Sunday Million 14th Anniversary Edition Day 1 | Sunday Million 14th Anniversary Edition

03-23-2020 00:09 UTC

14th Anniversary Sunday Million SMASHES Guarantee; Late Registration Still Open

Will Shillibier

Level 18 : 900/1,800, 225 ante

The PokerStars 14th Anniversary Sunday Million was billed as the site's biggest online tournament ever, coming with an initial $12.5m guaranteed prize pool. In order to meet this, the tournament needed 62,500 entrants, a figure that was surpassed less than halfway through the day.

By the end of play, the number of entries stood at over 85,000 players, generating a prize pool of over $17m.

Curiously, the top ten players in the chip counts come from ten different countries, but only one could end Day 1 as chip leader. That was "nowwor880" ahead of "X_QQ_AA_KK_fish" who was the only other player over 600,000. In fact, nine of the top ten were over 500,000 in chips.

Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	nowwor880	China	680,117	340
2	X_QQ_AA_KK_fish	Belgium	643,093	322
3	DLSXL	Netherlands	576,980	288
4	GLiTCHy M-F	Sweden	565,242	283
5	flyflo	Germany	545,887	273
6	guiantonio2	Brazil	530,381	265
7	nakolene888	Bulgaria	529,102	265
8	IownYoUlolz	Austria	513,879	257
9	ChrizCrozz	Germany	501,481	251
10	CharlyBigPot	United Kingdom	499,343	250

Notables still in the Sunday Million include Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo (243,417), PokerStars Team Online's Lex Veldhuis (145,073), Patrick "pads1161" Leonard (115,032), Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford (97,661), Niklas "Lena900" Astedt (87,603), Alex "bigfox86" Foxen (85,166), Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban (70,883), Jens "Graftekkel" Arends (42,025), Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle (39,724) and Benj "Spraggy" Spragg (26,429) to name but a few.

The PokerNews coverage of the Sunday Million continues on Monday 23rd March at 17:05 UTC. Day 2 plays until the end of Level 50, with the levels reduced to 15-minutes long. Late registration and re-entry is available until the start of Day 2

Player	Chips	Progress
nowwor880	680,117 52,381	52,381
X_QQ_AA_KK_fish	643,093 -35,628	-35,628
DLSXL	576,980 79,676	79,676
GLiTCHy M-F	565,242 565,242	565,242
flyflo	545,887 545,887	545,887
guiantonio2	530,381 530,381	530,381
nakolene888	529,102 529,102	529,102
IownYoUlolz	513,879 513,879	513,879
ChrizCrozz	501,481 501,481	501,481
CharlyBigPot	499,343 499,343	499,343

03-22-2020 23:44 UTC

Looking Back at the History of the PokerStars Sunday Million

Will Shillibier

Level 18 : 900/1,800, 225 ante

Last year, PokerNews took a look back at the history of the Sunday Million ahead of the 13th Anniversary. One year later, read all about the history of this prestigious tournament.

You have to go all the way back to March 5, 2006 to find the inaugural Sunday Million. A field of 5,893 players exchanged $215 for the chance to become the first-ever PokerStars Sunday Million champion. That player was “aaaaaaaa” who got their hands on the $173,843 top prize and a place in online poker’s history books.

03-22-2020 23:25 UTC

New Chip Leader After 300k Pot

Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

"pottedmeat12" the new Chip Leader in the Sunday Million

"pottedmeat12" opened to 3,500 and "j0ker4ki" called in the next position.

"DingeBrinker" then three-bet all in for 18,956. "pottedmeat12" then four-bet to 34,412 and "j0ker4ki" five-bet to 73,600. "pottedmeat12" called.

The flop came and "pottedmeat12" jammed, with "j0ker4ki" calling all in for their last 77,360.

pottedmeat12:
j0ker4ki:
DingeBrinker:

"pottedmeat12" had shoved with just king-high into the pocket aces of "j0ker4ki". The turn was the which changed nothing, but the river [the] improved "pottedmeat12" to the nut straight and a stack of just under 600,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
pottedmeat12	599,198
j0ker4ki	Busted
DingeBrinker	Busted

03-22-2020 23:17 UTC

Hand Eliminated by "Abehjerne"

Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Fintan "easywithaces" Hand shoved for 26,028 from under the gun. "Abehjerne" re-raised in middle position and short-stacked "AK Anubis" was all in for just under two big blinds from the small blind. The big blind folded.

