The Sunday Briefing: Sorel Mizzi Takes Second in Sunday Rebuy

Mickey Doft Live Reporter

May 07, 2012 3 min read

The Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) kicked off on Sunday, but many of the regularly scheduled Sunday Majors ran as they usually do. Several notables posted excellent showings. Andras "probirs" Nemeth and Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen posted wins, while Sadan "the_snail03" Turker and Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi were among the runner-ups.

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	961	$480,500

With the Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up essentially beefed up to SCOOP status this week, the Sunday 500 had the biggest prize pool of the regular Sunday Majors. A tough final table that included Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero, Rupert "ElRupert" Elder and Taylor "tRaMp$d0PrAy" Paur was topped by Hungarian pro Andras "probirs" Nemeth for more than $75,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Andras "probirs" Nemeth	$75,056.42
*2	montecarlo13	$69,958.48
3	mypokerf	$45,647.50
4	pezler06	$34,115.50
5	Klebanov999	$24,025
6	Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero	$19,220
7	Rupert "ElRupert" Elder	$14,415
8	respect82	$9,610
9	Taylor "tRaMp$d0PrAy" Paur	$5,525.75

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Hunter "HEMIpowerSWT" Frey (11th - $4,564.75), Felipe "Improved" Montenegro (16th - $2,642.75), Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi (18th - $2,642.75)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,239	$416,600

The $109 Sunday Rebuy saw an excellent bump this week as 270 additional players added $87,300 to the prize pool. Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi held the chip lead for much of the final table and at the start start of heads-up play, but he came up short as "paulitschMC" fought back to claim the $76,029 first-place prize.

Place	Player	Prize
1	paulitschMC	$76,029.50
2	Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi	$55,366.14
3	highdro420	$41,660
4	pappadogg	$31,245
5	Rory "Mafews" Mathews	$21,871.50
6	Rick "ThEcLaiMEer" Trigg	$17,705.50
7	Skipper-dawn	$13,539.50
8	Olembe	$9,373.50
9	Rafael "LiroLa" Monteiro	$5,832.40

Notable Finishes: Mathew "Matfrankland" Frankland (21st - $1,791.38), Hunter "HEMIpowerSWT" Frey (24th - $1,791.38)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	3,532	$353,200

Just like last week, a four-handed deal took place in the Bigger $109. What was different, though, was that 478 more players took part in this week's affair. Outlasting the field was "vip25459" for more than $48,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	vip25459	$48,200.53
*2	herkulidis	$30,880.04
*3	Vombat88	$38,464.07
*4	nord96	$28,858.67
5	Sasuke234	$15,120.49
6	Mr. Klean	$11,479
7	alainniala	$7,947
8	nano88	$4,415
9	wallaceallin	$2,825.60

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer (21st - $935.98), Dan "djk123" Kelly (27th - $935.98)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$12	1,880	$282,000

It isn't every week that the Bigger $162 sees three notable players make the final table. Scott "gunning4you" Seiver took seventh place, while Tim "Tmay420" West finished in fourth. Both came up short to Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen, who collected $45,120 for the win.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen	$45,120
2	mumu12345	$33,840
3	FairLaw	$25,380
4	Tim "Tmay420" West	$18,451.50
5	Anjeyyy	$13,395
6	Zareta	$10,434
7	Scott "gunning4you" Seiver	$7,614
8	harbour	$4,935
9	PushMeDirty	$2,820

Notable Finishes: Jack "jackellwood" Ellwood (21st - $1,043.40), Joseph "subiime" Cheong (24th - $1,043.20)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	1,547	$309,400

The Sunday 2nd Chance picked up 88 additional players this week and, like many other of this week's majors, a four-handed deal took place. "MilesLogaNL" emerged from the pack to claim a first-place prize of nearly $43,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	MilesLogaNL	$42,930.39
*2	diouf999	$29,607.23
*3	I_M_ICM	$28,474.03
*4	Kecinpulach	$37,924.42
5	Kuatro	$15,160.60
6	Kihlstrom	$12,066.60
7	David "dave798111" Allan	$8,972.60
8	Biologist	$5,878.60
9	erman18	$3,217.76

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Renato "leguito" Almeida (11th - $2,629.90), Andre "aakkari" Akkari (18th - $1,485.12)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10+$1	35,339	$353,390

Even though the Sunday Storm dipped by more than 2,000 players this week, it still easily covered its guarantee. The last five players remaining agreed to a chop, and "roman141014" ultimately claimed victory for more than $21,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	roman141014	$21,201.39
*2	Abrupt guy	$15,128.87
*3	haldi80	$20,321.91
*4	albert_dork	$16,437.62
*5	jjblokdijk	$13,636.39
6	Zaiiiiippi	$4,770.76
7	JMcKW	$3,268.85
8	arianguapo	$2,297.03
9	PeterJonas	$1,607.92

*denotes five-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,373	$137,300

Down 137 players from last week, the Sunday Kickoff saw a four-handed deal worked out. Among the final four was Sadan "the_snail03" Turker, but he finished runner-up to "Evilduke11."

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Evilduke11	$17,000
*2	Sadan "the_snail03" Turker	$14,500
*3	Terence999	$15,900
*4	valkyri3	$14,254.67
5	KvicKiller	$6,727.70
6	necora75	$5,354.70
7	1_conor_b_1	$3,981.70
8	Dominykas "Domce" Karmazinas	$2,608.70
9	rubak787	$1,427.92