The Sunday Briefing: "Gorby3975" Wins Sunday Million One Week After Sunday Storm Victory

Mickey Doft
Live Reporter
5 min read
Sunday Briefing

One week after winning the Sunday Storm for $29,437.69, "Gorby3975" was back at it, taking down the Sunday Million for $208,783.17. Sunday's biggest pay day belonged to Tobias "crackin_ty" Huber, who on the Red Spade Open for just shy of $250,000. Also earning a Sunday victory was Marcel "p3rc4" Bjerkmann.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$157,768$1,553,600

"Gorby3975" began the final table of the Sunday Million second in chips, but eliminated two opponents by the time five players were remaining, to grab hold of more than 60 percent of the chips in play. "Gorby3975" and "puicachamp" struck a heads-up deal, and though "puicachamp" fought back to capture the lead, he ultimately fell short of the title.

"Gorby3975" took back the lead and with a little luck, closed the deal. "Gorby3975" was holding KJ when the chips got into the middle. He was behind against "puicachamp's" AJ, but a king hit the flop to lock up the victory for "Gorby3975," capping off a memorable week for the Russian, who last Sunday claimed victory in the PokerStars Sunday Storm.

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

PlacePlayerPrize
*1Gorby3975$208,783.17
*2puicachamp$195,156.70
3Leanod$116,520
4tatwaffe19$78,301.44
5jhwang21$62,144
6lynnstrait$46,608
7matate$31,072
8Ond keso$17,866.40
9George "Jorj95" Lind$12,040.40

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Nico "PKaiser" Fierro (78th - $1,942)

PokerStars Red Spade Open ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$50+$524,736$1,236,800

PokerStars ran its second Red Spade Open over the weekend. The $55 buy-in event boasted a $1 million guarantee and all PokerStars Team Pros who took part in the event had $100 bounties on their heads. Unlike the previous Red Spade Open, no deal was made and Austrian Tobias "crackin_ty" Huber notched the outright victory for nearly $247,378.

PlacePlayerPrize
1Tobias "crackin_ty" Huber$247,378.89
2rosekqq$137,284.80
3Dw4ine$95,233.60
4Forest Will$68,024
5litofcas11$46,998.40
6nathwest$33,393.60
7digiturk55$25,972.80
8Groei-lekker$18,552
9RiverMegl$13,666.64

Notable Finishes: Hernan "HK Kakaroto" Novick (21st - $2,745.69),

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$153,668$733,600

The PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up smashed its $500,000 guarantee this week, with 3,668 entrants creating a $733,600 prize pool. "TheJunobv" and "Zackattak13" began the final table on top of the counts. When action was three-handed at the final table, "TheJunobv," "Zackattack13," and "ZERGA_77" struck a deal a deal, and "Zackattack13" pocketed the biggest prize — $95,000.

"TheJunobv" eliminated "ZERGA_77" in third place, and eventually got the better of "Zackattak13" as well. With the final board reading A22KK, "Zackattak13" called all-in holding A8, but was bested by "TheJunobv's" J2.

Read more about this week's Sunday Warm-Up at the PokerStarsBlog.com

PlacePlayerPrize
*1TheJunobv$93,052.64
*2Zackattak13$95,000
*3ZERGA_77$73,476.93
4Dan "Danneville" Loewinski$42,182
5pyszalek$31,178
6donnanelly$23,842
7TerranUser$16,506
8bigchampnr.1$9,170
9elmerixx$5,868.80

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver (17th - $2,200.80)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$30857$428,500

The PokerStars Sunday 500 attracted 857 entrants, creating a prize pool of $428,500. João "joao bauer" Divino (15th), Bryn "BrynKenney" Kenney (26th), and Fabrizio "SixthSenSe19" Gonzalez (27th) were among the notable finishers. At the final table, a heads-up deal was made between "gangst3rn1" and "uwintakeit." "Gangst3rn1" emerged victorious, and banked $70,294.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1gangst3rn1$70,294.48
*2uwintakeit$62,540.52
3salfshb$41,564.50
4TryToExploit$31,066.25
5mtvdeuem$21,596.40
6elde30cm$17,140
7ramondemon77$12,855
8roman 66664$8,570
9pitaoufmg$5,142

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: João "joao bauer" Divino (15th - $3,428), Bryn "BrynKenney" Kenney (26th - $1,928.25), Fabrizio "SixthSenSe19" Gonzalez (27th - $1,928.25)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$93,435$343,500

The Bigger $109 had an excellent turnout on Sunday — 3,435 entrants. Lex Veldhius (18th) and Jon Spinks (20th) finished just inside the top 20. "Iwonthurtyou," took the outright victory, which was good for about $53,000.

