The Sunday Briefing: Team PokerStars' Pessagno Takes Down Sunday 2nd Chance

March 18, 2013

Chad Holloway PR & Media Manager

It was a busy day on the virtual felt on Sunday. Not only did the 22nd installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) kick off, which saw Tom “hitthehole” Middleton win Event #1 for $61,000, but there was a full slate of tournaments over on PokerStars. Interestingly, Middleton had some success there as well, finishing 16th in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $2,105.40.

Other notables who had success on Sunday were Bryan “bparis” Paris and Team PokerStars’ Caio “Pessagno” Pessagno. The former topped a field of 3,273 to take down the PokerStars Bigger $109 for $46,783.06, and the latter won $38,002.01 for his victory in the PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	8,389	$1,677,800

The Sunday Briefing: Team PokerStars' Pessagno Takes Down Sunday 2nd Chance 101 — Renato “leguito” Almeida took third in the Sunday Million.

Place	Player	Prize
1	rumrun1	$246,808.79
2	GoldRU	$180,363.50
3	Renato “leguito” Almeida	$125,835
4	programmed	$83,890
5	mysya 555	$67,112
6	Gustavo9911	$50,334
7	davidas75	$33,556
8	Gallerhead	$18,445.80
9	Skrigepas	$13,002.95

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	3,509	$701,800

The Sunday Briefing: Team PokerStars' Pessagno Takes Down Sunday 2nd Chance 102 — Jim “Mr_BigQueso” Collopy took 4th in the Sunday Warm-Up.

Place	Player	Prize
1	matt86ck	$100,001.48*
2	aJarov	$76,478.88*
3	1471983	$73,712.51*
4	Jim “Mr_BigQueso” Collopy	$40,353.50
5	roosi88	$29,826.50
6	instigator85	$22,808.50
7	Scott “stpauli111” Hall	$15,790.50
8	Bussic	$8772.50
9	FishingCh621	$5,614.40

*Denotes three-handed deal.

Notable Finishes: Toby “810ofclubs” Lewis (14th - $3,158.10), Tom “hitthehole” Middleton (16th - $2,105.40), Vanessa Selbst (84th - $1,052.70)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	973	$486,500

The Sunday Briefing: Team PokerStars' Pessagno Takes Down Sunday 2nd Chance 103 — Matt “ch0ppy” Kay took second in the Sunday 500.

Place	Player	Prize
1	SugarTitSSS	$85,040.20
2	Matt “ch0ppy” Kay	$61,785.50
3	jonito21	$46,217.50
4	FaceStealer	$34,541.50
5	Gmelkonyan	$24,325
6	pleasepick	$19,460
7	Koln4ever	$14,595
8	aaajack	$9,730
9	Schappuscha	$5,594.75

Notable Finishes: Jeremiah “Believer82” Vinsant (15th - $3,648.75) Ana Marquez (23rd - $2,043.30), Vanessa Selbst (37th - $1,556.80)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Rebuys	Prize Pool
$100+$9	979	1,320	$313,700

Place	Player	Prize
1	Fresh_oO_D	$58,034.50
2	lu777589	$42,035.80
3	gaudas1986	$31,370
4	TryToExploit	$23,527.50
5	APD0290	$16,469.25
6	DreamOnDream	$13,332.25
7	guennsen001	$10,195.25
8	robinho	$7,058.25
9	superkid-bam	$4,391.80

Notable Finishes: Thayer “THAY3R” Rasmussen (25th - $1,411.65), Elio “smokrokflock” (28th - $1,097.95), Jon “PearlJammer” Turner (94th - $690.14)

PokerStars Bigger $55 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$50+$5	5,802	$290,100

Place	Player	Prize
1	gbmantis	$45,383.07
2	oli_woofer	$33,796.65
3	VIT789	$23,933.25
4	Brian “AKBigFish” James	$16,390.65
5	Joshk1981	$12,329.25
6	bicko2	$9,428.25
7	JBzzzr	$6,527.25
8	JackHererBR	$3,626.25
9	richAAmEl	$2,320.80

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	3,273	$327,300

The Sunday Briefing: Team PokerStars' Pessagno Takes Down Sunday 2nd Chance 104 — Bryan “bparis” Paris won the Bigger $109.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Bryan “bparis” Paris	$46,783.06*
2	meteze	$43,225.85*
3	2erpaar	$27,493.20
4	LoveWrecked	$18,819.75
5	skejtak	$14,237.55
6	HetaGunnar42	$10,964.55
7	AlimauryCano	$7,691.55
8	pitodus	$4,425.09
9	sk2ll_m0dR	$2,782.05

*Denotes heads-up deal.

Notable Finishes: Maxim Lykov (36th - $785.52), Andre “aakkari” Akkari (200th - $294.57)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$12	2,011	$301,650

Place	Player	Prize
1	Mefisto6661	$37,273.55*
2	FACUMDP	$38,289.75*
3	Pappe_Ruk	$36,048.11*
4	Ozgur “phaplap” Arda	$19,833.48
5	Weird.Fear	$14,328.37
6	kincar1975	$11,161.05
7	Improved	$8,144.55
8	Alan “fizix87” Brown	$5,278.87
9	heißtercamp	$3,016.50

*Denotes three-handed deal.

Notable Finishes: Clark “snake8484” Hamagami (16th - $1,327.26), Christopher “NigDawG” Brammer (23rd - $1,116.10)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

The Sunday Briefing: Team PokerStars' Pessagno Takes Down Sunday 2nd Chance 105 — Caio “Pessagno” Pessagno won the Sunday 2nd Chance.

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	1,620	$324,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Caio “Pessagno” Pessagno	$38,002.01*
2	Gord0nGeck0	$33,375.19*
3	1banditpanda	$35,000*
4	Jonathan “whollyflush” Prested	$39,115*
5	Feiolis	$15,876
6	theczar19	$12,636
7	yargen	$9,396
8	$MYT1ME$	$6,156
9	tron1ft8	$3,369.60

*Denotes four-handed deal.

Notable Finishes: Tobias “PokerNoob999” Reinkemeier (30th - $1,134), Toni Judet (93rd - $648)

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,487	$148,700

The Sunday Briefing: Team PokerStars' Pessagno Takes Down Sunday 2nd Chance 106 — Larry Sharp

Place	Player	Prize
1	Cheetahpl	$24,907.52
2	Larry “BBOY3110” Sharp	$18,215.75
3	DustHL	$13,754.75
4	prz68	$10,111.60
5	barcakent	$7,286.30
6	vesevese23	$5,799.30
7	fiscardddd	$4,312.30
8	cristi888	$2,825.30
9	A_PIRAT	$1,531.61