The chip counts were heavily polarized as this week's Sunday Million final table kicked off. On one end was myownNICK, his 1.77 million representing only seven big blinds. At the other was timvn2008, his 25.2 million nearly double the chips of second-place KungFuDonk. Timvn2008 took his massive chip stack and wielded it like a machete, maintaining the lead for almost all the final table before locking up his first Sunday Million title and over $187,000.
7,495 players entered this week's Sunday Million, the prize pool topping out at $1,499,000.00. 1,080 places were paid with first place set to earn $224,850.00. Fifteen Red Spades joined the sector including Andre Akkari, Maxim Lykov, Henrique Pinho, Joe Cada, Martin Hruby, and Nacho Barbero. Two finished within the money-- Team Online's George "Jorj95" Lind III (1,059th) and Mickey "mement mori" Petersen (152nd).
Blinds were as much as 125,0000/250,000 with ten players remaining. Short stack akshay21 found Q♦9♦ within the cutoff and shoved for 2.29 million. FNessy called at the button with 5♠5♥. The pocket pair won this coinflip, the board running out J♠6♠6♣8♣2♣ to eliminate akshay21 at the final table bubble.
Final table chip counts
Seat 1: peterwhooo (4,593,562 in chips)
Seat 2: P0lak (3,006,864 in chips)
Seat 3: A.C.A.B 8708 (4,928,927 in chips)
Seat 4: vatser (8,141,450 in chips)
Seat 5: KungFuDonk (13,885,391 in chips)
Seat 6: Sifosis (4,958,996 in chips)
Seat 7: Timvn2008 (25,269,370 in chips)
Seat 8: myownNICK (1,773,048 in chips)
Seat 9: FNessy (8,392,392 in chips)
Early eliminations
MyownNICK held on for a few orbits before moving in for 1.44 million with A♦9♥. Vatser called from the small blind with 3♠3♦ and hit two pair at the K♥4♠4♣ flop. MyOwnNICK had to catch an ace or nine but got the 6♠ and the 8♥ instead and hit the rail in ninth place ($11,617.25).
Peterwhooo stumbled early, losing half his stack to KungFuDonk, but doubled back as much as 5 million when his J♠J♥ held up against A.C.A.B. 8708's A♣T♣. A.C.A.B 8708 sunk to 1.6 million until he picked up A♦T♣ and open-shoved from the hijack. Mega-stack Timvn2008 called with T♠T♥, but had his pocket pair snapped off at the A♠2♠2♦ flop. A.C.A.B 8708 doubled to 3.5 million, barely denting Timvn2008's stack.
A.C.A.B 8708's double-up left peterwhooo because the table short stack. With the blinds as much as 150,000/300,000, peterwhooo found K♦J♠ and open-shoved for 2.3 million. Sifosis called from the massive blind with A♠T♠. Peterwhooo hit top pair at the K♣T♥5♦2♠Q♠ board and doubled to five million, leaving Sifosis on only 1.3 million.
However, at the next deal, P0lak opened for a min-raise to 600,000 and Timvn2008 shoved from the large blind. P0lak called, his J♦J♣ up against K♣J♥. Timvn2008's hot streak continued as he hit a king at the flop to snap off pocket jacks. P0lak didn't recover and was eliminated in eighth place ($17,988.00).
KungFuDonk takes out two
Two hands later, A.C.A.B 8708 opened for a min-raise to 600,000 and KungFuDonk three-bet to twelve. million. A.C.A.B 8708 shoved for 3.13 million total and KungFuDonk called, his 7♥9♥ in bad shape vs. A♣J♠. KungFuDonk, however, made an open-ended straight draw at the Q♥T♣8♦ flop and filled it when the J♦ turned. The river was the 3♦ and A.C.A.B 8708 hit the rail in seventh place, good for $32,228.50.
Still hanging on with lower than 4 BB, Sifosis opened for 1.05 million UTG and vatser called from the small blind. Vatser set Sifosis all-in with a min-bet at the T♥4♣2♠ flop and Sifosis called, turning up Q♦T♠ for high pair. Vatser's A♥5♥ didn't compensate for the 5♣ or the J♠ river and Sifosis doubled to 2.75 million.
Vatser lost more ground when he doubled up FNessy, his A♣T♣ running into pocket aces. Left with only 4 million, vatser open-shoved from UTG+1 with A♣Q♣ and KungFuDonk called with K♦Q♥. KungFuDonk hit a king and turned two pair at the K♥7♣6♥6♦9♣ board, ending vatser's run in sixth place ($46,469.00).
