The Sunday Briefing: Ruben "rubenrtv" Visser Among Those Victorious on Sunday

August 01, 2011

With July just ended, several players can look back with fond memories of PokerStars, having closed out the month with big scores. Among those to lock up first-place finishes on Sunday were Ruben "rubenrtv" Visser, Chris "d0r1t0s" McClung, and Jiří "horyna" Horáček. Also taking place on Sunday was the rare nine-handed deal.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

The Sunday Million's numbers were up for the fifth straight week and the attendance is creeping toward 7,000. With ten players remaining, the biggest name left in the field was Fabrizio "SixthSenSe19" Gonzalez, who, unfortunately, was eliminated on the final-table bubble. On the short stack with A♠J♥, Gonzalez got it in against "JoaoCastro91's" K♦8♦. The flop fell K♠8♥3♦ to leave Gonzalez drawing thin, finding no help on the turn, and drawing dead to the river.

When play reached heads-up between "jclever16" and "PSMozak", a key hand shifted control in one direction. The blinds were 400,000/800,000 and "jclever16" started the action with a min-raise on the button. "PSMozak" called from the big blind and the flop came down K♥K♦8♣. With a check-raise in mind, "PSMozak" made it 2,400,000 to go after "jclever16" bet 800,000. The latter, however, put in a re-raise to 4,800,000. "PSMozak" called to see the 2♥ turn and then checked. A bet of 5,600,000 came from "jclever16" with "PSMozak" calling, landing the 3♥ on the river. "PSMozak" fired 8,000,000, but "jclever16" moved all-in for a little more than 20,000,000. A call from "PSMozak" revealed K♠Q♥ for trips, but it was run down by "jclever16's" 10♥6♥ for a flush. The match ended shortly thereafter with "jclever16" taking it down.

To read more about this week's Sunday Million head over to PokerStarsBlog.com.

Notable Finishes: Fabrizio "SixthSenSe19" Gonzalez (10th - $7,628)

PokerStars Red Spade Open ($1M Guaranteed)

This weekend, PokerStars ran a special $55 exclusive tournament with a $1,000,000 guarantee. The tournament, know as the Red Spade Open, was a success as a whopping field of 31,743 entered to create a prize pool of more than $1.5 million. When play reached the final table, a deal was agreed upon by all who made it to guarantee huge scores across the board. Notching first place in the end was "VL-Hannibal" for $164,397.

*denotes nine-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Although the Sunday Warm-Up had a small drop in attendance compared to last week, the 3,274 entrants still created a prize pool of $654,800, well above the $500,000 guarantee. The final table was a skilled one that included Aaron “JeanGrae” McCready and Nick "OU THE NICK" Hahn and the two met up in a big way with five players remaining. After McCready min-raised on the button, Hahn shoved from the big blind with the bigger stack. McCready called for his tournament life immediately with A♦A♥, well ahead of Hahn's 5♣5♦. However, the board ran out 10♦4♣3♣6♥7♠ to give Hahn a straight and eliminate McCready in fifth place for $27,829.

A deal was made between the final three players, and Hahn was next to bow out, finishing in third place. That left "Päffchen" and "omalos" to duke it out for the title. In the end, it was "omalos" who emerged victorious. On the final hand "Päffchen" three-bet shoved with 8♠7♠, but ran into "omalos'" 10♥10♣. The board ran out K♣Q♠3♦8♥3♣ to seal the deal for "omalos."

If you want an even more in-depth recap of the action of the PokerStars Warm-Up, head on over to PokerStarsBlog.com.

*denotes three-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($250K Guaranteed)

Following up his 44th-place finish in the WSOP Main Event, Ruben "rubenrtv" Visser closed out July with a win in the Sunday 500, topping a field of 718 for $61,149. He defeated a final table that included Jeff "jeff710" Hakim and Pierre "Zoutechamp" Neuville.

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Neil “Visionary129” McFayden (10th - $3,877), Maxim Lykov (14th - $3,159), Joao Mathias “joaoMathias” Baumgarten (16th - $2,441)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($200K Guaranteed)

Always one of the toughest final tables to reach on Sundays, the $109 Sunday Rebuy was won this week outright by Chris "d0r1t0s" McClung for $58,613.

Notable Finishes: Ben "delaney_kid" Delaney (22nd - $1,407), Yann "yadio" Dion (23rd - $1,407), Toni Judet (24th - $1,407)

PokerStars Sunday Storm

The Sunday Storm continues to draw massive numbers week after week, drawing more than 31,000 yesterday. Topping the field was Jiří "horyna" Horáček, earning $22,870 after a deal between the final four players was struck.

*denotes four-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($125K Guaranteed)

It was a close call for PokerStars Team Online Pro Javier "El_Cañonero" Dominguez, finishing runner-up in the Sunday 2nd Chance. Earning the victory for defeating the 1,176-player field was "LePlein" for $42,336.

Notable Finishes: Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick (11th - $2,234), Michael "ShiFtYFiNGeR" Guzzardi (16th - $1,294)

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($75K Guaranteed)

The Sunday Kickoff once again crushed its $75,000 Guarantee, drawing 1,3412 people for a $131,400 prize pool. "Szicsek87" earned top honors and a $22,338 payday for the victory.

Notable Finishes: Yann "yadio" Dion (21st - $526)

_{*PokerStars data obtained from PokerStarsBlog.com and OfficialPokerRankings.com.}

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