The Sunday Briefing: Sunday Million Victory for "franc1978685"
The World Series of Poker Main Event is under way, but that didn't stop online-poker Sunday from producing some big winners. The biggest individual prize went to "franc1978685" for winning the Sunday Million. Among those making final tables were Team PokerStars Pros Bryan Huang and Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hruby. Also having a nice Sunday was Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko, final tabling the Sunday Warm-Up and making a deep run in the $109 Sunday Rebuy.
PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$15 | 5,705 | $1,141,000 |
A rare six-handed deal took place in the Sunday Million this week, guaranteeing each of the final six players at least $76,000. The final three players entered the final table as the three biggest stacks, but it was the shortest of the bunch, "franc1978685," who came out on top.
Heads-up with "conjunk," the near-even stacks went into the middle on an A♥10♦7♦ flop. The A♠K♥ of "franc1978685" bested "conjunk's" 10♠5♣ when the Q♥ turn and 8♦ river fell. That left "conjunk" with two big blinds, and the tournament ended on the next hand.
To read more about this week's Sunday Million, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | franc1978685 | $124,183.64 |
| *2 | conjunk | $124,547.94 |
| *3 | themightyD.R | $89,180.88 |
| *4 | Kimromy | $56,841.58 |
| *5 | Nikolo5 | $77,932.87 |
| *6 | ActionJunk | $76,305.24 |
| 7 | soldier_1912 | $25,102 |
| 8 | excellence | $14,262.50 |
| 9 | pokerstefi | $8,899.80 |
*denotes six-handed deal
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($750K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$15 | 2,645 | $529,000 |
Making deep runs in the Sunday Warm-Up were Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang (ninth place for $4,496.50) and Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko, finishing in fourth place for more than $30,000. From there, a three-handed deal was made. From there, "TheMatadorCC" took it down. On the final hand, with the board reading Q♥9♠8♠5♥, runner-up finisher "He3HaiKa" got it in with Q♠8♥. "TheMatadorCC" tabled a better two pair with Q♦9♣ and held up through the J♦ river.
To read more about this week's Sunday Warm-Up, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | TheMatadorCC | $80,940 |
| *2 | He3HaiKa | $56,500 |
| *3 | niewie | $53,000 |
| 4 | Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko | $30,941.21 |
| 5 | Harada110 | $23,011.50 |
| 6 | Ilha13 | $17,721.50 |
| 7 | Marshall252 | $12,431.50 |
| 8 | Filurn | $7,670.50 |
| 9 | BryanHuang | $4,496.50 |
*denotes three-handed deal
PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $500+$30 | 576 | $300,000 |
Julian "soydelmillo" Menendez (10th - $3,300) and Michael "PapaGreggio" Hawkins (21st - $1,500) finished a tad shy shy of the final table in the Sunday 500. A heads-up deal took place that saw "komisch99" emerge with the win for $52,023.07.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | komisch99 | $52,023.07 |
| *2 | slowdancer59 | $44,726.93 |
| 3 | rumbai4 | $30,000 |
| 4 | youaremelon | $22,500 |
| 5 | ImADickted2U | $15,750 |
| 6 | Matt "mjw006" Wakeman | $12,750 |
| 7 | Jaroslow "YanniYankiev" Jaskiewicz | $9,750 |
| 8 | CSWAMI | $6,750 |
| 9 | Aufangzeb | $4,230 |
*denotes heads-up deal
PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 704 | $225,000 |
The $109 Sunday Rebuy managed to get a few notables at the final table even during the WSOP. Cathal "shinerrr" Shine defeated Andras "probirs" Nemeth heads-up for the $42,300 first-place prize.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cathal "shinerrr" Shine | $42,300 |
| 2 | Andras "probirs" Nemeth | $30,825 |
| 3 | ggrigorop | $22,725 |
| 4 | Piggysnipz | $17,100 |
| 5 | liujunwei926 | $12,015 |
| 6 | Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis | $9,562.50 |
| 7 | Mariachi | $7,312.50 |
| 8 | vikt777 | $5,062.50 |
| 9 | ediguadro | $3,375 |
Notable Finishes: Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko (12th - $2,587.50)
PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 2,329 | $232,900 |
Shyam "G's zee" Srinivasan (12th - $1,630.30) and Jesse "On the Mac" McKenzie (17th - $931.60) just missed out of the Bigger $109 final table, which was eventually won by "styggert" for $37,264.72.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | styggert | $37,264.72 |
| 2 | akasherin | $27,948 |
| 3 | KRfishONE | $20,285.59 |
| 4 | r4st4f4ri | $13,974 |
| 5 | C.L.R.L. | $10,480.50 |
| 6 | yflo | $8,151.50 |
| 7 | Ubenbeat16 | $5,822.50 |
| 8 | LEGENDKING | $3,959.30 |
| 9 | Grizzlypower | $2,096.10 |
PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $150+$12 | 1,254 | $188,100 |
The Bigger $162 had a three-handed deal take place, guaranteeing each more than $20,500. In the end, "viebu" was the sole survivor and emerged with a $30,340.19 payday.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | viebu | $30,340.19 |
| *2 | Bostero10 | $22,500 |
| *3 | El Braulin | $20,500 |
| 4 | esprob | $12,790.80 |
| 5 | iJustGamble | $9,310.95 |
| 6 | mr.salgado30 | $7,429.95 |
| 7 | grzanka777 | $5,548.95 |
| 8 | Thief0fchips | $3,667.95 |
| 9 | buytenwegh | $2,031.48 |
*denotes three-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Alex "skalexjung" Jung (22nd - $752.40)
PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$15 | 1,004 | $200,800 |
Team PokerStars Pro Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hruby made a deep run in the Sunday 2nd Chance, finishing in fourth place for $14,558. Taking it down was "singslim" for $36,144.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | singslim | $36,144 |
| 2 | zavor | $26,104 |
| 3 | Sasuke234 | $19,477.60 |
| 4 | Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hruby | $14,558 |
| 5 | RemyLeBeau83 | $10,120.32 |
| 6 | avinaar | $8,112.32 |
| 7 | faithless | $6,104.32 |
| 8 | El Braulin | $4,116.40 |
| 9 | marty7 | $2,510 |
Notable Finishes: David "dhilton12" Hilton (26th - $923.68)
PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $10+$1 | 29,406 | $300,000 |
The Sunday Storm usually sees a deal takes place; however, that was not the case this week. "USoGotPwned" topped a field of 29,406 and took it down outright for $28,050.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | USoGotPwned | $28,050 |
| 2 | dj_Xeraan | $20,550 |
| 3 | GrimRipper2 | $13,350 |
| 4 | SVSchobuell | $10,350 |
| 5 | standupflush | $7,350 |
| 6 | Cranky<3 | $4,500 |
| 7 | Maniek1971 | $3,150 |
| 8 | KippekontNL | $2,100 |
| 9 | intimad8or32 | $1,485 |
PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 1,463 | $146,300 |
A four-handed deal in the Sunday Kickoff got things started this weekend and when the dust settled, "Brandvold" was the victorious one for more than $18,000.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Brandvold | $18,169.54 |
| *2 | INormaJean | $18,181.55 |
| *3 | Crazy Elior | $15,000.17 |
| *4 | pa11go | $14,557.16 |
| 5 | Agent Bear | $7,168.70 |
| 6 | PantsDownPat | $5,705.70 |
| 7 | squintster | $4,242.70 |
| 8 | MVSRussia | $2,779.70 |
| 9 | gucu23 | $1,506.89 |
*denotes four-handed deal
*PokerStars Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up data obtained from PokerStarsBlog.com
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