The Sunday Briefing: "EireAbu" and Jonathan "jonyctt" Concepción Top Sunday Majors

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Sunday Briefing

On a Sunday with many deals, the biggest of the Sunday Majors went to the wire without any agreements. "EireAbu" pocketed $219,600 for a win in the Sunday Million, and Jonathan "jonyctt" Concepción took home about $115,000 for a Sunday Warm-Up triumph. Others to earn Sunday Major victories include Igor "MagicGog" Bakay, David "dhilton12" Hilton, and Rayan "zebest_666" Chamas.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$157,320$1,464,000

Entering the final table of the Sunday Million with the chip lead, "EireAbu" rode three eliminations to begin heads-up play with about a 1.25:1 chip lead against "WallterBish." While the latter did manage to grab the chip lead, "EireAbu" reclaimed it following an 877 flop. The chips got into the middle as "EireAbu's" 97 held against "WallterBish's" A5.

The tournament ended the next hand as "WallterBish" three-bet shoved for about 19 big blinds with K9. Holding KQ, "EireAbu" called and locked up the victory once the board ran out J8483.

To read more about this week's Sunday Million, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com

PlacePlayerPrize
1EireAbu$219,600
2WallterBish$161,581.68
3Paul "KingPaulie" Hockin$117,120
4leshark81$77,592
5dynoalot$60,024
6Theodoros "teo96" Aidonopoulos$45,384
7Ami "UhhMee" Barer$31,476
8yanko33$17,568
9RikardPM$11,346

Notable Finishes: Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick (13th - $6,075.60), Alvaro “VARICO” Ballesteros (44th - $2,752.32)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$153,647$729,400

With no overwhelming chip leader at the start of the Sunday Warm-Up final table, Jonathan "jonyctt" Concepción emerged from the pack. Holding a roughly 2.6:1 chip lead to begin heads-up play, Concepción defeated "pp2wins" at the 200,000/400,000/40,000 level.

Concepción opened to 800,000 on the button, only to watch "pp2wins" three-bet to 2,400,000 from the big blind. Concepción's next move was a four-bet shove, which led to an all-in call from "pp2wins" holding A8. With 88, Concepción took it down when the board fell 95598.

For more information about this week's Sunday Warm-Up, check out PokerStarsBlog.com

PlacePlayerPrize
1Jonathan "jonyctt" Concepción$114,516.97
2pp2wins$85,339.80
3PRINCESPEACH$60,175.50
4chrisf44$41,940.50
5Bonds252525$30,999.50
65AULIU5$23,705.50
7inigovasko$16,411.50
8Rainsson$9,117.50
9D.man nr one$5,835.20

Notable Finishes: Shawn "jordankickz" Busse (22nd - $1,859.97), Charlie "JIZOINT" Combes (31st - $1,641.15)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$30834$417,000

The Sunday 500 attracted 834 players, creating a prize pool of $417,000. Mike "Gags30" Gagliano earned the biggest payday in the Sunday 500, but "check_lol" notched the victory after a three-handed deal.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1check_lol$58,000
*2Mike "Gags30" Gagliano$63,000
*3ozzyfish007$48,719
4Mike "StrungOut1" Wasserman$30,232.50
5bally29$21,016.80
6pimmie$16,680
7jhwang21$12,510
8Barbosyan$8,340
9White_BBZyan$5,004

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Grayson "spacegravy" Physioc (12th - $4,170)

PokerStars Bigger $55 ($250K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$50+$56,201$310,050

The Bigger $55's 6,201 entrants smashed the tournament's $250,000 guarantee. A three-handed deal took place and "SlyderS1" emerged victorious for more than $33,000.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1SlyderS1$33,360.63
*2Rothalor$31,846.74
*3Martin "phasE89" Balaz$41,640.48
4eddywest$17,052.75
5FlushMan Dan$13,022.10
6FINLANDSHARK$9,921.60
7lightshirt$6,821.10
8MBacke$3,720.60
9chrisjester$2,402.88

