China��s ��wangli0402�� Wins the Sunday Million 13th Anniversary for $611K

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Apr 16, 2019 4 min read Last updated Dec 19, 2019

The $10 million guaranteed PokerStars Sunday Million 13th Anniversary edition is done and dusted after two day of intense action. A gargantuan field of 61,342 entries (45,929 unique entrants and 15,413 re-entries) created a $12,268,400 prize pool shared among the top 10,196 finishers.

China��s ��wangli0402�� is the name sat proudly at the top of the payout table with a quite ridiculous $611,944 displayed at the side of their name, their prize for winning the 13th Anniversary edition of the Sunday Million.

$215 Sunday Million 13th Anniversary Edition Recap

Day 1 ended after 35 levels of play with only 980 players still in the hunt for the advertised $1,000,061 first-place prize. Each of those returning players were guaranteed $1,143 with the money bubble having burst during the first day��s play.

Several big names busted during the second day��s play, falling short of eternal glory. Team PokerStars Pro Lex ��L. Veldhuis�� Veldhuis fell in 741st place for $1,345, with two-time Sunday Million champion Rob ��robtinnion�� Tinnion collecting the same amount for his 685th place exit.

Former WSOP Main Event champion Martin ��M.nosbocaJ�� Jacobson busted in 500th place for $1,582 with Parker ��tonkaaaa�� Talbot falling by the wayside in 336th place for $2,188.

The final table was set when the United Kingdom��s ��patpef�� moved all-in with king-queen and was called by ��kacer148�� of the Czech Republic who held ace-jack of spades. Two aces on the flop were more than enough to bust patpef and the nine-handed final table was determined.

$215 Sunday Million 13th Anniversary Edition Final Table Seat Draw

First to bust from the final table was Georgia��s ��ZoMbiE2808�� who three-bet all-in over the top of a raise from ��RMarland�� to find themselves in a race with ace-king versus pocket jacks. The board ran out void of aces or kings and ZoMbiE2808 headed to the showers with $62,745 in tow.

RMarland was the next casualty, unable to put ZoMbiE2808��s chips to much use. RMarland raised to 84 million from the hijack with pocket eights, leaving themselves only 5.2 million chips behind. Romania��s ��idzake�� called on the button and then quickly called when RMarland moved the rest of their stack into the middle of the table on a queen-high flop. Idzake��s pocket jacks held, the player count reduced by one and everyone with chips in front of them was now guaranteed a six-figure prize.

Sergei ��sega1989�� Shakhov was the first player to collect that six-figure score, namely $125,493. The Russian opened the betting with ace-jack of spades and called when wangli0402 three-bet all-in with what turned out to be the dominating ace-king. Neither player improved their hand with the community cards, but wangli0402 didn��t need to. Game over for Shakhov.

A coinflip took the tournament of China��s ��pantherwang2019�� who three-bet jammed with king-queen and was called by idzake and their threes in the hole. Pantherwang2019 flopped two pair, but idzake��s threes caught a set, which held to bust the first of two Chinese players at the final table.

Everyone had now locked up slightly more than a quarter of a million dollars, although the min-cash was set to more than double because the last five players asked to see the figures for a potential deal. Everyone typed ��I agree�� in the chat box immediately after seeing the figures provided by the moderator, meaning each of them would now win at least $509,664. The eventual champion would win an additional $50,000.

Greece��s ��t4rz4n_21�� busted in fifth-place and took their $625,073 with them. The Greek player moved all-in with king-ten and wangi040 called with seven-six of hearts. A six on the flop, a seven on the turn, and a completed heart flush on the river sent t4rz4n_21 to the rail.

Wangli0402 then sent kacer148 to the sidelines. The Chinese player initially limped in for 12 million chips with a suited king-nine and then called when kacer148 moved all-in for 177 million with ace-three. Wangli0402 paired his king on the flop and improved to trips on the river to leave three payers in the tournament.

The one-man wrecking ball continued to send foes to the rail, this time wangli0402 found pocket aces in the hole so had an easy call when idzake moved all-in on them. Idzake��s king-queen received no help from the board and heads-up was set, wangli0402 leading Germany��s ��xbambi�� by 973 million chips to 559 million.

Heads-up lasted precisely three hands. Xbambi min-raised to 24 million and wangli0402 called. A 5?10?4? flop saw wangli0402 check, xbambi bet 16.8 million, and wangli0402 check-raised to 45.6 million/ xbambi responded with a raise to 108 million before calling when wangli0402 moved all-in.

It was pocket aces for xbambi against the seven-six of wangli0402. The three of diamonds on the turn gifted wangli0402 a straight, the title of Sunday Million 13th Anniversary champion, and a cool $611,944 cash prize.

$215 Sunday Million 13th Anniversary Edition Final Table Results

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