Sundays are always big at PokerStars, but this week was exceptional as the site also tacked on a few special events that saw it promising more than $4 million in guaranteed tournament prizes in one 24-hour period.
Not only were the usual Sunday events on deck May 25, PokerStars also found a new Battle of the Planets champion and put up $1 million for a Turbo Takedown, and Barry Greenstein hosted a Masterclass.
Sunday Million
The biggest winner of the day wasn't necessarily the biggest money winner this week at the end of the Sunday Million. The final three players chopped the prize pool, and even though tapatapa from Brazil got the biggest cut, first place actually went to rythman from Sweden.
The results of the final table were:
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
| 1st | rythman | Sweden | $137,253.56 |
| 2nd | tapatapa | Brazil | $139,725.80 |
| 3rd | KtheKing | Brazil | $90,758.80 |
| 4th | Hasuwisp | Canada | $56,658 |
| 5th | EvilLondon | Sweden | $43,302.90 |
| 6th | jojo1983 | United Kingdom | $31,027 |
| 7th | deepak1 | Denmark | $22,258.50 |
| 8th | jorgeezy | United States | $13,490 |
| 9th | browsef | United States | $8,363.80 |
Sunday Warm-Up
The Sunday Warm-Up also finished with a three-way deal this week, but the biggest money in this case did go to the player declared the winner.
Telefonkiosk from Sweden came out on top, although he split the remaining prize pool with WhooooKidd and N1Stunnor, both from the United States, when play got down to three.
The final-table results were:
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Telefonkiosk | Sweden | $82,336.56 |
| 2nd | WhooooKidd | United States | $60,222.56 |
| 3rd | n1stunnor | United States | $55,336.34 |
| 4th | andersbisse | Denmark | $30,530 |
| 5th | Exsectum | Germany | $23,935.52 |
| 6th | Tonimonntana | Germany | $17,707.40 |
| 7th | Skalexjung | Germany | $12,822.60 |
| 8th | Legendus | Netherlands | $8,059.92 |
| 9th | Vegasking | Sweden | $4,762.68 |
$1 million Turbo Takedown
Starting this month, PokerStars is adding the $1 million Turbo Takedown to its monthly calendar, offering players a shot at a $1 million prize pool for a buy-in of 5,000 Frequent Player Points.
On Sunday that added up to a $100,000 payday for Schmid189 from Austria. He topped a field of more than 12,000 players who gave up their player points to play, though 4,000 of them also walked away with some cash for their efforts.
The players who made the final table were guaranteed at least $5,500 in cash, getting a return of at least more than the $1 per player point they used to enter.
The final-table results were:
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Schmidl89 | Austria | $100,000 |
| 2nd | Pokerguden | United States | $60,000 |
| 3rd | L_Sprewell | Spain | $40,000 |
| 4th | biggboss120 | Netherlands | $32,500 |
| 5th | nevada_nl | Netherlands | $25,000 |
| 6th | LFmagic | United Kingdom | $20,000 |
| 7th | jolan | United States | $15,000 |
| 8th | Stompato | France | $10,000 |
| 9th | stonz0steel | United States | $5,500 |
Barry Greenstein's Masterclass
Barry Greenstein hosted his third Masterclass on Sunday, which offers up a single-table H.O.R.S.E. tournament for players who put up 60,000 FPPs.
Not only do participants play for a $7,500 prize pool, they get to play against Greenstein, who answers questions and shows his hole cards at every opportunity to help players learn more about the game. Players also receive an autographed copy of his book, Ace on the River.
When it's all said and done, PokerStars replays the event with all the hole cards exposed so as many people as possible can see how a master plays as well.
This time around, Greenstein finished in seventh place and it was vectile, a player from the United States, who came out the winner.
"The wife says I'm crazy to waste my FPP vs. you," vectile told Greenstein when the event began, according to PokerStars.
His wife's lack of confidence wasn't enough to keep vectile from a win, though. He takes home $3,750 for first place.
The players who cashed in the event were:
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
| 1st | vectile | United States | $3,750 |
| 2nd | HipPocket | United States | $2,250 |
| 3rd | betgo | United States | $1,500 |
Poker fans can watch the replay of the event on PokerStars starting June 1.
Battle of the Planets Triple Shootout
Once a month, PokerStars throws players another big bone - a $50,000 freeroll Triple Shootout for the top 10 players from each of the Battle of the Planets divisions.
The top 81 players get paid in the event and the winner takes in more than $12,000. This month that winner was Gr8DSip from the United States.
The final-table results were:
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Gr8DSip | United States | $12,500 |
| 2nd | BIGMICKG | Ireland | $7,000 |
| 3rd | Rafael_bahia | Brazil | $4,500 |
| 4th | basbo | Netherlands | $3,350 |
| 5th | david400 | United Kingdom | $2,735 |
| 6th | ulmi_diem | Germany | $2,200 |
| 7th | jansen222 | Netherlands | $1,700 |
| 8th | Kevin_2384 | United States | $1,200 |
| 9th | SnM61185 | United States | $775 |
The usual other events were on hand as well for the PokerStars Sunday lineup. The $5,200 Freezeout went to westmenloAA, from the United States, who pocketed $65,000. The final-table results of the other regular Sunday tournaments were as follows:
Sunday Hundred Grand
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
| 1st | omar miete | Paraguay | $18,343.06 |
| 2nd | xLittlemanx | United States | $9,171.53 |
| 3rd | JustAplayer2 | United States | $6,355.71 |
| 4th | Avsaknad | Sweden | $4,545.54 |
| 5th | #6JAM | United States | $2,735.37 |
| 6th | HIMSA joe | United States | $1,830.29 |
| 7th | Fraenulum | United Kingdom | $1,468.25 |
| 8th | Jody'stheman | Ireland | $1,186.67 |
| 9th | tomivi | Germany | $905.09 |
Sunday Second Chance
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
| 1st | HouseeLover | Sweden | $41,004 |
| 2nd | fratboy247 | United States | $29,614 |
| 3rd | mcnallyville | United States | $22,780 |
| 4th | vishnu24 | France | $17,085 |
| 5th | JAMES-OO7 | Netherlands | $11,959.50 |
| 6th | TaTaTunes | United States | $9,681.50 |
| 7th | Eddie7481 | United States | $7,403.50 |
| 8th | rakeboy | Norway | $5,125.50 |
| 9th | M.O.P. | Germany | $3,189.20 |
$215+Rebuy No-Limit Hold'em - $150,000 guaranteed
Based on finishing order and two-way deal.
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
| 1st | iamhiv | United States | $31,069.50 |
| 2nd | MrCasino | United States | $31,069.50 |
| 3rd | drews51 | United States | $17,754 |
| 4th | rdcrsn | Canada | $12,912 |
| 5th | floes | United States | $9,684 |
| 6th | $kill Game | United States | $8,070 |
| 7th | ender555 | United States | $6,456 |
| 8th | JohnSack | Canada | $4,842 |
| 9th | bbbbb33 | United States | $3,228 |
*Any mention of a bonus or discussion of such terms is not in relation to the province of Ontario.
