A short review of all the major results from the weekend on PokerStars. 

Weekend highlights

* Andras "probirs" Nemeth wins Sunday Million for $164,000
* Daniel Negreanu and Jason Mercier go deep at the WSOP

Round up of latest results

Andras "probirs" Nemeth took down the Sunday Million this weekend which, with a field of 6,725 was one of the bigger ones. As Martin Harris reported for the Blog, his first prize of $164,244 came after a three way deal with second placed Penelas08 and Paulo "tricotijr" Novaes. 

Here's the results in full.

Sunday Million ($215 No-Limit Hold'em) results
Entrants: 6,725
Prize pool: $1,345,000
Places paid: 990

1. Andras "probirs" Nemeth (Hungary) $164,244.32*
2. Penelas08 (Czech Republic) $149,968.21*
3. Paulo "tricotijr" Novaes (Brazil) $149,274.47*
4. Cottonbud07 (United Kingdom) $73,975.00
5. DaNutttR (Romania) $56,490.00
6. Hizzo222 (Sweden) $43,040.00
7. Daralon (Israel) $29,590.00
8. peceli (Uruguay) $16,140.00
9. wayneking123 (United Kingdom) $10,423.75
*denotes three-way deal

The weekend's top online tournament winners

Click here for the major results on PokerStars for the weekend of June 11 to 12, 2016. 

Meanwhile at the World Series of Poker

Over at the World Series of Poker Team Pros were in action, with Daniel Negreanu going deep twice over the weekend. 

Negreanu finished in fourth place in Event #13, a $1,500 Seven Card Razz event, ultimately won by American Rep Porter, but a finish (if a little premature) worth $42,000.  

Daniel Negreanu finished fourth in Event #13

Meanwhile in the 2-7 Lowball Championship Negreanu finished in 14th place, picking up another $15,464. But it was not Negreanu getting the headlines so much as team mate Jason Mercier, who leads going into the final day of the competition.

Jason Mercier could make it four WSOP bracelets

Mercier leads the final nine the only player with more than a million chips and in pursuit of what would be his fourth career WSOP bracelet. If that happens it will be against some serious opposition. PCA winner Mike Watson is in second place and Stephen Chidwick in third. 

We'll have news of Mercier's progress when we get it. 

As always send your questions and comments to us on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog.

The Hungarian Andras "probirs" Nemeth is no stranger to big final tables on PokerStars, having made plenty of them in the past including a year ago when winning a SCOOP title in a $109 no-limit hold'em event. Nemeth can now add a Sunday Million title to his collection of triumphs, having won this week's installment of online poker's most popular tournament, earning $164,244.32 after a three-way final table deal.

A big turnout of 6,725 for this week's $215 Sunday Million meant a prize pool of $1,345,000 that ultimately was divided by the top 990 finishers. It took about 10 hours and 15 minutes for that big field to work all of the way down to just 18 players, at which point DaNutttR led the way with a stack approaching 9 million.

eddycadub (18th), Chop_Chop96 (17th), and Bobba Gee (16th) were the next eliminated, earning $3,766 apiece. TakeAJack (15th), philipoo (14th), and Knightsgeee (13th) went out after that, picking up $5,649 each. Then cooltwister (12th), MrRabanne (11th), and Zilkar "vonbaranow" Baranow (10th) were subsequently knocked out, with those three each taking away $7,532 from the prize pool.

With Penelas08 the new chip leader with over 20 million, the final table was underway.

Seat 1: Paulo "tricotijr" Novaes (Brazil) -- 3,495,096 
Seat 2: Daralon (Israel) -- 6,112,783 
Seat 3: Hizzo222 (Sweden) -- 2,034,686 
Seat 4: peceli (Uruguay) -- 1,339,879  
Seat 5: DaNutttR (Romania) -- 12,724,255  
Seat 6: Andras "probirs" Nemeth (Hungary) -- 9,105,632 
Seat 7: Penelas08 (Czech Republic) -- 20,411,175 
Seat 8: Cottonbud07 (United Kingdom) -- 8,711,192 
Seat 9: wayneking123 (United Kingdom) -- 3,315,302 

On just the second hand of the final table, the blinds were 100K/200K when DaNutttR raised to 400,000 from middle position, then Penelas08 three-bet to 1,225,555 from the cutoff. It folded to wayneking123 in the small blind who shoved all-in for 3,075,302, Paulo "tricotijr" Novaes then reshoved over that from the big blind for 3,455,096, DaNutttR folded, and Penelas08 called.  

tricotijr: [As][Ah]
Penelas08: [Ad][Kh]
wayneking123: [Qd][Qh]

The board ran out [4s][Jh][6s][8s][8d], meaning Novaes' aces had held while wayneking123 was eliminated in ninth.

