The Sunday Briefing: David "davidv1213" Vamplew Wins PokerStars $109 Rebuy

David Vamplew

Although the PokerStars Sunday Million created the biggest prize pool again on a jam-packed online poker Sunday, the $55 PokerStars Red Spade Open was the biggest draw. The special tournament featured a $1 million guaranteed prize pool, with at least $200,000 going to first place, plus $100 bounties on all Team PokerStars Pro and Team Online players taking part.

Jake Cody, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Bryan Huang and Vivian Im, were among the Team Pros participating in the event. All made the money but fell well short of the final table. The last nine players battled for a top prize of $272,798, but with seven remaining, a deal was struck guaranteeing each player at least $83,000. When play ended, Norway's "Nutshuh?" was crowned the champion, but the largest share of the prize pool went to runner-up "thanks_m8" who collected $135,470.

David "davidv1213" Vamplew was one of the major winners on Sunday. He took down the Sunday $109 Rebuy for $61,457. Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis, Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins, Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet and William "punisher03" Givens were among other notables collecting big scores.

Here's a look at the results from the Sunday major tournaments:

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+157,695$1,539,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Rozar1o Agro$198,736*
2pasha I986$201,402*
3mac milla$115,425
4Noobladonk$77,565
5jbrown8777$61,560
6ruuuuby$46,170
7Hofkon$30,780
8Allnclusiver$17,698
9Arvydas "Merfinis" Merfeldas$11,927

*Denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Adam "Roothlus" Levy (26th - $3,385), Valdemar "Luigi da BP" Kwaysser (39th - $2,847), Aaron "aguskb" Gustavson (47th - $2,616), Bryan Huang (51st - $2,616),

PokerStars Red Spade Open ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$50+528,713$1,435,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1Nutshuh?$87,282*
2thanks_m8$135,470*
3EMPTY1SEAT$119,850*
4SWFAZ$110,825*
5pengpengtot$92,920*
6danutpeddler$83,643*
7joaof09$90,727*
8mitchizzil$20,099
9simbir$14,356

*Denotes seven-way deal

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+153,479$696,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1hbx13902$93,538*
2Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis$75,958*
3steve3331$78,556*
4Sttephen.L$40,008
5zebest_666$29,571
6petertai$22,613
7Theo7171$15,655
8Francis "The Lag rat" Anderson$8,697
9Legadzo$5,566

*Denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Matthias "goodvibe1" Neu (13th - $3,131), Reed "reeda205" Hensel (34th - $1,565)

Full Tilt $350K Guarantee ($350K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+161,749$350,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1blenderpipe$64,172*
2TheF4tDuck$43,785*
3Leanod$41,842*
4BIG_BOB_KING$24,850
5Phil Jordon$18,550
6SaintAngerCZ$13,650
7Adam "Roothlus" Levy$10,150
8TigBitties2$7,350
9Hugo "adametes" Adametes$5,215

*Denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Amit "amak316" Makhija (12th - $3,500), Paul "xxxCelticFCxxx" Febers (14th - $2,950), Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi (17th - $1,925), Scott "SCTrojans08" Freeman (17th - $1,400), Kevin "Wu_Wizard" MacPhee (21st - $1,400), Bryan “Scarypooper5” Porter (22nd - $1,400), Jakob "mendieta19" Carlsson (23rd - $1,400), Fabian Quoss (26th - $1,400)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+16997$200,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Fanta Pomelo$40,000
2Tenkamusou$26,640
3Thats The Thing$19,000
4IThinkSoToo$14,200
5Randy "rh300487" Hereman$10,600
6Slayer_pol$7,800
71p1ll12PullA$5,800
8NotsoHidden$4,200
9BIGoffice$3,000

Notable Finishes: Nicolas “PokerKaiser” Fierro (23rd - $860), Paul "xxxCelticFCxxx" Febers (28th - $660)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+30888$444,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1dimi asg$71,442*
2Stavros$65,442*
3jusc$42,624
4William "punisher03" Givens$31,968
5roi kin23$22,200
6MuckeDBoY$17,760
7mezzias$13,320
8johne147$8,880
9Michael "mossified84" Skomac$5,328

*Denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Mathew "Matfrankland" Frankland (12th - $4,218), Will "dankness3" Jaffe (20th - $1,953), Joey "Cotchery89" Weissman (24th - $1,953), Mike "Pipedream17" Dietrich (26th - $1,953), Paul "pvas2" Vas Nunes (27th - $1,953)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+91,032$332,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1David "davidv1213" Vamplew$61,457
2picture mic$44,514
3psyhoagromor$33,220
4Godliker_$24,915
5DSRasmussen$17,440
6ironyorick$14,118
7kunkles28$10,796
8Tyren0$7,474
9yuanj$4,650

Notable Finishes: Ben "NeverScaredB" Wilinofsky (10th - $3,488), Pierre "Zoutechamp" Neuville (18th - $2,159), Dylan "ImaLucSac" Linde (22nd - $1,494), Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen (23rd - $1,494), Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver (27th - $1,494)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+93,414$341,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1dnalhew$53,600
2deyrzuited$39,943
3Mintewek$28,343
4Eric "psuNYY51" Ladny$19,630
5mipke6$14,680
6Tom "hitthehole" Middleton$11,266
7mexican222$7,852
8jison300$4,438
9Jordan "Jymaster11" Young$2,731

Notable Finishes: Ronald "ronaldgrauer" Grauer (24th - $921), Larry "BBOY3110" Sharp (26th - $921)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$150+121,919$287,850
PlacePlayerPrize
12muchluv$41,018*
2Strz$39,580*
3JIZOINT$25,906
4mackkim$18,926
5LolS$13,672
6ziNgZang10$10,650
7cearapoker26$7,771
8GGGYFI$5,037
9torino2000$2,878

*Denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Dylan "ImaLucSac" Linde (10th - $2,245), Peter "Belabacsi" Traply (19th - $1,065)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+151,439$287,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins$48,926
2Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet$35,975
3po82m$27,312
4João "Naza114" Vieira$19,570
5OBVAMENTS$14,246
6ALEE24$11,368
7Chad "lilholde'm954" Batista$8,490
8Jordan "JWPRODIGY" Westmoreland$5,612
9soandre$3,108

Notable Finishes: Markus "MarkusG91" Garberg (11th - $2,532), Caio "Pessagno" Pessagno (12th - $2,532), Morten "-MortenVM-" Mortensen (19th - $1,151), Grayson "gray31" Ramage (26th - $1,151)

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