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November 28 2011, Mickey Doft

Before the festivities for PokerStars' 10th Anniversary begin in December, the final Sunday of November had to get out of the way. Brazil's Robert "Robert Chiro" Chiró won the Sunday Million outright for more than $200,000, and Romania's Adrian "Adrian900123" Marin earned top honors in the Sunday Warm-Up for about $90,000. Also earning a victory on Sunday was Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis of the Netherlands.

When the Sunday Million final table began, chip leader "Phantomes124" held nearly double the amount Robert "Robert Chiro" Chiró in second place. Riding the big stack, "Phantomes124" made it to three-handed play, but busted when his couldn't catch up to Chiró's when the board ran out .

Starting heads-up play, Chiró held about a 1.3:1 chip lead and had extended it by the time all the chips made it to the middle. On the final hand, with the blinds and antes at the 300K/600K/60K level, Chiró (43.6m) opened to 1.26 million on the button. Holding , "chrisf44" (22.5m) three-bet to 3 million. Chiró came back over the top with a four-bet to about 7.6 million, only to see his opponent ship it in. With , Chiró called and held up through the board to notch the victory.

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Notable Finishes: Jay "shaihulud" Kinkade (16th - $3,701.04), Hugh "Jackovich" Cohen (20th - $3,093.01), Matthias "mattidm" De Meulder (42nd - $2,498.20)

Entering the final table of the Sunday Warm-Up, Vincent "Vingtcent" van der Fluit was chip leader, and Adrian "Adrian900123" Marin was not far behind. It was far from smooth sailing for van der Fluit, though, and with four players remaining, he saw a sizable chip lead turn into roughly a ten-big-blind stack.

He recovered to make it to three-handed play where a deal was agreed upon. After Marin eliminated "vincelis" in third place, he commanded a healthy 5.3:1 chip lead over his opponent. It didn't take long for it to end as Marin shoved and was met with an all-in call from van der Fluit who tabled . A board brought no help to van der Fluit, securing the victory for Marin.

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Vincent "Vingtcent" van der Fluit

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Jesse "On the Mac" McKenzie (48th - $1,343.30)

Although it was down 42 entrants from last week, the Sunday 500 easily cruised past its guarantee. Earning the victory outright was "bearsfan775" for $66,698.50.

Notable Finishes: Ana Marquez (18th - $2,505.80), Bryan "bparis" Paris (21st - $1,768.80), Daniel "GotURead" Reijmer (23rd - $1,768.80), Jochum "groengras" Weenink (24th - $1,768.80)

On hiatus last week because of the Red Spade Open, the Bigger $55 returned this week and saw English poker star Toby "810ofclubs" Lewis finish in seventh place. Winning the tournament outright was "inheritance" for just more than $45,000.

On the heels of Mike "Timex" McDonald winning the Bigger $109 last week, another notable took the title this week. Following a four-handed deal, Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis outlasted Sunday Warm-Up winner Adrian "Adrian900123" Marin to take it down.

*denotes four-handed deal

Something unusual happened in the Bigger $162 as the remaining two players opted for an even chop. While officially "bartekowa" took first while "pk420" took second, they chopped evenly for $32,949.61 each.

*denotes heads-up chop

Notable Finishes: Thiaga "XTheDecanoX" Nishijima (10th - $2,007.82), Matthias "goodvive1" Neu (11th - $2,007.82), Nicky "Cod Meharly" Evans (17th - $1,162.42), Steve "stevejpa" Paul-Ambrose (19th - $845.40), Christina "lindeyloo22" Lindley (20th - $845.40), Jon "LUFCBas" Spinks (23rd - $845.40)

A very skilled final table in the Sunday 2nd Chance saw a three-handed deal take place. Emerging victorious was "_R4PEL4DOR_" for about $35,000.

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Adam "Roothlus" Levy (11th - $2,202.10), Bryn "BrynKenney" Kenney (19th - $1,010.92)

A mere four more players registered for the $109 Sunday Rebuy this week, but there was $10,000 more in the prize pool. Following a three-handed deal, "EireAbu" was the sole survivor and won $55,272.64.

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Tom “7tHEcROw7” MacDonald (17th - $2,185.30)

Once again, the Sunday Storm saw huge numbers as the $200,000 guarantee was smashed. A six-handed deal went down, resulting with "inorogul_13" earning the "W" and the top prize of $26,208.16.

*denotes six-handed deal

The Sunday Kickoff got things started this weekend with 30 more entrants than last week. Following a heads-up deal, "777xyz777" earned bragging rights for the win, as well as $24,124.02.

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Jordan "Jymaster11" Young (29th - $539.92)

*PokerStars Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up data obtained from PokerStarsBlog.com

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