Spencer 'UH Big Tex' Hudson and Calvin 'cal42688' Anderson Thrive in Midweek Majors
Over $700,000 was generated in midweek as the PokerStars Super Tuesday and Wednesday ¼ Million Majors played out on the virtual felt.
417 runners met the buy-in for the £1,050 Super Tuesday event. Jamie 'pokerjamers' Armstrong ($2,919), Owen 'ocrowe' Crowe ($2,919), Gordon 'holla@yoboy' Vayo and Alex 'Assassinato' Fitzgerald ($4,587) were the best placed of the notable players to finish outside the final table of nine.
Eric 'psuNYY51' Ladny ($9,382) and Elad 'Gambit360' Nosimaj ($33,360) posted top eight finishes, but it was Calvin 'cal42688' Anderson who downed the $80,022 jackpot after a heads-up battle with 'modogrinder' ($59,442). 'Blitzburgh17' ($17,722), 'ilya_crasher' ($23,352) and 'Snow in June' ($43,785) also took home respectable shares.
1,000 players met the $320+$20 buy-in for the PokerStars Wednesday ¼ Million. Notables Ronald 'ronaldgrauer' Grauer ($2,550) and Jeff 'Jshark4' Sharkey ($1,230) narrowly missed out on a final table finish. Five renowned players crashed the top nine. Joe 'JoeyCapp' Cappuccio ($3,750) and Zach 'HustlerGrune' Gruneberg ($6,150) were the first to hit the rail before unknown aliases 'gedhanna' ($9,120), 'pertyi' ($12,120) and 'olgakg' ($15,120) saw their deep runs come to an end.
Sadan 'the_snail03' Turker ($21,750) posted a fourth place finish, while 'ACG 82' ($29,100) was eliminated in third. Spencer 'UH Big Tex' Hudson closed out the victory following an entertaining heads-up battle with Eric 'sheets' Haber ($39,000). Hudson landed a $54,000 jackpot.
