The Sunday Briefing: "grifo173" and "Kirbynator" Secure Sunday's Biggest Scores
The final Sunday in October proved to be an exciting one on the virtual felt. Final competitors failed to reach deals in the PokerStars Sunday Million and Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee, resulting in huge scores for those emerging on top. The Pokerstars Sunday Million saw "grifo173" outlast the field of 8,242 and pocket $242,279.65 for the win. Meanwhile, "Kirbynator" was the sole survivor in the Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee for $145,722.07.
PokerStars Sunday Million
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $1,648,400
Entrants: 8,242
1. grifo173 - $242,279.65
2. Daniel “deoxyribo” Strelitz - $177,203.01
3. Pokerpiggen - $123,630.01
4. Devin “tobias fuke” Porter - $82,420.01
5. subby1 - $65,936.01
6. moseley8 - $49,452.01
7. nickj7777 - $32,968.01
8. JBlaze20 - $18,132.41
9. AKSchwan - $12,775.11
Notable Finishes: Stephan “delegator” Kjaerstad (11th - $8,763.53), Marten “martenJ” Jensen (12th - $8,736.53), Bjorn “kleath” Kleathersson (21st - $3,626.49), Chris “SLOPPYKLOD” Klodnicki (22nd - $3,626.49).
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $953,600
Entrants: 4,768
*1. a$$ou - $140,745.60
*2. Stephen “sizzlinbetta” Reynolds - $119,520.46
3. Moritz “Catenaccio” Kranich - $78,672.01
4. seppmann7 - $53,878.41
5. jasonbarton - $40,528.01
6. sdrltd55 - $30,992.01
7. WhiteRabbito - $21,456.01
8. dawod_swe - $11,920.01
9. POKER-OBIWAN - $7,628.81
* per two-way deal
Notable Finishes: MCLegend (13th - $4,243.53), im2tight (15th - $4,243.53), Dennis “boozeorlose” Booze (28th - $2,050.25), Amir “AmirSF” Lehavot (42nd - $1,907.21).
PokerStars Sunday 500
Buy-in: $500+30
Prize Pool: $554,000
Entrants: 1,108
*1. mlagoo - $81,715
*1. Bill “throwinphins” Christie - $81,715
3. danceofdead - $52,574.60
4. gavz101 - $37,672
5. Konstantin “BongBob” Bücherl - $27,423
6. DTFTOP18 - $21,883
7. mrvogt - $16,343
8. zakooza - $10,803
9. Eric “Mescalin8” Appel - $5,983.20
* per two-way deal
Notable Finishes: Neil “TheOracleAA” Tyler (10th - $4,875.20), Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron (18th - $2,659.20), Stephen “sizzlinbetta” Reynolds (19th - $2,216), Ryan “HITTHEPANDA” Franklin (20th - $2,216).
Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee
Buy-in: $200+16
Prize Pool: $825,200
Entrants: 4,126
1. Kirbynator - $145,722.07
2. ForEngland - $88,213.88
3. cmiller916 - $57,764
4. Michael “Scary_Tiger” Kaufman - $45,386
5. BADNEW3 - $34,080.76
6. Stanley “stanman420” Lee - $25,251.12
7. Jordan “jordankickz” Busse - $18,979.60
8. asaffer - $14,853.60
9. Johnny “xx BabyGrand xx” Josephy - $11,057.68
Notable Finishes: Neil “neilblue” Stewart (15th- $5,817.66), Dan “Agentu23” Murariu (18th - $4,084.74), Ryan “HITTHEPANDA” Franklin (20th - $3,053.24), Shaun “tedsfishfry” Deeb (23rd - $3,053.24), Danny “THE__D__RY” Ryan (24th - $3,053.24), David “Bussa Buss” Baker (35th - $2,475.60).
Full Tilt Sunday Brawl
Buy-in: $240+16
Prize Pool: $489,600
Entrants: 2,448
*1. titanfr59 - $90,481.11
*2. Cheryl45 - $74,000.01
3. pocketrockets11 - $47,980.80
4. Jsbryan - $36,230.40
5. drunk mashimaro - $25,459.20
6. this is punny - $16,646.40
7. Zach “fahmie” [Removed:115] - $11,260.80
8. _The_Ghost_XX - $7,833.60
9. KJulius10 - $5,875.20
* per two-way deal
Notable Finishes: Thiago “DecanoBR” Nishjima (10th - $3,672), shhookem (11th - $3,672), Luke “IWEARGOGGLES” Staudenmaier (27th - $1,468.80), Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarzebek (42nd - $1,126.08).
Ultimate Bet $200K Guarantee
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $201,000
Entrants: 1,005
*1. JAYGEE84 - $37,716.80
*1. Dbinder “MUCH_BETTER” Singh - $34,000
3. BEACHRAT1946 - $18,190.50
4. FAIRWOOD - $12,964.50
5. DJURKOVSKI - $10,954.50
6. Eric “HIGHLITE11” Nagel - $8,944.50
7. Michael “MIKEIVEY” Meredith - $6,394.50
8. HILOFISH - $4,924.50
9. Aurangzeb “OZZY 87” Sheikh - $3,417
* per two-way chop
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