July 16 2012, Brett Collson, Mickey Doft

With the World Series of Poker slowly winding down, many online grinders returned home in time to participate in the Sunday Majors at PokerStars this week. All of the big tournaments went beyond their guaranteed prize pools, making for a big day on the felts. Hungary’s “ShipTheFliip” was the biggest winner after taking down the Sunday Million – his second six-figure score in that tournament in less than a year. Poker pros Ondrej “Vinkyy” Vinklarek and Ben “Delaney_kid” Delaney barely missed out on their own glory, but both collected a nice chunk of change for their runner-up finishes on Sunday.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$200+$15	5,892	$1,178,400

“ShipTheFliip” won the PokerStars Sunday Million this week, claiming a top prize of $182,654. ShipTheFliip outlasted a field of 5,892 players and defeated “BAGBAGBAGBAG” heads-up for the largest online poker tournament triumph of his life.

ShipTheFliip took the lead with five players remaining after doubling through “Timorm1″ on multiple occasions. The first came in a preflop confrontation ShipTheFliip’s improved against pocket eights. Then, after his own double-up, Timorm1 got the rest of his stack in preflop with against ShipTheFliip’s and failed to come from behind. Timorm1 exited in fifth place and was followed by “#1StefanLiv” and “dcdilton”, leaving just two players standing.

ShipTheFliip had a 2.5-to-1 lead over his adversary when heads-up play began, and it took only 11 hands to finish him off. According to the PokerStars Blog, ShipTheFliip limped the button with pocket nines and BAGBAGBAGBAG moved all in with . ShipTheFliip called instantly and the board ran out to give him a full house and the victory.

Amazingly, it was ShipTheFliip’s second Sunday Million final table in eight months. Last November, ShipTheFliip finished third in the flagship event for $121,000. Some players just have a talent for slicing through large fields.

PlacePlayerPrize

1	ShipTheFliip	$182,654.79
2	BAGBAGBAGBAG	$135,516
3	dcdilton	$95,540.40
4	#1StefanLiv	$66,167.16
5	Timorm1	$49,492.80
6	Maimonidess1	$37,708.80
7	kekenida	$25,924.80
8	pastierik	$14,730
9	asbsolute6	$9,191.52

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$200+$15	2,808	$561,600

The dangerous Ronald “ronaldgrauer” Grauer bubbled the final table of the Sunday Warm-up, leaving nine lesser-known players to duke it out for the $88,452 top prize. After several hours, “ProXimaVez” and “PikkuHUMPPA” decided on a two-way chop, with each locking up $69,750. ProXimaVez went on to win the tournament

PlacePlayerPrize

*1	ProXimaVez	$84,690.43
*2	PikkuHUMPPA	$69,750.31
3	bingogobernd	$47,174.40
4	trollllort	$32,292
5	DJSlow	$24,429.60
6	MishnuNona	$18,813.60
7	Lede007	$13,197.60
8	PamPamPake	$7,592.83
9	biezpienelis	$4,773.60

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$500+$30	671	$335,500

Andras “probirs” Nemeth (17th – $2,348) and Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov (26th – $1,677) were among the players who made deep runs in the always-tough Sunday 500, but both missed out on a chance at a $61,564 payday. WSOP Bracelet winner Pascal “Pass_72″ LeFrancois made the final table but bowed out in eighth place for $7,381. When it was all over, “young_diam18” had taken the tournament down outright after defeating “FISHyFINGA” in a heads-up battle.

PlacePlayerPrize

1	mr.thome	$43,837.50
2	pampa27	$31,563
3	PjotrNL	$23,380
4	WaGe N Warz	$17,535
5	UpiterSL	$12,274.50
6	N1lmar	$9,936.50
7	Eduts	$7,598.50
8	GadMO	$5,260.50
9	igorluigi	$3,296.58

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$100+$9	2,440	$244,000

The final table of the Bigger $109 was headlined by poker pros Ondrej “Vinkyy” Vinklarek and Felipe “Improved” Montenegro, but both players came up short of the title on Sunday. In the end, it was Germany’s “sk2ll_m0dR” who claimed victory and the top prize of $39,040.

emerged as the winner to collect more than $28,000.

