January 30 2012, Brett Collson

The inaugural PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) came to a close Sunday with the last six events on the slate, two of which generated seven-figure prize pools. The $700 Main Event attracted 3,667 players to create a prize pool of more than $2.4 million, and the $2,100 High Roller event saw 814 players generate a prize pool of more than $1.6 million. David “betudontbet” Emmons was the biggest earner after defeating Chris “ImDaNuts” Oliver heads-up in the Main Event for nearly $383,000. Isaac “philivey2694″ Haxton and António “apalma2156″ Palma also won majors on Sunday.

PokerStars TCOOP Main Event ($1.5M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$665+$35	3,667	$2,438,555

The first TCOOP Main Event was a massive success as the $1.5 million guarantee was smashed by nearly $1 million. Chris “ImDaNuts” Oliver, one of the most feared online tournament players in the world, joined David “Betudontbet” Emmons and seven others at the final table after just four and a half hours of play.

Emmons held a sizable lead going into the final table and used his stack to have his way at the final table. After a couple of discussions about a deal fell through, Emmons went on to defeat Oliver heads up for the title and $382,855. On the final hand of the tournament, Emmons moved all-in from the button with and Oliver called instantly with . The board gave Emmons a pair of aces, sending Oliver to the rail with $285,311 for second place.

To read more about the TCOOP Main Event, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com

PokerStars TCOOP High Roller ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$2,000+$100	814	$1,628,000

Denmark’s “AlexKP” fell just short of his second TCOOP title of the series with a second-place finish in the $2,100 TCOOP High Roller. “AlexKP” took the biggest share of a four-way chop at the final table, collecting nearly $240,000, but Norway’s “Icallany” won the heads-up duel to earn the distinction as the first TCOOP High Roller champ.

To read more about the TCOOP Main Event, head over to PokerStarsBlog.com

*denotes four-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$200+$15	7,302	$1,460,400

Three players earned six-figure paydays in the Sunday Million this week. Chile’s “curiplop” took the largest share of a three-way deal at the final table, but Brazil’s “CharlesTY.” went on to win the event for $168,000. Two well-known Brazilians, Andre “aakkari” Aakkari and Alexandre “allingomes” Gomes, finished 25th and 27th, respectively.

PlacePlayerPrize

1	CharlesTY.	$168,000*
2	curiplop	$181,080*
3	hownorez	$148,000*
4	bas0r	$77,401
5	K0VAK	$59,876
6	Chikakaa	$45,272
7	Meewams	$31,398
8	Joroy70	$17,524
9	rasputoon	$ $11,318

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Andre “aakkari” Aakkari (25th – $3,403), Alexandre “allingomes” Gomes (27th – $3,403), Jim “Mr_BigQueso” Collopy (30th – $3,037), Clark “snake8484″ Hamagami (43rd – $2,746), Stephen “stevie444″ Chidwick (45th – $2,746)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($250K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$500+$30	843	$421,500

Isaac “philivey2694″ Haxton bested a field of 843 to add another tournament victory to his stellar resume. 2010 PokerStars EPT Grand Final champ Nic “niccc” Chouity also reached the final table but was ousted in sixth place for $16,800.

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$150+$12	1,589	$238,350

The Bigger $162 annihilated its guarantee again Sunday as 1,589 players created a prize pool of $238,350. “Padjes” of the Netherlands took home the top prize of $42,903 for winning the tournament outright.

PlacePlayerPrize

1	padjes	$42,903
2	JCSeelbach	$30,985
3	Sheeter 200	$23,835
4	Battmeister	$$17,876
5	Kedrila	$12,513
6	vovo_leo	$10,129
7	joeyspann	$7,746
8	Bwd26	$5,362
9	Leanod	$3,337

Notable Finishes: Christopher “NigDawG” Brammer (17th – $1,310), Jon “PearlJammer” Turner (30th – $524)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$200+$15	1,392	$

Portuguese poker pro António “apalma2156″ Palma took home the top prize in the PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance, outlasting 1,391 runners to earn $47,328. Mike “munchenHB” Telker, Carter “cwsidler” Swidler and Chris “Moorman1″ Moorman made deep runs but ultimately fell short of the final table.

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$10+$1	36,869	$368,690

Nearly 37,000 players participated in the Sunday Storm this week. Germany’s “Robert_Eh” and Spain’s “yukor” agreed to a heads-up deal, and the former went on to win the title and $28,804.

PlacePlayerPrize

1	Robert_Eh	$28,804*
2	yukor	$26,281*
3	ZM636	$15,485
4	87bowser	$11,798
5	Fairikson	$8,111
6	PookyKK	$$4,977
7	LUKAS_BLAST	$3,410
8	Tobi190184	$2,396
9	bagfri	$1,677

*denotes heads-up deal

*PokerStars TCOOP Main Event and High Roller data obtained from PokerStarsBlog.com

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January 30 2012, Cory Dowd

It was an action-packed Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit $1,600 Main Event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The day began with 133 players competing for a prize pool of $963,210, and more than half got paid when the money bubble burst at 72 on Sunday. The field was then trimmed down to 15 players after ten levels of play, with chip leader Nicholas Wilbur pacing the field with 1,541,000 chips.

Wilbur earned most of those chips when he got his all in preflop against the of Brandon Riha. In a pot worth more than 1.4 million chips, Wilbur managed to catch up on the river as the board ran out . After that, Wilbur used his big stack to chip up for the better part of a level and a half.

Wilbur’s run is especially impressive when you consider who is chasing him. Jeff Madsen, Dutch Boyd, Sean Getzwiller and Kevin Calenzo are still in contention with very healthy stacks. Madsen was one of the chip leaders throughout Day 2. However, he took a tough hit late when his was unable to catch up to the of Rellie Sigua. Madsen will return with 917,000 chips on Monday.

Boyd was also consistently chipping up throughout the day and then hit a one-outer on the river against Sam McGrath. Boyd’s luck didn’t last, though, as he was unable to fade the flush draw of Joe Kuether on the very last hand of play to finish with 726,000. Kuether, the Day 1a chip leader, is just shy of the chip lead entering the final day, holding 1,519,000.

Getzwiller bagged up 989,000 in large part due to his pocket jacks holding against the of Brandon Riha and the of short stack Mark Kroon late in the night. Calenzo, meanwhile, got most of his 695,000 chips toward the end of the day when he was dealt pocket aces against the pocket queens of Joshua Pollock.

Scott Clements, William Reynolds, Dan O’Brien and James Carroll were some of the unfortunate players who fell short of the money on Sunday. Andreas Hoivold, Kathy Liebert and Gavin Griffin all made the money, but all were eliminated before play ended.

Monday will bring the final day of the WSOPC Main Event at Caesars Palace. The final 15 will play down to a champion, and our Live Reporting Team will be providing updates all day long. Be sure to check in to find out who wins the WSOPC gold ring and the $197,451 top prize.

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