The excitement in the Global Poker x PokerNews Cup continued on Friday with two new tournaments that resulted in two new winners.

Both champions will automatically be entered in the PokerNews Cup finals in a couple weeks. That is the case for all the qualifying round winners. Those who finish in 2nd to 8th place receive a spot in the semifinals, and the remainder of the top 50 in each tournament advance to the quarterfinals where they can attempt to work their way up to the finals.

Alright, let's get to the goods, starting with PokerNews Cup Qualifier 05 — GC 11,000 NLH Bounty (8-Max) with GC 4,000,000 guaranteed. When all was said and done, "TBrick" was the only player out of 371 original entrants still standing. This player, on top of earning a spot in the finals, received GC 655,310.

There were others who earned some Gold Coins, including the runner-up "Lad23der" (Robbie Moore), who tweeted about being "so close." Still, he advances to the semifinals automatically and earned GC 480,265. "Neptune" took 3rd place for GC 348,090, while "ENYguitar" busted in 4th place for GC 278,640.

Over on the Sweeps Coins side, Friday's tournament was PokerNews Cup Qualifier 05 — SC 11 NLH Bounty (8-Max), which had an SC 10,000 guarantee.

There were an incredible 2,509 entrants chasing a spot in the finals and some great prizes. But none of them could outlast "Lsutigerfan225," who earned SC 3,187.35 for the impressive performance. It's never easy weeding your way through such a massive field, so a hat tip to this fan of the LSU Tigers. Geaux Tigers, champ.

One spot shy of getting all the glory was "Jabrony50," who earned SC 2,384.50 as a consolation prize. In 3rd place was "Sgt.Suckout" who may or may not have sucked out a few times to claim the SC 1,768.27 prize. And in 4th place for SC 1,214.25 was "RUeTaMa."

Here’s a look at what’s coming up later today: