Phenomenal Win for “StefanProdan” At PokerStars Sunday Million

Once again, the PokerStars flagship event – the Sunday Million – attracted an enormous field of online poker players. And once again, the already sensational $1.5 million guaranteed was trumped, this time worth $1,732,800.

Unlike most of PokerStars Sunday Million tournaments, this time around, the winner is taking home an astounding 1st place prize like he’s never witnessed before. “StefanProdan” earned more than $200k for the victory, with his largest recorded tournament cash up to this point being a 76th place finish in the Full Tilt Poker Sunday Brawl, worth $772.52.

The action got underway with 8,664 players converging on the tables. The top 1,260 players would see a piece of the lucrative prize pool. As the players dwindled, the final table was eventually formed.

One by one, the virtual rails became packed. The 3rd place exit of “Bob Vitis” resulted in heads-up play between StefanProdan and young American Joel “jbrown04″ Brown.

These two players have a lot in common, neither having earned a significant prize in online poker tournaments. Brown’s largest cash was for $4,470 in January of 2009, being the only 4-digit cash recorded on his roster. No matter what happened, both would walk away extremely happy men.

As fate would have it, it was StefanProdan that would take the 1st place victory and the impressive payday of $209,842. Brown was easily consoled with a $141,223 cash for the 2nd place finish.

PokerStars Sunday Million Final Table Results
1st – StefanProdan ($209,842)
2nd – jbrown04 ($141,223)
3rd – Bob Vitis ($96,170)
4th – wywrotX ($77,976)
5th – WlkRambo ($60,648)
6th – IRENE666 ($43,320)
7th – Princess480 ($30,324)
8th – G6Dragon ($19,927)
9th – Vincent Eley ($12,130)