The Sunday Briefing: PokerStars Sets Sunday Million Record, FTOPS Main Event Ends in Seven-Way Deal
It was a record setting Sunday on PokerStars as the Sunday Million reached an all-time high in number entrants and its prize pool. As part of its 40-billionth-hand celebration and the fourth anniversary of the Sunday Million, a guaranteed $4 Million prize pool was offered.
Not only was that number shattered, it was not far off from being doubled as 36,169 hopefuls created a prize pool of $7,233,800. Amazingly, no deal was discussed at any point of the final table. "RichieRichZH" outlasted the field, claiming $1,141,510.31 in the biggest Sunday Million in history.
Over at Full Tilt, FTOPS XV came to a close and awarded some of its biggest winners on Sunday. "JackQKA" won the Main Event for $$237,643.69 after a seven-handed deal was struck. Raj “BadCardsAA” Vohra emerged victorious in the $2,500 two-day 6-max event to pocket the $430,000 first-place prize.
PokerStars Sunday Million 4th Anniv. Special
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $7,233,800
Entrants: 36,169
1. RichieRichZH - $1,141,510.31
2. lankeshwar - $754,774.69
3. petinvest7 - $506,366
4. Erik "lirarerik" Friberg - $282.118.20
5. WNYCEC - $151,909.80
6. DerHenker666 - $86,805.60
7. Jaggy42 - $57,870.40
8. highplaya - $43,402.80
9. Amoneymagnet - $28,935.20
Notable Finishes: Dani "supernova9" Stern (20th - $9,042.25), Alex "PrinceTendee" Smith (29th - $7,233.80), David "vui-qua-di" Pham (32nd - $7,233.80), Bryan "Bry23" Barrile (35th - $7,233.80), Thierry "BOKPOWER" van den Berg (44th - $6,510.42)
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $1,068,200
Entrants: 5,341
*1. Chris "homanga" Homan - $111,006.50
*2. Justin "APerfectGent" Schawrtz - $109,006.50
*3. cumicon - $128,006.50
*4. Ben “ANIMAL5050” Pappas - $92,006.50
5. bigbear17 - $45,398.50
6. Skryll - $34,716.50
7. Aditya “intervntion” Agarwal - $24,034.50
8. alexuuus - $13,352.50
9. Argyris “polpolpol” Argyrou - $8,545.60
*denotes four-way deal leaving $10,000 to the eventual winner
Notable Finishes: Dustin “DDBeast” Dorrance-Bowman (10th - $6,355.79), Tyler “brainwash” Cornell (16th - $3,151.19), Mark “The Omaholic” Roland (31st - $2,296.63), Eric “jakz101” Crain (39th - $2,115.03)
PokerStars Sunday 500
Buy-in: $500+30
Prize Pool: $787,500
Entrants: 1,575
1. Mike "rusostreet" Caruso - $126,000.65
2. desmond9 - $94,500
3. Roberta114 - $70,875
4. IceyBSimpson - $51,778.12
5. Francis "teacuppoker" Cagney - $37,406.25
6. Timothy "timkrank" Miles - $29,137.50
7. bardaña - $21,262.50
8. PrinceAndrew - $13,781.25
9. Michael "4everunknown" Rocco - $7,875
Notable Finishes: Matt "VerySexual" Larsh (12th - $6,142.50), Owen "ocrowe" Crowe (13th - $4,843.12), William "William" Thorson (24th - $2,992.50), Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick (25th - $2,992.50)
FTOPS Main Event (no-limit hold'em)
Buy-in: $500+35
Prize Pool: $2,822,500
Entrants: 5,645
*1. JackQKA - $237,643.69
*2. Andrew "PageUpV" Buechner - $230,484.60
*3. dfhjik - $262,077.25
*4. ReloadPlz - $186,530.64
*5. SurferKel - $236,865.09
*6. TheJunkie - $194.050.45
*7. The Fluke1200 - $172,591.02
8. vice67 - $42,337.50
9. trojancountry - $29,636.25
*denotes seven-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Timothy "timkrank" Miles (17th - $11,290), Mark "Eppy1" Epstein (19th - $7,620.75), Casey "bigdogpckt5s" Jarzabek (22nd - $7,620.75), Michael Tureniec (33rd - $5,645), Tracey "XTraCey" Nguyen (38th - $5,645)
FTOPS Event #22 (no-limit hold'em six-max)
Buy-in: $2,500+120
Prize Pool: $2,000,000
Entrants: 794
1. Raj “BadCardsAA” Vohra - $430,000
2. Ace18 - $282,000
3. Harry “UgotaBanana” Kaczka - $202,600
4. iq278 - $154,000
5. Mike”GoLeafsGoEh” Leah - $110,000
6. Jared “bearbuck” Ingles - $70,000
Notable Finishes: Caio Pimenta (9th - $32,000), Steve Yea (11th - $24,000), Steve “gboro780” Gross (13th - $18,000)
FTOPS Event #25 (no-limit hold'em knockout six-max)
Buy-in: $240+16
Prize Pool: $1,019,600
Entrants: 5,098
1. BigMich08 - $194,763.99
2. [Removed:168] - $119,293.20
3. MrJackhOFFman - $82,791.52
4. Tannina80 - $61,176
5. Bjorn "kleath" Kleathersson - $44,862.40
6. Erik "E Tyme" Haugen - $30,588
Notable Finishes: Peter "number1PEN" Neff (16th - $5,862.70), Thiago "DecanoBR" Nishjima (20th - $4,792.12)
Ultimate Bet $200K GTD
Buy-in: $200+15
Prize Pool: $232,000
Entrants: 1,160
1. ELLWOODINHO - $51,016.80
2. Stewart "JUZLEARNIN" Scott - $30,090.40
3. VINNYMAGS1 - $20,764
4. LUCKY-7 - $14,964
5. ZCJ90 - $12,412
6. PARESHJAIN - $10,092
7. DEL PLUMAGE - $7,772
8. MEGANCOCS - $5,568
9. Jeremy "DUHDUHDAISY" Fitzpatrick - $3,944
Notable Finishes: Sean "WAWA711" Rice (19th - $1,229.60)
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