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

Brett Collson Chief Editor

Oct 21, 2013 2 min read

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-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+9	21,635	$2,163,500

Place	Player	Prize
1	"tupac_sjr"	$216,358
2	environ	$160,769
3	Vitinh) Dzi	$108,175
4	MendaLarenda	$86,540
5	miami1984	$64,905
6	AirBusA	$43,270
7	Mightyf00I	$30,397
8	hateblondies	$19,471
9	Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins	$12,981

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

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	7,464	$1,492,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	semaj2	$168,227*
2	Stefan "mindgamer" Jedlicka	$129,000*
3	ManiacRazor	$142,000*
4	jonna10	$148,000*
5	gortsos	$61,204
6	Schmitzen	$46,276
7	Golfdish	$32,095
8	puan29	$17,913
9	realquiz	$11,569

*Denotes four-handed deal

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

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	3,510	$110,214

Place	Player	Prize
1	likely2cash	$89,299*
2	luckysir	$74,768*
3	P0kerBrain	$86,195*
4	Josh1047	$40,365
5	David "DonkCommited" Miscikowski	$29,835
6	AA DOCTOR	$22,815
7	Big Fella GW	$15,795
8	4better	$8,775
9	catostar	$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-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	1,427	$285,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	WMACHINE	$51,909*
2	Ondrej "Vinkyy" Vinklarek	$43,129*
3	Maria "Femmeonfelt" Ho	$27,113
4	forellen	$20,263
5	Robert "bobby kraut" Deppe	$15,126
6	Ruben "rubenrtv" Visser	$11,130
7	noirduck	$8,276
8	RuDyBoY X	$5,993
9	StreetVillain	$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-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$240+15	1,427	$285,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	56vn11	$49,840
2	Jude "j_thaddeus" Ainsworth	$33,193
3	Palmero92	$23,674
4	lordjosejose	$17,674
5	callyoudownn	$13,207
6	MrKrabbs	$9,718
7	MavFish	$7,226
8	keinebeine	$5,233
9	David "Gunslinger3" Bach	$3,738

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

PartyPoker 200K Guaranteed Sunday

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	1,169	$233,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	Hope_U_DIE_69	$40,040*
2	crazycottage	$29,749*
3	Leanod	$15,313
4	mhm_bauchschuss	$12,975
5	okearney	$10,637
6	VWCorrac	$8,299
7	LaurenceGourdin	$5,961
8	CNTHARIV	$3,857
9	metotti	$2,688
10	Slaskarvilt	$2,104

*Denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+30	801	$400,500

Place	Player	Prize
1	de bluffer	$72,090
2	kukuchanel	$52,065
3	Jonathan "Jcardshark" Little	$38,848
4	T-Macha	$29,036
5	Tom “7tHEcROw7” MacDonald	$20,185
6	LeBronn2333	$16,180
7	Kihlström	$12,175
8	hopezACE	$8,210
9	Mr. 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-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+9	1,053	$324,700

Place	Player	Prize
1	M3RCURY	$60,069
2	Uninc157	$43,509
3	Dowgh-Santos, Brazil	$32,470
4	LaurisL91	$24,352
5	sk2ll_m0dR	$17,046
6	onlymany	$13,799
7	ForzaVaxholm	$10,552
8	mendozoQ	$7,305
9	taxbank	$4,545