The Sunday Briefing: "EireAbu" and Jonathan "jonyctt" Concepción Top Sunday Majors

February 20 2012, Mickey Doft

On a Sunday with many deals, the biggest of the Sunday Majors went to the wire without any agreements. "EireAbu" pocketed $219,600 for a win in the Sunday Million, and Jonathan "jonyctt" Concepción took home about $115,000 for a Sunday Warm-Up triumph. Others to earn Sunday Major victories include Igor "MagicGog" Bakay, David "dhilton12" Hilton, and Rayan "zebest_666" Chamas.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	7,320	$1,464,000

Entering the final table of the Sunday Million with the chip lead, "EireAbu" rode three eliminations to begin heads-up play with about a 1.25:1 chip lead against "WallterBish." While the latter did manage to grab the chip lead, "EireAbu" reclaimed it following an flop. The chips got into the middle as "EireAbu's" held against "WallterBish's" .

The tournament ended the next hand as "WallterBish" three-bet shoved for about 19 big blinds with . Holding , "EireAbu" called and locked up the victory once the board ran out .

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Place	Player	Prize
1	EireAbu	$219,600
2	WallterBish	$161,581.68
3	Paul "KingPaulie" Hockin	$117,120
4	leshark81	$77,592
5	dynoalot	$60,024
6	Theodoros "teo96" Aidonopoulos	$45,384
7	Ami "UhhMee" Barer	$31,476
8	yanko33	$17,568
9	RikardPM	$11,346

Notable Finishes: Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick (13th - $6,075.60), Alvaro “VARICO” Ballesteros (44th - $2,752.32)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	3,647	$729,400

With no overwhelming chip leader at the start of the Sunday Warm-Up final table, Jonathan "jonyctt" Concepción emerged from the pack. Holding a roughly 2.6:1 chip lead to begin heads-up play, Concepción defeated "pp2wins" at the 200,000/400,000/40,000 level.

Concepción opened to 800,000 on the button, only to watch "pp2wins" three-bet to 2,400,000 from the big blind. Concepción's next move was a four-bet shove, which led to an all-in call from "pp2wins" holding . With , Concepción took it down when the board fell .

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Place	Player	Prize
1	Jonathan "jonyctt" Concepción	$114,516.97
2	pp2wins	$85,339.80
3	PRINCESPEACH	$60,175.50
4	chrisf44	$41,940.50
5	Bonds252525	$30,999.50
6	5AULIU5	$23,705.50
7	inigovasko	$16,411.50
8	Rainsson	$9,117.50
9	D.man nr one	$5,835.20

Notable Finishes: Shawn "jordankickz" Busse (22nd - $1,859.97), Charlie "JIZOINT" Combes (31st - $1,641.15)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	834	$417,000

The Sunday 500 attracted 834 players, creating a prize pool of $417,000. Mike "Gags30" Gagliano earned the biggest payday in the Sunday 500, but "check_lol" notched the victory after a three-handed deal.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	check_lol	$58,000
*2	Mike "Gags30" Gagliano	$63,000
*3	ozzyfish007	$48,719
4	Mike "StrungOut1" Wasserman	$30,232.50
5	bally29	$21,016.80
6	pimmie	$16,680
7	jhwang21	$12,510
8	Barbosyan	$8,340
9	White_BBZyan	$5,004

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Grayson "spacegravy" Physioc (12th - $4,170)

PokerStars Bigger $55 ($250K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$50+$5	6,201	$310,050

The Bigger $55's 6,201 entrants smashed the tournament's $250,000 guarantee. A three-handed deal took place and "SlyderS1" emerged victorious for more than $33,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	SlyderS1	$33,360.63
*2	Rothalor	$31,846.74
*3	Martin "phasE89" Balaz	$41,640.48
4	eddywest	$17,052.75
5	FlushMan Dan	$13,022.10
6	FINLANDSHARK	$9,921.60
7	lightshirt	$6,821.10
8	MBacke	$3,720.60
9	chrisjester	$2,402.88

