888poker ambassador Chris Moorman is known as one of online poker's biggest winners, and the British player currently has over $16.7 million in earnings. On Sunday, November 29, he added another US$250,000 to his name after dominating the High Roller MILLION$ at GGPoker.
A total of 491 players survived to the final day and 350 of those returnees went home with a share of the $1,659,500 prize pool. Players such as Andras Nemeth, Andrey Pateychuk, Bryan Paris, Daniel Dvoress, Niklas Astedt and Pascal Hartmann cashed, but it was Moorman who did very well.
All nine finalists secured themselves a guaranteed $14,289, the prize awarded to "cbkme" when they crashed out in ninth place. "guysneves" and Poland's "KennyKaarten" were the next to go down, who banked $20,854 and $30,435 respectively.
Sixth place went to Seth Davies for $44,418 before "Oye Como Va" of India locked up a $64,825 score. The final five-figure prize went to "shreeOHM" whose 4th place finish netted him $94,608.
One of two Brazilian to reach the top three, "donkey" fell in third for $138,073 to leave Moorman and donkey's fellow Brazilian "SolverJail" heads-up. A deal was struck that saw SolverJail win $243,769 and Moorman wins yet another major online poker tournament plus $251,828 in prize money.
Three Wins at 888poker
Russian native "AHDPIOXA77" was the biggest winner at 888poker this weekend after taking down the $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep. It happened on Sunday November 29 and this tournament surpassed its guaranteed prize pool. It usually overlays but a prize pool of $102,950 was built and AHDPIOXA77 claimed $17,388 from that.
Ben "xLIVEPROx" Warrington was the last man standing from 296 entries in the $25,000 Sunday Challenge. He won $6,465 in total - $3,026 from the main prize pool and $3,439 worth of bounties.
British player "torresfan03" won the $30,000 Sunday Sale Whale. He outlasted 176 opponents and secured $8,142 from the $35,400 prize pool.
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