The Sunday Briefing: Krisztina "Krisztasoul" Polgar Finishes Runner-up in Bigger $55

August 27, 2012

Mickey Doft Live Reporter

The final Sunday of August also happened to be the final Sunday before the start of the 2012 World Championship of Online Poker. For the next three weeks, the biggest of the usual Sunday Majors will be on hiatus. Still, that didn't stop this week's affairs from producing a few big winners. Three players took home six-figure scores, the biggest of which went to "nebo_blizko" for winning the Sunday Million. Valentyn “touchmynuts1″ Shabelnyk earned a victory in the Bigger $109, while Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko, Ozenc "ozenc" Demir, Kevin "flopped6810" Sharp, and Ty "puffinmypurp" Reiman were among the many notables who made final tables.

Also making a final table was Krisztina "Krisztasoul" Polgar. Just days ago, she was a part of the PokerNews video team at EPT Barcelona. Less than 48 hours after it ended, she was doing some damage of her own on the virtual felt, finishing runner-up in the Bigger $55 for nearly $30,000.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	6,397	$1,279,400

In the last Sunday Million until Sept. 30, PokerStars Team Online's Richard "Tzen1" Veenman (15th - $5,373.48) had a solid showing but finished just shy of the final table. A heads-up deal between "ChaseTh3Ace" and "nebo_blizko" guaranteed each more than $150,000. The final hand of the duel occurred at the 250,000/500,000/50,000 level. "ChaseTh3Ace" (with 14.6 million) opened to 1,000,000 on the button and "nebo_blizko" (with 49.3 million) three-bet to 2,500,000. "ChaseTh3Ace" put in a four-bet shove with J♣7♣, but "nebo_blizko" had the goods with K♣K♦. The flop fell J♦4♠2♦, giving "ChaseTh3Ace" top pair. However, the 9♠ turn and 5♣ river were no help, securing the victory for "nebo_blizko."

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

Place	Player	Prize
*1	nebo_blizko	$184,407.03
*2	ChaseTh3Ace	$154,126.26
3	Elina2008	$102,352
4	flacoalan	$70,367
5	mrlogik	$53,734.80
6	Manezeza	$40,940.80
7	stanman420	$28,146.80
8	loke13	$15,352.80
9	5902838181	$9,915.35

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	3,094	$618,800

This week's Sunday Warm-Up saw deep runs from Mishel "MISHELA" Anunu (22nd - $1,639.82), Giuseppe “Ansgar2000″ Pantaleo (29th - $1,423.24), Jamie "Bear4rms" Sykes (34th - $1,423.24), and Olivier "Adonis112" Busquet (36th - $1,423.24). Kevin "flopped6810" Sharp made the final table for the second week in a row, following up on his third-place finish last week with an eighth-place finish on Sunday. Outlasting the field for the outright victory was "undaDISGUISE" for $97,153.12.

To read more about this week's Sunday Warm-Up, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com.

Place	Player	Prize
1	undaDISGUISE	$97,153.12
2	Ozenc "ozenc" Demir	$72,399.60
3	lukro8	$51,360.40
4	Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko	$35,581
5	J-Rod Fett	$26,490.82
6	gmcrafter	$20,111
7	NhFy	$13,923
8	Kevin "flopped6810" Sharp	$7,735
9	J_soldier	$4,950.40

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	776	$388,000

Among those who went deep in the Sunday 500 were Larry "BBOY3110" Sharp (12th - $4,074), TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer (15th - $3,298), Vicky Coren (17th - $2,522), Shane "shaniac" Schleger (25th - $1,784.80), Liv Boeree (29th - $1,590.80), Calvin "cal42688" Anderson (32nd - $1,590.80), and Mike "munchenBH" Telker (34th - $1,590.80). Earning the outright victory for $69,840 was "playwithbals."

Place	Player	Prize
1	playwithbals	$69,840
2	Bradley "BaZa88" Bower	$50,440
3	Gigacide	$37,636
4	RedPantRed	$28,130
5	mindgamer	$19,555.20
6	Nty9Problems	$15,675.20
7	VyruAlus	$11,795.20
8	dyng247	$7,954
9	homieaces85	$4,850

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	956	$307,800

Steve "mcnallyville" McNally (11th - $3,231.90), Patrick "Bandano" Renkers (16th - $2,000.70), Julio "powerpokerBR" Lins (22nd - $1,385.10), Andras "probirs" Nemeth (24th - $1,385.10), and Amit "AMAK316" Makhija (26th - $1,385.10) put up solid results in the $109 Sunday Rebuy. After a three-handed deal at the final table, the last man standing was "zilbeee" for $46,637.89.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	zilbeee	$46,637.89
*2	Theodoros "teo96" Aidonopoulos	$45,348.27
*3	oradeanul	$38,059.34
4	iwonthurtyou	$23,085
5	WushuTM	$16,159.50
6	vip25459	$13,081.50
7	marktb	$10,003.50
8	Ty "puffinmypurp" Reiman	$6,925.50
9	ThisIsPete	$4,339.98

