The 18th Anniversary operating of the PokerStars Sunday Million was nearly received by a participant going by the display identify ‘Sunday Melon’. The $215 buy-in occasion attracted a discipline of 39,226 entries, falling simply in need of assembly the $8 million assure. In the tip, it was Brazil’s Mateus ‘CrossBreed17’ Mendes who emerged victorious, taking dwelling $1,000,000 after defeating ‘Sunday Melon’ heads-up.
The high eight finishers ended up strolling away with at the least six-figures for his or her efforts on this on-line occasion which spanned three days (April 7-9). ‘Sunday Melon’, of Poland, earned $733,959 because the runner-up.
World Series of Poker bracelet winner Jans ‘Graftekkel’ Arends was probably the most completed participant on the closing desk. The Dutch poker professional took dwelling $270,961 because the fifth-place finisher after his A-8 suited didn’t beat out the Okay-Q of Mendes.
Another large identify from the net world was additionally knocked out by Mendes on day 3. Bert ‘girafganger7’ Stevens, who received final 12 months’s WSOP Online essential occasion occasion for almost $2.8 million, positioned twenty fifth on this match. In a limped battle of the blinds, his 10
-55
bumped into the OkayOkay
of Mendes on a ten86
flop. The Q flip and J river have been no assist and Stevens settled for $13,600.
Mendes received a giant pot throughout three-handed motion that noticed him overtake the lead. Mendes limped from the small blind with Q10 and ‘Sunday Melon’ made it 4x (16,000,000) the large blind with J5. Mendes known as and the flop got here down QQ3. Mendes check-called an 8,375,000 continuation wager and the flip introduced the 4. Mendes checked once more and ‘Sunday Melon’ fired 42,500,000 into 50,250,000. Mendes known as and the A accomplished the board. Mendes checked once more and ‘Sunday Melon’ shoved for 125,524,845 efficient right into a pot of 135,250,000. Mendes made the decision and chipped as much as 386,299,690, whereas ‘Sunday Melon’ slid to 319,627,028.
Mendes prolonged his benefit even additional by knocking out ‘FcProto10’ in third place ($526,523). He entered heads-up play with almost a 3:2 lead. His supply of a deal was declined, which led to roughly 90 minutes of one-on-one motion with the title hanging within the steadiness. In the ultimate hand ‘Sunday Melon’ known as all-in from the large blind for round 12 large blinds with 55. Mendes had shoved with 97 on the button. The board ran out AOkay29Okay to convey the occasion to a detailed.
Here are the payouts from the ultimate desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings |
| 1 | Mateus ‘CrossBreed17’ Mendes | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | ‘Sunday Melon’ | $733,959 |
| 3 | ‘FcProto10’ | $526,523 |
| 4 | ‘themasteryan’ | $377,713 |
| 5 | Jans ‘Graftekkel’ Arends | $270,961 |
| 6 | ‘Majo360’ | $194,380 |
| 7 | ‘n3v3rw1n88’ | $139,442 |
| 8 | ‘alxwhitty’ | $100,032 |
| 9 | ‘nzlking’ | $71,759 |
