The Sunday Briefing: Anthony "wwwBTHEREcom" Gregg and Anthony "BtCh I MiTe Be" Bruno Notch Big Sunday Wins

The Sunday Briefing: Anthony

On the same day that the NFL held its Pro Bowl and the NHL its All-Star Game, some of the best online poker players showcased their skills by going deep in Sunday majors. The PokerStars Sunday Million had perhaps its most talented final table lineup ever. 2007 PCA Main Event Champion Ryan "Daut44" Daut held the chip lead to start the final table. Joining him for a chance at Sunday glory was Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst, Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo, and 2009 PCA Main Event Runner-Up Anthony "wwwBTHEREcom" Gregg. When the dust settled, it was Gregg who emerged victorious.

Joining Gregg in the PokerStars winner's circle were John "JRD312" Dolan and Chris "Moorman1" Moorman. Dolan won the Sunday 500 for $92,225, while Moorman took down the Sunday 2nd Chance for $50,696.32.

What do you get when you combine Double Guarantees Week with Multi-Entries? A whopping 14,409 entrants into the Full Tilt Poker $1.5 Million Guarantee. Even with such a massive field, several familiar names navigated their way to the final table. Among them were Dave "Doc Sands" Sands, Kyle "PXFACTOR" Brossia, Matt "mattyv" Vengrin, Nick "agriffrod" Mitchell, and Hiren "hustla16" Patel. However, they all came up short. Winning the nearly $440,000 first-place prize was Anthony "BtCh I MiTe Be" Bruno. Meanwhile, The Sunday Brawl drew huge numbers as well. Earning the top spot wasAaron "SpanishKey" Been for a $266,112.50 pay day.

Full Tilt $1.5 Million Guarantee

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$1614,409$2,881,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1Anthony "BtCh I MiTe Be" Bruno$439,877.95
2StepRightUp$295,384.50
3Hiren "hustla16" Patel$208,930.50
4Nick "agriffrod" Mitchell$149,853.60
5Matt "mattyv" Vengrin$106,626.60
6MrJackhOFFman$76,367.70
7Kyle "PXFACTOR" Brossia$54,754.20
8Dave "Doc Sands" Sands$40,345.20
9Snusarn1$28,529.82

Notable Finishes: Charles "TilTKimo" Gagnon (12th - $19,308.06), Ryan "toetagu" Fair (18th - $10,374.48), Steve "UFman2" Burkholder (19th - $7,204.50), Steven "SteveyMoney" Merrifield (22nd - $7,204.50), Michael "benvo123" Benvenuti (25th - $7,204.50), Carter "ckingusc" King (29th - $5,187.24), Joe "planetearf" Serock (20th - $5,187.24), Marc Karam (32nd - $5,187.24)

PokerStars Sunday Million

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$158,994$1,798,800
PlacePlayerPrize
*1Anthony "wwwBTHEREcom" Gregg$195,000
*2Ryan "Daut44" Daut$208,668.16
*3binhoeiji$176,000
4Andrew "Drewfus81" StJean$89,940
5salfshb$71,952
6Vanessa Selbst$53,964
7Leveret2$35,976
8Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo$19,786.80
9robinho$12,591.60

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Steve "Stev0L_" Leonard (10th - $9,353.76), Jeremiah "Believer82" Vinsant (21st - $3,867.42), Joe "Dyzalot" Morneau (36th - $3,507.66)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+$168,766$1,753,200
PlacePlayerPrize
*1Aaron "SpanishKey" Been$266,112.50
*2David "Sonelin" Sonelin$282,639.10
3Cyriel "Supa4real" Dohmen$145,848.71
4Damian Salas$103,438.80
5Kory "s00tedj0kers89" Kilpatrick$73,634.40
6Fernando "WhoIsNowTheFish" Habegger$50,842.80
7Jeff "J4est" Forrest$35,064
8Ryan "mostlynutz" Gatrel$24,544.80
9SchweinsHood$17,532

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Dave "doubledave22" D'Alesandro (11th - $11,395.80), Ryan "olydajew" Olisar (12th - $11,395.80), Ryan "RJules" Julius (14th - $7,889.40), Adam "Roothlus" Levy (18th - $5,785.56), Gavin "gavb31" Ball (24th - $4,733.64), Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick (25th - $4,733.64), Anthony "holdplz" Spinella (26th - $4,733.64)

