The Sunday Briefing: "Slyfox151" wins Sunday Million 6th Anniversary after Huge Comeback

Mickey Doft Live Reporter

Mar 12, 2012 4 min read

Another milestone was reached on PokerStars this weekend as the 6th Anniversary of the Sunday Million was celebrated with a $6,000,000 guarantee made for Sunday's biggest tournament. As a result, many of the Sunday Majors also saw increased numbers, and in the last few weeks the guarantees of most have been bumped up.

PokerStars Sunday Million 6th Anniversary ($6M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	33,732	$6,746,400

A $6,000,000 guarantee in the PokerStars Sunday Million 6th Anniversary meant several people would emerge with six-figures added to their bankrolls. Although first place was originally set at seven figures, an eight-handed deal was reached that guaranteed six-figure scores to each, leaving $120,000 on the table for the eventual first-place finisher. Finland's "toode" received the biggest pay day at just shy of $600,000 but bowed out in seventh place.

Despite entering the final table with a mere five big blinds, "slyfox151" battled back and navigated to the end before emerging victorious. Heads-up with "blodders03," "slyfox151" began the duel with about a 2.3:1 chip lead. It wasn't easy from there, but "slyfox151" eventually sealed the deal after "blodders03" shoved on the button for about 10 big blinds with A?Q?. Holding 4?4?, "slyfox151" called and took it down when the board ran out J?8?5?10?6? to secure the victory.

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Place	Player	Prize
*1	slyfox151	$480,761.38
*2	blodders03	$481,724.56
*3	HesBluffingx	$552,972.89
*4	paars_Wit	$254,827.49
*5	lalex-79	$225,028.27
*6	SASHA 2908	$187,355.63
*7	toode	$590,482.92
*8	baadger	$239,269.62
9	orange6	$53,296.56

*denotes eight-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Cesar "CesarSPA" Garcia (65th - $5,059.80), Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb (105th - $4,047.84)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	3,664	$732,800

The final table of the Sunday Warm-Up was littered with notable players who weaved their ways through the 3,664-player field. One-time Sunday Million winner Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier finished ninth, and former EPT Grand Final champion Nicolas "niccc" Chouity took seventh. Among the final four players were Patrick "Bandano" Renkers and Alex "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Zervos. Renkers busted in third, leaving Zervos heads-up with "jorjo2007" for the title of champion.

Unfortunately for Zervos, he finished runner-up. With the board reading K?5?3?9?, Zervos check-raised all in holding A?5?, but trailed "jorjo2007's" K?3?. The Q? hit the river, giving the win to "jorjo2007."

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Place	Player	Prize
*1	jorjo2007	$83,457.78
*2	Alex "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Zervos	$78,473.66
*3	Patrick "Bandano" Renkers	$72,031.71
*4	V?fflan87	$69,417.22
5	Lynette0	$31,144
6	ramondemon77	$23,816
7	Nicolas "niccc" Chouity	$16,488
8	buckguy2200	$9,160
9	Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier	$5,862.40

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Mark "scrubbyz" Zajdner (14th - $3,297.60), Ben "bennybunny18" Richardson (15th - $3,297.60)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	1,109	$554,500

Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez put forth a nice showing in the Sunday 500, taking fourth place for $37,706. The triumph eventually went to "Rui_pt20," besting Simon "pokerbrat13" Charette for the first-place prize of $94,265.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Rui_pt20	$94,265
2	Simon "pokerbrat13" Charette	$69,312.50
3	montecarlo13	$52,622.05
4	Leo Fernandez	$37,706
5	nkimhoangkie	$27,447.75
6	m.a-0000	$21,902.75
7	stofzuiger73	$16,357.75
8	mrstardust	$10,812.75
9	Festivuss	$5,988.60

Notable Finishes: Nick "FU_15" Maimone (10th - $4,879.60), Carter "cswidler" Swidler (14th - $3,770.60)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	3,888	$388,800

The Bigger $109 saw a solid gain of nearly 400 entrants this week and nearly doubled its guarantee. "Thelumeister" took it down outright for about $57,309

