DaGoddfather won the Sunday Million for a second time since August 2011. Canada's DaGoddfather now joins the elite group of multiple Sunday Million champs within the exclusive Two-Timer Club.

Sequels often fail to live as much as their original film manifestation, however, there's one sequel that many critics and fans alike universally agree is way superior to its original: The Godfather, Part II. Francis Ford Coppola jumped around in time to inform the tale of ruthless Michael Corleone running his family's new business ventures in Nevada as casino owners, while juxtaposed with a prequel or origin story of his father Vito Corleone's early days as a cool-talking immigrant in Ny city and his own violent rise to power in Little Italy before eventually becoming the mortally-feared and feverishly-respected Godfather.

On the surface, The Godfather trilogy (in response to novels by Mario Puzo) is set the hunt for respectability in a highly-competitive world. It's no surprise the topics within the Godfather go hand-in-hand with tournament poker. Only a few poker players get an opportunity to relive one in all their finest shining moments at the felt. Just a handful of players can say they've won the Sunday Million... or even a smaller number can boast they've won it a minimum of twice. You'll be able to add another name, DaGoddfather, to that prestigious list with membership within the Two-Timer Club. Fittingly enough, DaGoddfather returned with a vengeance and burst back into the Sunday Million's winner's circle for a second time within the last five years.

This installment of $215 buy-in The Sunday Million attracted 5,401 runners. They created a prize pool worth $1,080,200.00. The highest 810 places got a cut of the prize money, with $168,945.98 originally put aside to the champion.

Elky sporting his "stash" on the EPT Grand Final

The PokerStars EPT Grand Final is in full swing on the Monte-Carlo Casino in Monaco. Team PokerStars Pro Elky played in a couple of side events and he's still alive often Event. He bought into the hole flight 1A on Saturday and advanced to Day 2 with slightly under a starting stack. On Sunday, he fired up Twitch to webcast his Sunday grind. His devoted fans all around the globe, from both the poker world and e-gaming realm, watched Elky embark on a deep run within the Sunday Million. Within the vernacular of Elky, he was running "so sick" until his world went sideways and busted in 240th place. ElkY shoved with 7♠7♣ at the button, but got ambushed within the small blind by fuddebuf's 8♣8♠. One moment, it appeared like Elky was on a fast-track to the general table and the next, he was dunzo in 240th place. No less than he cashed and he's still alive within the EPT Grand Final Main Event.

With 27 players still within the hunt at the last three tables, Poland's FloweerBoy led with over 4M. When action dwindled right down to two tables, Canada's DaGoddfather took a seat on the head of the table with 6M and a snug lead. With 11 remaining, DaGoddfather passed the 10M mark and battled with kosilkO for the highest slot. DaGoddfather managed to retain the lead by the point Austria's snackerdelux bubbled off the general table in tenth place after failing to double up with A♠J♥ against alexandraK86's A♣K♦.

5/1/16 Sunday Million - Final Table Chip Counts:Seat 1: BlindRazorJJ (3,437,906)Seat 2: FloweerBoy (4,326,558Seat 3: DaGoddfather (10,732,725)Seat 4: KIngAntsi (5,321,166)Seat 5: kosilkO (9,826,308)Seat 6: ha0444 (2,395,775)Seat 7: alexandraK86 (4,427,032)Seat 8: Canno747 (8,673,111)Seat 9: whollyflush (4,869,419)

The final table for the Sunday Milly commenced during Level 35 with blinds at 80K/160K and a 16K ante. Big dog DaGoddfather held the one stack over 10M, but kosilkO was not far behind with 9.8M. Meanwhile, ha0444 was the proverbial shorty with 2.3M.

DaGoddfather sought out a second Sunday Million crown. Back in August of 2011, DaGoddfather navigated a rather larger Milly field to win nearly $164K for his victory (as a part of a three-way deal). Also, FloweerBoy final tabled a SCOOP event in 2012 and bubbled a SCOOP final table in 2015, yet was still seeking a first-ever Sunday Million win.

The narrative boiled all the way down to this may occasionally: the DaGoddfather win a second Sunday Milly? Or will one of the vital other eight players get a possibility to rub out DaGoddfather before he gunned them down first?

ELEPHANTS AND FLOWERS: FloweerBoy eliminated in 9th place

The final table kicked off with a bang because FloweerBoy was not afraid to throw down early on. FloweerBoy got crippled with A♦T♦ against BlindRazorJJ's T♥T♠. BlindRazorJJ flopped a suite and the flowers were all but wilted when BlindRazorJJ won a 9.3M pot.

