The Sunday Briefing: Mike "Timex" McDonald Wins Biggest Score Ever at PokerStars
By the time 2014 comes to a close, Mike "Timex" McDonald might have all the money.
The current GPI Player of the Year leader already has more than $4.3 million in live tournament earnings in 2014 thanks to a trio of seven-figure scores at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and the Aussie Millions . He added some "pocket change" on Sunday, winning the PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy for $56,813.
We were surprised to learn that the $109 Rebuy score was the biggest ever for McDonald at PokerStars. According to PocketFives.com , McDonald's previous biggest online cash came in the PokerStars Bigger $109 tournament in November 2011 for $48,503. He now has more than $1.2 million in online tournament winnings to go along with $10 million on the live felt.
Other notables finding success on Sunday were Maksim "MAMOHT_T" Viktorovich , Paul "pvas2" vas Nunes , Dennis "el_klonkador" Bejedal , Michael "moneyinbag" Aron , John "bullyon" Buglion , Fergal "MidniteKowby" Nealon and Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz . Nealon defeated Holz heads-up to win the PokerStars Sunday Supersonic for $56,249.
Here's a full look at the results from the Sunday Majors on PokerStars , Full Tilt Poker , partypoker and WSOP.com :
Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+15 8,306 $1,661,200
Place Player Prize
1 Booobich $139,000*
2 mikael0117 $101,804*
3 Mr Tytte $135,572*
4 Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt $160,503*
5 SlaterDaKing $105,000*
6 AB_Poker_12 $105,000*
7 AlexRidov $33,224
8 ujisho $18,273
9 Libor "libormar" Marek $12,874
*Denotes six-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Lex Veldhuis (11th - $8,804), Ori "OriQ9s" Hasson (13th - $6,561), Simon "Sirocko" Christensson (17th - $4,319)
Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+15 3,362 $672,400
Place Player Prize
1 Count_NN $97,119*
2 Broose51 $87,119*
3 LoosControl $55,473
4 qualle400 $38,663
5 Cafl $28,577
6 -#1Lottery- $21,853
7 Vyacheslav "vip25459" Bordartsev $15,129
8 grind4fame $8,405
9 dulek_jason $5,379
*Denotes heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Michael "BillyDaKidXX" Hartmann (28th - $1,512)
$250K Guarantee
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+15 1,317 $263,400
Place Player Prize
1 Maksim "MAMOHT_T" Viktorovich $52,680
2 Steve575 $35,084
3 mattyv $25,023
4 Jennnyy19 $18,701
5 joaosimaobh $13,960
6 Flippa42 $10,272
7 YARGEN $7,638
8 pyxlius $5,531
9 last-samurai5 $3,951
Notable Finishes: Joel “Odonkor1″ Nordkvist (10th - $2,634), Nick "Rounder63" Carillo (11th - $2,634), James "TheFatFISH" Obst (17th - $1,527), Nick "FU_15" Maimone (21st - $1,132), Jeff "YoungSupremacy" Hakim (23rd - $1,132), Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson (24th - $1,132)
Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$240+15 1,091 $218,300
Place Player Prize
1 Paul "pvas2" Vas Nunes $29,105*
2 easylimpxyz $25,243*
3 Dennis "el_klonkador" Bejedal $23,112*
4 The_Hero_Nr1 $20,315*
5 Sshortyone $22,712*
6 Joe "bigegypt" Elpayaa $8,509
7 WHOPPWHOPP $6,327
8 mysto20 $4,582
9 barry manilow $3,273
*Denotes five-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Elio "smokrokbyflock" Fox (11th - $2,182), Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet (23rd - $938)
Pokerfest Main Event
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$186+14 1,769 $329,034
Place Player Prize
1 lede007 $43,598
2 showttizzle $26,158
3 m1ronO $15,464
4 kokonakueka $11,516
5 nipa3p3 $8,061
6 WeRize $6,087
7 SophieMoone $4,606
8 RedKinGGs $3,619
9 OneOfTheseDays $2,796
Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$500+30 924 $462,000
Place Player Prize
1 lupe1981 $83,160
2 UhhRooj $59,274
3 jvieiradias8 $44,352
4 NeoForastero $33,264
5 tupac_sjr $23,100
6 xMAESTROx $18,484
7 TiltMeHarder $13,860
8 Rafael"zugzwang16" Porzecanski $9,240
9 Jochum "groengras" Weenink $5,544
Notable Finishes : Andreas "andreasbar" Lobzhanidze (10th - $4,389), Nick "FU_15" Maimone (12th - $4,389), Sebastian "bassyasaffari" Saffari (13th - $3,465), Roman "Roma-Tilt" Korenev (18th - $2,541), Ryan "ryanghall" Hall (19th - $2,032), Julian "jutrack" Track (20th - $2,032), Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist (22nd - $2,032)
Get in on the Sunday Majors action yourself by visiting PokerStars , Full Tilt Poker and partypoker .
