Pokus, Day 8: Double dose of Basilisk for BouGmWen – News

A victory in the form of a copy and paste, swelling prize pools, and supernatural comebacks: a look back at an extraordinary Sunday.

When The Hobbit goes in search of Smog's treasure, the poker players inquire about finding the biggest share of the 1.5 million euros distributed this Sunday from the Winamax Pokus. However, only 23 of them managed to unravel the mysteries of variance. One of them even found the mystery plant that changes €20 notes into several thousand. The day after this crazy night, we take you back to the heart of the action.

Herbaceous plants have always held an important place in magical worlds, the Smurfs have their sarsaparilla, Harry Potter has his Mandrake, for BouGmWen it's the Basilisk. Indeed, it was in this tournament that he had already won on Wednesday that he won again last night, pocketing almost €7,000. A magnificent double that deserves to be saluted.

For their part, two players came close to achieving a double victory, on the same evening, on a Sunday! Despite the density of players present at tournaments, d0nkid0nkas sneaked to the top of Event 156 while reaching 4th place in Magic Time Ko. A magical evening which allowed him to collect more than €7,000 in his bag. S.Benamou21 also believed in this improbable scenario, first going for the title in the Centaurus €5 which was the longest tournament of the evening before losing in second place in one of the fastest formats, the Cerberus Trident Mystery. For these fantastic courses, he cashed a very nice check for €5,300.

UnoMaas doesn't stop. After winning two Winamax Series titles in 18 months, a High Roller, a Purple Funday, it is on the Pegasus 6-max €50 that he shines brightly. At the same time, he pocketed one of the biggest winnings of the evening, €18,121, no less.

D.Pablo II takes side roads

The biggest ticket of the evening was the Alchemist, which brought together 862 players who each spent €200. The poster for the final table augured great moments, counting among its guests Farrugio which was looking to renew its logo after a victory in a €250 Master Pokus last year. ultravi0lent for his part was looking for the double after his victory on Event 19, when The Duchess accustomed to all kinds of logos wanted to add that of Winamax Pokus.

It is also as a chip leader that the latter approaches the final straight. But, after a few hands, ultravi0lent shows that he is not here to joke, quickly eliminating Farrugio (#11) and PIMBA 2021 (#20) taking control of the table. However, two important shots lost against wincoin unhorses him (#35) (#48), completed a few hands later by D.Paul II. The latter took the game on his own, eliminating The Duchess in 3rd place (#78) before triumphing in a head-to-head against wincoin, allowing him to win €18,121. Congratulations.

Event #159 : ALCHEMIST – 6 Max – KO 200 € – 862 entries – prize pool €158,608
Winner: D.Pablo II – €23,545 (bounties included)

Pegasus flies to Portugal

If there is one whose fairy tale lived this Sunday will continue in time, it is Jefe17196916. After dominating more than 16,000 players, he will savor his victory by tasting Port, surfing the waves of Nazaré, all to the sound of Fado during a sublime nine-day trip to Portugal. For on-site shopping, the €11,600 pocketed yesterday should help.

Event #161 : PEGASUS – Surprise KO – 6 Max – 16 597 entries – Prize pool 149 373 € €
Winner: Jefe17196916 – €11,637 (bounties included)

The fantastic rise

In this period dedicated to magic and spells, the Abracadabra Mystery promised a nice jackpot to anyone who found the right formula. Sissendeux seemed a serious candidate to take the strong title from a list materialized by numerous Winamax Series magnums. He becomes even more so when he has almost twice his pursuer's stack by eliminating icho90x (#87). With his 3.5 blinds at the start of this TF, hopes were slim for LaurentBlanc. However, he managed to scrape a few levels by ending up losing in fourth place against the ogre of Sissendeux (#51). The moment becomes critical when the cumulative stacks of these opponents only represent a tenth of his own. We wonder what sauce they will devour, when suddenly PlentyOfTime casts the spell “Remontus”. His four shields then transform into a formidable sword which cuts Sissendeux into twelve hands. Such an epic ending deserved a nice reward of €20,200.

Event #23 : MY ABRACADABRA – 6 Max 125 € – 1,453 entries – Prize pool €165,642
Winner: PlentyOfTime – €20,290 (bounties included)

All the secrets revealed

23 winners on Sunday, and as many final tables to relive with all the cards revealed! Turbo, deepstack, 6-max, full ring, and even HORSE: there's everything on Pokus TV. We particularly recommend the replay of the Gryphon 5-max: from the first hand, LB GOAT9448 was all in for three blinds. 42 hands later, only him was left at the table, after beating the Stream Gang star Gunther Feit (ex-Dum_Trip) heads-up. A performance that allows him to enter the top 10 of the Leaderboard… (see below).

Small permutations at the top

The battle for the top places continues between Mantonio21 et Couscous1. The first takes back the top spot from the second thanks to an eleventh place in the Abracadabra Mystery at €125 per entry (which is a Main Event that doesn't say its name) and a 27th place in the Spell at €10. Behind these two nicknames having crossed the 100,000 points mark on Sunday, there are only two new entries at the top: S.omalley (four top 10s since the start of the festival, including a seventh place on the €50 Pegasus last night), and the member of the Stream Gang Gunther Feitwho narrowly missed a double yesterday.

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