The Sunday Briefing: Bracelet Winner Robert Cheung Wins PokerStars Sunday Million
With the 2013 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) in the books, PokerStars Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-up returned to the schedule for the first time in a month, and both picked up right where they left off by smashing their guaranteed prize pools.
Four players earned six-figure scores in the Sunday Million after a five-way ICM deal at the final table. After the negotiations were settled, Canadian businessman and 2007 World Series of Poker bracelet winner Robert "Runninggreat" Cheung "yurasov1990," who locked up $139,121 as the chip leader when the deal was struck.
Others scooping big paydays on Sunday were Dylan "Poker)evilL" Hortin , Brandon "norjean" Meyers , Ondrej "Vinkyy" Vinklarek , Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis , and Aleks "Berkyy" Brkovic , who made two major final tables at PokerStars. Brkovic finished eighth in the Sunday Warm-Up and then won the Sunday 500 for $58,045.
Here's a look at the results from the Sunday tournaments at PokerStars Full Tilt Poker PartyPoker
PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+15 6,834 $1,366,800
Place Player Prize 1 Robert "Runninggreat" Cheung $127,340* 2 honhanv $137,649* 3 yurasov1990 $139,121* 4 datysho $97,912* 5 Desmoplakin $101,559* 6 PolecatRider $43,737 7 risomopeibol $30,069 8 tzanosdim $16,401 9 touchmynuts1 $10,592
*Denotes five-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Jo?o "joaobarb" Barbosa (33rd - $2,856)
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+15 3,227 $645,500
Place Player Prize 1 MORTIIIIIIIII $93,795* 2 davydenko123 $83,045* 3 Gribnogrib $53,245 4 nerdje08 $37,110 5 Crimson Cain $27,429 6 HenniferLopez $20,975 7 Russell "rcrane082985" Crane $14,521 8 Aleks "Berkyy" Brkovic $8,067 9 C.L.R.L. $5,163
*Denotes heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Aditya ��intervntion�� Agarwal (16th - $1,936), Martin ��phasE89�� Balaz (25th - $1,645), Larry "BBOY3119" Sharpe (27th - $1,645)
Full Tilt $250K Guarantee ($250K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+15 1,345 $269,000
Place Player Prize 1 marinko17 $53,800 2 suk12 $35,830 3 useintuit $25,555 4 Ondrej "Vinkyy" Vinklarek $19,099 5 FeriBo $14,257 6 lukethafluke $10,491 7 Jarza $7,801 8 HabsFTW $5,649 9 Steve "StevoL_7" Leonard $4,035
Notable Finishes: Connor "negroblanco" Drinnan (15th - $2,044), Jason "NovaSky" Koon (24th - $1,156), Paul "paulgees81" Volpe (25th - $1,156)
Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $240+15 1,115 $223,000
Place Player Prize 1 Brandon "norjean" Meyers $44,600 2 Ben "SPRAGGS" Spraggons $29,703 3 YouGOOOGIRL $21,185 4 lasagna_6 $15,833 5 Jude "j_thaddeus" Ainsworth $11,819 6 Grius $8,697 7 Crotan17 $6,417 8 omarson $4,683 9 Karen70 $3,345
Notable Finishes: Spencer "UH Big Tex" Hudson (13th - $1,694), David "Gunslinger3" Bach (18th - $1,293)
PartyPoker 200K Guaranteed Sunday
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+15 1,127 $225,400
Place Player Prize 1 MattSplatt $26,670* 2 ShaneO19O $26,292* 3 Wisiniewski $20,960* 4 NotEnufSoup $20,633* 5 SOTTOB $10,255 6 ZerbonatoR $8,001 7 padredetres $5,747 8 gifuhornet $3,719 9 Darksiders300 $2,592
*Denotes four-handed deal
PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $500+30 720 $360,000
Place Player Prize 1 Aleks "Berkyy" Brkovic $58,045* 2 Iwantbearitch $53,914* 3 Grizzlypower $35,100 4 vovtroy $26,280 5 Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis $18,540 6 James "croll103" Carroll $14,940 7 Johan "busto_soon" Van Til $11,340 8 SerriyPro $7,956 9 mrAndreeew $4,608
*Denotes heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Connor "blanconegro" Drinan (10th - $3,888), Steve "Illini213" Barshak (15th - $3,168), Kyle "KJulius" Julius (16th - $2,448), Jason "jakoon1985" Koon (21st - $1,728)
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PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $100+9 882 $263,600
Place Player Prize 1 MarcoMorais $49,425 2 gifuhorna $35,586 3 bar-bar9999 $26,360 4 bebaimis777 $19,770 5 khanrava $13,839 6 morans350 $11,203 7 korobo4ka138 $8,567 8 Dolleman12 $5,931 9 Brian "Halfrek" Elgaard $3,716
Notable Finishes: Michael "moneyinbag" Aron (12th - $2,899), Jordan "Jymaster11" Young (14th - $2,372), Steven "Zugwat" Silverman (15th - $2,372), Pierre "Zoutechamp" Neuville (17th - $1,845)
PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+15 1,223 $244,600
Place Player Prize 1 Dylan "Poker)evilL" Hortin $35,134* 2 GeoMansous $30,453* 3 Fabaz $31,469* 4 jgrhajsj $17,366 5 Johan "busto_soon" Van Til $12,230 6 Aditya ��intervntion�� Agarwal $8,784 7 Hexxer14 $7,338 8 lemontree90 $4,892 9 ministerborg $2,812
*Denotes three-handed deal
Notable Finishes: James "croll103" Carroll (11th - $2,323), Hunter "HEMIpowerSWT" Frey (17th - $1,345)
PokerStars Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $210.80+4.20 1,270 $267,716
Place Player Prize 1 Dowgh-Santos $45,054* 2 jbrown8777 $38,420* 3 mikal12345 $26,771 4 Taska85 $20,078 5 Kevin "iacog04" Iacofano $14,055 6 1bren $11,377 7 xxmcxx-1984 $8,700 8 Martin ��phasE89�� Balaz $6,023 9 Kogel Gees $3,748
*Denotes heads-up deal
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+15 69 $15,000
Place Player Prize 1 StreetsAhead $4,350 2 farhahater $2,550 3 hanky23 $1,800 4 willis $1,500 5 TheHague $1,200 6 redmike99 $1,035 7 NanoThermite $885 8 SaltyDog23 $735 9 easy_treez $525
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