Sunday Million 15th Anniversary
Day 2 Completed
PokerStars Sunday Million 15th Anniversary
Sunday Million 15th Anniversary
Day: 2
"Transylvanian" Leads Final 65 in the $12.5M GTD Sunday Million 15th Anniversary
Level 50
: 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante
Romania's "Transylvanian" will enter the third and final day of the Sunday Million 15th Anniversary at PokerStars with the chip lead with the field down to 65 entrants.
"Transylvanian" was at or near the top of the leaderboard most of the second half of Day 2 and will enter tomorrow's action with a chip leading stack of 66,800,871 for 84 big blinds.
The Sunday Million 15th Anniversary has been a massive success with 69,876 entrants generating a massive $13,975,200 prize pool to smash the $12.5 million guarantee.
This just makes it the second-biggest Sunday Million Anniversary event, only behind last year's Sunday Million 14th Anniversary event that witnessed 93,016 entrants generating a ginormous $18,603,200 prize pool.
Day 2 Recap
Day 2 began with 17,516 players battling it out in the hopes of at least a min-cash of $412 paid out to the top 9,971 players. This included thousands of players that late-registered or re-entered after Sunday's Day 1 concluded and before the start of Day 2.
The payouts were announced five minutes before the action began with about half the field or 9,971 entrants guaranteed at least a min-cash of $412 and more than $1.5 million to the winner.
The money bubble broke before the second break with Mongolia's "Seddari" hitting the rail empty-handed in 9,973rd place. After this, eliminations took place at a fast and furious pace until there were only 65 players to end the day.
Top Ten Chip Counts
While "Transylvanian" was the only player to advance with more than 60 million in chips, two others in Russia's "peu3ep" (55,658,388) and Bulgaria's "PanchoVetin" (52,596,824) will head into tomorrow's Day 3 with more than 50 million.
Also bringing top ten stacks into Day 3 are Netherlands' "ikkedus" (49,591,533), Russia's "Vvlankov" (49,248,898), Norway's "malinga" (48,951,775), Poland's "jelczan123" (48,907,238), Lebanon's "ha04444" (44,358,859), Austria's "Grozzorg" (42,206,753), and Belarus' "VladHunter21" (38,880,288).
Meanwhile, Vanessa "Niffller" Kade is just behind this group in 13th place with a stack of 35,482,077 with Thomas "tomnelz1" Nelz a few spots behind in 17th place with 28,167,959 in chips.
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transylvanian | Romania | 66,800,871 | 84 |
| 2 | peu3ep | Russia | 55,658,388 | 70 |
| 3 | PanchoVetin | Bulgaria | 52,596,824 | 66 |
| 4 | ikkedus | Netherlands | 49,591,533 | 62 |
| 5 | Vvlankov | Russia | 49,248,898 | 62 |
| 6 | malinga | Norway | 48,951,775 | 61 |
| 7 | jelczan123 | Poland | 48,907,238 | 61 |
| 8 | ha0444 | Lebanon | 44,356,859 | 55 |
| 9 | Grozzorg | Austria | 42,206,753 | 53 |
| 10 | VladHunter21 | Belarus | 38,880,228 | 49 |
FIve PokerStars Ambassadors Cashed
Nine PokerStars Ambassadors entered the Sunday Million 15th Anniversary for a total of 25 combined bullets with five of the team cashing.
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas (3,827th - $651) went the deepest among the Ambassadors with Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis (4,974th - $559), Fintan "easywithaces" Hand (5,423rd - $559), Felix "xflixx" Schneiders (7,150th - $481), and Thomas "MajinBoob" Hayword (7,236th - $481) also cashing.
Meanwhile, Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg, Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban, Mason "Pye_Face21" Pye, and Georgina "GJReggie" James all entered the day with starting or near starting stacks and were unable to make it into the money.
Remaining Payouts
Tomorrow's winner is slated to bank $1,514,920 with the runner-up also becoming a millionaire with second place awarding $1,035,358. Of course, this is barring any deals made at tomorrow's final table where at least $50,000 will need to be played for to the winner.
All returning players will be guaranteed at least a $10,757 payout for a healthy return on their $215 buy-in. This could be an even bigger return for those that qualified through the many paths PokerStars made available prior to late registration closing minutes before the start of Day 2.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,514,920 | 8 | $105,538 |
| 2 | $1,035,358 | 9 | $72,132 |
| 3 | $707,640 | 10-13 | $49,300 |
| 4 | $483,652 | 14-17 | $33,694 |
| 5 | $330,564 | 18-26 | $23,028 |
| 6 | $225,930 | 27-44 | $15,740 |
| 7 | $154,416 | 45-65 | $10,757 |
Final Day Resumes on Tuesday, March 23 at 5:05 p.m. GMT
There is still one more day of action yet to come in the Sunday Millions. The action will resume on Tuesday, March 23 at 5:05 p.m. GMT (1:05 p.m. EDT) at Level 51 with blinds at 40,000/80,000 with an ante of 10,000. Blind will increase every 15 minutes until a winner is crowned.