FloweerBoy was barely left with 100K and busted at the next hand after creating a final stand with 9♣5♠ in a multi-way pot versus ha0444 and kosilkO. In place of checking it right down to the river, on a flop of K♥J♦7♥, kosilkO check-called an all-in bet from ha0444 for 1,783,331. kosilkO K♠6♥ flopped top pair, but ha0444 aroused from sleep with A♠A♦. The turn was the T♦ and the river was the Q♠. ha0444's Aces held up but only after rivering a Broadway straight to win both the primary pot and side pot. The most productive kosilkO could do was a couple of Kings, which was a futile effort. FloweerBoy rivered a King-high straight but lost to ha0444's Broadway straight. FloweerBoy became the primary player to exit the overall table. Ninth place paid out $8,641.60.

LET'S GO CRAZY: kosilkO eliminated in 8th place

After getting caught up within the fracas as collateral damage between FloweerBoy and ha0444, a wounded kosilkO wanted a possibility for a double up. Big-stacked bully DaGoddfather min-raised to 522,000 and kosilkO called from the massive blind. The flop was A♣Q♠7♣. kosilkO check-called a 423K bet from DaGoddfather. The turn was the K♦, and kosilkO check-called a 1,010,000 bet from DaGoddfather. The 7♦ fell at the river. kosilkO checked, DaGoddfather bet 4M, and kosilkO called all-in for 3,756,533.

DaGoddfather: A♠Q♣kosilkO: A♥T♥

DaGoddfather won the pot with a flopped two pair -- Aces and Queens. kosilkO lost with a worst two pair (Aces and sevens). For an eighth-place finish, kosilkO took home $13,502.50. Belarus' kosilkO got whacked by DaGoddfather.

With seven remaining, DaGoddfather held a company grip at the lead with 21.6M, or 3x than his closest opponent.

COMPUTER BLUE: KIngAntsi eliminated in 7th place

Big-stack bully DaGoddfather opened to 514,000, KIngAntsi bombed it all-in for 5,714,242, and DaGoddfather snap-called with A♦K♥. KIngAntsi was in trouble with a dominated A♣8♣. Although KIngAntsi picked up a nut-flush draw at the flop with two clubs, the DaGoddfather dodged a couple of bullets when the board finished up K♠Q♣7♣6♠6♥. No clubs for KIngAntsi who never improved. DaGoddfather hit the flop with Big Slick and won the pot with two pair -- Kings and sixes. KIngAntsi got whacked by DaGoddfather and busted in seventh place, which paid out $24,304.50.

WHEN DOVES CRY: ha0444 eliminated in 6th place

Six-handed didn't last very long, but surprisingly enough, DaGoddfather was not enthusiastic about this actual clipping. Two of the shorties rumbled.... ha0444 open-shoved for 4,034,675 with Q♦9♣, alexandraK86 re-shoved for 6,027,564 with 6♠6♥, but nobody else desired to take part at the rumpus. Heads-up and ha0444 desperately hoping to win a race. The flop was A♥K♣J♦ and ha0444 picked up a Broadway straight draw, however the turn was the 8♦ and the river was the 4♥. alexandraK86 faded a straight draw and dragged the pot with a couple of sixes. Lebanon's ha0444 whiffed on a straight and not improved. ha0444 was dunzo in sixth place, which paid out $35,106.50.

With five remaining... DaGoddfather led with 23.2M, followed by alexandraK86 (10.5M), BlindRazorJJ (8.1M), whollyflush (7.2M), and Canno747 (4.8M).

THE BEAUTIFUL ONES: alexandraK86 eliminated in 5th place

Short-stacked Swede alexandraK86 attempted a double up and open-shoved for 3,720,359. whollyflush snap-called with Q♦J♦ against alexandraK86's 4♥4♠. Coin flip. Race. Another tournament life at stake. The flop was a brutal one for alexandraK86 because whollyflush flopped top two. The turn was a blank and the river was the Q♣, which filled in an unnecessary full house for whollyflush. alexandraK86 finished up with two pair -- Queens and fours -- but it surely fell wanting the mark. Sweden's alexandraK86 bailed in fifth place, which paid out $45,908.50.

With four to go, whollyflush chipped with to 18.7M or second overall behind DaGoddfather's 24.4M. At that juncture, it appeared that whollyflush was the one player left who might need enough ammo to challenge DaGoddfather.

