Sunday Briefing: Sunday Million Ends With Three-Way Chop
Online poker��s biggest weekly tournament, the PokerStars Sunday Million, ended in a three-way chop this week with all three players involved in the deal securing a payout of more than $100,000.
Germany��s ��bargeeeld�� emerged victorious and scooped $120,108 with ��jm1306�� of Brazil being the runner-up, a finish worth $110,524. Third place was another Brazilian, Everton ��EvertonBezer�� da Silva Bezerra and they collected $100,769 as part of the deal.
Another huge PokerStars tournament is the $1,050 Sunday Grand NLHE. This week, 309 players created a $309,000 prize pool with $58,130 now nestled in the account of Mexico��s JC ��PrtyPsux�� Alvarado. Some of the other massive wins at PokerStars on Feb. 12 included:
- ��KayhanMok�� �C winner of the $109 Sunday Starter for $7,050
- Julio ��powerpokerBR�� Lins �C winner of the Big $162 for $6,248
- ��dddscorpion�� �C winner of the $109 Sunday Kickoff for $21,977
- Steven ��SvZff�� van Zadelhoff �C winner of the Hot $162 for $7,455
- ��DarKTeodoR�� �C winner of the $215 Bounty Builder for $16,921
- Simon ��C. Darwin2�� Mattsson �C winner of the $215 Sunday Warm-Up for $56,056
- Guntis ��poker@luffyD�� Aleskins �C winner of the $215 Weekender for $10,154
- ��tomakgchm�� - winner of the Big $109 for $21,185
- ��Brryann�� �C winner of the Hot $162 for $16,058
- ��Anton720�� �C winner of the $700 Super-Sized Sunday for $43,576
- ��LeROYal 09�� �C winner of the $109 Bounty Builder for $16,686
- ��Blunty2004�� �C winner of the $109 Bubble Rush for $10,495
- ��Respect_Lt�� �C winner of the Hot $109 for $19,378
- Robin ��robinho�� Ylitalo �C winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand PLO for $35,901
- ��Roma-Tilt�� �C winner of the Big $215 for $22,094
- ��Noogaii�� �C winner of the $109 Sunday Cooldown for $18,653
- ��IADTTMax�� �C winner of the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $37,446
- Georgios ��ZISIMO7�� Zisimopoulos �C winner of the Hot $215 for $18,366
- ��Lenballs1014�� �C winner of the $109 Sunday Wrap-Up for $8,866
The biggest tournament at partypoker this weekend was the $300,000 Gtd Title Fight. With the Title Fight meeting its guarantee, partypoker promises the guarantee for the Feb. 19 Title Fight will be $325,000.
This week��s Title Fight ended in a heads-up chop involving runner-up ��Mr_p_ness_�� and champion ��WASH_MY_WILLY�� who secured prizes of $41,828 and $42,731, respectively.
The $150,000 Gtd Main Event also ended with a chop between the final two players. ��edcrfctgb�� helped themselves to $22,140 and Robin ��petdet3ctive�� Ylitalo walked away with $22,805 and the title of champion.
In the $2,600 buy in Super High Roller, ��aLiNeNok1617�� outlasted 72 opponents and won $49,787 while TJ ��RandyB0bandy�� Ulmer won the $150,000 Gtd High Roller for an impressive $40,425.
Across to 888poker now where ��PuntSonPunt�� won the $100,000 Baby Whale, turning $320 into $23,546 and where the $120,000 Mega Deep ended in a heads-up chop between ��miccoli1904�� and ��Mootter�� who won $23,759 and $22,408, respectively.
Also at 888poker on Feb. 12 was the victory in the $40,000 Turbo Mega Deep for Brazil��s ��fumagudang01�� worth $9,897 and the win in the $50,000 Sunday Crocodile for ��dmg34�� for $7,887.
Wrapping up the Sunday Briefing for another week is Sebastian ��iknowmybody�� Saffari who took down the $80,000 Sunday Challenge and won $16,414.
