The Sunday Briefing: a$$ou wins $60K in Sunday 500

Another Sunday grind has passed. The PokerStars Sunday Million was back to a $1 million guarantee but the premier weekly event enjoyed another boosted field. Jose Carlos "TryToExploit" Garcia earned the top prize of the week taking down $230,707 after a heads-up chop in a rare star-studded Sunday Million.

The top player out of Canada this week was serial final-tablist "a$$ou" who finished runner-up in the PokerStars Sunday 500 for $59,723. "S_Dot11" shipped the Full Tilt Super Sized Sunday for $39,624, "SubtleBadger" came 3rd in the Full Tilt $250K GTD for $26,182, Michael "mossified" Skomac final-tabled the Sunday Million busting 8th for $19,993.60, and "R&O--UL" final-tabled the Sunday Supersonic earning $17,571.44 for 5th.

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Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$215	9,088	$1,817,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Jose Carlos "TryToExploit" Garcia	$230,707*
2	Steve "Stev0L_" Leonard	$219,698*
3	Graftekkel	$135,320
4	marc cedric	$90,880
5	Marcel "Mr. Sparco" Vonk	$72,704
6	Tomasz "Sphinx87" Cybulski	$54,528
7	Faborizer	$36,352
8	Michael "mossified84" Skomac	$19,993
9	Oliver "OJLimpsinn" Prior	$12,723

_{*Denotes heads-up deal}

Canadian notables: “dragonwarrior” 42nd for $3,271.68, “Steel77777” 51st for $2,999.04, and “alexMFNb” 54th for $2,999.04.

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Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$215	3,401	$680,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	KTURK	$96,978*
2	Kredka77	$71,810*
3	geopaep	$73,702*
4	allucan3at	$39,111
5	Dario-one	$28,908
6	bennybunny18	$22,106
7	agnik80	$15,304
8	klinger63	$8,502
9	PeepOnTheSly	$5,441

_{*Denotes three-handed deal}

Canadian notables: "pezdispenced” 15th for $3,060.90, Evan “SenorPokes” Jarvis 19th for $1,734.51, and “ModzillaPL” 20th for $1,734.51.

Sunday 500

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$530	931	$465,500

Place	Player	Prize
1	Marko "BriDge2PaiN" Neumann	$83,790
2	a$$ou	$59,723
3	MatejM47	$44,688
4	'JNandez87	$33,516
5	Chaz D 87	$23,275
6	easylimp	$18,620
7	padjes	$13,965
8	Ti0373	$9,310
9	fers223	$5,586

Canadian notables: “*MAP*” 10th for $4,422, “1stalenuts1” 15th for $3,491, “greekgod13” 22nd for $2,048, and “88xin88” 33rd for $1,815.

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Sunday 2nd Chance

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$215	1,675	$331,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	Takapillu7	$55,509
2	sanex29	$40,596
3	Psychol11111	$30,654
4	miho777	$22,535
5	IkillU2012	$16,238.60
6	texaszanardi	$12,924.60
7	tooturney	$9,610.60
8	Barakiel27	$6,296.60
9	samooth	$3,413.42

Canadian notables: Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja 16th fr $1,524.44, Carter “cswidler” Swidler 20th for $1,325.60, and “birddy420” 24th for $1,325.60.

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Sunday Supersonic

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$215	1,603	$337,912.40

Place	Player	Prize
1	Klebanov999	$48,213.59*
2	g.karolis	$45,810.18*
3	a.S.e High	$43,305.04*
4	Fabio "hdjgkfgsdl" Sperling	$24,498.64
5	R&O--UL	$17,571.44
6	o23oSyD	$14,192.32
7	altiFC	$10,813.19
8	huiiiiiiiiii	$7,434.07
9	lagartinha73	$4,730.77

_{*Denotes three-handed deal}

Canadian notables: “jadedjason” 11th for $3,041.21, “ryanghall” 17th for $1,689.56, “KornHizzle20” 22nd for $1,115.11, and “bpot88” 26th for $1,115.11.

