties discovered their method to gamers.
Brazil’s “mbalchak” and Austrian “13MagicMan13” each opened envelopes containing $50,000 bounties, however the greatest winner of the event, regardless of them falling in 629th place, was “Thiryyyy”, courtesy of accumulating the jackpot $100,000 thriller bounty! They took house $101,437 in complete.
The ultimate desk had a South American taste, with three gamers hailing from Brazil and two from Argentina; they have been joined by 4 Europeans. By the point “caiosultanum,” “all-isteach,” and “CHAKNORRIS777” had busted, the surviving gamers have been all assured five-figure returns on their funding.
Brazilian “jagger97” collected the primary of such sums, strolling away with $11,811 for his or her sixth-place exit. “metodAF” and “2424emiliano” have been the following to seek out themselves void of chips. Their deep runs resulted of their PokerStars accounts swelling by $15,805 and $21,960, respectively.
“Wazmis” of Lithuania was Europe’s final consultant. They crashed out in third for $32,091, which despatched the Sunday Million into the heads-up stage. Right here, Brazil’s “161455” and Argentina’s “K04a777” confronted off for the title and their closing two thriller bounty funds.
The one-on-one battle went the best way of the Brazilian, with “161445” scooping a powerful $60,751 for his or her victory. The $43,741 that the runner-up helped themselves to nonetheless represented a superb couple of days on the digital felt.
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Germany’s “aNdIiSbAcK” Calms the Sunday Storm
The EPT Season version of the $11 Sunday Storm PKO attracted 10,788 entrants, who created a $105,722 prize pool. As soon as the event ended and the mud had settled, Germany’s “aNdIiSbAcK” had received all the chips in play. They exchanged these for an $8,900 prize, which included nearly $2,900 from the progressive bounty prize pool.
Solely 89 of the ten,788 starters navigated to Day 2, which concluded on October 13. All however two of the 9 finalists walked away with greater than $1,300, or the equal of 130 buy-ins for this occasion! It’s simple to see why the Sunday Storm stays as fashionable as ever.
Because the clock ticked previous 10:38 p.m. BST on October 13, “aNdIiSbAcK” struck the ultimate blow to Sweden’s “JeansBjorn” in a heads-up conflict. The Swede bowed out in second place, a end good for $6,760. Nonetheless, “aNdIiSbAcK” was the person of the hour, strolling away with the title of champion and a cool $8,900 for his or her efforts.
Fifteen EPT Season tournaments have topped their worthy winners, together with the $55 H.O.R.S.E. occasion. Excessive-volume Albanian grinder “king153246” helped himself to that victory, persevering with their spectacular run of kind that noticed them money dozens of instances throughout the current PokerStars World Championship Of On-line Poker (WCOOP).
EPT Season returns to PokerStars on October 16 with one other three tournaments pencilled in. These three tournaments are Cuatro KO, a format made fashionable on the stay EPT circuit. The progressive bounty begins as 25% of every participant’s buy-in.
This Sunday, October 19, sees one other $11 buy-in, $100,000 assured Sunday Storm run alongside a pair of Sunday Specials. The latter include buy-ins of $7.50 and $75, guaranteeing $35,000 and a whopping $400,000, respectively. Each are two-day occasions spanning into October 20.
