The Sunday Briefing: Andre Akkari and Kyle Julius Victorious on Double Vision Sunday

Mickey Doft Live Reporter

Feb 13, 2012 7 min read

After having its debut in October, PokerStars Double Vision Sunday returned this weekend and did not disappoint. Nine players emerged with six-figure scores on Sunday, none bigger than 2012 PCA runner-up Kyle "KJulius10" Julius. He won the Sunday Million II outright for $177,391.58. Also enjoying Sunday's festivities was Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari. He took down the Sunday Warm-Up II for an outright win worth $118,473.37.

Others to tackle tournament fields on Sunday include Steve "Illini213" Barshak, Luke "lb6121" Schwartz, and Kenny "LoneHixx" Hicks.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	7,852	$1,570,400

A five-handed deal took place in the Sunday Million, guaranteeing each player a six-figure score. On the final hand, "adrian_114iz" min-raised the button. A call from "uWi$hIamDeaD" delivered a 5?4?4? flop which both players proceeded to check. The 9? turn got the action going and afer a bet, three raises, and a call, the chips were in the middle of the table. With 5?4?, "uWi$hIamDeaD" flopped a full house and needed to dodge two outs because "adrian_114iz" tabled A?9?. The river was the Q?, securing the win for "uWi$hIamDeaD."

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

Place	Player	Prize
*1	uWi$hIamDeaD	$139,159.47
*2	adrian_114iz	$165,116.06
*3	PopaDama	$135,523.55
*4	Kaksnel	$108,703.80
*5	Jeb Gees	$119,549.33
6	insovietrus	$47,112
7	AQUA RAIDER	$31,408
8	DCARLOS17	$18,059.60
9	TMMPOKPOK	$12,170.60

*denotes five-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Daniel "GotURead" Reijmer (17th - $4,161.56), Jared "jvengrin" Vengrin (23rd - $3,454.88)

PokerStars Sunday Million II ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	5,671	$1,134,200

Kyle "KJulius10" Julius entered the final table of the Sunday Million II with the chip lead. Tim "weygang" English was second, so it was of little surprise that the two established pros found their way to heads-up play.

Julius began heads-up play with a slight chip lead but found himself trailing after doubling up English on the sixth hand. At the 250,000/500,000/50,000 level, English (17.6m) min-raised on the button. A call from Julius (39m) landed a K?9?5? flop where Julius check-called 1.111 million to see the 3? turn. It was more of the same for Julius who check-called 2.777 million. When the A? hit the river, Julius checked to English who shoved for abut 12.7 million. Julius called with 9?7?, but English tabled K?5? to double up.

Eight hands later, though, Julius reclaimed the lead. English's button min-raise was three-bet by Julius. A call from English led to an 8?4?2? flop which both players checked. The 9? turn fell and Julius bet about 1.8 million, only to see English raise to roughly 4.2 million. Julius called, the 3? river popped off, and Julius checked. English shoved with the bigger stack, but was snapped off by Julius with 3?3? for the rivered set. With 10?9?, English's top pair was second best.

The tournament ended 27 hands later with your standard race when English three-bet all-in for about 20 big blinds holding 5?5?. Julius showed K?J? and took it down when the board completed 9?9?4?4?K?.

To read more about the Sunday Million II, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com

Place	Player	Prize
1	Kyle "KJulius10" Julius	$177,391.58
2	Tim "weygang" English	$132,134.30
3	kinamon8	$93,401.37
4	padjes	$64,082.30
5	26071985	$48,203.50
6	Engelberth "engelberth.v" Varela	$36,861.50
7	vwborat18	$25,519.50
8	p.s.newreg	$14,177.50
9	DONTSTAKEME	$9,073.60

Notable Finishes: Ruben "rubenrtv" Visser (47th - $2,041.56), Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy (52nd - $2,041.56)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	4,176	$835,200

Steve "Illini213" Barshak took down the Sunday Warm-Up outright, closing it out with a little bit of good luck. He four-bet shoved A?3? and was called by "Woher" who tabled 7?7? and looked to take the big chip lead. However, the board rolled out K?9?2?4?A? as Barshak made a pair of aces on the river to seal the victory.