$109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$100+9 998 $307,100
Place Player Prize
1 Mike "Timex" McDonald $56,813
2 Skilled G $41,151
3 LFFF22 $30,710
4 Pavel "He4HaiKa" Pravdukhin $23,032
5 Sebastien "p0cket00" Sikorski $16,122
6 byfon $13,051
7 Vladimir "vovtroy" Troyanovskiy $9,980
8 Laurynas "LaurisL91" Levinskas $6,909
9 Ryan "ryanghall" Hall $4,299
Notable Finishes: Connor "blanconegro" Drinan (10th - $3,224), Charlie "JIZOINT" Combes (11th - $3,224), Marton "noirduck" Czuczor (13th - $2,610), Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist (16th - $1,996), Andras "probirs" Nemeth (17th - $1,996), Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick (18th - $1,996), Domantas "Doommy" Klimciauskas (21st - $1,381), Simon "pokerbrat13" Charrette (23rd - $1,381)
Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+15 1,543 $308,600
Place Player Prize
1 Alonnnnnn $51,551
2 Michael "moneyinbag" Aron $37,649
3 John "bullyon" Buglion $28,391
4 tabrizli $20,984
5 TUTI88 $15,121
6 alexandrapau $12,035
7 J0hn Mcclean $8,949
8 Andreas "daskalos20" Christoforou $5,863
9 Stivi Ger $3,209
Notable Finishes: Andras "probirs" Nemeth (13th - $1,052), Kelvin "Kelvin_FP:AR" Kerber (16th - $1,481), Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver (26th - $1,234)
Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$210.80+4.20 1,505 $317,254
Place Player Prize
1 Fergal "MidniteKowby" Nealon $56,249
2 Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz $41,243
3 OverTheTop43 $31,725
4 1_conor_b_1 $23,794
5 mora7777 $16,655
6 HeadShotFyoV $13,483
7 john4kos8 $10,310
8 R&O--UL $7,138
9 Kenny "LoneHixx" Hicks $4,441
Notable Finishes: Radoslaw "Raaadzio91" Morawiec (11th - $3,013), Johannes "Psier" Strassmann (13th - $2,379), Julia "FONBET_RULIT" Smirnova (14th - $2,379)
$25,000 Weekly Sunday Guarantee (New Jersey)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+15 138 $27,600
Place Player Prize
1 azulciel $7,590
2 itWasThatOr0 $4,416
3 pst34 $2,511
4 GetChipsy $1,959
5 RocNation $1,683
6 Moose4Life $1,407
7 LockDownPkr $1,076
8 BlackKnight8 $690
9 RiVerSpiKer $496
$15,000 Weekly Sunday Guarantee (Nevada)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+15 80 $16,000
Place Player Prize
1 VPIHokie1970 $4,560
2 ColHanzLanda $2,640
3 newhippy $1,600
4 heater6366 $1,280
5 BrianSlick21 $1,104
6 rhin0 $944
7 turnmeloose $784
8 Fabio57 $544
9 PoonLagoon $432
Special thanks to Stanislav Serov.
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