It was a busy weekend across the major online poker sites, but for the second week in a row, the PokerStars Sunday Million, the largest weekly tournament held online, had an overlay. This week, it was a little over $10,000, as 7,446 poker hopefuls registered. In the end, doulas12 won the Sunday Million, taking home the $184,500 first place prize, etching his name in poker history.
The Sunday Million on PokerStars is a $200+$15 buy-in tournament that regularly attracts thousands of the best online poker players in the world to the site plus a throng of novices, each looking to turn $200 into life-changing money in a matter of a few hours. When the smoke cleared, doulas12 defeated Crackpfeife, who pocketed $124,950 for second place. Coming in third was anetas1, who cashed for a solid $84,000. Reaching the nine-handed final table were joncheng (fourth place for $69,000), rimmer27 (fifth place for $54,000), DragonBenoni (sixth place for $39,000), slumpee (seventh place for $26,250), petit ponche (eighth place for $17,250), and xannax20 (ninth place for $10,500). The top 1,080 players cashed, which represented nearly 15% of the field. The Sunday Million, despite its name, actually has a $1.5 million guaranteed prize pool.
Also held on PokerStars every weekend is the Sunday Warm-Up, the first major tournament to kick off on the online poker site each Sunday. This weekend, the event attracted 3,645 entrants, creating a prize pool of $729,000, which was $21,000 short of the $750,000 guarantee. You won’t hear any complaints out of Djelly, who won the Sunday Warm-Up and pocketed $101,250. Coming in second place was TribunCaesar, who took home $71,250. Also making waves in the event were cpfz55555 (third place for $48,750), Bajasen (fourth place for $38,625), wasylaa (fifth place for $30,750), caiimeron (sixth place for $23,250), + to the EV! (seventh place for $15,750), willcutyou (eighth place for $9,750), and LoboTommi (ninth place for $6,750).
The PokerStars Sunday Second Chance is a $300,000 guaranteed online poker tournament that gives players one last shot in a high-stakes tournament every weekend. This time around, it attracted 1,409 entrants, creating another overlay for the site. YanniYankiev took down the Second Chance, pocketing $54,240. Right behind him was averill8910, who banked nearly $40,000 for second place. Finishing near the top of the leader board were LockdownTex (third place for $30,000), MxdMeta4 (fourth place for $22,500), PlmPShand (fifth place for $15,750), DCMARF (sixth place for $12,750), weeminer (seventh place for $9,750), mc_palermo (eighth place for $6,750), and Bumbo88 (ninth place for $4,200).
Also held this weekend was Full Tilt Poker’s monthly $1 Million Guaranteed tournament. The $535 buy-in event generated a field of 1,943 entrants, creating an overlay of nearly $30,000. Winning the tournament was Leandro Brasa, who pocketed $184,000 for his efforts. Heads-up, he defeated I CaioPimenta I, who pocketed $113,000 for second place. Also seeing healthy paydays were DeMaci (third place for $74,000), HateItOrLoveIt (fourth place for $59,000), bballer88 (fifth place for $45,000), Pippi78 (sixth place for $32,200), Spuch (seventh place for $23,500), DeuceBuster (eighth place for $18,500), and ninivan (ninth place for $14,000). The $1 Million Guaranteed tournament on Full Tilt Poker takes the place of the $750K Guaranteed, which is a $216 buy-in tournament. The $750K Guaranteed runs every Sunday except once per month, when it’s replaced by the $1 Million Guaranteed.