PokerNews will be right there until a winner is crowned. So stay tuned to see who will win $1.5 million tomorrow during the final day of the PokerStars Sunday Million 15th Anniversary.
Day 2 Concludes
Level 50
: 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante
Day 2 has concluded with 65 players left. Stay tuned at PokerNews for the Day 2 recap of the PokerStars Sunday Million 15th Anniversary.
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transylvanian | Romania | 66,800,871 | 84 |
| 2 | peu3ep | Russia | 55,658,388 | 70 |
| 3 | PanchoVetin | Bulgaria | 52,596,824 | 66 |
| 4 | ikkedus | Netherlands | 49,591,533 | 62 |
| 5 | Vvlankov | Russia | 49,248,898 | 62 |
| 6 | malinga | Norway | 48,951,775 | 61 |
| 7 | jelczan123 | Poland | 48,907,238 | 61 |
| 8 | ha0444 | Lebanon | 44,356,859 | 55 |
| 9 | Grozzorg | Austria | 42,206,753 | 53 |
| 10 | VladHunter21 | Belarus | 38,880,228 | 49 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,800,871 | -11,509,875 |
|
55,658,388 | 5,047,700 |
|
52,596,824 | 4,947,197 |
|
51,487,945 | 358,207 |
|
49,591,533 | 6,917,300 |
|
|
49,248,898 | 30,225,257 |
|
48,951,775 | 8,067,326 |
|
44,356,859 | 44,356,859 |
|
42,206,753 | 42,206,753 |
|
38,880,228 | 15,006,174 |
|
38,196,623 | 16,367,491 |
|
|
37,820,745 | 34,683,300 |
|
35,482,077 | |
|
|
34,296,109 | 3,580,349 |
|
32,146,670 | 74,075 |
|
|
28,167,959 | 4,646,136 |
|
|
23,509,539 | 3,398,464 |
|
19,534,244 | 10,074,602 |
|
|
16,405,781 | 6,512,500 |
|
|
15,827,930 | 6,904,135 |
|
14,505,994 | 6,260,812 |
|
|
13,957,258 | -3,365,000 |
|
12,158,666 | -14,060,027 |
|
11,469,187 | 8,436,633 |
|
|
11,402,778 | -10,055,068 |
"Transylvanian" Takes Out Another To Extend Chip Lead
Level 50
: 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante
"toni80-hai" opened to 2,100,000 from the cutoff before they called off their stack of 7,562,876 after "Transylvanian" three-bet from the small blind.
toni80-hai: 
Transylvanian: 
"toni80-hai" was eliminated in 71st place for $10,767 after whiffing the 
board and "Transylvanian" extended their chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
78,310,746 | 15,303,521 |
|
|
Busted |
Flush for "jelczan123"
Level 50
: 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante
"jelczan123" opened for 1,612,310 from middle position before they called a three-bet to 4,900,000 by "wudsikurdukk" from the hijack.
"jelczan123" check-called a bet of 2,555,555 on the 
flop. The 
turn and the river were both checked down and "jelczan123" won the hand with a flush holding 
after their opponent mucked their hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
51,129,738 | -358,207 |
|
|
30,715,760 | 11,663,203 |
Ninth Break
Level 50
: 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante
Day 2 is on its ninth and final break. There will be 13 more minutes of action before surviving players can take an overnight break with the third and final day resuming tomorrow at 5:05 p.m. GMT (1:05 p.m. EDT).
Level 50 (78 Players Remaining)
Level 50
: 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante
The final blind level of Day 2 has just begun.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,007,225 | -1,981,508 |
|
|
51,487,945 | -2,198,270 |
|
|
50,610,688 | 14,812,300 |
|
|
47,649,627 | 1,537,400 |
|
|
42,674,233 | 8,763,731 |
Level: 50
Blinds: 350,000/700,000
Ante: 87,500
Rockets for "Dowgh-Santos"
Level 49
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
"Dowgh-Santos" opened for 1,200,000 from middle position. "corsei" jammed from the big blind and "Dowgh-Santos" called off for 8,173,629.
Dowgh-Santos:: 
corsei: 
"Dowgh-Santos" doubled up after the 
ran out on the board near the end of Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
17,322,258 | 4,288,762 |
|
|
9,893,281 |
"Transylvanian" Eliminates "bruto2604"
Level 49
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
"bruto2604" open-jammed for 4,015,672 from early position and was called by "Transylvanian" in the big blind.
bruto2604: 
Transylvanian: 
The 
board gave "bruto2604" top pair but they were eliminated in 82nd place for $7,352 with "Transylvanian" winning the hand with a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,988,733 | 4,628,172 |
|
|
Busted |