March 2019 Poker Tournaments: High Stakes and Big Wins

The March 2019 poker tournaments were centered in Los Angeles, Cheju, Sochi, Rio de Janeiro, and Barcelona.

The Cheju series featured high stakes and short deck poker, with winners including Timothy Adams, Brin Kenni, Dan Smith, and Jason Koon. The partypoker MILLIONS series in Brazil was streamed on Twitch with commentary by Mikhail Semin. Anatoly Filatov finished second in the high roller tournament in Brazil, earning $185,000. John Cynn finished fourth in a $25,000 tournament in Rio, earning $110,000. Vitaly 'zavor' Zavorotny won the WPT Deepstacks in Barcelona, earning $674,483. David Baker won the main event of the LA Poker Classic in Los Angeles. Nikita Bodiakovsky moved up from 23rd to 13th in the global poker rankings due to his performance in Korea.