Chris 'ImDaNuts' Oliver, Jans 'Graftekkel' Arends, Renan 'Internett93o' Bruschi, Sweden's 'mamamamama70,' Andrey 'ThePateychuk' Pateychuk, and Stevan 'random_chu' Chew being among those that saw healthy return on their investment. The top 5,927 finishers received a slice of the seven-figure pie, a min-cash in this $215 buy-in event weighing in at $373, increasing to at least $70,374 for an appearance at the final table.Ī whole host of top-tier players found themselves deep into the special edition Sunday Million but fell short of reaching the nine-handed final table.

PokerStars slapped a $7.5 million guarantee on the prize pool, and it was easily reached, with the 39,500 entrants creating a $7,900,000 prize pool. Triumphing in such a prestigious tournament would be reason enough to celebrate, but the fact Nagamoto is now a millionaire, thanks to the $1,000,000 top prize, gives him even more reasons to bask in the glory of victory.

Brazilian grinder Ricardo 'RFN1986' Nagamoto is on cloud nine today after becoming the PokerStars Sunday Million 17th Anniversary champion.

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