The Sunday Briefing: Marty ��TheLipoFund�� Mathis and Alex "dynoalot" Difelice Win Majors
Many of poker's top online grinders have made their way to Las Vegas for the 2013 World Series of Poker, but the action was still lively across PokerStars at Full Tilt Poker on Sunday. The PokerStars Sunday Million easily surpassed its guarantee as 6,733 players generated a prize pool of more than $1.3 million. "ATHIED87," a former champion of Full Tilt Poker's flagship Sunday Major, took down the Sunday Million after a heads-up deal with "Donkab0mber."
Among the notables who locked up big scores on Sunday were Matthias ��mattidm�� de Meulder , Nick "FU_15" Maimone , Stefan "YrrsiN" Huber , Marty ��TheLipoFund�� Mathis , Stefan "YrrsiN" Huber and Alex "dynoalot" Difelice .
Here's a look at the results of Sunday's major tournaments on PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker:
PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+15 6,733 $1,346,600
Place Player Prize 1 ATHIED87 $188,157* 2 Donkab0mber $168,157* 3 Die Ventura $74,063 3 Poeira $74,063 4 afflynn $56,577 5 politm69 $43,091 7 big_pockett $29,625 8 Lyngman $16,159 9 Assnacke $10,436
*Denotes heads-up deal
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+15 3,010 $602,000
Place Player Prize 1 Paffchen $94,514 2 bakajagub $70,434 3 Matthias ��mattidm�� de Meulder $49,978 4 RotoBronco $34,615 5 BriteStripe $25,886 6 ApesAreFun $19,866 7 lynskey99 $13,846 8 Niqo4 $7m826 9 lasagnaaammm $4,816
Full Tilt $350K Guarantee ($350K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+15 1,382 $350,000
Place Player Prize 1 CAPINHABR $70,000 2 Nick "FU_15" Maimone $46,500 3 mrbrat $33,250 4 azzabeontaces $24,850 5 prebzman $18,550 6 Ofitel1 $13,650 7 Kask123 $10,150 8 b91pit $7350 9 UHAVESMALLPP $5,215
Notable Finishes: George "George2Loose" Bedi (13th - $2,590), Dan "jungleman12" Cates (15th - $2,590), Caio "Pessagno" Pessagno, Shyam "S_Dot111" Srinivasan (18th - $1,925)
Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+15 716 $200,000
Place Player Prize 1 WHOPPWHOPP $36,025 2 Stefan "YrrsiN" Huber $30,614 3 Sharp6810 $19,000 4 blenderpipe $14,200 5 Frysboxen $10,600 6 Nora80 $7,800 7 kittiegomah $5,800 8 Fisksson $4,200 9 Djordje_83 $3,000
*Denotes heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Pratyush "Shane Gamble" Buddiga (13th - $1,520), Nick "PureCash25" Rampone (19th - $860), Ben "kidcardiff" Warrington (20th - $860)
PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $500+30 745 $372,500
Place Player Prize 1 AJacejackAJ $67,422 2 NhPokah $48,425 3 NeoForastero $36,318 4 Goldenboys $27,192 5 Soccermom96 $19,183 6 StatusUp $14,458 7 Erland $11,733 8 nailuj90 $8,232 9 emaestrodobi $4,768
Notable Finishes: Matt "ch0ppy" Kay (16th - $2,553), Joep ��Pappe_Ruk�� Van Den Bijgaart (23rd - $1,788)
PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $100+9 879 $52,162
Place Player Prize 1 huiiiiiiiiii $52,162 2 young_diam18 $37,557 3 KeyserMM $27,820 4 Frederik "Fred_Brink" Jensen $20,865 5 mendezoo $14,605 6 KaSTeL83 $11,283 7 Bradley "BaZa88" Bower $9,041 8 raidalot $6,259 9 Angelical20 $3,922
Notable Finishes: Brandon "TheMatadorCC" Barnes (20th - $1,391), Nico "PKaiser" Fierro (21st - $1,391), TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer (25th - $1,391), Nicholas "Rounder63" Carrillo (26th - $1,391)
PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $100+9 2,913 $291,300
Place Player Prize 1 wiseguy2004 $36,580* 2 GeoManousos $38,479* 3 jared5555 $29,808* 4 MonkeyBudg $17,038 5 ratajpoker $12,671 6 ROMDOM82 $9,758 7 kalikin $6,845 8 YugiohPro $4,223 9 Prattyush "Shane Gamble" Buddiga $2,476
*Denotes three-handed deal
PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $150+12 1,628 $244,200
Place Player Prize 1 Alex "dynoalot" Difelice $40,601 2 Maxxx72alba $29,304 3 fish_talez $21,978 4 NotYetBust $16,361 5 Stev0L_ $11,599 6 txyz $9,157 7 bah23 $6,715 8 77kol0bok77 $4,273 9 GeoManousos $2,422
PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+15 1,277 $255,400
Place Player Prize 1 inv.K4F $37,703* 2 Marco "4high20" Ruggeri $30,803* 3 killer_oooo $32,835* 4 bedias $18,133 5 Scott "SCTrojans" Freeman $12,770 6 MatejK992SLO $10,216 7 TranquilMind $7,662 8 kjunia $5,108 9 Alexander "RedIceRap" Gerlach $2,937
*Denotes three-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Christophe ��chrisdm�� De Meulder (14th - $1,915), Joep ��Pappe_Ruk�� Van Den Bijgaart (21st - $1,072),
PokerStars Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $210.80+4.20 1,228 $258,862
Place Player Prize 1 Marty ��TheLipoFund�� Mathis $46,803 2 miguel18 $33,910 3 Miltos14 $25,866 4 Patrick "pmahoney22" Mahoney $19,414 5 pawnUz $13,590 6 guth888 $11,001 7 Assnacke $8,413 8 Brian "brianm15" England $5,824 9 softcored $3,624
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