TAKE ME WITH U: Canno747 eliminated in 4th place

Canno747 was everywhere in the final table and may have busted a few times, but somehow always managed to spring back to life. If Canno747's spirit animal was a cat, it must've been on its ninth life as it didn't thwart an execution order from DaGoddfather. The big-stacked Don opened to 1,023,000, Canno747 bombed it all-in for 6,047,960, and DaGoddfather called with A♠Q♠. Canno747 was slightly ahead with 7♥7♣, but Canno747 lost the race at the flop. The board finished up Q♣6♣6♠2♠K♦ and DaGoddfather flopped Aces as much as win the pot with a greater two pair. For a fourth-place finish, Canno747 earned $61,031.30. And yes, DaGoddfather whacked another victim.

BABY I'M A CELEBRITY: BlindRazorJJ eliminated in 3rd place

Three-handed lasted three hands, but whollyflush was the one that took charge of the liquidation of the third place player. The Brit whollyflush shoved for 14,105,075 and BlindRazorJJ called all-in for 3,998,244. BlindRazorJJ attempted a last stand with K♥5♣, but didn't gun down whollyflush's A♦T♣. Although neither player improved by the river, whollyflush won the pot with a greater Ace-kicker when the board finished up Q♣9♠7♥Q♦J♥. BlindRazorJJ didn't double up and was sent to the virtual rail in third place, which paid out $88,954.47.

HEADS-UP: DaGoddfather (Canada) vs. whollyflush (U.K.)Seat 3: DaGoddfather (35,256,681)Seat 9: whollyflush (18,753,319)

Only one player stood in DaGoddfather's way of winning a second Sunday Million. DaGoddfather appeared responsible with a 2-1 edge. Alas, whollyflush was not about to roll over and get flushed down the bathroom so easily.

PURPLE RAIN: whollyflush eliminated in 2nd place; DaGoddfather binks second career Sunday Million

The solid heads-up bout lasted nearly 38 minutes. When it appeared whollyflush gained a scintilla of momentum and can overtake DaGoddfather, whollyflush pointed out the notion of discussing  a money deal. DaGoddfather quashed any idea of chopping up the cash with a firm, "No deal." Once whollyflush knew it was going to be a fight to the death, whollyflush quickly retreated right into a defensive stance. The DaGoddfather's stack incurred a couple of hits early on, but before whollyflush got with reference to evening up the score, DaGoddfather launched a swift counter-attack to regain lost ground.

After their initial spat, it seemed as if the 2 reached a quagmire with whollyflush unable to get any traction going, yet DaGoddfather unable to deliver the fatal knockout blow. Eventually, time and luck ran out for whollyflush and the DaGoddfather neutralized another enemy. As Hyman Roth eloquently stated to Michael Corleone within the Godfather, Part II, "THAT IS the business we've chosen."

On the overall hand, a raising war broke out. The skirmish quickly escalated, but initiated by whollyflush, who fired the primary shot with a gap raise to 1.72M. DaGoddfather didn't waste a beat and shoved for 38,676,341, and whollyflush decided to rumble and called all-in for 13,453,659. Although whollyflush took a pocket pair right into a gun fight, whollyflush was in serious trouble with 4♦4♥ against DaGoddfather's superior 9♥9♠. The board finished up 7♦5♣5♠7♥T♥ and DaGoddfather' won with a greater two pair. Ho hum, whollyflush sleeps with the fishes. Cue "The Godfather" theme song by Nino Rota.

The U.K.'s whollyflush busted in second place, which paid out an excellent $125,843.30 for a stouthearted runner-up performance.

First place within the first Sunday Million of May 2016 paid out $168,945.98. Congrats to Canada's DaGoddfather, who will now be referred to as the "Two-Time Sunday Million Champ." Welcome to the Two-Timer Club!

5/1/2016 Sunday Million ($215 No-Limit Hold'em) resultsEntrants: 5,401Prize pool: $1,080,200.00Places paid: 810

1. DaGoddfather (Canada) $168,945.982. whollyflush (U.K.) $125,843.303. BlindRazorJJ (U.K.) $88,954.474. Canno747 (Australia) $61,031.305. alexandraK86 (Sweden) $45,908.506. ha0444 (Lebanon) $35,106.507. KIngAntsi (Finland) $24,304.508. kosilkO (Belarus) $13,502.509. FloweerBoy (Poland) $8,641.60

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Pauly McGuire is a contract contributor to PokerStars Blog. His favorite movie is The Godfather, Part II.

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