The Midweek Briefing: Leonard and Koon Capture Weekly Majors
It isn't Sunday yet, but the online tournament scene has been very kind to a few players during the week so far. Mark "uuhhhicall" Leonard and Jason "jakoon1985" Koon were victorious in Full Tilt Poker's $1K Monday and PokerStars Super Tuesday, respectively. Also collecting first-place prizes this week were Steve "mcnallyville" McNally and "DATTEBAYO16".
Full Tilt $1K Monday
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000+$60 | 303 | $303,000 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark "uuhhhicall" Leonard | $75,750 |
| 2 | yipb | $48,480 |
| 3 | mararios62 | $36,360 |
| 4 | CHADda2ND | $28,027.50 |
| 5 | vvirtue | $21,210 |
| 6 | Bbuddy4brkfst | $15,150 |
| 7 | Mario "Pwnasaurus" Silvestri | $9,847.50 |
| 8 | nick papa1 | $7,575 |
| 9 | Joe "hoodini10" Udine | $6,060 |
Notable Finishes: Sam "aaajack" Chartier (10th - $3,787.50), Tim "BegsClutch" Begley (19th - $1,666.50), Caio Pimenta (20th - $1,666.50)
PokerStars $1,050 Super Tuesday
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000+$50 | 410 | $410,000 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason "jakoon1985" Koon | $78,679 |
| 2 | Nick "I Spew Chips" Phillips | $58,425 |
| 3 | PITU_poker | $43,050 |
| 4 | Brandon78 | $32,800 |
| 5 | marcolina | $22,960 |
| 6 | Jossel2008 | $17,425 |
| 7 | Tim "BillChapel" Begley | $13,325 |
| 8 | Greg "gregior" Howard | $9,225 |
| 9 | Sida "supfoolio" Yuen | $6,806 |
Notable Finishes: Raj "BadcardsAA" Vohra (12th - $5,330), Jim "BreakRibs" Kilarjian (13th - $4,510), Jamie "pokerjamers" Armstrong (16th - $3,690)
PokerStars $320 Wednesday 1/4 Million
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$20 | 945 | $283,500 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve "mcnallyville" McNally | $51,313.50 |
| 2 | JimDarnaby35 | $36,855 |
| 3 | Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy | $27,641.25 |
| 4 | Schildy1984 | $20,695.50 |
| 5 | shawry5 | $14,600.25 |
| 6 | SouthcJay7 | $11,765.25 |
| 7 | pacmanned | $8,930.25 |
| 8 | Laurence "rivermanl" Houghton | $6,265.35 |
| 9 | oaktree50 | $3,628.80 |
Notable Finishes: Eric "psuNYY51" Ladny (15th - $2,494.80)
UB $150K GTD
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000+$50 | 159 | $159,000 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATTEBAYO16 | $42,135 |
| 2 | Chris "INYOUREYE111" Moorman | $25,440 |
| 3 | Laurence "DONT_RIVER_ME" Houghton | $18,682.50 |
| 4 | Shyam "S_DOT111" Srinivasan | $15,105 |
| 5 | NOCTUS | $11,527.50 |
| 6 | ENIGMA4U4ME | $9,540 |
| 7 | Chris "GETTINDAIZEY" Oliver | $7,552.50 |
| 8 | Zach "HUSTLERGRUNE" Gruneberg | $5,565 |
| 9 | SCHINJA | $3,975 |
Notable Finishes: Bradley "FATSOFAT6969" Craig (10th - $2,385)
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