The Sunday Briefing: Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino Wins FTOPS XX Main Event

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Sunday Briefing

Full Tilt Poker's FTOPS XX concluded early Monday morning with its Main Event. Unfortunately, the numbers were just a third of what its predecessor FTOPS drew. Still, huge prizes were at stake. The winner was Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino, taking it down for $346,696.49. Also capturing FTOPS gold jerseys on Sunday were "LFmagic" and Phil "FLIPokerHer" D'Auteuil. Over on PokerStars, the Sunday Million was won by "Vsegris" for $178,066.70.

Full Tilt FTOPS Main Event (No-Limit Hold’em Multi-Entry, $2.5M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$600+$404,666$2,799,600
PlacePlayerPrize
*1Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino$346,696.49
*2Towelfish$366,792.88
*3WHOPPWHOPP$279,393.51
*4paranoik33$288,774
5CupcakeThePig$137,180.40
6Anton "antesvante" Wigg$95,186.40
7Nora80$64,390.80
8youreamaniac$44,793.60
9shevliak87$30,795.60

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Bruno Stefanelli (21st - $7,838.88), Philipp "philbort" Gruissem (22nd - $7,838.88), Pascal Lefrancois (31st - $5,879.16), Tom "tollg8te" Grigg (32nd - $5,879.16)

Full Tilt FTOPS Event #44 (No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max Knockout, $750K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+$166,088$1,217,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1LFmagic$200,904
2AKHoorash$131,500.80
3losewimpie$96,190.40
4peera87$68,185.60
5Jurata_PL$44,393.70
6DaHussstla$27,396

Notable Finishes: Hugo "adametes" Adametes (12th - $8,888.48), Jeff "YoungSupremacy" Hakim (18th - $6,331.52), Steve "StevoL_7" Leonard (24th - $4,383.36)

Full Tilt FTOPS XX Event #40 (No-Limit Hold’em Antes from Start Two-Day, $1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$2,000+$100530$1,060,000
PlacePlayerPrize
*1Phil "FLIPokeHer" D'Auteuil$195,000
*2AverageHoe$234,300
3Anaxona$119,250
4Carter "cswidler" Swidler$92,750
5Ana "Nyx86" Marquez$68,900
6Shawn Buchanan$50,350
7BeckReloaded$32,860
8QJdiamantes$26,500
9Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko$20,670

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Caio Pimenta (20th - $4,770), Mike "GoLeafsGoEh" Leah (27th - $4,770)

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$155,744$1,148,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1Vsegris$178,066.70
2Pinowww$132,112
3Stunts25$93,052.80
4katalanon$64,505.12
5Teuton1$48,249.60
6KOKY3135$36,761.60
7zakarias22$25,273.60
8andreyluis$14,360
9Dictionary11$8,960.64

Notable Finishes: Rayan "rkruok" Nathan (20th - $2,699.68), Phidias "ael1979" Georgiou (29th - $2,412.48)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$153,393$678,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1David "PizzicatoXev" Montague$106,541.19
2Alexey "Alex21reg" Krasnov$79,396.20
3Norrda$55,984.50
4paranoik333$39,019.50
5o23oSyD$28,840.50
6hellator$22,054.50
7eShaMeister$15,268.50
8PunkFloyd$8,482.80
9Dean "dean23price" Price$5,428.80

Notable Finishes: Fellipe Nunes (17th - $2,035.80), Juan Antonio "vietcong01" Barros (47th - $1,289.34), Soren Kongsgaard (51st - $1,289.34)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($250K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$30562$281,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Tom "hitthehole" Middleton$52,828
2majskolv$38,497
3The Cool$28,381
4NICA-TUCUMAN$21,356
5skendeloff$15,005.40
6assalbi$11,942.50
7huge.fishh$9,132.50
8jarekk$6,322.50
9Vitinho Leão$4,215

Notable Finishes: Mike "SirWatts" Watson (13th - $2,669.50), Stefan "I'am_Sound" Huber (15th - $2,669.50), Sebastian Ruthenberg (17th - $2,107.50), JC "PrtyPsux" Alvarado (18th - $2,107.50)

PokerStars $109+R NL Hold'em ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$9733$225,300
PlacePlayerPrize
1youaremelon$47,868.75
2bar-bar9999$34,465.50
3zBadBiteTime$25,530
4lb6121$19,147.50
5Bandano$13,403.25
6Igor "lechuckpoker" Kurganov$10,850.25
7ALEKO8787$8,297.25
8markux$5,744.25
9NessV$3,599.73

Notable Finishes: Yann "yadio" Dion (19th - $1,276.50), Clark "snake8484" Hamagami (27th - $1,276.50)

PokerStars The Big 109 ($50K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$92,151$215,100
PlacePlayerPrize
1David "dave798111" Allan$36,567
2sundalyonly$27,532.80
3Jossel2008$20,542.05
4justnl2$15,057
5giouliAA$10,755
6Count_NN$8,604
7Sasuke234$6,453
8joocs$4,302
9proh1t$3,011.40

Notable Finishes: Tomáš "czechpro" Kvapil (24th - $645.30)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$15721$144,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1OMGitshunt$27,109.60
2assalbi$19,755.40
3fviana$14,564.20
4gate13pao13$10,959.20
5Yorane "viirusss" Kerignard$7,700.28
6never river$6,128.50
7Coilmaster85$4,686.50
8pengy12$3,244.50
9FFM-83$2,173

Notable Finishes: Sebastian "p0cket00" Sikorski (21st - $793.10), Chris "Moorman1" Moorman (27th - $793.10)

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