*denotes three-handed deal

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	3,287	$328,700

The Bigger $109, now with a $200,000 guarantee, was down 23 players this week. Igor "MagicGog" Bakay was the last man standing after a four-handed deal, earning $27,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Igor "MagicGog" Bakay	$27,000
*2	WWoutje_	$31,000
*3	MisterJJW	$40,630.45
*4	Cristian "unluckybs" Dragomir	$34,000
5	gortsos	$14,791.50
6	Timo "heißtercamp" Pfützenreuter	$11,504.50
7	T0MyK	$8,217.50
8	TheMakaron	$5,423.55
9	redacesfull	$3,484.22

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Trung "dynastyzz" Tran (10th - $2,465.25), Tom "tollgate" Grigg (20th - $690.27)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$12	1,612	$241,800

The Bigger $162 attracted a field of 1,612, creating a $214,800 prize pool. "LoveWrecked" topped the field, taking it down outright for $43,524.

Place	Player	Prize
1	LoveWrecked	$43,524
2	iwonthurtyou	$31,434
3	zhivago2	$24,180
4	jenbizzle	$18,135
5	Lifesucksyah	$12,694.50
6	kooks999	$10,276.50
7	inca7bar	$7,858.50
8	!mpudicus	$5,440.50
9	vongericke	$3,385.20

Notable Finishes: Jeremy "00psiedaisy" Fitzpatrick (25th - $846.30)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	1,371	$274,200

After a three-handed deal in the Sunday 2nd Chance, David "dhilton12" Hilton earned top honors for $37,386.21.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	David "dhilton12" Hilton	$37,386.21
*2	gast117	$33,389.17
*3	boodeca	$36,875.54
4	Nick "FU_15" Maimone	$19,084.32
5	VIP1009	$13,572.90
6	skalala	$10,830.90
7	Frenzy09	$8,088.90
8	f430f1	$5,346.90
9	OllowainTim	$3,016.20

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Ryan "mizarkshzark" Gatrel (14th - $1,891.98), Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino (15th - $1,891.98)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,161	$377,900

In one of the two smaller Sunday Majors that did not have a deal take place, the $109 Sunday Rebuy was won outright by "A12Begemotov" for just shy of $70,000.

Place	Player	Prize
1	A12Begemotov	$69,155.70
2	FaceStealer	$50,260.70
3	Steve "BetrThanPhil" Tripp	$37,790
4	ReadOnYou	$28,342.50
5	Dishboy_SWE	$19,839.75
6	uknowProsky*	$16,060.75
7	JPCOELHO	$12,281.75
8	hip2012	$8,502.75
9	Shane "shaniac" Schleger	$5,290.60

Notable Finishes: Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger (18th - $2,305.19), Mike "munchenHB" Telker (20th - $1,700.55), Matt "ch0ppy" Kay (22nd - $1,700.55)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10+$1	38,940	$389,400

Four players earned five figures in the Sunday Storm. "Gorby3975" took the biggest piece of the $389,400 prize pool, $29,437, for the win.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Gorby3975	$29,437.69
*2	BLaTnOTa	$13,152.05
*3	maxts	$15,151.14
*4	lipeabruzzi	$20,915.34
5	1kArAKuLa1	$7,359.66
6	bisayiro	$4,731.66
7	j_peso4	$3,309.90
8	xamini	$2,258.52
9	Lassiole	$1,654.95

*denotes four-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($75K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,870	$187,000

Rayan "zebest_666" Chamas got things started this weekend in the Sunday Majors, taking down the Sunday Kickoff. After a heads-up deal, Chamas came away with $27,180 for the win.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Rayan "zebest_666" Chamas	$27,180
*2	Rotlicht6.0	$25,180
3	Spilor	$16,830
4	veg777	$12,295.25
5	2402Dennis	$8,882.50
6	de bluffer	$6,919
7	BregovicGO	$5,049
8	csufi74	$3,272.50
9	xihui	$1,870

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen (14th - $1,150.05)

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

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