Hungary’s Balazs “birs320” Botond is the latest stellar name to win PokerStars’ Sunday Million, taking down the Jan. 8 edition to secure $158,981.69.
Botond, a former Ivey Poker pro, has won more than $1.5 million from online poker tournaments in his career thanks in part to reaching two Super Tuesday final tables and the final nine of both a TCOOP and WCOOP event, plus an additional $1.08 million from his live tournament exploits.
Argentina’s “TEENageTuRtL” won the $59,657.85 first-place prize of the $215 Sunday Warm-Up this week, with “profit76” triumphing in the $1,050 Sunday Grand NLHE, a finish worth $56,437.