The Sunday Briefing: "Stygher" Wins Largest MicroMillions Main Event Ever at PokerStars

Brett Collson Chief Editor

Jul 29, 2013 3 min read

PokerStars smashed another record on Sunday. The world's leading online poker room closed out the fifth edition of its MicroMillions Series with the $22 Main Event, and 59,213 runners created the largest prize pool in the history of the series. A total of $1,184,260 was handed out to the top 7,920 finishers, and more than $160,000 went to the eventual winner "stygher," who won the tournament outright after electing not to make a deal at the final table.

The winner was Russia's "JustProSkill" who racked up 460 points from 31 cashes, which included two final tables. He received a $5,200 2013 WCOOP Main Event ticket for his efforts. Second to 10th place on the leader board got $1,050 WCOOP tickets, and 11th-50th received $215 WCOOP tickets.

In addition to the MicroMillions Main Event, both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker ran their usual slate of Sunday Majors this week. Here's a look at the results:

MicroMillions V Main Event ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$20+2	59,213	$1,184,260

Place	Player	Prize
1	stygher	$160,726
2	S3XXYMUCK	$117,715
3	MarieKen2112	$80,340
4	lacostae	$53,552
5	Legato	$34,805
6	Ramediem	$21,411
7	Mau9999	$13,382
8	toril274	$8,041
9	Scrach face	$5,352

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	6,755	$1,351,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	tatue	$181,430*
2	g0epr0	$176,044*
3	antifulltilt	$108,080
4	Pelckito	$74,305
5	randomclown4	$56,742
6	Tommy "Tmoney0209" Miller	$43,232
7	G1a1u1s1s	$29,722
8	rmntaw4ever	$16,212
9	slow_gherkin	$10,470

_{*Denotes heads-up deal}

Notable Finishes: Adam "squee451" Sherman (42nd - $2,553), Sebastian "S.Ruthenberg" Ruthenberg (47th - $2,350)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	2,912	$582,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	goolirpoker	$85,160*
2	EDWARDHOPPER	$75,000*
3	RibyJl9R	$48,921
4	vladulaNko	$33,488
5	mrAndreeew	$25,334
6	Jab0c0	$19,510
7	DontBluffMyJ	$13,686
8	pilsuhng	$7,874
9	gerikov	$4,950

_{*Denotes heads-up deal}

Notable Finishes: Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins (15th - $2,766), Tommy "Tmoney0209" Miller (51st - $1,106)

Full Tilt $250K Guarantee ($250K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	1,348	$269,600

Place	Player	Prize
1	__KASSIN__	$45,229*
2	Ser1Ace	$33,265*
3	MUCKEMSAYWAAA	$36,948*
4	Dudator	$19,141
5	IgotThatSack	$14,288
6	Crazy Elior	$10,514
7	EELiz	$7,818
8	BooBoo825	$xxx
9	Peter "Belabacsi" Traply	$4,044

_{*Denotes three-handed deal}

Notable Finishes: Mike "SirWatts" Watson (14th - $2,048), Rayan "rkruok" Nathan (17th - $1,563)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$240+15	1,097	$219,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	garyknife	$43,880
2	TJ "DarkHorse19" Ulmer	$29,224
3	Asido	$20,843
4	TMM_HH	$15,577
5	Patrick “Shevmouse” Renkers	$11,628
6	Sharp6810	8,566
7	Craig "mcc3991" McCorkell	$6,362
8	HU4COOKIES	$4,607
9	gipain2009	$3,291

Notable Finishes: Marco "4high20" Ruggeri (13th - $1,667), Jason "jdpc27" Wheeler (15th - $1,667), Ami "UhhMee" Barer (18th - $943), Mike "CuteIsWhatIAim4" Telker (25th - $943), Emil "whitelime" Patel (28th - $724)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+30	699	$349,500

Place	Player	Prize
1	hellzito	$63,259
2	nadalon	$45,435
3	Pimmss	$34,076
4	Emilohlsson	$25,513
5	Rhys "floppinhel" Jones	$17,999
6	eisenhower1	$14,504
7	Chris "NigDawG" Brammer	$11,009
8	Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen	$7,723
9	Mike "SirWatts" Watson	$4,473

Notable Finishes: Mayu "marroca5" Roca (17th - $2,376), Toby "810ofcloubs" Lewis (21st - $1,677), Steve "betrthanphil" Tripp (23rd - $1,677),

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+9	869	$274,100

Place	Player	Prize
1	Ondrej "Vinkyy" Vinklarek	$51,393
2	huiiiiiiiiii	$37,003
3	Raaadzio91	$27,410
4	TsubasaOO	$20,557
5	MAMOHT_T	$14,390
6	morans350	$11,649
7	Djelly	$8,908
8	hunter_az533	$6,167
9	CaptainGant	$3,864

Notable Finishes: Zach "HustlerGrune" Gruneberg (21st - $1,370)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	1,202	$240,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	Kungfumonk	$43,272
2	pk420	$30,843
3	d.quang	$23,078
4	Mr.Ingenious	$17,308
5	iTSReTSaM	$12,020
6	99NvrLosez	$9,616
7	wiklund	$7,212
8	Malle1000	$4,808
9	teruliro	$2,884

PokerStars Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$210.80+4.20	1,209	$254,857

Place	Player	Prize
1	ismo<3seppo	$46,282
2	jamierobe323	$33,641
3	jareth3542	$25,485
4	B00mslang	$19,114
5	joran1	$13,380
6	arnon shraga	$10,831
7	niet2maar3	$8,282
8	Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah	$5,734
9	AwibkzrZzm	$3,568