The Sunday Briefing: Sorel Mizzi Wins PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up

Mickey Doft
Live Reporter
3 min read
Sorel Mizzi

With the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker Circuit in full swing, plenty of live poker is going on around the country. Even so, the online scene has been rocking and it was in full display on Sunday as several well-known players had impressive days. Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi won the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $149,737.10 and final tabled the PokerStars $200 rebuy, as well. Others who won tournaments this Sunday include Timothy “timkrank” Miles, Rick "ThEcLaiMEer" Trigg, Grayson "gray31" Ramage, Paresh "Dana Gordon" Jain, and Derric “ACTIONDJ” Haynie. Claiming the day's biggest prize was "ramondemon77", winning the PokerStars Sunday Million for $246,424.32.

PokerStars Sunday Million

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$158,214$1,642,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1ramondemon77$246,424.32
2Parias$180,708
3ovalis$123,210
4ambitious207$82,797.12
51chin chan$65,712
6armen13$49,284
7Ari "BodogAri" Engel$32,856
8--AAKKQQ987-$18,892.20
9Kubitza$12,731.70

Notable Finishes: Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane (16th - $4,353.42), Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy (28th - $3,285.60)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$154,786$957,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi$149,737.10
2John Mckoeur$111,513.80
3Brendy88$78,969
4alainliam$54,081.80
5OU THE NICK$40,681
6Ryan "mizarkshzark" Gatrel$31,109
7Inf3rnal$21,537
8innamon$11,965
9clunged$7,657.60

Notable Finishes: Carter "devinr12" Gill (13th - $4,259.54), Joe "Joey Capp" Cappuccio (14th - $4,259.54), Tyson "POTTERPOKER" Marks (37th - $1,914.40)

PokerStars Sunday 500

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$301,027$513,500
PlacePlayerPrize
1tRaMp$d0PrAy$88,630.10
2OBVAMENTS$64,187.50
3Mer "PeachyMer" Brit$48,782.50
4B_Davis5$35,739.60
5Snaggs11$25,418.25
6kcbluffing$20,283.25
7sindy2$15,148.25
8Joe "jcada99" Cada$10,013.25
9term_$5,648.50

Notable Finishes: Veronica "Princesa" Dabul (10th - $4,570.15), Randy "nanonoko" Lew (11th - $4,570.15), Adam "squee451" Sherman (15th - $3,543.15)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,422$284,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1Rick "ThEcLaiMEer" Trigg$51,419.52
2Franco "Fbonacci" Bonacci$37,256.40
3princeharibo$28,440
4William "weeminer" Miner$21,330
5BluffMeFFS$14,931
6muddog aces$12,087
7goleafsgo41$9,243
8dave798111$6,399
9p3rc4$3,981.60

Notable Finishes: Kenny "LoneHixx" Hicks (10th - $2,701.80), Anh Van Nguyen (12th - $2,701.80)

PokerStars $109+R NL Hold'em [$300K Guaranteed]

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,147$433,900
PlacePlayerPrize
1Grayson "gray31" Ramage$79,403.70
2Stewart "StuMan123" Yancik$57,708.70
3nordlending$43,390
4macthemac67$32,542.50
5rjinnj$22,779.75
6James "croll103" Carroll$18,440.75
7Digable$14,101.75
8Jose "papadelpoker" de la Guardia$9,762.75
9dj_ponytale$6,074.60

Notable Finishes: David "Cairns1987" Cairns (10th - $4,339), Joel "Feltin'Donks" Shulruf (15th - 3,471.20), Nick "I Spew Chips" Phillips (17th - $2,646.79)

PokerStars $215+R NL Hold'em [$150K Guaranteed]

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$15233$165,800
PlacePlayerPrize
*1Paresh "Dana Gordon" Jain$34,000
*2danita332789$27,346
3John "$30K" Racener$19,481.50
4Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi$14,507.50
5Dr_Olson$9,948
6Michael "WatchOutFish" Benvenuti$8,290
7EZz_GAME$6,632
8Keven "Stammdogg" Stammen$4,974
9Nicolas "niccc" Chouity$3,316

*denotes heads-up deal leaving $3,000 to the winner

Notable Finishes: Jamie "TheCronic420" Mitchell (11th - $2,901.50), Nick "agriffrod" Mitchell (12th - $2,901.50), Ara "melikman" Melikian (15th - $2,487), David "dpeters17" Peters (19th - $1,658)

Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$163,839$767,800
PlacePlayerPrize
*1EatMyBluff8$100,972.92
*2Machinguer$90,372.58
*3Blazed3x1$80,494.09
4MrCaramba$42,382.56
5poker bondsman$31,786.92
6deniel-lottoman$23,571.46
7hvepsen$17,659.40
8MichGur$13,820.30
96yoKid$10,288.52

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Bryn “OneUponAStar” Kenney (14th - $5,451.38), Ara “melikman” Melikian (17th - $3,839)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+$162,707$541,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1Timothy “timkrank” Miles$109,904.20
2officehound$70,923.40
3Chris “maxxscam” Back$52,515.80
4OSK$39,522.20
5ciccioffa$27,611.40
6sonicdeep$18,407.60
7cobra1978$12,452.20
8JWeb777$8,662.40
9stato_1$6,496.80

Notable Finishes: Ben "kidcardiff" Warrington (11th - $4,060.50), Tim "BegsClutch" Begley (12th - $4,060.50)

Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$161,231$246,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1Aleks Gutcu$54,164
2Mikos78$34,468
3UCF98$24,927.75
4canofcorn22$20,003.75
5Paul "ComeOnPhish1" Lieu$15,092.06
6binderK$11,079
7Dan “DNA2RNA” Hirleman$7,139.80
8ScrillaGorila$5,170.20
9ikszoorn3,693

Notable Finishes: Ben "ANIMAL5050" Pappas (23rd - $849.39), Daniel "jungleman12" Cates (26th - $849.39)

UB $200K GTD

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$15944$200,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Derric "ACTIONDJ" Haynie$44,920
2PAPAGEORGIOOO$26,900
3JUNKIE1212$18,300
4SUCHADORK$12,900
5IPLAY2BUBBLE$10,900
6Tony "SALTTHEEARTH" Gargano$8,900
7MR_BRAVEHRT$6,900
8OG_HOWIE$4,900
9B1KER$3,400

Notable Finishes: Ben "ANIMAL5050" Pappas (11th - $2,200)

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