Niklas "Lena900" Astedt wins The Big 20 Rewind High Roller
PokerStars continues to celebrate its 20th anniversary with The Big 20 Rewind series. As part of the festival, the $5 200 NLHE 8-Max has taken place.
The initial event warranty was $300 000, but 78 entries helped break the claimed amount and, as a result, the tournament prize pool reached $390 000.
One of the most successful online MTT players, Sweden’s Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, managed to outplay the entire field. We note that he played confidently, showing solid poker skills.
For first place, the Swede earned $105 260 in prize money. German poker player with the "waldemarundich" nickname finished as the tournament runner-up, taking $78 840.
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Successful poker pro Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph made it to the final table, but failed to rise above seventh place. His payout accounted for $18 580.
Only the final table players got in the money. The minimal prize money (for ninth place) was $12 150, and it went to Austria’s player with the "Ssick_One" nickname.