The Sunday Briefing: "Highway51" Cruises to Top Sunday Prize

March 15 2010, Mickey Doft

An eventful Sunday of online poker concluded early Monday morning with eight players having earned six-figure scores. The biggest solo prize went to "Highway51" for winning the PokerStars Sunday Million outright for $271,241.22.

Over on Full Tilt, "-zoopreme-" earned $116,517.85 for victory in the $750,000 Guarantee after a deal was made. Chris "MoormanI" Moorman was the biggest name to hit it big on Sunday, pocketing $109,620 for his win in the Sunday Brawl.

PokerStars Sunday Million
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $1,937,400
Entrants: 9,687

1. Highway51 - $271,241.22
2. popimaiorca - $197,614.80
3. Soltari84 - $139,492.80
4. rakeinfools - $96,870
5. THE CUBE - $77,496
6. jfyjfy6 - $58,122
7. SingleFileD - $38,748
8. Snort4eva - $19,374
9. Klauss8s - $13,174.32

Notable Finishes: Mike "Timex" McDonald (22nd - $4,068.54), eisenhower1 (47th - $3,099.84)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $918,800
Entrants: 4,594

*1. lu_tricolor - $130,591.82
*2. CallMeIdiot - $120,591.82
3. Mur917 - $75,801
4. King 2307 - $51,912.20
5. 1-ronnyr3 - $39,049
6. emiwarg - $29,681
7. F3dOrOv9191 - $20,673
8. Mollpan - $11,485
9. minisune - $7,350.40

*denotes heads-up deal leaving $10,000 to the eventual
winner

Notable Finishes: Albert "vtlaxer09" Winchester (16th - $2,756.40), Larry "BBOY3110" Sharp (23rd - $2,287.81), Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher (25th - $2,287.81), David "WhooooKidd" Baker (26th - $2,287.81), Mike "Timex" McDonald (30th - $2,021.36)

PokerStars Sunday 500
Buy-in: $500 + $30
Prize Pool: $576,500
Entrants: 1,153

*1. Bryn "BrynKenney" Kenney - $71,453.75
*2. hellzito - $77,523.66
*3. ducksholdup - $75,800.03
4. DoeBoyFre$h - $39,202
5. Prometheus R - $28,536.75
6. Joe "hoodini10" Udine - $22,771.75
7. Stu "thedonator" Paterson - $17,006.75
8. LarryBh - $11,241.75
9. BeSje - $6,226.20

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Veronica "Princesa" Dabul (11th - $4,957.90), Billy "Patrolman35" Kopp (16th - $2,767.20), Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka (17th - $2,767.20)

Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee
Buy-in: $200 + $16
Prize Pool: $794,000
Entrants: 3,970

*1.-zoopreme- - $116,517.85
*2. Chris "brsavage" Savage - $109,017.85
3. Alex "TheAssassinato" Fitzgerald - $55,580
4. welshwizard9 - $43,828.80
5. pokerlogic1 - $32,871.60
6. shlomibh78 - $24,375.80
7. David Pham - $18,262
8. dwnbytheriver - $14,292
9. Tim "timkrank" Miles - $10,639.60

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Ara "melikman" Melikian (13th - $5,637.40), Christian "charder30" Harder (17th - $3,970), Isaac Baron (22nd - $2,937.80)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl
Buy-in: $240 + $16
Prize Pool: $540,000
Entrants: 2,700

1. Chris "MoormanI" Moorman - $109,620
2. Towelfish - $70,740
3. Russell "rdcrsn" Carson - $52,380
4. knluiy - $39,420
5. Jorn "jornx" Walthaus - $27,540
6. paulpod13 - $18,360
7. ibininlondon - $12,420
8. Jeff "Biggest Donkey" Banghart - $8,640
9. RandomDonk - $6,480

Notable Finishes: Carlos Mortensen (26th - $1,620), Jamie "pokerjamers" Armstrong (33rd - $1,404)

Ultimate Bet $200K GTD
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $213,200
Entrants: 1,066

1. Adam "AKAT11" Katz - $47,607.56
2. DA MAD HATTER - $28,462.20
3. THE_DOSE101 - $19,295.60
4. MACHIAVILIAN - $13,751.40
5. Cliff "JOHNNYBAX" Josephy - $11,619.40
6. NOCTUS - $9,487.40
7. Chris "BRSAVAGE" Savage - $7,355.40
8. Tyler "BRAINWASHER" Cornell - $5,223.40
9. MLNHSR - $3,624.40

Notable Finishes: Eric "BLIZAIR" Blair (16th - $1,321.84)

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