The Sunday Briefing: Rob Tinnion Wins Second Sunday Million in Five Months

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Poker pro Rob "robtinnion" Tinnion joined elite company on Sunday. Tinnion, a tournament grinder from the United Kingdom, won the PokerStars Sunday Million for the second time in five months, adding his name to a short list of two-time winners that includes Jesper "KipsterDK" Hougaard, Peter "twirlpro" Turmezey and Kevin "kevsteele" Steele.

Tinnion outlasted 6,578 other players to take down the flagship tournament on Sunday for $200,136. He was met with stiff competition at the final table as top online players Seth "Setherson2" Davies and Simon "ministerborg" Ravnsbaek were also in contention. Davies bowed out in fifth place for $72,369, while Ravnsbaek finished runner-up for $148,027.

Tinnion won his first Sunday Million in September for $213,994 after defeating a field of 7,133 players. According to PocketFives.com, he now has more than $1.2 million in career online cashes.

Others banking big scores on Sunday were Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel, Matt "FaceStealer" Volosevich, Andy "wiisssppppaa" Taylor and Alex "TheAssassinato" Fitzgerald.

Here's a full look at the results from the Sunday Majors on PokerStars, Full Tilt, partypoker and WSOP.com:


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Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+156,579$1,315,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1Rob "robtinnion" Tinnion$200,136
2Simon "ministerborg" Ravnsbaek$148,027
3elme1989$103,264
4Seth "Setherson2" Davies$72,369
5dieterD6$55,263
6boloban25$42,105
7rybn1k$28,947
8Mylo723$15,789
9kadafi11$10,197

Notable Finishes: Pascal "Pass_72" LeFrancois (13th - $5,526), Aleh "cooltwister" Plauski (19th - $3,078)


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Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+152,882$576,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1candy1984$84,255*
2d��vid68$74,255*
3dudd1$48,417
4Julian "nailuj90" Stuer$33,143
5Rui "sousinha23" Sousa$25,073
6Greenstone25$19,309
7big_pot198413,545
8Noah "dirty.brasil" Vaillancourt$7,792
9550as$4,899

*Reflects heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff (10th - $3,602), Reed "reeda205" Hensel (26th - $1,585), Charlie "JIZOINT" Combes (27th - $1,585)


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Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+30741$370,500
PlacePlayerPrize
1Charlie ��Epiphany77�� Carrel$67,060
2salaliitto$48,165
3josh prager$36,123
4AnIrishFinn$27,046
5David "DonkCommited" Miscikowski$19,080
6fuddebuf$15,375
7bgame153$11,670
8Pavalinya$8,188
9Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis$4,742

Notable Finishes: Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira (14th - $3,260), Randall "RandALLin" Flowers (16th - $2,519), Michal "wywrotX" Wywrot (18th - $2,519), Alex "Schildy1984" Debus (24th - $1,778)

Get in on the Sunday Majors action yourself by visiting PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and PartyPoker.


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$109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+9905$267,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1Matt "FaceStealer" Volosevich$50,175
2Andy ��wiisssppppaa�� Taylor$36,126
3hamanof$26,760
4Naslund44$20,070
5markovitsus$14,049
6Ben "NeverScaredB" Wilinofsky$11,373
7LadyDoDo91$8,697
8A.Cretu$6,021
9garyknife$3,773

Notable Finishes: Claas "neckbr4ke" Stoob (16th - $1,739), Mike "SirWatts" Watson (19th - $1,204), Robin "robinho" Ylitalo (22nd - $1,204), Marcin "pyszalek" Wydrowski (26th - $1,204), Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov (27th - $1,204)


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200K Guaranteed Sunday

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$186+$14990$200,000

PlacePlayerPrize
1ilik3turtl3s$25,638*
2Wilmeras$23,298*
3P0L4R1C3$21,972*
4n0ctuVigilus$12,500
5lovecClCA$10,200
6WestCliff21$8,200
7B3835521$6,200
8milfseeker69$4,300
9BananaWarrior$3,280

*Reflects three-handed deal


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Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+151,203$240,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1strtflushtome$43,308
2hopezACE$30,868
3otavioMNY$23,097
4Carster$17,323
5Andy71210$12,030
6leobello$9,624
7Vahag1980$7,218
8xSuPrA$4,812
9caps42$2,887

Notable Finishes: Felipe "fcarrico" Carrio (10th - $2,285), Casey "Sobizzle21" Sobczewski (21st - $1,058), Nick "Rounder63" Carillo (22nd - $1,058), Marcin "pyszalek" Wydrowski (23rd - $1,058)


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The Sunday Major ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$233+17830$193,390
PlacePlayerPrize
1EdgarRBCVO$39,644
2Alex "TheAssassinato" Fitzgerald$27,074
3FarSeerCantDie$20,325
4fold2late$15,471
5graf_zaal$11,216
6UHAVESMALLPP$7,928
7mralan2950$5,801
8nebo_blizko$4,447
9Dudator$3,287

Notable Finishes: David "dave798111" Allan (14th - $1,643), Lukas "Lukethafluke" Berglund (21st - $850)


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Sunday Brawl ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$235+15565$125,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1THCHunter$26,562
2Samvetet$18,125
3NikolasDLP$13,750
4mrNemo$10,500
5Jude "j__thaddeus" Ainsworth$7,750
6Rocky2810$5,500
7Rick the Trick$4,000
8cheettt$3,000
9MUFAZZA$2,250

Notable Finishes: Jochum "groengras" Weenink (10th - $1,625), Yann "yadio1111" Dion (24th - $625), JC "PrtyPsux" Alvarado (25th - $625)


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$15,000 Guaranteed Weekly Sunday (Nevada)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$185+15112$20,720
PlacePlayerPrize
1iSeeUrCards$5,801
2Binion$3,356
3boomerfancy$1,926
4Volmy$1,512
5SexyGymPoker$1,305
6Impervious$1,098
7RaiserRamon$870
8BeTheLight$580
9PaulDewald$435

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