With 7,415 competitors in the October 26th edition of the PokerStars Sunday Million, taking down the top prize is an accomplishment for any player. But for a player with the hopes of a nation on his shoulders, it's an even greater victory. When Darkillermax took down the top prize he claimed one of the biggest wins for a Chinese player in the history … [Read more...]
Daniel “Allanon85″ Drescher claims top Sunday Prize!
October 7, 2008 By
Daniel "Allanon85" Drescher outlasted 7,244 opponents to take down first place in the October 5th edition of the PokerStars Sunday Million. Coming into the final table as a short stack, Drescher quickly doubled through former Sunday Million champ Soren Kongsgaard, fresh off an appearance at the PokerStars EPT London Main Event. That double-up and a … [Read more...]
Tuffy Cat claws her way to Sunday Million win!
October 6, 2008 By
When low-stakes sit n' go player Tuffy Cat used 450 FPP to win a satellite seat into the Sunday Million, she almost didn't register. But finally, during late registration, she bit the bullet and signed up. Many hours later, she clawed her way to victory over a field of 7,133 players and purred as she curled up around a $184,500 prize in September 28th … [Read more...]
PokerStars Sunday Million Winner Profile – avkid86
August 1, 2008 By
When Aryan "avkid86" Virabi won a satellite into last week's Sunday Million, he never imagined that his second try at online poker's biggest weekly tournament would end with him in first place and taking down $138,101.00 for his evening's work. The top prize was the result of a four-way deal at the final table that left $30,000 for the eventual winner. … [Read more...]
PokerStars pumps up guaranteed tournaments
July 31, 2008 By
PokerStars has upped the guarantees on most of its guaranteed tournaments. Overall, the site is now hosting 483 guaranteed prize pool tournaments per week, up from 199 just last week. The overall guaranteed prize pool? That's going up by quite a bit as well, from approximately $7.5 million to more than $13 million. Starting this Sunday, the PokerStars … [Read more...]
From Freerolls to $235K – xanja turns pennies into huge score in 2X Sunday Million
July 16, 2008 By
It's one thing to take the chip lead at the final table of the PokerStars Sunday Million. It's another thing to take a commanding chip lead at the final table of the largest Sunday Million in PokerStars history. And it's something else entirely to take the chip lead at the Sunday Million final table when you've never deposited a penny into your online … [Read more...]
Chris “GoMukYaSelf” Sparks – Sunday Million Winner Profile
July 2, 2008 By
Chris Sparks has played as GoMukYaSelf on PokerStars since 2004, and logged an impressive 46 final table finishes in that time, in everything from $11 MTTs all the way up to his win in this week's Sunday Million for $135,334.75. Chris took a little time out from his summer to talk with us about his game, his plans for the future, and how he has translated … [Read more...]
Sunday Million Winner profile – tEh_R3aLde4l is the real deal
June 26, 2008 By
For some players, a win in the PokerStars Sunday Million is the latest in a string of live and online tournament successes. For some players, it is a lightning bolt out of the blue that catapults a lucky satellite winner into a whole new stratosphere of play. And for some dedicated students of the game, like June 22nd winner the_R3aLde4l, it is a logical … [Read more...]