The Sunday Briefing: "frma1103" Wins PokerStars TCOOP Main Event for $326,880
In addition to the regular Sunday majors on the virtual poker felt this week, the Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) wrapped up at PokerStars with the conclusion of the $700 Main Event. The flagship tournament of the series saw 5,060 players create a prize pool of more than $3.3 million, and after a seven-way chop at the final table, Sweden's "frma1103" took it down for $326,880.
Others earning big scores on Sunday were TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer, Elio "smokrokbyflock" Fox, Daniel "HesBluffingx" Francis, Reed "badbeatme" Hensel, and Josh "brikdog24" Brikis, who received $125,060 after a four-way chop in the PokerStars Sunday Million.
Here's a look at the results from Sunday's major events at PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker:
PokerStars TCOOP-49 NL Hold'em Main Event ($2M Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$665+$35
5,060
$3,364,900
Place
Player
Prize
*1
frma1103
$326,880
*2
kekim1
$289,509
*3
TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer
$232,224
*4
GadMO
$251,844
*5
thinkfast9
$160,817
*6
pistecaloze
$261,354
*7
SennaBoris79
$193,070
8
elmiami21
$42,061
9
Xereles
$26,919
*denotes seven-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Jason "Roberts34" Roberts (16th - $10,095), Markus "MarkusG91" Garberg (28th - $7,403)
PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+$15
7,686
$1,537,200
Place
Player
Prize
*1
Popiedejopie
$191,996
*2
VixenKoala
$127,000
*3
bvladimir
$148,385
*4
Josh "brikdog24" Brikis
$125,060
5
nuno200
$61,488
6
vander9279
$46,116
7
schmier1
$30,744
8
cedlic784
$17,678
9
Achilles591
$11,913
*denotes four-handed deal
Notable Finishes: James "Asprin1" Akenhead (13th - $6,149), Amit "AMAK316" Makhija (14th - $6,149), Kevin "WizardOfAhhs" Thurman (16th - $4,074)
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up - TCOOP Special ($750K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+$15
5,157
$1,031,400
Place
Player
Prize
1
BigMeech99
$161,808
2
Daniel "HesBluffingx" Francis
$120,158
3
Ramiz888
$85,091
4
vmnielsen
$58,724
5
benderbei2
$43,835
6
Iiiiwaa
$33,521
7
T 54 T 97s
$23,207
8
Ashley "DYBYDX" Mason
$12,893
9
Banderivets
$8,251
Notable Finishes: Ole "wizowizo" Schemion (10th - $6,188), Jesper "KipsterDK" Hougaard (13th - $4,641), Paul "Paolo69" Foltyn (20th - $2,568), Alex "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Zervos (27th - $2,568)