The Sunday Briefing: Bogdan "Lionet" Diaconu Wins PokerStars Sunday Million for $203K
Many of poker's top online talents are making their way to Las Vegas for the 2014 World Series of Poker , but there was still plenty of action across PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker on Sunday. Both sites ran their usual slate of major tournaments, and several pros hit paydirt.
Bogdan "Lionet" Diaconu was the biggest earner on Sunday after winning the PokerStars Sunday Million . The Romanian bested a field of 6,676 to claim the $203,088 top prize. Finishing third in that event was Norway's "fullhouseiii," who reached his second Sunday Million final table in three months. He finished runner-up to Lauri "IMS DURNK" Pesonen in February for $169,598 and added another $106,816 to his bankroll on Sunday.
Among the other notables who locked up big scores on Sunday were Lars "Dsavo" Bonding , Joao Mathias , Ami "UhhMee" Barer , Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson , Evgeny "evgen sochi" Korchagin , and Jim "reelhugefish" Gilbert , who managed to make two major final tables at PokerStars on Sunday.
Here's a full look at the results from the Sunday Majors on PokerStars , Full Tilt Poker , and WSOP.com :
Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+15 6,676 $1,335,200
Place Player Prize
1 Bogdan "Lionet" Diaconu $203,088
2 XXL#1kfcfan $150,210
3 fullhouseiii $106,816
4 ruscittobr $73,436
5 shermanash $56,078
6 pAYtAXiSnICE $42,726
7 mat1i $29,374
8 macblack1 $16,022
9 ILTAA $10,347
Notable Finishes: Timothy "Vichyn88" Harold (21st - $3,124), Clark "snake8484" Hamagami (44th - $2,523)
Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+15 2,915 $583,000
Place Player Prize
1 Casharrie $91,822
2 Lars "Dsavo" Bonding $68,502
3 Jim "reelhugefish" Gilbert $48,972
4 Evgeny "evgen sochi" Korchagin $33,522
5 Vyacheslav "vip25429" Bordartsev $25,360
6 Gratidude $19,350
7 joben19 $13,700
8 GaborMarton $7,882
9 lundkok86 $4,955
Notable Finishes: Grzegorz "gegor7878" Wyraz (22nd - $1,603), Michael "micide" Kraus (25th - $1,603), Pavel "Taska85" Kellner (27th - $1,603), Denis "bondseller" Razin (51st - $1,107)
Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$500+30 779 $389,500
Place Player Prize
1 armenioz $70,110
2 Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson $50,635
3 Kent "ForzaVaxholm" Lundmark $37,781
4 NELU STOGU $28,238
5 Joel "jbrown8777" Brown $19,630
6 Matt "FaceStealer" Volosevich $15,735
7 Jon "PearlJammer" Turner $11,840
8 Artur "ARTSchGamble" Scerbak $7,894
9 Mark "waggy5757" Wagstaff $
Notable Finishes: Matias "Festivuss" Gabrenja (12th - $4,089), Grayson "gray31" Ramage (16th - $2,531), Pascal "pistecaloze" Vos (17th - $2,531), Alex "Allingomes" Gomes (20th - $1,791), Matthias "goodvide1" Neu (22nd - $1,791)
Full Tilt $250K Guarantee
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+15 1,137 $250,000
Place Player Prize
1 jokerWSOP $44,857
2 Joao Mathias $38,442
3 Ami "UhhMee" Barer $23,750
4 ur_jst_ignorant $17,750
5 thegr8str8 $13,250
6 tangentangent $9,750
7 Rhys "floppin_ell" Jones $7,250
8 Austrain_Master $5,250
9 Andrew "achen" Chen $3,750
Notable Finishes: Aliaksei "ale6ka" Boika (12th - $2,500), Chris "Getting Daize" Oliver (20th - $1,075), Steve "HR Dub" Williams (21st - 1,075)
Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$240+15 958 $200,000
Place Player Prize
1 zzDaGR1NDzz7 $40,000
2 Alex "AD_84" Debus $26,640
3 TheSonOfBink $19,000
4 TakeIt2NextLVL $14,200
5 Tacuara7 $10,600
6 tatamati $7,800
7 Kutanoid $5,800
8 pendall $4,200
9 setherson22 $3,000
Notable Finishes: Keven "Stammdogg" Stammen (12th - $2,000), Reed "badbeatme" Hensel (15th - $1,520), Matt "NoBadBeatsPlz" Kay (19th - $860), Ondrej "Vinkyy" Vinklarek (24th - $860)
Get in on the Sunday Majors action yourself by visiting PokerStars , Full Tilt Poker and PartyPoker .
