Zerjav Leaves Stars in nid slotsHis Wake En Route to New Year Series Victory

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Table Of Contents

• NYS 93-H: $530 NLHE PKO Warm-Up Final Table Results
• Grab Tons of Added Value in the PokerNews New Year Series Fiesta
• Estonia's DingeBrinker Captures First PokerStars Titans of 2025
• $5,200 Titans Event Final Table Results
• Other PokerStars Results (January 5, 2025)
• Get Your 2025 Off to a Flying Start PokerStars Tournament Again

The New Year Series is nearing its conclusion, and Blaz "Scarmak3r" Zerjav seems determined to finish strongly. Zerjav was one of 539 entrants in the $530 No-Limit Hold'em Progressive Knockout Sunday Warm-Up and was the last man standing after 12 hours of play.

Dozens of household names navigated to the top 63 places where the regular prize pool was distributed. They included Benjamin "BC1989RF" Chalot, Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis, Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk, and final table bubble boy Timothy "1BigAceHole" Ulmer.

As expected, the final table was a star-studded affair featuring top-tier online poker grinders. The waters became less shark-infested after Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson was relieved of his chips in eighth place, a finish good for $4,302 with bounties included.

Any of the final four would have not looked out of place in a tournament costing ten times as much as this event's $530 buy-in. Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson was the first of this talented quartet to bust. Margereson walked away with $11,084.

Simon "Simon1471" Higgins busted in third for $17,315, leaving Stevan "random_chu" Chew heads-up against Zerjav. Both players locked in $20,829 from the regular prize pool, leaving the now substantial bounties to play for.

The final battle went Zerjav's way, and he added $27,450 from the bounty prize pool to his haul, taking his total winnings to $48,280. Chew closed down his table having banked $23,946 in total.

NYS 93-H: $530 NLHE PKO Warm-Up Final Table Results

Rank	Player	Country	Bounties	Prize	Total Prize
1	Blaz "Scarmak3r" Zerjav	Slovenia	$27,450	$20,830	$48,280
2	Stevan "random_chu" Chew	Indonesia	$3,117	$20,829	$23,946
3	Simon "simon1471" Higgins	United Kingdom	$4,185	$13,130	$17,315
4	Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson	Ireland	$1,359	$9,725	$11,084
5	goshaleg	Romania	$1,640	$7,203	$8,843
6	marjan1231	Slovenia	$1,703	$5,336	$7,039
7	zelvavegas	Belarus	$3,511	$3,952	$7,463
8	Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	Sweden	$1,375	$2,927	$4,302
9	IrenejAlive	Slovenia	$2,250	$2,409	$4,659

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Estonia's DingeBrinker Captures First PokerStars Titans of 2025

The $5,200 Titans Event returned to PokerStars' Sunday schedule on January 5, and Estonian superstar "DingeBrinker" is delighted it did. A field of 61 entrants created a $305,000 prize pool, and the Estonian took home the lion's share of the pot, $82,322.

The top nine finishers finished inside the money, so spare a thought for tenth-place finisher and bubble boy Niklas "Lena900" Astedt. With the Swedish poker legend done and dusted, the nine surviving players combined on the final table having locked in $9,508 for their efforts.

Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky bowed out in ninth for $9,508. However, the Ukrainian fired three bullets, so they actually left money on the table. Denmark's "starswins :)" fell in eighth for $10,886, with "lgammil€120" collecting $14,534 for their seventh-place finish.

Austria's "P0KERPR02.0" turned their $5,200 investment into $19,405 after busting in sixth, while "Zorkkin" of Brazil banked $25,908 after their deep run ended in fifth.

Another Austrian, Leonard "Grozzorg" Maue, crashed out in fourth for $34,590. Maue enjoyed an incredible 2024 with his results including a victory in the PokerStars Titans Event in March and July. It seems Maue is carrying on his recent form into the new year.

The tournament progressed to the heads-up stage when "I Attack95" was eliminated in third for $46,182. "DingeBrinker" found himself in a one-on-one battle against Belarusian "Alister307" in what was essentially a near $21,000 heads-up sit & go. As he has done countless times, "DingeBrinker" came out on top, reeling in another $82,322 and resigning the runner-up to a $61,659 consolation prize.

$5,200 Titans Event Final Table Results

Rank	Player	Country	Prize
1	DingeBrinker	Estonia	$82,322
2	Alister307	Belarus	$61,659
3	I Attack95	Bulgaria	$46,182
4	Leonard "Grozzorg" Maue	Austria	$34,590
5	Zorkkin	Brazil	$25,908
6	P0KERPR02.0	Austria	$19,405
7	lgammiI€120	Belarus	$14,534
8	starswins :)	Denmark	$10,886
9	Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky	Ukraine	$9,508

Other PokerStars Results (January 5, 2025)

Big scores were the order of the day on January 5, especially for "PeroQmaloQoy," who won $38,981 in a $215 NLHE New Year Series event.

There were also victories for Daniel "dani aziz" Aziz ($22,712), Andreas "mrAndreeew" Berggren ($13,395), and Berggren's fellow Swede Anton "WhatIfGod" Bergstrom ($10,796).

Event	Entrants	Prize Pool	Champion	Prize
NYS $215 NLHE	1,377	$275,400	PeroQmaloSoy	$38,981
NYS $530 NLHE 7-Max PKO	271	$135,500	ibotown	$23,124*
NYS $320 NLHE 6-Max Mystery Bounty	684	$205,200	Daniel "dani aziz" Aziz	$22,712*
$1,050 Sunday Supersonic	39	$39,618	Renan "Aziz.Mancha" Aziz	$16,555
$109 Sunday Fenomeno	789	$78,900	Andreas "mrAndreeew" Berggren	$13,395
$215 Sunday StacKOsaurus	342	$68,400	Logrus99	$11,349*
NYS $530 NLO8 6-Max	76	$40,000	Anton "WhatIfGod" Bergstrom	$10,796
$215 Sunday Supersonic	249	$50,985	Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski	$9,819

*Includes bounty payments

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