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Thijs Hilberts Wins $109k In Manila

Milko van Winden
Head of Digital Media @ Pokercode

While the preparations for Grindhouse 3 are in full force, the Pokercode community continues to crush. With multiple big live and online scores its a good preparation month before the big online series start.

‘Admirality’ Wins First Live & Online MTT

Pokercode community member ‘Admirality’ started the month of pretty well when he won an $11 MTT on PokerStars which turned out to be his first ever tournament victory. The win banked him $238 but it wasn’t the only tournament win he would achieve that month.

We all know that playing live differs quite a bit form playing online, but after winning his first online tournament ‘Admirality’ took his skills to the live felt to also take down his first 80-player live tournament in a poker room in Panama.

'Admirality' after taking down his first live tournament

Grindhouse 3 members go heads-up

With the preparations for Grindhouse 3 in full force during August, the participants for the current edition didn’t sit still. Fabian ‘Taurus’ Niederreiter managed to clinch 2nd place in the $44 forty stack on GGPoker, August 10th. The score bagged him $3,387 but he mention himself that the goal for Grindhouse 3 was to learn how to win heads-ups.

Grindhouse 3 participant and community coach Grzegorz ‘MammothTheGr8’ Kozieja might as well give a masterclass heads-up to Fabian. On the same day Kozieja took down the $250 Daily Special on GGPoker which earned him $3,335 and the virtual trophy!

Thijs Hilberts Goes Trophy Hunting In Manila

Moving to the other side of the globe we find community member Thijs Hilberts in Manila, Philippines. Hilberts just missed out on a trophy earlier this year when he finished 2nd in a $960 side event of the APPT in Manila for $6,300.

He gave it another shot in August with the $1,130 Main Event of the APPT Manila and managed to get another 2nd-place finish. This time, however, the tournament was a lot bigger than the side event he played before. The ICM deal banked him a whopping $109,000 but he lost the flip for the trophy in the end.

Thijs Hilberts getting back-to-back 2nd places in Manila

Dominik Böhm Sets New Biggest Score

While the eyes are turning to Grindhouse 3, it’s Dominik Böhm, who attended Grindhouse 2, who set a new personal record in August. During a deep run in the GGMasters Bounty $315 he reached the final table. Unfortunately, he missed out on a podium spot, but 4th place was worth $16,613 including the bounties he racked up on his way to the final table.

Huge Scores For ‘Tobsen’ and Simon Langer

With August almost over there were two individuals who ended the month with a bang. Our own stream team member Tobias ‘Tobsen_TE9’ Eichenseher made a deep run in the WSOP Online: $365 Sunday GIANT where he finished in 3rd place out of 1,513 entries. Tobsen saw his bankroll increase with $41,135 for his bronze finishing position.

Simon Langer tried to one-up Tobsen with a better score, but he finished in 3rd as well. His tournament was the GGMasters $150 and his 3rd-place finish was worth $34,529.

Congratulations to all the winners this month!

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