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Sunday Briefing: "nocz_joker" Wins the Sunday Million for $172K

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PokerNews Sunday Briefing

Despite the volume of online poker festivals concluding last week, players turned out in huge numbers to play in some of Sunday's biggest tournaments.

Czech Republic's ��nocz_joker�� won more than $172,000 for the biggest cash of the weekend and by far the biggest cash of his or her career at PokerStars. Let��s check out how the Czech made the bacon, along with other major results.

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up

DateMay 27
Buy-in$215
Guarantee$200,000
Entrants1,179
Prize pool$235,800
ITM197

Canada's "thagrinda444" outlasted a field of 1,179 players to win the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $37,271 after more than 11 1/2 hours of play. This represented his fourth largest cash at PokerStars according to Poker Pro Labs.

Notable players at the final table included Tom "Jabracada" Hall (sixth - $7,162), Michael "M_Acevedo" Acevedo (seventh - $5,149), Rasmus "RasA86" Agerskov Larsen (eighth - $3,702), and Armando "Zareta" Sbrissa (ninth - $2,662).

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1thagrinda444Canada$37,271
2t8ofDiamondsAustria$26,797
3stevesmobs64Netherlands$19,267
4patasssArgentina$13,853
5Kaktus26rusRussia$9,961
6Tom "Jabracada" HallUnited Kingdom$7,162
7Michael "M_Acevedo" AcevedoCosta Rica$5,149
8Rasmus "RasA86" Agerskov LarsenDenmark$3,702
9Armando "Zareta" SbrissaBrazil$2,662

PokerStars Sunday Million

DateMay 27
Buy-in$215
Guarantee$1,000,000
Entrants6,384
Prize pool$1,276,800
ITM1,160

Czech Republic's "nocz_joker" had a day to remember after outlasting 6,384 entrants (5,234 entries + 1,150 reentries) in the PokerStars Sunday Million to win the top prize of $172,360.

To put this into perspective, this cash is nearly 10-times that of this player's second-biggest cash of $17,376 which they received for winning the Hotter $16.50 in March 2014. Outside of these two cashes, this player doesn't have a single cash above four-figures.

Coming close to gold after nearly 13 1/2 hours of play was Poland's "T3G3S" who collected a massive runner-up prize of $120,953.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1nocz_jokerCzech Republic$172,360
2T3G3SPoland$120,953
3paardmanNetherlands$84,881
4firgliMalta$59,567
5jackpot875Germany$41,802
6mentor1904Austria$29,336
7Mortan23Faroe Islands$20,587
8alpinkoSlovakia$14,447
9NemesisMsopBrazil$10,139

888poker $100,000 Whale

DateMay 27
Buy-in$1,050
Guarantee$100,000
Entrants69
Prize pool$101,000
ITM9

It was Groundhog's Day for Malta's "derharry69". On May 28, 2017, this player outlasted a field of 143 entrants to win The $120,000 Whale for $45,770 for his biggest score ever at 888poker.

On Sunday, "derharry69" did it again and navigated through a field of 69 entrants to ship The $100,000 Whale for $30,300 after nearly 9 1/2 hours of play.

This marks at least the third time "derharry69" has won The Whale. When the event featured a smaller $600 buy-in in February 2016, he finished on top of a 329-player field to win $35,969 top prize.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1derharry69Malta$30,300
2M4zlTovGermany$20,200
3jt7bl2fCanada$15,150
4Bullflag $10,100
5InJeBakkesNetherlands$7,575
6Jans ��Grafftekkel�� ArendsNetherlands$5,555
7AsaNisse4Sweden$4,545
8nelisschuifMalta$4,040
9stevachenko7Switzerland$3,535

Bryan Paris
Bryan "DePittsterje" Paris agrees to a heads-up deal in the $100,000 Mega Deep

888poker $100,000 Mega Deep

DateMay 27
Buy-in$215
Guarantee$100,000
Entrants350
Prize pool$100,000
ITM48

The 888poker $100,000 Mega Deep featured $7,600 in overlay with 350 entrants and 112 second chance rebuys, not generating enough buy-ins to meet the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Two big name Twitch streamers in Bryan "DePittsterje" Paris and Ian "Simpioni" Simpson appeared at the final table. Simpson bowed out early on in sixth place for $3,750.

Paris faired a bit better and added to his nearly $11 million in online tournament cashes in a big way. After almost 10 hours of play, Ukraine's "Fukuruku" and Paris agreed to a deal awarding the duo $16,635 and $16,865. This gave Paris the biggest prize in the tournament despite ended his run in second place.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1FukurukuUkraine$16,635*
2Bryan "DePittsterje" ParisCanada$16,865*
3ImyurfriendGermany$10,750
4Madeon1994Sweden$7,750
5JerryBussAADenmark$5,250
6Ian "Simpioni" SimpsonUnited Kingdom$3,750
7OpenpunksMalta$2,750
8KuchikiCanada$2,250
9Jason "jadedjason" JamesCanada$1,750

*Reflects a heads-up deal


Jerry Odeen
Jerry "frokennatur" ?deen finishes in fourth place in the $1K Sunday Big Bounty Hunter-HR

partypoker 1K Sunday Big Bounty Hunter-HR

DateMay 27
Buy-in$1,050
Guarantee$300,000
Entrants298
Prize pool$303,960
ITM48

The 1K Sunday Big Bounty Hunter-HR generated the biggest prize pool at partypoker with 298 entrants (216 entries + 82 reentries) generating a $303,960 prize pool.

After more than 10 hours of play, "N0-lPTRI4l2I" shipped the tournament for $28,355 along with $37,610 in bounties for the 16 players he eliminated.

Sweden's Jerry "frokennatur" ?deen added to his $4.4 million in online tournament cashes with a fourth-place finish for $11,089 in addition to the $7,377 in bounties collected after eliminating 11 players.

PlacePlayerPrizeBounty payment
1N0-lPTRI4l2I$28,355$37,610
2Dextered$20,640$4,078
3Pider Ninni$15,129$6,175
4Jerry "frokennatur" ?deen$11,089$7,377
5MOTHERSMATTERS$8,129$2,242
6MentulaMagna$5,958$5,785
7i-eat-rats$4,368$0
8DaviAugusto$3,201$1,040

partypoker Super Sunday Super High Roller

DateMay 26
Buy-in$2,600
Guarantee$0
Entrants52
Prize pool$130,000
ITM7

With a massive $2,600 buy-in, the partypoker Super Sunday Super High Roller was the biggest buy-in event of Sunday. After nearly seven hours of play, "skippyskip5" bested the field of 52 entrants (32 entries + 20 reentries) to win the $45,500 top prize.

United Kingdom's Conor ��ADRIEN_BRODY�� Beresford, who is currently ranked 16th in the world at PocketFives, was able to add to his $6.4 million in online tournament cashes with a fourth-place finish worth $11,700.

PlacePlayerPrize
1skippyskip5$45,500
2trucker_$30,550
3barrm111$19,500
4Conor ��ADRIEN_BRODY�� Beresford$11,700
5MentulaMagna$9,100
6SchelampigaUhu$7,475
7maniakboy$6,175

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