Players Turn Small Buy-Ins Into Big Paydays in Micro Rollers ChampionChips Series!

The latest Micro Rollers ChampionChips series offered 888poker’s smaller-stakes players a tournament series of their very own, and it recently came to an end.

• Players from Germany did the best capturing six titles.
• Brazilians and UK players notching five each.
• Ukrainian players accounted for four titles.
• Two each went to Ireland and Kazakhstan,
• The following countries each nabbed a single title – Argentina, Belarus, Mexico, Romania, and Latvia.

Here’s a look at some of the big stories and winners from the last week of the Micro Rollers ChampionChips.

Brazilians Win Big in Micro Rollers ChampionChips Main Event

Throughout the series there were numerous starting flights for the $25 buy-in, $100K GTD Main Event, which wound up attracting 3,871 players who rebought 764 times.

The 4,635-entry field surpassed the guarantee by offering up a $104,310 prize pool. On Monday, 708 players returned for Day 2 action and to play down to the final table of eight.

The top bounty of $10,000 went to Brazil’s “Competencia”, who finished in 200^th place for $54.31 and ended up with a tournament-high $10,061.99 in prize money.

Others to win big bounties were the following players –

• “IHey4” (9^th place for $499.65 plus $4,053.76 in bounties)
• “corner130” (7^th place for $896.11 plus $4,046.08 in bounties)
• “Errorplayer” (15^th place for $282.41 plus $2,065.28 in bounties)
• “Blackdogpokr” (59^th place for $103.18 plus $2,053.76 in bounties)
• “gbdias” (12^th place for $374.73 plus $2,038.40 in bounties).

The final table of eight players then went on an overnight hiatus before returning on Tuesday to play down to a winner on a live-streamed final table. A pair of Brazilians sat atop the counts in “blefador97” (17,863,455) and “Dadidgg” (13,831,870), while “Sofronis2609” out of Cyprus sat in third place (11,225,826).

The rest of the players were short stacked by comparison in Brazil’s “9saymon” (4,725,531), Argentina’s “YingYangZ” (2,826,932), Ukraine’s “Vozdushnii” (2,314,528), Romania’s “Ph4N888” (1,752,420), and Taiwan’s “corner130” (1,064,438).

The two chip leaders made deep runs but wound up bowing out in third and fourth place. But their fellow countryman “9saymon” made it to heads-up play against “YingYangZ”.

The Brazilian ultimately closed it out to win the tournament for $6,303.11, which along with $63.12 in bounties gave them a $6,372.23 payday.

Micro Rollers ChampionChips Main Event Final Table Results

1. “9saymon” (Brazil) … $6,303.11 + $69.12 in bounties = $6,372.23
2. “YingYangZ” (Argentina) … $4,496.86 + $276.80 in bounties = $4,773.66
3. “Dadidgg” (Brazil) … $3,209.72 + $1,538.40 in bounties = $4,748.12
4. “blefador97” (Brazil) … $2,308.17 + $253.76 in bounties = $2,561.93
5. “Sofronis2609” (Cyprus) … $1,672.74 + $1,292.16 in bounties = $2,964.90
6. “Vozdushnii” (Ukraine) … $1,216.54 + $138.40 in bounties = $1,354.94
7. “corner130” (Taiwan) … $896.11 + $4,046.08 in bounties = $4,942.19
8. “Ph4N888” (Romania) … $662.58 + $0 in bounties = $662.58
9. “1Hey4” (Ukraine) … $499.65 + $4,053.76 in bounties = $4,553.41

Big Sunday Winners in $40K Mystery Bounty High Roller

Another tournament to take place on Sunday was the $55 buy-in Event #25: $40,000 Mystery Bounty High Roller, which attracted 555 players who rebought 188 times.

The 743-entry field meant the $40,000 prize pool was reserved for the top 144 finishers, and of course there was a top bounty of $4,000 up for grabs.

That wound up going to Romania’s “silviuprg”, who finished in 19^th place for $102. Along with $117.06 in other bounties they walked away with $4,219.06 in prize money.

That was actually the third-highest score of the tournament as fourth-place finisher “icho90” was the big winner with $4,308.04 ($1,230 plus $3,078.04 in bounties). The tournament’s champion “balwasik_19” out of Belarus had the second-most money with $4,284.24 ($3,096 plus $1,188.24 in bounties).

