The Sunday Briefing: Kyle Julius Takes Runner-Up In The Sunday Million

Mickey Doft Live Reporter

Feb 11, 2013 3 min read

It was a profitable Sunday for many of online poker's best tournament players. The biggest prize ($199,000) went to Kyle "KJulius10" Julius for his second-place finish in the PokerStars Sunday Million. Meanwhile, Chris "NigDawG" Brammer took down the Bigger $109 for nearly $50,000 and fellow Brit Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick finished runner-up in the Sunday $500 for about $55,000.

On Full Tilt Poker, Nick "canofcorn22" Petrangelo continued his recent hot streak with a second-place showing in the Full Tilt 500K Guaranteed for $70,354. Also finding success on FTP was Sam "sammy_grinder" Grafton, who won the Sunday Brawl for $40,160.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	7,848	$1,569,600

Place	Player	Prize
*1	parmupill	$170,000
*2	Kyle "KJulius10" Julius	$199,000
*3	ragAAAila19	$156,820
4	42oscar	$79,108
5	cristi888	$62,784
6	pistecaloze	$47,088
7	IdolIvey	$31,392
8	D?nig	$18,050
9	akzack	$12,164

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Nick "FU_15" Maimone (73rd - $1,962), Jonathan "Poker Own U" Bardier (75th - $1,962), James "Andy McLEOD" Obst (83rd - $1,727)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	3,693	$738,600

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Scott "SLips713" Lipshutz	$108,877.08
*2	matt86ck	$93,500
3	jnel9	$60,935
4	AGALFARO	$42,470
5	N1lmar	$31,391
6	yali1961	$24,005
7	diasbet	$16,619
8	Ash "DYBYDX" Mason	$9,233
9	DwnByDaBrdge	$5,909

Notable Finishes: Simon "ministerborg" Ravnsbaek (14th - $3,234), Richard Toth (17th - $2,216)

Full Tilt $500K Guarantee ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$16	2,671	$534,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	DMaradona	$101,498
2	Nick "canofcorn22" Petrangelo	$70,354
3	BgsaPnaples	$49,681
4	Kask123	$37,394
5	MEXAHUK_UBAHOB	$27,778
6	DJs For Life	$20,300
7	Jibe1	$14,423
8	Tatute	$10,150
9	slinky1winky	$6,945

Notable Finishes: Mike "CuteIsWhatIAim4" Telker (18th - $2,564), Chance "Chances Cards" Kornuth (34th - $1,282)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$240+$16	1,004	$200,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	Sam "sammy_grinder" Grafton	$40,160
2	flashua777	$26,747
3	JailhouseTattoo	$19,076
4	WISHIGOTFPPS	$14,257
5	dadowiec	$10,642
6	Mazurite	$7,831
7	RICARDONAVAS	$5,823
8	The_Fisherman_9	$4,217
9	Romeopro33	$3,012

Notable Finishes: Steve "StevoL_7" Leonard (11th - $2,008), Mark "scrubbyz" Zadjner (13th - $1,526), Dan "imabigkidnow" Kelly (25th - $863)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	843	$421,500

Place	Player	Prize
1	Fofan10	$75,870
2	Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick	$54,795
3	m8675309a	$40,886
4	FYiWin	$30,559
5	plasticard	$21,244
6	Sheeter 200	$16,860
7	Skipper-dawn	$12,645
8	Vito "F.Briatore" Branciforte	$8,430
9	NhFy	$5,058

Notable Finishes: Amit "AMAK316" Makhija (12th - $4,215), Mathew "Matfrankland" Frankland (13th - $3,372), Johan "busto_soon" Van Til (16th - $2,529)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,063	$342,400

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Onadownswing	$51,195
*2	Cam "murballz66" Murray	$43,105
*3	ZISIMO7	$36,342
*4	Matej "Matejk992SLO" Kalcic	$37,990
5	Gustavo "PIUlimeira" Goto	$17,976
6	caaaamel	$14,552
7	dragonwarrior	$11,128
8	Pressure777	$7,704
9	AmichaiAK	$4,794

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Jamie "TheCronic420" Rosen (20th - $1,541), Jake "Bazeman11" Bazeley (21st - $1,541). Steve "Illini213" Barshak (26th - $1,541), Connor "blanconegro" Drinnan (27th - $1,541)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	3,116	$311,600

Place	Player	Prize
1	Chris "NigDawG" Brammer	$49,077
2	nickybea83	$36,613
3	lavidaloca11	$26,174
4	danking11	$17,917
5	renesewa	$13,555
6	dinos622	$10,439
7	WushuTM	$7,323
8	Vico$carpini	$4,213
9	Bankir_Rus	$2,649

Notable Finishes: Brandon "oncommand" Meyers (36th - $748)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$12	1,714	$257,100

Place	Player	Prize
1	KorbanAK	$42,177
2	KietyBoy	$30,852
3	Stefan "I'am_Sound" Huber	$23,139
4	777777ELEVEN	$17,226
5	Geraldo22	$12,212
6	Thiago "XTheDecanoX" Nishijima	$9,641
7	komoaba	$7,070
8	totaloser	$4,499
9	nailuj90	$2,571

Notable Finishes: Markus "MarkusG91" Garberg (11th - $2,031), Wesley "ZeelandBoy" Wiemes (21st - $1,003)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	1,385	$277,000

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Oliver "Talerric" Gill	$42,300
*2	LuCasino777	$33,455
*3	kingroler	$32,247
4	poker_in_pb	$18,836
5	marlin5555	$13,712
6	Nick "caecillius" Petrangelo	$10,942
7	Calvin "cal42688" Anderson	$8,172
8	GmEspigon	$5,402
9	salaliitto	$2,992

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Maria "Femmeonfelt" Ho (19th - $1,108), ordan "JWPRODIGY" Westmoreland (21st - $1,108), Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet (22nd - $1,108)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10+$1	42,984	$429,840

Place	Player	Prize
1	sean og84	$34,864
2	KrazyKiddo	$24,071
3	valera1976	$15,904
4	KISPOKERSK	$11,881
5	vadossik	$8,124
6	klammeraffe	$5,223
7	Gruaiggorm	$3,654
8	Justin "youbetchaya" Mackey	$2,493
9	TripleKay	$1,827