The Sunday Briefing: Matt "ch0ppy" Kay Takes 3rd in PokerStars Sunday Million for $121K

Super Bowl Sunday was kind to many of online poker's finest tournament grinders. Among the notables who made final tables in the Sunday Majors were Carter "cswidler" Swidler, Thiago "XTheDecanoX" Nishijima, Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger, David "Betudontbet" Emmons and Matt "ch0ppy" Kay. Kay collected the biggest prize of that bunch, finishing third in the Sunday Million for $121,344. The day's biggest earner was "petesgotaces", who claimed victory in the Sunday Million for $227,525.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	7,584	$1,516,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	petesgotaces	$227,525
2	gypsymagi820	$167,409
3	Matt "ch0ppy" Kay	$121,344
4	henne205	$80,390
5	Lukie99	$62,189
6	ohulahan1	$47,021
7	Loredan "LoredanKK" Hanganu	$32,611
8	levan-geo	$18,202
9	Kaymanys	$11,755

Notable Finishes: Chris "cbolt21" Bolt (51st - $2,624),

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	3,443	$688,600

Place	Player	Prize
*1	nurabsal	$84,611
*2	hulinada	$94,202
*3	seppmann7	$66,674
4	OffpoZition	$36,595
5	Alex "tilt21sted" Papazian	$29,266
6	bah23	$22,380
7	5typesofmeat	$15,494
8	Sebastian "skuja" Skuja	$8,608
9	plspaythxbye	$5,509

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Peter "Belabacsi" Traply (10th - $4,132), Kristian "UKKage" Linnell (14th - $3,099), Emmett "mully_85" Mullin (15th - $3,099), Adam "squee451" Sherman (29th - $1,549), Vito "F.Briatore" Branciforte" (30th - $1,549)

Full Tilt $500K Guarantee ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$16	2,282	$500,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	FarSeerCantDie	$95,000
2	SheMustSayYes	$65,850
3	Carter "cswidler" Swidler	$46,500
4	ottoman09	$35,000
5	tal atias	$26,000
6	Damian Salas	$19,000
7	Niall "Firaldo87" Farrell	$13,500
8	mddgfc	$9,500
9	Mr Machine66	$6,500

Notable Finishes: David "My Brim Low" Ivers (10th - $4,500), Chris "Gettin Daize" Oliver (15th - $3,300), Kevin "Sharp6810" Sharp (18th - $2,400), Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro (23rd - $1,650)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$240+$16	918	$200,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	BedoliFE	$40,000
2	veeea	$26,640
3	flashua777	$19,000
4	milldollbaby	$14,200
5	tzahi2008	$10,600
6	heavenwalker	$7,800
7	85blackswan	$5,800
8	Gravenam	$4,200
9	Pius "MastaP89" Heinz	$3,000

Notable Finishes: Kevin "KevboyStar" Stani (10th - $2,000), Darryll "DFish" Fish (12th - $2,000)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	772	$386,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins	$69,480
2	eliorak	$50,180
3	Thiago "XTheDecanoX" Nishijima	$37,442
4	fish2013	$27,985
5	nadalon	$19,454
6	Garrin4e	$15,594
7	Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger	$11,734
8	Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen	$7,913
9	pampa27	$4,825

Notable Finishes: Jordan "JWPRODIGY" Westmoreland (13th - $3,281), Andrey "Kroko-dill"Zaichenko (23rd - $1,776), Jay "shaihulud" Kinkade (24th - $1,776), Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver (27th - $1,776)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	959	$302,900

Place	Player	Prize
1	Pablo "pablotenisis" Fernández	$56,794
2	M_buhler	$40,892
3	SofaKingCo0l	$30,290
4	Pthelegend	$22,718
5	binhoeji	$15,902
6	torowe	$12,873
7	Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy	$9,844
8	o23oSyD	$6,815
9	Spezeguti	$4,271

Notable Finishes: Michael "mossified84" Skomac (12th - $3,180), Jordan "JWPRODIGY" Westmoreland (15th - $2,575), TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer (19th - $1,363), Jonathan "MONSTER_DONG" Karamalikis (21st - $1,363), Scott "BigRiskky" Clements (23rd - $1,363), Jeremiah "Believer82" Vinsant (25th - $1,363), Joe "floes" Serock (29th - $1,060)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	3,024	$302,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	cardlo69	$47,780
2	Jorge "log1c7" Cuello	$35,683
3	jifcu888	$25,402
4	jasssou	$17,687
5	Sam "MILF ISLAND" Rotar	$13,154
6	evYpe	$10,130
7	meowchi686	$7,106
8	AMELPADRINO	$4,385
9	bblacklegend	$2,570

Notable Finishes: Chris "Bushman" Bush (12th - $1,890), Jason "jdtjpoker" Wheeler (22nd - $907), Michael "moneyinbag" Aron (23rd - $907)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$12	1,624	$245,100

Place	Player	Prize
*1	sebaru3	$35,310
*2	Run dat Game	$34,310
3	OffTh3Radar	$22,059
4	bankofDK	$16,422
5	David "Betudontbet" Emmons	$11,642
6	thipoker10	$9,191
7	SUPER00TILT	$6,740
8	chilenocl	$4,289
9	CrackBuyer	$2,451

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti (12th - $1,936), Shyam "G's zee" Srinivasan (25th - $956), Adam "squee451" Sherman (26th - $956)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	1,305	$261,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	AJacejackAJ	$45,049
2	J-Rod Fett	$32,625
3	sent1080	$24,795
4	David "Betudontbet" Emmons	$18,166
5	88Xin88	$12,920
6	Steve "mcnallyville" McNally	$10,310
7	tommytight	$7,700
8	Phantom1299	$5,090
9	m0nkeyflush	$2,871

Notable Finishes: Dan "djk123" Kelly (12th - $2,323), Bryan "bparis" Paris (22nd - $1,096)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10+$1	39,519	$395,190

Place	Player	Prize
*1	spiceyballs	$26,191
*2	RoyRees24	$22,500
*3	LupuGCatalin	$20,131
4	jc_bluej	$10,923
5	AnnnA100	$7,469
6	LEXUS147	$4,802
7	pelpsiano	$3,359
8	durrrrr10	$2,292
9	Temixron	$1,680

*denotes three-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,837	$183,700

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Iwillreach	$23,390
*2	philipoo	$22,023
*3	mystinen60	$22,557
4	FabOne1986	$12,078
5	Kr7is	$8,726
6	IROSA123	$6,797
7	BOW300	$4,960
8	yapiyapo1	$3,215
9	flipside88	$1,837

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Laurence "rivermanl" Houghton (30th - $606.21)

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