The Sunday Briefing: 2011 Online Poker Sunday Season Ends

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Dec 26, 2011 4 min read

The 2011 Sunday Major season on PokerStars came to an end Sunday with three players enjoying six-figure scores on Christmas. The biggest went to "||Burkeeee!," who collected nearly $200,000 for winning the Sunday Million. Among those to lock up first-place finishes throughout the Sunday Majors were Elad "Gambit360" Nosimaj and Luke "Bananazoo" Chiciak.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

The Sunday Million attracted a 6,982-player field, creating a $1,396,400 prize pool. It was little surprise that "JackobFish" was made it to heads-up play, since he began the final table with a sizable chip lead. And "||Burkeeee!" began in the middle of the pack, but was on the right end of a few key hands to make it to heads-up play.

On the 45th hand of heads-up play, at 700,000/1,400,000/140,000, "||Burkeeee!" (45.5m) opened with a min-raise to 2.8 million on the button. "JackobFish" (24.3m) shoved from the big blind holding Q?10?. "||Burkeeee!" tanked, but ultimately called with A?7? and held a slight lead. The board ran out J?J?5?4?2? to seal the deal for "||Burkeeee!."

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*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker (16th - $3,909.92)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

The $200+$15 Sunday Warm-Up attracted 2,700 entrants, creating a $540,000 prize pool. There was no deal made at the final table of the Sunday Warm-Up and the two players who entered the final table at the top of the counts found themselves playing heads-up.

Starting the duel nearly even in chips, "crossthervr" bested "elik567." On the final hand, "elik567" got it in with A?5?, but ran into "crossthervr's" A?10?. The board came down Q?7?6?K?10? to secure the victory, and $85,050 for "crossthervr."

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Notable Finishes: Jeff "jeff710" Hakim (24th - $1,485), Vicky Coren (40th - $1,134)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($250K Guaranteed)

The Sunday 500 drew a field of 637, eclipsing its guarantee. Following a heads-up deal, Luke "Bananazoo" Chiciak came out on top with the victory, and $52,034.28 prize.

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Dan "danloulou" Smyth (11th - $3,503.50), Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger (13th - $2,866.50), Alex "Schildy1984" Debus (15th - $2,866.50)

PokerStars Bigger $55 ($200K Guaranteed)

The Bigger $55 drew an impressive field of 5,538. A four-handed deal was worked out at the final table and in the end, "gurskiyy" emerged victorious, winning more than $34,000.

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Justin "truesyalose" Truesdell (28th - $595.33)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($100K Guaranteed)

The Bigger $109 more than doubled its guarantee on Sunday. The 2,244 players created a prize pool of $224,400. The tournament was won outright by "stknsidewayz" for more than $38,000.

Notable Finishes: Justin "truesyalose" Truesdell (22nd - $673.20)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($100K Guaranteed)

The Bigger $162 came close to doubling its guarantee, after drawing a solid field of 1,303. Another heads-up deal went down and "allintim1984" emerged victorious for $32,988.

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Fabrizio "SixthSenSe19" Gonzalez (10th - $1,856.77)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($125K Guaranteed)

As usual, the Sunday 2nd Chance crushed its guarantee, and wasn't all that far from doubling it. "Trappa 105" bested the 1,106-player field and pocketed $39,816.

Notable Finishes: Caio "caio_pimenta" Pimenta (26th - $995.40)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($200K Guaranteed)

The $109 Sunday Rebuy attracted 729 entrants. The $100+$9 buy-in event boasted a prize pool of $232,300. Elad "Gambit360" Nosimaj found himself with all the chips at the end, and the lion's share of the prize pool �� $43,672.40.

Notable Finishes: Pablo "pabritz" Brito (14th - $2,206.85)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($200K Guaranteed)

It was business as usual in the Sunday Storm as it drew its standard 30,000-plus participants. After a six-handed deal, "Baltini" was the sole survivor of the massive field, and took home $14,161.30.

*denotes six-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($75K Guaranteed)

The majors were started by the Sunday Kickoff, which drew 1,094 players, creating a prize pool of $109,400. After a heads-up deal, "DimaKondurov" bested Ari "BodogAri" Engel to take the title and $17,016.92 first-place prize.

*denotes heads-up deal

_{*PokerStars Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up data obtained from PokerStarsBlog.com}

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