No deal!
With five remaining, all but one player were willing to speak about a deal; Timvn2008 desired to wait until the action was four-handed to have a look at numbers. Play continued and the blinds rose to 200,000/400,000 before peterwhooo made a 3.3 million shove from UTG with A♠3♥. Timvn2008 called from the small blind and turned up a dominating A♦7♥. Timvn2008's hand-held up at the 9♣8♥2♠A♣6♣ board, sending peterwhooo home in fifth place ($61,459.00).
The field now all the way down to four, Timvn2008 was willing to speak about a deal and the action was paused to run numbers. Here is a take a look at how they stacked up on the time:
Timvn2008 - 34,960,970
KungFuDonk - 21,871,242
FNessy - 10,162,132
Sifosis - 7,955,656
ICM figures were presented, but short stack Sifosis wasn't pleased with his proposed share.
Sifosis: I dont wanna be greedy guys
Sifosis: But I TRULY think I'VE a large edge here
Sifosis: And is gonna need 130k to make a deal
Additionally, Timvn2008 declared he'd need another $10,000 to near the care for. the opposite players unwilling to surrender any money, cards went back within the air.
Chop it three ways!
FNessy hit a hurry during four-handed play, taking back-to-back pots off Timvn2008 to transport as much as over 20 million in chips. However, KungFuDonk snagged a few of those chips when he doubled through FNessy, his unimproved A♦K♠ holding up against an open-ended straight draw.
Sifosis had ground his stack as much as 12.5 million when FNessy opened for a 1.3 million raise. Sifosis looked down at A♣J♦ and shoved, FNessy calling with K♠J♣. Sifosis kept the lead at the 9♥5♠3♣ flop, but FNessy hit the K♥ at the turn to make top pair and wrest away the lead. The river was the 3♠ and Sifosis was eliminated in fourth place, earning $79,447.00 for his run.
The final three decided to take another run at creating a deal. Here is a take a look at their stacks when the action paused for a second time:
FNessy - 32,396,546
Timvn2008 - 27,450,970
KungFuDonk - 15,002,484
This time, everyone quickly agreed to an ICM chop. With $20,000 still in play for the winner, cards went back within the air.
FNessy rides the roller coaster
Moments later, FNessy opened for a 3x raise to 1.8 million from the small blind and KungFuDonk called from the large. FNessy led out for one more 1.8 million at the 7♦7♥5♠ flop, KungFuDonk raised to 3.6 million and FNessy called. Both players checked the 3♣ at the turn. The river was the T♠ and FNessy made it 9 million to head. KungFuDonk called all-in for 8.6 million and rolled over A♦7♠ for trips. FNessy was on a stone bluff with 4♠8♣ and fell to 22.1 million while KungFuDonk doubled to 28.2 million.
The chip counts stayed pretty closely bunched together until Timvn2008 check-raised a J♥6♣3♥ flop and was met with a three-bet to 7 million straight from FNessy. Timvn2008 shoved for 23.2 million and FNessy relinquished his hand. Timvn2008 moved back into the chip lead with 32 million while FNessy fell to fourteen million.
Two orbits later, KungFuDonk limped in at the button and FNessy moved all-in for 12.5 million from the massive blind. KungFuDonk called, his J♠T♣ trailing FNessy's A♣Q♠. FNessy's handheld up and he doubled to 25.6 million while KungFuDonk slipped to 12.6 million.
timvn2008 takes it home with a double KO
This tournament didn't make it to heads-up play; the winner was decided in a three-way pre-flop all-in, Timvn2008 holding pocket queens while having both his opponents covered:
Congratulations to timvn2008 on a dominating performance. He took home $187,699.94 for his first Sunday Million win while runner-up FNessy earned $176,482.04.
PokerStars Sunday Million results for 1-26-2014
Players: 7,495
Prizepool: $1,499,000.00
Places paid: 1,080
1. timvn2008 (Russia) $187,699.94*
2. FNessy (Brazil) $176,482.04*
3. KungFuDonk (Montenegro) $146,032.65*
4. Sifosis (Denmark) $79,447.00
5. peterwhooo (Brazil) $61,459.00
6. vatser (Belgium) $46,469.00
7. A.C.A.B 8708 (Switzerland) $32,228.50
8. P0lak (Germany) $17,988.00
9. myownNICK (Sweden) $11,617.25
*= reflects the result of a three-way deal that left $20,000 in play for the winner
Kristin Bihr is a contract contributor to the PokerStars Blog.
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