Americas Cardroom Sunday GTD Tournaments Produce Big Winners
The top guaranteed tournaments played at Americas Cardroom on Sunday, January 27 saw the winners collect big prize money that included a $52,200 score in the $200,000 GTD event.
By: Charles Rettmuller
The four biggest tournaments in yesterday's action each went beyond their listed guarantees. Those tournaments were set to payout a combined $525,000 in prize money, but instead paid out more than $654,000.
Here's a recap of the biggest tournaments, with the top 5 finishers of each:
$200K GTD
"MrMaximize" overcame a field of 232 entrants in the $1,000 + $50 buy-in $200,00 GTD to maximize his ROI. The $232,000 prize pool resulted in first place prize money of $52,200.
Paydays went to the top 36 players, the least of which was $1,740. Honorable mention goes to "SanityWaterline" for finishing 5th for $13,920 on top of grabbing the title in the $125,000 Sunday Special for $26K.
1 |
MrMaximize |
$52,200 |
2 |
Trismegist |
$31,320 |
3 |
2rich2care |
$23,896 |
4 |
ali23imsirovic |
$17,980 |
5 |
SanityWaterline |
$13,920 |
$150K GTD
The prize money for the $150,000 GTD Sunday Warm Up 8-Max was easily surpassed when 2,013 entrants showed up. At $100 + $9 a piece, the prize pool was a healthy $210,300. "B-Ho" earned the title and $32,912.55 after disposing of "Greenboss1."
1 |
B-Ho |
$32,912.55 |
2 |
Greenboss1 |
$24,498.21 |
3 |
Camos |
$18,318.30 |
4 |
22Doutrinador |
$13,285.80 |
5 |
Sarim19 |
$9,561.75 |
$125K GTD
The Sunday Special with $125,000 GTD saw 712 entrants take to the virtual felt with 81 finishing in the money. The $200 + $15 entry fee created $142,400 to play for. "SanityWaterline" ($26,771.20) took the lion's share of prize money, the second final table of the day for the MTT grinder.
1 |
SanityWaterline |
$26,771.20 |
2 |
cpt.crunch |
$19,636.96 |
3 |
barakuda229 |
$14,382.40 |
4 |
markan87 |
$10,822.40 |
5 |
Harry Angel |
$7,604.16 |
$50K GTD
The $50,000 GTD High Roller attracted 139 entrants at $500 + $30 a pop. The top 27 divvied the prize money of $69,500 with "amirtelpatel" holding off "LLL99" to win $15,985.
1 |
amirtelpatel |
$15,985 |
2 |
LLL99 |
$9,730 |
3 |
FinalTableBeer |
$7,297.50 |
4 |
HelloMyMan |
$5,560 |
5 |
BinkBang |
$4,170 |