The Sunday Briefing: "sweetster" Wins Partypoker $500K; Ziyard & Stein Capture Titles
Over the weekend, partypoker held its largest event in over a year when it increased the guarantee of its Sunday Major from $200,000 to $500,000.
The $200 buy-in tournament, which was called the "$500K Guaranteed Special Event," attracted 3,057 runners, which surpassed the guarantee by creating a prize pool of $568,602. The event featured a minimum first-place prize of $100,000, though a heads-up deal between “sweetster” and “pablito_21” saw them take home $85,688.57 and $83,471.48, respectively.
Over on PokerStars, European Poker Tour Loutraki champion Zimnan “Zimmy86” Ziyard won $86,176.40 when he took down the Sunday 500. In addition, he also won a $55 NL Hold’em 2x Chance tournament at PokerStars for close to $16,000 which made it a nice Sunday for the popular pro.
Speaking of PokerStars, the 2014 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) with the SCOOP special editions of the Sunday Warm-Up and Sunday Million, both of which have plenty players still in contention and will determine a winner on Tuesday.
Over on Full Tilt Poker, Sam "miserd00d" Stein topped a field of 232 players to win the $635 Super Sized Sunday for $36,192. He did so by defeating a stacked final table that included Balasz “birs320” Botand, Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick, Dan "KingDan23" Smith, and Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo.
Here's a full look at the results from the Sunday Majors on PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, partypoker and WSOP.com:
partypoker 500K Guaranteed Sunday
Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
---|---|---|
$200+15 | 3,057 | $568,602 |
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | sweetster | $85,688.57* |
2 | pablito_21 | $83,471.48* |
3 | Nosferatuse | $34,969.02 |
4 | x_zola25 | $27,292.89 |
5 | flatandfold | $21,322.57 |
6 | Santiniii | $16,489.45 |
7 | Iwilltakeallofu | $12,793.54 |
8 | Robbi52 | $9,381.93 |
9 | Ben “Ch1pJam” David | $6,595.78 |
*Reflects heads-up deal
Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)
Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
---|---|---|
$500+30 | 986 | $493,000 |
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Zimnan “Zimmy86” Ziyard | $86,176.40 |
2 | Fresh_oO_D | $62,611 |
3 | pabloreis | $46,835 |
4 | 68ioweyou1 | $35,003 |
5 | Cristian “casita_21” Rotondo | $24,650 |
6 | D0ntTiltOnMe | $19,720 |
7 | Eli "smokrokflock" Fox | $14,790 |
8 | Kyle “KJulius10” Julius | $9,860 |
9 | Jeff “stinger5158” Rossiter | $5,669 |
Notable Finishes: Keven “Stammdogg” Stammen (21st - $2,070.60), Philipp “philbort” Gruissem (37th - $1,577.60)
$109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)
Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
---|---|---|
$100+9 | 1,300 | $403,100 |
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Sean “Kappustahead” Ripp | $73,202.96 |
2 | Fabian “fabstinho” Quoss | $53,209.20 |
3 | catostar | $40,310 |
4 | Andrew “foucault82” Brokos | $30,232.50 |
5 | Alen.song | $21,162.75 |
6 | Gustavo “PIUlimeira” Goto | $17,131.75 |
7 | Thomas “ttesone” Tesone | $13,100.75 |
8 | Mantas “Kepalas89” Liachauskas | $9,069.75 |
9 | Alex_d123 | $5,643.40 |
Notable Finishes: Chris “Moorman1” Moorman (48th - $846.51), Ana Marquez (93rd - $725.58), Scott “BigRiskky” Clements (98th - $725.58)
Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)
Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
---|---|---|
$200+15 | 1,597 | $319.400 |
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Guilherme “VinceVegaMFR” Cheveau | $47,910* |
2 | krzyeyeskila | $44,410* |
3 | Ori “OriQ9s” Hasson | $29,384.80 |
4 | a$$ou | $21,719.20 |
5 | Sbillau | $15,650.60 |
6 | Alen “lilachaa” Bilic | $12,456.60 |
7 | Fairy verde | $9,262.60 |
8 | Matias “Festivuss” Gabrenja | $6,068.60 |
9 | d.apollo777 | $3,321.76 |
*Reflects heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Jack “jackziyang” Salter (31st - $1,117.90), Jim “Mr_BigQueso” Collopy (34th - $1,117.90), David “MissOracle” Yan (79th - $702.68)
Get in on the Sunday Majors action yourself by visiting PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.
Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)
Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
---|---|---|
$210.80+4.20 | 1,724 | $363,419.20 |
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Magardan | $64,108.05 |
2 | Le_P.1.M.P. | $47,244.49 |
3 | David “dpeters17” Peters | $36,341.92 |
4 | JACOMARIA | $26,347.89 |
5 | sanpro | $18,897.79 |
6 | hunting4nemo | $15,263.60 |
7 | tallalailla | $11,629.41 |
8 | Marc-Andre “FrenchDawg” Ladouceur | $7,995.22 |
9 | chikka21 | $5,087.86 |
Notable Finishes: Igor "iBreakU_U" Kruzhalov (24th), Ari “BodogAri” Engel (34th - $799.52), David “MissOracle” Yan (56th - $581.47), Bryn Kenney (68th - $581.47)
Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)
Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
---|---|---|
$240+15 | 1,239 | $247,800 |
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Karen70 | $49,560 |
2 | orhi83 | $33,006.96 |
3 | Martin “FeynmanJR” Kozlov | $23,541 |
4 | midnightGuest | $17,593.80 |
5 | Tenkamusou | $13,133.40 |
6 | Spencer “UHBigTex” Hudson | $9,664.20 |
7 | David “betudontbet” Emmons | $7,186.20 |
8 | Al Robbya | $5,203.80 |
9 | Dominik “odom_pl” Panka | $3,717 |
Notable Finishes: Thayer “THAY3R” Rasmussen (13th - $1,883.28), Joe “jcada99” Cada (22nd - $1,065.54), Chris “Moormanl” Moorman (33rd - $817.74)
$250K Guarantee
Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
---|---|---|
$200+15 | 1,433 | $286,600 |
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | xYuriDzix | $57,320 |
2 | Fresa4ever | $38,117.80 |
3 | gifuhornet | $27,227 |
4 | Vitorbrasil | $20,348.60 |
5 | eisenhower1 | $15,189.80 |
6 | Rhys “flopping_ell” Jones | $11,177.40 |
7 | Grand Player11 | $8,311.40 |
8 | Ami “UhhMee” Barer | $6,018.60 |
9 | manuverdon | $4,270.34 |
Notable Finishes: Jordan “Jymaster11” Young (13th - $2,120.84), Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet (48th - $601.86), Dan “KingDan23” Smith (49th - $601.86), Chris “DeMaci” DeMaci (51st - $601.86), Nick “FU_15” Maimone (52nd - $601.86)
Super Sized Sunday
Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
---|---|---|
$600+35 | 232 | $139,200 |
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Sam "miserd00d" Stein | $36,192 |
2 | THENUTHUNTER | $22,968 |
3 | Balasz “birs320” Botand | $17,400 |
4 | Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick | $13,572 |
5 | Beyond_Godl1ke | $10,092 |
6 | Dan "KingDan23" Smith | $7,308 |
7 | Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo | $4,872 |
8 | whereisdonny | $3,828 |
9 | flong78 | $2,923 |
Notable Finishes: Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet (15th - $1,392), Joe "bigegypt" Elpayaa (24th - $835.20)
$25,000 Weekly Sunday Guarantee (New Jersey)
Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
---|---|---|
$200+15 | 75 | $25,000 |
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | durrrr | $7,250 |
2 | bel0wab0ve | $4,250 |
3 | black_ivy… | $3,000 |
4 | Goldend… | $2,500 |
5 | Deuxexm… | $2,000 |
6 | Sabo8198 | $1,725 |
7 | crazynoob | $1,475 |
8 | randomra… | $1,225 |
9 | RUA11 | $875 |
10 | notoriousC | $700 |
$15,000 Weekly Sunday Guarantee (Nevada)
Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
---|---|---|
$200+15 | 78 | $15,600 |
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | mnbass1 | $4,446 |
2 | DiaperCh… | $2,574 |
3 | tiltmonkey | $1,560 |
4 | CPGodbet | $1,248 |
5 | sandmanjd | $1,076.40 |
6 | MrBeaum… | $920.40 |
7 | INEFFABLE | $764.40 |
8 | PaulDewald | $530.40 |
9 | BigRupert | $421,20 |
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