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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November 20 2011, Paul Oresteen

Day 1 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Harveys Lake Tahoe Main Event is in the books after two starting flights. The first flight saw 224 players take to the felt and the second flight had 97 entrants for a total of 321 runners. Of those, only 184 players will return for Day 2. Ron McMillen (143,400) leads the field overall and the second flight’s chip leader was Mark “P0ker H0” Kroon with 92,400.

Moving on to Day 2 are Matt Keikoan (120,000), Sam Barnhart (80,400), Gary DeBernardi (43,000) and JC Tran (26,400).Notables who played but aren’t advancing on to Day 2 are Mark “Pegasus” Smith, Tahoe Andrew, Drew Caseri and Joe Mongkol-ua-aree.

McMillen earned a giant portion of his tournament-leading stack in a hand where he called two players who moved all-in. He had them both covered and the board ran out . One player held for flopped trips, the other held pocket threes for a flopped full house and McMillen held pocket sixes the bigger full house.

Keikoan flew under the radar for most the day, not finding our attention until Level 8, mostly due to being seated close to the gorgeous Annie LePage. Keikoan broke the century mark when found trip eights against an opponent’s pair of aces.

Tran’s early levels in the tournament couldn’t have been better for the two-time WSOP bracelet winner. He ran over his first table, chipping up to over 50,000 before the first break. His day didn’t continue that way, however and at the end of the night, he bagged just over the starting stack.

Kroon busted early in the first flight but then returned for a much more successful second flight. He put on a one-man show in the second flight, entertaining all the tables around him within earshot. At one point he attempted to convince his table that this was his first tournament and only minutes later he began a sentence with, “When I won my second bracelet…” (Editor’s Note: Kroon doesn’t have any WSOP bracelets.)

Day 2 gets under way promptly at 1200 PST (2000 GMT) on Sunday and the players will play 14 levels, or until a final table of nine, whichever comes first. Follow all the WSOPC action live on Pokernews.com.

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