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The Online Poker Weekend – Tureniec, Benger among Winners
Posted by: Randy Williams - Tue, 2014-01-14 08:55
The great thing about online poker is that people can take their favorite games with them wherever they go, and as two poker pros, Griffin Benger and Michael Tureniec learned it this weekend, that cliché advantage can translate into quite substantial winnings. Benger and Tureniec played from the Bahamas, where they were taking part in the green felt hostilities of the
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. While success eluded them at the live poker tables (they both busted out of the Main Event outside of the money, and failed to make the money in the $25k High Roller), their choice to hit the online tables on Sunday proved to be an extremely inspired one. They both managed to recoup the money they had lost in the Bahamas: Benger won the
PokerStars Sunday 500, taking down its $74.4k top prize, while Tureniec did the same in the Sunday Warm-up, walking away with $106k.
While they both did well indeed, the biggest tournament winner of the weekend overshadowed their combined profits: Epiphany77 finished second in the Sunday Million, but thanks to a 3 way deal at the top, he was the one who walked away with the most money: $201.7k
The Sunday Million saw 7,989 players belly up to its virtual tables, creating a prize-pool of $1.59 million. As said above, the tournament ended in a 3-way deal, which skewed the payout figures somewhat: the winner, D_DIGGLER99, walked away with $189k. The biggest winner was Epiphany77 as said above, while the third-place man, schmuggel15, was rewarded with $144.5k. No other player managed to get into 6-figure territory prize-wise. The highest-finishing notable was Nick Petrangelo, whose 20th place was worth $3.5k.
The Sunday Warm-up garnered a starting field of 3,665 players, offering a $733k prize-pool. As said above, Tureniec won this one, after a 2-way deal at the top.
Play in PokerStars’ Sunday Majors. The value in these tournaments is sometimes through the roof.
