The Sunday Briefing: Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier Wins PokerStars Sunday Million

May 30, 2011

Mickey Doft Live Reporter

On the last online-poker Sunday before the start of the 2011 World Series of Poker, something very rare took place: all nine players at the PokerStars Sunday Million final table made a deal. Still, the most accomplished player at the table took down the tournament. MyBet pro Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier emerged victorious for a score of $135,053.32. Over at Full Tilt Poker "BadExtasy89" earned the biggest prize of the day, winning the $750,000 Guarantee for $153,904.20.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	4,833	$1,000,000

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier	$135,053.32
*2	The__Anfied	$129,319
*3	TomsBrakis	$26.834.20
*4	Maroc_Dk 77	$49,354.30
*5	rumazon	$42,861.55
*6	3max	$25,917.22
*7	sedinoel	$37,521.16
*8	reutsim	$42,295.27
*9	swillslinger	$40,773.98

*denotes nine-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Thiago "XTheDecanoX" Nishijima (62nd - $1,700), Jorge "twin-caracas" Arias (63rd - $1,700)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	3,177	$635,400

Place	Player	Prize
*1	stofzuiger73	$86,721.13
*2	selkoter	$87,379.37
3	1-ronnyr3	$52,420.50
4	HADJI.cy	$36,535.50
5	TerranUser	$27,004.50
6	cut 07	$20,650.50
7	Theo7171	$14,296.50
8	Big Pig 63	$7,942.50
9	Willy Banaan	$5,083.20

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Şadan “the_snail03” Turker (10th - $3,812.40), Matt "ch0ppy" Kay (18th - $1,906.20)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($250K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	475	$250,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	KingGr	$47,250
2	stuwexler	$34,625
3	ze_caicara	$25,500
4	GusanoZ	$19,250
5	Big_Nemo	$13,500
6	alexo18	$10,625
7	tupacmn	$8,125
8	tokyo09	$5,625
9	ultras_bvb	$3,825

Notable Finishes: João "joaobarb" Barbosa (10th - $3,000), Jamie "Bear4rms" Sykes (20th - $1,500), Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier (21st - $1,500)

PokerStars $109+R NL Hold'em ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	748	$257,700

Place	Player	Prize
1	Jesse "On The Mac" McKenzie	$48,318.75
2	nikov	$34,789.50
3	Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis	$25,770
4	Vinkyy	$19,327.50
5	Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher	$13,529.25
6	RAZA14	$10,952.25
7	IMOKANDYOU	$8,375.25
8	mpa mola	$5,798.26
9	Michael "PapaGreggio" Hawkins	$3,633.57

Notable Finishes: Andrew "Drewfus81" StJean (12th - $2,834.70)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	633	$126,600

Place	Player	Prize
*1	LiMa171	$17,749.84
*2	padjes	$16,233.12
*3	Paul "ros1987" Allen	$17,355.58
*4	capotinha	$12,784.36
5	Michael "PapaGreggio" Hawkins	$6,836.40
6	Willy Banaan	$5,380.50
7	jose javier1	$4,114.50
8	JeankeNissan	$2,848.50
9	Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski	$1,936.98

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Joe Hachem (24th- $759.60)

Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$16	4,299	$859,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	BadExtasy89	$153,904.20
2	Exan13	$106,615.20
3	Budnikov	$76,350.24
4	JTpatron-CH	$56,746.80
5	Andypsx	$42,130.20
6	trontrontron	$29,233.20
7	prrak	$19,775.40
8	Calin "bloodlust007" Ciolte	$13,756.80
9	Santiniii	$9,457.80

Notable Finishes: Nicolas "Nocturnick" Leger (21st - $2,407.44)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$240+$16	1,183	$236,600

Place	Player	Prize
*1	IM_ICM	$47,546.51
*2	push me dirty	$37,629.49
3	DON B2R	$23,955.75
4	kittiesgomah	$19,223.75
5	r4ndomr4gs	$14,503.58
6	geoelt	$10,647
7	Mockasin	$6,861.40
8	Poker_and_Babes	$4,968.60
9	Bacis1	$3,549

*denotes heads-up deal

Full Tilt $100K Double Deuce (No-Limit Hold'em Multi-Entry)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$20+$2	10,306	$206,120

Place	Player	Prize
*1	malleebull	$28,591.20
*2	9montana11	$25,000
3	goughyta	$15,252.88
4	moparman70	$10,965.58
5	Rasta_3	$8,038.68
6	Charming Fellow	$5,771.36
7	TuSSeRa	$4,122.40
8	Mockasin	$2,947.52
9	ABes_73	$2,083.87

*denotes heads-up deal

Full Tilt $100,000 Guarantee (Rebuy)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$13	222	$104,100

Place	Player	Prize
1	_Cloudy15_	$27,066
2	dartz222	$17,176.50
3	Rupskc1	$13,012.50
4	InescapableD	$10,149.75
5	bruhn45	$7,547.25
6	Sebastian "p0cket00" Sikorski	$5,465.25
7	Lalapaloolala	$3,643.50
8	Cm3on5th	$2,862.75
9	GM_VALTER	$2,186.10