The Sunday Briefing: Ten Players Emerge With Six-Figure Scores

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An eventful Sunday of online poker concluded early Monday morning with 10 players pocketing six-figure scores. The FTOPS returned to the scene this weekend with its 16th installment and "betrthanphil" took down Event #9 for $225,000, topping a field of 4,192 to win the gold jersey. Also capturing gold jerseys were "JackQKA" and "LuvYouLongTime". For JackQKA it was a second FTOPS victory, having won the FTOPS XV Main Event in February.

Over on PokerStars, the Sunday Million was won by Paul "147_star" Williams for a whopping $258,194.60, the biggest payday of the weekend. "Timvd19" was the last man standing in the Sunday Warm-Up, earning $141,192.

PokerStars Sunday Million
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $1,755,200
Entrants: 8,776

1. Paul "147_star" Williams - $258,194.60
2. Benjamin89 - $188,684
3. the_blues57 - $131,640
4. lumpicat - $87,760
5. DrEskilstuna - $70,208
6. deglingue - $52,656
7. Parky 32 - $35,104
8. ze_cai?ara - $19,307.20
9. Hohojirozame - $13,602.80

Notable Finishes: Alex "Assassinato" Fitzgerald (56th - $2,720.56), Derek "derek8" Lerner (62nd - $2,720.56)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $900,000
Entrants: 4,500

1. Timvd19 - $141,192
2. z 0 0 t s - $104,850
3. ReadElek - $74,250
4. CesarSPA - $50,850
5. Radioheads - $38,250
6. soihoang - $29,250
7. Chris "cdbr3799" Dombrowski - $20,250
8. Drew M Scott - $11,250
9. Vinkyy - $7,200

Notable Finishes: TJ "WhatArunAA" Slifka (11th - $5,400), Adam "squee451" Sherman (23rd - $2,231), Aaron "AJinOK" Ruppert (36th - $1,980)

PokerStars Sunday 500
Buy-in: $500 + $30
Prize Pool: $513,500
Entrants: 1,027

*1. Andrew "bigpimpin777" Malott - $80,000
*2. Antonio7 - $72,817.60
3. Jan-Christoph "50outs" von Halle - $48,782.50
4. ahmadi15 - $35,739.60
5. Jason "JP OSU" Potter - $25,418.25
6. maxxmeister - $20,283.25
7. TK420 US - $15,148.25
8. DiverKRD - $10,013.25
9. Geoff "GeoffRas22" Rasmussen - $5,648.50

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Luis Medina (15th - $3,543.15)

FTOPS XVI Event #9 (no-limit hold'em)
Buy-in: $300 + $22
Prize Pool: $1,257,600
Entrants: 4,192

*1. betrthanphil - $193,803.85
*2. Igor "MagicGog" Bakay - $141,791.90
*3. jotslexx - $119,660.08
*4. woj422 - $120,473.45
5. polarbertoenail - $61,622.40
6. StackemDeep - $42,758.40
7. Dani "Ansky451" Stern - $28,924.80
8. John "johne147" Eames - $20,121.60
9. ragfelix4 - $13,833.60

*denotes four-handed deal leaving $44,045.45 to the eventual winner

Notable Finishes: Jason "jdpc27" Wheeler (14th - $6,916.80), Michael "benvo123" Benvenuti (17th - $5,030.40), Neehar "NemoStars22" Banerji (18th - $5,030.40), Albert "vtlaxer09" Winchester (19th - $3,521.28)

FTOPS Event #8 (no-limit hold'em heads-up)
Buy-in: $500 + $35
Prize Pool: $512,000
Entrants: 1,024

1. JackQKA - $89,088
2. naimad89 - $53,248
3. Vanessa "PrincessDonk" Peng - $27,136
4. jigga__man6 - $27,136
5. whatastinker - $14,336
6. j2the6th - $14.336
7. Proctor998 - $14,336
8. Shannon "BLUFFforRENT" Shorr - $14,336

Notable Finishes: Ben "SPEKTAH" LaBlond (11th - $7,680), Zach "CrazyZachary" Clark (18th - $4,096)

FTOPS Event #7 (no-limit hold'em knockout)
Buy-in: $120 + $9
Prize Pool: $858,600
Entrants: 8,586

1. LuvYouLongTime - $137,376
2. foster18 - $94,446
3. DannyN13 - $66,970.80
4. partypete91 - $48,940.20
5. William "Hellzito" Arruda - $36,061.20
6. acflopper2727 - $25,758
7. RobTheShark311 - $18,030.60
8. Craig "HU4ROLLZ" Bergeron - $12,449.70
9. Meneerbeer - $8,757.72

Notable Finishes: Tom "titantom32" Braband (12th - $6,010.20), Julian "Hartwith" Adamson (45th - $1,631.34)

Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan
Buy-in: $200 + $16
Prize Pool: $266,600
Entrants: 1,333

*1. zelik - $45,072.32
*2. rjinnj - $41,720.14
*3. DiXChapoLa - $36,176.79
4. Caio Brites - $21,661.25
5. SteveTheWebGuy - $16,342.58
6. Ryan "ryanghall" Hall - $11,997
7. Brendooor - $7,731.40
8. Vivek Rajkumar - $5,598.60
9. foster18 - $3,999

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Jerry "sandler1860" Payne (24th - $919.77)

Ultimate Bet $200K GTD
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $207,200
Entrants: 1,036

*1. POLIQUIN $38,500
*1. JUSTAHOBBY $35,429.96
3. Kyle "THEWOOD04" Zartman - $18,751.60
4. LIFE_DONK - $13,364.40
5. DONKPUNCH420 - $11,292.40
6. FRANKRICCARD - $9,220.40
7. PTW420 - $7,148.20
8. DOGBOMB - $5,076.40
9. JMEWNIE - $3,522.40

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Ross "ZESTFULYCLEAN" Myers (11th - $2,175.60)

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