The Sunday Briefing: James "Andy McLEOD" Obst Makes Two Major Final Tables

Brett Collson
Chief Editor
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Australian poker pro James "Andy McLEOD" Obst is no stranger to the Sunday Briefing headlines, and this week he found himself there again after making two major final tables on PokerStars. Obst finished third in both the Sunday 500 and the Sunday $109 Rebuy, pocketing more than $62,000 for his efforts.

Elsewhere on Sunday, Russia's "xKoSSSx" took down the PokerStars Sunday Million outright for $215,794. Alex "Allingomes" Gomes and Chris "annouzac" Annouza also made that final table but bowed out in seventh and eighth place, respectively.

John "kleath" Leathart also landed in the winner's circle after claiming victory in the PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance.

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+157,193$1,438,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1xKoSSSx$215,794
2Daralon$158,778
3alco555$115,088
4FoxyLisa$76,245
5Savyoni$58,982
6faithless$44,596
7Alex "Allingomes" Gomes$30,929
8Chris "annouzac" Annouza$17,263
9Gratitdude$11,149

Notable Finishes: Kenny "LoneHixx" Hicks (43rd - $2,704), Danny "DannyN13" Noseworthy (57th - $2,272)


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Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+152,667$533,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1ROMDOM$80,234
2ForzaVaxholm$66,451
3remcoow1982$44,805
4elhilario$30,670
5scheisserle$23,202
6lightshirt$17,868
7Hancock1489$12,534
8pokersoul_AA$7,211
9RunLkMercier$4,533

Notable Finishes: Claas "neckbr4ke" Stoob (10th - $3,333), Jono "Spyver" Beck (19th - $1,466), Marc-Andre "FrenchDawg" Ladouceur (23rd - $1,466), Alex "AK87" Kim (25th - $1,466)


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Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+30802$401,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1stasquez$66,081*
2NukeTheFish!$58,228*
3James "Andy McLEOD" Obst$38,897
4Petrusa91$29,072
5TheAriton$20,210
6FranzisFlush$16,200
7AndrzejMK$12,190
8AkikkiA$8,220
9Paris Dedes$5,012

*Reflects heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Alex "mistakooll" Keating (12th - $4,210), Matias "Festivuss" Gabrenja (17th - $2,606), Mike "Timex" McDonald (20th - $1,844), Tommy "TMoney0209" Miller (24th - $1,844)

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+9833$241,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1Geshpanec538$45,225
2CHIQUIDEALER$32,562
3James "Andy McLEOD" Obst$24,120
4IIJaYJayYII$18,090
5GJ_Cea$ar$12,663
6wazawskiHH$10,251
7Ben "jenbizzle" Jones$7,839
8DEdgge$5,427
9trujustrus$3,400

Notable Finishes: Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson (10th - $2,653), TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer (17th - $1,688), Dylan "Pokerl)evil" Hortin (19th - $1,206), Stefan "random_chu" Chew (21st - $1,206), Roman "Roma-Tilt" Korenev (22nd - $1,206), Brandon "oncommand" Meyers (27th - $1,206)


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200K Guaranteed Sunday

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$186+14959$200,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1OppositeLand$33,200
2WrathOfRam$22,900
3bossamtisch1$16,360
4Calcasus$12,650
5ded—d$10,280
6CHAMOOONAAA$8,280
7DoubleOhMark$6,280
8caipimann$4,360
9F4anor99$3,320

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Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+151,396$279,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1John "kleath" Leathart$47,464
2sammejao$34,900
3OMGRobCasco$26,496
4Tomatee$18,985
5rmntaw4ever$13,820
6MiguelPiper$11,028
7Tagomaga$8,236
8aacpleal$5,444
9but_flush$3,015

Notable Finishes: Jason "jdtjpoker" Wheeler (12th - $2,456), Jake Cody (14th - $1,898), Aaron "JeanGrae" McCready (21st - $1,116)


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Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$210.80+4.201,413$297,860
PlacePlayerPrize
1Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura$53,615
2Aidan "whereisdonny" Tam$38,721
3hronik81$29,786
4garompon$22,339
5Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz$15,637
6patandd$12,659
7Matthias "goodvibe1" Neu$9,680
8AnIrishFinn$6,701
9kieli0605$4,170

Notable Finishes: Tommy "TMoney0209" Miller (16th - $1,683), Andras "probirs" Nemeth (19th - $1,042), Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert (23rd - $1,042)


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The Sunday Major ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$233+17823$191,759
PlacePlayerPrize
1das_rektumous$39,310
2ShipFast$26,846
3cooller888$20,153
4Bernardo "bedias" Dias$15,340
5Ricardo Augusto$11,122
6Accurate1337$7,862
7ABCEinZweiDrei$5,752
8Anton "antesvante" Wigg$4,410
9Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi$3,259

Notable Finishes: Sebastian "thereal_bandito" Saffar (11th - $2,205), Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen (23rd - $843)


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Sunday Brawl ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$235+15550$110,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Dudator$23,375
2escream1$15,950
3TCrema$12,100
4Loomingx$9,240
5dlanger610$6,820
6Mrluckypants$4,840
7smokestackin$3,520
8HYPOPLASMA$2,640
9KKHoldem$1,980

Notable Finishes: Steve "HR Dub" Williams (23rd - $550), David "BussaBuss" Baker (24th - $550), Alex "AD_84" Debus (26th - $550)

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