{"id":56374,"date":"2023-01-04T20:20:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T20:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=56374"},"modified":"2023-01-04T20:20:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T20:20:30","slug":"poker-podium-chris-klodnicki-christian-rudolph-among-major-december-online-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/poker-podium-chris-klodnicki-christian-rudolph-among-major-december-online-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Poker Podium: Chris Klodnicki, Christian Rudolph Among Major December Online Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>holiday season<\/strong> brought plenty of gifts and treats for online <strong>poker players<\/strong>. A few bigger names found the winner\u2019s podium during a hefty international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online poker<\/a> schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PokerStars, GGPoker, and 888poker all held major series with big scores coming from players like <strong>Chris Klodnicki<\/strong>, <strong>Christian Rudolph<\/strong>, and Dan Wilson all finding some nice wins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>Poker Podium<\/strong><\/em> once again takes a look at some big online poker <strong>winners<\/strong> from December.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"pokerstars\">PokerStars<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>New Year Series<\/strong> kicked off at PokerStars on Dec. 25 and runs through Jan. 17. The festival features 140 winter- and holiday-themed tournaments with <strong>$40 million<\/strong> guaranteed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AS of Tuesday, the series had already produced big numbers including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tournaments completed \u2013\u00a0119<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entries \u2013\u00a0467,648\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prize pool total \u2013\u00a0<strong>$16 million<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First-place payouts \u2013\u00a0$2.3 million<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Year\u2019s Day <strong>Sunday Million<\/strong> was one of the marquee events so far and came with a special buy-in of $202.30. The normal $1 million guarantee remained intact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tournament saw 5,362 entries with Switzerland\u2019s \u201c<strong>Scoops 2022<\/strong>\u201d scooping the first-place payout of <strong>$143,479<\/strong>, Scoops locked up the largest score of the series so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other action, <strong>Dan \u201cNukeTheFish!\u201d Wilson<\/strong> topped the field in the $530 NLHE Six-Max for $32,659. This player from Ireland has $1.5 million in live tournament winnings as well as a doctorate in astrophysics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The $530 NLHE Six-Max Deep Stack saw <strong>Christian \u201cWATnlos\u201d Rudolph<\/strong>, of Austria, rise to the top for $39,298. He has more than $5 million in live tournament winnings and also now another online score to add to his poker resum\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020 Rudolph grabbed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/reviews\/wsop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>World Series of Poker<\/strong><\/a> bracelet online at GGPoker as well. He took down the $25,000 Poker Players Championship for $1.8 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brazil\u2019s<\/a> <strong>Bruno \u201cgreat dant\u201d Volkmann<\/strong> Event took down a $320 NLHE event for $26,897. The New Year Series continues this month. For a complete preview, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pokerstars-launching-new-year-series-winter-series-in-southern-europe-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"pspc_next_up_for_pokerstars\">PSPC next up for PokerStars<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Stars action next heads to the Bahamas for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, which runs from Jan. 22 \u2013 Feb. 3 at the <strong>Baha Mar<\/strong> Resort.<\/p>\n<p>The $25,000 PokerStars Players Championship is also part of the festivities. The company has awarded numerous <strong>Platinum Passes<\/strong> over the last year, which includes a complete tournament and travel package.<\/p>\n<p>Stars ambassador Nicholas Walsh recently awarded a pass to one lucky winner \u2013 quite a Christmas gift.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaddyDat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PaddyDat<\/a> on winning a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokerStars?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PokerStars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PlatinumPass?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PlatinumPass<\/a> live on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PSTwitch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PSTwitch<\/a> earlier today!<\/p>\n<p>Very excited to be able to give something back to our incredible moderators.<\/p>\n<p>See you in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheBahamas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheBahamas<\/a> buddy! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V8mUlzEZtn\">pic.twitter.com\/V8mUlzEZtn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nicholas Walsh (@NickWalshTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickWalshTV\/status\/1606314539728904192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"ggpoker\">GGPoker<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plenty of World Series of Poker championship ring action was underway at GGPoker in December. The Winter Circuit awards <strong>18 championship rings<\/strong> and offers <strong>$150 million<\/strong> guaranteed throughout the series, which runs through Jan. 9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Nick Maimone<\/strong> was already on a roll last month. He bagged a $1,050 Sunday Main Event High Roller for $80,332 and then took the title in the $1,500 Sunday Saver High Roller Hyper Turbo for another $34,090.