The Sunday Briefing: WCOOP Sees Some Huge Prize Pools

Posted at 08:00 2012-09-12 by Mickey Doft

The second Sunday of the 2012 World Championship of Online Poker didn't produce any new bracelet winners (each of the three events that began on Sunday were two-day events), but plenty of tournament action went on nonetheless. Aside from most of the Sunday majors running, WCOOP second chance events also produced big winners. Carter "cswidler" Swidler earned $115,620, the biggest awarded prize on Sunday, for his win in a second chance event. Joining him in the winner circle was Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino, who also took down a WCOOP second chance tournament.

PokerStars WCOOP 2nd Chance 22: $1,050 NL Hold'em

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$1,000+$50	615	$615,000

Shannon "basebal1b" Shorr (11th - $7,072.50), Will "molswi47" Molson (12th - $7,072.50), and Ravi "govshark2" Raghavan (13th - $5,842.50) each fell short of the final table in the WCOOP 2nd Chance 22 tournament. The final table was still stacked with high-stakes regulars, and Carter "cswidler" Swidler emerged as the champ for $115,620.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Carter "cswidler" Swidler	$115,620
2	Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen	$84,255
3	Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane	$62,115
4	Anton "ekziter" Astapov	$46,740
5	Jesper "KipsterDK" Hougaard	$32,841
6	Grayson "gray31" Ramage	$26,137.50
7	Patrick "Bandano" Renkers	$19,987.50
8	CHRiiiiiiiiK	$13,837.50
9	Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul	$9,225

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	1,069	$534,500

The Sunday 500 saw notable finishes from Thomas "Kallllle" Pedersen (10th - $4,757.05), Chad "ChadBrownPRO" Brown (11th - $4,757.05), and Jimmie "AlusivPnkBny" Guinther (14th - $3,688.05). The outright victory and $92,254.70 top prize went to "all in 2526."

Place	Player	Prize
1	all in 2526	$92,254.70
2	modogrinder	$66,812.50
3	pads1161	$50,777.50
4	Chappolini	$37,201.20
5	Artur "pokerturo" Koren	$26,457.75
6	a$$ou	$21,112.75
7	Zohair "pakmanmma" Karim	$15,767.75
8	GENEWUA	$10,422.75
9	Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka	$5,879.50

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,296	$437,500

Those who came up just short of the final table in the $109 Sunday Rebuy included Tyler "brainwash" Cornell (10th - $4,375), Iulian-Georgian "Ruxandescu" Ruxandescu (12th - $4,375), David "Betudontbet" Emmons (18th - $2,625), Dane "WatchTheSea" Miller (20th - $1,881.25), Josh "JBT449" Bergman (24th - $1,881.25), and Scott "gunning4you" Seiver (25th - $1,881.25). Earning the win following a heads-up deal was "allucan3at" for $71,759.58.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	allucan3at	$71,759.58
*2	Florian "florianm1" Marty	$66,227.92
3	bullyon	$43,750
4	murballz66	$32,812.50
5	Mike "Pipedream17" Dietrich	$22,968.75
6	AL.PATSINO	$18,593.75
7	san the one	$14,218.75
8	zwacke	$9,843.75
9	CuAt69UsdSng	$6,125

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars WCOOP 2nd Chance 21: $109 NL Hold'em

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	3,580	$358,000

Notable finishes in the WCOOP 2nd Chance 21 tournament included Keith "DaMurdera3" Ferrera (11th - $2,201.70), Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko (29th - $823.40), and Markus "MarkusG91" Garberg (31st - $823.40). Following a four-handed deal, "GENERRRRRAL" was the survivor.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	GENERRRRRAL	$36,767.54
*2	jonsim91	$39,063.10
*3	ottoman09	$39,888.98
*4	Felipe "fcarrico" Carrio	$32,671.38
5	akb1	$15,325.98
6	John "BlackFourz" May	$11,635
7	WWWallace79	$8,055
8	xredschix	$4,475
9	Tridynamo	$2,864

*denotes four-handed deal

PokerStars WCOOP 2nd Chance 23: $530 NL Hold'em

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	535	$267,500

A few big names bubbled the final table of the WCOOP 2nd Chance 23 tournament. Mike "Pipedream17" Dietrich (10th - $3,210), Michael "Skämmes" Tureniec (11th - $3,210), and Tim "Calvin32" Sullivan (12th - $3,210) each just missed out. Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino topped the final table to earn just over $50,000.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino	$50,557.50
2	Morten "-MortenVM-" Mortensen	$37,048.75
3	Revjot	$27,285
4	avivnaar	$20,597.50
5	MAMOHT_T	$14,445
6	ROBYRO2010	$11,368.75
7	Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen	$8,693.75
8	C. Darwin2	$6,018.75
9	shimmysham99	$4,092.75

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	3,559	$355,900

Ben "ShankingYou" Palmer (10th - $2,188.78), Francis "The Lag rat" Anderson (28th - $818.57), and Joshua "theNorfman" Norris (35th - $818.57) were among those who made deep runs in the Bigger $109. Following a three-handed deal, "matmatmat" came out on top for a victory worth $47,514.69.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	matmatmat	$47,514.69
*2	filushh	$36,920.76
*3	YourDead100%	$42,622.74
4	Sheeter 200	$20,464.25
5	Jon "LUFCBas" Spinks	$15,236.07
6	SwedishRules	$11,566.75
7	santiga	$8,007.75
8	aprilsfool	$4,448.75
9	aces_up4108	$2,847.20

*denotes three-handed deal

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$12	2,059	$308,850

Among the notables who fell just shy of the Bigger $162 final table were Ori "OriQ9s" Hasson (10th - $2,393.58), David "highdro420" Rowan (11th - $2,393.58), and Karolis "g.karolis" Grybauskas (16th - $1,312.61). A three-handed deal took place and "AverageGreg" outlasted the field for nearly $41,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	AverageGreg	$40,860.08
*2	superkid-bam	$38,225.99
*3	w4ldo	$35,189.44
4	Mike "Timex" McDonald	$19,812.72
5	Mark "scrubbyz" Zajdner	$13,898.25
6	RoyalSalute	$10,809.75
7	Shankar825	$7,721.25
8	mouksli	$5,404.87
9	gomir	$3,088.50

*denotes three-handed deal

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10+$1	32,773	$327,730

The always-massive Sunday Storm drew 32,773 players this week. After a heads-up deal, "stephstealth" got the best of "HamRR" to earn $27,652.71 for the first-place finish.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	stephstealth	$27,652.71
*2	HamRR	$21,319.99
3	TRiggA_mik3	$13,764.66
4	kallecall	$10,487.36
5	bamtobam1979	$7,210.06
6	body passion	$4,424.35
7	LovE_joY111	$3,031.50
8	SLEAH	$2,130.24
9	m92h2010	$1,491.17

*denotes heads-up deal

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,554	$155,400

Frederico "Vitorbrasil" Conca Silva bested the 1,554-player field in the Sunday Kickoff, taking it down outright for $26,029.50.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Frederico "Vitorbrasil" Conca Silva	$26,029.50
2	Cisko555	$19,036.50
3	sousinha23	$14,374.50
4	ondrejfort	$10,567.20
5	Maskus	$7,614.20
6	genamator	$6,060.60
7	varjo	$4,506.60
8	looksy	$2,952.60
9	PlayaPlz	$1,600.62

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