May 30 2011

Sunday Majors 5/29: PokerStars Sunday Million with Surprising Overlay and 9-Way Deal

written by: Jennifer under Poker Comments: Comments Off

All was back to normal this week, according to what has become the norm for the Sunday majors after Black Friday. With the SCOOP series concluded on PokerStars, tournaments that were on hiatus – Warm-Up and Million – were back on the schedule, though many of the Stars weekly events had a tough time drawing their usually sizeable crowds. The Sunday Million, for example, had an overlay for the first time in, well, a long time.

Part of the lower numbers in many Sunday majors could be due to the fact that high stakes players are in route to Las Vegas, and they will not be allowed to play online poker within American borders. Whatever the reason, events like the Warm-Up and Bigger $55 on PokerStars and Sunday Brawl on Full Tilt saw a drop in numbers.

Speaking of which, let’s take a look:

PokerStars:

The Bigger $55 ($50 + $5)
Guarantee: $200K
Players: 4,502 (last week was 4,600)
Prize pool: $225,100 (last week was $230,000)
Paid players: 675

1st place: pankarek ($28,812.80)
2nd place: eric5484 ($20,146.45)
3rd place: xPOPOVICIx ($13,415.96)
4th place: SKUNK-FUU ($11,255.00)
5th place: venomzorg ($9,004.00)
6th place: skunken1969 ($6,573.00)
7th place: lubos1980cz ($4,502.00)
8th place: Timor83 ($2,701.20)
9th place: macacik25 ($1,755.78)

Sunday Storm ($10 + $1 NLHE)
Guarantee: $200K
Players: 24,182 (last week was 22,927)
Prize pool: $241,820 (last week was $229,270)
Paid players: 3,600

1st place: satanoMI ($23,128.11)
2nd place: hcl_09 ($17,048.31)
3rd place: Hulzz ($11,244.63)
4th place: DancerRzn ($8,826.43)
5th place: Donkmau5 ($6,408.23)
6th place: risiko13 ($4,231.85)
7th place: PlayerNr1985 ($3,022.75)
8th place: Calpie ($1,970.83)
9th place: DASO1 ($1,293.73)

Sunday Warm-Up ($200 + $15 NLHE)
Guarantee: $500K
Players: 3,177
Prize pool: $635,400
Paid players: 495

1st place: stofzuiger73 ($86,721.13)*
2nd place: selkoter ($87,379.37)*
3rd place: 1-ronnyr3 ($52,420.50)
4th place: HADJI.cy ($36,535.50)
5th place: TerranUser ($27,004.50)
6th place: cut 07 ($20,650.50)
7th place: Theo7171 ($14,296.50)
8th place: Big Pig 63 ($7,942.50)
9th place: Willy Banaan ($5,083.20)
*2-way deal

Sunday Million ($200 + $15 NLHE)
Guarantee: $1 million
Players: 4,833
Prize pool: $1,000,000
Paid players: 720

1st place: PokerNoob999 ($135,053.32)*
2nd place: The__Anfied ($129,319.00)*
3rd place: TomsBrakis ($26,834.20)*
4th place: Maroc_Ck 77 ($49,354.30)*
5th place: rumazon ($42,861.55)*
6th place: 3max ($25,917.22)*
7th place: sedinoel ($37,521.16)*
8th place: reutsim ($42,295.27)*
9th place: swillslinger ($40,773.98)*
*9-way deal

Sunday 500 ($500 + $30 NLHE)
Guarantee: $250K
Players: 475 (last week was 491)
Prize pool: $250,000
Paid players: 72

1st place: KingGr ($47,250.00)
2nd place: stuwexler ($34,625.00)
3rd place: ze_caicara ($25,500.00)
4th place: GusanoZ ($19,250.00)
5th place: Big_Nemo ($13,500.00)
6th place: alexo18 ($10,625.00)
7th place: tupacmn ($8,125.00)
8th place: tokyo09 ($5,625.00)
9th place: ultras_bvb ($3,825.00)

Full Tilt Poker:

The Sunday Brawl ($240 + $16 knockout NLHE)
Guarantee: $200K
Players: 1,183 (last week was 1,239)
Prize pool: $236,600 (last week was $247,800)
Paid players: 135

1st place: IM_ICM ($47,546.51)*
2nd place: push me dirty ($37,629.49)*
3rd place: DON B2R ($29,955.75)
4th place: kittiesgomah ($19,223.75)
5th place: r4ndomr4gs ($14,503.58)
6th place: geoelt ($10,647.00)
7th place: Mockasin ($6,861.40)
8th place: Poker_and_Babes ($4,968.60)
9th place: Bacis1 ($3,549.00)
*2-way deal

$750K Guarantee ($200 + $16 NLHE)
Players: 4,299 (last week was 3,741)
Prize pool: $859,800 (last week was $750,000)
Paid players: 540

1st place: BadExtasy89 ($153,904.20)
2nd place: Exan13 ($106,615.20)
3rd place: Budnikov ($76,350.24)
4th place: JTpatron-CH ($56,746.80)
5th place: Andypsx ($42,130.20)
6th place: trontrontron ($29,233.20)
7th place: prrak ($19,775.40)
8th place: bloodlust007 ($13,756.80)
9th place: Santiniii ($9,457.80)

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