The Sunday Briefing: Mishel "MISHELA" Anunu Earns $109,000 For Sunday Warm-Up Victory
Four players emerged with six-figure scores from Sunday's battles on the virtual felt. One of those players is making a habit of it. Jonathan "jonyctt" Concepción pocketed six figures earlier this year for a Sunday Warm-Up victory and put himself in good position to follow that up with a Sunday Million win this week.
Elsewhere, Mishel "MISHELA" Anunu took top honors in the Sunday Warm-Up. Other Sunday winners included Wesley "ZeelandBoy" Wiemes, David "Scarer" Kilpatrick, and Phil "Grindation" Mcallister.
PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$15 | 7,004 | $1,400,800 |
Less than two months after winning the Sunday Warm-Up for $114,516.97, Jonathan "jonyctt" Concepción looked to capture a victory in the Sunday Million. His heads-up opponent, "mypokerf," earned a win in the PokerStars Super Tuesday less than two weeks ago for $60,039.61. When heads-up play began, Concepción faced a 3-1 chip deficit and was unable to rally.
On the final hand, with the blinds and antes at 300,000/600,000/60,000, Concepción (16 million) min-raised to 1,200,000 on the button. A call from "mypokerf" (54 million) in the big blind delivered a 7♠5♦4♣ flop that "mypokerf" checked. Concepción bet 1,333,555 and, upon seeing his opponent put in a check-raise to 3,000,000, he re-raised all in with 9♠5♠. A quick call from "mypokerf" revealed A♠A♦ and neither the 10♣ turn nor 10♥ river were any help to Concepción.
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| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | mypokerf | $210,124.92 |
| 2 | Jonathan "jonyctt" Concepción | $154,606.29 |
| 3 | Troubaduren | $112,064 |
| 4 | mmoreno9 | $74,242.40 |
| 5 | rubencito30 | $57,432.80 |
| 6 | Danstah8 | $43,424.80 |
| 7 | Nile1 | $30,117.20 |
| 8 | micide | $16,809.60 |
| 9 | vanbizzo | $10,856.20 |
Notable Finishes: Nick "PureCash25" Rampone (27th - $3,263.86), Keven "Stammdogg" Stammen (28th - $2,913.66), Adam "squee451" Sherman (48th - $2,423.38)
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$15 | 3,468 | $693,600 |
Several notable players made deep runs in the Sunday Warm-Up, none with more online credentials than Casey "bigdogpckt5s" Jarzabek. After Jarzabek bowed out in eighth place, Aussie Mishel "MISHELA" Anunu went on to rise above all others.
With the chip stacks nearly even at heads-up play, a raising war ensued between Anunu and "MrBarrett82." The culmination was a seven-bet shove from Anunu with K♣Q♥. An immediate call from "MrBarrett82" holding A♥A♦ looked to spell doom for Anunu. However, the board ran out 9♣7♣4♠A♣8♣ to give the Aussie a tournament-clinching flush to take it down.
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| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mishel "MISHELA" Anunu | $108,896.19 |
| 2 | MrBarrett82 | $81,151.20 |
| 3 | stotaka | $57,222 |
| 4 | Peter "westy1983" West | $39,882 |
| 5 | Frank "roo_400" Billard | $29,478 |
| 6 | checktrap11 | $22,542 |
| 7 | KojGysto | $15,606 |
| 8 | Casey "bigdogpckt5s" Jarzabek | $8,670 |
| 9 | Olya2Ace | $5,548.80 |
Notable Finishes: Shawn "jordankickz" Busse (15th - $3,121.20), Andrey "Chaaai" Saenko (24th - $1,768.68), Trung "dynastyzz" Tran (64th - $1,179.12)
PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $500+$30 | 877 | $438,500 |
Rounding out the Sunday Major schedule was the Sunday 500, usually the last one to wrap up. The final two players agreed to a deal and when the dust settled, "never4getbet" had all the chips to earn $71,000 for the triumph.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | never4getbet | $71,000 |
| *2 | danistheking | $64,935 |
| 3 | Bompa1 | $42,534.50 |
| 4 | MistheMan | $31,791.25 |
| 5 | Ricky "rickwaa" Kroesen | $22,100.40 |
| 6 | RobVern | $17,540 |
| 7 | jarekk | $13,155 |
| 8 | grekos1981 | $8,770 |
| 9 | coroco75 | $5,262 |
*denotes heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Jason "StatusUp" Lavalee (16th - $2,631), Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka (24th - $1,973.25), Rasmus "mrvogt" Vogt (25th - $1,973.25)
PokerStars Bigger $109 ($200K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 3,158 | $315,800 |
Surprisingly, the Bigger $109 drew the same number of entrants as last week. A four-handed deal took place this time around and coming out on top was "cachorro16" for a tad more than $30,000.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | cachorro16 | $30,411.91 |
| *2 | Exan13 | $34,792.77 |
| *3 | vikpaep | $26,800 |
| *4 | artohme | $39,526.35 |
