Not even Super Bowl Sunday could slow action on the virtual felt as nine players emerged from the Sunday majors with six-figure scores. Most notably, Liv Boeree took down the PokerStars Sunday-Warmup. She defeated James "mig.com" Mackey on the 175th hand of heads-up play to win the $147,780.96 first-place prize. The overall biggest prize of the weekend went to marin06, winning the Sunday Million for $244,024.32.
Over on Full Tilt Poker, FTOPS XIX kicked off on Sunday and emerging victorious in Event #1 was "OSUTexan" for $191,065.20. Other winners on Sunday included Shane "shaniac" Schleger, Tommy "TMoney209" Miller, Joshua "doctorhoswer" Norris, and Scott "mastrblastr" Seiver.
PokerStars Sunday Million
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+$15
8,134
$1,626,800
Place
Player
Prize
1
marin06
$244,024.32
2
Ashley "DYBYDX" Mason
$178,948
3
Matt "bigace223" Ezrol
$122,010
4
pRip43
$81,990.72
5
gingercankr
$65,072
6
Evan "PURPLE"K"99" Parkes
$48,804
7
holyguacmole
$32,536
8
ghian
$18,708.20
9
Itikanpistos
$12,607.70
Notable Finishes: Joseph "JBlaze20" Chaplin (12th - $8,703.38), Ryan "OlyDaJew" Olisar (22nd - $3,578.96), Mohsin "sms9231" Charania (28th - $3,253.60)
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+$15
4,710
$942,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Liv Boeree
$147,780.96
2
James "mig.com" Mackey
$109,743
3
Aduobe4
$77,715
4
Bjoerni89
$53,223
5
Dan "DNA2RNA" Hirleman
$40,035
6
vmnielsen
$30,615
7
Nicky "Cod Meharly" Evans
$21,195
8
Marcin "Goral" Horecki
$11,775
9
RasA86
$7,536
Notable Finishes: Jonathan "MONSTER_DONG" Karamalakis (16th - $2,826), Daniel "KidPoker" Negreanu (22nd - $2,345.58), Pieter de Korver (24th - $2,345.58)
PokerStars Sunday 500
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$500+$30
988
$500,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Exan13
$87,400
2
javahound
$63,500
3
AhKhQhJh10h
$47,500
4
Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis
$37,000
5
Kenny "LoneHixx" Hicks
$25,000
6
Jamie "pokerjamers" Armstrong
$20,000
7
forcewithme9
$15,000
8
Zackattak13
$10,000
9
brianm15
$5,750
Notable Finishes: Dan "danloulou" Smyth (12th - $4,750), Ryan "mizarkshzark" Gatrel (14th - $3,750), Sam "aaajack" Chartier (17th - $2,750)
PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+$15
1,309
$261,800
Place
Player
Prize
1
armenioz
$47,542.88
2
wizowizo
$34,557.60
3
Tamatem
$26,180
4
bwiley
$19,635
5
FellipeNunes
$13,744.50
6
krechetoff
$11,126.50
7
hvilla37
$8,508.50
8
m3tph
$5,890.50
9
St3phenHendr
$3,665.20
Notable Finishes: Chris "GypsieChris" Mitchell (12th - $2,487.10)
