The Sunday Briefing: Toby Lewis Wins $2,000 FTOPS Event for $253,000

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The 23rd installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) came to a close over the weekend. The popular series at Full Tilt Poker saw 38 events take place on the virtual felt over two weeks, with the two biggest events of the festival wrapping up on Sunday.

The $635 buy-in Main Event saw more than 3,300 players generate a prize pool of nearly $2 million. With three players remaining, "DiaperSniper14" locked up the biggest prize of $301,118, but "Itahaschi" emerged as the winner after the negotiations were complete. "Itahaschi" collected his first FTOPS jersey and saw his bankroll boosted by $270,828.

Meanwhile, the two-day $2,100 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry event saw several notables make deep runs on Sunday. It came down to two pros playing heads-up for the title: Toby "sexystuff1989" Lewis, and Clark "Snake8484" Hamagami, who won the PokerStars Sunday Million just last week. After the two stars agreed to a heads-up deal, Lewis went on to claim victory and his first FTOPS jersey.

Many other top pros scooped big scores on Sunday, including Adam "squee451"Sherman, Brandon "oncommand" Meyers, Jonathan "MONSTER_DONG" Karamalikis, Tommy "TMoney0209" Miller, and Thiago "XTheDecanoX" Nishijima, who made a pair of final tables. Nishijima finished seventh in the PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance for $8,466 and won the PokerStars Sunday 500 for $77,850.

Here's a look at the Sunday Majors results at PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker:

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XXIII Main Event ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$600+353,327$1,996,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1Itahaschi$270,828*
2DiaperSniper14$301,118*
3MarkusG$234,517*
4Rayan "rkruok" Nathan$131,749
5mknickle$99,810
6-zoopreme-$74,059
7George Manousos$52,899
8SpanishKey$37,528
9propyroZ$25,351

*Denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Mike "wywrot" Wywrot (20th - $6,387), Dan "KingDan23" Smith (31st - $4,591), Jonathan "therookieqq9" Plens (34th - $4,591)

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XXIII Event #35 ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$2,000+100599$1,198,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Toby "sexystuff1989" Lewis$253,063*
2Clark "Snake8484" Hamagami$223,141*
3Hombre555$134,775
4TyRusT$104,825
5maybe25$77,870
6exposabre$56,905
7d_perignon$37,138
8keinebeine$28,752
9Emil "whitelime" Patel$22,762

*Denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Mario "Pwnasaurus" Silvestri (11th - $12,579), Calvin "Cal42688" Anderson (14th - $9,584), Jude "j_thaddeus" Ainsworth (18th - $6,589), Ben "kidcardiff" Warrington (10th - $5,091), Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka (23rd - $5,091), Mike "CuteIsWhatIAim4"Telker (25th - $5,091), Joe "jcada99" Cada (30th - $4,193)

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+157,458$1,491,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1smk2113$165,948*
2Adam "squee451"Sherman$150,341*
3Hausgaard87$123,151*
4UncleAnte9$147,313*
5michio.cH$61,155
6Killer_ooooo$46,239
7leosig07$32,069
8gregkdy2$17,899
9P-i-t.DqDoG$11,559

*Denotes four-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+153,431$686,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1Poker id 4me$99,009*
2joaombrito$89,009*
3Adreny$56,611
4TanTanSWE$39,456
5chikitin099$29,163
6salamandryko$22,301
7troppa$15,439
8miraculix06$8,577
9PatMike888$5,489

*Denotes heads-up deal

Get in on the Sunday Majors action yourself by visiting PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+30865$432,500
PlacePlayerPrize
1Thiago "XTheDecanoX" Nishijima$77,850
2StaceOP$56,225
3Brandon "oncommand" Meyers$41,952
4ricestud$31,356
5jmc2536$21,798
6Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier$17,300
7petdj$12,975
8Kihlstr?m$8,650
9Pascal "Pass_72" LeFrancois$5,190

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+91,059$334,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1Jonathan "MONSTER_DONG" Karamalikis$61,529
2dragonwarior$44,642
3hestskit$33,440
4Dan "djk123" Kelly$25,080
5Emilohlsson$17,556
6pistecaloze$14,212
7Skrigepas$10,868
8David "Bebop86" Benefield$7,524
9Elay99$4,681

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+151,435$287,000
PlacePlayer Prize
1FaceStealer$48,790
2guitarpiano$35,875
3chochi77o$27,236
4GiegelGagel$19,516
5Ben "bennybunny18" Richardson$14,206
6wiiseeguuy22$11,336
7Thiago "XTheDecanoX" Nishijima$8,466
8DemonBilly$5,596
9shoozeentol$3,099

PokerStars Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$210.80+4.201,403$295,752
PlacePlayerPrize
1Tommy "TMoney0209" Miller$40,127*
2Skyoen$35,497*
3GoodStoryBro$33,699*
4Krazy90$34,117*
5Anjeyyy$15,527
6bebaimis777$12,569
7alf223$9,611
8Andr�� Akkari$6,654
9M1ghtyDucks$4,140

*Denotes four-handed deal

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