*denotes three-handed deal

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$93,287$328,700

The Bigger $109, now with a $200,000 guarantee, was down 23 players this week. Igor "MagicGog" Bakay was the last man standing after a four-handed deal, earning $27,000.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1Igor "MagicGog" Bakay$27,000
*2WWoutje_$31,000
*3MisterJJW$40,630.45
*4Cristian "unluckybs" Dragomir$34,000
5gortsos$14,791.50
6Timo "heißtercamp" Pfützenreuter$11,504.50
7T0MyK$8,217.50
8TheMakaron$5,423.55
9redacesfull$3,484.22

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Trung "dynastyzz" Tran (10th - $2,465.25), Tom "tollgate" Grigg (20th - $690.27)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$150+$121,612$241,800

The Bigger $162 attracted a field of 1,612, creating a $214,800 prize pool. "LoveWrecked" topped the field, taking it down outright for $43,524.

PlacePlayerPrize
1LoveWrecked$43,524
2iwonthurtyou$31,434
3zhivago2$24,180
4jenbizzle$18,135
5Lifesucksyah$12,694.50
6kooks999$10,276.50
7inca7bar$7,858.50
8!mpudicus$5,440.50
9vongericke$3,385.20

Notable Finishes: Jeremy "00psiedaisy" Fitzpatrick (25th - $846.30)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,371$274,200

After a three-handed deal in the Sunday 2nd Chance, David "dhilton12" Hilton earned top honors for $37,386.21.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1David "dhilton12" Hilton$37,386.21
*2gast117$33,389.17
*3boodeca$36,875.54
4Nick "FU_15" Maimone$19,084.32
5VIP1009$13,572.90
6skalala$10,830.90
7Frenzy09$8,088.90
8f430f1$5,346.90
9OllowainTim$3,016.20

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Ryan "mizarkshzark" Gatrel (14th - $1,891.98), Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino (15th - $1,891.98)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,161$377,900

In one of the two smaller Sunday Majors that did not have a deal take place, the $109 Sunday Rebuy was won outright by "A12Begemotov" for just shy of $70,000.

PlacePlayerPrize
1A12Begemotov$69,155.70
2FaceStealer$50,260.70
3Steve "BetrThanPhil" Tripp$37,790
4ReadOnYou$28,342.50
5Dishboy_SWE$19,839.75
6uknowProsky*$16,060.75
7JPCOELHO$12,281.75
8hip2012$8,502.75
9Shane "shaniac" Schleger$5,290.60

Notable Finishes: Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger (18th - $2,305.19), Mike "munchenHB" Telker (20th - $1,700.55), Matt "ch0ppy" Kay (22nd - $1,700.55)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$10+$138,940$389,400

Four players earned five figures in the Sunday Storm. "Gorby3975" took the biggest piece of the $389,400 prize pool, $29,437, for the win.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1Gorby3975$29,437.69
*2BLaTnOTa$13,152.05
*3maxts$15,151.14
*4lipeabruzzi$20,915.34
51kArAKuLa1$7,359.66
6bisayiro$4,731.66
7j_peso4$3,309.90
8xamini$2,258.52
9Lassiole$1,654.95

*denotes four-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($75K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,870$187,000

Rayan "zebest_666" Chamas got things started this weekend in the Sunday Majors, taking down the Sunday Kickoff. After a heads-up deal, Chamas came away with $27,180 for the win.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1Rayan "zebest_666" Chamas$27,180
*2Rotlicht6.0$25,180
3Spilor$16,830
4veg777$12,295.25
52402Dennis$8,882.50
6de bluffer$6,919
7BregovicGO$5,049
8csufi74$3,272.50
9xihui$1,870

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen (14th - $1,150.05)

*PokerStars Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up data obtained from PokerStarsBlog.com

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