PlacePlayerPrize
1iwonthurtyou$52,383.75
2FairLaw$37,785
3matt86ck$26,793
4Cashcid Linc$18,892.50
5peterpatat$15,457.50
6Y2JKID$12,022.50
7AAIMpulse34$8,587.50
8He3HaiKa$5,667.75
9hownorez$3,606.75

Notable Finishes: Lex Veldhuis (18th - $1,030.50), Jon "LUFCBas" Spinks (20th - $721.35)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$150+$121,773$265,950

The Bigger $162's 1,773-player field more than doubled the $100,000 guarantee this week. A four-handed deal took place at the final table and "Tomatee" ended up at the top, taking home $35,028.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1Tomatee$35,028.29
*2Paul "Sircall" Kristofferson$32,366.95
*3hannah18$31,850.64
*4Robert "rrobert333" Cezarescu$29,022.14
5fordfardlain$13,962.37
6KAUNASSS$11,302.87
7Kevin "ImaLuckSac" MacPhee$8,643.37
8Judith LPM$5,983.87
9Citique$3,723.30

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Peter "twirlpro" Turmezey (10th - $2,526,52)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,429$285,800

The Sunday 2nd Chance's prize pool grew to $285,800 this week, and "vovtroy" bested the 1,429-player field to pocket $48,586.

PlacePlayerPrize
1vovtroy$48,586
2fmyworld$35,725
3b8chatz$27,122.42
4ultralord007$19,434
5Evestri78$14,147.10
6Pylusha$11,289.10
7Milana Jones$8,431.10
8LaliTournier$5,573.10
9M.nosbocaJ$3,086.64

Notable Finishes: Derek "derek8" Lerner (27th - $1,143.20)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,125$379,400

The Sunday $109 Rebuy attracted 1,125 entrants, creating a prize pool of $379,400. A three-way deal was made at the final table between Marcel "p3rc4" Bjerkmann, Patrick "pmahoney22" Mahoney, and "muka_gaming." Bjerkmann emerged victorious and took home $65,000.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1Marcel "p3rc4" Bjerkmann$65,000
*2Patrick "pmahoney22" Mahoney$42,429.50
*3muka_gaming$50,970
4XiangLin$28,455
5Elia001$19,918
6Renato "leguito" Almeida$16,124.50
7ChipRich20$12,330.50
8pepito1978$8,536.50
9raidalot$5,311.60

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen (16th - $2,352.28), Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen (20th - $1,707.30), Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja (26th - $1,707.30)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$10+$139,985$399,850

Close to 40,000 players too part in the $11 buy-in Sunday Storm this week. A five-handed deal took place at the final table. "Taco 81" pocketed the most money in the deal, but ultimately finished in fourth place. The Sunday Storm was won by "Footbik222," who earned $18,734.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1footbik222$18,734.74
*2AydinChecka$15,689.39
*3allin2bluff$18,835.39
*4Taco 81$21,052.90
*5Artur 291277$13,917.02
6Supernatural$4,858.17
7estokador$3,398.72
8sjaak2afhaak$2,319.13
9Alex_Hulk$1,699.36

*denotes five-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,697$169,700

The Sunday Kickoff attracted 1,697 entrants on Sunday, creating a prize pool of $169,700. Chris "Moorman1" Moorman (33rd) and Marc "dean23price" Wright (3rd) were among the notable finishers. "JePoll" emerged victorious and added $27,389 to his bankroll.

PlacePlayerPrize
1JePoll$27,389.51
2izh18psv$20,364
3Marc "dean23price" Wright$15,273
4guimoura$11,369.90
5jorjo2007$8,060.75
6shevalex09$6,363.75
7Eduts$4,666.75
8xal1959$2,969.75
9jonath3501$1,697

Notable Finishes: Chris "Moorman1" Moorman (33rd - $576.98)

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

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