The Sunday Briefing: "Tupac_sjr" Wins PokerStars' 800 Millionth Tournament for $216,358

Brett Collson
Chief Editor
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The Sunday Briefing:

PokerStars celebrated its 800 Millionth tournament on Saturday by hosting a special $100 buy-in event with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool, and the turnout exceeded expectations. More than 21,000 players participated in the historic event, creating a prize pool of $2,163,500. The eventual winner was Belgium's "tupac_sjr" who took it down outright for $216,358.

Others collecting big scores over the weekend were Jude "j_thaddeus" Ainsworth, David "DonkCommited" Miscikowski, Ondrej "Vinkyy" Vinklarek, Maria "Femmeonfelt" Ho, Jonathan "Jcardshark" Little, and Stefan "mindgamer" Jedlicka, who chopped the PokerStars Sunday Million for $129,000.

Here's a look at the results from the Sunday Majors on PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, partypoker and WSOP.com:

PokerStars 800 Million Celebration ($1 Million Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+921,635$2,163,500
PlacePlayerPrize
1"tupac_sjr"$216,358
2environ$160,769
3Vitinh) Dzi$108,175
4MendaLarenda$86,540
5miami1984$64,905
6AirBusA$43,270
7Mightyf00I$30,397
8hateblondies$19,471
9Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins$12,981

Notable Finishes: Jordan "Jymaster11" Young (42nd - $3,028)

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+157,464$1,492,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1semaj2$168,227*
2Stefan "mindgamer" Jedlicka$129,000*
3ManiacRazor$142,000*
4jonna10$148,000*
5gortsos$61,204
6Schmitzen$46,276
7Golfdish$32,095
8puan29$17,913
9realquiz$11,569

*Denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet (35th - $3,105)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+153,510$110,214
PlacePlayerPrize
1likely2cash$89,299*
2luckysir$74,768*
3P0kerBrain$86,195*
4Josh1047$40,365
5David "DonkCommited" Miscikowski$29,835
6AA DOCTOR$22,815
7Big Fella GW$15,795
84better$8,775
9catostar$5,616

*Denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Kevin "ImaLuckSac" MacPhee (13th - $3,159), Scott "BigRiskky" Clements (14th - $3,159)

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

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+151,427$285,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1WMACHINE$51,909*
2Ondrej "Vinkyy" Vinklarek$43,129*
3Maria "Femmeonfelt" Ho$27,113
4forellen$20,263
5Robert "bobby kraut" Deppe$15,126
6Ruben "rubenrtv" Visser$11,130
7noirduck$8,276
8RuDyBoY X$5,993
9StreetVillain$4,252

Notable Finishes: Andras Nemeth (10th - $2,854), Steve "stevie444" Chidwick (18th - $1,569), Clark "snake8484" Hamagami (25th - $1,141)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+151,427$285,400
PlacePlayerPrize
156vn11$49,840
2Jude "j_thaddeus" Ainsworth$33,193
3Palmero92$23,674
4lordjosejose$17,674
5callyoudownn$13,207
6MrKrabbs$9,718
7MavFish$7,226
8keinebeine$5,233
9David "Gunslinger3" Bach$3,738

Notable Finishes: Mike McDonald (22nd - $1,071), Andras Nemeth (23rd - $1,071)

PartyPoker 200K Guaranteed Sunday

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+151,169$233,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1Hope_U_DIE_69$40,040*
2crazycottage$29,749*
3Leanod$15,313
4mhm_bauchschuss$12,975
5okearney$10,637
6VWCorrac$8,299
7LaurenceGourdin$5,961
8CNTHARIV$3,857
9metotti$2,688
10Slaskarvilt$2,104

*Denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+30801$400,500
PlacePlayerPrize
1de bluffer$72,090
2kukuchanel$52,065
3Jonathan "Jcardshark" Little$38,848
4T-Macha$29,036
5Tom “7tHEcROw7” MacDonald$20,185
6LeBronn2333$16,180
7Kihlström$12,175
8hopezACE$8,210
9Mr. cariry$5,006

Notable Finishes: Matt "ch0ppy" Kay (17th - $2,603), Joe "floes" Serock (22nd - $1,842), Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti (24th - $1,842)

Get in on the Sunday Majors action yourself by visiting PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and PartyPoker.

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+91,053$324,700
PlacePlayerPrize
1M3RCURY$60,069
2Uninc157$43,509
3Dowgh-Santos, Brazil$32,470
4LaurisL91$24,352
5sk2ll_m0dR$17,046
6onlymany$13,799
7ForzaVaxholm$10,552
8mendozoQ$7,305
9taxbank$4,545

Notable Finishes: Alexander "Schildy1984" Debus (22nd - $1,461)

WSOP.com $15,000 Weekly Sunday Guarantee

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+1584$16,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1Peaches$4,788
2DeMcBoy$2,722
3Tizzy$1,680
4The_one$1,344
5Charmin$1,159
6NevaPalani$991
7SteveKelly$823
8Bakpoker$571
9KoreanHacker$453

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