Pokerstars Poker Tournaments Sunday Million
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- Below you’ll find the Sunday Billion Hall of Fame and a full list of winners from poker’s biggest weekly Play Money tournament. Want to know more about who’s won what in the Sunday.
- The Sunday Million is PokerStars’ flagship weekly tournament. The $215 event debuted on March 5, 2006, and quickly became a draw for players around the world on poker’s busiest day of the week. The somewhat appropriately named “aaaaaaaa” won that first Sunday Million for $173,843. There have been well over 600 Sunday Millions since then.
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In spite of what its name implies, the PokerStars Sunday Million has a guarantee of $1,500,000, making it the biggest weekly tournament in the online poker world. The Million is the cornerstone of PokerStars Sunday lineup which also includes two other $215 tournaments, an $11, a $55, and a $530. The total guaranteed prize pool by these six.
Are you getting ready for the $12.5m Anniversary Edition Sunday Million on PokerStars?
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Whether you are a seasoned pro or an amateur taking a shot at the Sunday Million for the first time, check out these tips on how to tackle the Sunday Million.
To come up with the most comprehensive strategy guide to the PokerStars Sunday Million, we reached out to PokerStars Team Pros Arlie Shaban, Felix Schneiders and Tom Hayward.
Here's what they think you should do (and how they think you should play) if you want to get a shot at winning the Sunday Million.
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Arlie Shaban: 'Patience is Key'
PokerNews: What's one thing you would tell yourself before you played your first Sunday Million?
Arlie Shaban: I would tell younger Arlie before his first-ever Sunday Million that I should be patient and try extra hard not to tilt.
Back in the day when I was first taking shots at bigger buy-ins, I had a tendency to overact when I got unlucky and spew away chips.
I would tell myself to expect unlucky events, but to react with logic and reason after them, instead of with emotion.
PokerNews: What's one mistake people often make in the early stages of the Sunday Million? What about the middle and late stages?
Arlie Shaban: One mistake that people make at the beginning of the Sunday Million is to think that because they have so many big blinds that means they can play looser.
Just know your opening ranges off all stack depths and positions and stick to them to avoid this being an issue.
PokerNews: The Sunday Million is such a long grind. Do you have any advice on how to stay alert and focused if players were to make a deep run?
Arlie Shaban: Some players will start to get very tight deep in a big game like this, the money is very substantial, and it could cause people to play for just the ladders way before the final table is even a thought.
I would always suggest playing to win, you don't want to play scared when you do finally make it to the end stages of a game with this much money up top.
One of the best ways to stay alert is to make sure you are well-rested, you have planned your meals ahead of time to keep yourself fuelled, and drink lots of water.
Felix Schneiders: 'Early Double Ups Aren't T-H-A-T Valuable'
PokerNews: What's one mistake people often make in the early stages of the Sunday Million? What about the middle and late stages?
Felix Schneiders: In the early stages, people are usually way too loose and build unnecessarily big pots with marginal hands like overpairs or top pairs.
This costs them chunks of their stack early on or gives them early doubles which might make them overconfident.
Doubling up early in a tournament when the blinds are low and the chips don't have as much value yet isn't as valuable as in the later stages.
And that's where people tighten up, fold too much and don't get aggressive enough especially around the bubble - because they desperately long for the cash in an event like the Sunday Million!
PokerNews: The Sunday Million is such a long grind. Do you have any advice on how to stay alert and focused if players were to make a deep run?
Felix Schneiders:: Avoid sugar, coffee and large meals. Have healthy snacks like nuts and seeds nearby, as they give you brainpower and don't burden your stomach.
Do 'stair breaks' during 5-minute breaks (run up and down your nearest staircase around your house), go for fresh air and drink plenty of water or tea!
Tom 'Pleb_method' Hayward: 'get your takeout order ready to go'
PokerNews: What's one thing you would tell yourself before you played your first Sunday Million?
Tom 'Pleb_method' Hayward: It's the Sunday Million, a decent chunk of people are probably new, or satellited in from the low stakes and are uncomfortable playing these stakes - I'm going to treat this like the big $5.50 and go for gold.
PokerNews: What's one mistake people often make in the early stages of the Sunday Million? What about the middle and late stages?
Tom 'Pleb_method' Hayward:Playing too many hands against good players and playing too few hands against the bad players.
During the middle stages I think people burn away money continuation bet bluffing/outright bluffing into people who aren't folding enough.
I've never reached the end stages of the Sunday Million, but I think at this point seasoned players will be playing aggressively because they know that weaker players will be playing too passive.
This is because in terms of real-life impact - there is much more on the line at this point.
PokerNews: The Sunday Million is such a long grind. Do you have any advice on how to stay alert and focused if players were to make a deep run?
Tom 'Pleb_method' Hayward: Prepare a couple of sandwiches or some type of quick meal before the tournament starts - or get your takeout order ready to go, drink lots of water.
PokerStars is gearing up for its biggest ever Sunday Million this weekend as self-isolation becomes the norm in many parts of the world.
PokerStars is gearing up for another big-money Sunday Million as players are forced to stay home because of coronavirus. (Image: PokerStars)
With the new coronavirus putting businesses, casinos and people on lockdown, the need for online entertainment is starting to peak.
For PokerStars, the current crisis could lead to a bigger 14th anniversary Sunday Million than expected. Set to get underway on March 22, the $215 MTT will mark another milestone for the industry leader.
Live Lockdown Means Sunday Million Could Prosper
Although a record-breaking $12.5 million guarantee was designed to inspire the masses, the current situation means many players can’t play live. With online poker being the only viable alternative, the tournament could produce an unprecedented prizepool
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As its stands, Partypoker holds the record for richest online MTT in history with a total payout topping $20 million. To achieve that, however, Partypoker had to host multiple starting days over the course of a week.
PokerStars’ anniversary Sunday Million will be a three-day event and entry will only be open until the start of Day 2. To surpass Partypoker’s Millions Online based on those dynamics would be hugely impressive. However, even if the MTT gets somewhere close, it would be considered a success.
As poker events around the world suffer in the wake of a global pandemic, players are turning to online tournaments as an alternative. To address the uncertain times and cater to a community on lockdown, operators a finding new ways to engage players.
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PokerStars and Partypoker Offering Salvation
In the last week, Partypoker has launched three innovations. In addition to helping launch the first ever WPT online series, it will host the 2020 Irish Poker Open.
It followed this up on March 19 with a partnership with Poker Central. That deal will see it run the first Poker Masters Online, a high-stakes stopgap for pros unable to ante up in a live casino.
PokerStars’ 14th anniversary Sunday Million will slot into this emerging market. With no end to the coronavirus crisis in sight, the time is right for online operators to push the envelope. For PokerStars, March 22 will put that theory to the test.
If attendance figures far exceed expectations, it could lead to more big-money tournaments in the coming weeks.
A glut of tournaments won’t make up for the devastation caused by coronavirus in the grand scheme of things. However, the current wave of online activity is another example of poker’s resilience in times of adversity.