The Sunday Briefing: "Flush098765" Wins PokerStars Sunday Million for $194,000

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The Sunday Briefing:

Very few Team PokerStars Pros played at PokerStars over the weekend as many were in the United States grinding the World Series of Poker. But that didn't keep the thousands of online grinders from entering the events as games stood steady through Sunday's end.

PokerStars ran its usual Sunday schedule with "Flush0908765" being awarded the largest prize of $194,232 in the Sunday Million. In total, 6,385 players bought into the Sunday Million, creating a $1,277,000 prize pool with 990 places paid. Only five Red Spades participated, including Caio Pessagno, Martin Hruby, Richard Toth, and Lex Veldhuis, all of whom busted before the money bubble. Team Online's Stavros "IDOLLS" Kalfas cashed in 224th place.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$156,385$1,277,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Flush098765$194,232
2EDWARDHOPPER$143,663
3OnkelAqua$102,160
4JohnnyDepp$70,235
5WeiTei$53,634
6icrywhenipee$40,864
7Merceko$28,094
8Silberrük15$15,324
9babbez$9,897

Flush098765 went into the final table as chip leader with 11,274,338 in chips, slightly ahead of "JohnnyDepp" (11,269,830).

It was a back-and-forth battle between Flush098765 and JohnnyDepp for the lead until players started dropping from the list. Through the first five eliminations, Flush098765 held a dominating chip lead with 31.6 million, while JohnnyDepp was second with 16.1 million, "OnkelAqua" held 10.1 million, and "EDWARDHOPPER" was the short stack with 6.1 million.

Blinds jumped to 250,000/500,000 when Flush098765 eliminated JohnnyDepp in fourth place after rivering a 6 on a 9758 board for ten-high straight with Q10. JohnnyDepp missed a king-high flush draw to lose all his chips, but left collecting $70,235.

OnkelAqua briefly took the lead while three-handed but a place at the top didn't last long. He first ran pocket fours into Flush098765's pocket fives and later shoved with AK against Flush098765's AQ but lost when a queen hit the flop. OnkelAqua's runs ended in third place, good for a $102,160 payday.

Flush098765 started heads-up action with nearly a two-to-one chip lead. In the final hand, EDWARDHOPPER open-shoved for 10.2 million with K7 on the button. Flush098765 woke up with AK in the big blind and called. The board ran QJ2A5 to lock up the win. Flush098765 banked $194,213 and his first Sunday Million title, while EDWARDHOPPER took his second runner-up finish in the event for $143,663.

Here's a look at the results from the Sunday Majors at PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker:

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+152,794$558,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1j_kork$88,012
288Xin88$65,659
3C. Darwin2$46,939
4JEKAAA7$32,131
5o23oSyD$24,308
6camikater$18,720
7btvedt$13,132
8PizzicatoXev$7,555
9Jollymakky$4,750

Full Tilt $350K Guarantee ($250K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+151,166$250,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1NutsErryTime$50,000
2pyszalek$33,300
3jab0c0$23,750
4GuId_Bullen$17,750
5PIPE17$13,250
6João "Naza114" Vieira$9,750
7MonteKristo88$7,250
8Dudator$5,250
9mrwhatFISH$3,750

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+15935$200,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Iglowka$40,000
2DrPill$26,640
3Hizzo469$19,000
4odom_pl$14,200
5flashdisastr$10,600
6Joao Barbosa$7,800
7Andras Nemeth$5,800
8AAKaliber$4,200
9Fat_Ugly_Bold$3,000

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+30591$300,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1young_diam18$51,375*
2Caio "Pessagno" Pessagno$45,375*
3hellzito$30,000
4iCeVeNoM$22,500
5zzwwzzwwzz$15,750
6philipoo$12,750
7Hustlaaaaaa$9,750
8StatusUp$6,750
9asdf78$4,230

*Denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+9770$239,900
PlacePlayerPrize
1Elia001$42,261*
2AngelinaWins$31,264*
3M1ightyDucks$27,933*
4mora7777$17,993
5Pumpingpoker$12,595
6heavenwalker$10,196
7Dönig$7,797
8Sebastien "p0cket00" Sikorski$5,398
9bEatNick"OG"$3,383

*Denotes four-handed deal

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+92,683$268,300
PlacePlayerPrize
1iBreakU_U$32,566*
2Blessed$28,026*
3kokandija$29,385*
4bbbetts$22,756*
5pol12pl$11,939
6The Lag rat$9,256
7Lajoshh$6,573
8FishOnHeater$3,890
9sir_wake29$2,281

*Denotes four-handed deal

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$1621,374$206,100
PlacePlayerPrize
1lelispokeR$26,498*
2@cey@lone$24,537*
3Zapahzamazki$27,500*
4ImADickted2U$14,015
5szmolin88$10,091
6Skrigepas$8,038
7ex6tenceLV$5,977
8bezya$3,916
9Nico_KotTilT$2,143

*Denotes three-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+151,064$212,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1padjes$38,304
2LFmagic$27,664
3SiladuS$20,642
4Poeira4$15,428
5varymetalos2$10,725
6invisiblewl$8,512
7micksi2001$6,384
8Wokkasak 
9kingvincio24$2,554

PokerStars Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$210.80+4.201,027$216,492
PlacePlayerPrize
1ISILDRooN$31,274*
2jogk$23,822*
3mnstrkII$30,235*
4ThomasG_207$20,968
5jipvis$11,366
6Negriin$9,201
7Gerritss$7,036
8tigbitties56$4,871
9ceszon$3,031

*Denotes four-handed deal

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