| 5 | knif3 | $13,737.30 |
| 6 | Max Lykov | $10,579.30 |
| 7 | Mads "moumaife84" Smith-Hansen | $7,421.30 |
| 8 | flopkid_9 | $4,269.61 |
| 9 | HDVNAHIM | $2,684.30 |
*denotes four-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Tim "TurnRiva" Marsters (20th - $868.45), Ana Marquez (30th - $757.92)
PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $150+$12 | 1,656 | $248,400 |
Though the numbers were slightly down in the Bigger $162 this week, the guarantee was covered by nearly $100,000. Leandro "leopeluca" Csome made his third Sunday major final table in the last three weeks, but it was "rlshark" who captured the victory for more than $40,000.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | rlshark | $40,750.02 |
| 2 | m0rtengud | $29,808 |
| 3 | EDWARDHOPPER | $22,356 |
| 4 | po77a | $16,642.80 |
| 5 | Setherson2 | $11,799 |
| 6 | William "hellzito" Arruda | $9,315 |
| 7 | Rafael "LiroLa" Monteiro | $6,831 |
| 8 | LoveWrecked | $4,347 |
| 9 | Leandro "leopeluca" Csome | $2,484 |
Notable Finishes: Ryan "ryanghall" Hall (18th - $1,117.80), Brendon "brendon1717" Rubie (21st - $968.76), Michael "PapaGreggio" Hawkins (25th - $968.76)
PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$15 | 1,388 | $277,600 |
Down 32 players from last week, the Sunday 2nd Chance final table was headlined by Aussie online beast Steve "Stev0L_" Leonard. He came up a bit short with a fourth-place finish, making way for "YRWTHMELTHR" to earn the outright win for $47,192.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | YRWTHMELTHR | $47,192 |
| 2 | Sghango | $34,700 |
| 3 | gottama | $26,344.24 |
| 4 | Steve "Stev0L_" Leonard | $18,876.80 |
| 5 | Patrick "aprilsfool" Carron | $13,741.20 |
| 6 | CrAcky_Marty | $10,965.20 |
| 7 | eddymaksoud | $8,189.20 |
| 8 | MrNobody1000 | $5,413.20 |
| 9 | ShippityShip | $2,998.08 |
Notable Finishes: James "mig.com" Mackey (20th - $1,110.40), Andrey "Chaaai" Saenko (21st - $1,110.40)
PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 1,037 | $346,100 |
This week's $109 Sunday Rebuy drew 28 more entrants and generated an addition $8,700 to the prize pool. Many notables made deep runs, but it was Wesley "ZeelandBoy" Wiemes who emerged with the victory following a heads-up deal.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Wesley "ZeelandBoy" Wiemes | $62,169.24 |
| *2 | scoobs213 | $48,236.66 |
| 3 | Mike "munchenHB" Telker | $34,610 |
| 4 | Mark "eppy12588" Epstein | $25,957.50 |
| 5 | rubak787 | $18,170.25 |
| 6 | rh300487 | $14,709.25 |
| 7 | Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira | $11,248.25 |
| 8 | Olembe | $7,787.25 |
| 9 | Matthias "mattidm" De Meulder | $4,845.40 |
*denotes heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy (15th - $2,941.85), Jon "LUFCBas" Spinks (17th - $2,249.65), Carter "cswidler" Swidler (18th - $2,249.65), Mark "scrubbyz" Zajdner (19th - $1,557.45), Andrew "foucault82" Brokos (21st - $1,557.45), Russell "rdcrsn" Carson (25th - $1,557.45), Laurence "rivermanl" Houghton (27th - $1,557.45), Sebastien "p0cket00" Sikorski (28th - $1,211.35)
PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $10+$1 | 38,405 | $384,050 |
It isn't every week that a notable player goes deep in the Sunday Storm, let alone wins. David "Scarer" Kilpatrick got the job done this week, earning more than $31,000 for the victory.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David "Scarer" Kilpatrick | $31,148.96 |
| 2 | ogigo2A | $21,506.80 |
| 3 | PsyTas | $14,209.85 |
| 4 | kallem70 | $10,615.14 |
| 5 | wiwi55 | $7,258.54 |
| 6 | milky130589 | $4,666.20 |
| 7 | 777SNOOPY777 | $3,264.42 |
| 8 | clived2 | $2,227.49 |
| 9 | akyusss | $1,632.21 |
Notable Finishes: Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino (71st - $249.63)
PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 1,528 | $152,800 |
With an increase of 75 players this week, the Sunday Kickoff belonged to Phil "Grindation" Mcallister. The Brit conquered the 1,528-player field for an outright victory that paid him $25,594.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil "Grindation" Mcallister | $25,594 |
| 2 | _JMCD_89 | $18,718 |
| 3 | Akiem | $14,134 |
| 4 | milafon | $10,390.40 |
| 5 | whereisdonny | $7,487.20 |
| 6 | butterZiii | $5,959.20 |
| 7 | FELLOWES185 | $4,431.20 |
| 8 | Bouve O | $2,903.20 |
| 9 | jeremaroto | $1,573.84 |
Notable Finishes: David "Mrdawwe" Sonelin (22nd - $611.20)
*PokerStars Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up data obtained from PokerStarsBlog.com
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