Brazilians Stand Out in Sunday Million as Kume23 Takes the Title

PokerStars Spooky Season ended with the $109 NLHE Progressive KO Season Finale Sunday Million, played on November 10. As is often the case in major PokerStars tournaments, players living in Brazil stood out in the late stages.

Brazilian players took five of the nine seats at the final table, and four of them made it to the top five. Brazilian player Kume23 won the tournament. Kume23 defeated Izinmsr in heads-up play to become champion, earning a total of $79,149. A total of 9,128 players entered, and the prize pool grew to $87,200 above the $1 million guarantee.

By the end of Day 1, the number of players had dropped to 118. At this stage, PokerStars ambassadors Marle “MarlzTV” Spragg (1,241st place, $104), Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg (1,116th place, $192) and Sebastian “peace&love” Huber (314th place, $628) were eliminated. Players returned to the table on November 10 at 18:05 GMT. Christian “cskar4e1” Panchev from Bulgaria returned to the table as the player with the biggest stack entering Day 2, and he was eliminated in seventh place, earning $15,036. “vdp2.0” from Estonia took sixth place and received $18,449.

UPERAD finished in ninth place for $9,651, while Brazilian player Caue “cauee_am” Augusto de Macedo finished in eighth place for $9,181. fedazete finished fourth and received $24,166. Gipzinho moved up one spot to finish third, earning $36,282. WrongOne364 from Thailand finished third and earned $45,888. In heads-up play, Izinmsr finished second, leaving with $73,616, a total that included $14,480 in bounty payments he earned.