The Sunday Briefing: Gerardo "g3r4rd0x" Rodriguez Wins PokerStars Sunday Million
It isn't often you can get six people to agree on anything, but that's exactly what happened at the PokerStars Sunday Million final table this week. A six-way deal saw each player pocket at least $105,000, and Peru's Gerardo "g3r4rd0x" Rodriguez went on to win his first Sunday Million title and more than $108,000.
Joining Rodriguez in the winner's circle Sunday were Chris "Run dat Game" Lovett (Sunday Warm-Up), Flávio "flavioreis88" Reis (Sunday 500), Mat "checktrap11" Cuthbertson (Bigger $162), and Chris "maxxscam" Back (Sunday 2nd Chance).
PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$15 | 7,169 | $1,433,800 |
Notable finishes in the Sunday Million included Jono "GAWA9" Crute (15th - $5,950.27), David "DonkCommited" Miscikowski (32nd - $2,982.30), and Morten "-MortenVM-" Mortensen (36th - $2,982.30). A six-handed deal took place that guaranteed six figures for five of the final six players. The short stack, though, made sure that all six players received at least $105,000. Gerardo "g3r4rd0x" Rodriguez fought back from the bottom to earn Sunday Million honors.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Gerardo "g3r4rd0x" Rodriguez | $108,234.99 |
| *2 | 2fingerz 2u | $113,773.98 |
| *3 | vecneZivec | $105,880.20 |
| *4 | NinziAkaPaxi | $116,622.57 |
| *5 | b2bporker | $105,541.81 |
| *6 | pengebingen1 | $117,198.87 |
| 7 | faithless | $30,826.70 |
| 8 | tsakoni22 | $17,205.60 |
| 9 | PESCJAU | $11,111.95 |
*denotes six-handed deal leaving $20,000 to the eventual winner
To read more about this week's Sunday Million, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com.
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$15 | 3,284 | $656,800 |
Tyler "brainwash" Cornell (12th - $3,940.80), Timo "heißtercamp" Pfützenreuter (14th - $2,955.60), and Artem "Artem205" Metalidi (21st - $1,674.84) were among those who posted impressive showings in the Sunday Warm-Up. A three-handed deal took place and when the dust settled, Chris "Run dat Game" Lovett was the last man standing.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Chris "Run dat Game" Lovett | $95,661.42 |
| *2 | Elmagico19A1 | $65,111.67 |
| *3 | TMMPOKPOK | $73,377.19 |
| 4 | nezamr | $37,766 |
| 5 | dekat15 | $27,914 |
| 6 | elpipsi87 | $21,346 |
| 7 | schmette | $14,778 |
| 8 | GeoManousos | $8,210 |
| 9 | Hunter "HEMIpowerSWT" Frey | $5,254.40 |
*denotes three-handed deal
To read about this week's Sunday Warm-Up, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com.
PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $500+$30 | 824 | $412,000 |
Many notables went deep in the Sunday 500, including Giuseppe "Ansgar2000" Pantaleo (10th - $4,326), Ashley "DYBYDX" Mason (15th - $3,502), Alex "Schildy1984" Debus (16th - $2,678), David "dpeters17" Peters (21st - $1,895.20), TJ "1BigAceHole Ulmer (24th - $1,895.20), Shannon "basedbal1b" Shorr (25th - $1,895.20), and Angel Guillen (27th - $1,895.20). The talent-laden final table was won outright by Flávio "flavioreis88" Reis for $74,160.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flávio "flavioreis88" Reis | $74,160 |
| 2 | James "j_t_s80" Broom | $53,560 |
| 3 | Aduobe4 | $39,964 |
| 4 | oceanemm | $29,870 |
| 5 | Catafract80 | $20,764.80 |
| 6 | Frederik "Fred_Brink" Jensen | $16,644.80 |
| 7 | Ole “wizowizo” Schemion | $12,524.80 |
| 8 | pokerpimps81 | $8,446 |
| 9 | Torsten “jektiss” Brinkmann | $5,150 |
PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 1,002 | $319,700 |
Just missing out on the $109 Sunday Rebuy final table were Jeremiah "Believer82" Vinsant (12th - $3,356.85) and Luke "LukeFromb13" Staudenmaier (18th - $2,078.05). "TryToExploit" defeated a tough final table outright for nearly $60,000.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TryToExploit | $59,144.50 |
