Brazilian poker gamers dominated the latter stage of the newest PokerStars Sunday Million, with 5 samba stars navigating to the $1 million assured occasion’s closing desk. Two of these Brazilians, Yuri “tecaoo” Martins Gama and Thiago “KKremate” Crema discovered themselves heads-up. Between them, they took dwelling $$140,246 of the seven-figure prize pool.
This week, the $109 Sunday Million was performed to a progressive knockout format. PokerStars processed 9,749 entries, leading to a $25,100 overlay on the $1 million assure. The highest 1,615 finishers, together with Workforce PokerStars’ Kenny “SpaceyFCB” Hallaert and Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg, obtained an everyday prize pool payout.
Day 1 concluded with 115 hopefuls in with an opportunity of Sunday Million glory. They returned to their seats on Day 2 to struggle it out for a $54,596 high prize plus as many progressive bounties they may get their arms on.
$109 Sunday Million PKO Closing Desk Outcomes
Gama scored a double elimination comparatively early into the ultimate desk’s proceedings. “gregory709” moved all-in with ace-five of diamonds from below the gun for lower than an ante, “bpauludo11” ripped it in for five.5 huge blinds with ace-eight of spades in center place, and Gama squeezed all-in from the cutoff with king-ten of golf equipment, folding out the remaining gamers. Gama turned an ace-high flush to ship two opponents to the rail; he additionally collected $3,720 from the bounty prize pool.
Dropping a coinflip despatched Ukraine’s “m.o_4515” dwelling in seventh. The Ukrainian min-raised below the gun with pocket tens, “nakil301” responded with a three-bet jam from the cutoff with ace-king of golf equipment, and “m.o_4515” known as off the 15 huge binds they’d behind. An ace-king-trey flop left the all-in participant drawing skinny, and no assist arrived for them on the flip or river.
One other coinflip state of affairs resulted in “tuliodutra96” heading for the exits. They open-shoved for 10 huge blinds with king-queen of hearts from below the gun. The motion folded to “nakil301” within the small blind and so they moved all-in with five-four of hearts. These suited connectors had improved to a wheel straight by the river, sending “tuliodutra96” to the sidelines.
$15M GTD Throughout Two Weeks of Bounty Builder Collection Motion on PokerStars
5-handed play ended when “YureRML” bowed out by the hands of “22Turk22.” Seated below the gun and nursing a 3.5 huge blind stack, “YureRML” moved all-in with king-jack. Crema folded however “22Turk22” was holding ace-king of hearts and was going nowhere. Tey dedicated their 14 huge blind stack, and boosted their chip depend when the 5 neighborhood playing cards fell queen-high.
“22Turk22” was the subsequent participant relieved of their stack regardless of successful that pot. Their closing hand noticed them open-shove for 11 huge blinds with queen-jack from below the gun, and the aggressive bounty-hunting “nakil301” raised all-in with king-ten of diamonds, which folded out the opposite two gamers. Each gamers spiked a pair on the flop, however “nakil301” improved to 2 pair on the flip. A clean river later, and the Sunday Million was all the way down to solely three gamers.
These three turned two with the premature demise of “nakil301,” who went from a commanding result in being left with mud the place their chips as soon as stood. First, “nakil301” misplaced virtually half their stack when their ace-nine fell foul to Crema’s pocket tens. The final of “ankil301″‘s chips went into the center pocket deuces, just for Gama” to get up with a pair of kings within the gap. These kings improved to a set on the flop, sending “nakil301” dwelling in third place.
Gama held a two-to-one chip lead over fellow Brazilian Crema going into the heads-up battle. Gama turned the champion lower than ten minutes after the primary heads-up hand was dealt. Crema initially limped with ace-deuce however then raised all-in after Gama raised from the large blind with king-queen. The shove was for 22 huge blinds, and Gama known as. A king-high flop put Gama in entrance, and he stayed although by way of the flip and river to turn into the PokerStars Sunday Million champion.
Different Notable PokerStars Outcomes
Ukraine’s “drew.derzh” triumphed within the $5,200 Titans Occasion for $87,884, a prize rivalling the Sunday Million’s high payout. The Ukrainian defeated Austria’s “ibotown” heads-up, with Ole “wizowizo” Schemion persevering with his explosive begin to 2025 with a third-place end value $41,198.
Take a look at the desk under to some see of the largest names and prizes awarded at PokerStars over the weekend.
*prizes embrace bounties the place relevant
Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor
