The PokerStars Sunday Million Season concluded on April 22 with the crowning of the $109 buy-in, $1.5 million guaranteed Sunday Million Season Finale. The title of champion and a $177,532 payout are heading to Hungary after “KMSZI11” came out on top under the watchful eyes of the PokerStars Twitch stream.
The Sunday Million Season Finale drew in 14,777 entrants on Day 1, and they were whittled to a more manageable 152 by the time the tournament went on break for the final time. Three of PokerStars’ ambassadors reached the money places: Marle “MarlTV” Spragg finished 1,960th for $183, Laurie “LaliTournier” Tournier fell in 1,614th for $219, and Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot came unstuck in 250th for $542.
Sunday Million Season Finale Day 1 Top 10 Chips Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eQQaw | Brazil | 14,647,839 |
| 2 | Zwiebling | Germany | 13,962,941 |
| 3 | Jmpoker1306 | Brazil | 13,357,767 |
| 4 | balticFish | Lithuania | 13,021,620 |
| 5 | corresao | Argentina | 12,457,399 |
| 6 | mc_fred33 | Canada | 12,247,191 |
| 7 | ArturR2R | Ukraine | 11,762,496 |
| 8 | levskara18 | Bulgaria | 11,290,462 |
| 9 | kittenite | Bulgaria | 11,031,326 |
| 10 | marioq2 | Brazil | 10,724,452 |
Brazil’s “eQQaw” returned for Day 2 in the enviable position of chip leader, but they could not build on their Day 1 success, and crashed out in 63rd place. Nineteenth place was the deepest any of the overnight top ten came to becoming this tournament’s champion; Germany’s “Zwiebling” bowing out in that spot for $3,056.
$109 Sunday Million Season Finale Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KMSZI11 | Hungary | $177,532 |
| 2 | Pablos701 | Brazil | $126,551 |
| 3 | T0X16 | Austria | $90,210 |
| 4 | JohnCanBluff | Canada | $64,304 |
| 5 | Mi3us | Belarus | $45,838 |
| 6 | Roman V569 | Thailand | $32,675 |
| 7 | <3Football20 | Kazakhstan | $23,292 |
| 8 | 0Luck777 | Lithuania | $16,603 |
| 9 | pAArich | Poland | $11,835 |
Each of the nine players who navigated their way to the final table of the Sunday Million Season Finale locked in a five-figure prize for their efforts. Poland’s “pAArich” was the first of those finalists to receive some prize money; they busted out in cruel circumstances.
Down to only 1.5 big blinds, “pAArich” open-shoved from the button with pocket aces, and “Pablos701” isolated them with an all-in bet from the small blind with king-six of spades. “Pablos701” paired their six on the flop and caught a third six on the river, ending “pAArich”‘s hopes of a comeback.
A cooler hand during the same blind level resulted in “0Luck777” busting in eighth place. “<3Football20” min-raised from under the gun with pocket queens, “0Luck777” three-bet all-in for 10 big blinds with ace-king of diamonds from the next seat along, only for “T0X16” to wake up with pocket aces in the seat directly to the all-in player’s immediate left. “T0X16” flat-called, and the initial raiser found a fold. A king on the flop gave “0Luck777” some hope, but the turn and river bricked, sending them to the rail.
After making that impressive fold with queens, “<3Football20” was the next player heading for the exits. Ironically, it was pocket queens that eliminated them. With blinds of 1,750,000/3,500,000/450,000a, “KMSZI11” made it 7,700,000 to go with pocket queens on the button before snap-calling the 61,667,436 shove from “<3Football20” in the small blind. The all-in player turned over pocket tens, which failed to improve.
“Roman V569” joined the growing list of busted players within minutes of “<3Football20” busting. “Roman V569” three-bet all-in for around 12 big blinds with king-queen of spades after “JohnCanBluff” min-raised from under the gun. Unfortunately for “Roman V569,” “JohnCanBluff” was not bluffing; they held ace-king, and made the call. Two spades on the flop gave “Roman V569” a sweat, but the board ran safe for ace-king, and the final table was down to only five players.
Those five became four with the elimination of “Mi3us” of Belarus. “KMSZI11” raised slightly more than twice the big blind with ace-king and quickly called when “Mi3us” decided to jam for 26 big blinds with king-eight of diamonds from the big blind. Ace-king was the best hand by the river, and “Mi3us” was gone.
That hand boosted “KMSZI11’s stack to almost 560 million, with their nearest rival having 71 million at their disposal. Unsurprisingly, the final three eliminations came in quick succession, and “KMSZI11” emerged victoriously.
First, “JohnCanBluff” lost all but three big blinds when their pocket nines were out-flopped by the ace-ten of “Pablos701.” Those handful of chips went into the middle with “JohnCanBluff” holding nine-four of spades, which was up against the nine-eight of “Pablos701.” A four and a nine on the flop looked to have rescued “JohnCanBluff,” but an eight on the river gave “Pablos701” a stronger two pair.
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Austria’s “T0X16” became the latest victim of “KMSZI11” when their last eight big blinds went in with ace-four only to lose to the suited ten-three of the hot-running chip leader.
“KMSZI11” entered the heads-up battle with “Pablos701” holding more than a six-to-one chip advantage, resulting in a short-lived clash. The final hand saw “KMSZI11” move all-in with queen-four and “Pablos701” call off their last 4.5 big blinds with jack-ten. A four on the flop saw the final pot of the tournament slide toward “KMSZI11.”
“Pablos701” collected $126,551 for their runner-up finish, with “KMSZI11” netting $177,532 and the title of champion.
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