The Sunday Briefing: Carlos "Carsandi" Sanchez Earns Sunday's Biggest Prize

Mickey Doft
Live Reporter
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The Sunday Briefing: Carlos

Thanks to a six-handed deal in the PokerStars Sunday Million, four players pocketed six figures on the felt this weekend. Although he didn't win, Carlos "Carsandi" Sanchez earned the biggest prize with his fifth-place finish for $195,810. Going on to take it down was "Zábry" for $151,645. Other Sunday winners include Robby "PlayaPlz" Lipkin, Rory "Mafews" Mathews and Tom “7tHEcROw7” MacDonald.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$158,024$1,604,800
PlacePlayerPrize
*1Zábry$151,645
*2t6rdur$103,062
*3whitey714$71,437
*4timmybwee$115,710
*5Carlos "Carsandi" Sanchez$195,810
*6BabyGrand$93,167
7DieselBossen$32,096
8iamtheboss12$18,455
9saken75$12,437

*denotes six-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Liv Boeree (27th - $3,531), Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis (33rd - $3,209.60), Seth "SFisch4" Fischer (72nd - $2,247)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$153,735$747,000
PlacePlayerPrize
*1Robby "PlayaPlz" Lipkin$98,556
*2JayP-AA$84,001
*3hestskit$83,748
4psyhoagromor$42,953
5the_coahman$31,748
6yarik1903$24,278
7gigaplayer$16,808
8fish&chips$9,338
9nervakSVK$5,976

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: David "dpeters17" Peters (21st - $1,905), Steve "Illini213" Barshak (32nd - $1,681), Jason "poker_lord76" Brown (33rd - $1,681)

Full Tilt $350K Guarantee ($350K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$161,955$391,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Rory "Mafews" Mathews$74,290
2Dezar$51,495
3asforr$36,363
4Kevin "kice32" Iacofano$27,370
5Muckemagain$20,332
6katelin$14,858
7Obvamentz_IMO$10,557
8olafos$7,529
9gnadud$5,083

Notable Finishes: Stevan "random_chu" Chew (14th - $2,581), Adam "TheSquee" Sherman (17th - $1,879), Jason "jadedjason" James (18th - $1,879)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+$161,066$213,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1Srki_SER$42,640
2Kai "kingkai" Paulsen$28,398
3Barakred$20,254
4rh300487$15,137
5flipper_1986$11,300
6EddyMaksoud$8,315
7Nick "PureCash25" Rampone$6,183
8gnat777$4,477
9PokerGuruKuhn$3,198

Notable Finishes: Jochum "groengras" Weenink (13th - $1,620), Jeremiah "Believer8219" Vinsant (17th - $1,237), Francis "The Lab Rat" Anderson (18th - $1,237),

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$30941$470,500
PlacePlayerPrize
1thinkpos3553$84,690
2MagicDeal$60,365
3ImADickted2U$45,168
4Poeira4$33,876
5trickyone14$23,525
6KrazyKiddo$18,820
7yasunori66$14,115
8grekos1981$9,410
9Sergei0384$5,646

Notable Finishes: Torsten “jektiss” Brinkmann (15th - $3,529), Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet (17th - $2,588), Brandon "oncommand" Meyers (20th - $2,070), Ole "wizowizo" Schemion (21st - $2,070)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,130$369,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1Tom “7tHEcROw7” MacDonald$68,043
2Leqenden$49,368
3Djelly$36,980
4Sh0ckdaWorld$27,735
5AJacejackAJ$19,415
6Sebastian "p0cket00" Sikorski$15,717
7king2173$12,019
8PIUlimeira$8,321
9Zotya78$5,177

Notable Finishes: Rory "Mafews" Mathews (22nd - $1,664), Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko (23rd - $1,664.10), Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen (25th - $1,664), Dan "Danny98765" Smith (257th - $1,664)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$93,275$327,500
PlacePlayerPrize
1Nederland-G$51,582
2LilBigKahuna$38,481
3Kevin "Civell" Vandersmissen$27,510
4temqaaa$18,831
5Torsten “jektiss” Brinkmann$14,246
6A.A_THE_W.55$10,971
7M.El-hinnawi$7,696
8Broose51$4,428
9margeo13$2,784

Notable Finishes: James "croll103" Carroll (15th - $1,556)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$150+$121,822$273,300
PlacePlayerPrize
1CMoosepower$43,729
2dimanche205$32,796
3asselka$24,597
4MrBarrett82$17,969
5floppinhel$12,982
6Bryan "bparis" Paris$10,112
7Francis "The Lag rat" Anderson$7,399
8uaredead lol$4,783
9Geoff "GeoffRas22" Rasmussen$2,733

Notable Finishes: Luke "Bananazoo" Chiciak (14th - $1,681), JC "PrtyPsux" Alvarado (22nd - $1,039)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,440$288,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1shout0501$48,960
2M.nosbocaJ$36,000
3Jonathan "MONSTER_DONG" Karamalikis$27,331
4all in 2526$19,584
5Jeppe M$14,256
6mexican222$11,376
7Flash_ua$8,496
8softcored$5,616
9SIXHCP$3,110

Notable Finishes: Kevin "KevBoyStar" Stani (19th - $1,152)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$10+$144,364$443,640
PlacePlayerPrize
*1dadowiec$33,795
*21TheSKiller$19,826
*3Jogi3005$23,626
4Jiminybob$12,262
5Tsaar$8,385
6pokernoeide$5,390
7HOLDINTRIPZZ$3,771
8TheNr23$2,573
9Sync101$1,885

denotes three-handed deal

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