The Sunday Briefing: Calvin "cal42688" Anderson and Ozgur "phaplap" Arda Win Majors

April 22, 2013

Brett Collson Chief Editor

Another online poker Sunday is in the books at PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. The two leading online poker rooms were jam-packed with players this week, and several notables were awarded big paydays across the many major events on the schedule.

The day's biggest earner was "Pr0fiteer" who received $222,300 for taking down the PokerStars Sunday Million. The player from Belarus bested a field of 7,410 to capture the elusive honor of Sunday Million champion. Also making deep runs in that tournament were Team PokerStars Pro Stavros "IDOLLS" Kalfas and Scott "BigRiskky" Clements.

Among the notables winning tournaments on Sunday were Calvin "cal42688" Anderson (PokerStars Sunday Supersonic), Ozgur "phaplap" Arda (PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up) and Dimitar "trionojnika" Yosifov (PokerStars Sunday 500). Others collecting big scores were Mike "Pipedream17" Dietrich, Randy "rh300487" Hereman, David "Betudontbet" Emmons, Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen, and Frederik "Fred_Brink" Jensen.

Here's a look at the results from the Sunday major tournaments:

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	7,410	$1,482,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Pr0fiteer	$222,300
2	kingrama3	$163,568
3	EZGrind	$118,560
4	caffecia	$78,546
5	DneprDim777	$60,762
6	dareczek91	$45,942
7	TomasQ	$31,863
8	w4ldo	$17,784
9	Djuk8	$11,485

Notable Finishes: Stavros "IDOLLS" Kalfas (24th - $3,453), Scott "BigRiskky" Clements (27th - $3,453).

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	3,309	$661,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	Ozgur "phaplap" Arda	$98,932*
2	Xart-Szopen	$70,000*
3	hank-mood965	$67,000*
4	GODofHU	$38,053
5	Timorm1	$28,126
6	tashsaken	$21,508
7	lengera	$14,890
8	deamon10	$8,272
9	Carsandi	$5,294

_{*Denotes three-handed deal}

Notable Finishes: Pratyush "Shane Gamble" Buddiga (11th - $3,970), Thiago “XTheDecanoX” Nishjima (14th - $2,978), Ronald “ronaldgrauer” Grauer (22nd - $1,687)

Full Tilt $350K Guarantee ($350K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+16	1,777	$355,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	Smithstudent	$60,151*
2	Ky3oBok	$58,196*
3	RoveRice	$33,763
4	efterklok	$25,233
5	gkap13	$18,836
6	BluffyMcWhack	$13,860
7	Frank "roo_400" Billard	$10,306
8	Bisto_Best	$7,463
9	nowa1	$5,295

_{*Denotes three-handed deal}

Notable Finishes: Jason "Private ATM" Helder (10th - $3,554), Chris "maxxscam" Back (18th - $1,954), Kevin "Wu_Wizard" MacPhee (23rd - $1,421), John "kleath" Leathart (26th - $1,421)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$240+16	931	$200,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Kamikaze94	$40,000
2	Nek2001	$26,640
3	dippidude	$19,000
4	SmurfeHits	$14,200
5	luet1	$10,600
6	Machinguer	$7,800
7	Alex "dynoalot" Difelice	$5,800
8	geopaep	$4,200
9	Peter "breeth" Turmezey	$3,000

Notable Finishes: John "kleath" Leathart (11th - $2,000), David "My Brim Low" Ivers (25th - $860), Kevin "Wu_Wizard" MacPhee (26th - $860)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+30	837	$418,500

Place	Player	Prize
1	Dimitar "trionojnika" Yosifov	$72,906
2	huhc	$56,828
3	Mike "Pipedream17" Dietrich	$30,594
4	pier85	$30,341
5	byfon	$21,092
6	michalisL7	$16,740
7	Steve "betrthanphil" Tripp	$12,555
8	matmatmat	$8,370
9	boahgerding	$5,022

Notable Finishes: Francis "The Lag rat" Anderson (11th - $4,185), Brandon "oncommand" Meyers (13th - $3,348), Tom hitthehole) Middleton (14th - $3,348), Keith "DaMurdera3" Ferrera (15th - $3,348), Bolivar "Ramux" Palacios (16th - $2,511), Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen (21st - $1,883)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+9	1,006	$327,700

Place	Player	Prize
1	Palmero92	$60,624
2	Randy "rh300487" Hereman	$43,911
3	David "Betudontbet" Emmons	$32,770
4	Stuart "Zpaceman" Taylor	$24,577
5	aliasbissen	$17,204
6	foxinfox	$13,927
7	Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen	$10,650
8	trippltop	$7,373
9	inca7bar	$4,587

Notable Finishes: Peter "twirlpro" Turmezey (27th - $1,474)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+9	3,184	$318,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	All_w_love	$48,838*
2	Maureli	$34,419*
3	cma_cruzeiro	$31,047*
4	stxakgirona	$18,308
5	jezz81	$13,850
6	Steve "Zugwat" Silverman	$10,666
7	VitinhO Dzi	$7,842
8	KortKongen	$4,304
9	ua-qaypo.wsx	$2,706

_{*Denotes three-handed deal}

Notable Finishes: Connor "blanconegro" Drinnan (19th - $875), Jakob "mendieta19" Carlsson (25th - $875)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+12	1,774	$266,100

Place	Player	Prize
1	tassen1	$35,048*
2	VzB_Poker	$39,459*
3	Frederik "Fred_Brink" Jensen	$23,949
4	paxantho	$17,496
5	IAmSoSo	$12,639
6	stackquads	$9,845
7	sprenger62	$7,184
8	Seth "SFisch4" Fischer	$4,656
9	ukraine1209	$2,661

_{*Denotes heads-up deal}

Notable Finishes: Mayu "marroca5" Roca (18th - $1,187), Steve "Illini213" Barshak (22nd - $1,011), Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet (23rd - $1,011)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	1,396	$279,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	klenius	$31,836*
2	fredbap	$33,310*
3	Desmoplakin	$34,985*
4	kunkles28	$27,713*
5	nofair18	$13,820
6	Aaron "aguskb" Gustavson	$11,028
7	P0CK€TF@CE$	$8,236
8	Jon "PearlJammer" Turner	$5,444
9	lumaq	$3,015

_{*Denotes four-handed deal}

Notable Finishes: David "dpeters17" Peters (19th - $1,186), João "joao bauer" Divino (23rd - $1,186)

PokerStars Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$280.10+4.20	1,310	$276,148

Place	Player	Prize
1	Calvin "cal42688" Anderson	$49,817
2	dmannyboy69	$36,037
3	kinamon8	$27,614
4	Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen	$20,711
5	klenius	$14,497
6	JULK77	$11,736
7	HeadShotFyoV	$8,974
8	imcastleman	$6,213
9	Matthias "mattidm" De Meulder	$3,015