Place	Player	Prize
1	thelumeister	$57,309.12
2	BoomBoomX	$40,824
3	Grindation	$28,771.20
4	Reshafim87	$21,384
5	Arina_Fringe	$17,496
6	morris130	$13,219.20
7	b0zkurt	$9,331.20
8	Matt "mjw006" Wakeman	$6,220.80
9	caesmaximus	$3,888

Notable Finishes: Fabrizio "SixthSenSe19" Gonzalez (24th - $816.48)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$12	2,415	$362,250

The Bigger $162 also saw a solid gain in participation this week as 616 additional player took part. The $150,000 guarantee was more than doubled, topping out at $362,250. After two near final tables made in last week's Sunday Majors, Kenny "LoneHixx" Hicks final tabled this one and took fourth place. The outright win went to "schIizzer" for just shy of $61,000.

Place	Player	Prize
1	schIizzer	$60,677.42
2	upstrick77	$45,281.25
3	lokaio	$33,689.25
4	Kenny "LoneHixx" Hicks	$23,546.25
5	jusc	$18,112.50
6	Rbownds	$14,490
7	raidalot	$10,867.50
8	johnny060	$7,245
9	LolS	$4,980.37

Notable Finishes: Shyam "G's zee" Srinivasan (26th - $941.85), Michael "mossified84" Skomac (27th - $941.85)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	2,025	$405,000

The Sunday 2nd Chance saw a significant rise in attendance, up about 40 percent compared to last week, to more than double the guarantee. In the end, "ekziter" outlasted the field for $64,800.

Place	Player	Prize
1	ekziter	$64,800
2	Shankar825	$48,600
3	Mrdawwe	$36,450
4	Mafews	$26,628.75
5	prinssiuljas	$19,237.50
6	I_Mr_U_Bean	$14,985
7	Bounatirou	$10,935
8	proctus	$7,087.50
9	uczud	$4,050

Notable Finishes: Diego "diegoaiz" Aizenberg (14th - $2,490.75), Ryan "ryanghall" Hall (16th - $1,822.50)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,054	$355,800

Several notables made the Sunday Rebuy final table. Peter "Belabacsi" Traply took fifth, while Clayton "slammedfire" Mozdzen finished fourth. However, it was Sadan "the_snail03" Turker who came away with the victory for more than $60,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Sadan "the_snail03" Turker	$60,231.50
*2	sersh282	$38,000
*3	Hans-jorg029	$37,000
*4	Clayton "slammedfire" Mozdzen	$40,000
5	Peter "Belabacsi" Traply	$18,679.50
6	cheezees	$15,121.50
7	young_diam18	$11,563.50
8	Gord0nGeck0	$8,005.50
9	rubak787	$4,981.20

Notable Finishes: Carter "cswidler" Swidler (10th - $3,558), Jonathan "jonyctt" Concepci��n (17th - $2,205.96), Mike "Pipedream17" Dietrich (18th - $2,205.96)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10+$1	39,415	$394,150

Despite a small 199-player dip, the Sunday Storm once again drew a sea of entrants. The 39,415-entrant field was topped by "bopfy," who took home $31,980.70 for the victory.

Place	Player	Prize
1	bopfy	$31,980.70
2	AVALON1983	$22,072.40
3	Parez03	$14,583.55
4	Slyme1003	$10,894.30
5	GoldenBoy406	$7,449.43
6	shytalk1414	$4,788.92
7	temka99	$3,350.27
8	Csmar	$2,286.07
9	69Tequila69	$1,675.13

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,320	$132,000

Although it slipped by more than 400 players, the Sunday Kickoff still comfortably surpassed its guarantee. Scott "BigRiskky" Clements made a deep run, ultimately finishing in 12th place. A heads-up chop took place with "coims888" and "Boomslag" pocketing $19,470 for their efforts.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	coims888	$19,470
*2	Boomslag	$19,470
3	xal1959	$12,526.80
4	Alex71AMT	$8,976
5	soumi7	$6,534
6	adios111	$5,214
7	Crazy Elior	$3,894
8	sedoi1979	$2,574
9	giveall$4me	$1,425.60