PokerStars one-upped itself again on Sunday. The world's leading online poker site attempted to break its own Guinness World Record for the biggest ever online tournament in poker history, and accomplished just that when 225,000 players participated in a $1 tournament on Sunday afternoon. The buy-ins contributed $225,000 to the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool, with PokerStars putting up the other $75,000. When it was all over, Mr.SlavaPro from Russia turned his single buck into $25,000.
In addition to holding the largest online poker tournament ever, PokerStars ran its usual Sunday Majors schedule. Among the notables who collected big scores were Ole “wizowizo” Schemion, Andrew "Drewfus81" StJean, Alex "dynoalot" Difelice, and Bradley "BaZa88" Bower.
Here's a look at the results from the Sunday Majors at PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker:
PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+15
6,435
$1,287,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Capote18
$171,839*
2
pumabos
$106,000*
3
JamsLaNoche
$115,000*
4
tgf18tgf
$93,000*
5
MCFelin
$82,500*
6
kdfishunter
$41,184
7
aammpp
$28,314
8
Ruaction
$15,444
9
ASHLEYDAWKO
$9,974
*Denotes five-handed deal
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+15
2,872
$574,400
Place
Player
Prize
1
sava-lenivec
$73,203*
2
Andr the gun
$66,428
3
LoredanKK
$66,578
4
manio57
$33,028
5
orange6
$24,986
6
K0VAK
$19,242
7
ply10
$13,498
8
shteddy
$7,765
9
matze_widi
$4,882
*Denotes three-handed deal
PokerStars Guinness World Record Attempt ($300K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$1
225,000
$300,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Mr.SlavaPro
$25,000
2
johnnykara75
$15,000
3
1star09
$10,000
4
jpstef06
$7,500
5
Tormenter85
$5,000
6
KARI#9
$3,500
7
SOY PATO355
$2,500
8
jmmetra
$2,000
9
Ravic77
$1,500
Full Tilt $350K Guarantee ($250K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+15
1,276
$255,200
Place
Player
Prize
1
jnack19
$51,040
2
Angell Cloud
$33,992
3
flashdisastr
$24,244
4
azzabentonaces
$18,119
5
ZISIMO7
$13,525
6
T3G3S
$9,925
7
Knossalla88
$7,400
8
SonnyBlack87
$5,359
9
Romeopro33
$3,828
Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$240+15
1,011
$202,200
Place
Player
Prize
1
ashmanofdoom
$40,400
2
Antonio "apalma" Palma
$26,933
3
germoneygame
$19,209
4
WtFoMGOAO
$14,356
5
13otur
$10,716
6
Machinguer
$7,885
7
PetjeXL
$5,863
8
IneedMoneyXX
$4,246
9
SoFrischSoGut
$4,246
PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$500+30
694
$347,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
daddikos
$63,674
2
ShagWell
$45,457
3
Lucifer81
$34,353
4
PokerSavage1
$25,851
5
Lena900
$18,044
6
Andrew "Drewfus81" StJean
$14,574
7
KIngAntsi
$11,104
8
carozo1959
$7,634
9
R_Caiaffa
$4,511
PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$100+9
842
$262,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
spetsern
$49,125
2
jogk
$35,370
3
Deanuzz
$26,200
4
DMS75
$19,650
5
foldbudiao
$13,755
6
Peanut172
$11,135
7
vinixxx1
$8,515
8
Fofan10
$5,895
9
Yukold
$3,694
PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+15
1,161
$232,200
Place
Player
Prize
1
Striker33333
$41,796
2
Golfdish
$29,791
3
thaleskoppe
$22,291
4
Klebanov999
$16,718
5
TroyJones
$11,610
6
mjw006
$9,288
7
ATLienCP
$6,966
8
Cashcid Linc
$4,644
9
eeee_wl
$2,786.40
PokerStars Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$210.80+4.20
1,163
$245,160
Place
Player
Prize
1
DonkedUNoob
$44,521
2
Sheeeeep
$32,361
3
Ole “wizowizo” Schemion
$24,516
4
Alex "dynoalot" Difelice
$18,387
5
Bradley "BaZa88" Bower
$12,870
6
czlol
$10,419
7
On The Mac
$7,967
8
Map97
$5,516
9
CHAINSAWDONK
$3,432
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