{"id":56624,"date":"2023-02-07T22:03:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T22:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=56624"},"modified":"2023-02-07T22:05:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T22:05:10","slug":"poker-podium-nice-wins-from-kenny-hallaert-niklas-astedt-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/poker-podium-nice-wins-from-kenny-hallaert-niklas-astedt-more\/","title":{"rendered":"POKER PODIUM: Nice Wins from Kenny Hallaert, Niklas Astedt; PCA, PSPC Events Wrap Up &#038; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The poker world was busy in January with many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online events<\/a> as well as players heading to some major live events. That included some major online series with <strong>Kenny Hallaert<\/strong>, <strong>Niklas Astedt<\/strong>, and others finding some nice wins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GGPoker ambassador <strong>Jason Koon<\/strong> also received some welcome news in January, meaning keeping some big winnings from his heads-up battle with Phil Hellmuth. The <strong>PokerStars Caribbean Adventure<\/strong> also recently wrapped up with some huge winners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Poker Podium<\/em> once again takes a look at January winners from the online and live poker felts.<\/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;\">No doubt the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) was a major event for the site over the last month. Several players won big in the series in January and early February. That included Belarus\u2019s <strong>Aliaksandr Shylko<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pca-update-aliaksandr-shylko-grabs-pokerstars-pspc-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scoring the win<\/a> in the $25,000 <strong>PokerStars Player Championship<\/strong> for $3.1 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tournament included 400-plus <strong>Platinum Pass<\/strong> winners and attracted 1,014 entries for a $24.8 million prize pool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The $10,000 PCA Main Event also wrapped up in January. That tournament saw Portugal\u2019s <strong>Michel Dattani<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pca-update-tony-tran-chris-moorman-lead-pspc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grab the top spot<\/a> for $1.3 million. The event produced a field of 889 entries for an $8.6 million prize pool.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A final hand fitting for the final table that preceded it. <\/p>\n<p>This is how Michel Dattani took down the PCA Main Event, winning $1,316,963. \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PCA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PCA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v7fcOIiVCK\">pic.twitter.com\/v7fcOIiVCK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PokerStars LIVE (@PokerStarsLIVE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokerStarsLIVE\/status\/1620083649520492544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"a_few_pokerstars_online_winners\">A few PokerStars online winners<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the online arena, <strong>Huber Sebastian<\/strong> celebrated his recent win in the World Championship of Online Poker (<strong>WCOOP<\/strong>). The Stars ambassador and Twitch streamer scored a victory back in September, scoring more than $2,800 in the process. He was pleased with receiving his trophy.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Got my trophy from the wcoop win. Quality is incredible, well done <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokerStars?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PokerStars<\/a><br \/>I&#39;m afraid I need to win another one \ud83d\ude05 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c3wszqEf5q\">pic.twitter.com\/c3wszqEf5q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Huber Sebastian (@peace_ndloove) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peace_ndloove\/status\/1616888052206522372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2023<\/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;\">Fellow ambassador <strong>Lex Veldhuis<\/strong> made a deep run in the New Year Series Main Event. That included knocking out fellow ambassador Ben \u201cSpraggy\u201d Spragg.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Huge <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NewYearSeries?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NewYearSeries<\/a> Day 2 for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LexVeldhuis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LexVeldhuis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He has a big stack in the $1k Main Event. <\/p>\n<p>$252k for \ud83e\udd47<\/p>\n<p>Watch:<br \/>YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cwbVXOYfgT\">https:\/\/t.co\/cwbVXOYfgT<\/a><br \/>Twitch: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xI3gx3EQkE\">https:\/\/t.co\/xI3gx3EQkE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dtccUNmbGn\">pic.twitter.com\/dtccUNmbGn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PokerStars (@PokerStars) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokerStars\/status\/1615040077201014794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2023<\/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;\">In the end, the tournament saw 5,362 entries with Switzerland&#8217;s \u201c<strong>Scoops2022<\/strong>\u201d scooping the title for $143,479.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"ggpoker\">GGPoker<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s been a huge run recently for GGPoker ambassador <strong>Jason Koon<\/strong>, with 2022 bringing plenty of wins and big finishes. A massive Triton Poker win for more than $1.9 million came his way in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In October, Koon added a <strong>Poker Masters<\/strong> title for $666,000. In December he also chalked up a win in the $50,000 PokerGO Tour Championship for $500,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If that weren\u2019t enough, Koon walks away a winner from PokerGO\u2019s <strong><em>High Stakes Duel<\/em><\/strong>. He scored $1.6 million after beating <strong>Phil Hellmuth<\/strong> in December. When no one stepped up to battle Koon, he was declared the winner of the series in January. He now has more than $42 million in live tournament winnings.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonKoon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JasonKoon<\/a>! <\/p>\n<p>The High Stakes Duel ended with GGPoker Ambassador Jason Koon winning $1.6 Million and the championship belt with his victory after no one stepped up to challenge him. Starting off 2023 strong!