The Sunday Briefing: "LOL_FAILURE" Succeeds In Winning The PokerStars Sunday Million

Mickey Doft
Live Reporter
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The Sunday Briefing:

The PokerStars Sunday Million and Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee both returned this week after a one-week hiatus as each site ran satellites to the World Series of Poker Main Event. Both failed to surpass their guaranteed prize pools this week, however, resulting in huge overlays for the field. On PokerStars, "LOL_FAILURE" topped the field in the Sunday Million en route to a $228,150 score. Over on Full Tilt, "zombiebird" took down the $750,000 Gurantee for a $132,787.50 pay day.

PokerStars Sunday Million
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $1,500,000
Entrants: 6640

1. LOL_FAILURE - $228,150
2. thedylan1 - $168,750
3. elvisthewing - $120,000
4. Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver - $82,500
5. PokerSavage1 - $63.000
6. Mr Brizza - $48,000
7. nielsoogbal - $33,000
8. spiderman443 - $18,000
9. spadesarmada - $11,625

Notable Finishes: Tae Joon Noh (32nd - $3,135), Hiren "hustla16" Patel (36th - $3,135)

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PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $750,000
Entrants: 3,258

*1. golferen50 - $96,000
*2. Mrsgardener - $71,500
*3. bigguy1322- $71,500
*4. Netstorm - $71,500
5. naupen07 - $31,875
6. James "croll103" Carroll - $24,375
7. Xamlo - $16,875
8. jesse6520 - $9,375
9. pececada - $6,000

*denotes four-way deal leaving $10,000 to the eventual winner

Notable Finishes: Mike "Timex" McDonald (12th - $4,500), César "CesarSPA" García (17th - $2,250), Chris "SLOPPYKLOD" Klodnicki (25th - $1,912.50)

PokerStars Sunday 500
Buy-in: $500 + $30
Prize Pool: $500,000
Entrants: 922

*1. AT11211 - $66,840.76
*2. Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski - $75,794.53
*3. Dave "doubledave22" D'Alesandro - $59,514.71
4. Roxana "Roxx Box" Arellano - $36,000
5. Bruno "Bruno GT" Gonzalez Terra - $25,000
6. Bryan "PrimordialAA" Pellegrino - $20,000
7. J0hnny_Dr@m@ - $15,000
8. 1BigAceHole - $10,000
9. Melanie "Callisto 5" Weisner - $6,000

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Geoff "GeoffRas22" Rasmussen (18th - $2,750), Scott "SCTrojans" Freeman (19th - $2,200)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $254,800
Entrants: 1,274

1. Matt "MCMATTO" Affleck - $46,501
2. Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen - $33,862.92
3. Gavin "gavonater" O Rourke - $25,480
4. TheJaguar1 - $19,110
5. P0KERDUUDE - $13,377
6. Cyriel "Supa4real" Dohmen - $10,829
7. Blue Knight1 - $8,281
8. Plzzz Fold - $5,733
9. I_M_ICM - $3,567.20

Notable Finishes: Zach "nofingclue11" Clark (10th - $2,548), Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver (12th - $2,548)

PokerStars $109+R NL Hold'em ($300K Guaranteed)
Buy-in: $100 + $9
Prize Pool: $355,500
Entrants: 941

1. AltyAA - $66,656.25
2. Jun550 - $47,992.50
3. Mohsin "sms9231" Charania - $35,550
4. Nicholas "GripDsNutz" Grippo - $26,662.50
5. abeainy - $18,663.75
6. mjsecret - $15,108.75
7. aramesko - $11,553.75
8. Alvaro "VARICO" Ballesteros - $7,998.75
9. xmrwhat - $5,012.55

Notable Finishes: Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah (10th - $3,732.75), Alex "PrinceTendee" Smith (15th - $3,201.75), Ty "puffinmypurp" Reiman (16th - $2,310.75)

PokerStars $215+R NL Hold'em ($150K Guaranteed)
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $155,800
Entrants: 228

1. shampusik - $33,497
2. Amit "AMAK316" Makhija - $24,149
3. golfsoc - $18,306.50
4. Connor "blanconegro" Drinnan - $13,632.50
5. TheJaguar1 - $9,348
6. Coyotee_gyn - $7,790
7. Matthias "goodvibe1" Neu - $6,232
8. insanocut - $4,674
9. Lights North - $3,116

Notable Finishes: Dylan "Pokerl)evil" Hortin (15th - $2,337), Shannon "basebal1b" Shorr (16th - $1,947.50), Kevin "ImaLucSac" MacPhee (18th - $1,947.50)

Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee
Buy-in: $200 + $16
Prize Pool: $750,000
Entrants: 3,125

1. zombiebird - $132,787.50
2. Brendon "Brendooor" Rubie - $80,250
3. Joseph "MTstackin88" Spanne - $52,500
4. Brandon "BP7000" Poe - $41,400
5. fowler22 - $31,050
6. Neal "seiwertsystem" Seiwert - $23,025
7. godolob - $17,250
8. rage4dorder - $13,500
9. scatterbrain123 - $10,050

Notable Finishes: Pocketownage420 (16th - $3,750), Larry "PrishChips31" Sharp (20th - $2,775)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl
Buy-in: $240 + $16
Prize Pool: $420,200
Entrants: 2,101

1. 19isthisit66 - $85,699.79
2. Ken “kenny05” Smaron - $55,466.40
3. popeye 66 - $41,179.60
4. Roberto Romanello - $31,094.80
5. whitehorse5 - $21,850.40
6. TUTKU_IRMAK - $14,286.80
7. Brandon "BrandonPL" Leeds - $9,664.60
8. Armzz - $6,723.20
9. quetwelv - $5,042.40

Notable Finishes: Dylan "PokerDevL" Hortin (10th - $3,151.50), Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane (15th - $2,101),

Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan
Buy-in: $200 + $16
Prize Pool: $224,000
Entrants: 1,120

*1. macqueen56 - $45,116.39
*2. cswilder - $37,203.61
3. no not baxter - $23,632
4. SCNoodle - $18,480
5. InescapableD - $14,000
6. Ara "melikman" Melikian - $10,080
7. Chris "hattrick8810" Odle - $6,720
8. Aeronamic - $5,040
9. HenrikX - $3,584

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Alex "mahoney3" Todd (15th - $1,478.40), Jon Turner (25th - $817.60)

Ultimate Bet $200K GTD*
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $200,000
Entrants: 906

1. David “DOCTORDOKTOR” Sonelin - $44,920
2. BKAPLAN78 - $26,900
3. DISBMYSN - $18,300
4. James "WP_MONK" Page - $12,900
5. JUSTIN SCOTT - $10,900
6. BUTT_PHANTOM - $8,900
7. KOSTENKIS - $6,900
8. DAVIDPERKINS - $4,900
9. Kevin "IMALUCKYSAC" MacPhee - $3,400

Notable Finishes: Danny "THE_D__R__Y" Ryan (18th - $1,260)

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