The Sunday Briefing: Chris Brammer Among Sunday's Winners
Another very profitable Sunday has passed for several players on the virtual felt. Six players pocketed over $100,000 on Sunday, with the biggest win belonging to Benjamin "janfryed" Garcia for a third-place finish in the Sunday Million following a deal. Meanwhile, Chris Brammer added to his already ridiculous online résumé with a win in the $109 Sunday Rebuy.
PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$15 | 8,225 | $1,645,000 |
A six-handed deal in the Sunday Million meant six-figure scores all around. Benjamin "janfryed" Garcia was the chip leader at the time and earned the biggest prize of the day but ultimately finished in third place. "Guesty001" bested Orjan "Aftret" Skommo for the title after the latter made a final stand with 8♦7♣. Holding A♥4♠, "Guesty001" looked Skommo up and his hand held through the K♦6♠3♥Q♠9♣ board to seal the deal.
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| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Guesty001 | $123,196.17 |
| *2 | Orjan "Aftret" Skommo | $118,484.43 |
| *3 | Benjamin "janfryed" Garcia | $151,739.34 |
| *4 | lollasen | $110,159.90 |
| *5 | 1_conor_b_1 | $129,874.19 |
| *6 | tilt21sted | $115,678.97 |
| 7 | QUINN520 | $32,900 |
| 8 | CrissD6713 | $18,917.50 |
| 9 | molik44 | $12,748.75 |
*denotes six-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger (28th - $3,290), Jon "LUFCBas" Spinks (55th - $2,549.75), Heath "TheBigHef" Chick (59th - $2,549.75), Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo (70th - $2,303)
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$15 | 3,297 | $659,400 |
A five-handed deal took place in the Sunday Warm-Up this week, guaranteeing each player more than $51,000. Among them was Leandro "leopeluca" Csome, but he ran K♣Q♣ into "Palmero92's" A♣A♥. Csome failed to catch up and exited in third place.
One hand is all it took for "Palmero72" to finish the job. With the final board reading K♦9♦6♣7♠6♥, "jerry ping" check-called all in with K♣8♥. However, "Palmero72" had the goods with K♥K♠ to secure the victory.
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| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Palmero92 | $72,989.56 |
| *2 | jerry ping | $56,110.31 |
| *3 | Leandro "leopeluca" Csome | $53,958.65 |
| *4 | BWFCLEE | $66,600.14 |
| *5 | Xplogo | $51,358.34 |
| 6 | eom2000 | $21,430.50 |
| 7 | Tomascibak | $14,836.50 |
| 8 | wpr101 | $8,242.50 |
| 9 | Kingoooo | $5,275.20 |
*denotes five-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Niki “RealAndyBeal” Jedlicka (26th - $1,681.47), Alex "AlexKP" Petersen (38th - $1,351.77)
PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $500+$30 | 917 | $458,500 |
Two weeks after earning a win in the $109 Sunday Rebuy, Brian "AKBigFish" James came close to a win in the Sunday 500 with a third-place finish. The Sunday 500 attracted 917 players, creating a prize pool of $458,500. "Zitnio" bested the field to take home the $70,022 first-place prize.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | zitinio | $70,022.77 |
| *2 | micide | $58,526.05 |
| *3 | Brian "AKBigFish" James | $56,822.73 |
| 4 | Mik3ma | $33,012 |
| 5 | 10IsTheYear | $22,925 |
| 6 | H.Oussale | $18,340 |
| 7 | Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier | $13,755 |
| 8 | bullstopper | $9,170 |
| 9 | psyzalek | $5,502 |
*denotes three-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Jack "jackellwood" Ellwood (29th - $1,788.15), Jon "LUFCBas" Spinks (36th - $1,788.15), Tim "Tmay420" West (37th - $1,558.90)
PokerStars Bigger $109 ($200K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 3,112 | $311,200 |
The Bigger $109's numbers were also down from last week, but that didn't matter much to "mitchymitch3," the outright winner for $49,014.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | mitchymitch3 | $49,014 |
| 2 | Joao "megas" Silva | $36,566 |
| 3 | camikater | $26,140.80 |
| 4 | Dial P | $17,894 |
