The Sunday Briefing: Matt "ch0ppy" Kay Takes 3rd in PokerStars Sunday Million for $121K

Sunday Briefing

Super Bowl Sunday was kind to many of online poker's finest tournament grinders. Among the notables who made final tables in the Sunday Majors were Carter "cswidler" Swidler, Thiago "XTheDecanoX" Nishijima, Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger, David "Betudontbet" Emmons and Matt "ch0ppy" Kay. Kay collected the biggest prize of that bunch, finishing third in the Sunday Million for $121,344. The day's biggest earner was "petesgotaces", who claimed victory in the Sunday Million for $227,525.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$157,584$1,516,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1petesgotaces$227,525
2gypsymagi820$167,409
3Matt "ch0ppy" Kay$121,344
4henne205$80,390
5Lukie99$62,189
6ohulahan1$47,021
7Loredan "LoredanKK" Hanganu$32,611
8levan-geo$18,202
9Kaymanys$11,755

Notable Finishes: Chris "cbolt21" Bolt (51st - $2,624),

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$153,443$688,600
PlacePlayerPrize
*1nurabsal$84,611
*2hulinada$94,202
*3seppmann7$66,674
4OffpoZition$36,595
5Alex "tilt21sted" Papazian$29,266
6bah23$22,380
75typesofmeat$15,494
8Sebastian "skuja" Skuja$8,608
9plspaythxbye$5,509

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Peter "Belabacsi" Traply (10th - $4,132), Kristian "UKKage" Linnell (14th - $3,099), Emmett "mully_85" Mullin (15th - $3,099), Adam "squee451" Sherman (29th - $1,549), Vito "F.Briatore" Branciforte" (30th - $1,549)

Full Tilt $500K Guarantee ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$162,282$500,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1FarSeerCantDie$95,000
2SheMustSayYes$65,850
3Carter "cswidler" Swidler$46,500
4ottoman09$35,000
5tal atias$26,000
6Damian Salas$19,000
7Niall "Firaldo87" Farrell$13,500
8mddgfc$9,500
9Mr Machine66$6,500

Notable Finishes: David "My Brim Low" Ivers (10th - $4,500), Chris "Gettin Daize" Oliver (15th - $3,300), Kevin "Sharp6810" Sharp (18th - $2,400), Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro (23rd - $1,650)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+$16918$200,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1BedoliFE$40,000
2veeea$26,640
3flashua777$19,000
4milldollbaby$14,200
5tzahi2008$10,600
6heavenwalker$7,800
785blackswan$5,800
8Gravenam$4,200
9Pius "MastaP89" Heinz$3,000

Notable Finishes: Kevin "KevboyStar" Stani (10th - $2,000), Darryll "DFish" Fish (12th - $2,000)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$30772$386,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins$69,480
2eliorak$50,180
3Thiago "XTheDecanoX" Nishijima$37,442
4fish2013$27,985
5nadalon$19,454
6Garrin4e$15,594
7Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger$11,734
8Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen$7,913
9pampa27$4,825

Notable Finishes: Jordan "JWPRODIGY" Westmoreland (13th - $3,281), Andrey "Kroko-dill"Zaichenko (23rd - $1,776), Jay "shaihulud" Kinkade (24th - $1,776), Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver (27th - $1,776)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$9959$302,900
PlacePlayerPrize
1Pablo "pablotenisis" Fernández$56,794
2M_buhler$40,892
3SofaKingCo0l$30,290
4Pthelegend$22,718
5binhoeji$15,902
6torowe$12,873
7Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy$9,844
8o23oSyD$6,815
9Spezeguti$4,271

Notable Finishes: Michael "mossified84" Skomac (12th - $3,180), Jordan "JWPRODIGY" Westmoreland (15th - $2,575), TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer (19th - $1,363), Jonathan "MONSTER_DONG" Karamalikis (21st - $1,363), Scott "BigRiskky" Clements (23rd - $1,363), Jeremiah "Believer82" Vinsant (25th - $1,363), Joe "floes" Serock (29th - $1,060)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$93,024$302,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1cardlo69$47,780
2Jorge "log1c7" Cuello$35,683
3jifcu888$25,402
4jasssou$17,687
5Sam "MILF ISLAND" Rotar$13,154
6evYpe$10,130
7meowchi686$7,106
8AMELPADRINO$4,385
9bblacklegend$2,570

Notable Finishes: Chris "Bushman" Bush (12th - $1,890), Jason "jdtjpoker" Wheeler (22nd - $907), Michael "moneyinbag" Aron (23rd - $907)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$150+$121,624$245,100
PlacePlayerPrize
*1sebaru3$35,310
*2Run dat Game$34,310
3OffTh3Radar$22,059
4bankofDK$16,422
5David "Betudontbet" Emmons$11,642
6thipoker10$9,191
7SUPER00TILT$6,740
8chilenocl$4,289
9CrackBuyer$2,451

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti (12th - $1,936), Shyam "G's zee" Srinivasan (25th - $956), Adam "squee451" Sherman (26th - $956)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,305$261,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1AJacejackAJ$45,049
2J-Rod Fett$32,625
3sent1080$24,795
4David "Betudontbet" Emmons$18,166
588Xin88$12,920
6Steve "mcnallyville" McNally$10,310
7tommytight$7,700
8Phantom1299$5,090
9m0nkeyflush$2,871

Notable Finishes: Dan "djk123" Kelly (12th - $2,323), Bryan "bparis" Paris (22nd - $1,096)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$10+$139,519$395,190
PlacePlayerPrize
*1spiceyballs$26,191
*2RoyRees24$22,500
*3LupuGCatalin$20,131
4jc_bluej$10,923
5AnnnA100$7,469
6LEXUS147$4,802
7pelpsiano$3,359
8durrrrr10$2,292
9Temixron$1,680

*denotes three-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,837$183,700
PlacePlayerPrize
*1Iwillreach$23,390
*2philipoo$22,023
*3mystinen60$22,557
4FabOne1986$12,078
5Kr7is$8,726
6IROSA123$6,797
7BOW300$4,960
8yapiyapo1$3,215
9flipside88$1,837

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Laurence "rivermanl" Houghton (30th - $606.21)

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