The Sunday Briefing: Calvin "cal42688" Anderson Conquers PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up

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Aug 20, 2012 4 min read

It was a busy Sunday for PokerStars with the conclusion of the European Poker Tour Barcelona Super High Roller and the start of the Main Event. Meanwhile, there was plenty of action on the virtual felt, as well. "Fish4trips" captured the biggest online prize of the day �� $178,159 �� for winning the Sunday Million. Calvin "cal42688" Anderson took down the Sunday Warm-Up, one week after winning the Sunday 2nd Chance.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer made a deep run in the Sunday Million but finished just shy of the final table in 13th ($4,942.42). Nate "nsinger" Singer and Patrick "Bandano" Renkers each made the final table, finishing in ninth and fifth places, respectively. The outright victory went to "Fish4trips" for $178,159.79.

To read more about this week's Sunday Million, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com.

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Kiryl "angrymoron" Radzivonau (12th - $3,316.25), Jonas "Telefonkiosk" Lindlof (1,591.80), and Francis "The Lag rat" Anderson (26th - $1,591.80) were among those who made deep runs in the Sunday Warm-Up. On the heels of his win last week in the Sunday 2nd Chance, Calvin "cal42688" Anderson took down this week's Sunday Warm-Up, defeating Darren "darrenelias" Elias heads-up.

To read more about this week's Sunday Warm-Up, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com.

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

The Sunday 500 saw impressive showings from Ariel "Skilled G" Mantel (14th - $2,812.50), Hunter "HEMIpowerSWT" Frey (15th - $2,812.50), Toni Judet (18th - $2,187.50), David "dpeters17" Peters (20th - $1,562.50), and Amit "AMAK316" Makhija (26th - $1,562.50). Topping the field outright was Andrew "stato_1" Hulme for $58,593.75.

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Among the crowd of notables who made deep runs in the $109 Sunday Rebuy were Jesse "On The Mac" McKenzie (13th - $2,074.50), Dave "LeKnave" Jones (14th - $2,074.40), Jeff "jpa_25" Anderson (18th - $1,613.50), Jon "LUFCBas" Spinks (23rd - $1,152.50), Joep "Pappe_Ruk" van den Bijgaart (24th - $1,152.50), and James "Andy_McLEOD" Obst (27th - $1,152.50). Topping the final table after making a four-handed deal was "Borg1a."

*denotes four-handed deal

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Notable finishes in the Bigger $109 included Nicky "Cod Meharly" Evans (14th - $1,305.92), Caio "Pessagno" Pessagno (16th - $936.32), and Ami "UhhMee" Barer (17th - $936.32). An even heads-up chop locked up paydays of $34,465.20 each for "WATnlos" and "fadil555."

*denotes heads-up even chop

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Notable results in the Bigger $162 included Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger (13th - $1,359.76) and Clayton "slammedfire" Mozdzen (17th - $974.16). After a heads-up deal with "papapu123", "vip25459" emerged with the win and nearly $31,000.

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Among those who had solid showings in the Sunday 2nd Chance were Bradley "BaZa88" Bower (15th - $1,792), Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis (21st - $1,008), and Joris "Tyren0" Ruys (27th - $1,008). Taking it down outright was "marko 2701," who collected $40,320.

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Earning the outright victory in the Sunday Storm was Joe "nineallday00" Stanski. He topped the 29,721-player field outright for $28,050.

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Making deep runs in this week's Sunday Kickoff were Ami "UhhMee" Barer (13th - $895.79) and Mathew "Matfrankland" Frankland (24th - $534.80). Earning the outright victory was "jbauk" for nearly $23,000.

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