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The latest big winner on PartyPoker.com is player SuperTight31 who’s more than $163,000 richer after blitzing the competition in March’s Monthly Million.

We got in touch SuperTight31, also known as Irina from Russia, and here’s her story:

“Thanks for your congratulations.

“I’ve been playing card games since I was young but started off with easier games like bridge and solitaire. After several years I thought I’d start playing poker. It’s such a dynamic and unpredictable game, that’s why I liked it. Soon after, I became really interested in tournaments with big prize pools.

“I’ve been doing my best to participate in all of PartyPoker.com’s Sunday tournaments, such as 300K Guaranteed Sunday and this new Monthly Million. I even managed to take 13th place in the very first Monthly Million and that really excited me.

“In this tournament, though, I was lucky more than once at the final table; I twice won against a pair of aces! As regards the winnings I have a lot of plans and it is difficult to just one thing to do with the money. I am still thinking what do with it all.

“I do not consider myself as an expert so I don’t think I can give advice. All I can say is just trust your instincts and do not be afraid to take risks. I like to take risks and am not afraid to raise the stakes when I feel that the opponent may surrender.”

Do you want to be telling the world your story after you take down the next Monthly Million? If you want to take part in the next tournament with a guaranteed $1 million prize pool on 5th April find out how you can qualify on the Monthly Million page.

The latest big winner on PartyPoker.com is player SuperTight31 who’s more than $163,000 richer after blitzing the competition in March’s Monthly Million.

We got in touch SuperTight31, also known as Irina from Russia, and here’s her story:

“Thanks for your congratulations.

“I’ve been playing card games since I was young but started off with easier games like bridge and solitaire. After several years I thought I’d start playing poker. It’s such a dynamic and unpredictable game, that’s why I liked it. Soon after, I became really interested in tournaments with big prize pools.

“I’ve been doing my best to participate in all of PartyPoker.com’s Sunday tournaments, such as 300K Guaranteed Sunday and this new Monthly Million. I even managed to take 13th place in the very first Monthly Million and that really excited me.

“In this tournament, though, I was lucky more than once at the final table; I twice won against a pair of aces! As regards the winnings I have a lot of plans and it is difficult to just one thing to do with the money. I am still thinking what do with it all.

“I do not consider myself as an expert so I don’t think I can give advice. All I can say is just trust your instincts and do not be afraid to take risks. I like to take risks and am not afraid to raise the stakes when I feel that the opponent may surrender.”

Do you want to be telling the world your story after you take down the next Monthly Million? If you want to take part in the next tournament with a guaranteed $1 million prize pool on 5th April find out how you can qualify on the Monthly Million page.

Sunday’s second-ever PartyPoker.com Monthly Million turned out to be a fantastic night for Russia with two of top three places secured by players from that country.

Main honours went to SuperTight31 who finished first for $163,114.08, while fellow Russian P_L_A_N took third for $103,336.52.

It was also a productive night for the Danes with three representatives from Denmark in the final ten. Representatives from Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom also made the final table.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “The rise of Russia in the poker world has been acknowledged for some. A few years ago you would have said that the strongest Russian online players were those who played in big Limit games but the situation now is very different. The main plaudits go to SuperTight31 who spectacularly failed to live up to her name after taking the top spot.”

The final table ended as follows:

1st SuperTight31 (Rus) $163,114.08
2nd LuckyLudvig (Den) $112,549.41
3rd P_L_A_N (Rus) $103,336.52
4th Kaspar19 (Den) $54,500
5th tfastrack (Ger) $46,000
6th READBLANK (Swe) $34,500
7th torkolort2 (Nor) $26,500
8th casinoice (Ice) $17,500
9th hinker2000 (Den) $13,500
10th zeNUTcracker (UK) $9,500

A total of 1,591 players took part in the tournament which had a $1,000,000 prize pool and paid out 200 places.

Qualifiers are already online for the next PartyPoker.com Monthly Million on Sunday, 5th April at 12.45 ET (17.45 GMT, 18:45 CET). For more information read the PartyPoker.com Monthly Million page.

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