The Sunday Briefing: "uyra99" Starts off the New Year With a Six-Figure Win

The Sunday Briefing:

The first Sunday of 2010 came and went just like any Sunday on the virtual felt: big tournaments were played and big money was made. "Uyra99" battled 8,900 entrants in the PokerStars Sunday Million for a $254,184 score.

Over on Full Tilt Poker, "metfan459" bested a field of 4,271 for a $150,843.18 in the Full Tilt $750,000 guarantee.

PokerStars Sunday Million $1.5M Guaranteed
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $1,780,000
Entrants: 8,900

1. uyra99 - $254,184
2. latouche83 - $186,900
3. Copernic67 - $132,521
4. AAA MARTIN - $89,000
5. PokerThun - $71,200
6. Zadeedles - $53,400
7. payupnowx - $35,600
8. Reiarturo - $19,580
9. chaplining - $12,460

Notable Finishes: HITTHEPANDA (20th - $3,827), Steven “PiKappRaider” Burkholder (60th - $2,670), Joe “hoodini10” Udine (93rd - $1,602)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up $750,000 Guaranteed
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $961,800
Entrants: 4,809

1. Chris1804 - $150,456.75
2. looshle - $112,049.70
3. P0ker D0h - $79,348.50
4. Mariano185 - $54,341.70
5. BFITM17 - $40,876.50
6. Slambamiel - $31,258.80
7. Coroco75 - $21,640.50
8. WackyJaxon - $12,022.50
9. Narya77 - $7,694.40

Notable Finishes: Matt “ch0ppy” Kay (17th - $2,837.31)

PokerStars Sunday 500 $500,000 Guaranteed
Buy-in: $500 + $30
Prize Pool: $500,000
Entrants: 959

1. phounderAA - $87,400
2. philbort - $63,500
3. Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarzabek - $47,500
4. KingGorn - $35,500
5. Owen “ocrowe” Crowe - $25,000
6. Blue Knight1 - $20,000
7. teddyrowe9 - $15,000
8. F.Briatore - $10,000
9. Skammes - $5,750

Notable Finishes: govshark2 (25th - $2,100), Scott “stpauli111” Paul (43rd - $1,600)

Full Tilt The Sunday Brawl $400,000 Guaranteed
Buy-in: $240 + $16
Prize Pool: $575,400
Entrants: 2,877

*1. NudelTofu - $81,859.47
*2. JCTurn - $64,783.46
*3. whitehorses5 - $77,858.67
*4. Euthanaces - $65,500
5. Tim “Tmay420” West - $29,345.40
6. buriedatsea - $19,563.60
7. babiggie - $13,234.20
8. Badgergav - $9,206.40
9. jklaen - $6,904.80

Notable Finishes: Paul “ComeOnPhish1” Lieu (25th - $1,726.20), fkscreennames (42nd - $1,323.42), Evan “NEONPILS99” Parkes (42nd - $1,323.42), Aurangzeb “Ozzy87” Sheikh (89th - $776.79)

*denotes four-way chop

Full Tilt $750,000 Guaranteed
Buy-in: $200 + $16
Prize Pool: $854,200
Entrants: 4,271

1. metfan4590 - $150,843.18
2. medijun - $91,313.98
3. Str8Forward - $59,794
4. Jimmy Jazz Jr - $46,982
5. SLips713- $35,278.46
6. slimers19 - $26,138.52
7. dutchmaster - $19,646.60
8. eleach86 - $15,375.60
9. RANDY W 70006 - $11,446.28

Notable Finishes: Jon Van “apestyles” Fleet (22nd - $3,160.54), Dan “Wretchy” Martin (26th- $3,160.54), Kyle “kwob20” Bowker (60th - $1,537.56)

Full Tilt The Sunday Mulligan $200,000 Guaranteed
Buy-in: $200 + $16
Prize Pool: $235,600
Entrants: 1,178

1. iceontheriver - $53,010
2. Faraz “The-Toilet 0” Jaka - $33,573
3. IHAVEUBEAT - $24,855.80
4. Team DonkDown - $19,437
5. yellowhat- $14,725
6. Swish3113 - $10,602
7. fishzo - $7,068
8. Jp4347 - $5,301
9. BlackFours - $3,769.60

Notable Finishes: Jeremiah “Believer8219” Vinsant (10th - $2,120.40), Joshua “pbdrunks” VanDuyn (13th- $1,554.96), horryclutch (26th - $859.94), Danny “THE_D_RY” Ryan (34th-$753.92)

Ultimate Bet $200,000 Guaranteed
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $200,000
Entrants: 995

1. SUSTAINABLE - $44,660
2. YERRRRR - $26,700
3. TRG10690 - $18,100
4. ANDYVESELOF - $12,900
5. MONEYYBAGS- $10,900
6. CHERYL7660 - $8,900
7. FABDOG - $6,900
8. UWANAPLAY - $4,900
9. PETERFRAMPTON - $3,400

Notable Finishes: BRANDONCANTU (17th - $1,240), Joshua “PBDRUNKS” VanDuyn (24th- $1,060), MATTGRAHAM (45th - $760)

Bodog $100,000 Guaranteed
Buy-in: $150 + $12
Prize Pool: $100,000
Entrants: 509

1. AreTheseUtz - $25,000
2. AKbigfish - $15,000
3. paulyman - $9,500
4. SilenceS - $7,000
5. elymint - $5,500
6. skeptix - $4,500
7. CrazyMan21 - $3,500
8. RoLLiNonXtc - $2,200
9. themuleman - $1,700

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