Dan ‘w00ki3z.’ Cates Wins PokerStars Sunday 500
Dan ‘w00ki3z.’ Cates Wins PokerStars Sunday 500

Dan ‘w00ki3z.’ Cates won the PokerStars Sunday 500

A nosebleed-stakes player taking down the PokerStars Sunday 500 was your big headline over the weekend. Dan ‘w00ki3z.’ Catestook down the $500 buy-in minefield and earned almost $65,000.
Cates Tweeted that the win was karma of sorts:


Elsewhere, the PokerStars Sunday Million was taken down by player ‘Turko_man‘ for a score of $183,709, with ‘salta44‘ and ‘DerRaeuber‘ earning $136,298 and $96,001 for their respective 2nd and 3rd place finishes in that event.

Hungarian ‘greengrass67‘ (ranked #311 worldwide) was victorious in the Sunday Warm-Up and took home $76,125. The Six-Max Sunday Supersonic was won by ‘piojosoo‘, who pocketed $46,557.

Also scoring big on PokerStars was Doug ‘WCG|Rider’ Polk hauling in $162,952 after taking down the PokerStars Mountain Series – $700 Kilimanjaro.

Meanwhile, it was ‘Atuaprimade_4‘ who outlasted all opponents in the partypoker High Roller event, cashing for $38,610. The $320 buy-in “Baby Whale” at 888 Poker saw ‘olibalint‘ walk away with $28,860.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($200+15 NLHE)
5,926 entrants – $1,185,200 paid out to 855 spots

~ Full Recap

  1. Turko_man $183,708.88
  2. salta44 $136,298.00
  3. DerRaeuber $96,001.20
  4. pujarooo91 $66,548.98 (pujarooo91)
  5. calamitas $49,778.40
  6. acumen plus $37,926.40
  7. oOwL $26,074.40
  8. goldfish108 $14,815.00
  9. dffg $9,244.56

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($200+15 NLHE)
2,409 entrants – $481,800 paid out to 360 spots

~ Full Recap

  1. greengrass67 $76,124.73 (greengrass67)
  2. TISSO1709 $57,175.20
  3. OverTheTop43 $40,953.00
  4. BaNe.TrEnD $28,185.30
  5. kimokh $21,440.10
  6. menglong $16,622.10
  7. lulDocuments $11,804.10 (luldocuments)
  8. mmetsla $6,986.10
  9. MaxBMM $4,095.30

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($500+$35 NLHE)
716 entrants – $358,000 paid out to 108 spots

~ Full Recap

  1. w00ki3z. $64,798.00
  2. mojave $46,540.00
  3. harrybo8 $34,905.00
  4. BillLewinsky $26,134.00
  5. shamrocker92 $18,437.00 (shamrocker92)
  6. mikki696 $14,857.00
  7. Poeira4 $11,277.00
  8. PokerLoans1 $7,911.80
  9. fviana $4,582.40 (fviana)

PokerStars Sunday Supersonic ($200+$15 NLHE 6-Max)
1,378 entrants – $282,159 paid out to 180 spots

~ Full Recap

  1. piojosoo $46,557.11
  2. TheHood $34,987.75
  3. SlipperyBean $26,099.73
  4. RodRish $18,058.19
  5. marcasa $11,568.53
  6. dr.mozer $7,759.38


PokerStars Mountain Series – $700 Kilimanjaro ($670+30 NLHE)
1452 entrants – $972,840 paid out to 198 spots

~ Full Recap

  1. WCG|Rider $162,951.56
  2. bebaimis777 $119,172.90
  3. dntfrgtame $89,987.70
  4. smiler450 $66,153.12
  5. d.quang $47,669.16
  6. JNandez87 $37,940.76
  7. antispeed $28,212.36
  8. Lena900 $18,483.96
  9. etxnl01 $10,020.25

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($10+$1 NLHE)
32,643 entrants – $326,430 paid out to 5,400 spots

~ Full Recap

  1. masterc50 $28,394.65
  2. shalevhalfa $20,379.02
  3. Wackworm $13,710.06 (wackworm)
  4. GPASA26 $10,445.76
  5. Cepreu’LOL $7,181.46
  6. morphose91 $4,406.80
  7. /^ekke^21 $3,019.47
  8. Marshall252 $2,121.79
  9. heldenmacht3 $1,485.25

partypoker High Roller ($500+30 NLHE Re-Entry) *$150k Guaranteed
396 entrants – $198,000 paid out to 45 spots

  1. Atuaprimade_4 $38,610
  2. mjw_006 $29,205 (mjw006)
  3. C3H5-NO3-3 $21,780
  4. yurasov1990 $16,632
  5. Sheater $11,385 (Sheater)
  6. Cocadas88 $8,910
  7. x_zola25 $6,930 (x_zola25)
  8. Play2Parti $4,950
  9. PLAYlikeOSHO $3,465

iPoker Sunday Masters (€150 NLHE)
153 entrants – $24,366 paid out to 27 spots

~ Full Recap

  1. ipoker123 $5,238.70
  2. KOT2014 $3,776.74
  3. MyStapler $2,863.01
  4. gkareckas89 $2,132.03
  5. GonnaGetJew $1,461.96 (Alan45698)
  6. blankebetman $1,218.30
  7. Klokkelaerling $974.64
  8. Hop91 $730.98
  9. Flo1980BE $487.32

888 Baby Whale ($320 NLHE) *$100k Guaranteed
509 entrants – $152,700 paid out to 72 spots

  1. olibalint $28,860
  2. derharry69 $21,149
  3. TRlCEPS $15,575
  4. uarebad_lol $11,758
  5. CrackdeI29 $8,246 (Crackdel29)
  6. 0aceAce $6,490
  7. KarachoKarl $4,963
  8. TurTurist $3,436
  9. 123_THC $2,336 (JMolloy)

Full Tilt Sunday Major ($233+17 NLHE)
186 entrants – $50,000 paid out to 27 spots

~ Full Recap

  1. Williamsdad $10,500.00
  2. TheClaimer $7,750.00 (TheClaimeer)
  3. viking47 $5,550.00 (viking47)
  4. pokerjamers $4,250.00 (pokerjamers)
  5. 3p3nipa $3,250.00 (3p3nipa)
  6. maniiac $2,550.00 (Ballage87)
  7. Rissah $1,875.00 (YugiohPro)
  8. TyRusT $1,400.00
  9. bigslaun $1,100.00

BetVictor Sunday Showdown ($245 NLHE) *€25k Guaranteed

  1. Darouche €6,256.00
  2. JerryYang €4,352.00
  3. gaming123 €3,304.80
  4. hairycobra €2,448.00
  5. K000LXFTW €1,632.00 (k0000000lx)
  6. Hudders1 €1,360.00 (Hudders)
  7. AltijdPech1 €1,088.00
  8. khalid1968 €816.00
  9. LovinTheGame €680.00