The Sunday Briefing: Ravi Shaymardanov Makes Two Final Tables, Wins Sunday Warm-Up

Brett Collson Chief Editor

Feb 16, 2015 3 min read

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Several top pros pocketed big scores on the virtual felt on Sunday, but it was an unfamiliar name that stole the headlines. Ravi "Ravishka" Shaymardanov reached the final table of Sunday Warm-Up and Sunday 2nd Chance at PokerStars — just hours apart — en route to the biggest day of his poker career with earnings of more than $108,000.

The Russian player won the Warm-Up for more than $85,000 after agreeing to a heads-up deal with Chris "NigDawG" Brammer. A short while later he exited in third place in the 2nd Chance for more than $23,000, giving him his first-ever six-figure day online.

Others hitting paydirt on Sunday were Sanjay "sanjizzy" Sahijwany, George "GeoManousos" Sotiropoulos, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, and Jareth "hteraaj2001" East, who won the Full Tilt Sunday Major for $41,460. Be on the lookout for an interview with East here at PokerNews later this week.

Here's a full look at the results from the Sunday Majors on PokerStars, Full Tilt, partypoker and WSOP.com:

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Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	6,558	$1,331,600

Place	Player	Prize
1	rportaleoni	$166,746*
2	Sanjay "sanjizzy" Sahijwany	$136,402*
3	fournn	$98,248*
4	Ice B	$130,714*
5	ravanelli7	$55,927
6	m1ronO	$42,611
7	Pede25	$29,295
8	Pede25	$29,295
9	Mads "Mr Longhit" Bertelsen	$10,319

_{*Reflects four-handed deal}

Notable Finishes: Julian "nailuj90" Stuer (27th - $3,115), Joas "No Limit NL" Mudde (36th - $2,783), Martin "0PIGGYBANK" Finger (40th - $2,516)

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Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	2,929	$585,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	Ravi "Ravishka" Shaymardanov	$85,254*
2	Chris "NigDawG" Brammer	$75,254*
3	hello_totti	$48,633
4	batoelrob	$33,683
5	salaliitto	$25,189
6	feeneeck	$19,331
7	FizzimeiBua	$13,473
8	DrTommek	$7,615
9	grandy14	$4,686

_{*Reflects heads-up deal}

Notable Finishes: Aleks "Berkyy" Brkovic (16th - $1,903), Alen "lilachaa" Bilic (25th - $1,581),

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Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+30	791	$395,500

Place	Player	Prize
1	TheMuppet	$71,190
2	George "GeoManousos" Sotiropoulos	$51,415
3	Phungtt	$38,363
4	elliottpet	$28,673
5	Rhys "floppinhel" Jones	$19,933
6	WushuTM	$15,978
7	BigBang.JR	$12,023
8	NormyDozer	$8,107
9	SuchADegen	$4,943

Notable Finishes: Laurynas "LaurisL91" Levinskas (13th - $3,361), Peter "Apathy123" Jetten (14th - $3,361), Phil "takechip" D'Auteuil (15th - $3,361), Steve "Stev0L_" Leonard (19th - $1,819)

Get in on the Sunday Majors action yourself by visiting PokerStars, Full Tilt and PartyPoker.

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$109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+9	954	$280,300

Place	Player	Prize
1	Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	$52,556
2	zaureos	$37,840
3	luetch1	$28,030
4	Connor "blanconegro" Drinnan	$21,022
5	appell	$14,715
6	patawkubakia	$11,912
7	Lizetta	$9,109
8	jpous	$6,306
9	stipanas	$3,952

Notable Finishes: Aaron "Aguskb" Gustavson (12th - $2,943), Grayson "gray31" Ramage ($14th - $2,382), TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer (20th - $1,261), Stefan "I'am_Sound" Huber (26th - $1,261)

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200K Guaranteed Sunday

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$186+$14	940	$200,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	HubertusM	$29,160*
2	DegenDon	$24,000*
3	Masyanya85	$18,300*
4	Calcasus	$12,650
5	PreflopWarrior	$10,280
6	pktsebens	$8,280
7	NEzyWOut	$6,280
8	SirTiltALOT	$4,360
9	climax9037	$3,320

_{*Reflects three-handed deal}

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Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+15	1,241	$248,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	nicelife	$43,385
2	Sohn Gottes2	$31,521
3	Ravi "Ravishka" Shaymardanov	$23,579
4	juanchiski	$17,622
5	Shyam "G's zee" Srinivasan	$12,410
6	$uperdecay	$9,928
7	68ioweyou1	$7,446
8	Doug "WGC	Rider" Polk
9	Kafrou	$2,854

Notable Finishes: James "croll103" Carroll (11th - $2,357), John "BlackFourz" May (20th - $1,042)

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Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$210.80+4.20	1,424	$300,179

Place	Player	Prize
1	Ceegee87	$43,297
2	GM_VALTER	$33,853
3	celloman91	$33,736
4	OffpoZition	$34,700
5	Suppinho	$15,759
6	NL_Profit	$12,757
7	Nick "caecilius" Petrangelo	$9,755
8	Lagrecasso	$6,754
9	groww	$4,202

_{*Reflects four-handed deal}

Notable Finishes: David "MissOracle" Yan (14th - $2,251), Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit (15th - $2,251), Mike "Pipedream17" Dietrich (17th - $1,650), Tom "tollgate" Grigg (24th - $1,050)

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The Sunday Major ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$233+17	868	$202,244

Place	Player	Prize
1	Jareth "hteraaj2001" East	$41,460
2	wacksauce3000	$28,314
3	Freis88	$21,255
4	WMACHINE	$16,179
5	epokerounder	$11,730
6	fast riffs	$8,292
7	ineedmoneyxx	$6,067
8	Danny "DannyN13" Noseworthy	$4,651
9	Magerkwark	$3,438

Notable Finishes: Matt "Adzizzy124" Marafioti 11th - $2,325), Fabian Quoss (15th - $1,719), Jochum "groengras" Weenink (19th - $1,253), Keven "Stamdogg" Stammen (22nd - $889), Paul “pvas2” Vas Nunes (23rd - $889)

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Sunday Brawl ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$235+15	625	$125,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Dennis "el_klonkador" Bejedal	$26,562
2	James "croll103" Carroll	$18,125
3	Ruffern17	$13,750
4	Kyle "KJulius10" Julius	$10,500
5	trino115	$7,750
6	daPEPEhu	$5,500
7	McPalsternakka	$4,000
8	Pratyush "Shane Gamble" Buddiga	$3,000
9	Swoo07	$2,250