Sunday Briefing: Sunday Million Ends in Five-Way Chop
Online poker��s biggest weekly tournament, the $215 PokerStars Sunday Million, ended in a five-way chop on April 16 with the prizes taken home ranging from $62,461 to $131,459.
This week��s Sunday Million champion was ��Lincownz�� of Brazil with victory worth $128,620.
The clock was paused when only five of the 5,912 entrants remained in the hunt for what should have been a $177,201 first-place prize and those five finalists negotiated a deal. Ukraine��s ��ExtremeUA�� finished in fifth place for $62,461 with Norway��s ��flukert�� busting one place later in a finish worth $89,190.
Third place and $72,365 when to the United Kingdom��s ��Martinelly09�� with another British player, ��ya3thabe�� being the runner-up, but thanks to the aforementioned deal, the second-place finisher bagged the largest prize, one weighing in at $131,459.
Some of the other notable PokerStars wins included:
- ��mcgcork�� - winner of the $109 Sunday Starter for $5,721
- ��etxnl01�� - winner of the $109 Sunday Kickoff for $16,744
- John ��JohnSo18�� So - winner of the $215 Sunday Warm-Up for $52,953
- Denys ��SantaZzz�� Chufarin - winner of the $215 Weekender for $7,796
- ��crpppppp�� - winner of the Big $109 for $23,797
- ��son_bat_cheo�� - winner of the $700 Super-Sized Sunday for $40,039
- ��prebz�� - winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand NLHE for $56,447
- Leo ��ISILDRooN�� Nordin - winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand PLO for $31,010
- ��nofair18�� - winner of the Big $215 for $27,353
- Evan ��PURPLE��K��99�� Parkes - winner of the $109 Sunday Cooldown for $24,260
- ��Slebs888�� - winner of the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $36,490
- ��Teddygram902�� - winner of the $109 Sunday Wrap-Up for $11,034
At 888poker, Jonathan ��monster_dong�� Karamalikis won the $120,000 Whale and turned $600 into $26,177. British pro ��jareth3542�� took down the $120,000 Mega Deep for $24,443.
Austria��s ��varonislv�� secured the $8,901 top prize in the $40,000 Turbo Mega Deep, and ��PureBusine66�� of the Netherlands won the $80,000 Sunday Challenge for $12,666.
Over at partypoker, there were more than half a dozen big scores. One large cash went to ��DiGGaDent�� courtesy of winning the $50,000 Gtd PKO Weigh-In for $4,797 and another went to ��InthisCity�� who banked $25,239 for winning the $100,000 Gtd Title Fight Warm-Up.
Andras ��probirs�� Nemeth turn $2,600 into $47,465 after winning this weekend��s $100,000 Gtd Super High Roller.
��EXPENSlVE22�� triumphed in the$150,000 Gtd High Roller for $36,865.
��Hahaha_Owned�� topped a field of 1,730 in the $150,000 Gtd Main Event, a finish worth $29,081. In partypoker��s other major event with a boxing theme, the $300,000 Gtd Title Fight, Bruno ��chanalise�� Volkmann came out on top of the 1,366-strong field and secured a $46,237 payout.
Completing the Sunday Briefing for another week is the $5,546 won by ��eilselnhoj�� in the $50,000 Gtd Eliminator, the $9,986 won by ��GunsAndGlory�� in the $50,000 Gtd Title Fight II and the $2,572 won by ��k2Schogori�� in the $20,000 Gtd Eliminator.