*denotes three-handed deal

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	2,795	$279,500

A stacked final table in the Bigger $109 resulted in a seventh-place finish for Mark "RedRad 01" Darner, a sixth-place showing for Wesley "ZeelandBoy" Wiemes, a fourth-place result for Jordan "JWPRODIGY" Westmorland, and a third-place score for Matt "VegasDietz" Dietrich. Earning the win, following a heads-up deal, was Valentyn “touchmynuts1″ Shabelnyk for more than $41,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Valentyn “touchmynuts1″ Shabelnyk	$41,329.94
*2	squintster	$36,000
3	Matt "VegasDietz" Dietrich	$23,757.50
4	Jordan "JWPRODIGY" Westmorland	$16,350.75
5	kryking	$12,437.75
6	Wesley "ZeelandBoy" Wiemes	$9,642.75
7	Mark "RedRad 01" Darner	$6,847.75
8	Cyatusha	$4,052.75
9	andreaengel	$2,375.75

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars Bigger $55 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$50+$5	5,057	$252,850

From the PokerNews video team at EPT Barcelona to Sunday grinder, Krisztina "Krisztasoul" Polgar defeated all but one in the Bigger $55 this week.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Pasiu	$39,670.29
2	Krisztina "Krisztasoul" Polgar	$29,457.02
3	Elmagico19A1	$20,860.12
4	manokippa2	$14,286.02
5	Lena900	$10,746.12
6	athossp	$8,217.62
7	papo457	$5,689.12
8	germanRan	$3,160.62
9	zeke60	$2,022.80

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$12	1,587	$238,050

Notable finishes in the Bigger $162 included Kevin "KevBoyStar" Stani (13th - $1,475.91), Douglas "Dowgh-Santos" Ferreira (15th - 1,475.91), Michael "mossified84" Skomac (18th - $1,071.22), and Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver (18th - $1,071.22). The outright victory went to "MaRLaCa_309" for $39,052.76.

Place	Player	Prize
1	MaRLaCa_309	$39,052.76
2	PIPI tapis!	$28,566
3	TJ "WhatArunAA" Slifka	$21,424.50
4	T0MyK	$15,949.35
5	NURLAN81	$11,307.37
6	Josh "lNormaJean" Hart	$8,926.87
7	j_t_s80	$6,546.37
8	KMC12	$4,165.87
9	tonn22	$2,380.50

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	1,332	$266,400

Notable finishes in the Sunday 2nd Chance included Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira (10th - $2,370.96), Sebastian "sebbau" Bauer (13th - $1,838.16), Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen (20th - $1,118.88), and Brian "brianm15" England (23rd - $1,118.88). Earning the outright victory was "maicol1" for about $46,000.

Place	Player	Prize
1	maicol1	$45,980.64
2	CuAt69UsdSng	$33,300
3	zuckmeout	$25,308
4	Le_Blem1	$18,541.44
5	George "gkap13" Kapalas	$13,186.80
6	oldfandango	$10,522.80
7	adosos	$7,858.80
8	deaonhope	$5,194.80
9	carolusXX	$2,930.40

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10+$1	31,331	$313,310

A seven-handed deal took place in the Sunday Storm this week and coming away with the win was "1011001011" for about $23,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	1011001011	$22,748.01
*2	cezarx5	$9,191.39
*3	boxotee	$18,059
*4	EgorOK 777	$11,062.70
*5	JOEL RADA	$8,028.83
*6	tariko13	$8,914.79
*7	Rooney23	$13,191.98
8	vujojana	$2,193.17
9	dtaria	$1,590.88

*denotes seven-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,552	$155,200

Just missing out on the final table of the Sunday Kickoff was Jeff "jeff710" Hakim (12th - $1,303.68). A four-handed deal was agreed upon between the final four players and the sole survivor in the end was "ChernyAV" for $21,405.01.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	ChernyAV	$21,405.01
*2	Daddddymufff	$14,615.98
*3	tutull	$19,097.57
*4	Machineheads	$14,799.04
5	P0lak	$7,604.80
6	antonioscy	$6,052.80
7	benisel89	$4,500.80
8	ZISIMO7	$2,948.80
9	Bussic	$1,598.56