The Sunday Briefing: a$$ou wins $60K in Sunday 500
Anthony Charter
Another Sunday grind has passed. The PokerStars Sunday Million was back to a $1 million guarantee but the premier weekly event enjoyed another boosted field. Jose Carlos "TryToExploit" Garcia earned the top prize of the week taking down $230,707 after a heads-up chop in a rare star-studded Sunday Million.
The top player out of Canada this week was serial final-tablist "a$$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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
$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.
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
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.
$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 |
$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 |
$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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