The Sunday Briefing: Bogdan "Lionet" Diaconu Wins PokerStars Sunday Million for $203K

Brett Collson Chief Editor

May 26, 2014 4 min read

Many of poker's top online talents are making their way to Las Vegas for the 2014 World Series of Poker, but there was still plenty of action across PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker on Sunday. Both sites ran their usual slate of major tournaments, and several pros hit paydirt.

Bogdan "Lionet" Diaconu was the biggest earner on Sunday after winning the PokerStars Sunday Million. The Romanian bested a field of 6,676 to claim the $203,088 top prize. Finishing third in that event was Norway's "fullhouseiii," who reached his second Sunday Million final table in three months. He finished runner-up to Lauri "IMS DURNK" Pesonen in February for $169,598 and added another $106,816 to his bankroll on Sunday.

Among the other notables who locked up big scores on Sunday were Lars "Dsavo" Bonding, Joao Mathias, Ami "UhhMee" Barer, Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson, Evgeny "evgen sochi" Korchagin, and Jim "reelhugefish" Gilbert, who managed to make two major final tables at PokerStars on Sunday.

Here's a full look at the results from the Sunday Majors on PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and WSOP.com:

The Sunday Briefing: Bogdan "Lionet" Diaconu Wins PokerStars Sunday Million for 3K 101

Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	6,676	$1,335,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	Bogdan "Lionet" Diaconu	$203,088
2	XXL#1kfcfan	$150,210
3	fullhouseiii	$106,816
4	ruscittobr	$73,436
5	shermanash	$56,078
6	pAYtAXiSnICE	$42,726
7	mat1i	$29,374
8	macblack1	$16,022
9	ILTAA	$10,347

Notable Finishes: Timothy "Vichyn88" Harold (21st - $3,124), Clark "snake8484" Hamagami (44th - $2,523)

The Sunday Briefing: Bogdan "Lionet" Diaconu Wins PokerStars Sunday Million for 3K 102

Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	2,915	$583,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Casharrie	$91,822
2	Lars "Dsavo" Bonding	$68,502
3	Jim "reelhugefish" Gilbert	$48,972
4	Evgeny "evgen sochi" Korchagin	$33,522
5	Vyacheslav "vip25429" Bordartsev	$25,360
6	Gratidude	$19,350
7	joben19	$13,700
8	GaborMarton	$7,882
9	lundkok86	$4,955

Notable Finishes: Grzegorz "gegor7878" Wyraz (22nd - $1,603), Michael "micide" Kraus (25th - $1,603), Pavel "Taska85" Kellner (27th - $1,603), Denis "bondseller" Razin (51st - $1,107)

The Sunday Briefing: Bogdan "Lionet" Diaconu Wins PokerStars Sunday Million for 3K 103

Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+30	779	$389,500

Place	Player	Prize
1	armenioz	$70,110
2	Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson	$50,635
3	Kent "ForzaVaxholm" Lundmark	$37,781
4	NELU STOGU	$28,238
5	Joel "jbrown8777" Brown	$19,630
6	Matt "FaceStealer" Volosevich	$15,735
7	Jon "PearlJammer" Turner	$11,840
8	Artur "ARTSchGamble" Scerbak	$7,894
9	Mark "waggy5757" Wagstaff	$

Notable Finishes: Matias "Festivuss" Gabrenja (12th - $4,089), Grayson "gray31" Ramage (16th - $2,531), Pascal "pistecaloze" Vos (17th - $2,531), Alex "Allingomes" Gomes (20th - $1,791), Matthias "goodvide1" Neu (22nd - $1,791)

The Sunday Briefing: Bogdan "Lionet" Diaconu Wins PokerStars Sunday Million for 3K 104

Full Tilt $250K Guarantee

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	1,137	$250,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	jokerWSOP	$44,857
2	Joao Mathias	$38,442
3	Ami "UhhMee" Barer	$23,750
4	ur_jst_ignorant	$17,750
5	thegr8str8	$13,250
6	tangentangent	$9,750
7	Rhys "floppin_ell" Jones	$7,250
8	Austrain_Master	$5,250
9	Andrew "achen" Chen	$3,750