\ud83d\udcaa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QDu3ND4gf1\">pic.twitter.com\/QDu3ND4gf1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GGPoker (@GGPoker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GGPoker\/status\/1612804957580984323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"gg_online_winners\">GG online winners<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Numerous online players continue celebrating some GG <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tournament<\/a> wins as well. That included streamer and YouTuber \u201c<strong>Questje<\/strong>,\u201d who also made his first online final table deal on the site.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What has been a brutal (off-stream) grind over the past two days ended with a win! \ud83d\udce2<\/p>\n<p>Well, a chop versus a decent player and I think my first ever deal at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GGPoker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GGPoker<\/a> haha.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the green for January and probably taking a day off poker tomorrow. Might stream games\/variety tho! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fm18YHqSk9\">pic.twitter.com\/fm18YHqSk9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Questje \ud83d\udce2 (@Questje_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Questje_\/status\/1620235864789106690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2023<\/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;\">Brazilian recreational player \u201c<strong>Be Lima<\/strong>\u201d turned a free qualifier ticket into a $1 tournament entry. He then took the top spot for a hearty return on investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/robertapker\/status\/1618534984155017217?s=20&#038;t=so-7QXHX7x3f-CPnZKxsxw<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"888poker\">888poker<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>XL Winter Series<\/strong> wrapped up at 888 in January and awarded more than <strong>$1.5 million<\/strong>. The result easily topped the $1 million overall guarantee and saw several players scoop some nice paydays. In total, the series produced 16,168 entries with most buy-ins ranging from $5.50 to $55.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the international competition, players from Romania and Brazil came out on top with five wins each. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German<\/a> players scored four titles while Lithuanians snagged three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The $250 Main Event highlighted the series and featured a $500,000 guarantee. The mystery bounty event also featured a top bounty of $50,000 and the tournament saw 2,059 entries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the end, \u201c<strong>AMG_people<\/strong>\u201d came back from one of the shorter stacks at the final table to secure the win. The Ukrainian player bagged $37,592 in prize money and bounties. Ukraine\u2019s \u201c<strong>alwaySsmilee<\/strong>\u201d finished runner-up for $32,567.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The $2,100 Super High Roller was another highlight and guaranteed $100,000. The event saw 51 entries for a $102,000 prize pool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/sweden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sweden\u2019s<\/a> <strong>Niklas \u201ctutten7\u201d Astedt<\/strong> found the winner\u2019s circle for $37,740. No stranger to poker success, Astedt has $1.8 million in live tournament winnings as well as other major wins online. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada\u2019s<\/a> \u201c<strong>beebsterizer<\/strong>\u201d took runner-up for $25,500.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"a_look_at_888_live_winners\">A look at 888 Live winners<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other 888 news, the site recently headed to Mardrid for the latest 888poker Live series. Spain\u2019s Adrian Garcia came out on top for a nice score of \u20ac92,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have a winner! \ud83c\udf89<br \/>Congratulations to Adrian Garcia on winning the \u20ac92,000 prize! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sOdMk80m2O\">pic.twitter.com\/sOdMk80m2O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 888poker (@888poker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/888poker\/status\/1617675130695741442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2023<\/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;\">Russia\u2019s Oleg Bystrenin took runner-up for \u20ac60,000. 888\u2019s newest ambassador Lucia Navarro also shined. The poker YouTiuber scored fourth for \u20ac27,000 and was pleased overall with her play.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Que cerquita de la gloria! Aun as\u00ed un cuarto puesto por 27.000\u20ac es para estar m\u00e1s que contenta. Much\u00edsimas gracias a todos por el apoyo, me he sentido muy arropada y me ha dado fuerzas para ir escalando puestito a puestito \ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/888pokerSpain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@888pokerSpain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/888poker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@888poker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lucia Navarro Poker (@lucia13Navarro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucia13Navarro\/status\/1618005665745895439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"partypoker\">PartyPoker<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>PartyPoker Championship Winter Edition<\/strong> took center stage at PartyPoker in January. The\u00a0 $530 Main Event highlighted the series, attracting 1,089 entries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tournament easily topped the $500,000 guarantee, garnering a $544,500 prize pool. Ireland\u2019s <strong>Rytis Strigunas<\/strong> claimed the win for $78,160 after a deal with runner-up Victor Oliveira Girao,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brazil<\/a>, who scored $72,827.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Henrique Miguel Santos Da Silva<\/strong>, of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Kingdom<\/a>, took down the $35 Mini Main Event for $20,284. Well-regarded pro <strong>Kenny Hallaert<\/strong> scored the win in the $215 PKO Championship for $24,937.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The poker world was busy in January with many online events as well as players [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":56626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","vebbtech_seo_disable_yoast":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_author":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_date":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_factchecker":false,"vebbtech_seo_fact_check_enabled":false,"vebbtech_seo_post_reviewer":55,"vebbtech_seo_post_review_date":"2023-02-07T09:39","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34,19,16,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-56624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-category","8":"tag-888poker","9":"tag-ggpoker","10":"tag-partypoker","11":"tag-pokerstars"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>POKER PODIUM: A look at January online &amp; 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