Former partypoker pro Joni Jouhkimainen has shipped the Omaha Week Main Event, while gavz101, Lena900 and fish2013 chopped the Titans Event.
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- $530 Omaha Week Main Event at PokerStars
- $5,200 Titans Event 8-Max, $400K GTD at PokerStars
Joni Jouhkimainen wins $530 Omaha Week Main Event
Finnish high stakes regular Joni Jouhkimainen aka bustoville on Stars has won the $530 Omaha Week Main Event.
198 of the best Pot-Limit Omaha players in the world registered for the Main Event and there was a whopping $100,000 in the prize pool.
29 places were paid and notable that made it into the money included Lex Veldhuis, who is currently on a nice heater, Sintoras, Oliver “sk2ll_mOdR” Weis, Niklas “Lena900” Astedt, Oliver and Joni “bustoville” Jouhkimainen.
Astedt made the final table, but busted in 7th place, while Jouhkimainen went all the way to victory.
Heads-up he defeated Brazilian player “avrilnob” to secure this prestigious title.
Online legends gavz101, Lena900 and fish2013 chop the Titans Event
The Titans Event is not only the most expensive, but also the toughest weekly tournament at PokerStars.
81 players were just enough to crack the huge $400,000 guarantee, so that there was $405,000 on the prize pool.
Since there were only 11 places paid there was a large $10,221.43 min-cash and a lot of money up top.
Bubble boy became none less than Brazilian online poker legend Yuri “theNERDguy” Dzivielevski.
Several big names made the final table including Bruno “great dant” Volkmann, Rodrigo “seijistar” Seiji Sirichuk, Mikita “fish2013” Badziakouski, Niklas “Lena900” Astedt and Gavin “gavz101” Cochrane,
The latter were also the last three men standing and as they are all incredibly strong and successful poker players, they decided to make an ICM deal, which saw Gavin Cochrane taking home the biggest part of the pie with a staggering $82,607.24.
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