The Sunday Briefing: World Championship of Online Poker and MiniFTOPS Underway

The Sunday Briefing: World Championship of Online Poker and MiniFTOPS Underway 0001

The Sunday Majors at PokerStars had a different look this week. Out were the flagship Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up, but in was the highly anticipated World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), the most prestigious online poker tournament series on the planet.

The 2013 WCOOP kicked off with a $109 no-limit hold'em event on Sunday afternoon. It was the only tournament that came to a conclusion, as Event #2 ($215 no-limit hold'em six-max) and Event #3 ($215 no-limit hold'em) were two-day events that will finish on Monday.

Also kicking off on Sunday was the latest edition of the Full Tilt Poker MiniFTOPS series. FTOPS XXIII features $3 million in guarantees across 39 tournaments over the next two weeks, with the first two events taking place on Sunday.

Among the notables scooping big scores on Sunday were Steve "Illini213" Barshak, Evan "PURPLE"K"99" Parkes, Matthias "goodvibe1" Neu, Tyler "brainwash" Cornell, and Aaron "Aguskb" Gustavson.

Here's a look at the results from the Sunday tournaments at PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker:

PokerStars WCOOP Event #1 ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+911,799$1,179,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1WithoutNickk$144,487*
2herosnappinG$137,632*
3lepa lepa28$82,593
41_conor_b_1$58,995
5Ultraballs18$47,196
6Got 18 today$35,397
7Eugene_Tung$23,598
8GotURead$11,799
9# 1 skills$7,433

*Denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Jonathan "Peanut172" Peacock (39th - $2,005)

Full Tilt $250K Guarantee ($250K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+151,707$341,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1dedmagor$68,280
2game153$45,406
3Flush GordoN90$32,433
4salfshb$24,239
5joga_pra_cor$18,094
6Robert "bobby kraut" Deppe$13,314
7JWeiSS31$9,900
8krakukra$7,169
9fletch2012$5,086

Notable Finishes: Adam "Roothlus" Levy (10th - $3,414), Russell "rdcrsn" Carson (11th - $3,414), Zach "CrazyZachary" Clark (18th - $1,877), Dan "KingDan23" Smith (19th - $1,365), Elio "smokrokbyflok" Fox (22nd - $1,365), Nick "FU_15" Maimone (24th - $1,365)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+151,499$299,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1FishMobRep$52,243*
2Steve "Illini213" Barshak$47,589*
3The_Hero_Nr1$28,481
4dante-sp$21,285
5piisaa$15,889
6m-klon$11,692
7GaussPoker$8,964
8yo soy un nit$6,285
9skolsuper$4,467

*Denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Clark "snake8484" Hamagami (10th - $2,998), Ryan "HITTHEPANDA" Franklin (15th - $2,218), Jeremy "daisyxoxo" Fitzpatrick (23rd - $1,199), Darren "darrenelias" Elias (25th - $1,199)

Full Tilt MiniFTOPS Event #1 ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$20+213,049$260,980
PlacePlayerPrize
1ChrisStar887$40,274
2ADubrovin$27,141
3akuznecoff1$19,051
4oppossum5$13,831
5luiss1982$10,047
6Jason "NovaSky" Koon$7,176
7Adsxvii$5,089
8ace_rothstein21$3,705
9timo23eule$2,609

Notable Finishes: Brian "brianm15" England (13th - $1,304), Nick "PureCash25" Rampone (26th - $665)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+30913$456,500
PlacePlayerPrize
1beesweet35$82,170
2Evan "PURPLE"K"99" Parkes$58,568
3NL_Profit$43,824
4Matthias "goodvibe1" Neu$32,868
5Will "CutiePi314" Ma$22,825
6Artem "Artem205" Metalidi$18,260
7GR8MIND13,695
8a$$ou$9,130
9David "dpeters17" Peters$5,478

Notable Finishes: Daniel "deoxyribo" Strelitz (15th - $3,423), Michael "wywrotX" Wywrot (16th - $2,510), Bryan "bparis" Paris (19th - $2,008), Casey "Sobizzle21" Sobczewski (21st - $2,008), Valdemar "Luigi da BP" Kwaysser (27th - $2,008)

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

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+91,278$404,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Tyler "brainwash" Cornell$68,000*
2VibizSbrissa$59,421*
3hamanof$40,400
4fcarrico$30,300
5Aaron "Aguskb" Gustavson$21,210
6candy1984$17,170
7inca7bar$13,130
8ifghassan$9,090
9Toni Judet$5,656

*Denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Tommy "TMoney0209" Miller (10th - $4,040), Amit "AMAK316" Makhija (20th - $1,737),

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+151,541$308,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1fahim69$38,795
2WaGe N Warz$30,527
3Quentin73$33,747
4Fellini33$35,326
5ShipTheFliip$15,101
6TuckYouIn$12,019
7Kaggis$8,937
8pececada$5,855
9sluggo1984$3,205

Notable Finishes: Johan "busto_soon" Van Til, Mario "Pokerccini" Puccini (24th - $1,232),

PokerStars Sunday Supersonic ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$210.80+4.201,533$372,372
PlacePlayerPrize
1mickl58$58,044
2LuCasino777$42,558
3nicobxl12$32,737
4Stammdogg$24,552
5lbj1944$13,913
6Johan "busto_soon" Van Til$10,639
7BrightStripe$7,365
8BrightStripe$7,365
9Oxota$4,583

Notable Finishes: Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff (20th - $1,113)

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