The Sunday Briefing: Casey "bigdogpckt5s" Jarzabek Wins Sunday Warm-Up

October 24, 2011

This week may not have had double the excitement like last week's Double Vision Sunday, but several players still managed to have terrific Sundays on the PokerStars virtual felt. The biggest prize of the day went to "Spyver," who won the Sunday Million for $190,459.14. The Sunday Warm-Up was won by online-tournament standout Casey "bigdogpckt5s" Jarzabek. Dean "dean23price" Price and Stevan "random_chu" Chew also notched first-place finishes on Sunday.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

This week's Sunday Million saw more than 6,500 players take to the felt to generate a prize pool of more than $1.3 million. When it was over, three players had secured a six-figure payday and "Spyver" of the United Kingdom had taken down his first Sunday Million title.

The final table was reached about 10 hours after play began with "Spyver" leading the way and keeping his lead en route to the victory. With three players remaining, Spain's "agovque69" asked to discuss a deal but made his exit moments later when his A♥9♦ couldn't improve against "Spyver's" A♦K♠.

That set up a heads-up match with the Brit holding a 5 to 1 lead over Canada's "GoldenOne306." The Canadian doubled up on the first hand of heads-up play, but "Spyver" finished him off moments later. With a little more than 20 big blinds in his stack, "GoldenOne306" raised the button and then called a three-bet shove for all his chips with K♥8♥. Unfortunately, he was dominated by his opponent's K♠10♥. The board ran out 10♣3♦9♦K♦4♦ to give "Spyver" the title and a top prize of $190,459.

To read more about this week's Sunday Million, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Chris "Moorman1" Moorman (25th - $3,081.78), Ryan "ryanghall" Hall (30th - $2,752.53)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Entering the final table of the Sunday Warm-Up with the chip lead was a man who is no stranger to deep tournament runs — Casey "bigdogpckt5s" Jarzabek. For the first half of the final table, Jarzabek was stuck in reverse. It wasn't until five-handed play when he picked up steam. Down to a 15-big-blind stack, Jarzebek was in the big blind when a shorter stack shoved on the button and the player in the small blind called. Holding A♥J♠, Jarzabek put his chips in the middle and looked to build up his stack against the button's K♣8♣ and the small blind's 9♥9♦. The board rolled out A♠5♦2♥4♦10♦ to give Jarzabek a pair of aces to bring him back into contention.

A deal between the final three players went down and despite being the short stack when the deal was made, Jarzabek battled back to seal the win. On the final hand, he four-bet with A♥7♠. His opponent, "TTycho," called all-in for about 35 big blinds with K♣Q♠. The board ran out 8♠7♣6♥6♦A♣ to secure the victory for Jarzabek.

If you want an even more in-depth recap of the action of the PokerStars Warm-Up, head on over to PokerStarsBlog.com

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Joao "vovo_leo" Studart (16th - $2,037), Stefan "I'am_Sound" Huber (49th - $1,290.10)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($250K Guaranteed)

After coming up a bit short of a Sunday Major final table earlier in the day, Dean "dean23price" Price more than broke through in the Sunday 500. He took it down outright for $64,436.

Notable Finishes: Dan "djk123" Kelly (20th - $1,708.80), Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier (22nd - $1,780.80)

PokerStars Bigger $55 ($200K Guaranteed)

The Bigger $55 attracted a field of 5,323, creating a prize pool of $266,150. The biggest name at the final table was Andrew "RunThisTable" Lichtenberger. Holding a short stack when the final table began, Lichtenberger made a furious comeback but ultimately finished runner-up to "pampa27."

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($100K Guaranteed)

Another week, another smashing of the guarantee in the Bigger $109. The 2,658 entrants more than doubled the $100,000 guarantee, creating a prize pool of $265,800. Following a three-handed deal, "icedavid" defeated PokerStars Pro Jan Heitmann to earn a first-place prize of $37,000.

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Russell "rdcrsm" Carson (18th - $1,196.10)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($100K Guaranteed)

This week's Bigger $162 drew a field of 1,384 to the virtual felt, an increase of eight players from last week. Stevan "random_chu" Chew took it down, winning $32,544.92, following a three-handed deal.

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Georgios "gkap13" Kapalas (29th - $539.76), Aaron "JeanGrae" McCready (30th - $539.76)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($125K Guaranteed)

Unlike many of the day's other majors, there was no deal in the Sunday 2nd Chance. In the end, "xxxALBxxx" outlasted the 1,085-player field for a $39,060 payday.

Notable Finishes: Bryan "bparis" Paris (13th - $1,736), John "kleath" Leathart (14th - $1,736), Laurence "rivermanl" Houghton (17th - $1,302)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($200K Guaranteed)

The 888 entrants in the $109 Sunday Rebuy created a prize pool of $287,400. "Kihlström" defeated a tough final table, which included online tournament stars "Sirocko" and Alex "Assassinato" Fitzgerald.

Notable Finishes: Dean "dean23price" Price (20th - $1,437), Jamie "TheCronic420" Rosen (21st - $1,437)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($200K Guaranteed)

This week, the Sunday Storm saw an uptick in attendance, up 86 players from last week's affair. There was a heads-up deal this time around and coming out on top was "simultanka1," earning $25,0982.91.

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($75K Guaranteed)

The first Sunday Major of the week, the Sunday Kickoff, drew a field of 1,386 and saw a four-handed deal go down. Emerging victorious was "camikater," who took home $19,026.89.

*denotes four-handed deal

_{*PokerStars Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up data obtained from PokerStarsBlog.com}

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