Fintan Hand:
Abehjerne:
AK Anubis:

Hand flopped a pair on the flop but "Abehjerne" turned a set on the turn. Hand could still hit make a flush, but the river was a brick and he was eliminated.

Fintan Hand Eliminated from the Sunday Million by "Abehjerne"

Player	Chips	Progress
Abehjerne	85,504
Fintan "easywithaces" Hand	Busted

AK Anubis	Busted

03-22-2020 22:53 UTC

Quads for Pardo in Double Elimination

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 700/1,400, 175 ante

There was a three-way all in at Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo's table with Pardo the big stack.

TY4Stacks2:
KevRonaldo7:
Juan Pardo:

Pardo flopped a set on the flop with "KevRonaldo7" picking up a gunshot. The turn was the giving "TY4Stacks2" the same gunshot, but the river was the improving Pardo to quads and sending both opponents to the rail.

Juan Pardo makes quads in the Sunday Million

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo	219,738 82,528	82,528
KevRonaldo7	Busted
TY4Stacks2	Busted

03-22-2020 22:49 UTC

Aces vs Kings vs Queens in the Sunday Million

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 700/1,400, 175 ante

"Pencilsony" opened to 2,400 and "Johnnie_CHEL" three-bet to 7,000 from the cutoff. "11paul11" four-bet to 22,400 from the small blind and "Pencilsony" flat-called.

"Johnnie_CHEL" then five-bet all in for 71,985. "11paul11" followed, six-betting all in for 144,687. "Pencilsony" followed suit, calling all in for 46,900.

Pencilsony:
Johnnie_CHEL:
11paul11:

The pot was worth over 140,000 and there was no help for the shorter stacks the board came with "11paul11" riveting a full house for good measure and eliminate both opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
11paul11	266,547
Johnnie_CHEL	Busted
Pencilsony	Busted

03-22-2020 22:39 UTC

Aces for Pardo; "rozmi-x" Eliminated

Will Shillibier

Level 15 : 600/1,200, 150 ante

"dcdilton" raised to 2,640 on the button and Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo three-bet to 9,600 from the small blind. "rozmi-x" then four-bet all in for 31,258 from the big blind. "dcdilton" folded and Pardo made the call.

Juan Pardo:
rozmi-x:

The board ran out and Pardo's Aces held to send "rozmi-x" to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo	137,210
rozmi-x	Busted

03-22-2020 22:34 UTC

Arends Flops a Set to Eliminate "bigbackup"

Will Shillibier

Level 15 : 600/1,200, 150 ante

"bigbackup" raised to 2,760 and Jans "Graftekkel" Arends called in the small blind.

The pair checked the flop and the turn brought the . Arends checked and "bigbackup" bet 3,600.

Arends check-raised to 11,400 and his opponent called.

The river was the . Arends moved all in, covering his opponent who called all in for 36,873 with for two pair. However, Arends had flopped a set with and sent his opponent to the rail.

Jans Arends eliminated bigbackup in the Sunday Million

Player	Chips	Progress
Jens "Graftekkel" Arends	119,106
bigbackup	Busted

03-22-2020 22:24 UTC

Twitch Legend Arlie Shaban Ready for PokerStars Anniversary Sunday Million

Will Shillibier

Level 15 : 600/1,200, 150 ante

PokerStars Twitch Streamer Arlie Shaban famously quit his job and then begun streaming poker, broadcasting for 1,000 hours over 125 consecutive days

We asked Shaban if he won, what would he do with the winnings?

"If I won the Sunday Million I would put a nice down payment on a house, and I hang a sign in my front hallway that said 'The house that poker built'."

03-22-2020 22:21 UTC

Lakemeier Runs Queens into Kings in Five-Bet Pot

Will Shillibier

Level 14 : 500/1,000, 125 ante

Jens "Fresh_oO_D" Lakemeier opened to 2,220 and "mumu12345" three-bet to 6,680 in the next position. It folded back to Lakemeier who four-bet to 15,000 and "mumu12345" then five-bet all in for 59,851.

Lakemeier called all in for 54,321.

Jens Lakemeier:
mumu12345:

The board ran out and Lakemeier was eliminated.

Jens Lakemeier Sunday Million bustout hand

Player	Chips	Progress
mumu12345	116,797
Jens "Fresh_oO_D" Lakemeier	Busted