The Sunday Briefing: Espen Sørlie Chops Sunday Million and FTOPS Main Event for $312K

Going deep in a Sunday Major isn't something that happens very often for most people. Neither is going deep in the FTOPS Main Event. If you’re Espen “sh4wshank” Sørlie, though, you do both in the same day.

Sørlie played through more than 6,500 other runners to chop the PokerStars $215 Sunday Million heads up against Finland’s “€urop€an” at the same time as he chopped the $635 FTOPS Main Event three ways on Full Tilt Poker.

Sørlie, with $168,270 for second in the Sunday Million and $143,556 for second in the FTOPS Main Event, was clearly the biggest winner playing from Canada this past Sunday, but he was by no means the only one. Sørlie was clearly excited about his day’s work on Twitter.

Chopped milly hu got $168,270, aaaand chopped ftops main 3 ways for $143,556!!
— Espen Sørlie (@Sh4wshank)

Richmond, BC’s “Krazee2” joined Sørlie on the final table of the FTOPS Main Event, finishing seventh for a score of $29,000. In a Sørlie-like move, “TheEsquilax” also cut a deal heads up, ultimately finishing second for $21,499 in the $11 Sunday Storm.

WSOP bracelet holder Phil “MrSweet28” Galfond took down the $109 Sunday Rebuy on Pokerstars, winning $45,412.50 while Waterloo’s Will “CutiePi314” Ma finished 10th for $2,664.20 in the same event. The $215 Sunday 2nd Chance saw two Canadians at the final table, with “dirty.brazil” finishing fifth for $11,500 as well as “Yayoshow” winning $4,634 for eighth. Josh "bbbbb33" Weizer squeaked onto the final table of the $162 Sunday 6-Max, grabbing fifth place for $6,795.

The FTOPS Main Event wasn’t the only big thing at Full Tilt this past Sunday. FTOPS Event #28, a $2,100 buy-in, had four Canadians in the top 10. “Samosaking” finished fifth for $36,500, while “MUFAZZA” finished right behind him for $10,000 less. Rounding out the Canadians were “biz-tings” in eighth for $10,500, and “IfHeDiesHeDies,” the final table bubble boy, taking home $6,250. Finally, on Full Tilt, “StephCute” scored $3,712 for seventh place in the $635 Super-Sized Sunday.

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

The Sunday Briefing: Espen Sørlie Chops Sunday Million and FTOPS Main Event for 2K 101

FTOPS Main Event ($1 Million Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$600+35	1,500	$1,000,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	ponyo88	$153,962*
2	Espen "Sh4wshank" Sørlie	$143,556*
3	LuisFigo1014	$130,481*
4	THE_ROCK_ROYAL	$71,000
5	artist666	$53,000
6	TANK141	$39,000
7	Krazee2	$29,000
8	Takis187	$21,000
9	bond25459	$14,900

_{*Reflects three-handed deal}

Notable Finishes: David "DonkCommited" Miscikowski (13th - $7,400), Vojtech "Vojta_R" Ruzicka (14th - $7,400), Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen (23rd - $4,000), Ben "benba" Lamb (24th - $4,000), Aleks "Berkyy" Brkovic (25th - $4,000)

The Sunday Briefing: Espen Sørlie Chops Sunday Million and FTOPS Main Event for 2K 102

Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	6,685	$1,337,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	€urop€an	$185,400
2	Espen "sh4wshank" Sørlie	$168,270
3	_Prinsesse_7	$106,960
4	David "My Brim Low" Ivers	$73,535
5	bandi136	$56,154
6	metis669	$42,784
7	RadimSoudsky	$29,414
8	trump029	$16,044
9	Mom`s_lies	$10,361

Notable Finishes: Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov (24th - $3,128), Keven "Stammdogg" Stammen (48th - $2,326)

The Sunday Briefing: Espen Sørlie Chops Sunday Million and FTOPS Main Event for 2K 103

Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	2,801	$560,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	only4joke	$83,343*
2	jsven06	$70,712
3	aposimbiesi	$47,056
4	T3G3S	$32,211
5	7ei7ka	$24,368
6	shiiiken	$18,766
7	Rasdam	$13,164
8	AceHighTwice	$xxx
9	yvydendyvy	$4,761

_{*Reflects heads-up deal}

Notable Finishes: Russell "rdcrsn" Carson (14th - $2,660), Nick "Rounder63" Carillo (17th - $1,820), Marcin "pyszalek" Wydrowski (20th - $1,540)

