Online poker tournament action saw a number of players take home huge cash prizes Sunday ahead of the 2017 World Series of Poker which begins this week. ‘L1VeYRdrEamS‘ maximized overlay value in the PokerStars Sunday Million and earned $150,179 for the win. ‘Timonpoika‘ finished second for $103,936 as ‘disquesi!‘ received $71,932 in third. Vladislav ‘vladulaNko’ Donchev of Bulgaria (ranked #293 worldwide) collected $49,782 for his fourth place effort in that event.

There was a heads-up chop in the Stars Sunday Warm-Up with ‘brille-390‘ negotiating a $46,064 payday in first place with Brazilian Renato ‘bauruzito’ Almeida Prado (ranked #27) receiving $38,829 in second. ‘LoneHixx‘ pocketed $41,871 upon taking down the No Limit Hold’em Sunday Grand this past Sunday. The Pot Limit Omaha version of that event featured 7th-ranked ‘Andres ‘probirs’ Nemeth of Hungary and 5th-ranked ‘C. Darwin2‘ of Sweden in a heads-up battle. The duo was awarded $26,078 and $19,532 for their respective first and second place finishes.

Online tournament player ‘skalala‘ was victorious in the Sunday Supersonic event for $32,456 while ‘AlekAlek33‘ outlasted more than 25,000 opponents to win the Sunday Storm for $25,745 (three-way deal).

There was a total of 79 entries in the $2,600 buy-in partypoker Super High Roller event, with ‘MAM0HT_T‘ taking home the first place prize of $48,074. ‘JHelppi‘ was awarded $35,534 for second place in that event, followed by ‘ACHSO8000‘ in third for $26,264. The $530 buy-in version of the High Roller was taken down by ‘frigli‘ for a payday of $14,638. ‘MechaCorta‘ finished second and received $10,852.

888poker hosted its $1,050 buy-in WHALE event this Sunday and attracted 143 players led by ‘derharry69‘ who won the tournament outright for $45,770. ‘DaPenguin213‘ walked away with $31,840 in the runner-up position and ‘Graftekkel‘ earned $24,179 for the third place finish.

PocketFives members swept the final five spots in the Mega Deep event. Bruno ‘brunin21’ Ribeiro Gomes of Brazil will enter the Top 500 worldwide Rankings for the first time in his career thanks to his $18,978 haul for an official second place showing in that event. Former #1 TJ ‘1bigacehole’ Ulmer of Australia will move back into the Top 100 Rankings after claiming victory in the Mega Deep and taking home $16,254 in the three-way deal.

PokerStars Sunday Million ($200+$15 NLHE) *$1M Guaranteed
4,745 entrants – $1,000,000 paid out to 899 spots

  1. L1VeYRdrEamS – $150,179.00
  2. Timonpoika – $103,935.70
  3. disquesi! – $71,931.70
  4. Vladislav ‘vladulaNko’ Donchev – $49,782.30
  5. yeye0808 – $34,453.30
  6. TeddyPunk182 – $23,844.30
  7. TrankiNLVida – $16,502.10 (tranki)
  8. chaavees – $11,420.80 (Primao89)
  9. escobar – $7,904.10

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($200+$15 NLHE) *$325K Guaranteed
1,589 entrants – $350,000 paid out to 269 spots

  1. brille-390 – $46,063.73
  2. Renato ‘bauruzito’ Almeida Prado – $38,829.17 *2-way deal
  3. captain J43 – $25,530.40
  4. raph1979 – $18,356.58
  5. xenomorph101 – $13,198.54
  6. Easylimp – $9,489.87
  7. talentaki – $6,823.31
  8. cal42688 – $4,906.00
  9. Lehrling89 – $3,527.45

PokerStars Sunday Grand ($1,000+$50 NLHE) *$200K Guaranteed
215 entrants – $215,000 paid out to 31 spots

