The Sunday Briefing: Billy "b8chatz" Chattaway Goes Back-to-Back in Sunday 2nd Chance

Brett Collson
Chief Editor
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Sunday Briefing

Before many of online poker's top tournament talents made their way to the Bahamas for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure this week, the year's first big Sunday of online tournament action took place across the major sites. Bringing in the New Year with a bang was Billy "b8chatz" Chattaway who won the PokerStars 2nd Chance for the second straight week!

Last week, Chattaway took down the 2nd Chance for $56,648, earning him the largest score of his online poker career. He added another $43,979 to his bankroll this week by winning the 2nd Chance again, an incredible accomplishment considering both tournaments had field of more than 1,200 players.

Other notables pocketing big paydays on Sunday were Stefan "random_chu" Chew, Mat “checktrap11” Cuthbertson, Steve "StevoL_7" Leonard and Phill "Grindation" Mcallister, who made the final table of the PokerSars Sunday Million.

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


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Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+157,614$1,522,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1doypaliza$196,911*
2BDmaro$164,439*
3Scorpion0999$148,790*
4DarkWinDuk$76,749
5shulman20$60,912
6D0ntTiltOnMe$45,684
7Phill "Grindation" Mcallister$30,456
8Allantobias$17,512
9phil548$11,801

*Reflects three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Danny 'DannyN13' Noseworthy (13th - $6,091)


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Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+153,181$636,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1vip25459$99,884
2Stefan "random_chu" Chew$74,435
3Tonyfish77$52,486
4elliottpet$36,581
5Kungfumonk$27,038
610johan6$20,676
74QuietSTorm4$14,314
8jusc$7,952
9yoz2k11$5,089

Notable Finishes: Chris "maxxscam" Back (18th - $1,908), Charlie “Epiphany77” Carrel (19th - $1,622)


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Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+30782$391,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Adrijan_S$64,129*
2chapecasapek$57,080*
3ariel329$37,927
4Chris "Run dat Game" Lovett$28,347
5Steve "Illini213" Barshak$19,706
6Emaa$15,796
7IneedMassari$11,886
8mighty28$8,015
9pedroshd$4,887

*Reflects heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Nathan "ragingquads_" Tuthill (17th - $2,541), Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson (21st - $1,798), Taylor "tRaMp$d0PrAy" Paur (27th - $1,798)

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


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$109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+9942$276,100
PlacePlayerPrize
1Mat “checktrap11” Cuthbertson$47,611
2Ahhh ls lt?$41,431
3theZeus333$27,610
4luckysir$20,707
5alipaba$14,495
6Silkesvarten$11,734
7Matt "mjw006" Wakeman$8,973
8Gordon "holla@yoboy" Vayo$6,212
9liedson62$3,893

Notable Finishes: Taylor "tRaMp$d0PrAy" Paur (12th - $2,899), Naoya "nkeyno" Kihara (13th - $2,346), Johan "busto_soon" van Til (19th - $1,794)


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200K Guaranteed Sunday

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$186+$14953$200,000

PlacePlayerPrize
1MackMommy9$32,200
2Michelle-84$22,900
3CharlizeTheron$16,360
4trucking_67$12,650
5Ryan_Gosling$10,280
6Vababa$8,280
7c0rbl1meyguv$6,280
8SaintJust_$4,360
9RedPant$3,320

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Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+151,258$251,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1Billy "b8chatz" Chattaway$43,979
2Sajanas171$31,953
3MrBarrett82$23,902
4Christophe “chrisdm” De Meulder$17,863
5SuperChicken$12,580
6bar-bar9999$10,064
7BigBang.JR$7,548
8Bulat.alt$5,032
9Shyam "G's zee" Srinivasan$2,893

Notable Finishes: Allan "Sifosis" Baekke (10th - $2,390), Reed "reeda205" Hensel (12th - $2,390), Jerry "hummylun" Wong (13th - $1,887), Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko (16th - $1,383), Mike "Pipedream17" Dietrich (26th - $1,056)


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The Sunday Major ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+15910$182,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Steve "StevoL_7" Leonard$35,288*
2George Manousos$25,353*
3Graf_Zaal$17,290
4Alex "AD_84" Debus$12,922
5Raaadzio92$9,646
6mcaflix$7,098
7Popp1987$5,278
8Samvevet$3,822
9actionjunky32$2,730

*Reflects heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Grayson "swish3113" Ramage (20th - $782), Caio “Pessagno” Pessagno (23rd - 782)


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Sunday Brawl ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+15587$117,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1jackmile$24,947
2RushAAKKandQQ$17,023
3dlanger610$12,914
4ImDoneCallin$9,861
5moreno61$7,278
6tonyythemaster$5,165
7LotzandLotz$3,756
8Wine or Whiskey$2,817
9nektoshe$2,113

Notable Finishes: Marcin "pyszalek" Wydrowski (11th - $1,526), Reed "badbeatme" Hensel (21st -$587), Philipp "philbort" Gruissem (23rd - $587)


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$20,000 Guaranteed Re-Entry Winter Poker Classic Event #1 (Nevada)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$185+15107$35,520
PlacePlayerPrize
1Ms.Stone$9,946
2fishn.chips$6,038
3LAGityTAGity$3,765
4SteppRaise$3,055
5Midtownm33$2,699
62JA2LC$1,883
7BillReynolds$1,527
8Maynardo$1,172
9bk1048$959

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