DateTime (BST)EventGuarantee
Thu 16 Oct8:30 p.m.#07-L: $5.50 Cuatro KO$20,000
 8:30 p.m.#07-M: $33 Cuatro KO$40,000
 8:30 p.m.#07-H: $109 Cuatro KO$75,000
Solar 19 Oct6:05 p.m.#08-L: $7.50 NLHE Mini Particular PKO$35,000
 6:05 p.m.#08-M: $75 NLHE Sunday Particular PKO$400,000
 7:05 p.m.#09: $11 Sunday Storm PKO$100,000
Mon 20 Oct6:30 p.m.#10-L: $5.50 Monday Thriller$40,000
 6:30 p.m.#10-M: $33 Monday Thriller$50,000
 6:30 p.m.#10-H: $109 Monday Thriller$80,000
 7:30 p.m.#11-L: $11 PLO$10,000
 7:30 p.m.#11-M: $55 PLO$20,000
Sat 25 Oct4:30 p.m.#12-L: $5.50 Bounty Bonanza Thriller Bounty WTB$25,000
 4:30 p.m.#12-L: $33 Bounty Bonanza Thriller Bonty WTB$50,000
 5:30 p.m.#13: $11 Bounty Bonanza PKO$50,000
 7:05 p.m.#14-M: $22 Bounty Bonanza Mini Saturday KO$70,000
 7:05 p.m.#14-H: $215 Bounty Bonanza Saturday KO$70,000
 8:30 p.m.#15: $44 Thriller Bounty$50,000
Solar 26 Oct2:05 p.m.#16: $33 Blazing Big Thriller Bounty$35,000
 2:30 p.m.#17-M: $27 Bounty Bonanza Sunday Eliminator$125,000
 2:30 p.m.#17-H: $215 Bounty Bonanza Sunday Stackosaurus$60,000
 3:30 p.m.#18-M: $44 Crimson Lotus Thriller Bounty$125,000
 3:30 p.m.#18-H: $215 Crimson Lotus HR Thriller Bounty$100,000
 5:05 p.m.#19-L: $22 Tremendous Sunday Thriller Bounty$125,000
 5:05 p.m.#19-H: $1,050 Tremendous Sunday$300,000
 6:05 p.m.#20: $11 Sunday Storm$100,000
Mon 27 Oct5:30 p.m.#21-L: $11 Monday Thriller$60,000
 5:30 p.m.#21-M: $82 Monday Thriller$70,000
 5:30 p.m.#21-H: $215 Monday Thriller$80,000
 6:30 p.m.#22-L: $11 8-Recreation$5,000
 6:30 p.m.#22-M: $55 8-Recreation$10,000
 7:30 p.m.#23-L: $3.30 NLHE PKO$7,500
 7:30 p.m.#23-M: $33 NLHE PKO$20,000
Solar 2 Nov6:05 p.m.#24 $22 EPT Thriller Particular$500,000
 7:05 p.m.#25 $11 Sunday Storm$100,000
Mon 3 Nov6:30 p.m.#26-L: $5.50 Monday Thriller$40,000
 6:30 p.m.#26-M: $33 Monday Thriller$50,000
 6:30 p.m.#26-H: $109 Monday Thriller$80,000
 7:30 p.m.#27-L: $11 NL 2-7 Single Draw$3,500
 7:30 p.m.#27-M: $55 NL 2-7 Single Draw$7,500
 8:30 p.m.#28-L: $3.30 Hyper Turbo PKO$7,500
 8:30 p.m.#28-M: $33 Hyper Turbo PKO$20,000
Thu 6 Nov8:30 p.m.#29-L: $5.50 Cuatro KO$20,000
 8:30 p.m.#29-M: $33 Cuatro KO$40,000
 8:30 p.m.#29-H: $109 Cuatro KO$75,000
Solar 9 Nov3:05 p.m.#30: $33 Blazing Big Thriller Bounty$35,000
 6:05 p.m.#31-L: $22 EPT Season Finale$125,000
 6:05 p.m.#31-M: $109 EPT Season Finale$1,000,000
 6:05 p.m.#31-H: $1,050 EPT Season Finale$300,000
 7:05 p.m.#32: $11 Sunday Storm$100,000
 10:05 p.m.#34-L: $11 Mini Sunday Cooldown Thriller Bounty$60,000
 10:05 p.m.#34-H: $109 Sunday Cooldown Thriller Bounty$100,000
Mon 10 Nov6:30 p.m.#35-L: $11 Monday Thriller$60,000
 6:30 p.m.#35-M: $82 Monday Thriller$70,000
 6:30 p.m.#35-H: $215 Monday Thriller$80,000
 8:30 p.m.#36-L: $5.50 NLHE PKO$25,000
 8:30 p.m.#36-M: $55 NLHE PKO$85,000
 9:30 p.m.#37-L: $7.50 The Prologue$30,000
 9:30 p.m.#37-M: $75 The Prologue$40,000
 9:30 p.m.#37-H: $215The Prologue$50,000
Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor
Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker trade since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he turned the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from stay reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his position of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.
