Super Poker Sunday – “diegokeep” and “orange6” – The Big Winners

The weekend not only saw the start of the 43rd annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas but also saw the two biggest online tournaments return to the PokerStars schedule. After a month long absence due to the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), the Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-up were on, gathering a total of 10,000 players to the online tables.

It seems that Diego “diegokeep” Cardoso was the man who's been waiting for the Sunday Million's return. He finished in the runner-up position almost two months ago and this time he wasn't willing to settle. Cardoso outplayed “Grindation” in the heads-up match collecting a first place cash prize of almost $200,000. Another big Sunday winner was “orange6” who received $86,000 for topping the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed).

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

In just two months Diego “diegokeep” Cardoso managed to finish in both the runner-up and the top positions in the biggest online poker event. On April 1st Cardoso was very close to collecting his first Sunday Million title but had to step down to “Lurkio77” who rivered a full house and made “diegokeep” suffer a bad beat with a straight on the last hand of the game.

But this time it was all about Cardoso and his title – he started the final table first in chips and finished in the #1 position as well. On his way to the title the Brazilian outlasted a field of almost 7,000 players among which were Team PokerStars Online pros Nacho Barbero, Maxim Lykov, Johnny Lodden, Ana Marquez, Shane "shaniac" Schleger. Kevin "WizardOfAhhs" Thurman, and Henrique Pinho who did the best among the pros finishing in 53rd place for $2,414.

*denotes heads-up deal

Read the full Sunday Million report on PokerStarsBlog.com.

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

The second biggest tournament of the day, the Sunday Warm up came back after a month-long pause as well attracting a field of almost 3,000 players. Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis burst the final table bubble by finishing the tournament in 10th place for $3,745. When the game was down to the last two players, “orange6” and “herby5” split the pot with “orange6” receiving $86K for the first place while “herby5” got $78K for the runner-up finish.

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

The Sunday 500 was the tournament that stayed on PokerStars schedule thorough SCOOP so those craving for big Sunday tournament action could get their fix. This weekend the event saw 724 players buying-in, which was a few hundred less than in the past three weeks. “Aloysius P57” came out victorious on Sunday collecting a $54K cash prize. The last three players at the table made a deal where third place finisher “mbiessek” got almost $42K and “Mr Luiz 29” who finished second received a little less than $52K.

*denotes three-handed deal

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Another cash prize of over $50K went to the winner of the $109 Sunday Rebuy event which rewarded “ICM Yklee” with 51,506.25 for outplaying the field of 831 players. “Master DENy” finished second for a bit more than $37K while Mike “Pipedream17” Dietrich collected $27,400 for his third place finish. This was the first of the big PokerStars Sunday tournaments that did not see players splitting cash up front.

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($200K Guaranteed)

In the PokerStars Bigger $109 the runner-up received more money than the winner. “JessyPop” went home with $40K while the winner of the event “schippi11” cashed a little less than $39K, due to the deal made by the players before the start of the heads-up play.

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

The Bigger $162 also featured a heads-up deal, however this time the winner “PatMike888” actually went out with more cash than his opponent. He won $34,381.27 while Milana Jones who finished in second place collected $32K.

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

The Sunday 2nd Chance saw 1,220 players taking a shot at the $42K first place prize, however, there could only be one winner. It was “PokerSavage1” who outplayed “OMGitshunt” in the heads-up battle to supplement his account with $42,651.20 while his opponent cashed just a little over $30K.

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

The Sunday Storm broke the day's record of splitting the prize pool with a six-handed deal. The final standings didn't change much compared to the payouts – the player with the biggest cash prize, “Mr Athos” finished in pole position collecting $18,591.38 for the win.

*denotes six-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Sunday Kickoff, which gave start to Sunday tournament action on PokerStars rewarded “Uncaj5” with more than $21K for the win while runner-up “-ANALNATSHA-” received almost $16K.

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