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If that weren&#8217;t enough, he then came out on top in the $1,050 <strong>Naughty or Nice Bounty<\/strong>, which was part of the Winter Circuit. The tournament saw 1,399 players for a $1.4 million guarantee. Maimone pocketed <strong>$157,755<\/strong> and his first WSOP Circuit ring. He has more than $2 million in live tournament winnings to go along with plenty of cashes online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He wasn\u2019t the only big name grabbing gold in December. <strong>Chris Klodnicki<\/strong> vanquished the competition in the $320 GGMasters Bounty Winter Freezeout. The event saw 1,421 players for a $422,037 prize pool.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Forget partridges in pear trees, you&#39;ve got GOLDEN RINGS to claim!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WSOP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WSOP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Winter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Winter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Circuit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Circuit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThanksGG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThanksGG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MerryChristmas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MerryChristmas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3A7rlICqvj\">pic.twitter.com\/3A7rlICqvj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GGPoker (@GGPoker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GGPoker\/status\/1606983221803114496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Klodnicki picked up <strong>$40,590<\/strong> for his efforts, adding to a deep poker record. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a career stretching back to 2005, Klodnicki has <strong>$10.1 million<\/strong> in live tournament winnings. That now includes two circuit rings and a WSOP bracelet as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plenty of action remains in the Winter Circuit at GGPoker. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/wsop-ring-race-heats-up-at-ggpoker-with-150-million-guaranteed-winter-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> for a complete preview and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/ggpoker-wsop-ca-launches-winter-circuit-ontario-5m-guaranteed-18-championship-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSOP.ca\/GGPoker<\/a> series in Ontario, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"888poker\">888poker<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This site got in the spirit of the season in December with the <strong>Happy Holidays Sale<\/strong> series. The festival was a thank you to players and offered half off the tournament buy-in with the same normal guarantees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">888 awarded more than<strong> $300,000<\/strong> in the series with players from the United Kingdom topping the leaderboard with three titles. Brazilian players grabbed two titles and the other event victories went to those in Malta, Ireland, Finland, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Belarus, and Montenegro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All tournaments saw a total of 9,410 entries with $301,755 paid out. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The $55 <strong>Mystery Bounty Main Event<\/strong> kicked off on Christmas Day and guaranteed $100,000. The tournament saw 1,618 players with 485 rebuys, topping the guarantee for a $105,150 prize pool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the end, \u201c<strong>Laszlo_Szucs<\/strong>\u201d took the top spot for $7,192 plus $258 in bounties for a total of $7,450.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazy_load-video-wrap\">\n<div class=\"lazy_load-video-responsive\">\n<div class=\"iframe_lazy_load_image\"><svg style=\"z-index:1;\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"play\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-play\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M424.4 214.7L72.4 6.6C43.8-10.3 0 6.1 0 47.9V464c0 37.5 40.7 60.1 72.4 41.3l352-208c31.4-18.5 31.5-64.1 0-82.6z\"><\/path><\/svg><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/m2V1FqXHQ1A\/mqdefault.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p><iframe data-iframeid=\"m2V1FqXHQ1A\" frameborder=\"0\" data-time=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tournament also featured a top bounty of $10,000. Canada\u2019s \u201c<strong>Josieviolet<\/strong>\u201d scooped that prize, finishing 113th for a total of $10,094.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the $265 Mystery Bounty High Roller, Montenegro\u2019s \u201c<strong>Ognian1988<\/strong>\u201d found the win for $12,034. The tournament produced 148 players, 37 rebuys, and a $46,250 prize pool, easily topping the $40,000 guarantee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tournament also features a $4,000 top bounty prize up for grabs, which went to Finland\u2019s \u201c<strong>Inflaatio<\/strong>.\u201d The bounty winner finished sixth for a total payout of $8,957.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holiday season brought plenty of gifts and treats for online poker players. 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