The Sunday Briefing: 2011 Online Poker Sunday Season Ends

Sunday Briefing

The 2011 Sunday Major season on PokerStars came to an end Sunday with three players enjoying six-figure scores on Christmas. The biggest went to "||Burkeeee!," who collected nearly $200,000 for winning the Sunday Million. Among those to lock up first-place finishes throughout the Sunday Majors were Elad "Gambit360" Nosimaj and Luke "Bananazoo" Chiciak.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$156,982$1,396,400

The Sunday Million attracted a 6,982-player field, creating a $1,396,400 prize pool. It was little surprise that "JackobFish" was made it to heads-up play, since he began the final table with a sizable chip lead. And "||Burkeeee!" began in the middle of the pack, but was on the right end of a few key hands to make it to heads-up play.

On the 45th hand of heads-up play, at 700,000/1,400,000/140,000, "||Burkeeee!" (45.5m) opened with a min-raise to 2.8 million on the button. "JackobFish" (24.3m) shoved from the big blind holding Q10. "||Burkeeee!" tanked, but ultimately called with A7 and held a slight lead. The board ran out JJ542 to seal the deal for "||Burkeeee!."

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PlacePlayerPrize
*1llBurkeeee!$196,513.32
*2JackobFish$167,071.74
3LFmagic$111,712
4Vadym1$74,009.20
5VitStarS MaN$57,252.40
6thelegend67$43,288.40
7BouleEtBill$30,022.60
8chur157$16,756.80
9AVAN77$10,822.10

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker (16th - $3,909.92)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$152,700$540,000

The $200+$15 Sunday Warm-Up attracted 2,700 entrants, creating a $540,000 prize pool. There was no deal made at the final table of the Sunday Warm-Up and the two players who entered the final table at the top of the counts found themselves playing heads-up.

Starting the duel nearly even in chips, "crossthervr" bested "elik567." On the final hand, "elik567" got it in with A5, but ran into "crossthervr's" A10. The board came down Q76K10 to secure the victory, and $85,050 for "crossthervr."

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PlacePlayerPrize
1crossthervr$85,050
2elik567$63,450
3tomitomsen22$45,360
4s-botnang$31,050
5Jeanbob123$23,490
6mrAndreeew$18,090
7modulindo$12,690
8liiteri$7,300.80
9Who's da Pro$4,590

Notable Finishes: Jeff "jeff710" Hakim (24th - $1,485), Vicky Coren (40th - $1,134)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($250K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$30637$318,500

The Sunday 500 drew a field of 637, eclipsing its guarantee. Following a heads-up deal, Luke "Bananazoo" Chiciak came out on top with the victory, and $52,034.28 prize.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1Luke "Bananazoo" Chiciak$52,034.28
*2arxigos$48,133.97
3ThanosGR23$31,531.50
4joserivas397$23,728.25
5icebeerkim$16,562
6Chaz D 87$13,377
7KKremate$10,192
8GoToCa$hier$7,007
9Jysky11$4,140.50

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Dan "danloulou" Smyth (11th - $3,503.50), Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger (13th - $2,866.50), Alex "Schildy1984" Debus (15th - $2,866.50)

PokerStars Bigger $55 ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$50+$55,538$276,900

The Bigger $55 drew an impressive field of 5,538. A four-handed deal was worked out at the final table and in the end, "gurskiyy" emerged victorious, winning more than $34,000.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1gurskiyy$34,711.44
*2ros1987$32,145.25
*3-edin1ca-$25,149.84
*4scheune40$22,010.42
5VVS777$11,768.25
6karina n$8,999.25
7Tardeea$6,230.25
8@rtemur$3,461.25
9adlitam$2,215.20

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Justin "truesyalose" Truesdell (28th - $595.33)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$92,244$224,400

The Bigger $109 more than doubled its guarantee on Sunday. The 2,244 players created a prize pool of $224,400. The tournament was won outright by "stknsidewayz" for more than $38,000.

PlacePlayerPrize
1stknsidewayz$38,148
2gnat777$28,723.20
3itsourekas$21,430.20
4winder118$15,708
5FiskUggla$11,220
6Ke.F*Ace$8,976
7wolf_forex$6,732
8audifan$4,488
988DrugDealer$3,131.60

Notable Finishes: Justin "truesyalose" Truesdell (22nd - $673.20)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$150+$121,303$195,450

The Bigger $162 came close to doubling its guarantee, after drawing a solid field of 1,303. Another heads-up deal went down and "allintim1984" emerged victorious for $32,988.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1allintim1984$32,988.08
*2soso8088$28,305.42
3niha125$29,545
4mihic111$14,658.75
5arturitooo$10,261.12
6mitch85$8,306.62
7trampek$6,253.12
8daitemillion$4,397.62
93max$2,736.30

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Fabrizio "SixthSenSe19" Gonzalez (10th - $1,856.77)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,106$221,200

As usual, the Sunday 2nd Chance crushed its guarantee, and wasn't all that far from doubling it. "Trappa 105" bested the 1,106-player field and pocketed $39,816.

PlacePlayerPrize
1Trappa 105$39,816
2kaurimangat$28,756
3Talerric$21,456.40
4leo cebu$16,037
5Dean "dean23price" Price$11,148.48
6markux$8,848
7OhRaisyDaisy$6,636
8diemaus36o$4,424
9iwonthurtyou$2,654

Notable Finishes: Caio "caio_pimenta" Pimenta (26th - $995.40)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$9729$232,300

The $109 Sunday Rebuy attracted 729 entrants. The $100+$9 buy-in event boasted a prize pool of $232,300. Elad "Gambit360" Nosimaj found himself with all the chips at the end, and the lion's share of the prize pool — $43,672.40.

PlacePlayerPrize
1Elad "Gambit360" Nosimaj$43,672.40
2touchmynuts1$31,825.10
3IGORFILA$23,462.30
4iwonthurtyou$17,654.80
5Obar89$12,404.82
6veyrassois$9,872.75
7scorpionru$7,549.75
8Nakkehai$5,226.75
98r0k34$$$3,484.50

Notable Finishes: Pablo "pabritz" Brito (14th - $2,206.85)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$10+$131,785$317,850

It was business as usual in the Sunday Storm as it drew its standard 30,000-plus participants. After a six-handed deal, "Baltini" was the sole survivor of the massive field, and took home $14,161.30.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1Baltini$14,161.30
*2vivala$14,260.98
*3PieTrO_925$13,212.84
*4drifterrs200$12,141.29
*5TUM19$12,600
*6Dory1989$15,915.87
7Android-IP$2,940.11
8kevinez$2,066.02
9Datschi1$1,446.21

*denotes six-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($75K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,094$109,400

The majors were started by the Sunday Kickoff, which drew 1,094 players, creating a prize pool of $109,400. After a heads-up deal, "DimaKondurov" bested Ari "BodogAri" Engel to take the title and $17,016.92 first-place prize.

PlacePlayerPrize
*1DimaKondurov$17,016.92
*2Ari "BodogAri" Engel$16,000
3BROgaria$10,393
4nixx23$7,767.40
5Ronald "ronaldgrauer" Grauer$5,470
6Ozgur "phaplap" Arda$4,376
7titleist25$3,282
8Andras "probirs" Nemeth$2,188
9MoP_lV$1,258.10

*denotes heads-up deal

*PokerStars Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up data obtained from PokerStarsBlog.com

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