The Sunday Briefing: Billy "b8chatz" Chattaway Goes Back-to-Back in Sunday 2nd Chance
Before many of online poker's top tournament talents made their way to the Bahamas for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure this week, the year's first big Sunday of online tournament action took place across the major sites. Bringing in the New Year with a bang was Billy "b8chatz" Chattaway who won the PokerStars 2nd Chance for the second straight week!
Last week, Chattaway took down the 2nd Chance for $56,648, earning him the largest score of his online poker career. He added another $43,979 to his bankroll this week by winning the 2nd Chance again, an incredible accomplishment considering both tournaments had field of more than 1,200 players.
Other notables pocketing big paydays on Sunday were Stefan "random_chu" Chew, Mat ��checktrap11�� Cuthbertson, Steve "StevoL_7" Leonard and Phill "Grindation" Mcallister, who made the final table of the PokerSars Sunday Million.
Here's a full look at the results from the Sunday Majors on PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, partypoker and WSOP.com:
Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+15 | 7,614 | $1,522,800 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | doypaliza | $196,911* |
| 2 | BDmaro | $164,439* |
| 3 | Scorpion0999 | $148,790* |
| 4 | DarkWinDuk | $76,749 |
| 5 | shulman20 | $60,912 |
| 6 | D0ntTiltOnMe | $45,684 |
| 7 | Phill "Grindation" Mcallister | $30,456 |
| 8 | Allantobias | $17,512 |
| 9 | phil548 | $11,801 |
*Reflects three-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Danny 'DannyN13' Noseworthy (13th - $6,091)
Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+15 | 3,181 | $636,200 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | vip25459 | $99,884 |
| 2 | Stefan "random_chu" Chew | $74,435 |
| 3 | Tonyfish77 | $52,486 |
| 4 | elliottpet | $36,581 |
| 5 | Kungfumonk | $27,038 |
| 6 | 10johan6 | $20,676 |
| 7 | 4QuietSTorm4 | $14,314 |
| 8 | jusc | $7,952 |
| 9 | yoz2k11 | $5,089 |
Notable Finishes: Chris "maxxscam" Back (18th - $1,908), Charlie ��Epiphany77�� Carrel (19th - $1,622)
Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $500+30 | 782 | $391,000 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrijan_S | $64,129* |
| 2 | chapecasapek | $57,080* |
| 3 | ariel329 | $37,927 |
| 4 | Chris "Run dat Game" Lovett | $28,347 |
| 5 | Steve "Illini213" Barshak | $19,706 |
| 6 | Emaa | $15,796 |
| 7 | IneedMassari | $11,886 |
| 8 | mighty28 | $8,015 |
| 9 | pedroshd | $4,887 |
*Reflects heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Nathan "ragingquads_" Tuthill (17th - $2,541), Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson (21st - $1,798), Taylor "tRaMp$d0PrAy" Paur (27th - $1,798)
Get in on the Sunday Majors action yourself by visiting PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and partypoker.
$109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $100+9 | 942 | $276,100 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mat ��checktrap11�� Cuthbertson | $47,611 |
| 2 | Ahhh ls lt? | $41,431 |
| 3 | theZeus333 | $27,610 |
| 4 | luckysir | $20,707 |
| 5 | alipaba | $14,495 |
| 6 | Silkesvarten | $11,734 |
| 7 | Matt "mjw006" Wakeman | $8,973 |
| 8 | Gordon "holla@yoboy" Vayo | $6,212 |
| 9 | liedson62 | $3,893 |
Notable Finishes: Taylor "tRaMp$d0PrAy" Paur (12th - $2,899), Naoya "nkeyno" Kihara (13th - $2,346), Johan "busto_soon" van Til (19th - $1,794)
200K Guaranteed Sunday
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $186+$14 | 953 | $200,000 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MackMommy9 | $32,200 |
| 2 | Michelle-84 | $22,900 |
| 3 | CharlizeTheron | $16,360 |
| 4 | trucking_67 | $12,650 |
| 5 | Ryan_Gosling | $10,280 |
| 6 | Vababa | $8,280 |
| 7 | c0rbl1meyguv | $6,280 |
| 8 | SaintJust_ | $4,360 |
| 9 | RedPant | $3,320 |
Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+15 | 1,258 | $251,600 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy "b8chatz" Chattaway | $43,979 |
| 2 | Sajanas171 | $31,953 |
| 3 | MrBarrett82 | $23,902 |
| 4 | Christophe ��chrisdm�� De Meulder | $17,863 |
| 5 | SuperChicken | $12,580 |
| 6 | bar-bar9999 | $10,064 |
| 7 | BigBang.JR | $7,548 |
| 8 | Bulat.alt | $5,032 |
| 9 | Shyam "G's zee" Srinivasan | $2,893 |
Notable Finishes: Allan "Sifosis" Baekke (10th - $2,390), Reed "reeda205" Hensel (12th - $2,390), Jerry "hummylun" Wong (13th - $1,887), Yevgeniy ��Jovial Gent�� Timoshenko (16th - $1,383), Mike "Pipedream17" Dietrich (26th - $1,056)
The Sunday Major ($150K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+15 | 910 | $182,000 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve "StevoL_7" Leonard | $35,288* |
| 2 | George Manousos | $25,353* |
| 3 | Graf_Zaal | $17,290 |
| 4 | Alex "AD_84" Debus | $12,922 |
| 5 | Raaadzio92 | $9,646 |
| 6 | mcaflix | $7,098 |
| 7 | Popp1987 | $5,278 |
| 8 | Samvevet | $3,822 |
| 9 | actionjunky32 | $2,730 |
*Reflects heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Grayson "swish3113" Ramage (20th - $782), Caio ��Pessagno�� Pessagno (23rd - 782)
Sunday Brawl ($100K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $240+15 | 587 | $117,400 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | jackmile | $24,947 |
| 2 | RushAAKKandQQ | $17,023 |
| 3 | dlanger610 | $12,914 |
| 4 | ImDoneCallin | $9,861 |
| 5 | moreno61 | $7,278 |
| 6 | tonyythemaster | $5,165 |
| 7 | LotzandLotz | $3,756 |
| 8 | Wine or Whiskey | $2,817 |
| 9 | nektoshe | $2,113 |
Notable Finishes: Marcin "pyszalek" Wydrowski (11th - $1,526), Reed "badbeatme" Hensel (21st -$587), Philipp "philbort" Gruissem (23rd - $587)
$20,000 Guaranteed Re-Entry Winter Poker Classic Event #1 (Nevada)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $185+15 | 107 | $35,520 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ms.Stone | $9,946 |
| 2 | fishn.chips | $6,038 |
| 3 | LAGityTAGity | $3,765 |
| 4 | SteppRaise | $3,055 |
| 5 | Midtownm33 | $2,699 |
| 6 | 2JA2LC | $1,883 |
| 7 | BillReynolds | $1,527 |
| 8 | Maynardo | $1,172 |
| 9 | bk1048 | $959 |
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