Others to cash the tournament were the following players –

• “FishFolke” (3^rd place for $1,660 + $794.12 in bounties)
• “Jorie21” (10^th place for $228 + $679.02 in bounties)
• “WHATaDREAM” (11^th place for $228 + $918.04 in bounties)
• “Ogame22” (15^th place for $176 + $395.10 in bounties)
• “rendehhh” (20^th place for $102 + $117.60 in bounties)
• “jwatkins2396” (24^th place for $102 + $278.04 in bounties)

Micro Rollers ChampionChips Event #25 Final Table Results

1. “balwasik_19” (Belarus) … $3,096 + $1,188.24 in bounties = $4,284.24
2. “JoeRogan_exp” (Belarus) … $2,258 + $195.10 in bounties = $2,453.10
3. “FishFolke” (Sweden) … $1,660 + $794.12 in bounties = $2,454.12
4. “icho90” (N/A) … $1,230 + $3,078.04 in bounties = $4,308.04
5. “GERSON1986” (Brazil) … $910 + $237.06 in bounties = $1,147.06
6. “AlexDnDz77” (Ukraine) … $680 + $239.02 in bounties = $919.02
7. “RazvyB” (Romania) … $512 + $278.04 in bounties = $790.04
8. “matrixagile8” (United Kingdom) … $388 + $276.08 in bounties = $664.08
9. “Entaotoma” (Brazil) … $296 + $356.08 in bounties = $652.08

russianlove7 Proves to Be a Monday Big Shot

On Monday, April 22, the $11 buy-in Event #27: $8,000 Big Shot had 583 players rebuy 199 times. The 782-entry field meant the $8,000 prize pool was paid out to the top 144 finishers.

Among those to make relatively deep runs were the following players –

• “yogibear1971” (45^th place - $24.80)
• “motoks” (34^th place - $27.20)
• “SadieMoore” (21^st place - $40.80)
• “Supermel07” (14^th place - $70.40)
• “slacker11” (10^th place - $91.20)
• “way84” (4^th - $492)

After Lithuania’s “goldskill” exited in third place for $664, the title came down to “russianlove7” and Germany’s “Nasi1569”.

After nearly nine hours of play in the tournament, the former finished as the last player standing to win the event and capture a $1,238.40 first-place prize.

Micro Rollers ChampionChips Event #27 Final Table Results

1. “russianlove7” (N/A) … $1,238.40
2. “Nasi1596” (Germany) … $903.20
3. “goldskill” (Lithuania) … $664
4. “way84” (Ukraine) … $492
5. “Thantalos85” (Germany) … $364
6. “Manglur” (Canada) … $272
7. “GoldHand2077” (Brazil) … $204.80
8. “Chottyno1” (Ukraine) … $155.20
9. “tatasj” (Argentina) … $118.40

UK’s Paulgriff79 Gets Job Done in DeepStack High

On Wednesday, April 17, the $22 buy-in Event #12: $8,000 DeepStack High attracted 261 players who rebought 111 times.

The 372-entry field meant the $8,000 prize pool was paid out to the top 72 finishers including the following players –

• “wacko90” (48^th place for $41.60
• “Brunsonskid” (41^st place for $41.60)
• “HereWGO” (25^th place for $43.20)
• “DonkeyPolk” (16^th place for $56)
• “BluffyRabbit” (9^th place for $123.20)
• “ItsMeAero” (3^rd place for $768.80)

After 8 hours and 21 minutes of play, it was the United Kingdom’s “Paulgriff79” defeating Romania’s “DXforce” in heads-up play to win the tournament outright for $1,463.20.

Micro Rollers ChampionChips Event #12 Final Table Results

1. “Paulgriff79” (United Kingdom) … $1,463.20
2. “DXforce” (Romania) … $1,060.80
3. “ItsMeAero” (United Kingdom) … $768.80
4. “Lavraaa” (Ukraine) … $561.60
5. “ClickXR” (Uzbekistan) … $413.60
6. “DSNeher” (Brazil) … $304
7. “goldskill” (Lithuania) … $224.80
8. “h.dogui” (Brazil) … $168.80
9. “BluffyRabbit” (United Kingdom) … $123.20

Another tournament on Wednesday was the $1.00 buy-in Event #10: $2,000 DeepStack Micro, which had 1,885 runners (1,304 players + 581 rebuys) and saw Ukraine’s “VTU001” come out on top to the tune of $260.80.

Likewise, the $5.50 buy-in Event #11: $5,000 DeepStack Mini had 920 entries (670 players + 250 rebuys) and saw Ukraine’s “Nesamovytvj” win it all for $730.50.

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