The Sunday Briefing: Kevin "iacog4" Iacofano Wins Sunday Million for $197,000

Kevin Iacofano

Sunday was a day of redemption for Kevin "iacog4" Iacofano. After finishing runner-up in the PokerStars Sunday Million in April of this year, the London-based poker pro made another run at it Sunday, this time taking it down for $197,052.26 after a heads-up deal. Meanwhile, Emil "Emilohlsson" Ohlsson earned $69,809.12 for topping a field of 826 players in the PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed).

Here's a look at the results from the Sunday Majors on PokerStars:

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$157,184$1,436,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1Kevin "iacog4" Iacofano$197,052.26*
2dulek_jason$177,052.27*
319VICTOR89$114,944
4WATnlos$76,150.40
5Franzimoore$58,908.80
6tomc1s$44,540.80
7Mellow-Peach$30,891.20
8austin.xd$17,241.60
9Taffyfella$11,135.20

*Denotes heads-up deal.

Notable Finishes: Adam "AJunglen7" Junglen (20th - $3,347.74), Johnny Lodden (68th - $2,054.62)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$153,552$710,400

The PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed) proved a tremendous success, drawing 3,552 runners and surpassing the guarantee by creating a prize pool of $710,400. A total of 540 spots were paid, and some notables managed a small payday: Maxim Lykov (155th - $674.88), Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen (76th - $1,136.64), David "dpeters17" Peters (38th - $1,456.32) and Toni Judet (13th - $3,196.80).

PlacePlayerPrize
1salfshb$111,533.97
2Butros$83,116.80
3zamyak$58,608
4jurata_PL$40,848
5Stjemeskud$30,192
6jdimindtrix$23,088
7gmcrafter$15,984
8DuduPoker-Br$8,880
9PPP-30NA$5,683.20

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$30826$413,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Emil "Emilohlsson" Ohlsson$69,809.12*
2Jeremiah "Believer82" Vinsant$49,480.78*
3icntplypkr$48,801.10*
4Infiniti312$29,942.50
5stepan666666$20,815.20
6Ansgar2000$16,520
7AverageGreg$12,390
8ItsMyReality$8,260
9asdf78$4,956

*Denotes three-handed deal.

Notable Finishes: "ThePateychuk" (24th - $1,858.50), George Danzer (43rd - $1,445.50), Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen (53rd - $1,280.30), Matthias "mattidm" de Meulder (81st - $991.20), Angel Guillen (82nd - $908.60)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsRebuysAdd-on sPrize Pool
$100+$91,0591,458877$339,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1Killer_ooooo$62,449.60
2aless_84$45,309.90
3Jonathan "MONSTER_DONG" Karamalikis$33,940
4kimokh$25,455
5Stavros "IDOLLS" Kalfas$17,818.50
6gortsos$14,424.50
7I Gana Eat U$11,030.50
8Also11$7,636.50
9mcbleeman$4,751.60

Notable Finishes: Naoya "nkeyno" Kihara (34th - $1,187.90), Randal "RandALLin" Flowers (40th - $1,018.20), Mike "Timex" McDonald (42nd - $1,018.20), Thiago "XTheDecanoX" Nishijima (61st - $746.69), Marc-Andre "FrenchDawg" Ladoceur (63rd - $746.68), Maxim Lykov (67th - $746.68), Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane (73rd - $712.74)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$93,238$323,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1~IVIeltdown~$50,999.37
2Nur1ck$38,046.50
3GGGYFI$27,199.20
4Faith#1Virtu$18,618.50
5Broose51$14,085.30
6bananeraise$10,847.30
7g.karolis$7,609.30
8inca7bar$4,377.77
9mextrex$2,752.30

Notable Finishes: "Gags30" (24th - $890.45), Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hrubý (70th - $550.46)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$150+$121,706$255,900
PlacePlayerPrize
1spetsem$37,688.62*
2highland$35,000*
3idolaf$23,031
4MAMOHT_T$17,145.30
5Twengod$12,155.25
6setarcos1234$9,596.25
7marktb$7,037.25
8nineallday00$4,478.25
9Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero$2,559

*Denotes heads-up deal.

Notable Finishes: Jordan "JMaster130" Young (27th - $998.01), Matthias "mattidm" de Meulder (89th - $486.21), George Danzer (92nd - $460.62)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,367$273,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1Maethi$47,188.84
2Sedoj77$34,175
3bahia$25,973
4kirbynator$19,028.64
5a$$ou$13,533.30
6Die Ventura$10,799.30
7J_Dianda$8,065.30
8Chojjasd$5,331.30
9ismttt$3,007.40

Notable Finishes: Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti (19th - $1,148.28), Nick "FU_15" Mamoine (25th - $1,148.28), "omilik" (27th - $1,148.28), Matthias "mattidm" de Meulder (42nd - $874.88)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$10+$136,258$362,580
PlacePlayerPrize
1angvalt$24,231.33*
2gogosaru2005$26,466.27*
3MaxOdoev$18,699.77*
4AQ_never$11,602.56
5abbarg$7,976.76
6jackson18249$4,894.83
733@sue@33$3,353.86
8Szilvi11$2,356.77
9Vitaminb6$1,649.73

*Denotes three-handed deal.

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,764$176,400

Vincent "Vingtcent" Van Der Fluit (11th - $1,375.92) and Douglas "Dowgh-Santos" Ferreira (13th - $1,084.86) finished just shy of the Sunday Kickoff final table. After a heads-up deal, "monstrooo1" took it down for about $25,000.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1monstrooo1$24,823.06
*2Aussie_star1$24,568.94
3volgot$15,876
4cristi888$11,598.30
5ynd!$8,379
6Allan "Sifosis" Baekke$6,526.80
7danistiofi$4,762.80
8betojch$3,087
9kieranonstar$1,764

*denotes heads-up deal

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

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