Sunday Majors Round-Up: Chris Brammer Wins Yet Another MTT!

Posted 8 days 4 hours ago by Matthew Pitt

Another very profitable Sunday has passed for several players on the virtual felt. Six players pocketed over $100,000 on Sunday, with the biggest belonging to Benjamin "janfryed" Garcia for a third-place finish in the Sunday Million following a deal. Meanwhile, the world number one ranked player for online poker tournaments Chris "NigDawG" Brammer added to his already ridiculous online résumé with a win in the $109 Sunday Rebuy.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	8,225	$1,645,000

A six-handed deal in the Sunday Million meant six-figure scores all around. Benjamin "janfryed" Garcia was the chip leader at the time and earned the biggest prize of the day, but he ultimately finished in third place. "Guesty001" bested Orjan "Aftret" Skommo for the title of champion after the latter made a final stand with . Holding , "Guesty001" looked Skommo up and held up through the board to seal the deal.

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Place	Player	Prize
*1	Guesty001	$123,196.17
*2	Orjan "Aftret" Skommo	$118,484.43
*3	Benjamin "janfryed" Garcia	$151,739.34
*4	lollasen	$110,159.90
*5	1_conor_b_1	$129,874.19
*6	tilt21sted	$115,678.97
7	QUINN520	$32,900
8	CrissD6713	$18,917.50
9	molik44	$12,748.75

*denotes six-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger (28th - $3,290), Jon "LUFCBas" Spinks (55th - $2,549.75), Heath "TheBigHef" Chick (59th - $2,549.75), Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo (70th - $2,303)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	3,297	$659,400

A five-handed deal took place in the Sunday Warm-Up this week, guaranteeing each more than $51,000. Among them was Leandro "leopeluca" Csome, but he ran into the of "Palmero92." Csome failed to catch up and exited in third place. One hand is all it took for "Palmero72" to finish the job. With the final board reading , "jerry ping" check-called all in with . However, "Palmero72" had the goods with to secure the victory.

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Place	Player	Prize
*1	Palmero92	$72,989.56
*2	jerry ping	$56,110.31
*3	Leandro "leopeluca" Csome	$53,958.65
*4	BWFCLEE	$66,600.14
*5	Xplogo	$51,358.34
6	eom2000	$21,430.50
7	Tomascibak	$14,836.50
8	wpr101	$8,242.50
9	Kingoooo	$5,275.20

*denotes five-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Niki “RealAndyBeal” Jedlicka (26th - $1,681.47), Alex "AlexKP" Petersen (38th - $1,351.77)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	917	$458,500

Two weeks after earning a win in the $109 Sunday Rebuy, Brian "AKBigFish" James came close to a win in the Sunday 500 with a third-place finish. The triumph was "zitinio's", worth more than $70,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	zitinio	$70,022.77
*2	micide	$58,526.05
*3	Brian "AKBigFish" James	$56,822.73
4	Mik3ma	$33,012
5	10IsTheYear	$22,925
6	H.Oussale	$18,340
7	Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier	$13,755
8	bullstopper	$9,170
9	psyzalek	$5,502

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Jack "jackellwood" Ellwood (29th - $1,788.15), Jon "LUFCBas" Spinks (36th - $1,788.15), Tim "Tmay420" West (37th - $1,558.90)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	3,112	$311,200

The Bigger $109's numbers were also down from last week, but that didn't matter much to "mitchymitch3," the outright winner for $49,014.

Place	Player	Prize
1	mitchymitch3	$49,014
2	Joao "megas" Silva	$36,566
3	camikater	$26,140.80
4	Dial P	$17,894
5	bartleby666	$13,537.20
6	Lemino09	$10,425.20
7	nipe1955	$7,313.20
8	im_oddy	$4,207.42
9	Maethi	$2,645.20

Notable Finishes: Jonas "Telefonkiosk" Lindlof (21st - $855.80)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$12	1,759	$263,850

An additional 35 players took part in this week's Bigger $162. "FaceStealer" emerged victorious outright for more than $42,000.

Place	Player	Prize
1	FaceStealer	$42,216.91
2	RasA86	$31,662
3	Suppinho	$23,746.50
4	umburanas	$17,348.13
5	danialmeria	$12,532.87
6	ouchagainAA	$9,762.45
7	Franspro	$7,123.95
8	Operga	$4,617.37
9	fudodk	$2,638.50

Notable Finishes: Jamie "Bear4rms" Sykes (25th - $1,002.63), Ami "UhhMee" Barer (26th - $1,002.63)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	1,455	$291,000

Leandro "leopeluca" Csome's second final table of the day of the day didn't go as well as his first, earning ninth place in the Sunday 2nd Chance. Following a heads-up deal, "toril274" walked away with the win for nearly $45,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	toril274	$44,180.70
*2	Raaadzio91	$41,664.30
3	alex987	$27,615.90
4	Ballertimes	$19,788
5	specht1988	$14,404.50
6	PreshaDrop	$11,494.50
7	Daniel "Garnerus" Gomez	$8,584.50
8	FoldDirtyB.	$5,674.50
9	Leandro "leopeluca" Csome	$3,142.80

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Ben "KidCardiff6" Warrington (10th - $2,560.80), Liv Boeree (17th - $1,396.80)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,006	$323,100

The numbers were down in the $109 Sunday Rebuy, but that didn't stop the big names from breaking through. McLean "PureProfitFo" Karr took sixth place, while British online superstar Chris "NigDawG" Brammer earned the outright victory for just shy of $60,000.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Chris "NigDawG" Brammer	$59,773.50
2	V1rtuozzzzzz	$43,295.40
3	Jarcon86	$32,310
4	Rasmus "bigoots" Sibast	$24,232.50
5	GS_LT	$16,962.75
6	McLean "PureProfitFo" Karr	$13,731.75
7	nicopoker18	$10,500.75
8	23noraB	$7,269.75
9	OhRaisyDaisy	$4,523.40

Notable Finishes: Patrick "pmahoney22" Mahoney (18th - $2,100.15), Torsten “jektiss” Brinkmann (26th - $1,453.95)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10+$1	38,345	$383,450

Next week marks the one year anniversary of the Sunday Storm, but it was business as usual this week. A three-handed deal took place with "Moabiter12" outlasting the field for more than $26,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Moabiter12	$26,258.94
*2	ph1shman420	$20,258.93
*3	Crashsite!!	$20,258.94
4	ZH_kh	$10,598.55
5	rob_t1986	$7,247.20
6	mercer22	$4,658.91
7	Painalton	$3,259.32
8	Staraya888	$2,224.01
9	timeurezz1z	$1,629.66

*denotes three-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,406	$140,600

The Sunday Kickoff dipped this week, down 136 players, but still easily covered its guarantee. A heads-up deal took place and "strilflush" overcame a deficit to emerge with the win for nearly $20,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	strilflush	$19,139.03
*2	TopLad14	$21,501.40
3	Sietze2801	$12,935.20
4	quixote123	$9,560.80
5	SlevinRO	$6,889.40
6	assCARDSsin	$5,483.40
7	segrinder	$4,077.40
8	shakalas	$2,671.40
9	youaremelon	$1,462.24

*denotes heads-up deal

_{*PokerStars Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up data obtained from PokerStarsBlog.com}

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