The Sunday Briefing: "Halfrek" and "bmky88" Score Sunday Victories

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Well, we know that Americans weren't spending the July 4 weekend winning seven figures online, but that didn't stop others from doing so. The PokerStars Sunday Million was won by "bmky88" for $161,000 after defeating Pavel "besar_cz" Lipa heads up. Also notching a victory on Sunday was Danish online phenom "Halfrek", who won the $109 Sunday Rebuy for $44,175.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$155,718$1,143,600
PlacePlayerPrize
*1bmky88$161,000
*2Pavel "besar_cz" Lipa$147,774.79
3Cuzco$92,631.60
4Crusher Jun$64,213.14
5iso dj$48,031.20
6R.J_Legit$36,595.20
7Francix$25,159.20
8WhiteRabbito$14,295
9uarts2$8,920.08

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Derek "derek8" Lerner (33rd - $2,402)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$152,917$583,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1maicon178$91,594.42
2micado74$68,257.80
3moderman22$48,433.86
4The_swan06$33,545.50
5abeainy$25,086.20
6guillet76$19,252.20
7SafinRadik$13,418.20
8Emaa$7,584.20
9progre69$4,667.20

Notable Finishes: Tim "weygang" English (30th - $1,342), Greg "gregior" Howard (31st - $1,342)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($250K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$30511$255,500
PlacePlayerPrize
*1Milana Jones$40,546
*2pAtcAsh83$34,615
*3WhatIsICM$33,683
4rouliroul$19,418
5BabbieNuk$13,644
6moneyMiker11$10,859
7Sherrii$8,304
8mjw006$5,749
9Ben "bazooka87" Gilholme$3,833

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Phidias "ael1979" Georgiou (25th - $1,418)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$9752$235,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1Halfrek$44,175
2Tomascibak$31,806
3Mzzzzzzzzzzz$23,560
4redlun$17,670
5lukro8$12,369
6marcosretard$10,013
7papion19$7,657
8A.Brandon$5,301
9vrest$3,322

Notable Finishes: Alex "skalexjung" Jung (17th - $1,649)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$15895$179,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1PetjeXL$32,399
2GetItQuietly$23,270
3esposado$17,453
4Milana Jones$13,067
5Spaniskiller$9,219
6Louxo$7,429
7DESS66$5,639
8Negriin$3,956
9philcaALLins$2,291

*PokerStars data obtained from PokerStarsBlog.com and officialpokerrankings.com

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