To read more about the Sunday Warm-Up, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com

Place	Player	Prize
1	Steve "Illini213" Barshak	$131,027.94
2	Woher	$97,300.80
3	Gentamicina3	$68,904
4	Erik_Ikast	$47,188.80
5	Timur Valeev	$35,496
6	selmita44	$27,144
7	SteenD	$18,792
8	JamsLaNoche	$10,440
9	stato_1	$6,681.60

Notable Finishes: Bryan Huang (19th - $2,088), Jonanthan "TherookieQQ9" Plens (28th - $1,837.44), Phidias "ael1979" Georgiou (35th - $1,837.44)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up II ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	3,773	$754,600

When play of the Sunday Warm-Up II was on the final-table bubble, a bust at both tables not only left eight players remaining, but also put Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari third in chips. He navigated his way down to the final three players before getting his chips in with 3?3? against the Q?10? of "cyberkanguru." A J?10?6? flop appeared to spell the end for Akkari, but he spiked the 3? on the turn to win the hand and survive.

After "cyberkanguru" exited in third place, Akkari found himself at a slight 1:1.45 chip disadvantage against "tonkaaaa." However, Akkari was the sole survivor after the 85-hand heads-up duel. Among those hands was an Akkari double with A?9? against A?6?. Akkari had three-bet shoved with his better ace and held up through the A?J?5?J?7? board.

Still, "tonkaaaa" held the lead before the key hand took place. With K?K?, Akkari three-bet from the big blind and "tonkaaaa" called to see a Q?10?2? flop. The chips soon were in the middle as Akkari's overpair held up against the J?9? of "tonkaaaa."

It ended 22 hands later when "tonkaaaa" shoved for about 13 big blinds with K?5?. A call from Akkari with A?6? would prove to be the last action of the match as the final board came down J?4?4?10?7? to seal the deal for the Brazilian pro.

To read more about Akkari's Sunday Warm-Up II victory, check out Martin Harris' in-depth recap at PokerStarsBlog.com

Place	Player	Prize
1	Andre "aakkari" Akkari	$118,473.37
2	tonkaaaa	$88,288.20
3	cyberkanguru	$62,254.50
4	dimka1089	$43,389.50
5	KingOfFilth	$32,070.50
6	eddymaksoud	$24,524.50
7	Finik73	$16,978.50
8	stofzuiger73	$9,432.50
9	instigator85	$6,036.80

Notable Finishes: Calvin "cal42688" Anderson (12th - $4,527.60), Chris "NigDawG" Brammer (16th - $2,263.80)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($250K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	860	$430,000

The last Sunday Major to conclude was the Sunday 500. Of the 860 entrants, Luke "lb6121" Schwartz bested the field for a pay day of about $68,815.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Luke "lb6121" Schwartz	$68,815.71
*2	Se7enTr3y	$64,484.29
3	KingGr	$41,710
4	kirbynator	$31,175
5	biurtyj	$21,672
6	David "davidv1213" Vamplew	$17,200
7	jenbizzle	$12,900
8	berg5528	$8,600
9	OMGitshunt	$5,160

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Kyle "KJulius10" Julius (11th - $4,300), Mike "SirWatts" Watson (14th - $3,440)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	3,310	$331,000

A heads-up deal took place in the Bigger $109 where once again, the guarantee was more than tripled. Kenny "LoneHixx" Hicks came out on top for more than $45,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Kenny "LoneHixx" Hicks	$45,092.91
*2	GAWA9	$43,615.09
3	matiko09	$26,645
4	instigator85	$18,205
5	Lui$starPRO$	$14,895
6	im#1gangster	$11,585
7	WhatCards	$8,275
8	Horst1990	$5,461.50
9	no_voy_nada	$3,508.60

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Danny "THE__D__RY" Ryan (13th - $1,820.50), Mike "SirWatts" Watson (21st - $695.10)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$12	1,651	$247,650

The Bigger $162 attracted a field of 1,651, more than doubling its guaranteed prize pool. The tournament was won outright by "jensjensen4", who defeated David "malicous222" Randall heads-up for the first-place prize of $43,908.

