The Sunday Briefing: Mark Zajdner, Hiren Patel and Ankush Mandavia Earn Victories
The Sunday Majors have taken a back seat to the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) for the past three Sundays, but the events will go back to their normal running next week. With the Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up still on hiatus, the Sunday 500 and $109 Sunday Rebuy have attracted the largest prize pools and offered the largest pay days. Mark "scrubbyz" Zajdner and Hiren "hustla16" Patel emerged victorious in those respective events, and Ankush "pistons87" Mandavia took down the Sunday 2nd Chance.
PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $500+$30 | 1,005 | $502,500 |
The biggest of the Sunday Majors this week, the Sunday 500, saw a tough final table that included Ryan "Daut44" Daut, Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti and Mark "scrubbyz" Zajdner. In the end, Zajdner was the last man standing with nearly $80,000 in prize money.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Mark "scrubbyz" Zajdner | $79,143.99 |
| *2 | vvirtue | $60,000.72 |
| *3 | garompon | $60,247.29 |
| 4 | gillete | $35,677.50 |
| 5 | <xlllll>< | $25,125 |
| 6 | Ryan "Daut44" Daut | $20,100 |
| 7 | Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti | $15,075 |
| 8 | shinbunshi | $10,050 |
| 9 | vonBaranow | $5,778.75 |
*denotes three-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Mike "Pipedream17" Dietrich (15th - $3,768.75), Owen "ocrowe" Crowe (23rd - $2,110.50), Dylan "ImaLucSac" Linde (27th - $2,110.50)
PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 1,211 | $415,000 |
The $109 Sunday Rebuy was down a mere two entrants from last week, but it did have a bigger prize pool by $2,200. Hiren "hustla16" Patel took it down outright for $75,945.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiren "hustla16" Patel | $75,945 |
| 2 | arnon shraga | $55,195 |
| 3 | WhatIfGod | $41,500 |
| 4 | nkeyno | $31,125 |
| 5 | Madcandle | $27,787.50 |
| 6 | lukro8 | $17,637.50 |
| 7 | Brian "brianm15" England | $13,487.50 |
| 8 | E1ephant | $9,337.50 |
| 9 | simu241284 | $5,810 |
Notable Finishes: Sebastian "p0cket00" Sikorski (14th - $3,320), Spencer "UH Big Tex" Hudson (16th - $2,531.50), Andrei "extasyman" One (17th - $2,531.50)
PokerStars Bigger $109 ($200K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 3,569 | $356,900 |
This week's Bigger $109 had a talent-filled final table that included Jimmie "AlusivPnkBny" Guinther, Timo "heißtercamp" Pfützenreuter, and Toby "810ofclubs" Lewis. In the end, it was "Sintoras" getting the win after a heads-up deal.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Sintoras | $48,441.70 |
| *2 | FallingHawk | $49,350.79 |
| 3 | Jimmie "AlusivPnkBny" Guinther | $29,622.70 |
| 4 | jaybeastie | $20,521.75 |
| 5 | Timo "heißtercamp" Pfützenreuter | $15,278.88 |
| 6 | Toby "810ofclubs" Lewis | $11,599.25 |
| 7 | allprowi | $8,030.25 |
| 8 | joszunabot18 | $4,461.25 |
| 9 | kinheim | $2,855.20 |
*denotes heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Matt "All_in_at420" Stout (16th - $1,124.23), Clayton "slammedfire" Mozdzen (17th - $1,124.23), Taylor "tRaMp&d0PrAy" Paur (29th - $820.87)
PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $150+$12 | 1,956 | $293,400 |
Team PokerStars Pro Ana Marquez was the only notable at the final table of the Bigger $162. She took ninth place for $2,934, and "ashafiq" finished on top for $46,944.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ashafiq | $46,944 |
| 2 | original47 | $35,208 |
| 3 | Soccermom96 | $26,406 |
| 4 | byfon | $19,291.05 |
| 5 | wtfgmon | $13,936.50 |
| 6 | PkrDime | $10,855.80 |
| 7 | AlexGelinski | $7,921.80 |
| 8 | eseeneeme | $5,134.50 |
| 9 | Ana Marquez | $2,934 |
Notable Finishes: David "malicous222" Randall (32nd - $938.88), Tim "TurnRiva" Marsters (34th - $938.88)
PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$15 | 1,617 | $323,400 |
The Sunday 2nd Chance saw an increase of 137 players this week and produced a solid final table. Ankush "pistons87" Mandavia took it down outright for $54,023.97.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ankush "pistons87" Mandavia | $54,023.97 |
| 2 | Steve "Illini213" Barshak | $39,454.80 |
| 3 | donut604 | $29,752.80 |
| 4 | Nick "GripDsNutz" Grippo | $21,991.20 |
| 5 | Grizzlypower | $15,846.60 |
| 6 | ESPORTACUS | $12,612.60 |
| 7 | WushuTM | $9,378.60 |
| 8 | jennyfuchs | $6,144.60 |
| 9 | YugiohPro | $3,364.36 |
Notable Finishes: Randal "RandALLin" Flowers (18th - $1,552.32), Andrei "extasyman" One (26th - $1,293.60)
PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $10+$1 | 31,688 | $316,880 |
This week's Sunday Storm dipped slightly from last week with 251 fewer entrants. After a three-handed deal at the final table, "Zieh euch ab" came away with the win for more than $27,000.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Zieh euch ab | $27,145.80 |
| *2 | KAKA197703 | $21,219.08 |
| *3 | casssper000 | $17,091.33 |
| 4 | zufanos | $10,932.36 |
| 5 | poyo123 | $7,763.56 |
| 6 | MasterK 1986 | $4,753.20 |
| 7 | xzone23 | $3,327.24 |
| 8 | Werder091982 | $2,218.16 |
| 9 | Kornone | $1,568.55 |
*denotes three-handed deal
PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 1,364 | $136,400 |
The Sunday Kickoff gained 63 players this week after a drop in attendance last week. Coming away with the outright triumph was "Pokerfan89Gr" for $23,188.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pokerfan89Gr | $23,188 |
| 2 | ziduart | $17,050 |
| 3 | tarapa | $12,944.36 |
| 4 | Riddick5 | $9,275.20 |
| 5 | hodrat | $6,751.80 |
| 6 | TheKhopMan | $5,387.80 |
| 7 | tsagkran. | $4,023.80 |
| 8 | John806 | $2,659.80 |
| 9 | Wesley "ZeelandBoy" Wiemes | $1,473.12 |
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