Sunday Briefing: "Jay-Syl11" Triumphs in the Sunday Million
Although it may seem like every poker player in the world is currently in Las Vegas competing for a World Series of Poker gold bracelet, that isn't the case because thousands of grinders chose to stay at home and continue plying their trade online.
One such player was Australia's "Jay-Syl11", who was one of 5,668 entries in this week's Sunday Million at PokerStars. Thirteen hours after the $215 buy-in tournament began, the Aussie was the last player standing, having won all of the 56.68 million chips in play, and collected $177,297.74 for the victory.
This week’s Sunday Million runner-up was "bogurdan" of Russia, who walked away with $132,064.40.
It was a familiar name at the top of the Sunday Supersonic this week, that of Brazilian star Joao Mathias "joaoMathias" Baumgarten. Winning $30,045.17 in less than two-and-a-half hours should significantly up his hourly rate for the foreseeable future.
Other big PokerStars wins on June 3 include:
- "CesarMorales" — won the Big $162 for $4,845.12
- Jonathan "dujo123" Bussieres — won the Sunday Kickoff for $19,958
- Son "crppppp" Goku — won the $215 Bounty Builder for $12,963.93
- "NANIWAR" — won the Sunday Warm-Up for $49,346.24
- "exitonlyKK" — won the Big $109 for $21,570.63
- "Perfect1232" — won the Hot $162 for $12,336.79
- Ryan "newguy89" McEathron — won the Super-Sized Sunday for $28,907.71
- "YAKOWOZAWR" — won the $109 Bounty Builder for $13,407.09
- "agsh1n" — won the Hot $109 for $14,325.17
- "Mr.Nicky86” — won the Sunday Grand for $47,644.25
- "roxy274" — won the Big $215 for $23,231.23
- Mantas "bagoch" Bagocius — won the Sunday Cooldown for $19,754
- Robert "Little Kraut" Deppe — won the Hot $215 for $11,263.35
- "kid4sero" — won the Sunday Wrap-Up for $7,591.33
"Ejsenhoven1" Crowned 888poker Baby Whale Champion
Sweden's "Ejsenhoven1" was one of the big winners over at 888poker this Sunday thanks to taking down the $50,000 Baby Whale for $16,073.70. But it was the United Kingdom's "roycieboy" who won a larger sum, $21,722.80, by triumphing in the $100,000 Mega Deep.
Another British player found himself in the winner's circle, as "BadModafoka1" added $7,912 to his lifetime winnings by being the last player standing in the $30,000 Turbo Mega Deep. "penfolds6" secured the $15,112 first place prize in the$80,000 Sunday Challenge.
"PitschiPopo78" Secured partypoker Super High Roller Title
On partypoker, 41 entries in the $2,600 Super High Roller meant the $100,000 guaranteed was beaten by a single buy-in, and the top six places were paid. The first-place price was a juicy $37,925, and this princely sum is now in the account of "PitschiPopo78", the tournament's champion.
The $530 High Roller at partypoker was taken down by "limitle55" for a cool $30,750, while the $150,000 guaranteed Main Event was chopped heads-up by "erik-jandeboer" and "Limpopo1707" for scores of $21,703.02 and $21,281.43, respectively.
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