$109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$100+9 879 $260,900
Place Player Prize
1 Epiphany77 $44,972*
2 Mario "Epakfailer" Alina $32,242*
3 Yuri "theNERDguyMartins $33,015*
4 Robby "PlayaPlz" Lipkin $19,567
5 Mr.Bittar $13,697
6 sirgenutz $11,088
7 masterscott $8,479
8 Malak$tyle $5,870
9 Nick "Rounder63" Carrillo $3,678
*Reflects three-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Jason "jdtjpoker" Wheeler (14th - $2,348), Dylan "WhiteRabbito" Honeyman (15th - $2,348), Eric "psuNYY51" Ladny (17th - $1,826), Aliaksei "ale6ka" Boika (20th - $1,304), Alexander "BIack88" Trofimov (21st - $1,304), Rocco "Sephirot88" Palumbo (22nd - $1,304), Jason "TeamWispy" Helder (24th - $1,304), Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov (25th - $1,304)
Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+15 1,238 $247,600
Place Player Prize
1 Mikael Hansen $43,280
2 Kirill "Yoo4" Shugai $25,841
3 danger0us $30,935
4 HeadShotFryoV $30,048
5 dave798111 $12,380
6 litofcas11 $9,904
7 bossamtisch $7,428
8 Pthelegend $4,952
9 Wenderr $2,847
Notable Finishes: Dmitry "gosuoposum1" Demyanenko (10th - $2,352), Rick "ThEcLaiMer" Trigg (12th - $2,352), Michael "Skammes" Tureniec (19th - $1,039), Carlos "Carster" Chadha (20th - $1,039), Ben "NeverScaredB" Wilinofsky (22nd - $1,039), Jerry "hummylun" Wong (25th - $1,039)
Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$210.80+4.20 1,395 $294,066
Place Player Prize
1 KornHizzle20 $52,932
2 cristofanell $38,228
3 PokerSavage1 $29,406
4 AB_Poker_12 $22,054
5 Marc "Aduobe4" Daubach $15,438
6 Neanderthal4 $12,497
7 mickop $9,557
8 Mike "Pipedream17" Dietrich $6,616
9 Jim "reelhugefish" Gilbert $4,116
Notable Finishes: Mick "BIGMICKG" Graydon (13th - $2,205), Mike "Timex" McDonald (17th - $1,617), Jordan "JWPRODIGY" Westmorland (18th - $1,617), Chad Eveslage (19th - $1,029)
$25,000 Weekly Sunday Guarantee (New Jersey)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+15 89 $25,000
Place Player Prize
1 thekid4665 $7,125
2 sonofa_nh $4,125
3 Ezzed $2,500
4 PoBoy1 $2,000
5 RUA11 $1,725
6 AngelCharlie $1,475
7 Wrybagel $1,225
8 echerf $850
9 unclejimmy $675
$15,000 Weekly Sunday Guarantee (Nevada)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+15 85 $17,000
Place Player Prize
1 zentrain $4,845
2 CindrllaMan $2,805
3 Christina "lindeyloo" Lindley $1,700
4 legum $1,360
5 Guypie $1,173
6 FMyWife $1,003
7 allprowi $833
8 ship_ou $578
9 ValueBet $459
Special thanks to Stanislav Serov
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