Notable Finishes: Aliaksei "ale6ka" Boika (12th - $2,500), Chris "Getting Daize" Oliver (20th - $1,075), Steve "HR Dub" Williams (21st - 1,075)

The Sunday Briefing: Bogdan "Lionet" Diaconu Wins PokerStars Sunday Million for 3K 105

Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$240+15	958	$200,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	zzDaGR1NDzz7	$40,000
2	Alex "AD_84" Debus	$26,640
3	TheSonOfBink	$19,000
4	TakeIt2NextLVL	$14,200
5	Tacuara7	$10,600
6	tatamati	$7,800
7	Kutanoid	$5,800
8	pendall	$4,200
9	setherson22	$3,000

Notable Finishes: Keven "Stammdogg" Stammen (12th - $2,000), Reed "badbeatme" Hensel (15th - $1,520), Matt "NoBadBeatsPlz" Kay (19th - $860), Ondrej "Vinkyy" Vinklarek (24th - $860)

Get in on the Sunday Majors action yourself by visiting PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and PartyPoker.

The Sunday Briefing: Bogdan "Lionet" Diaconu Wins PokerStars Sunday Million for 3K 106

$109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+9	879	$260,900

Place	Player	Prize
1	Epiphany77	$44,972*
2	Mario "Epakfailer" Alina	$32,242*
3	Yuri "theNERDguyMartins	$33,015*
4	Robby "PlayaPlz" Lipkin	$19,567
5	Mr.Bittar	$13,697
6	sirgenutz	$11,088
7	masterscott	$8,479
8	Malak$tyle	$5,870
9	Nick "Rounder63" Carrillo	$3,678

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Notable Finishes: Jason "jdtjpoker" Wheeler (14th - $2,348), Dylan "WhiteRabbito" Honeyman (15th - $2,348), Eric "psuNYY51" Ladny (17th - $1,826), Aliaksei "ale6ka" Boika (20th - $1,304), Alexander "BIack88" Trofimov (21st - $1,304), Rocco "Sephirot88" Palumbo (22nd - $1,304), Jason "TeamWispy" Helder (24th - $1,304), Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov (25th - $1,304)

The Sunday Briefing: Bogdan "Lionet" Diaconu Wins PokerStars Sunday Million for 3K 107

Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	1,238	$247,600

Place	Player	Prize
1	Mikael Hansen	$43,280
2	Kirill "Yoo4" Shugai	$25,841
3	danger0us	$30,935
4	HeadShotFryoV	$30,048
5	dave798111	$12,380
6	litofcas11	$9,904
7	bossamtisch	$7,428
8	Pthelegend	$4,952
9	Wenderr	$2,847

Notable Finishes: Dmitry "gosuoposum1" Demyanenko (10th - $2,352), Rick "ThEcLaiMer" Trigg (12th - $2,352), Michael "Skammes" Tureniec (19th - $1,039), Carlos "Carster" Chadha (20th - $1,039), Ben "NeverScaredB" Wilinofsky (22nd - $1,039), Jerry "hummylun" Wong (25th - $1,039)

The Sunday Briefing: Bogdan "Lionet" Diaconu Wins PokerStars Sunday Million for 3K 108

Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$210.80+4.20	1,395	$294,066

Place	Player	Prize
1	KornHizzle20	$52,932
2	cristofanell	$38,228
3	PokerSavage1	$29,406
4	AB_Poker_12	$22,054
5	Marc "Aduobe4" Daubach	$15,438
6	Neanderthal4	$12,497
7	mickop	$9,557
8	Mike "Pipedream17" Dietrich	$6,616
9	Jim "reelhugefish" Gilbert	$4,116

Notable Finishes: Mick "BIGMICKG" Graydon (13th - $2,205), Mike "Timex" McDonald (17th - $1,617), Jordan "JWPRODIGY" Westmorland (18th - $1,617), Chad Eveslage (19th - $1,029)