| 2 | marko 2701 | $42,839.80 |
| 3 | Christian "C.K." Kruel | $31,970 |
| 4 | Rupert "ElRupert" Elder | $23,977.50 |
| 5 | OneTreeHiII | $16,784.25 |
| 6 | Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet | $13,587.25 |
| 7 | Michael "bEatNicK"OG"" Stroh | $10,390.25 |
| 8 | flashdisastr | $7,193.25 |
| 9 | wormnorton | $4,475.80 |
PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 3,016 | $301,600 |
Vojtech "Vojta_R" Ruzicka (12th - $1,885) and Jimmie "AlusivPnkBny" Guinther (13th - $1,508) finished just shy of the Bigger $109 final table. Following a heads-up deal, "Ahhh Is It?" earned the triumph for $43,991.82.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Ahhh Is It? | $43,991.82 |
| *2 | pimenta7 | $39,250 |
| 3 | Yentz | $25,334.40 |
| 4 | Guigabraza | $17,640.58 |
| 5 | Dmitrych77 | $13,119.60 |
| 6 | Rehabilitate | $10,103.60 |
| 7 | Ze Lunar | $7,087.60 |
| 8 | Jono "GAWA9" Crute | $4,373.20 |
| 9 | mick_trayner | $2,563.60 |
*denotes heads-up deal
PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $150+$12 | 1,743 | $261,450 |
Finishing just short of the Bigger $162 final table were Alex "AlexKP" Petersen (10th - $2,039.31), Pablo "pabritz" Brito (11th - $2,039.31), Benn "risk2Dupside" Skender (12th - $2,039.31), and Ara "melikman" Melikian (17th - $1,176.52). Following a three-handed deal, Mat "checktrap11" Cuthbertson took it down for $34,430.39.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Mat "checktrap11" Cuthbertson | $34,430.39 |
| *2 | Tulkaz | $27,944.72 |
| *3 | Wesley "ZeelandBoy" Wiemes | $34,362.30 |
| 4 | lumaq | $17,190.33 |
| 5 | dirty.brasil | $12,418.87 |
| 6 | AZAZELLL0 | $9,673.65 |
| 7 | Daniel "GotURead" Reijmer | $7.059.15 |
| 8 | !nyourface20 | $4,575.37 |
| 9 | swordfish007 | $2,614.50 |
*denotes three-handed deal
PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$15 | 1,411 | $282,200 |
Among those who made deep runs in the Sunday 2nd Chance were Vincent "Vingtcent" van der Fluit (23rd - $1,128.80) and Yann "yadio" Dion (26th - $1,128.80). A four-handed deal took place and it was "maxxscam" who came away with the win.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Chris "maxxscam" Back | $33,643.71 |
| *2 | Buhei | $29,754.62 |
| *3 | PokerBrahmin | $30,791.02 |
| *4 | DonaldTrump | $35,030.03 |
| 5 | rh300487 | $13,968.90 |
| 6 | Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer | $11,146.90 |
| 7 | sousinha23 | $8,324.90 |
| 8 | casita_21 | $5,502.90 |
| 9 | David "dhilton21: Hilton | $3,047.76 |
*denotes four-handed deal
PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $10+$1 | 36,301 | $363,010 |
For the third time in four weeks, an outright winner was crowned at the Sunday Storm final table. This week, it was "dubstu" who topped the 36,301-player field for $31,552.35.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | dubstu | $31,552.35 |
| 2 | adam_liptai | $22,662.71 |
| 3 | luchy8ball | $15,246.42 |
| 4 | 1pok3r1 | $11,616.32 |
| 5 | Curiso24 | $7,986.22 |
| 6 | dbami1984 | $4,900.63 |
| 7 | THE777WALL | $3,357.84 |
| 8 | lwaps | $2,359.56 |
| 9 | robo21240 | $1,651.69 |
PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+$9 | 1,608 | $160,800 |
Kicking things off this week was "Mrcaimann", who took down the Sunday Kickoff outright, topping a field of 1,608 for $26,379.24.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mrcaimann | $26,379.24 |
| 2 | CuAt69UsdSng | $19,296 |
| 3 | Piggysnipz | $14,472 |
| 4 | imeturmoney | $10,773.60 |
| 5 | arcanarcan | $7,638 |
| 6 | H.Oussale | $6,030 |
| 7 | rafapardo | $4,422 |
| 8 | robinho | $2,814 |
| 9 | plasticard | $1,608 |
*PokerStars Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up data obtained from PokerStarsBlog.com
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