It was a busy weekend around the major online poker sites, capped off by the $1.5 million guaranteed Sunday Million on PokerStars. This past weekend, the event drew 7,307 entrants at $200 + $15 each. This means that the contest generated an overlay of nearly $40,000. Also weekly on PokerStars is the $750,000 Guaranteed Sunday Warm-Up and $300,000 Guaranteed Second Chance.
The top 1,080 finishers in the PokerStars Sunday Million finished in the money. Taking home the $184,500 first place prize was govshark2, who defeated princio heads-up. The runner up pocketed $124,950. Coming in third place was trangers15, who took home $84,000. Rounding out the final table were Br0ke24/7 (fourth place for $69,000), DeuceBuster (fifth place for $54,000), BOKINHA (sixth place for $39,000), Y2JKID (seventh place for $26,250), MyGambit (eighth place for $17,250), and Jazz604 (ninth place for $10,500). The Sunday Million is the largest weekly online tournament held.
Also held on PokerStars every Sunday is the $215 buy-in Sunday Warm-Up, which kicks off before the Sunday Million. Winning the $101,250 first place prize was Pokky Star, who defeated wdrzich heads-up. The second place prize was worth $71,250. Others who made the final table in the Sunday Warm-Up were ael1979 (third place for $48,750), mozitas (fourth place for $38,625), wildman22222 (fifth place for $30,750), Pappe_Ruk (sixth place for $23,250), Puniponken (seventh place for $15,750), bot432931 (eighth place for $9,750), and IBLUFFULOL (ninth place for $6,750).
The Sunday Second Chance offers players on PokerStars one last opportunity to make money on the site’s weekend tournaments. Like the Sunday Million and Warm-Up, its buy-in is $215 and the tournament kicks off shortly after the start of the Second Chance. Emerging from the 1,293 player field was ozenc, who took home $54,750. Others who made waves in the tournament included Gvillebill (second place for $39,870), pocktnizzles (third place for $30,000), xxjondxx (fourth place for $22,500), LexLuthor85 (fifth place for $15,750), P0ker D0h (sixth place for $12,750), makavelyces (seventh place for $9,750), Topvorm (eighth place for $6,750), and yrcanos (ninth place for $4,200).
The $500,000 Guaranteed also runs on PokerStars every Sunday. The world’s largest online poker room offers this $530 buy-in tournament, which regularly attracts some of the top players on the planet. The 942 player field was dominated this weekend by WhooooKidd, who won $91,500 for the win. In second place was holdplz, who took home $66,500 for second place. Coming in third place was Try__An__Hit, who pocketed $50,000 for his efforts. Others at the final table included Inf3rnal (fourth place for $37,500), Aboubacar (fifth place for $26,250), rrobert333 (sixth place for $21,250), DA DONG (seventh place for $16,250), august35 (eighth place for $11,250), and hoodini10 (ninth place for $7,000).
Finally, PokerStars plays host to a $250,000 guaranteed, $215 rebuy event. It’s a tournament that you’ll find on the schedules of well-bankrolled online poker players. This weekend, thorladen won the $250K Guaranteed, pocketing $51,250. He edged out koolkeith13 heads-up, who took home $37,500. The $215 rebuy tournament attracted 297 entrants, paying out money to the top 36 spots. Also finishing in the money were BB_ShiNing (third place for $28,250), IgorFederal (fourth place for $21,250), backmanslivs (fifth place for $14,750), TwinMSU (sixth place for $11,250), Cre8ive (seventh place for $8,750), Andy McLEOD (eighth place for $6,250), and malicous222 (ninth place for $4,375).
