It was an exciting Sunday for Card Player’s Online Player of the Year race. Steve "gboro780" Gross closed the gap on leader Shaun Deeb with a win in Ultimate Bet’s $200,000 guarantee. The victory put Gross just 136 points behind and within striking distance to take over the top spot with a win this week.
Nick "GripDsNutz" Grippo had an amazing Sunday, as well, picking up 1,700 points to move into third place overall. Grippo won the $150 rebuy on Full Tilt for $66,450 and then finished second in the Sunday Warmup on PokerStars for $95,402.
You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UltimateBet, and Cake below:
PokerStars — Sunday Million
Buy-In: $200+$15
Prize Pool: $1,518,000
Entrants: 7,594
Places Paid: 1,080
Final Table Results:
- antesvante — $213,459*
- strip23 — $160,644*
- maxpudim — $142,850*
- flex212derde — $80,496
- igoturchips4 — $62,270
- raulbcn — $47,082
- alphalogos — $32,654
- chinchati — $18,225
- Schlede18xD — $11,770
*Based on a three-handed deal made at the final table.
Other Notable Cashes: Joe "ender555" Ebanks (66th, pictured above right), Danny "cpfactor" Smith (89th), Hunter "HEMIpowerSWT" Frey (90th), Richard "RonaldKosh" Fohrenbach (95th), and Jonas "Telefonkiosk" Lennartsson (97th).
Full Tilt — $750,000 Guarantee
Buy-In: $200+$16
Prize Pool: $750,000
Entrants: 3,492
Places Paid: 522
Final Table Results:
- dajatt13 — $132,787
- Tom "titantom32" Braband (pictured right)— $80,250
- Duffman08 — $52,500
- JonnyMalc — $41,400
- OwChs — $31,050
- officehound — $23,025
- Luho Pickle — $17,250
- CWahl4 — $13,500
- dmmickey — $10,050
Other Notable Cashes: Avril Sharapova (12th), Rayan "rkruok" Nathan (34th), Greg "DuckU" Hobson (46th), Brian "DUSoonerKid" Hansen (59th), Johan "busto_soon" Van Til (61st), David Pham (75th), Nick "Grippolio" Grippo (79th), and Kyle "kwob20" Bowker (83rd).
UltimateBet — $200,000 Guarantee
Buy-In: $200+$15
Prize Pool: $200,000
Entrants: 911
Places Paid: 99
Final Table Results:
- Steve "MIGUELPRADO" Gross aka gboro780 (pictured right) — $44,660
- ROCK3656 — $26,700
- MOISTPANTIES — $18,100
- FUKUOKAHAWK — $12,900
- QUANBERG — $10,900
- MIRACLEGRO — $8,900
- JACKKKING — $6,900
- COOLHAND0341 — $4,900
- RUBINB — $3,400
Other Notable Cashes: Gary "DEBO34" Debernardi (15th), Jared "SOXNATION83" Mahoney (17th), Tony "DRUNKPPLAYA" Gargano (22nd), Lucas "BEAVER FEVER" Rifkin (27th), and Jeff "YOUNGSUPREMACY" Hakim (59th).
Cake Poker — $250,000 Guarantee
Buy-In: $250+$18
Prize Pool: $250,000
Entrants: 909
Places Paid: 130
Final Table Results:
- BunnyFeet — $50,500
- CERFLTHVJ — $35,600
- PLAYAPLZ — $23,925
- skeptix — $17,800
- TheSkyAbove — $12,100
- PokerIsArt — $9,200
- tripsforjoje — $6,775
- fratzner — $5,100
- sammastri11i — $4,300
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