Poker Maximus IV pays $330k on Last Day

The wildly-popular online poker tournament series “Poker Maximus IV” recently came to an exciting conclusion as $330,000 was paid out on the final day. This $330k amount was spread out across four Main Events, which gave both low and high stakes players a chance to compete for huge prizes. If you’re interested in seeing who won big, you can check out tournament recaps below. Also, don’t forget to sign up at Carbon Poker if you want to get involved in Poker Maximus V, which should be announced within the next couple of months.

$125,000 Guaranteed Main Event (Regular)
1,300 players anted up the $109 buy-in for this tourney, which created a $130,000 prize pool. After 12 hours of grueling play, ‘21buzgt89’ and ‘IGot5onItt’ were left competing for the $23,782 top prize. The latter shoved with K-T, while 21buzgt89 called with A-4; the board helped neither player and 21buzgt89’s ace-high hand was good enough for the win.

Final Table:
1. 21buzgt89 – $23,782
2. IGot5onItt – $16,092
3. Mikeygogogo – $12,739
4. slickster22 – $9,789
5. 1PlayNude – $6,973
6. duvaldb90 – $5,498
7. donkinleezy – $4,157
8. CrazySteve420 – $2,950
9. mikestl83 – $2,011

$125,000 Guaranteed High Roller Main Event
Despite a big $530 buy-in, 248 players bought a seat for this tournament. The relatively small field competed for 11 hours before a winner was crowned. ‘jakey541’ and ‘JRoc11’ were the final two players left, and they battled for the largest prize of both this tourney and Poker Maximus IV. The last hand saw JRoc11 go all-in with A-7(s); however, jakey541 had this hand dominated with A-Q(s). The board was dealt Q-4-8-T-T, which gave jakey541 the win.

(Final Table)
1. jakey541 – $30,500
2. JRoc11 – $20,250
3. russlecarsonoma – $12,500
4. 1Troy1 – $9,375
5 XxSlixterxX804 – $7,750
6. boigyyyy – $6,250
7. ADED420 – $5,000
8. thebattler33 – $4,000
9. BustNuts – $3,125

$20,000 Guaranteed Micro Main Event
The $11 entry fee in this tournament proved very inviting as 2,400 players entered the Micro Main Event and created a $24,000 prize pool. This tourney also took about 12 hours to finish, with ‘EMR31106’ and ‘BuckNastyJr’ playing heads-up for the title. On the final hand, BuckNastyJr (A-5) and EMR31106 (A-T) saw the flop of A-9-7 before going all-in. BuckNastyJr shoved on the flop while EMR31106 called; the latter won this hand with a better kicker when the turn and river cards were 6 and 9.

1. EMR31106 – $3,961
2. BuckNastyJr – $2,942
3. Duderoy1 – $2,057
4. jbhopko2 – $1,506
5. dutch25 – $1,100
6. numb3r1nunn3r – $861
7. hothamsandwich – $574
8. GSAC21 – $406
9. tebower – $287

$60,000 Guaranteed Low Main Event
Over 1,000 players paid a $55 + $5 buy-in to play in the final event of Poker Maximus IV. ‘KatnessEverdin,’ who was an obvious fan of the movie Hunger Games, took down the last tournament. However, this player needed some help on the final hand as they were holding K-7 against the pocket jacks of je4n0901. KatnessEverdin got this help and won with top pair after the board was dealt K-T-2-Q-6.

1. KatnessEverdin – $11,100
2. je4n0901 – $7,554
3. Zefyras – $4,950
4. jackcrackr2 – $3,750
5. WEEDSM0KA420 – $2,850
6. 666pakman666 – $2,250
7. DRFAZO – $1,800
8. flakediesel – $1,440
9. adznprcsFTW $1,140