The Sunday Briefing: Mark "newhizzle" Newhouse Banks Sunday Score
When the dust settled on Sunday's virtual felt, Mark “newhizzle” Newhouse was without a doubt the day’s biggest winner, claiming $245,897.13 in the PokerStars Sunday Million.
Making deep runs in simultaneous tournaments (finishing 13th in the PokerStars Sunday 500), Newhouse, who won the WPT Borgata Poker Open in 2006, took home the day's biggest prize.
Over on Full Tilt, "tablepiece" outlasted a field of over 3,500 players in the $750K Guaranteed for $111,319.74 score of his own.
PokerStars Sunday Million
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $1,671,600
Entrants: 8,358
1. Mark “newhizzle” Newhouse - $245,897.13
2. rockyone123 - $179,697
3. Raindrops_69 - $125,370
4. DeuceBuster - $83,580
5. dyplo - $66,864
6. troyones - $50,148
7. dylanmarks25 - $33,432
8. Hevad “RaiNKhAN” Khan - $18,387.60
9. Steve “Stev0L_” Leonard - $12,954.90
Notable Finishes: TheTaker (10th - $8,859.48), Amit “AMAK316” Makhija (11th - $8,859.48), Daniel “amichaiKK” Makowsky (12th - $8,859.48), Ronald “ronaldgrauer” Grauer (16th - $4,346.16), Wesley “tEh_R3aLde4L” Whybrew (29th - $3,343.20).
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $905,200
Entrants: 4,526
1. Adilson “cotrim333” Cotrim - $142,009.99
2. joojeh816 - $105,455.80
3. zweisieben - $74,679
4. Ringelsdorf - $51,143.80
5. dr.greenish - $38,471
6. Thomas “SirSwish6” Conway - $29,419
7. AtrophiedFin - $20,367
8. undershade80 - $11,315
9. teaspoon4582 - $7,241.60
Notable Finishes: Fabrice “rsca03” Halleux (10th - $5,431.20), Ravi “govshark2” Raghavan (17th - $2,715.60), Tristan “Cre8ive” Wade (21st - $2,253.94).
PokerStars Sunday 500
Buy-in: $500+30
Prize Pool: $501,500
Entrants: 1,003
1. Edu__Parra - $87,662.20
2. Gwermort - $63,690.50
3. ValueH - $47,462.50
4. PokerSavage1 - $35,606.50
5. w00ki3z. - $25,075
6. giRL90ihqdaa - $20,060
7. KidPokerJD - $15,045
8. analtmezer - $10,030
9. Albertos2 - $5,767.25
Notable Finishes: Mark “newhizzle” Newhouse (13th - $3,761.25), Matt “plattsburgh” Vengrin (15th - $3,761.25), Zachary “nofingclue11” Clark (19th - $2,106.30), James “bob2bob2” Page (21st - $2,106.30).
Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee
Buy-in: $200+16
Prize Pool: $757,400
Entrants: 3,787
*1. tablepiece - $111,319.74
*2. Jeff “pat4ak2” Sharkey - $103,819.73
3. Brendo78 - $53,018
4. hotlanta61 - $41,808.48
5. OJ Limpsin - $31,356.36
6. caytanya - $23,252.18
7. RakeRacer - $17,420.20
8. volvic976 - $13,633.20
9. MattElsarelli - $10,149.16
* denotes deal made heads up
Notable Finishes: Nicolas “PokerKaiser” Fierro (40th - $1,779.89)
Full Tilt Sunday Brawl
Buy-in: $240+16
Prize Pool: $520,200
Entrants: 2,601
*1. lancer0410 - $57,952.83
*2. Ecliptica89 - $64,380.28
*3. Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarkabek - $82,408.15
*4. Tyson “JUMP PUTT” Marks - $57,439.54
5. Hannes64 - $26,530.20
6. TheoWalcott14 - $17,686.80
7. mahowny - $11,964.60
8. Eunjong Byun - $8,323.20
9. RandomInfluence - $6,242.40
* denotes four-way deal
Notable Finishes: Simon “tedlogan19” Charette (10th - $3,901.50), Jamie “LeoEleven” Rosen (11th - $3,901.50), Bryan “bparis” Paris (23rd - $1,560.60).
Ultimate Bet $200K GTD
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $200,000
Entrants: 960
1. Shane “THEBUBBLE1” Pacheco - $44,920
2. Connor “BLANCONEGRO” Drinnan - $26,900
3. SILLYHUNNY - $18,300
4. YARDBIRD78 - $12,900
5. DEADHORSE86 - $10,900
6. SPYDER97 - $8,900
7. KOSTENKIS - $6,900
8. QUASSI - $4,900
9. BAZOOKA87 - $3,400
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