The Sunday Briefing: Sunday Million Victory for "franc1978685"

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Sunday Briefing

The World Series of Poker Main Event is under way, but that didn't stop online-poker Sunday from producing some big winners. The biggest individual prize went to "franc1978685" for winning the Sunday Million. Among those making final tables were Team PokerStars Pros Bryan Huang and Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hruby. Also having a nice Sunday was Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko, final tabling the Sunday Warm-Up and making a deep run in the $109 Sunday Rebuy.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$155,705$1,141,000

A rare six-handed deal took place in the Sunday Million this week, guaranteeing each of the final six players at least $76,000. The final three players entered the final table as the three biggest stacks, but it was the shortest of the bunch, "franc1978685," who came out on top.

Heads-up with "conjunk," the near-even stacks went into the middle on an A?10?7? flop. The A?K? of "franc1978685" bested "conjunk's" 10?5? when the Q? turn and 8? river fell. That left "conjunk" with two big blinds, and the tournament ended on the next hand.

To read more about this week's Sunday Million, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1franc1978685$124,183.64
*2conjunk$124,547.94
*3themightyD.R$89,180.88
*4Kimromy$56,841.58
*5Nikolo5$77,932.87
*6ActionJunk$76,305.24
7soldier_1912$25,102
8excellence$14,262.50
9pokerstefi$8,899.80

*denotes six-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($750K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$152,645$529,000

Making deep runs in the Sunday Warm-Up were Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang (ninth place for $4,496.50) and Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko, finishing in fourth place for more than $30,000. From there, a three-handed deal was made. From there, "TheMatadorCC" took it down. On the final hand, with the board reading Q?9?8?5?, runner-up finisher "He3HaiKa" got it in with Q?8?. "TheMatadorCC" tabled a better two pair with Q?9? and held up through the J? river.

To read more about this week's Sunday Warm-Up, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1TheMatadorCC$80,940
*2He3HaiKa$56,500
*3niewie$53,000
4Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko$30,941.21
5Harada110$23,011.50
6Ilha13$17,721.50
7Marshall252$12,431.50
8Filurn$7,670.50
9BryanHuang$4,496.50

*denotes three-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$30576$300,000

Julian "soydelmillo" Menendez (10th - $3,300) and Michael "PapaGreggio" Hawkins (21st - $1,500) finished a tad shy shy of the final table in the Sunday 500. A heads-up deal took place that saw "komisch99" emerge with the win for $52,023.07.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1komisch99$52,023.07
*2slowdancer59$44,726.93
3rumbai4$30,000
4youaremelon$22,500
5ImADickted2U$15,750
6Matt "mjw006" Wakeman$12,750
7Jaroslow "YanniYankiev" Jaskiewicz$9,750
8CSWAMI$6,750
9Aufangzeb$4,230

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$9704$225,000

The $109 Sunday Rebuy managed to get a few notables at the final table even during the WSOP. Cathal "shinerrr" Shine defeated Andras "probirs" Nemeth heads-up for the $42,300 first-place prize.

PlacePlayerPrize
1Cathal "shinerrr" Shine$42,300
2Andras "probirs" Nemeth$30,825
3ggrigorop$22,725
4Piggysnipz$17,100
5liujunwei926$12,015
6Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis$9,562.50
7Mariachi$7,312.50
8vikt777$5,062.50
9ediguadro$3,375

Notable Finishes: Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko (12th - $2,587.50)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$92,329$232,900

Shyam "G's zee" Srinivasan (12th - $1,630.30) and Jesse "On the Mac" McKenzie (17th - $931.60) just missed out of the Bigger $109 final table, which was eventually won by "styggert" for $37,264.72.

PlacePlayerPrize
1styggert$37,264.72
2akasherin$27,948
3KRfishONE$20,285.59
4r4st4f4ri$13,974
5C.L.R.L.$10,480.50
6yflo$8,151.50
7Ubenbeat16$5,822.50
8LEGENDKING$3,959.30
9Grizzlypower$2,096.10

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$150+$121,254$188,100

The Bigger $162 had a three-handed deal take place, guaranteeing each more than $20,500. In the end, "viebu" was the sole survivor and emerged with a $30,340.19 payday.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1viebu$30,340.19
*2Bostero10$22,500
*3El Braulin$20,500
4esprob$12,790.80
5iJustGamble$9,310.95
6mr.salgado30$7,429.95
7grzanka777$5,548.95
8Thief0fchips$3,667.95
9buytenwegh$2,031.48

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Alex "skalexjung" Jung (22nd - $752.40)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,004$200,800

Team PokerStars Pro Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hruby made a deep run in the Sunday 2nd Chance, finishing in fourth place for $14,558. Taking it down was "singslim" for $36,144.

PlacePlayerPrize
1singslim$36,144
2zavor$26,104
3Sasuke234$19,477.60
4Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hruby$14,558
5RemyLeBeau83$10,120.32
6avinaar$8,112.32
7faithless$6,104.32
8El Braulin$4,116.40
9marty7$2,510

Notable Finishes: David "dhilton12" Hilton (26th - $923.68)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$10+$129,406$300,000

The Sunday Storm usually sees a deal takes place; however, that was not the case this week. "USoGotPwned" topped a field of 29,406 and took it down outright for $28,050.

PlacePlayerPrize
1USoGotPwned$28,050
2dj_Xeraan$20,550
3GrimRipper2$13,350
4SVSchobuell$10,350
5standupflush$7,350
6Cranky<3$4,500
7Maniek1971$3,150
8KippekontNL$2,100
9intimad8or32$1,485

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,463$146,300

A four-handed deal in the Sunday Kickoff got things started this weekend and when the dust settled, "Brandvold" was the victorious one for more than $18,000.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1Brandvold$18,169.54
*2INormaJean$18,181.55
*3Crazy Elior$15,000.17
*4pa11go$14,557.16
5Agent Bear$7,168.70
6PantsDownPat$5,705.70
7squintster$4,242.70
8MVSRussia$2,779.70
9gucu23$1,506.89

*denotes four-handed deal

*PokerStars Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up data obtained from PokerStarsBlog.com

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