The Sunday Briefing: Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino Wins FTOPS XX Main Event

Mickey Doft Live Reporter

May 02, 2011 3 min read Last updated May 03, 2011

Full Tilt Poker's FTOPS XX concluded early Monday morning with its Main Event. Unfortunately, the numbers were just a third of what its predecessor FTOPS drew. Still, huge prizes were at stake. The winner was Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino, taking it down for $346,696.49. Also capturing FTOPS gold jerseys on Sunday were "LFmagic" and Phil "FLIPokerHer" D'Auteuil. Over on PokerStars, the Sunday Million was won by "Vsegris" for $178,066.70.

Full Tilt FTOPS Main Event (No-Limit Hold��em Multi-Entry, $2.5M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$600+$40	4,666	$2,799,600

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino	$346,696.49
*2	Towelfish	$366,792.88
*3	WHOPPWHOPP	$279,393.51
*4	paranoik33	$288,774
5	CupcakeThePig	$137,180.40
6	Anton "antesvante" Wigg	$95,186.40
7	Nora80	$64,390.80
8	youreamaniac	$44,793.60
9	shevliak87	$30,795.60

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Bruno Stefanelli (21st - $7,838.88), Philipp "philbort" Gruissem (22nd - $7,838.88), Pascal Lefrancois (31st - $5,879.16), Tom "tollg8te" Grigg (32nd - $5,879.16)

Full Tilt FTOPS Event #44 (No-Limit Hold��em 6-Max Knockout, $750K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$240+$16	6,088	$1,217,600

Place	Player	Prize
1	LFmagic	$200,904
2	AKHoorash	$131,500.80
3	losewimpie	$96,190.40
4	peera87	$68,185.60
5	Jurata_PL	$44,393.70
6	DaHussstla	$27,396

Notable Finishes: Hugo "adametes" Adametes (12th - $8,888.48), Jeff "YoungSupremacy" Hakim (18th - $6,331.52), Steve "StevoL_7" Leonard (24th - $4,383.36)

Full Tilt FTOPS XX Event #40 (No-Limit Hold��em Antes from Start Two-Day, $1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$2,000+$100	530	$1,060,000

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Phil "FLIPokeHer" D'Auteuil	$195,000
*2	AverageHoe	$234,300
3	Anaxona	$119,250
4	Carter "cswidler" Swidler	$92,750
5	Ana "Nyx86" Marquez	$68,900
6	Shawn Buchanan	$50,350
7	BeckReloaded	$32,860
8	QJdiamantes	$26,500
9	Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko	$20,670

*denotes heads-up deal

Notable Finishes: Caio Pimenta (20th - $4,770), Mike "GoLeafsGoEh" Leah (27th - $4,770)

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	5,744	$1,148,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	Vsegris	$178,066.70
2	Pinowww	$132,112
3	Stunts25	$93,052.80
4	katalanon	$64,505.12
5	Teuton1	$48,249.60
6	KOKY3135	$36,761.60
7	zakarias22	$25,273.60
8	andreyluis	$14,360
9	Dictionary11	$8,960.64

Notable Finishes: Rayan "rkruok" Nathan (20th - $2,699.68), Phidias "ael1979" Georgiou (29th - $2,412.48)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	3,393	$678,600

Place	Player	Prize
1	David "PizzicatoXev" Montague	$106,541.19
2	Alexey "Alex21reg" Krasnov	$79,396.20
3	Norrda	$55,984.50
4	paranoik333	$39,019.50
5	o23oSyD	$28,840.50
6	hellator	$22,054.50
7	eShaMeister	$15,268.50
8	PunkFloyd	$8,482.80
9	Dean "dean23price" Price	$5,428.80

Notable Finishes: Fellipe Nunes (17th - $2,035.80), Juan Antonio "vietcong01" Barros (47th - $1,289.34), Soren Kongsgaard (51st - $1,289.34)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($250K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	562	$281,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Tom "hitthehole" Middleton	$52,828
2	majskolv	$38,497
3	The Cool	$28,381
4	NICA-TUCUMAN	$21,356
5	skendeloff	$15,005.40
6	assalbi	$11,942.50
7	huge.fishh	$9,132.50
8	jarekk	$6,322.50
9	Vitinho Le?o	$4,215

Notable Finishes: Mike "SirWatts" Watson (13th - $2,669.50), Stefan "I'am_Sound" Huber (15th - $2,669.50), Sebastian Ruthenberg (17th - $2,107.50), JC "PrtyPsux" Alvarado (18th - $2,107.50)

PokerStars $109+R NL Hold'em ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	733	$225,300

Place	Player	Prize
1	youaremelon	$47,868.75
2	bar-bar9999	$34,465.50
3	zBadBiteTime	$25,530
4	lb6121	$19,147.50
5	Bandano	$13,403.25
6	Igor "lechuckpoker" Kurganov	$10,850.25
7	ALEKO8787	$8,297.25
8	markux	$5,744.25
9	NessV	$3,599.73

Notable Finishes: Yann "yadio" Dion (19th - $1,276.50), Clark "snake8484" Hamagami (27th - $1,276.50)

PokerStars The Big 109 ($50K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	2,151	$215,100

Place	Player	Prize
1	David "dave798111" Allan	$36,567
2	sundalyonly	$27,532.80
3	Jossel2008	$20,542.05
4	justnl2	$15,057
5	giouliAA	$10,755
6	Count_NN	$8,604
7	Sasuke234	$6,453
8	joocs	$4,302
9	proh1t	$3,011.40

Notable Finishes: Tom��? "czechpro" Kvapil (24th - $645.30)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($125K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	721	$144,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	OMGitshunt	$27,109.60
2	assalbi	$19,755.40
3	fviana	$14,564.20
4	gate13pao13	$10,959.20
5	Yorane "viirusss" Kerignard	$7,700.28
6	never river	$6,128.50
7	Coilmaster85	$4,686.50
8	pengy12	$3,244.50
9	FFM-83	$2,173