Just two hands after that, Penelas08 opened from middle position for 500,000 (2.5x), peceli reraised all-in from the big blind for 1,719,879, and Penelas08 called, turning over [Kd][Th] while peceli had [Ad][Jh]. The [Tc][2s][8d] flop hit the chip leader's hand, and after the [7c] turn and [4d] river, peceli was ousted in eighth.

About 20 minutes later, it was Paulo "tricotijr" Novaes open-raising all-in from the small blind and Daralon calling all-in for 3,471,503 (about 14 BBs) after posting the big. Daralon had [As][Ah] and appeared in good shape to double through Novaes' [Jd][Tc], but the board rolled out [4d][Jh][Th][8s][7d] to give the latter two pair and send Daralon railward in seventh.

The final six continued on into the second half of the tournament's 12th hour when Hizzo222 open-pushed from UTG for 3,084,117 (just over 10 BBs) with [Ks][Qh], got one caller in Andras "probirs" Nemeth sitting a couple of seats over with [9s][9h], and five cards later -- [7c][Jd][7s][3s][2c] -- Hizzo222 was out in sixth.

A little while after that Andras "probirs" Nemeth opened for just over the minimum to 672,000 from UTG, then DaNutttR reraise-pushed for 3,642,322 from the big blind and Nemeth called, showing [8c][8d] while DaNutttR had [Ad][9d]. The flop came [2d][Th][8h] to give Nemeth a set of eights, although the [5d] did open the backdoor to a saving flush for DaNutttR. But the river was the [Ah], and DaNutttR was sent railward in fifth.

Three hands later, Cottonbud07 pushed from the small blind for 4,581,384 (about 13 bigs) and Novaes called from the BB, turning over [5c][5h] while Cottonbud07 had [Ah][4s]. The community cards came [7h][Qs][Jc], then [3s], then [Ks], and Cottonbug07 was out in fourth.

Soon the final three then stopped the tournament for some deal talk, with Penelas08 still barely on top with 24,027,243, Paulo "tricotijr" Novaes next with 23,459,326, and Andras "probirs" Nemeth third with 19,763,431. 

Both "ICM"-based figures and "chip chop" payouts were produced -- leaving $20,000 for which to play -- and relatively quickly all three agreed to the "ICM" numbers. The deal being made, play soon resumed.

Before too long, the blinds were 175K/350K when Penelas08 made it 875,000 to go from the small blind and Novaes called from the big. The flop came [6s][4s][6d], Penelas08 led for 855,225, Novaes raised to 2,384,555, Penelas08 reraised to 3,913,885, and Novaes called. Both then checked the [8s] turn, and Penelas08 checked again after the [3h] fell on fifth street. Novaes then pushed out a small bet of 389,785, prompting a big raise from Penelas08 that Novaes called all-in with the 8,754,364 he had left.

Novaes showed [6h][5s] for trip sixes, but Penelas08 had [Ac][6c] for the same hand with a better kicker, and Novaes was eliminated in third. 

With that pot, Penelas08 had about a 2-to-1 chip lead to begin heads-up play with 44,964,446 to the 22,285,554 of Andras "probirs" Nemeth. But Nemeth soon closed the gap, then pushed ahead to almost 37 million to Penelas08's 30.3 million when the following hand took place.

The blinds were 200K/400K then, and after Penelas08 opened for an even 1 million from the button, Nemeth called. The flop came [8c][As][6h], Nemeth checked, Penelas08 bet 725,255, Nemeth check-raised to 1,890,323, and Penelas08 called. The turn then brought the [3c] and a bet of 4,454,090 from Nemeth, and Penelas08 made the call.

The river was the [Tc]. This time Nemeth shoved all-in, and Penelas08 called with the 22,948,033 left. Penelas08 had [Ad][6s], having flopped two pair. But Nemeth had [9h][7h] for a rivered straight to win the pot, the extra $20K, and the Sunday Million title.

Congratulations to Andras "probirs" Nemeth for outlasting more than 6,700 opponents to win this week's Sunday Million and over $164K. And kudos also to Penelas08 and Paulo "tricotijr" Novaes for making it to the three-way deal and ensuring themselves big paydays of nearly $150K each themselves.

6/12/16 Sunday Million ($215 No-Limit Hold'em) results
Entrants: 6,725
Prize pool: $1,345,000
Places paid: 990

1. Andras "probirs" Nemeth (Hungary) $164,244.32*
2. Penelas08 (Czech Republic) $149,968.21*
3. Paulo "tricotijr" Novaes (Brazil) $149,274.47*
4. Cottonbud07 (United Kingdom) $73,975.00
5. DaNutttR (Romania) $56,490.00
6. Hizzo222 (Sweden) $43,040.00
7. Daralon (Israel) $29,590.00
8. peceli (Uruguay) $16,140.00
9. wayneking123 (United Kingdom) $10,423.75
*denotes three-way deal

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Las Vegas is familiar with special guest appearances, being a town built on the reputations of generation after generation of stars. Today the poker world got a visit from a soccer star (and PokerStar), in the form of Neymar Jr. 