Full Tilt $400,000 Guarantee (Rebuy)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$150+$131,362$653,700
PlacePlayerPrize
1Joe "stanskii" Stanski$143,814
2IzabelG$91,518
3Joe "Cappuccio816" Cappuccio$66,187.13
4dsindy$53,113.13
5rainmaker381$40,071.81
6Shaun "tedsfishfry" Deeb$29,416.50
7Adam "TheSquee" Sherman$18,957.30
8John Racener$13,727.70
9Christian "charder30" Harder$9,805.50

Notable Finishes: [Removed:168] (11th - $5,556.45), John "kleath" Leathart (13th - $4,052.94), Josh "JBT449" Bergman (16th - $2,843.60), John "kleath" Leathart (18th - $2,843.60)

Full Tilt $300,000 Guarantee

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$150+$133,600$540,000
PlacePlayerPrize
*1d1sk0stu$88,020
*2Russell "rdcrsn" Carson$88,020
3toddybrun2$49,680
4bigred2587$37,260
5Mike "CuteIsWhatIAim4" Telker$25,920
6hamazriya$17,280
7dilling89$11,313
8Benny "psychobenny" Spindler$7,560
9BigDLuckyJ$5,400

*denotes heads-up chop

Notable Finishes: Ravi "govshark2" Raghavan (17th - $1,890), Caio Pimenta (18th - $1,890)

Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$163,442$688,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1domador1$137,680
2Andrew "achen" Chen$88,115.20
3adametes$65,398
4Jason "jdpc27" Wheeler$48,876.40
5Blair "blur5f6" Hinkle$34,420
6zwacke$22,717.20
7RandomFish666$15,144.80
8Stewart "juzlearnin" Scott$10,326
9evenkeal777$7,572.40

Notable Finishes: Athanasios "Athanasios 9" Polychronopoulos (14th - $3,373.16), Joe "planetearf" Serock (23rd - $1,996.36), Connor "negroblanco" Drinnan (26th - $1,996.36), Tom "SBRounder" West (27th - $1,996.36)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$154,864$972,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1dr. greenish$152,177.48
2Alex "mistakooll" Keating$113,331.20
3András "and217" Kovács$80,256
4nutsbabyaa$54,963.20
5Taffyfella$41,344
6Zindy Lou$31,616
7Juecksel$21,888
8DrCaligula$12,160
9redporn36$7,782.40

Notable Finishes: Bryan "badbeatninja" Devonshire (42nd - $1,945.60), Dan "HundoFight" O'Brien (50th - $1,799.68)

PokerStars Sunday 500

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$301,085$542,500
PlacePlayerPrize
1John "JRD312" Dolan$92,225
2Stian "JohnnyBelow" Stabell$67,812.50
3Matt "Matt238" Vance$51,483.25
4221176$36,890
5J. Schwinger$26,853.75
6OLD TIME GIN$41,428.75
7needdollarz$16,003.75
8dmon2323$10,578.75
9Jonathan "Poker Own U" Bardier$5,859

Notable Finishes: Chris "LUHMAN" Martin (10th - $4,774), Darren "darrenelias" Elias (11th - $4,774), Matt "papamat25" Iles (13th - $3,689), Peter "Iteopepe88" Gelencser (14th - $3,689)

PokerStars $109+R NL Hold'em ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,177$424,900
PlacePlayerPrize
*1as1025$66,803.49
*2Josh "jdsmith9" Smith$49,948.87
*3Andrew "bankrollme87" Touchette$44,713.26
*4steve3331$47,160.28
5panda112$22,307.25
6flashdisastr$18,058.25
7caaaaamel$13,809.25
8Jonnybegoode$9,560.25
9Gordon "holla@yoboy" Vayo$5,948.60

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Ben "KidCardiff6" Warrington (10th - $4,249), John "BlackFourz" May (12th - $4,249), Brian "brianm15" England (13th - $3,399.20), Andrew "SkillVille" Weisner (16th - $2,591.81)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,402$280,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1Chris "Moorman1" Moorman$50,696.32
2IndianMan124$36,732.40
3laibaby64$28,040
43tomake5$21,030
5a$$ou$14,721
6Dominick "dombomain33" Zito$11,917
7Tony "DrunkPPlaya" Gargano$9,113
8Zackattak13$6,309
9MarkCGashead$3,925.60

Notable Finishes: Kyle "knecht_poker" Knecht (12th - $2,662.80), Johan "busto_soon" Van Til (13th - $2,103), Aaron "JeanGrae" McCready (15th - $2,103), Josh "brikdog24" Brikis (19th - $1,121.60)

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