Sunday Briefing: Sunday Million Ends in Five-Way Chop
Online poker��s richest weekly tournament, the $215 Sunday Million at PokerStars, ended in a five-way chop this weekend with the quintet of players walking away with between $66,000 and $114,002 for their investment.
A deal was struck with only five players remaining. ��H1TMANSH�� was the first to benefit; the fifth-place finish was originally worth $38,100 but H1TMANSH took home $86,475 after the deal was struck.
Fourth place and $114,002, the largest prize this week, went to Sweden��s ��CherryOnTop��. ��Ballertimes�� of Finland secured a $66,000 payout. The runner-up, ��meneerbeer�� banked $86,465, while ��Apekatt666�� was the last player standing and turned $215 into $100,772.
Some of the other big payouts at PokerStars on Mar. 19 included:
- ��jakl&haid�� �C winner of the $109 Sunday Starter for $5,630
- ��Alm0st_There�� �C winner of the Big $162 for $4,503
- ��Beastmode001�� �C winner of the $109 Sunday Kickoff for $14,384
- Renato Almeida ��bauruzito�� Prado Valentim �C winner of the Hot $162 for $6,772
- ��SuchADegen�� �C winner of the $215 Bounty Builder for $12,129
- ��huang33�� �C winner of the $215 Sunday Warm-Up for $39,563
- Diego ��Mr.Bittar�� Bitar �C winner of the $215 Weekender for $6,254
- Naoya ��nkeyno�� Kihara �C winner of the Big $109 for $23,918
- Bernado ��Machadada RS�� Rocha �C winner of the Hot $162 for $9,876
- ��oakley007274�� �C winner of the $700 Super-Sized Sunday for $39,463
- ��WATnlos�� �C winner of the $109 Bounty Builder for $16,149
- ��Coria17�� �C winner of the $109 Bubble Rush for $9,732
- ��deanjlfc�� �C winner of the Hot $109 for $19,719
- Nick ��caecilius�� Petrangelo �C winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand NLHE for $54,731
- Dario ��Secret_M0d3�� Sammartino �C winner of the $1,050 Sunday Grand PLO for $26,417
- ��nofair18�� �C winner of the Big $215 for $28,389
- ��R0HR�� �C winner of the $109 Sunday Cooldown for $24,763
- ��Madcandle�� �C winner of the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $37,212
- ��TheFan83�� �C winner of the Hot $215 for $21,363
- ��SetNCheck�� �C winner of the $109 Sunday Wrap-Up for $11,170
There were also some huge results at partypoker on March 19, including the win in the $350,000 Gtd Title Fight for ��Civilokas�� which was worth a cool $56,000. Another large score went to ��SleepT1ght�� who triumphed in the $150,000 Gtd Main Event and turned $109 into $25,942.
Four high roller tournaments at partypoker were each filled with some of the best poker talent the world has to offer.
Robin ��petdet3ctive�� Ylitalo walked away with the $25,552 first-place prize of the $100,000 Gtd High Roller, while ��good player�� took down the $100,000 Gtd Super High Roller for $51,698. In the $150,000 Gtd High Roller, ��BuyThaPot�� claimed the top prize, namely $37,328 with ��prebzzz�� walking away with the $13,436 first-place prize of the $50,000 Gtd Turbo High Roller.
Over at 888poker, Scott ��AggroSantos�� Margereson walked away with top honors in the $120,000 Whale and turned his $600 into a most impressive $29,694. Germany��s ��bossamtisch1�� scooped the $25,687 top prize on offer in the $120,000 Mega Deep.
In the $40,000 Turbo Mega Deep, ��LeetRunGoot�� turned $215 into $9,243, ��m.stoyanov25�� won the $50,000 Crocodile for $12,397, and ��Wilmy_x�� secured the $15,241 top prize in the $80,000 Sunday Challenge.