PlacePlayerPrize

1	vonBaranow	$28,170*
2	sirgenutz	$24,394*
3	Twengod	$18,830*
4	H.Ouusale	$20,162*
5	Sheeter 200	$9,897
6	3zMyers	$7,898
7	davertxx	$5,898
8	skydiveoslo	$3,899
9	apalma2156	$2,159

*denotes four-way deal

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$200+$15	1,086	$217,200

Aussie poker pro Ben “Delaney_kid” Delaney found himself heads-up with Denmark’s “mypoker25″ after several hours of play in the Sunday 2nd Chance, but it was the Dane who provided the final blow to claim the title and more than $39,000. Notables Sebastian “p0cket00″ Sekorski (25th place) and Mike “Pipedream17″ Dietrich (31st place) also made deep runs but fell short of the final table.

for the victory and $31,376 The two players negotiated a heads-up deal before playing down to a winner.

PlacePlayerPrize

1	rtemur	$31,376*
2	Rom4iks	$23,793
3	daikin525	$15,087
4	Rinat L	$12,056
5	daveyzz	$9,043
6	177272	$6,029
7	royalestarr	$4,185
8	jacul31	$2,848
9	Dibble999	$1,676

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$100+$9	1,385	$138,500

As it does every week, the Sunday Kickoff opened the Sunday Majors schedule. Nearly 1,400 players turned out to create a prize pool of $138,500. Norway’s “Master$Mav” and the Netherlands’ “EXIT4YOU” were the last two players standing, and after agreeing to a heads-up deal Master$Mav came away with the win.

PlacePlayerPrize

1	Master$Mav	$18,034*
2	EXIT4YOU	$20.089*
3	flyflo	$14,652
4	TranquilMind	$9,418
5	Helda892157	$6,786
6	Fedling	$5,401
7	swordfish	$4,016
8	pistecaloze	$2,631
9	dr3amka888	$1,440

*PokerStars Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up data obtained from the PokerStarsBlog.com

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November 01 2011, Brett Collson

PokerStars is celebrating its 10th Anniversary next month and will mark the milestone by giving players a chance at countless promotions and giveaways, including the biggest Sunday Million ever.

On Dec. 18, 2011, the site’s weekly flagship event will offer a guaranteed prize pool of $10 million – the largest ever for a Sunday Million – and still with a buy-in of just $215. The winner will collect a colossal top prize of at least $2 million. The last player to win $2 million in a single tournament on PokerStars was Tyson “POTTERPOKER” Marks when he won the 2010 World Championship of Online Poker $5,200 buy-in Main Event in for $2,278,097.

PokerStars will also be giving away 100 packages (each worth more than $15,000) to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, which takes place from Jan. 5 through Jan. 14, 2012, in Paradise Island, Bahamas. Beginning Nov. 13 and running through Dec. 11, PokerStars will host two weekly qualifiers, each of which will award 10 PCA prize packages and $10,000 in cash to the winner.

“Amazing that it’s been 10 years! I’m very proud of my association with PokerStars, and this December’s 10th Anniversary Celebration is going to be a doozy!” said Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu. “There will be tons of cash prizes for bankrolls of all sizes, plus giveaways and a $10 million Sunday Million event.”

PokerStars launched its real-money poker site on Dec. 12, 2001, and has since become the largest online card room in the world. The site ran its first Sunday Million on March 5, 2006, when American poker pro Daryl “aaaaaa” Jace bested a field of nearly 6,000 players to collect the top prize of $173,844. Since that day, the Sunday Million has been regarded as the biggest and most anticipated weekly online poker tournament on the Internet.

Get more details on the 10th Anniversary celebration at PokerStars.com.

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