Super Poker Sunday - Krisztina "Krisztasoul" Polgar Takes Runner-up in Bigger $55

The 2012 World Championship of Online Poker kicks off For the next three weeks, meaning the biggest of the usual Sunday Majors will be on hold. It was a big week on Super Poker Sunday - three players went home with six-figure scores.

The biggest prize went to "nebo_blizko" after winning the Sunday Million. Valentyn “touchmynuts1″ Shabelnyk walked away with the Bigger $109, and Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko, Ozenc "ozenc" Demir, Kevin "flopped6810" Sharp, and Ty "puffinmypurp" Reiman were notables that made final tables.

Just days ago Krisztina "Krisztasoul" Polgar was a part of the PokerNews video team at EPT Barcelona. She changed shirts and finished runner-up in the Bigger $5 taking home almost $30,000.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	6,397	$1,279,400

"ChaseTh3Ace" and "nebo_blizko" earned more than $150,000 each when they reached a heads-up deal but "nebo_blizko" took home the win.

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Place	Player	Prize
*1	nebo_blizko	$184,407.03
*2	ChaseTh3Ace	$154,126.26
3	Elina2008	$102,352
4	flacoalan	$70,367
5	mrlogik	$53,734.80
6	Manezeza	$40,940.80
7	stanman420	$28,146.80
8	loke13	$15,352.80
9	5902838181	$9,915.35

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable finishes: PokerStars Team Online's Richard "Tzen1" Veenman (15th - $5,373.48).

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	3,094	$618,800

It was the second week in a row Kevin "flopped6810" Sharp made the final table - it was a follow up on his third-place finish last week with an eighth-place finish on Sunday. Winning the event went to "undaDISGUISE" for $97,153.12.

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Place	Player	Prize
1	undaDISGUISE	$97,153.12
2	Ozenc "ozenc" Demir	$72,399.60
3	lukro8	$51,360.40
4	Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko	$35,581
5	J-Rod Fett	$26,490.82
6	gmcrafter	$20,111
7	NhFy	$13,923
8	Kevin "flopped6810" Sharp	$7,735
9	J_soldier	$4,950.40

Notable finishes: Mishel "MISHELA" Anunu (22nd - $1,639.82), Giuseppe “Ansgar2000″ Pantaleo (29th - $1,423.24), Jamie "Bear4rms" Sykes (34th - $1,423.24), and Olivier "Adonis112" Busquet (36th - $1,423.24)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	776	$388,000

"playwithbals" took home $69,840 with an outright win.

Place	Player	Prize
1	playwithbals	$69,840
2	Bradley "BaZa88" Bower	$50,440
3	Gigacide	$37,636
4	RedPantRed	$28,130
5	mindgamer	$19,555.20
6	Nty9Problems	$15,675.20
7	VyruAlus	$11,795.20
8	dyng247	$7,954
9	homieaces85	$4,850

Notable finishes: Larry "BBOY3110" Sharp (12th - $4,074), TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer (15th - $3,298), Vicky Coren (17th - $2,522), Shane "shaniac" Schleger (25th - $1,784.80), Liv Boeree (29th - $1,590.80), Calvin "cal42688" Anderson (32nd - $1,590.80), and Mike "munchenBH" Telker (34th - $1,590.80)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	956	$307,800

A three-handed deal was made at the final table; "zilbeee" picked up $46,637.89 for the win.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	zilbeee	$46,637.89
*2	Theodoros "teo96" Aidonopoulos	$45,348.27
*3	oradeanul	$38,059.34
4	iwonthurtyou	$23,085
5	WushuTM	$16,159.50
6	vip25459	$13,081.50
7	marktb	$10,003.50
8	Ty "puffinmypurp" Reiman	$6,925.50
9	ThisIsPete	$4,339.98

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable finishes: Steve "mcnallyville" McNally (11th - $3,231.90), Patrick "Bandano" Renkers (16th - $2,000.70), Julio "powerpokerBR" Lins (22nd - $1,385.10), Andras "probirs" Nemeth (24th - $1,385.10), and Amit "AMAK316" Makhija (26th - $1,385.10).