| 5 | bartleby666 | $13,537.20 |
| 6 | Lemino09 | $10,425.20 |
| 7 | nipe1955 | $7,313.20 |
| 8 | im_oddy | $4,207.42 |
| 9 | Maethi | $2,645.20 |
Notable Finishes: Jonas "Telefonkiosk" Lindlof (21st - $855.80)
PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $150+$12 | 1,759 | $263,850 |
An additional 35 players took part in this week's Bigger $162. "FaceStealer" emerged victorious outright for $42,216.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FaceStealer | $42,216.91 |
| 2 | RasA86 | $31,662 |
| 3 | Suppinho | $23,746.50 |
| 4 | umburanas | $17,348.13 |
| 5 | danialmeria | $12,532.87 |
| 6 | ouchagainAA | $9,762.45 |
| 7 | Franspro | $7,123.95 |
| 8 | Operga | $4,617.37 |
| 9 | fudodk | $2,638.50 |
Notable Finishes: Jamie "Bear4rms" Sykes (25th - $1,002.63), Ami "UhhMee" Barer (26th - $1,002.63)
PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$15 | 1,455 | $291,000 |
The Sunday 2nd Chance drew a field of 1,455, creating a prize pool of $291,000. Leandro "leopeluca" Csome final-tabled this event — his second final table of the day — but this one didn't go as well as his first, and he finished in ninth place for $3,142. During heads-up play, "Raaadzio91" and "toril274" struck a deal, but "toril274" walked away with the title.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | toril274 | $44,180.70 |
| *2 | Raaadzio91 | $41,664.30 |
| 3 | alex987 | $27,615.90 |
| 4 | Ballertimes | $19,788 |
| 5 | specht1988 | $14,404.50 |
| 6 | PreshaDrop | $11,494.50 |
| 7 | Daniel "Garnerus" Gomez | $8,584.50 |
| 8 | FoldDirtyB. | $5,674.50 |
| 9 | Leandro "leopeluca" Csome | $3,142.80 |
*denotes heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Ben "KidCardiff6" Warrington (10th - $2,560.80), Liv Boeree (17th - $1,396.80)
PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 1,006 | $323,100 |
The numbers were down in the $109 Sunday Rebuy, but that didn't stop the notables from breaking through. McLean "PureProfitFo" Karr took sixth place, and British online superstar Chris "NigDawG" Brammer earned the outright victory for just shy of $59,773.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris "NigDawG" Brammer | $59,773.50 |
| 2 | V1rtuozzzzzz | $43,295.40 |
| 3 | Jarcon86 | $32,310 |
| 4 | Rasmus "bigoots" Sibast | $24,232.50 |
| 5 | GS_LT | $16,962.75 |
| 6 | McLean "PureProfitFo" Karr | $13,731.75 |
| 7 | nicopoker18 | $10,500.75 |
| 8 | 23noraB | $7,269.75 |
| 9 | OhRaisyDaisy | $4,523.40 |
Notable Finishes: Patrick "pmahoney22" Mahoney (18th - $2,100.15), Torsten “jektiss” Brinkmann (26th - $1,453.95)
PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $10+$1 | 38,345 | $383,450 |
Next week marks the one-year anniversary of the Sunday Storm, but it was business as usual this week. A three-handed deal took place with "Moabiter12" outlasting the field to take home the title and $26,258 first-place prize.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Moabiter12 | $26,258.94 |
| *2 | ph1shman420 | $20,258.93 |
| *3 | Crashsite!! | $20,258.94 |
| 4 | ZH_kh | $10,598.55 |
| 5 | rob_t1986 | $7,247.20 |
| 6 | mercer22 | $4,658.91 |
| 7 | Painalton | $3,259.32 |
| 8 | Staraya888 | $2,224.01 |
| 9 | timeurezz1z | $1,629.66 |
*denotes three-handed deal
PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 1,406 | $140,600 |
Numbers in the Sunday Kickoff dipped this week, down 136 players, but still easily covered its guarantee. A heads-up deal took place and "strilflush" overcame a deficit to emerge with the win for nearly $20,000.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | strilflush | $19,139.03 |
| *2 | TopLad14 | $21,501.40 |
| 3 | Sietze2801 | $12,935.20 |
| 4 | quixote123 | $9,560.80 |
| 5 | SlevinRO | $6,889.40 |
| 6 | assCARDSsin | $5,483.40 |
| 7 | segrinder | $4,077.40 |
| 8 | shakalas | $2,671.40 |
| 9 | youaremelon | $1,462.24 |
*denotes heads-up deal
*PokerStars Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up data obtained from PokerStarsBlog.com
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