Sunday Million 14th Anniversary Edition

Sunday Million 14th Anniversary Edition
Day: 1
Event Info

Sunday Million 14th Anniversary Edition

Event Info
Buy-in
$215
Prize Pool
$18,603,200
Entries
93,016
Players Left
1
Average Chip Stack
1,860,320,000
Total Chips
1,860,320,000
Level Info
Level
67
Blinds
10,000,000 / 20,000,000
Ante
2,500,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
85,435
Players Left
16,363

Break

Level 11 : 350/700, 90 ante

Half-way through Level 11, players are going on another 5-minute break.

The prize pool is currently at $13.98m with 33,359 of 69,927 players remaining.

James Gets a Shove Through With Queens

Level 11 : 350/700, 90 ante

Georgina "GJReggie" James raised with {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} from under the gun to 1,400 and the two players to her left "Maaarux" and "Biglittle123" both called.

The big blind was big stack "maxherbeuval" and they three-bet to 3,500 in the big blind and James four-bet all in for 28,752.

"Maarux" and "Biglittle123" both quickly folded, and "maxherbeuval" time-bank folded allowing James to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
maxherbeuval
maxherbeuval
107,835
Biglittle123
Biglittle123
73,052
Maarux
Maarux
50,988
Georgina "GJReggie" James
Georgina "GJReggie" James
35,422
2,900
2,900
PokerStars

Mustapha Kanit Remembers Thrill of Capturing His First Sunday Million Title

Level 11 : 350/700, 90 ante
Mustapha Kanit
Mustapha Kanit

Back in 2016, popular Italian poker player Mustapha Kanit won the PokerStars Sunday Million for $177,229.79 and take his total online tournament winnings to more than $4.25 million. Kanit is now a Winamax Team Pro and sits with over $5.7 million in lifetime earnings and is a bona fide High Roller superstar.

We caught up with him to talk about his Sunday Million memories, and he admitted that it had always been somewhat of a dream to win the prestigious poker tournament.

Level: 11

Blinds: 350/700

Ante: 90

World Number One "Lena900" Eliminated

Level 10 : 300/600, 75 ante
Niklas Astedt
Niklas Astedt

"NickGoff79" raised to 1,400 and "Dallmad" called. Niklas "Lena900" Astedt called, as did "Batcar_29" in the big blind.

The flop came {2-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{5-Spades}. It checked to "Dallmad" who bet 3,090. Astedt then raised to 8,450. Two players folded and "Dallmad" shoved for 52,000. Astedt called for his last 34,000.

Dallmad: {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds}
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}

Astedt had the overpaid, but had run into the set of "Dallmad". The turn {6-Clubs} and river {k-Clubs} changed nothing and Astedt was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Dallmad by
Dallmad
93,080
65,602
65,602
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt
Busted

Updated Chip Counts

Level 10 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle
68,668
-2,205
-2,205
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas
62,488
14,935
14,935
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
41,689
-10,765
-10,765
PokerStars
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford
41,643
10,711
10,711
Georgina "GJReggie" James
Georgina "GJReggie" James
32,522
32,522
32,522
PokerStars
Felix "xflixx" Schneiders de
Felix "xflixx" Schneiders
22,521
6,909
6,909
PokerStars
Benj "Spraggy" Spragg
Benj "Spraggy" Spragg
18,498
7,963
7,963
PokerStars
Claas “Ssick_OnE” Segebrecht
Claas “Ssick_OnE” Segebrecht
17,072
-18,499
-18,499
Jens "Fresh_oO_D" Lakemeier
Jens "Fresh_oO_D" Lakemeier
15,240
-23,013
-23,013

Alex "bigfox86" Foxen Hits a Three-Outer to Double Up

Level 10 : 300/600, 75 ante
Alex Foxen
Alex Foxen

Alex "bigfox86" Foxen was in the big blind with 26 big blinds. "tdemen" opened to 1,320 from the cutoff and Foxen three-bet to 3,600. His opponent called and the flop came {j-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}.

"tdemen" bet 3,600 and Foxen called. The turn was the {3-Clubs}. "tdemen" bet enough to put Foxen all in and the American called.

tdemen: {k-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Alex "bigfox86" Foxen: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}

Foxen was behind with just a pair of jacks against the top pair and flush draw of his opponent. However, the river was the {j-Clubs} hitting a three-outer to double up.

Alex Foxen Doubles Up
Alex Foxen Doubles Up
Player Chips Progress
Alex "bigfox86" Foxen
Alex "bigfox86" Foxen
33,915
33,915
33,915
tdemen
tdemen
10,495
10,495
10,495

Deuces Never Loses For Leonard

Level 10 : 300/600, 75 ante
Patrick Leonard
Patrick Leonard

"NNNXX" opened to 1,4250 and Patrick "pads1161" Leonard called. "DonkeeyD" raised to 7,200 and "Jmeroffee" re-raised all in for 8,313 from the big blind. "NNNXX" folded and both Leonard and "DonkeeyD" called.

The pair checked down the {j-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{10-Clubs} board and Leonard showed {2-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and beat the {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs} of "Jmeroffee" to send him to the rail and move above 50,000 in chips.

Patrick Leonard Sunday Million
Patrick Leonard Sunday Million
Player Chips Progress
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard
51,374
51,374
51,374
DonkeeyD
DonkeeyD
32,713
32,713
32,713
NNNXX
NNNXX
12,759
12,759
12,759
Jmeroffee
Jmeroffee
Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Pokerstars Team Pros Reveal Their Sunday Million Strategy Tips

Level 9 : 250/500, 60 ante
Felix Schneiders
Felix Schneiders

PokerNews spoke with three PokerStars Team Pros Tom "Pleb_method" Hayward, Arlie Shaban and Felix "xflixx" Schneiders to see if they could give us their top three tips on how to tackle the Sunday Million!

Click here to read what they had to say!

One of Felix Schneiders' top tips?

"Make sure you have a chill Twitch streamer up on your computer to play along to and his community behind you to have your back on Discord or Twitch chat!"