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It seems as though PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, is looking to get even bigger. This past Sunday, the site made an unprecedented move by running both the Sunday Warm-Up and the Sunday Million twice, effectively doubling the amount of guaranteed prize money and proving that the PokerStars audience has an insatiable appetite for Sunday majors. Every single Sunday major had its guarantee busted by overwhelming demand.

Five players received cashes of over $100k in the Sunday Million, an event that attracted 7,046 players to pay buy-ins of $215 each to generate a $1.4 million prize pool. A five-way deal was struck, and acozubi emerged victorious for $145k. Third-place finisher Allin_Tasse was nearly as successful with $142.5k.

The field for the Sunday Million II was somewhat smaller at 5,462, but still managed to beat the $1 million guarantee by over $92k. Andrey Zaichenko was the outright winner for $159k, striking a three-handed deal in which runners-up pececada and goba373 received $126k and $102k, respectively.

Kyle Knecht and inheritance placed first and second in the Sunday Warm-Up after striking a two-way deal, winning $115k and $107k, respectively, in a field that included 4,063. The attendance drop-off in the Sunday Warm-Up II was hardly noticeable, as 3,816 players showed up to destroy the $500k guarantee with a $753k prize pool. No deal was struck, and Method999 received just under $120k for his win.

As usual, the Sunday Storm was the biggest online poker event of the week in terms of attendance numbers. Over 32,000 players paid $10 buy-ins to generate a $320k prize pool. The final table deal trend continued, with atzektm, right_on!^*7 and DeviousDP placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd for $22k, $18k and $22k, respectively.