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The Bigger $162

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$162	2,063	$309,450

Place	Player	Prize
1	Alonnnnnn	$49,513
2	oyvindbe	$37,134
3	tarheelkid23	$27,850
4	Sick’nSocial	$19,851
5	Mammola	$13,925
6	He3HaiKa	$10,830
7	Dan "DatWillDoPig" Rankin	$7,736.25
8	hogeater	$5,415.37
9	PAW717	$3,094

Canadian notables: Canadian notables “Jigs Flippin” 10th for $2,398.23, “UncleAnte9” 12th for $2,398.23, and “Hustlaaaaaa” 14th for $1,856.70.

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Canadian Live Major Qualifier

PokerStars Canada Cup Main Event package winners ($3,300)
- Carter "cswidler" Swidler
- Ikilltigeren

EPT Grand Final package winners (€14,000)
- Jeff "jeff710" Hakim
- zackattack13
- Shyram "G’s zee" Srinivasan
- maxuu

EPT San Remo package winner (€8,100)
- Griffin “Flush_Entity” Benger

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$250K Guarantee

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$215	1,378	$275,600

Place	Player	Prize
1	Connor "negroblanco" Drinan	$55,120
2	Fabian Quoss	$36,654
3	SubtleBadger	$26,182
4	GIAMPP	$19,567
5	Anthony "holdplz" Spinella	$14,606
6	Syyyke_mann	$10,748
7	YouOnlyLivOnce	$7,992
8	marko2701	$5,787
9	Vote L 4T2L0	$4,106

Canadian notables: “muttler” 20th for $1,102, Mike “wywrot” Wywrot 21st for $1,102, Ben “NeverScaredB” Wilinofsky 26th for $1,102, and Aidan “whereisdonny” Tam 28th for $771.68.

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Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$255	1,054	$210,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	Grazza No1	$42,160
2	midnightGuest	$28,078
3	lordjosejose	$20,026
4	inf3rnal	$14,966
5	dadowiec	$11,172
6	Randy "rh300487" Hereman	$8,221
7	Volody512345	$6,113
8	PerfectWeather	$4,426
9	Gl4diat0r	$3,162

Canadian notables: Carter “cswidler” Swidler 11th for $2,108, and “IfHeDiesheDies” 36th for $695

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Super Sized Sunday

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$635	254	$152,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	S_Dot11	$39,624
2	yasunori66	$25,146
3	Appelkruimel	$19,050
4	BluffAndAwe	$14,859
5	rh300487	$11,049
6	skitzo333	$8,001
7	OBagre	$5,334
8	StephCute	$4,191
9	Eblin	$3,200

Canadian notables: “NoBadBeatsPlz” 14th for $1,524, “PerfectWeather” 16th for $1,143, “xs1” 17th for $1,143, and Carter “cswidler” Swidler 22nd for $914.40.

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$200K Guaranteed Sunday

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200	1,100	$204,600

Place	Player	Prize
1	DerD0n777	$28,030.20
2	Mr.ingenious	$16,879.50
3	Max_The_Mush	$10,025.40
4	loveCICA	$7,750.20
5	Bluffer OO	$5,421.90
6	sm2702	$3,989.70
7	Romeo1500	$2,966.70
8	pizzadude_1	$2,455.20
9	GRANDAD_BAZ	$1,964.16

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$100K Guaranteed High Roller

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500	233	$109,859.50

Place	Player	Prize
1	YSSERGFFEJ	$19,335.48
2	HanneLind	$12,853.56
3	Vojta_R	$9,777.49
4	DR.WALTZ	$8,019.74
5	CToft	$6,426.78
6	Pavlikanll	$5,053.53
7	KnightDABest	$3,954.94
8	fullhouse4me	$2,966.20
9	Gargamel2	$2,142.26

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$50K Guaranteed

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100	676	$62,597.60

Place	Player	Prize
1	PolloCrispy	$8,920.81
2	skitzo793	$5,539.88
3	Gagurgel	$3,317.67
4	Broke___Joke	$2,503.90
5	zestymordant	$1,846.62
6	ateori	$1,314.54
7	theSWEENEY88	$1,014.08
8	Merkoen	$782.47
9	Allfinlir	$657.27

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