Team veterans Puggy82 and Wieringen have been front and center here on the blog in recent months (with both representing the Team at the Aussie Millions and Wieringen already qualifying for the upcoming Irish Open) and they each notched a nice score in the High Roller held on February 23rd.
The High Roller is a new tournament offering at bwin but it's been immensely popular right out of the gate, easily shattering the $25,000 guarantee every time it's run. The February 23rd edition sported a prize pool of $46,000, with $12,420 slated to go to the winner.
Which would be none other than Puggy82, who added to his impressive collection of big online tournament wins with a victory in the High Roller worth $12,420; it also tied him with NeilMc for bragging rights with each claiming a ChampionChip and High Roller title). Aside from some tough defeats in various Irish Open online finals, February was a good month for Puggy82, as in addition to his High Roller win he also took down the $20,000 European Daily (plus 4th in another) and had nice scores in the $50,000 European Rebuy and other smaller tournaments.
Wieringen also had a good run in the High Roller as well, finishing 4th for $4,002. He ran hot in February himself, cashing for $11,850 in GSOP #13, taking down a $12,000 NL tourney for $4,342, and taking 2nd in a $7,000 Canadian Daily.
