The Sunday Briefing: Sorel Mizzi Takes Second in Sunday Rebuy
The Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) kicked off on Sunday, but many of the regularly scheduled Sunday Majors ran as they usually do. Several notables posted excellent showings. Andras "probirs" Nemeth and Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen posted wins, while Sadan "the_snail03" Turker and Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi were among the runner-ups.
PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $500+$30 | 961 | $480,500 |
With the Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up essentially beefed up to SCOOP status this week, the Sunday 500 had the biggest prize pool of the regular Sunday Majors. A tough final table that included Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero, Rupert "ElRupert" Elder and Taylor "tRaMp$d0PrAy" Paur was topped by Hungarian pro Andras "probirs" Nemeth for more than $75,000.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Andras "probirs" Nemeth | $75,056.42 |
| *2 | montecarlo13 | $69,958.48 |
| 3 | mypokerf | $45,647.50 |
| 4 | pezler06 | $34,115.50 |
| 5 | Klebanov999 | $24,025 |
| 6 | Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero | $19,220 |
| 7 | Rupert "ElRupert" Elder | $14,415 |
| 8 | respect82 | $9,610 |
| 9 | Taylor "tRaMp$d0PrAy" Paur | $5,525.75 |
*denotes heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Hunter "HEMIpowerSWT" Frey (11th - $4,564.75), Felipe "Improved" Montenegro (16th - $2,642.75), Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi (18th - $2,642.75)
PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 1,239 | $416,600 |
The $109 Sunday Rebuy saw an excellent bump this week as 270 additional players added $87,300 to the prize pool. Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi held the chip lead for much of the final table and at the start start of heads-up play, but he came up short as "paulitschMC" fought back to claim the $76,029 first-place prize.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | paulitschMC | $76,029.50 |
| 2 | Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi | $55,366.14 |
| 3 | highdro420 | $41,660 |
| 4 | pappadogg | $31,245 |
| 5 | Rory "Mafews" Mathews | $21,871.50 |
| 6 | Rick "ThEcLaiMEer" Trigg | $17,705.50 |
| 7 | Skipper-dawn | $13,539.50 |
| 8 | Olembe | $9,373.50 |
| 9 | Rafael "LiroLa" Monteiro | $5,832.40 |
Notable Finishes: Mathew "Matfrankland" Frankland (21st - $1,791.38), Hunter "HEMIpowerSWT" Frey (24th - $1,791.38)
PokerStars Bigger $109 ($200K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 3,532 | $353,200 |
Just like last week, a four-handed deal took place in the Bigger $109. What was different, though, was that 478 more players took part in this week's affair. Outlasting the field was "vip25459" for more than $48,000.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | vip25459 | $48,200.53 |
| *2 | herkulidis | $30,880.04 |
| *3 | Vombat88 | $38,464.07 |
| *4 | nord96 | $28,858.67 |
| 5 | Sasuke234 | $15,120.49 |
| 6 | Mr. Klean | $11,479 |
| 7 | alainniala | $7,947 |
| 8 | nano88 | $4,415 |
| 9 | wallaceallin | $2,825.60 |
*denotes four-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer (21st - $935.98), Dan "djk123" Kelly (27th - $935.98)
PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $150+$12 | 1,880 | $282,000 |
It isn't every week that the Bigger $162 sees three notable players make the final table. Scott "gunning4you" Seiver took seventh place, while Tim "Tmay420" West finished in fourth. Both came up short to Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen, who collected $45,120 for the win.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen | $45,120 |
| 2 | mumu12345 | $33,840 |
| 3 | FairLaw | $25,380 |
| 4 | Tim "Tmay420" West | $18,451.50 |
| 5 | Anjeyyy | $13,395 |
| 6 | Zareta | $10,434 |
| 7 | Scott "gunning4you" Seiver | $7,614 |
| 8 | harbour | $4,935 |
| 9 | PushMeDirty | $2,820 |
Notable Finishes: Jack "jackellwood" Ellwood (21st - $1,043.40), Joseph "subiime" Cheong (24th - $1,043.20)
PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$15 | 1,547 | $309,400 |
The Sunday 2nd Chance picked up 88 additional players this week and, like many other of this week's majors, a four-handed deal took place. "MilesLogaNL" emerged from the pack to claim a first-place prize of nearly $43,000.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | MilesLogaNL | $42,930.39 |
| *2 | diouf999 | $29,607.23 |
| *3 | I_M_ICM | $28,474.03 |
| *4 | Kecinpulach | $37,924.42 |
| 5 | Kuatro | $15,160.60 |
| 6 | Kihlstrom | $12,066.60 |
| 7 | David "dave798111" Allan | $8,972.60 |
| 8 | Biologist | $5,878.60 |
| 9 | erman18 | $3,217.76 |
*denotes four-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Renato "leguito" Almeida (11th - $2,629.90), Andre "aakkari" Akkari (18th - $1,485.12)
PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $10+$1 | 35,339 | $353,390 |
Even though the Sunday Storm dipped by more than 2,000 players this week, it still easily covered its guarantee. The last five players remaining agreed to a chop, and "roman141014" ultimately claimed victory for more than $21,000.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | roman141014 | $21,201.39 |
| *2 | Abrupt guy | $15,128.87 |
| *3 | haldi80 | $20,321.91 |
| *4 | albert_dork | $16,437.62 |
| *5 | jjblokdijk | $13,636.39 |
| 6 | Zaiiiiippi | $4,770.76 |
| 7 | JMcKW | $3,268.85 |
| 8 | arianguapo | $2,297.03 |
| 9 | PeterJonas | $1,607.92 |
*denotes five-handed deal
PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 1,373 | $137,300 |
Down 137 players from last week, the Sunday Kickoff saw a four-handed deal worked out. Among the final four was Sadan "the_snail03" Turker, but he finished runner-up to "Evilduke11."
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Evilduke11 | $17,000 |
| *2 | Sadan "the_snail03" Turker | $14,500 |
| *3 | Terence999 | $15,900 |
| *4 | valkyri3 | $14,254.67 |
| 5 | KvicKiller | $6,727.70 |
| 6 | necora75 | $5,354.70 |
| 7 | 1_conor_b_1 | $3,981.70 |
| 8 | Dominykas "Domce" Karmazinas | $2,608.70 |
| 9 | rubak787 | $1,427.92 |
*denotes four-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Nicky "Cod Meharly" Evans (21st - $549.20)
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