The Sunday Briefing: Melanie Weisner and Bryn Kenney Close 2012 with Final Tables

Mickey Doft Live Reporter

Dec 31, 2012 3 min read

The 2012 season for Sunday Majors ended yesterday with four players earning six-figure paydays to close out the year. Pocketing the biggest score, "ante_geia_AA", who won the PokerStars Sunday Million for $243,955. Also winning tournaments on Sunday, Jono "Spyver" Beck, Damian "pampa27" Salas and Zsolt "Vzsolt800" Vasvenszki. Notables who made final tables and won five figures included Ben "ShankingYou" Palmer (on both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker), Melanie "Callisto 5" Weisner, Rupert "ElRupert" Elder and Bryn "BrynKenney" Kenney.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	8,292	$1,658,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	ante_geia_AA	$243,955
2	Yukon2000	$178,278
3	Flavio "flavioreis88" Reis	$124,380
4	aakiss1990	$82,920
5	Afterpub	$66,336
6	Mr_Bean122	$49,752
7	Rumtschech	$33,168
8	obina9	$18,242
9	22tinga	$12,853

Notable Finishes: Jason "jadedjason" James (29th - $3,316.80), Michael "PapaGreggio" Hawkins (31st - $3,316.80), Steve "BetrThanPhil" Tripp (50th - $2,819.28)

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

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	3,446	$689,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	inwooke	$108,205
2	DEXX_RJ	$80,636
3	Ozgur "phaplap" Arda	$56,859
4	stiene222	$39,629
5	Ben "ShankingYou" Palmer	$29,291
6	Veritas0086	$22,399
7	grussiova	$15,507
8	LUNARI29	$8,615
9	Truthislie	$5,514

Notable Finishes: Jesse "On the Mac" McKenzie (21st - $1,757.46), Billy "b8chatz" Chattaway (40th - $1,412.86), Ben "bennybunny18" Richardson (42nd - $1,412.86), Toby "810ofclubs" Lewis (46th - $1,309.48)

To read about this week's Sunday Warm-Up, check out PokerStarsBlog.com.

Full Tilt $500K Guarantee ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$16	2,533	$506,600

Place	Player	Prize
1	nebo_blizko	$96,254
2	FActorCubE	$66,719
3	ggera555	$47,114
4	DonSeppone1	$35,462
5	FETTSTUHL	$26,343
6	Manuel "young_diamond18" Blaschke	$19,251
7	Ben "bonafidedonkey" Palmer	$13,678
8	Jakub "Olorion" Michalik	$9,625
9	Mario_Basler	$6,586

Notable Finishes: Dani "Ansky451" Stern (10th - $4,559.40), Jaroslaw "YanniYankievich" Jaskiewicz (12th - $4,559.40), Thiago "DecanoBR" Nishjima (20th - $1,671.78), Peter "breeth" Turmezey (23rd - $1,671.78), Zach "CrazyZachary" Clark (26th - $1,671.78)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$240+$16	863	$200,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Jono "Spyver" Beck	$40,000
2	Mat "checktrap11" Cuthbertson	$26,640
3	fokker44	$19,000
4	bond25459	$14,200
5	darek1987pl	$10,600
6	JoHNChY	$7,800
7	Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy	$5,800
8	John00Flemming	$4,200
9	MakeYouDumber	$3,000

Notable Finishes: Ryan "ryanghall" Hall (15th - $1,520), Russell "rdcrsn" Carson (22nd - $860), Ashley "AshTheDonkey" Mason (23rd - $860), Rayan "rkruok" Nathan (25th - $860)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	772	$386,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Damian "pampa27" Salas	$69,480
2	D.Donnini	$50,180
3	Matthias "blueskyyM" Tikerpe	$37,442
4	Rhys "floppinhel" Jones	$27,985
5	young_diam18	$19,454
6	yarik1903	$15,594
7	b00ster7777	$11,734
8	freshleo111	$7,913
9	Seppula18	$4,825

Notable Finishes: Michael "moneyinbag" Aron (10th - $4,053), David "dpeters17" Peters (12th - $4,053), Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka (13th - $3,281), Andrew "achen" Chen (14th - $3,218)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	934	$291,900

Place	Player	Prize
1	Zsolt "Vzsolt800" Vasvenszki	$54,731
2	bossamtisch	$39,406
3	megafish_rus	$29,190
4	Melanie "Callisto 5" Weisner	$21,893
5	Phantomes124	$15,325
6	pistecaloze	$12,406
7	iwonthurtyou	$9,487
8	ManiacRazor	$6,568
9	GeoManousos	$4,116

Notable Finishes: Steve "HR_Dub" Williams (10th - $3,063.95), Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger (13th - $2,481.15), Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis (18th - $1,897.35), Russell "rdcrsn" Carson (21st - $1,313.55)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	2,990	$299,000

Place	Player	Prize
*1	mexican222	$42,524
*2	Rupert "ElRupert" Elder	$40,000
3	Flush098765	$25,116
4	5typesofmeat	$17,489
5	R.J_Legit	$13,007
6	Colombian80%	$10,017
7	mrcl921	$7,027
8	Jon "LUFCBas" Spinks	$4,336
9	GeoManousos	$2,542

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: David "Mrdawwe" Sonelin (21st - $897), Rasmus "bigoots" Sibast (26th - $897)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$12	1,618	$242,700

Place	Player	Prize
1	Zihuatanejo3	$39,815
2	yeres	$29,124
3	Carteio	$21,843
4	NestaRasta	$16,261
5	Elbeto87	$11,529
6	CSWAMI	$9,102
7	TheMatadorCC	$6,675
8	mmoreno9	$4,247
9	psjebemvas	$2,427

Notable Finishes: Russell "rdcrsn" Carson (10th - $1,917.33), Dan "danloulou" Smyth (12th - $1,917.33)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	1,351	$270,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	Konandoel23	$46,637
2	Javier "MuckeDBoY" Tazon	$33,775
3	sk2ll_m0dR	$25,669
4	wozzle9	$18,806
5	Bryn "BrynKenney" Kenney	$13,375
6	alienface#9	$10,673
7	Cory "UGOTPZD" Carroll	$7,971
8	SsicK_OnE	$5,269
9	MrBigfishAA	$2,972

Notable Finishes: Matt "mjw006" Wakeman (10th - $2,404.78), Peter "twirlpro" Turmezey (14th - $1,864.38), Ryan "ryanghall" Hall (23rd - $1,134.84)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10+$1	38,560	$385,600

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Mojje87	$35,635
*2	xArcibaldsx	$14,575
*3	Faranius	$14,575
*4	DaniaMania	$10,298
*5	Arty_the_Cat	$10,000
6	egon1971	$4,685
7	Ruopolo1982	$3,2778
8	PiggoBank	$2,236
9	fkdl	$1,639

*denotes five-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,656	$165,600

Place	Player	Prize
1	bosmaniak	$27,167
2	Meth0d Max	$19,872
3	chrisnjenny	$14,904
4	schweinix	$11,095
5	AsjBaaaf	$7,866
6	Yattago	$6,210
7	CrazyLissy	$4,554
8	Michael "WatchOutFish" Benvenuti	$2,898
9	oradeanul	$1,656