The Sunday Briefing: Sunday Million Victory for "franc1978685"

Posted at 17:00 2012-07-11 by Mickey Doft

The World Series of Poker Main Event is under way, but that didn't stop online-poker Sunday from producing some big winners. The biggest individual prize went to "franc1978685" for winning the Sunday Million. Among those making final tables were Team PokerStars Pros Bryan Huang and Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hruby. Also having a nice Sunday was Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko, final tabling the Sunday Warm-Up and making a deep run in the $109 Sunday Rebuy.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	5,705	$1,141,000

A rare six-handed deal took place in the Sunday Million this week, guaranteeing each of the final six players at least $76,000. The final three players entered the final table as the three biggest stacks, but it was the shortest of the bunch, "franc1978685," who came out on top.

Heads-up with "conjunk," the near-even stacks went into the middle on an flop. The of "franc1978685" bested "conjunk's" when the turn and river fell. That left "conjunk" with two big blinds, and the tournament ended on the next hand.

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Place	Player	Prize
*1	franc1978685	$124,183.64
*2	conjunk	$124,547.94
*3	themightyD.R	$89,180.88
*4	Kimromy	$56,841.58
*5	Nikolo5	$77,932.87
*6	ActionJunk	$76,305.24
7	soldier_1912	$25,102
8	excellence	$14,262.50
9	pokerstefi	$8,899.80

*denotes six-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($750K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	2,645	$529,000

Making deep runs in the Sunday Warm-Up were Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang (ninth place for $4,496.50) and Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko, finishing in fourth place for more than $30,000. From there, a three-handed deal was made. From there, "TheMatadorCC" took it down. On the final hand, with the board reading , runner-up finisher "He3HaiKa" got it in with . "TheMatadorCC" tabled a better two pair with and held up through the river.

To read more about this week's Sunday Warm-Up, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	TheMatadorCC	$80,940
*2	He3HaiKa	$56,500
*3	niewie	$53,000
4	Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko	$30,941.21
5	Harada110	$23,011.50
6	Ilha13	$17,721.50
7	Marshall252	$12,431.50
8	Filurn	$7,670.50
9	BryanHuang	$4,496.50

*denotes three-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	576	$300,000

Julian "soydelmillo" Menendez (10th - $3,300) and Michael "PapaGreggio" Hawkins (21st - $1,500) finished a tad shy shy of the final table in the Sunday 500. A heads-up deal took place that saw "komisch99" emerge with the win for $52,023.07.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	komisch99	$52,023.07
*2	slowdancer59	$44,726.93
3	rumbai4	$30,000
4	youaremelon	$22,500
5	ImADickted2U	$15,750
6	Matt "mjw006" Wakeman	$12,750
7	Jaroslow "YanniYankiev" Jaskiewicz	$9,750
8	CSWAMI	$6,750
9	Aufangzeb	$4,230

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	704	$225,000

The $109 Sunday Rebuy managed to get a few notables at the final table even during the WSOP. Cathal "shinerrr" Shine defeated Andras "probirs" Nemeth heads-up for the $42,300 first-place prize.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Cathal "shinerrr" Shine	$42,300
2	Andras "probirs" Nemeth	$30,825
3	ggrigorop	$22,725
4	Piggysnipz	$17,100
5	liujunwei926	$12,015
6	Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis	$9,562.50
7	Mariachi	$7,312.50
8	vikt777	$5,062.50
9	ediguadro	$3,375

Notable Finishes: Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko (12th - $2,587.50)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	2,329	$232,900

Shyam "G's zee" Srinivasan (12th - $1,630.30) and Jesse "On the Mac" McKenzie (17th - $931.60) just missed out of the Bigger $109 final table, which was eventually won by "styggert" for $37,264.72.

Place	Player	Prize
1	styggert	$37,264.72
2	akasherin	$27,948
3	KRfishONE	$20,285.59
4	r4st4f4ri	$13,974
5	C.L.R.L.	$10,480.50
6	yflo	$8,151.50
7	Ubenbeat16	$5,822.50
8	LEGENDKING	$3,959.30
9	Grizzlypower	$2,096.10

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$12	1,254	$188,100

The Bigger $162 had a three-handed deal take place, guaranteeing each more than $20,500. In the end, "viebu" was the sole survivor and emerged with a $30,340.19 payday.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	viebu	$30,340.19
*2	Bostero10	$22,500
*3	El Braulin	$20,500
4	esprob	$12,790.80
5	iJustGamble	$9,310.95
6	mr.salgado30	$7,429.95
7	grzanka777	$5,548.95
8	Thief0fchips	$3,667.95
9	buytenwegh	$2,031.48

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Alex "skalexjung" Jung (22nd - $752.40)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	1,004	$200,800

Team PokerStars Pro Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hruby made a deep run in the Sunday 2nd Chance, finishing in fourth place for $14,558. Taking it down was "singslim" for $36,144.

Place	Player	Prize
1	singslim	$36,144
2	zavor	$26,104
3	Sasuke234	$19,477.60
4	Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hruby	$14,558
5	RemyLeBeau83	$10,120.32
6	avinaar	$8,112.32
7	faithless	$6,104.32
8	El Braulin	$4,116.40
9	marty7	$2,510

Notable Finishes: David "dhilton12" Hilton (26th - $923.68)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10+$1	29,406	$300,000

The Sunday Storm usually sees a deal takes place; however, that was not the case this week. "USoGotPwned" topped a field of 29,406 and took it down outright for $28,050.

Place	Player	Prize
1	USoGotPwned	$28,050
2	dj_Xeraan	$20,550
3	GrimRipper2	$13,350
4	SVSchobuell	$10,350
5	standupflush	$7,350
6	Cranky<3	$4,500
7	Maniek1971	$3,150
8	KippekontNL	$2,100
9	intimad8or32	$1,485

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,463	$146,300

A four-handed deal in the Sunday Kickoff got things started this weekend and when the dust settled, "Brandvold" was the victorious one for more than $18,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Brandvold	$18,169.54
*2	INormaJean	$18,181.55
*3	Crazy Elior	$15,000.17
*4	pa11go	$14,557.16
5	Agent Bear	$7,168.70
6	PantsDownPat	$5,705.70
7	squintster	$4,242.70
8	MVSRussia	$2,779.70
9	gucu23	$1,506.89

*denotes four-handed deal

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

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