Place	Player	Prize
1	jensjensen4	$43,908.68
2	David "malicous222" Randall	$32,194.50
3	MON3Y$HOT	$24,765
4	domino020	$18,573.75
5	tanumfr	$13,001.62
6	dirkdiggler9	$10,525.12
7	gavonater	$8,048.62
8	Pushok1990	$5,572.12
9	MarkFSU1	$3,467.10

Notable Finishes: David "My Brim Low" Ivers (23rd - $842.01), Andre "aakkari" Akkari (29th - $544.83)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	1,366	$273,200

The Sunday 2nd Chance, attracted 1,366 entrants, up 113 players in attendance this week. Sorel Mizzi, Joseph Cheong, and Jim Collopy were among the notables who cashed, finishing 19th, 13th, and seventh respectively. "MaiseE" won the tournament outright for $47,154.32.

Place	Player	Prize
1	MaiseE	$47,154.32
2	Lucas "Bananazoo" Chiciak	$34,150
3	shrekhead568	$25,954
4	meteze	$19,014.72
5	Nemoqwe88	$13,523.40
6	FlipflopUK	$10,791.40
7	Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy	$8,059.40
8	BackdoorNutz	$5,327.40
9	ryanryan19	$3,005.20

Notable Finishes: Joseph "subiime" Cheong (13th - $1,885.08), Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi (19th - $1,147.44)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,158	$395,600

The $109 Sunday Rebuy nearly doubled its guarantee with 1,158 entrants. "Wijken" earned an outright victory for more than $72,000.

Place	Player	Prize
1	wijken	$72,394.80
2	MaltLiquor40	$52,614.80
3	Toby "810ofclubs" Lewis	$39,560
4	fr0zZy	$29,670
5	Str8$$$Homey	$20,769
6	jennyfuchs	$16,813
7	jeremaroto	$12,857
8	Gavin "bally29" Ball	$8,901
9	Bryan "Scarypooper5" Porter	$5,538.40

Notable Finishes: Cyriel "Supa4real" Dohmen (10th - $3,956), Jonathan "MONSTER_DONG" Karamalikis (17th - $2,413.16)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10+$1	43,066	$430,660

A five-handed deal took place in the Sunday Storm, which more than doubled its $200,000 guarantee. "RANDYTIGER" outlasted the 43,065 others about $25,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	RANDYTIGER	$24,991.39
*2	pilaa	$14,640.59
*3	loco0053	$13,278.82
*4	Guanedez	$23,490.08
*5	BANKRAUB	$18,635.50
6	jamilaragao	$5,232.51
7	politm69	$3,660.61
8	rulle1974	$2,497.82
9	Roman_024	$1,830.30

*denotes five-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Alex "Assassinato" Fitzgerald (10th - $1,205.84), Steve "Illini213" Barshak (24th - $538.32)

PokerStars Sunday Storm II ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10+$1	37,144	$371,440

The second of the Sunday Storms drew a bit less than the first but still reached its usual field. A heads-up deal went down with "AltairSa" landing the top spot for more than $30,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	AltairSa	$30,764.05
*2	SiladuS	$24,733.53
3	speederll	$15,600.48
4	XXNOMAD	$11,886.08
5	Martonio	$8,171.68
6	JJoker-999-	$5,014.44
7	Igotoo	$3,435.82
8	Picotmaster	$2,414.36
9	tilt21sted	$1,690.05

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Nicolas "Nocturnick" Leger (30th - $445.72)

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($75K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	2,390	$239,000

The first Sunday Major to start and wrap up was the Sunday Kickoff. A three-handed deal took place and "willy3009" came out on top for more than $30,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	willy3009	$30,245.63
*2	bartleby666	$28,745.64
*3	Tom "tollgate" Grigg	$28,745.63
4	YepImOnTilt	$14,340
5	player0207	$10,755
6	Cinomed	$8,365
7	gangstino	$5,975
8	kirbyi17	$4,063
9	pravdaua	$2,151

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Cyriel "Supa4real" Dohmen (40th - $561.65)

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff II ($75K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	2,322	$232,200

The Sunday Kickoff II drew slightly fewer players than its counterpart, but still more than tripled its guarantee. "SlyderS1" took it down following a heads-up deal.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	SlyderS1	$33,258
*2	CrAcky_Marty	$31,758
3	ImlykwagwanG	$20,224.62
4	Farley2008	$13,932
5	LanaPrincess	$10,449
6	thekevilfish	$8,127
7	dillinjah	$5,805
8	aJarov	$3,947.40
9	Stavros "IDOLLS" Kalfas	$2,089.80