The Sunday Briefing: Miguel Use Wins Sunday Million; Matt Marafioti Prevails in 2nd Chance

October 20, 2014

Brett Collson Chief Editor

It was another busy Sunday on the virtual poker felt this week. PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and partypoker held their usual Sunday Major slate across the globe, and dozens of players walked away with huge bankroll-boosting scores.

The biggest earner on Sunday was Belgium's Miguel "LOL_U_91" Use who took down the PokerStars Sunday Million outright for $207,042. That final table also included Pratyush "Shane Gamble" Buddiga, who finished fourth for $74,866.

Canadian poker pro Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti (pictured) also landed in the winner's circle, taking down the PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance for more than $43,000 after negotiating a heads-up deal. Others pocketing big scores at PokerStars on Sunday were Mateusz "KeyserMM" Moolhuizen and Emil "EmilMaTTsson" Mattsson.

Partypoker boosted its big Sunday tournament to a $250,000 guarantee this week as part of the Pokerfest series. UK pro Rick "tHeClaImEr1" Trigg emerged victorious after a heads-up deal, claiming $35,079 for his efforts.

Over at WSOP.com in the U.S., the Fall Poker Festival came to a conclusion in Nevada and New Jersey with the $25,000 GTD Main Event. The two winners each scooped five-figure paydays.

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-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	6,806	$1,361,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	Miguel "LOL_U_91" Use	$207,042
2	agnik80	$153,135
3	Pimmss	$108,896
4	Pratyush "Shane Gamble" Buddiga	$74,866
5	miltisgr	$57,170
6	jancsi69	$43,558
7	luisnrd	$29,946
8	karakrud	$16,334
9	belll80	$10,549

Notable Finishes: Stefan "I'am_Sound" Huber (26th - $3,185), Kenny "LoneHixx" Hicks (31st - $2,844)

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Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	3,237	$647,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	PhilRoyal888	$101,642
2	thAzArKK	$75,745
3	Vodkaa&Bears	$53,410
4	k-bossss01	$37,225
5	m0nster1989_	$27,514
6	Mateusz "KeyserMM" Moolhuizen	$21,040
7	Guigabraza	$14,566
8	bestgringo	$8,092
9	Expekter	$5,179

Notable Finishes: Kevin "ImaLuckSac" MacPhee (18th - $1,942)

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Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+30	804	$402,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	KKremate	$72,360
2	SamuelBT	$52,260
3	nochtm	$38,994
4	skreemnmimi	$29,156
5	Steve "Zugwat" Silverman	$20,260
6	Joao Mathias “joaoMathias” Baumgarten	$16,240
7	elementx8	$12,220
8	Andre "aakkari" Akkari	$8,241
9	joepaget92	$5,025

Notable Finishes: Paul "padjes" Berende (13th - $3,417)

Get in on the Sunday Majors action yourself by visiting PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and PartyPoker.

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250K Guaranteed Sunday

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	1,295	$250,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Rick "tHeClaImEr1" Trigg	$35,079*
2	Omfg72pAgain	$32,070*
3	Taveren	$20,325
4	swagswagswag	$15,325
5	Remcovitch	$12,600
6	INDIGEESTO	$10,100
7	TPaces	$7,600
8	flopped6810	$5,100
9	rodicamoiad	$3,800

_{*Reflects heads-up deal}

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$109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+9	964	$283,700

Place	Player	Prize
1	jays94	$46,000*
2	FizzmeiBua	$45,493*
3	10Badboy10	$28,370
4	flopthegnuts	$21,277
5	donkno2	$14,894
6	WatchOutFish	$12,057
7	TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer	$9,220
8	MON3YSHOT	$6,383
9	Tommy "TMoney0209" Miller	$4,000

_{*Reflects heads-up deal}

Notable Finishes: Joe "jcada99" Cada (11th - $2,978), David "davidv1213" Vamplew (12th - $2,978), Mike "Pipedream17" Dietrich (17th - $1,844), Matt "BruceWizayne" Haugen (18th - $1,844)

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Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	1,293	$258,600

Place	Player	Prize
1	Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti	$43,045*
2	a$$ou	$35,000*
3	severo_ma	$24,567
4	lookoutdudes	$18,360
5	konnh4nd	$12,930
6	Aliquantum	$10,344
7	Toni Judet	$7,758
8	IfoolU	$5,172
9	Jason "jdtjpoker" Wheeler	$2,973

_{*Reflects heads-up deal}

Notable Finishes: Bryan "bparis" Paris (11th - $2,456), Stevan "random_chu" Chew (12th - $2,456), Manig "swordfish007" Loeser (18th - $1,422), Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson (20th - $1,086), Alex, "Assassinato" Fitzgerald (21st - $1,086), Mads "MadsMP" Pedersen (22nd - $1,086), Robin "robinho" Ylitalo (23rd - $1,086)

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The Sunday Major ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	1,040	$208,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Emil "EmilMaTTsson" Mattsson	$41,600
2	StephCute	$27,705
3	Baron23	$19,760
4	BruceWayneRises	$14,768
5	Beyond_Godl1ke	$11,024
6	Alex "AD_84" Debus	$8,112
7	metfan4590	$6,032
8	fast riffs	$4,368
9	NastyMinder	$3,120

Notable Finishes: Kevin "Wu_Wizard" MacPhee (13th - $1,580), Bruan "bparis" Paris (18th - $1,206)

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Sunday Brawl ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$240+15	674	$134,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	bigt439	$27,634
2	Hopez	$18,872
3	TiLT kill My EV	$14,167
4	Kask123	$10,784
5	1703gsr	$7,818
6	The face 67	$5,526
7	Leqenden13	$4,044
8	IceStream	$3,100
9	marlin5555	$2,291

Notable Finishes: Paul "pvas2" Vas Nunes (21st - $593), Michael "StrungOut1" Wasserman (23rd - $593), Charlie "chaz_man_chaz" Combes (26th - $593), Matt "NoBadBeatsPlz" Kay (27th - $593)