The Sunday Briefing: Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen Wins Sunday Warm-Up, Crosses $7M in Cashes

Brett Collson Chief Editor

Nov 25, 2014 3 min read

The final table of the PokerStars Sunday Million had some firepower this week. No less than six familiar names navigated a field of 6,729 to reach the most coveted final table of the weekend, and in the end it was John "LeNaber" Howlett who secured the title and a prize of $119,919 after a five-handed deal.

The biggest earner in the Sunday Million was "yougotJDZ'd" who locked up $129,327 as the chip leader before bowing out in fifth place. Niels "Fisherman903" van Alphen, Joldis "moiadcosmin" Cosmin, Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura and Julio "JULK77" Bianchi Bedos were also among the final nine.

Elsewhere, Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen added another major title to his poker résumé by winning the PokerStars Sunday Warm-up. Hunichen, who already owned wins in the Super Tuesday (twice), Sunday 500 (twice), Sunday $109 Rebuy and Sunday Supersonic on PokerStars, surpassed $7 million in online tournament cashes with his latest conquest (according to PocketFives.com).

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

The Sunday Briefing: Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen Wins Sunday Warm-Up, Crosses M in Cashes 101

Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	6,729	$1,345,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	John "LeNaber" Howlett	$119,919*
2	Niels "Fisherman903" van Alphen	$123,327*
3	Joldis "moiadcosmin" Cosmin	$118,096*
4	Ben "F3nix35" Dobson	$103,638*
5	yougotJDZ'd	$129,327*
6	StoyanB	$43,065
7	Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura	$29,607
8	Julio "JULK77" Bianchi Bedos	$16,149
9	Jandro Mura	$10,429

_{*Reflects five-handed deal}

Notable Finishes: Nick "daaaaaaang16" Davies (11th - $7,536)

The Sunday Briefing: Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen Wins Sunday Warm-Up, Crosses M in Cashes 102

Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	3,102	$620,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen	$89,995*
2	Phemo	$79,995*
3	Hierlson85	$51,493
4	Kennethmedh	$35,673
5	hownorez	$26,559
6	marbog12345	$20,163
7	CkiLePatr0n?	$13,959
8	hguo	$7,755
9	bellos2828	$4,963

_{*Reflects heads-up deal}

Notable Finishes: Joao Mathias (11th - $3,815), Aaron Been (18th - $1,954), Marty “TheLipoFund” Mathis (24th - $1,644)

The Sunday Briefing: Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen Wins Sunday Warm-Up, Crosses M in Cashes 103

Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+30	739	$369,500

Place	Player	Prize
1	cwirek1982	$66,879
2	marcyOG	$48,035
3	ShippityShip	$36,025
4	skyboy69	$26,973
5	musoubiyori	$19,029
6	Andreas "daskalos20" Christoforou	$15,334
7	mennoa12	$11,639
8	NormyDozer	$8,165
9	madeleine888	$4,729

Notable Finishes: Marty “TheLipoFund” Mathis (16th - $2,512), Jonathan "OMGjonyctt" Concepción (17th - $2,512), Mark "SHIPP ITT" Herm (21st - $1,773)

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

The Sunday Briefing: Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen Wins Sunday Warm-Up, Crosses M in Cashes 104

$109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+9	966	$277,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Magardan	$51,937
2	Peter "Belabacsi" Traply	$37,395
3	Elia001	$27,700
4	Don Pajata	$20,775
5	Fresh_oO_D	$14,542
6	10Badboy10	$11,772
7	Christophe “chrisdm” De Meulder	$9,002
8	baeks22	$6,232
9	Lukas "superkid-bam" Berglund	$3,905

The Sunday Briefing: Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen Wins Sunday Warm-Up, Crosses M in Cashes 105

200K Guaranteed Sunday

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	1,073	$200,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	PokerStenz80	$31,800
2	idgafrly	$22,780
3	dlanger610	$16,330
4	dulek6969	$12,520
5	stroj_1	$10,200
6	Jarildur1	$8,200
7	misspacman	$6,200
8	JVieira114	$4,300
9	marty386	$3,280

The Sunday Briefing: Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen Wins Sunday Warm-Up, Crosses M in Cashes 106

Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	1,239	$247,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	Poeira4	$38,531
2	TJ “WhatArunAA” Slifka	$29,919
3	Grizzlypower	$29,876
4	niclassen18	$17,593
5	Bryan “IKnewwwIt” Leskowitz	$12,390
6	Marcelosrf	$9,912
7	LAP1293	$7,434
8	ISR_Troll	$4,956
9	sergito80	$2,849

_{*Reflects three-handed deal}

Notable Finishes: Mayu "marroca5" Roca (23rd - $1,040)

The Sunday Briefing: Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen Wins Sunday Warm-Up, Crosses M in Cashes 107

The Sunday Major ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	896	$179,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	Tenkamusou	$36,736
2	jacob12b38	$25,088
3	kuskus7	$18,833
4	Mrluckypants	$14,336
5	scrubbyz	$10,393
6	BLUNDON	$7,347
7	Rocky2810	$5,376
8	Stevan "random_chu" Chew	$4,121
9	nebo_blitzko	$3,046

Notable Finishes: John "BlackFours" May (14th - $1,523), Jason “jdpc27” Wheeler (19th - $788), Jeremy "endlessj83" Menard (22nd - $788), Aidan "whereisdonny" Tam (24th - $788)

The Sunday Briefing: Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen Wins Sunday Warm-Up, Crosses M in Cashes 108

Sunday Brawl ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$240+15	594	$118,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Dowgh-Santos	$25,425
2	hkhk	$17,226
3	Mike_Ocean_9911	$13,068
4	seonkett1	$9,979
5	biz-tings	$7,365
6	peches8	$5,227
7	easylimpxyz	$3,801
8	PrishChips31	$2,851
9	Joao Barbosa	$2,138

Notable Finishes: Rayan "rkruok" Nathan (10th - $1,544), Peter "breeth" Turmezey (13th - $1,128), Chris "MoormanI" Moorman (17th - $831), Dan "imabigkidnow" Kelly (18th - $831)