The Sunday Briefing: Records Break With Almost 20,000 Playing the PokerStars Sunday Million
Playing to win was the theme on this record-breaking Sunday, which closed out the month. Prize pools were increased across the virtual felt as each of the major online poker sites ran special promotions. PokerStars offered a Sunday Million Special Edition tournament, upping its guarantee to $2,000,000. That amount was nearly doubled as a field of 19,377 created a prize pool of $3,875,400, both new Sunday Million records. "OX45AL" claimed the whopping $550,011.29 top prize outright, also a new Sunday Million record.
Ultimate Bet��s Online Championship 4 concluded with a $1,000 + $50 No Limit Hold��em Championship event. Dave ��DOUBLEDAVE22�� D��Alesandro emerged victorious, pocketing $279,044.50 for his outright victory.
As part of Full Tilt��s $25 Million Double Guarantees Week, the $750,000 Guarantee played as $1.5 Million Guarantee. "BankOfSweden" took it down, winning $212,044.60 per a heads up deal, the only deal struck across all of the Sunday Majors this weekend.
PokerStars Sunday Million Special Edition [$2M guaranteed]
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $3,875,400
Entrants: 19,377
1. OX45AL - $550,011.29
2. celofyz33 - $332,540
3. eMarkM - $244,616.42
4. OBVAMENTS - $166,270
5. S.Takmaziyan - $133,016
6. Kostya 77777 - $99,762
7. Gmelkonyan - $66,508
8. austinlewis - $44,227.82
9. hunter10999 - $29,928.60
Notable Finishes: Damien ��FibSensei�� Griffin (15th - $9,643.66), Ryan ��Colombo218�� Colombo (16th - $6,817.07), Tyler ��brainwash�� Cornell (37th - $4,655.56), Jason ��Taknapotin�� Somerville (69th - $3,491.67)
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $1,053,600
Entrants: 5,268
1. SHOGUN1000 - $164,817.24
2. Rawhide0728 - $122,744.40
3. androo11 - $86,922
4. Reds Fan '73 - $59,528.40
5. Stenbek - $44,778
6. JAMES-OO7 - $34,242
7. Le Dolce - $23,706
8. 1234palleB - $13,170
9. smokingjoep - $8,428.80
Notable Finishes: Sam ��KingKobeMVP�� Stein (12th - $6,268.92), Bryan ��badbeatninja�� Devonshire (34th - $2,265.24), Vicky Coren (42nd - $2,086.12)
PokerStars Sunday 500
Buy-in: $500+30
Prize Pool: $783,500
Entrants: 1,567
1. Doommy - $125,360.65
2. C.K. - $94,020
3. vikt777 - $70,515
4. Matt ��papamat25�� Iles - $51,515.12
5. Tommy ��TMoney0209�� Miller - $37,216.25
6. Highpothead - $28,989.50
7. IAmSoSo - $21,154.50
8. Joseph ��bigegypt�� Elpayaa - $13,711.25
9. Ruben ��rubenrtv�� Visser - $7,835
Notable Finishes: Ty ��puffinmypurp�� Reiman (25th - $2,977.30)
UBOC $1M Championship
Buy-in: $1,000+$50
Prize Pool: $1,307,000
Entrants: 1,307
1. Dave ��DOUBLEDAVE22�� D��Alesandro - $279,044.50
2. Lauren ��SUPERMODL�� Kling - $163,244.30
3. Brett ��BS0228�� Switzer - $115,016
4. Sean ��WAWA711�� Rice - $83,648
5. Michael Binger - $69,924.50
6. Max ��MUCKANDLOSE�� Lykov - $56,854.50
7. Josh ��DAHJINERAT�� Mancuso - $43,131
8. EBSCR00GE - $30,714.50
9. GSKI6986 - $21,565.50
Notable Finishes: Shawn ��SB129397�� Busse (11th - $13,070), Mike ��INISSINT�� Glasser (12th - $13,070), Chris ��INYOUREYE111�� Moorman (15th - $9,802.50)
Full Tilt $1.5 Million Guarantee
Buy-in: $200+16
Prize Pool: $1,515,600
Entrants: 7,578
*1. BankOfSweden - $212,044.60
*2. extassyman - $210,050
3. zhuoyu19791979 - $125,794.80
4. xTrumptightx - $93,967.20
5. SIGGYFREUD - $68,202
6. NLife - $48,499.20
7. nowa1 - $32,282.28
8. kmillionaire83 - $22,430.88
9. guillet76 - $15,762.24
*denotes heads-up deal leaving $15,000 to the eventual winner
Notable Finishes: Jared ��bearbuck�� Ingles (12th - $10,760.76), Tommy ��tommyboy83�� Koral (21st - $4,016.34)
Full Tilt Sunday Brawl
Buy-in: $240+16
Prize Pool: $817,600
Entrants: 4,088
1. ozram - $161,884.80
2. swingindoubleds - $99,747.20
3. HustleHyene - $71,948.80
4. mcpickl - $50,691.20
5. Rasmus ��mrvogt�� Vogt - $36,792
6. SoooSick - $24,528
7. Adam ��Dahladino�� Dahlin - $16,352
8. COCHOTE - $11,446.40
9. MRIBAS - $8,176
Notable Finishes: Tyler ��TBaller247�� Netter (19th - $2,289.28), Michael ��amrasaralond�� Binger (28th - $2,003.12), Jeremy ��thechemist83�� Gaubert (34th - $2,003.12)
Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan
Buy-in: $200+16
Prize Pool: $427,200
Entrants: 2,136
1. WormNorton - $87,127.44
2. CoeJassidy - $56,390.40
3. ferndog79 - $41,865.60
4. Marsall1121 - $31,612.80
5. antesvante - $22,214.40
6. SThoro1985 - $14,524.80
7. Steven ��UFman2�� Burkholder - $9,825.60
8. Jeremy ��thechemist83�� Gaubert - $6,835.20
9. MSUsFINEST - $5,126.40
Notable Finishes: Nicholas ��Grippolio�� Grippo (17th - $1,580.64), Ozenc ��the aviator1�� Demir (24th - $1,281.60), Dutch ��Dutchalicious�� Boyd (25th - $1,281.60)
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