Tonight's Sunday Million capped off a historic week in which PokerStars dealt it's 100 Billionth hand, broke the World Record for the largest poker tournament ever played, and continued a massive $5M giveaway in celebration. Still, the Million was the granddaddy of the weekend majors, drawing 6,435 players. The prize pool topped out at $1,287,000 and paid out 990 spots, with $195,652.70 set aside for first place. With the World Series of Poker in full swing, the field was a bit lighter than usual on Red Spades, but nearly a...more
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~The$amurai~ carves up Sunday Million field, wins $186K-plus
Sunday is fun day on PokerStars, with the $215 buy-in no-limit hold'em tourney known as the Sunday Million highlighting the good times. There were 6,669 players who decided it would be fun this Sunday to participate in online poker's most popular weekly tournament, and after almost 12 hours ~The$amurai~ of...more
ATHIED87 with the win after Sunday Million deal with Donkab0mber
The World Series of Poker is well underway in Las Vegas and SCOOP is still in the rearview, but that didn't stop a big field from turning out for this week's Sunday Million, online poker's most popular weekly tournament. The $215 buy-in event saw 6,733 players take part, and after...more
Neeeeek nicks Stammdogg for Sunday Million title
Tonight, three formidable forces in the PokerStars universe clawed their way back to the Sunday Million final table. Ten months ago, Austria's Gambler4444 won the Million, banking $159,000 on July 1 of last year, Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier captured his Sunday Million crown in May 2011, and Kevin "Stammdogg" Stammen made...more
Sunday Million: Rozar1o Agro grabs win, $198K after chop; $201K for pasha I986
It was yet another huge Sunday Million this week with 7,695 runners coming out to play the weekly $215 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament. The Ukraine's Rozar1o Agro had but an average stack to start the final table, and when heads-up play began with pasha I986 of Belarus the latter enjoyed...more
Sunday Million: Pr0fiteer earns nice return, $222K for first
In a tournament with thousands of players, it's usually the case that many will occupy the top spot in the counts before a winner is ultimately decided. But it's the final stages when sitting in first position is most desirable, and this week's Sunday Million winner Pr0fiteer was able to...more
Watch the Sunday Million final table (14 April 2013)
Nick 'gbmantis' Niergarth won the Sunday Million this weekend just gone by and if you'd watched the final table you would have had little reason to doubt that he'd take it down. Niergarth had a large chip lead to begin with and that swiftly grew through massive to astoundingly enormous.*...more
Sunday Million: Nick "gbmantis" Niergarth goes wire to wire, wins $235k
Nick "gbmantis" Niergarth had been here twice before but years ago. Then a 22 year-old college student, Niergarth finished third in the Sunday Million in December 2007. About 18 months earlier he'd finished fourth. Niergarth went on to make final tables in the WCOOP and SCOOP, and the $179,760 he...more
Sunday Million: Victorious VanDobeln wins $245k
Halfway through this final table, VanDobeln was one card away from the rail. Holding king-queen against pocket jacks on an eight-high board, he had about a 12% chance to survive the river. Somehow, VanDobeln found a king and doubled up, taking himself off the short stack and into safer territory...more
cecko80 champ of huge Sunday Million after three-way deal
Not counting the mega-monstrous 7th Anniversary Special Sunday Million earlier this month, this week's version of online poker's popular $215 no-limit hold'em tournament featured the biggest field of the year with 9,498 players coming out. It would take just over half a day -- 12 hours and four minutes, to...more
Octo-Niner Russell Thomas talks about his Sunday Million win
On Sunday, 2012 World Series of Poker Octo-Niner Russell Thomas achieved a dream of his - he won the PokerStars Sunday Million, earning $219,184. Thomas joined us to talk about his victory, life after the Main Event final table, and traveling the poker circuit. Here's a snippet from the interview:...more
October Niner Russell "into2ndWind" Thomas wins the Sunday Million for $219k
It's hard to believe now, but six months ago, Russell Thomas didn't consider himself a tournament player. After making the 2012 "October Nine," Thomas sought out an entire team of coaches to get him into the best shape possible for the final table of the WSOP Main Event. Following three...more
Some run for rumrun1 who won the Sunday Million, $246K
What a week of poker! Tournaments have been playing out all over the world -- in London, Seoul, Viña del Mar, and online on PokerStars, too, with the MicroMillions 4 series currently in full swing. Yet amid all of that action, the Sunday Million rolls on, with another huge field...more
Sunday Million: AexcaliburA draws the win after a five-way chop
After last week's anniversary madness, the Sunday Million returned to its regularly scheduled guarantee, but still drew a robust crowd. 8,755 players descended on the virtual felt, resulting in a $1,751,000 prize pool. 1,260 places were paid, with first place set to earn $257,572.10. Given that many of them were...more
Sunday Million competition winners
Last week Lee Jones, PokerStars Head of Poker Communications reached out to you all with an offer. It was generous, quick and came with no strings attached. You had to guess how many players would play the 7th Anniversary Sunday Million and the 50 closest answers would be credited with...more
Watch benislovas win $848,589 in the Sunday Million
On Monday morning Andrius 'benislovas' Bielskis won one of the largest Sunday Millions to have played out. The Lithuanian amateur topped a field of 49,287 players to claim $848,589.33 after a three-way deal. He edged out British grinder David 'sexygee' Gent to take the title, which you can read about...more
Meet Sunday Million anniversary champion Andrius "benislovas" Bielskis
He will soon turn 33 years old. He's married with a child who is about to turn two. And he was supposed to be at work Monday morning. It was an important day on the job. He heads a department at an international logistics company in Lithuania. People were expecting...more
Sunday Million 7th Anniversary Special: benislovas binks the title, top trio earn over $800k apiece
To celebrate the Sunday Million's seventh birthday, PokerStars rolled out a $7 million guaranteed prize pool, and a crowd large enough to fill Yankee Stadium came running. This week, a trip to the final three tables yielded a five-figure payday, sixth place paid as much as a typical Sunday Million...more
7th Anniversary $7,000,000 Sunday Million: Meeting the Million men
This Sunday the 7th Anniversary Sunday Million is taking place. It's going to be an epic affair with its $7,000,000 guaranteed prize pool drawing in tens of thousands of players from around the world. There's $1,000,000 guaranteed for first place but if other Sunday Million special editions are anything to...more
Sunday Million memories: Heads up for...the PokerStars job?
It was Easter, and Steve Day was alone. His family was halfway across the United States. His wife had gone to visit her family. Although he didn't usually play the PokerStars Sunday majors, he literally had nothing better to do. Even his adult rec hockey league was off for the...more
7th Anniversary $7,000,000 Sunday Million: Jesper 'KipsterDK' Hougaard on doing the double
In case you've somehow missed it, let us tell you that there's a big tournament this Sunday. Yes, it's the Sunday Million but it's not just any Sunday Million. It's the 7th Anniversary $7,000,000 guaranteed edition so we thought it was high time that we caught up with some of...more


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