Hungary's Andras Nemmania slotseth Banks $63K PokerStars Score to Kick Off 2025

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Table Of Contents

• New Year Series 66-H: $2,025 NLHE Final Table Results
• Other PokerStars New Year Series Results Since New Year's Day
• Get Your 2025 Off to a Flying Start PokerStars Tournament Again

While millions of people worldwide were celebrating the start of 2025, Andras "probirs" Nemeth was busy working his way to yet another major online poker tournament victory. Nemeth was one of 149 entrants in the $2,025 No-Limit Hold'em New Year Special, part of the PokerStars New Year Series. A day later, he was the last man standing and the recipient of $62,970.

Three New Year Special events began on January 1, each with buy-ins related to 2025. The $2,025 buy-in was the most expensive of the trio; it came with a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool that the top 17 finishers shared.

"tomfoxpoker" was this event's unfortunate bubble boy, falling in 18th place and locking in a $4,818 score for the surviving players. By the time Swedish online legend Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson fell in tenth, setting the final table, all but one player was guaranteed a five-figure prize.

New Year Series 66-H: $2,025 NLHE Final Table Results

Rank	Player	Country	Prize
1	Andras "probirs" Nemeth	Hungary	$62,970
2	Eimantasa	Lithuania	$48,747
3	Vlad "VladTheSlaye" Martynenko	Ukraine	$37,737
4	Sintoras	Germany	$29,213
5	Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk	Finland	$22,615
6	Ansel21	Ukraine	$17,507
7	Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov	Bulgaria	$13,553
8	Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	Austria	$10,491
9	Manuel "BigFudge95" Fritz	Austria	$8,637

Manuel "BigFudge95" Fritz was the first finalist relieved of their chips. Fellow Austrian Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph and Bulgaria's Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov joined Fritz on the virtual rail before "Ansel21" crashed out in sixth, leaving the final table short-handed.

Finnish star Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk saw his latest deep run end in a fifth-place finish, with "Sintoras" starting 2025 with a fourth-place exit worth $29,213.

Heads-up was set after Vlad "VladTheSlaye" Martynenko bowed out, leaving Nemeth in a one-on-one battle against Lithuania's "Eimantasa." Nemeth got the job done and resigned his final opponent to a $48,747 consolation prize, securing the $62,970 top prize for himself, a similar sum to the €67,980 he banked at EPT Prague in December 2024.

Other PokerStars New Year Series Results Since New Year's Day

Rayan "Beriuzy" Chamas is the biggest winner since the start of 2025, courtesy of triumphing in the $202.50 edition of the New Year Special. Chamas outlasted a 2,205-strong field and claimed a cool $$64,976 for his impressive victory.

Nemeth and Chamas weren't the only stellar names to rake in a title since the start of the new year. Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson took down a $530 No-Limit Hold'em PKO for $19,040 shortly after finishing tenth in the $2,025 New Year Special.

"I Attack95" also found themselves in the winner's circle, reeling in the $43,867 top prize (including bounties) in the $1,050 edition of the ever-popular Thursday Thrill.

Event	Entrants	Prize Pool	Champion	Prize
#62: $22 NLHE Heads-Up Total KO	1,581	$31,620	AlgirdasKu	$3,019
#63-L: $3.30 NLHE 6-Max Deep Stack	6,250	$18,375	strike0409	$2,617
#63-M: $33 NLHE 6-Max Deep Stack	2,723	$85,000	nilas91	$12,362
#63-H: $320 NLHE 6-Max Deep Stack	319	$100,000	sprase1999	$18,765
#64-L: $11 NLHE 7-Max PKO	7,337	$71,902	Black@Amber8	$6,209*
#64-H: $109 NLHE 7-Max PKO	1,091	$109,100	mcsias	$16,104*
#65-L: $5.50 NLHE PKO	7,884	$38,631	rubbeer legz	$3,838*
#65-M: $55 NLHE PKO	3,537	$176,850	Camilla63	$20,236*
#65-H: $530 NLHE PKO	168	$84,000	Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	$19,040*
#66-L: $20.25 NLHE	11,000	$250,000	A.Stepanov888	$28,039
#66-M: $202.50 NLHE	2,205	$500,000	Rayan "Beriuzy" Chamas	$64,976
#67-L: $2.20 NL 2-7 Single Draw PKO	1,205	$2,361	SerMaxPro	$328*
#67-M: $22 NL 2-7 Single Draw PKO	311	$6,220	warwicktom	$1,119*
#67-H: $215 NL 2-7 Single Draw PKO	48	$9,600	lennart	$3,324*
#68-L: $5.50 NLHE Turbo Mystery Bounty	9,314	$45,638	ferozdimi	$3,402*
#68-M: $55 NLHE Turbo Mystery Bounty	1,929	$96,450	Berri0481	$9,679*
#68-H: $520 NLHE Turbo Mystery Bounty	134	$67,000	happykk99	$22,711*
#69: $22 NLHE 4-Max Total PKO	1,960	$41,062	dobipok	$3,040
#70: $55 NLHE 7-Max PKO	2,136	$106,800	Lamego10	$13,057*
#71-L: $3.30 NLHE	6,851	$20,141	CP 02107	$2,866
#71-M: $33 NLHE	3,772	$113,160	WhereIsElizabet	$16,187
#71-H: $320 NLHE	336	$100,800	Kkidmoney	$16,331
#72-L: $11 NLHE Thursday Thrill	9,030	$88,494	Paulada007	$7,558*
#72-M: $109 NLHE Thursday Thrill	2,357	$235,700	Thefederal07	$25,189*
#72-H: $1,050 NLHE Thursday Thrill	198	$200,000	I Attack95	$43,867*
#73-L: $2.20 Stud Hi/Lo	1,032	$2,022	Raphaelgonza	$208
#73-M: $22 Stud Hi/Lo	367	$7,340	pda73	$1,337
#73-H: $215 Stud Hi/Lo	68	$13,600	Niv-Mizzet D	$4,225
#74: $109 PLO Turbo Total PKO	295	$30,000	Binario	$5,917
#75-L: $11 NLHE 6-Max PKO	7,496	$73,460	Hashberry666	$6,222*
#75-M: $109 NLHE 6-Max PKO	1,212	$125,000	bubblehead41	$19,230*
#75-H: $1,050 NLHE 6-Max PKO	111	$111,000	Badbomen	$25,632*
#76: $55 NLHE 6-Max Hyper PKO	866	$45,361	kielbasaaa	$6,439*
#77: $162 NLHE Turbo PKO	456	$70,351	$ubuta1	$13,703*

*includes bounty payments

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