PartyPoker is hosting the Grand Prix KO Autumn edition, a poker series comprising 11 events. Each of them is a progressive knockout tournament. Three events ended recently, and their winners were announced, including Mini 6-Max Championship, 6-Max Championship, and The Opener.
Marijan Rankic Wins the 6-Max Championship Title
This was the series' first championship tournament. It had 948 entrants who made $215 rebuys, each of them competing for part of its $200,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Six finalists won over $5,000 as the prize money gradually increased after each elimination. Jesus Ucero was the first player to leave the table.
Sander Totuli, Jonathan Harling, and Joao Vieira followed him in fifth, fourth, and third places, respectively. Vieira won $11,750. Rankic battled out with Adam Hari for the last bounty that has five figures.
Rankic eventually won the 26,554 first-place total prize, while Hari took home $12,554.
The Final Table's Results
- Marijan Rankic from Slovenia-a $26,554 total prize; $12,554 bounties and a $14,000 prize
- Adam Hari from Hungary – a $15,269 total prize; $1,292 bounties and a $13,977 prize
- Joao Vieira from the United Kingdom – a $11,750 total prize-$2,343 bounties and a $9,407 prize
- Jonathan Harling from Denmark – a $10,112 total prize; $3,903 bounties and a $6,209 prize
- Sander Totuli from Brazil – a $6,361 total prize; $2,234 bounties and a $4,127 prize
- Jesus Ucero from Estonia – a $5,144 total prize; $1,992 bounties and a $3,152 prize
Travis Darroch Wins a Title for Canada
Travis Darroch won $8,692 in The Opener. It was a $33 buy-in, $75,000 guaranteed tournament that attracted 2,436 players and had many flights. But, only two of its nine finalists failed to make a four-figure score from their $33 investments.
The two final players won more than $5,000. Marcelo De Oliveira lost the last hand to Darroch and took home $5,447. The winner received $8,692 and the title.
The Final Table's Results
- Travis Darroch from Canada – a $8,692 total prize; $4,142 bounties and a $4,550 prize
- Marcelo De Oliveira from Brazil – a $5,447 total prize; $906 bounties, and a $4,541 prize
- Joseph Maczka from the United Kingdom -a $3,823 total prize; $900 bounties, and a $2,923 prize
- Yin Zhang from Luxembourg – a $2,300 total prize, $379 bounties and a $1,921 prize
- Leonardo Mendes from Brazil – a $1,545 total prize; $246 bounties and a $1,299 prize
- Stanislav Geordiev from Bulgaria – a $1,164 total prize; $178 bounties and a $986 prize
- Michael Skeldon from the UK – a $990 total prize; $277 bounties, and a $713 prize
- Santeri Mielonen from Finland – a $1,040 total prize; $475 bounties and a $565 prize
- Matheus Da Silva from Brazil – a $824 total prize; $384 bounties, and a $440 prize
Fernando Tragueta Wins the Mini 6-Max Championship
The Mini 6-Max Championship had 3,351 entrants to its six-handed tables, as each of them wanted to get a share of its $75,000 pool. Still, each finalist won over $1,600 from $22 investments.
Jan Nielsen got busted first. Anatoly Zuev and Victor Martins followed him after a short while. Scorsone's elimination in third place set up a heads-up battle between Martin Mathis and Tragueta. Mathis won the 2019 PartyPoker LIVE MILLIONS Main Event in South America.
He was most poker fans' favorite. But, Tragueta beat him and banked $7,139.
The Final Table's Results
- Fernando Tragueta from Brazil – a $7,139 total prize; $2,304 bounties and a $4,835 prize
- Martin Mathis from Mexico – a $5,403 total prize; $972 bounties and a $3,019 prize
- Baptiste Scorsone from Malta – a $3,991 total prize; $972 bounties and a $3,019 prize
- Victor Martins from Brazil – a 2,797 total prize; $782 bounties and a $2,015 prize
- Anatoly Zuev from Kazakhstan – a $1,616 total prize; $242 bounties and a $1,374
- Jan Nielsen from Denmark – a $1,717 total prize; $743 bounties, and a $974 prize
