The Sunday Briefing: "Diogene" Earns Top Sunday Prize

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Aside from this being the first online poker Sunday during the 2011 World Series of Poker, it was also the first Sunday with many of the majors starting at an earlier time on PokerStars. The result? The numbers were reminiscent of pre-Black Friday �� seven players pocketed six-figures.

The biggest win went to "Diogene" in the Sunday Million: $284,798.56. Over at Full Tilt, the $750,000 Guarantee was won by "el_klonkador" for $124,415.26. Also notching a victory on Sunday was Tim "weygang" English.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($2M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$1510,237$2,047,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1Diogene$284,798.56
2Azazel1980$204,740
3Royalize$143,318
4Igor ��lechuckpoker�� Kurganov$102,370
5ThoboyJPG$81,896
6frtk$61,422
7sirlattelot$40,948
8cherryking$20,474
9dietmartime$12,898.62

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$155456$1,091,200
PlacePlayerPrize
*1kojocki$155,867.54
*2eamsie$141,923.64
3zero All-in$89,860.32
4Ruben "rubenrtv" Visser$61,652.80
5Respect4life$46,376
6Blimschen$35,464
7ministerborg$24,552
8DoubleM610$13,640
9Schildy1984$8,729.60

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Philipp "philbort" Gruissem (35th - $2,346.08)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$301,076$538,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Tim "weygang" English$92,858
2m.cerqueira$67,250
3jalman69$51,110
4Michael "bEatNick"OG"" Stroh$37,444.80
5insfran$26,631
6Ben "NeverScaredB" Wllinofsky$21,251
7shaman627$15,871
8Bolivar "Ramux" Palacios$10,491
9David "Gorrioncillo" G��mez$5,918

Notable Finishes: Nicolas "niccc" Chouity (11th - $4,788.20), Alex "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Zervos (16th - $2,636.20)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,645$329,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1rivichico$55,107.50
2indy.songo9$40,302.50
3xsysteemx555$30,432.50
4FoldDirtyB.$22,372
5snowm8n$16,121
6Felipefan$12,831
7Tom "tollgate" Grigg$9,541
8DreamOnDream$6,251
9zilbeee$3,388.70

Notable Finishes: Michael "ShiFtYFiNGeR" Guzzardi (10th - $2,763.60)

PokerStars $109+R Sunday Rebuy ($400K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsRe-buysPrize Pool
$100+$91,4581,905$440,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1allucan3at$79,696.64
2Kapluproshu$57,744.80
3redol2$44,080
4losttoriver$33,060
5Sebastian Ruthenberg$23,142
6HowDoWeDo$18,734
7Yann "yadio" Dion$14,326
8Maksimus1978$9,918
9TerranUser$6,171

Notable Finishes: Hugo "adametes" Adametes (10th - $4,187.60), Nicolas "niccc" Chouity (24th - $1,763.20)

Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$163,992$798,400
PlacePlayerPrize
*1el_klonkador$124,415.26
*2Gavin "gavb31" Ball$87,457.27
*3KungKroon$79,120.61
*4B1oshock$74,514.38
5Peter "Belabacsi" Traply$39,121.60
6Thibavol$27,145.60
7TheMagicSeven$18,363.20
8Voltax$12,774.40
9Matthew "Laff2er" Pearson$8,782.40

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Anton "antesvante" Wigg (14th - $4,391.20), Adam "TheSquee" Sherman (25th - $2,235.52)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+$161,394$278,800
PlacePlayerPrize
11n_the_Flesh$61,336
2MatveichukR$39,032
3callmethenuts$28,228.50
4Nlilex$22,652.50
5tomasomelka$17,090.44
6ViktorVasilchuk$12,546
7CS1985$8,085.20
8MELIN5$5,854.80
9Bullet1337$4,182

Notable Finishes: Ronald "ronaldgrauer" Grauer (15th - $1,728.56)

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