The Sunday Briefing: Joaquin "elmologno4" Melogno Wins PokerStars Sunday Million

The Sunday Briefing: Joaquin

Uraguay's Joaquin "elmologno4" Melogno was the biggest earner on the virtual felt over the weekend, taking down the PokerStars Sunday Million for $214,117. Melogno and player "LPE22" agreed to a deal at the final table and Melogno went on to claim the title and $20,000 set aside for the winner.

Other notables who scooped big scores on Sunday were Alexandre "Allingomes" Gomes, Fabio "hdjgkfkgsdl" Sperling, and Kevin "Civell" Vandersmissen. Sperling defeated Vandersmissen heads-up to win the PokerStars 2nd Chance.

Here's a full look at the results from the Sunday Majors on PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, partypoker and WSOP.com:


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Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+157,464$1,492,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1Joaquin "elmologno4" Melogno$214,117*
2LPE22$174,567*
3C.Abe.AIL$119,424
4Lagrecassox$79,118
5chefsn$61,204
6luckylukas13$46,276
7talitay$32,095
8GOTTARDO333$17,913
9Schurke88$11,596

*Reflects three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Steven "Zugwat" Silverman (18th - $4,179)


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Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+152,984$596,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1KennethKenny$77,777*
2Roberta114$51,224*
3akb1$51,620*
4KingPaulie$66,763*
54QuietSTorm4$25,662
6Gruaiggorm$19,694
7race200$13,726
8undemoni0$7,758
9Parker881010$4,774

*Reflects four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Mike "MunchenHB" Telker (17th - $1,939), Bryan "bparis" Paris (18th - $1,939), Tom "hitthehole" Middleton (26th - $1,611)


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Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+30756$378,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1PokerSavage1$62,396*
2SE-R-DET$55,161*
3raymon$36,855
4Alexandre "Allingomes" Gomes$27,594
5lynskey99$19,467
6DanielT999$15,687
7Ashley "DYBYDX" Mason$11,907
8Peter "Belabacsi" Traply$8,353
9Simon "ministerborg" Ravnsbaek$4,838

*Reflects heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Rasmus "RasA86" Agerskov (19th - $1,814), Jason "jadedjason" James (20th - $1,814), Larry "BBOY3110" Sharpe (23rd - $1,814), Russell "rdcrsn" Carson (30th - $1,587)


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$109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+9911$274,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1Flamarion$45,822*
2BOBAN94$33,891*
3king2173$36,389*
4asdf78$20,610
5dadowiec$14,427
6Fabulouz.F$11,679
7PaDiLhA SP$8,931
8gaerd$6,183
9uknowProsky$3,874

*Reflects three-handed deal


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Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+151,272$254,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1Fabio "hdjgkfkgsdl" Sperling$44,469
2Kevin "Civell" Vandersmissen$32,308
3TUTI88$24,168
4andyhin22$18,062
5pontiac19$12,720
6grossi73$10,176
7CuAt69UsdSng$7,632
8Sr.TiltMonky$5,088
9mankitolas$2,925

Notable Finishes: Andras "probirs" Nemeth (20th - $2,416), Larry "BBOY3110" Sharp (20th - $1,068)


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PartyPoker 200K Guaranteed Sunday

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+151,040$200,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1BrEeZaSleTjU$23,000*
2pr0xima84$15,850*
3Gab1p$14,850*
4Fiiiiiiiint$7,400
5WilhelmSream$5,300
6WelshBabe69$3,900
7MehIFold$2,900
8xkkOverEV$2,400
9RasAAAAA$1,920

*Reflects three-handed deal

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The Sunday Major ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+15918$183,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1Inanding$36,720
2Shimbunshi$24,445
3Nohaymiendooo$17,442
4Karolis "karolis666" Grybauskas$13,035
5OMGo0Stam7$9,730
6VVSOPro$7,160
7rumrun1$5,324
8heroesneverdie$3,855
9PererPanski86$2,754

*Reflects three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Joao Barbosa (14th - $1,395), João "Naza114" Vieira (20th - $789), Matthias "goodvibe" Neu (26th - $789)


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Sunday Brawl ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+15605$121,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1MaXiOwnS$25,712
2__KASSIN__$17,545
3bedias$13,310
4Da_Engineer$10,164
5Dearman2$7,502
6inBe4Broke$5,324
7HUNGLIKE$3,872
8benzidebuc$2,904
9dareya2call$2,178

Notable Finishes: Reed "badbeatme" Hensel (15th - $1,149), Mike "CuteIsWhatIAim4"Telker (23rd - $605)


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PokerStars Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$210.80+4.201,352$285,001
PlacePlayerPrize
1TiltMeBig$44,815
2QaizAfghan$30,845
3Farzinem$28,501
4fricirics$34,320
5Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi$14,962
6KainBlasse$12,112
7stuupid5$9,262
8wimtobbe$6,412
9Carster$3,990

Notable Finishes: Ashley "DYBYDX" Mason (23rd - $1,054)


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WSOPOC Nevada Event #8 — R&A No-Limit Hold'em ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+30101$100,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1PRINZOLAV$28,000
2Ricestud$16,200
3jchak$9,300
4Don_Key$7,300
5potodds3$6,300
6McPeanut$5,300
7GarrettUtt$4,200
8CindrllaMan$2,800
9Sgt.Pepper$2,100

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