PokerStars celebrated another huge milestone on Sunday by hosting Tournament Number One Billion, a $109 buy-in event which carried a massive $2 million guaranteed prize pool. The event was a huge hit as a total of 34,081 players generated a prize pool of $3,408,100. And, in addition to the guarantee, for the first 2.5 hours of the tournament more than $200,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded to randomly selected tables.
After nearly 15 hours of play it was Uraguay's "kofi89" who emerged victorious with the outright win for $329,586. Germany's "kaveh001" finished runner-up for a still-superb payday of $241,566, while former Sunday 500 winner Joas "No Limit NL" Mudde placed fourth for $129,780.
Others finding success across the major tournaments on Sunday were Michael "SilentPurple" MacHugh, Simon "ministerborg" Ravnsbaek and Steve "Illini213" Barshak. Here's a full look at the results from the Sunday Majors on PokerStars, partypoker and WSOP.com:
Tournament Number One Billion ($2M Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$100+9
34,081
$3,408,100
Place
Player
Prize
1
kofi89
$329,586
2
kaveh001
$241,566
3
zardy912
$177,050
4
Joas "No Limit NL" Mudde
$129,780
5
svendottke
$95,120
6
dzambur
$69,729
7
BlindRazorJJ
$51,121
8
KiepDoDen007
$37,455
9
StepaPupkin
$27,469
Notable Finishes: Karolis "g.karolis" Grybauskas (41st - $2,317)
Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+15
7,389
$1,477,800
Place
Player
Prize
1
leonid6691
$221,674
2
BOLDONEALLAN
$163,104
3
Lubczyk88
$118,224
4
Michael "SilentPurple" MacHugh
$78,323
5
JhonyFonseca
$60,589
6
LuckyDave83
$45,811
7
joquannez
$31,772
8
Solidthought
$17,733
9
Epkathy0901
$11,452
Notable Finishes: Ken “kenny05” Smaron (19th - $3,443), Keith "DaMurdera3" Ferrera (26th - $3,443), Peter "Apathy123" Jeten (35th - $3,073), Billy "Patrolman35" Kopp (50th - $2,556)
