The Sunday Briefing: Calvin "cal42688" Anderson Conquers PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up

Calvin Anderson

It was a busy Sunday for PokerStars with the conclusion of the European Poker Tour Barcelona Super High Roller and the start of the Main Event. Meanwhile, there was plenty of action on the virtual felt, as well. "Fish4trips" captured the biggest online prize of the day — $178,159 — for winning the Sunday Million. Calvin "cal42688" Anderson took down the Sunday Warm-Up, one week after winning the Sunday 2nd Chance.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$155,747$1,149,400

TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer made a deep run in the Sunday Million but finished just shy of the final table in 13th ($4,942.42). Nate "nsinger" Singer and Patrick "Bandano" Renkers each made the final table, finishing in ninth and fifth places, respectively. The outright victory went to "Fish4trips" for $178,159.79.

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

PlacePlayerPrize
1Fish4trips$178,159.79
2Manitouwadge$132,181
3Stealy7$93,101.40
4katalo269$64,538.81
5Patrick "Bandano" Renkers$48,274.80
6gosuoposum1$36,780.80
7AlexaUKR$25,286.80
8adrianofcrj$14,367.50
9Nate "nsinger" Singer$8,965.32

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$152,653$530,600

Kiryl "angrymoron" Radzivonau (12th - $3,316.25), Jonas "Telefonkiosk" Lindlof (1,591.80), and Francis "The Lag rat" Anderson (26th - $1,591.80) were among those who made deep runs in the Sunday Warm-Up. On the heels of his win last week in the Sunday 2nd Chance, Calvin "cal42688" Anderson took down this week's Sunday Warm-Up, defeating Darren "darrenelias" Elias heads-up.

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

PlacePlayerPrize
1Calvin "cal42688" Anderson$83,835.02
2Darren "darrenelias" Elias$62,610.80
3Kevin "flopped6810" Sharp$44,570.40
4fengikareh$31,034.79
5PUAboy$23,081.10
6Xplogo$17,775.10
7TapeWormJim$12,469.10
8OpenShip27$7,693.70
9Jackal69$4,510.10

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$30625$312,500

The Sunday 500 saw impressive showings from Ariel "Skilled G" Mantel (14th - $2,812.50), Hunter "HEMIpowerSWT" Frey (15th - $2,812.50), Toni Judet (18th - $2,187.50), David "dpeters17" Peters (20th - $1,562.50), and Amit "AMAK316" Makhija (26th - $1,562.50). Topping the field outright was Andrew "stato_1" Hulme for $58,593.75.

PlacePlayerPrize
1Andrew "stato_1" Hulme$58,593.75
2jennyfuchs$42,187.50
3Helio TYF$31,250
4Dynamite321$23,437.50
5supernova543$16,406.25
6Artem205$13,281.25
7flong78$10,156.25
8treezer$7,031.25
9FONBET_RULIT$4,406.25

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$9733$230,500

Among the crowd of notables who made deep runs in the $109 Sunday Rebuy were Jesse "On The Mac" McKenzie (13th - $2,074.50), Dave "LeKnave" Jones (14th - $2,074.40), Jeff "jpa_25" Anderson (18th - $1,613.50), Jon "LUFCBas" Spinks (23rd - $1,152.50), Joep "Pappe_Ruk" van den Bijgaart (24th - $1,152.50), and James "Andy_McLEOD" Obst (27th - $1,152.50). Topping the final table after making a four-handed deal was "Borg1a."

PlacePlayerPrize
*1Borg1a$28,470.34
*2Fresh_oO_D$33,022.38
*3zugzwang16$27,206.44
*4Klebanov999$25,974.59
5sgoup$12,101.25
6Soren "Kongsgaard" Kongsgaard$9,796.25
7Shane "shaniac" Schleger$7,491.25
8I_M_ICM$5,186.25
9Joris "Tyren0" Ruys$3,250.05

*denotes four-handed deal

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$92,464$246,400

Notable finishes in the Bigger $109 included Nicky "Cod Meharly" Evans (14th - $1,305.92), Caio "Pessagno" Pessagno (16th - $936.32), and Ami "UhhMee" Barer (17th - $936.32). An even heads-up chop locked up paydays of $34,465.20 each for "WATnlos" and "fadil555."

PlacePlayerPrize
*1WATnlos$34,465.20
*2fadil555$34,465.20
3prinssiuljas$20,944
4queenbee 606$14,784
5Mr Juhlen$11,088
6Marc "dean23price" Wright$8,500.80
7eljinete17$6,036.80
8christo7777$3,572.80
9ikikytrid$2,217.60

*denotes heads-up even chop

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$150+$121,353$202,950

Notable results in the Bigger $162 included Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger (13th - $1,359.76) and Clayton "slammedfire" Mozdzen (17th - $974.16). After a heads-up deal with "papapu123", "vip25459" emerged with the win and nearly $31,000.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1vip25459$30,935.37
*2papapu123$28,935.37
3EnisMarch$19,259.95
4peterwhooo$13,800.60
5NhFy$10,046.02
6bullyon$8,016.32
7Kappustahead$5,987.02
8p2ryan2003$3,957.52
9RoseKoehler$2,191.86

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,120$224,000

Among those who had solid showings in the Sunday 2nd Chance were Bradley "BaZa88" Bower (15th - $1,792), Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis (21st - $1,008), and Joris "Tyren0" Ruys (27th - $1,008). Taking it down outright was "marko 2701," who collected $40,320.

PlacePlayerPrize
1marko 2701$40,320
2River Prayer$29,120
3micis R32$21,728
4bob_tashijke$16,240
5Frenzuh$11,289.60
63max$8,960
7Aidan "whereisdonny" Tam$6,720
8David "dpeters17" Peters$4,480
9steve3331$2,688

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$10+$129,721$300,000

Earning the outright victory in the Sunday Storm was Joe "nineallday00" Stanski. He topped the 29,721-player field outright for $28,050.

PlacePlayerPrize
1Joe "nineallday00" Stanski$28,050
2MrAleks1981$20,550
3Ackerman884$13,550
4picsou691$10,350
5Dj Asto$7,350
6LuckyKrs$4,500
7Sick f!sh$3,150
8vittorio224$2,100
9chrisallwin$1,485

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,337$133,700

Making deep runs in this week's Sunday Kickoff were Ami "UhhMee" Barer (13th - $895.79) and Mathew "Matfrankland" Frankland (24th - $534.80). Earning the outright victory was "jbauk" for nearly $23,000.

PlacePlayerPrize
1jbauk$22,729.09
2BluNTzz549$16,712.50
3screamer69$12,688.13
4shark_play$9,091.60
5soulmekki$6,618.15
6Arvydas "Merfinis" Merfeldas$5,281.15
7pvv38$3,944.15
8GeraKremmov$2,607.15
9marko0007$1,443.96

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