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	2,795	$279,500

The final table was stacked and a show unfolded with a seventh-place finish for Mark "RedRad 01" Darner, a sixth-place finish for Wesley "ZeelandBoy" Wiemes, fourth-place for Jordan "JWPRODIGY" Westmorland, and third-place for Matt "VegasDietz" Dietrich.

A heads-up deal was made and Valentyn “touchmynuts1″ Shabelnyk took home more than $41,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Valentyn “touchmynuts1″ Shabelnyk	$41,329.94
*2	squintster	$36,000
3	Matt "VegasDietz" Dietrich	$23,757.50
4	Jordan "JWPRODIGY" Westmorland	$16,350.75
5	kryking	$12,437.75
6	Wesley "ZeelandBoy" Wiemes	$9,642.75
7	Mark "RedRad 01" Darner	$6,847.75
8	Cyatusha	$4,052.75
9	andreaengel	$2,375.75

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars Bigger $55 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$50+$5	5,057	$252,850

The PokerNews video team at EPT Barcelona found one member materializing into a Sunday grinder, Krisztina "Krisztasoul" Polgar defeated everyone but "Pasiu" this week.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Pasiu	$39,670.29
2	Krisztina "Krisztasoul" Polgar	$29,457.02
3	Elmagico19A1	$20,860.12
4	manokippa2	$14,286.02
5	Lena900	$10,746.12
6	athossp	$8,217.62
7	papo457	$5,689.12
8	germanRan	$3,160.62
9	zeke60	$2,022.80

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$12	1,587	$238,050

"MaRLaCa_309" reigned victorious for $39,052.76.

Place	Player	Prize
1	MaRLaCa_309	$39,052.76
2	PIPI tapis!	$28,566
3	TJ "WhatArunAA" Slifka	$21,424.50
4	T0MyK	$15,949.35
5	NURLAN81	$11,307.37
6	Josh "lNormaJean" Hart	$8,926.87
7	j_t_s80	$6,546.37
8	KMC12	$4,165.87
9	tonn22	$2,380.50

Notable finishes: Kevin "KevBoyStar" Stani (13th - $1,475.91), Douglas "Dowgh-Santos" Ferreira (15th - 1,475.91), Michael "mossified84" Skomac (18th - $1,071.22), and Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver (18th - $1,071.22).

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	1,332	$266,400

"maicol1" was the last one standing for about $46,000.

Place	Player	Prize
1	maicol1	$45,980.64
2	CuAt69UsdSng	$33,300
3	zuckmeout	$25,308
4	Le_Blem1	$18,541.44
5	George "gkap13" Kapalas	$13,186.80
6	oldfandango	$10,522.80
7	adosos	$7,858.80
8	deaonhope	$5,194.80
9	carolusXX	$2,930.40

Notable finishes: Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira (10th - $2,370.96), Sebastian "sebbau" Bauer (13th - $1,838.16), Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen (20th - $1,118.88), and Brian "brianm15" England (23rd - $1,118.88).

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10+$1	31,331	$313,310

Took home the win "1011001011" for about $23,000 after a seven-handed deal was made.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	1011001011	$22,748.01
*2	cezarx5	$9,191.39
*3	boxotee	$18,059
*4	EgorOK 777	$11,062.70
*5	JOEL RADA	$8,028.83
*6	tariko13	$8,914.79
*7	Rooney23	$13,191.98
8	vujojana	$2,193.17
9	dtaria	$1,590.88

*denotes seven-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,552	$155,200

The final four made a deal but "ChernyAV" took it home for $21,405.01.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	ChernyAV	$21,405.01
*2	Daddddymufff	$14,615.98
*3	tutull	$19,097.57
*4	Machineheads	$14,799.04
5	P0lak	$7,604.80
6	antonioscy	$6,052.80
7	benisel89	$4,500.80
8	ZISIMO7	$2,948.80
9	Bussic	$1,598.56

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable finish: Jeff "jeff710" Hakim (12th - $1,303.68).

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