  1. LoneHixx – $41,871.09
  2. Her087 – $31,281.91
  3. iLvpoon – $23,370.82
  4. veeea – $17,460.40
  5. zyang1982 – $13,044.73
  6. RcknTheSbrbs – $9,745.75 (winwin07)
  7. Zackattak13 – $7,281.08
  8. ActionFreak – $5,439.73 (crackLiNg)
  9. LauksK1 – $4,064.03

PokerStars Sunday Grand PLO ($1,000+$50 PLO Six-Max) *$100K Guaranteed
159 entrants – $159,000 paid out to 19 spots

  1. probirs – $26,078.07
  2. C. Darwin2 – $19,532.17
  3. munchenHB – $14,629.40 (Mike ‘telks’ Telker)
  4. Garrett ‘gdub2003’ Greer – $10,957.29
  5. caIcuIer_ – $8,206.90
  6. tarantaleo – $6,146.89

PokerStars Sunday Supersonic ($215 NLHE Six Max Hyper Turbo) *$150K Guaranteed
970 entrants – $198,617 paid out to 143 spots

  1. skalala – $32,456.00
  2. toha_toha – $21,215.07
  3. tsiampas65 – $13,867.71
  4. BcomeSomeone – $9,064.94
  5. Blikkslager – $5,925.50
  6. arxigos – $3,873.33

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($10+$1 NLHE) *$275k Guaranteed
25,193 entrants – $275,000 paid out to 5,084 spots

  1. AlekAlek33 – $25,745.04
  2. tightovic22 – $18,252.42
  3. TripInnC.B.S – $17,696.50 *3-way deal
  4. Tautvydas613 – $10,058.95
  5. LewBennett – $7,170.32
  6. SergSI – $5,111.23
  7. Raphaellos – $3,643.44
  8. currie7 – $2,597.15
  9. farjojojo – $1,851.30

partypoker Super High Roller ($2,600 NLHE) *$100K Guaranteed
79 entrants – $197,500 paid out to 13 spots

  1. MAM0HT_T – $48,074
  2. JHelppi – $35,534
  3. ACHSO8000 – $26,264
  4. sweetness1588 – $19,314
  5. juanpardo99 – $14,349
  6. JLoHarada – $10,606
  7. DrMiKee – $7,840 (Fabrizio ‘SixthSenSe19’ Gonzalez)

partypoker High Roller ($530 NLHE) *$150K Guaranteed
134 entrants – $67,000 paid out to 15 spots

  1. frigli – $14,638
  2. MechaCorta – $10,852
  3. z4vor – $8,045
  4. eightenclubs – $5,965
  5. key1983-x – $4,422
  6. Algorhytm – $3,278 (Ariados)
  7. IMSOBOSSY – $2,430 (YugiohPro)

888 Poker WHALE ($1,050 NLHE) *$120K Guaranteed
143 entrants – $199,000 paid out to 18 spots

  1. derharry69 – $45,770
  2. DaPenguin213 – $31,840
  3. Graftekkel – $24,179
  4. Diego Ventura – $17,910
  5. BOLAGET.NU – $11,940
  6. 1nsrtdgtsh0t – $9,950
  7. BillyBon8 – $7,960
  8. ribamech15 – $5,970
  9. 88TIGER889 – $4,975

888 Poker Mega Deep ($215 NLHE) *$100K Guaranteed
582 entrants – $116,400 paid out to 81 spots

  1. petitetete – $16,254 (TJ ‘1bigacehole’ Ulmer)
  2. brgomes21 – $18,978 (Bruno ‘brunin21’ Ribeiro Gomes)
  3. ckb4714 – $14,459 *3-way deal
  4. SwansFC_CJ – $8,846 (Carl ‘allinforthelolz’ Johns)
  5. HanzooKid – $6,216
  6. INEEDPANTS – $4,947 (barksdale111)
  7. TiltJuice101 – $3,783
  8. monster_dong – $2,619
  9. youler – $1,746