The Sunday Briefing: Dan Smith and Sami Kelopuro Scoop Major Tournament Wins

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Online poker's biggest names were out in full force over the weekend following the start of the PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP). The 50-event series features $15 million in guarantees, and more than $2 million was handed out across several events during the weekend.

Dan "Danny98765" Smith continued his domination of large tournament fields, taking down TCOOP Event #17 for $125,146. Smith, who won the PokerStars Sunday Million as well as a handful of live events over the past 18 months, bested a final table on Sunday that included Steven "Zugwat" Silverman, Spencer "UH Big Tex" Hudson and Magnus "Giffordonian" Martin.

Another well-known pro who won six-figures on Sunday was Nick "FU_15" Maimone, who earned more than $140,000 in cash despite not winning a tournament. Maimone recorded runner-up finishes in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-up (chopping for $95,000) and the PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($43,858)

Over at Full Tilt Poker, Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro won the $250K Guarantee for $54,520. The feared Finnish pro, normally known for his cash game prowess, has been on a tear playing online majors over the past year. He final tabled the Sunday Million and won a PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) event last spring, and made several deep runs in Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) events.

Here's a full look at the results from the Sunday Majors on PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, partypoker and WSOP.com:


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Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+157,495$1,499,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Timvn2008$187,699*
2FNessy$176,482*
3KungFuDonk$146,032*
4Allan "Sifosis" Baekke$79,447
5peterwhooo$61,459
6vatser$46,469
7A.C.A.B 8708$32,228
8P0lak$17,988
9myownNICK$11,617

*Reflects three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Martin "kingroler" Meciar (19th - $3,492), Ivan "Skazo4nik777" Kotov (49th - $2,593)


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TCOOP Event #17: Turbo 1R 1A ($400K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+94,123$797,100
PlacePlayerPrize
1Dan "Danny98765" Smith$125,146
2Victor chuch$93,260
3Magnus "Giffordonian" Martin$65,760
4Phantomes124$45,833
5Kennethmedh$33,876
6jerbi9999$25,905
7krec23$17,934
8Spencer "UH Big Tex" Hudson$9,963
9Steven "Zugwat" Silverman$$6,376

Notable Finishes: Jon "PearlJammer" Turner (11th - $4,872)


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TCOOP Event #19: Sunday Supersonic Special ($600K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$210.80+4.203,235$683,938
PlacePlayerPrize
1AMasta89$86,907*
2Steven "Zugwat" Silverman$88,000*
3Kevin "Civell" Vandersmissen$69,910*
4Alexander "AlexM666" Moiseev$39,211
5CMoosepower$29,664
6Bambeklis$22,844
7Kaggis$16,025
8qbgoose$9,219
9blony_tair$5,796

*Reflects three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Phillip "bergeroo" Huxley (24th - $1,875), Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak (27th - $1,875)


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Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+153,532$706,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1Rytis "RichieA7s" Praninskas$86,263*
2Nick "FU_15" Mamoine$95,529*
3danish7$70,039*
4cold_smile$40,618
5elmelogno4$30,022
6mentor1904$22,958
7vlaviusz$15,894
8Przemek "TranquilMind" Piotrowski$8,830
9b.j.1898$5,651

*Reflects three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Inge "mendezoo" Forsmo (12th - $4,328), Ben "gs08bjohnson" Jenkins (14th - $3,178), Will "dankness3" Jaffe (17th - $2,119), Brian "brianm15" England (18th - $2,119), Noah "dirty.brasil" Vaillancourt (19th - $1,801), John "kleath" Leathart (27th - $1,801)


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$250K Guarantee

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+151,363$272,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro$54,520
2motty ben david$36,255
3Steve "StevoL_7" Leonard$25,897
4pokerjoe485$19,354
5oopsULu412$14,447
6MUFAZZA$10,631
7SonnyBlack87$7,905
8Betong$5,724
9swisstard$4,061

Notable Finishes: Grayson "swish3113" Ramage (13th - $2,017), Alexander "AlexM666" Moiseev (14th - $2,017), Nick "Rounder63" Carillo (20th - $1,090), Mike "SirWatts" Watson (25th - $1,090)


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Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+151,191$238,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1GM_VALTER$41,635
2checktrap11$37,732
3d_quang$22,629
4Leder Joe$16,912
5karp8$12,624
6darek1987pl$9,289
7prebzman$6,907
8Marcelo Asensio$5,002
9BgsaPnaples$3,573

Notable Finishes: Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson (14th - $1,810), Dan "KingDan23" Smith (15th - $1,810), Jason "jdpc27" Wheeler (16th - $1,381), Mike "SirWatts" Watson (21st - $1,024), Joe "bigegypt" Elpayaa (24th - $1,024)

Get in on the Sunday Majors action yourself by visiting PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and PartyPoker.


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200K Guaranteed Sunday

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$186+141,080$200,880
PlacePlayerPrize
1I_DO_PAGEANTS$22,381*
2LebleuPetit$21,712*
3gunny66$9,843
4TillyismyEX$7.432
5gimpazoid999$5,323
6TarpedTony$3,917
7Kirk_Enzi$2,912
8AcesSpades11$2,410
9Uninc157$1,928

*Reflects heads-up deal


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Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+30766$383,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Matt "FaceStealer" Volosevich$68,940
2ShipTheFliip$49,790
3Daniel "DanielLUCKY" Carlsson$37,151
4el_chavitod8$27,767
5Tupeh$19,303
6elof24$15,473
7TiltMeHarder$11,643
8BrightStripe$7,851
9capinhabr$4,787

Notable Finishes: Maximilian "FizzimeiBua" Senft (12th - $4,021), Aidan "whereisdonny" Tam (21st - $1,761)


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$109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+91,051$327,300
PlacePlayerPrize
1Bluf_To_Much$60,550
2Nick "FU_15" Maimone$43,858
3Nick "GripDsNutz" Grippo$32,730
4Keiruja$24,547
5DwnByDaBrdge$17,183
6Elmagico19A1$13,910
7Martin "nizmo jiz" Kozlov$10,637
8Christian "Gambler4444" Nolte$7,364
9Jakob "mendieta19" Carlsson$4,582

Notable Finishes: Matt "mjw006" Wakeman (11th - $3,436), Frank "Round42" Rusnak (15th - $2,782), Michael "StrungOut1" Wasserman (16th - $2,127), Artem "FaNjkEEE" Kobylinskiy (19th - $1,472), Georgios "gkap13" Kapalas (20th - $1,472), Dennis "el_klonkador " Bejedal (22nd - $1,472), Balasz "birs320" Botond (23rd - $1,472), Andrius " benislovas" Bielskis (24th - $1,472), Corey "rat sauce 89" Thompson (26th - $1,472)


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WSOP.com Online Championships (New Jersey)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+30328$250,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1sizzlinbetts$63,750
2jtxo5$36,250
3Pupperpants$21,500
4hulksmash$16,500
5bSeck83$14,000
6flushoff11$11,500
7Deuxexmachin$8,750
8rules316$5,750
9KShekels$4,000


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$15,000 Weekly Sunday Guarantee (Nevada)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+1582$16,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1Juantoo3fore$4,674
2whiteyslacks$2,706
3NVpoker_$1,640
4leona$1,312
5YahtzeePro$1,131
6legum$967
7foxylilangel$803
8VegasLink$557
9bunnight$442

Special thanks to Stanislav Serov

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