Ramos, Neymar, Danzer, Akkari: a little poker between friends

Given his arrival at EPT Barcelona last summer caused something of a stir, one can only imagine the effect he had walking into the Amazon Room in front of hundreds of poker players in other events, suddenly ditching their pre-match plan of total concentration. 

The pre-match photo

Neymar Jr is stateside right now, enjoying the few weeks of the year that are considered "post season" before they quickly become "pre-season", and while passing through he hooked up with friend and countryman Felipe Ramos at the Rio in Las Vegas, to play a little WSOP poker. 

It being a flying visit for the Barcelona striker, there was no time for a bracelet event. So he settled for the next best thing, a two table satellite against a few friends and Team Pros under the lights of the secondary feature tables. The prize? A seat in the WSOP Main Event. 

Based on the story told in the pictures from the Amazon Room, the action was of the serious yet jovial kind.

In between checking out a WSOP bracelet, and sharing a few laughs, Neymar put on a pretty good display - so good that it transformed the trip into an even better one for Neymar.

The easy way to get your hands on a WSOP winner's bracelet

For while this might be a fleeting visit, he got the ending he (and we're guessing a lot of others) was hoping for. 

Congratus to Neymar Jr: Another trip to the WSOP now seems likely

Yep. Neymar won the lot. It might not be a fleeting visit after all. 

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Photos thanks to Joe Giron/PokerPhotoArchive.com

Five things not to miss on PokerStars this weekend.

As we head into the weekend we take a look forward to, and back on, the top stories from the PokerStars world.

Spin & Go into July

It's becoming a habit - extending promotions and such. Now we've done it again with two promotions extended to run into July. 

First there is the new special period of $1 million Spin & Go tournaments. This million dollar promotion now runs until the end of July, giving you plenty of opportunity to spin your way to a million and what we can promise will be a day you'll never forget. 

It's the fourth time we've run this Spin & Go promotion, with buy-ins of just $5. In that time we've made what we can only describe as pretty enjoyable phone calls to nine winners. By the end of next month we hope to at least have a tenth. Could it be you? Click here to read more.

More pyramids discovered

It's not just Spin & Go's that have been extended. The same goes for the Pyramid cash game promotion, which now continues until July 10.  

If you're not familiar with the format, every day PokerStars players can win anywhere between $1 and $5,000 by completing a daily pyramid puzzle, details of which you can find here. It's easy, fun, and available to everyone in games as little as $0.05/$0.10 (and above).  You'll find all the details you need on the Pyramid promotion page

Meanwhile over in Las Vegas

The World Series of Poker is now in its second week and already Team Pros have been part of the drama. 

George Danzer had arguably the best week. He picked up $103,230 for finishing thirdin the in the $10,000 Stud Championship. 

All smiles: A good first week for George Danzer

For Danzer, who already has three WSOP bracelets to his name, it was his deepest run since 2014, and Team PokerStars' first final table of the 2016 Series. 

Andre Akkari recorded the second. 

The Brazilian finished sixth in the $1,500 HORSE event eventually won by Ryan D'Angelo. 

Start as you mean to continue: Andre Akkari

Brad Willis wrote about Akkari's progress this week, and that of others including Naoya Kihara, which you can read here.

Marvellous Marbella

For those who prefer their sunshine a little closer to home (or at least on this side of the Atlantic) the UKIPT is joining forces with the Estrellas Poker Tour and heading to Marbella for a summer festival on the Spanish coast. 

With a buy-in of €1,100 it's the type of event that will attract a big field, and could even provide the jumping off point for a cross ocean trip to the WSOP. 

It all begins on June 15, running until the final table on June 19 at the Casino Marbella. Some 14 events make up the festival programme, including a €2,200 high roller and the €330 Marbella Cup. Get all the details of the festival on the UKIPT website.

EPT Not Live

The #EPTNotLive podcast turns 50 this week. A half century of episodes are now in the can, this latest ready to be downloaded. 

"Joe is in Las Vegas, where he's been hanging out with the likes of Phil Hellmuth Jr, Antonio Esfandiari and 'Breaking Bad' star Aaron Paul. He's also been losing hundreds of dollars at the tables and has managed to get into a 'Social Media Beef' with Ludovic Geilich. Meanwhile, James has been playing some poker at The Vic in London, and talks about being bluffed in a mi cro-stakes cash game and butchering a hand in a tournament. There's a round-up of PokerStars live events around the world (#PlayOnPokerStars), and Scott Adamson, a Canadian living in China, shows off his knowledge of the 'Hangover' movies in this week's edition of 'Superfan vs Stapes'. #EPTNotLive

Download the latest episode here: http://soundcloud.com/eptnotlive/episode-50-09062016

In the meantime we'd like to wish all PokerStars players good luck at the tables this weekend, whether that's online or over Las Vegas. As always send your comments, success stories and tragic tales to us on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog.