The live-version of the Sunday Supersonic (Pokerstars) was the $5K No Limit Hold’em Turbo with 30 minutes blindlevels. 524 players registered for the tournament that would draw a winner within 2 days of play, and it was American poker pro Ankush Mandavia who came out the strongest, taking home $548,139 and the bracelet.
After one day of play, only 49 players remained, all battling for the bracelet. Some noteable names made day 2, but didn’t reach te final table, such as Jason Mercier (30th, $12,563), Chance Kornuth (29th, $12,563), Michael Mizrachi (27th, $14,862) and Joe Cada (11th, 27,804). The official final table line-up was as follows:
Seat 5BTC or 111% + 111 Free Spins! New players only. Exclusive 111% Welcome Bonus + 111 Free Spins | Player | Chips |
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Seat 1 | Christian Nilles Get 125% / $2,500 on 1st deposit! New players only. Exclusive Welcome Bonus of up to $2,500 | 920.000 |
Seat 2 | Sean Getzwiller | 1.055.000 |
Seat 3 | Pedro Oliveira 177% up to 5BTC + 77 Free Spins! New players only. Exclusive Welcome Bonus of 177% + 77 Free Spins | 1.945.000 |
Seat 4 | Daniel Strelitz | 2.685.000 |
Seat 5 | Sergey Lebedev | 950.000 |
Seat 6 | Thiago Macedo | 1.125.000 |
Seat 7 | Phil Hellmuth | 1.130.000 |
Seat 8 | Ankush Mandavia | 2.525.000 |
Seat 9 | Kyle Julius | 770.000 |
Eleven hands in play, Kyle Julius found himself all-in with
The bustouts were quick after eachother, with Lebedev’s ace-ten unable to suck out against Oliveira’s ace-queen. Sean Getzwiller got his chips in as a slight favourite, but his
Mandavia was the chipleader at the final four, and he managed to deliver all the remaining knockouts. First Macedo’s
In heads-up, Mandavia doubled through Strelitz to leave him cripled, with Mandavia flopping two pair versus just one pair of Strelitz. In the last hand, Strelitz shoved his last five big blinds with
These were the results of the final table:
Place | Player | Country | Price |
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1 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | $548.139 |
2 | Daniel Strelitz | USA | $338.774 |
3 | Christian Nilles | Germany | $232.934 |
4 | Thiago Macedo | Brazil | $162.924 |
5 | Pedro Oliveira | Portugal | $115.957 |
6 | Sean Getzwiller | USA | $84.004 |
7 | Sergey Lebedev | Russia | $61.964 |
8 | Phil Hellmuth | USA | $46.553 |
9 | Kyle Julius | USA | $35.636 |