The Sunday Briefing: Espen Sørlie Chops Sunday Million and FTOPS Main Event for 2K 104

FTOPS Event #28 ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$2,000+100	76	$500,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Rhys "floppin_ell" Jones	$93,421*
2	Brian "brianm15" England	$93,525*
3	Andras Nemeth	$88,053*
4	hello_totti	$48,750
5	samosaking	$36,250
6	MUFAZZA	$26,250
7	Luke "__FullFlush1__" Schwartz	$17,500
8	Jeff "YoungSupremacy" Hakim	$13,750
9	biz-tings	$10,500

_{*Reflects three-handed deal}

Notable Finishes: Noah "Exclusive" Boeken (14th - $5,000), Ravi "govshark2" Raghavan (16th - $3,750), David "DonkCommited" Miscikowski (19th - $3,000), Dan "imabigkidnow" Kelly (20th - $3,000), Bryn "OneUponAStar" Kenney (26th - $3,000), Mickey "Mement_mori" Petersen ($27th - $3,000)

The Sunday Briefing: Espen Sørlie Chops Sunday Million and FTOPS Main Event for 2K 105

Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+30	682	$341,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	LAP1293	$57,244*
2	drik717	$50,000*
3	Murik100	$33,759
4	Tom "7tHEcROw7" MacDonald	$25,404
5	Rayan "rkruok" Nathan	$17,732
6	Yakiddinme	$14,322
7	pokeben	$10,912
8	TrankiNLVida	$7,502
9	beck_ron1989	$4,433

_{*Reflects heads-up deal}

Notable Finishes: Steve "Zugwat" Silverman (15th - $3,069), Frank "Round42" Rusnak (22nd - $1,705), Christian "charder30" Harder (23rd - $1,705)

The Sunday Briefing: Espen Sørlie Chops Sunday Million and FTOPS Main Event for 2K 106

FTOPS Event #30 ($250K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$240+15	1,077	$250,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Tom "hitthehole" Middleton	$53,000
2	Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov	$33,500
3	Kask123	$23,750
4	Da "imabigkidnow" Kelly	$18,250
5	Perfect1232	$12,750
6	thekillerxxx	$8,500

Notable Finishes: Bolivar "Ramux" Palacios (15th - $1,875), Ben "NeverScaredB" Wilinofsky (23rd - $1,300), Jono "Spyver" Beck (26th - $1,300)

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

The Sunday Briefing: Espen Sørlie Chops Sunday Million and FTOPS Main Event for 2K 107

$109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+9	809	$242,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	Phil "MrSweets28" Galfond	$45,412
2	Bagelakis23	$32,697
3	Allan "Sifosis" Baekke	$24,220
4	fcarrico	$18,165
5	MendaLarenda	$12,715
6	indeceny5	$10,293
7	hello_totti	$7,871
8	Jordan "Jymaster11" Young	$5,449
9	shinerrr	$3,415

Notable Finishes: Will "CutiePi314" Ma (10th - $2,664), Fabian “fabstinho” Quoss (14th - $2,179), Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti (17th - $1,695), Hunter "HEMIpowerSWT" Frey (19th - $1,695), Mohsin "sms9231" Charania (24th - $1,211)

The Sunday Briefing: Espen Sørlie Chops Sunday Million and FTOPS Main Event for 2K 108

200K Guaranteed Sunday

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	885	$200,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	semislaktarn	$27,900
2	Romaneee	$16,900
3	MONEYBILL7777	$10,100
4	BombDropper	$7,600
5	iamworst22	$5,500
6	milfhunter6969	$4,000
7	pinktacoeater	$3,180
8	NLJFF	$2,500
9	Jonny7	$2,000

The Sunday Briefing: Espen Sørlie Chops Sunday Million and FTOPS Main Event for 2K 109

Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	1,156	$231,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	RommyTheCute	$41,616
2	33.karlos	$29,662
3	Lamujen	$22,195
4	eXecute_R111	$16,646
5	dirty.brasil	$11,560
6	clever_flop	$9,248
7	Andy "andyh26" Holman	$6,936
8	Yayoshow	$4,624
9	akrksek1	$2,774

Notable Finishes: Nick "FU_15" Maimone (12th - $2,196), Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov (18th - $1,271), John "bullyon" Buglion (19th - $1,017), Brian "brianm15" England (20th - $1,017), Steve “betrthanphil” Tripp (24th - $1,017)

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