The Sunday Briefing: Huge Paydays on Both Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars

November 16 2009, Mickey Doft

Prize pools were bumped up across the virtual felt on Sunday with Full Tilt’s FTOPS XIV coming to a close and PokerStars upping its Sunday Million Guarantee by $1 million. Huge paydays resulted. Pat “obiedman” O’Brien collected the biggest score on Sunday -- $539,350 for his win in FTOPS XIV Event #22. The Main Event was won by "zhivago2" for $418,839.16. He beat Kevin “ItsTime2Win” Pionkowski and Adam Junglen after the three struck a deal.

Meanwhile on PokerStars, over 18,000 entrants vied for the top prize in the Landmark Sunday Million. "Zadman5311" emerged victorious, claiming the first-place prize of $282,662.86.

Full Tilt FTOPS XIV Main Event (no-limit hold’em)
Buy-in: $500+$35
Prize Pool: $2,735,000
Entrants: 5,471

*1. zhivago2 - $418,839.16
*2. Kevin “ItsTime2Win” Pionkowski - $316,554.40
*3. Adam Junglen - $290,418.94
4. dfunks222 - $175,072
5. kinheim - $131,167.23
6. Andrew “bankrollme87” Touchette - $90,271.50
7. nuts7878 - $58,813.25
8. Valuechecking - $41,032.50
9. Dr Fill Good - $28,722.25

*denotes three-way deal leaving $25,000 to the winner

Notable Finishes: mestre_urubu (16th - $10,942), RymesWOrange (24th - $7,385.85), Charles “HellaStacks_” Lee (58th - $4,103.25).

Full Tilt FTOPS XIV Event #22 (two-Day no-limit hold’em)
Buy-in: $2,500+$120
Prize Pool: $2,345,000
Entrants: 938

1. Pat “obiedman” O’Brien - $539,350
2. Supa4real - $340,025
3. Timvd20 - $252,087.50
4. Gary Jones - $193,462.50
5. the_real_magic - $146,562.50
6. TheAlligatorNo1 - $105,525
7. Jonas “Ahvall” Lindlof - $70,350
8. DanOBrien - $54,873
9. Rabbit_hunterSA - $39,865

Notable Finishes: Chad “jse81” Batista (11th - $22,277.50), Evan “NEONPILS99” Parkes (14th - $16,415), Jake “psutennis11” Toole (15th - $16,415), Stephen “stevie444” Chidwick (17th - $11,725), Andrew “Browndog19” Brown (19th - $9,145.50), Tom “titantom32” Braband (21st - $9,145.50).

PokerStars Landmark Sunday Million
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $3,656,600
Entrants: 18,283

*1. Zadman5311 - $282,662.86
*2. m8675309a - $200,844.74
*3. call110 - $250,037
*4. ZyeD3 - $144,353.10
*5. waWe - $205,477.38
*6. Guldlemmen4 - $177,650.76
7. Mark “The Omaholic” Roland - $54,849
8. MATPOC28 - $32,909.40
9. E-Daddie - $21,939.60

*denotes six-way deal leaving $30,000 to the eventual winner

Notable Finishes: nederen_dk (10th - $13,712.25), Bryan “bparis” Paris (14th - $10,604.14), Sam “Str8$$$Homey” Greenwood (25th - $6,581.88), Ravi “govshark2” Raghavan (62nd - $4,205.09).

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $952,600
Entrants: 4,763

1. egor2077 - $149,017.54
2. Tom “Titantom32” Braband - $110,977.90
3. FUTURE102 - $78,589.50
4. xQ024 - $53,821.90
5. olle101 - $40,485.50
6. fabregarp - $30,959.50
7. timdmd - $21,433.50
8. funywiteshss - $11,907.50
9. Bradley “smerks” Marsh - $7,620.80

Notable Finishes: Gabriel “yellowhat” Nassif (11th - $5,667.97), John “MSUJenny” Ventrurini (12th - $5,667.97), Dave “sexygee” Gent (30th - $2,048.09), Matt “All_in_at420” Stout (32nd - $2,048.09).

PokerStars Sunday 500
Buy-in: $500+30
Prize Pool: $614,000
Entrants: 1,228

1. Marc “mysterio6044” Karam - $102,568.70
2. ohnistun - $74,908
3. Steven “19FMS86” Levy - $56,588
4. 1shark2007 - $41,752
5. McMang - $30,086
6. John “$30K” Racener - $23,946
7. Zackattak13 - $17,806
8. levinhostar - $11,666
9. Christian “charder30” Harder - $6,385.60

Notable Finishes: Robert “Craps4Dinner” Saltiel (19th - $2,456), Bahbak "bigredAK" Oboodi (28th - $2,149), Mark “RandALLin” Flowers (29th - $2,149).

Full Tilt FTOPS XIV Event #24 (no-limit hold’em knockout)
Buy-in: $120+$9
Prize Pool: $983,200
Entrants: 9,832

*1. little chief17 - $125,959.96
*2. Christina “cristinalindley” Lindley - $106,460.01
*3. SNG Ninja - $95,968.83
4. Dean “Dinhjo” Nyberg - $52,306.24
5. Alcatraz27278 - $38,344.80
6. bethwolf22 - $27,529.60
7. BikStik8585 - $19,664
8. boltsva - $14,059.76
9. Al-Extrem1 - $9,940.15

*denotes three-way deal

Ultimate Bet $200k GTD
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $209,200
Entrants: 1,046

*1. JAYHOVAHVOL1 - $37,321.28
*1. SCHAPPUSCHA - $37,321.28
3. Eric “SHEETSWORLD” Haber - $18,932.60
4. Michael “MIKEIVEY” Meredith - $13,493.40
5. AMYGDYLA - $11,401.40
6. CLASS_ACT – 9,309.40
7. Mohsin “CHICAGOCARDS1” Charania - $7,217.40
8. JVONK424 - $5,125.40
9. Mike “MEEELOSH” Lawson - $3,556.40

*denotes heads-up deal with unknown terms

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