The BIG Sunday that everyone was looking forward to proved even bigger than expected, guarantees smashed as players battled for more than €125,000 in guaranteed prizemoney.
Most of the site’s biggest names put in an appearance, with Bryan 'BOOMswitch' Paris - winner of September’s King Of HighStakes promo – Greek reg Thief83, one of the most active grinders on HighStakes, and Brazilian crusher DrunkenBR to the fore.
The fields throughout the day saw a nice balance between regs and recs, some of the stats making for interesting reading:
- Jack Of HighStakes players qualified for a total of €12,500 worth of buy ins towards BIG Sunday events
- Satellite winners made up €60,000 worth of the €125,000 in guarantee's (€72.5k if we include the Jack Of HighStakes winners above)
- King Of HighStakes TLB winners won €20,000 worth of entries to the BIG Sunday online festival.
In all, from the €125,000 guaranteed there were €92,500 of buy-ins from free site promos, something to keep in mind for the next running of the BIG Sunday in November.
Back to the here and now, a quick look at some of the individual tournaments and talking points from Sunday’s action.
First up, Marc 'PlayinWitDreams' Kennedy who completely whiffed the big money prizes up for grabs, a complete reversal from his excellent showing last timeout in August!
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Someone who definitely didn’t miss was, as mentioned, Bryan 'BOOMswitch' Paris – taking down the inaugural running of the Sunday 650 for a sweet €4320 payday.
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The Sunday 350 – another newbie on the schedule – was another roaring success, used2bcool lifting the €3437 first prize as the guarantee was smashed.
| 1 | used2bcool | €3,437.31 |
| 2 | ritta1979 | €2,474.98 |
| 3 | TheBluffer | €1,649.98 |
| 4 | 40NTARIS | €962.34 |
| 5 | Blanka69 | €755.39 |
Guarantee's will be tripled for these two tournaments in the November BIG Sunday, although not all the new tournaments made the grade this time.
The Sunday 500 strangely saw a big overlay, but rather than reduce the guarantee the plan is to smash it next time - introducing more satellites for it moving forwards and increasing the prizefund!
The Sunday 1000 beat its guarantee and featured two winners fighting it out for a share of almost €11k.
DrunkenBR edged out used2bcool for the victory, taking €6552 from the overall €16,380 prizefund, the runner-up taking an excellent €4095 as compensation.
| 1 | drunkenBR | €6,552 |
| 2 | used2bcool | €4,095 |
| 3 | Blanka69 | €3,276 |
| 4 | ih8u2 | €2,457 |
One more BIG Sunday highlight to finish with, the €10,000 GTD 500 Second Chance, which saw an eventual prizefund of €12,450, and it would be ih8u2 taking it down for a €4600 cash
| 1 | ih8u2 | €4,600.37 |
| 2 | 40NTARIS | €3,312.41 |
| 3 | LovepokerGR | €2,208.28 |
| 4 | ThieF83 | €1,287.95 |
| 5 | used2bcool | €1,010.99 |
All-in-all an excellent day’s poker, and HighStakes have already confirmed the next BIG Sunday, November 10th the date for your diaries.
