The Sunday Briefing: "frma1103" Wins PokerStars TCOOP Main Event for $326,880

Mickey Doft Live Reporter

Jan 28, 2013 3 min read

In addition to the regular Sunday majors on the virtual poker felt this week, the Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) wrapped up at PokerStars with the conclusion of the $700 Main Event. The flagship tournament of the series saw 5,060 players create a prize pool of more than $3.3 million, and after a seven-way chop at the final table, Sweden's "frma1103" took it down for $326,880.

Others earning big scores on Sunday were TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer, Elio "smokrokbyflock" Fox, Daniel "HesBluffingx" Francis, Reed "badbeatme" Hensel, and Josh "brikdog24" Brikis, who received $125,060 after a four-way chop in the PokerStars Sunday Million.

Here's a look at the results from Sunday's major events at PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker:

PokerStars TCOOP-49 NL Hold'em Main Event ($2M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$665+$35	5,060	$3,364,900

Place	Player	Prize
*1	frma1103	$326,880
*2	kekim1	$289,509
*3	TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer	$232,224
*4	GadMO	$251,844
*5	thinkfast9	$160,817
*6	pistecaloze	$261,354
*7	SennaBoris79	$193,070
8	elmiami21	$42,061
9	Xereles	$26,919

*denotes seven-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Jason "Roberts34" Roberts (16th - $10,095), Markus "MarkusG91" Garberg (28th - $7,403)

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	7,686	$1,537,200

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Popiedejopie	$191,996
*2	VixenKoala	$127,000
*3	bvladimir	$148,385
*4	Josh "brikdog24" Brikis	$125,060
5	nuno200	$61,488
6	vander9279	$46,116
7	schmier1	$30,744
8	cedlic784	$17,678
9	Achilles591	$11,913

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: James "Asprin1" Akenhead (13th - $6,149), Amit "AMAK316" Makhija (14th - $6,149), Kevin "WizardOfAhhs" Thurman (16th - $4,074)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up - TCOOP Special ($750K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	5,157	$1,031,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	BigMeech99	$161,808
2	Daniel "HesBluffingx" Francis	$120,158
3	Ramiz888	$85,091
4	vmnielsen	$58,724
5	benderbei2	$43,835
6	Iiiiwaa	$33,521
7	T 54 T 97s	$23,207
8	Ashley "DYBYDX" Mason	$12,893
9	Banderivets	$8,251

Notable Finishes: Ole "wizowizo" Schemion (10th - $6,188), Jesper "KipsterDK" Hougaard (13th - $4,641), Paul "Paolo69" Foltyn (20th - $2,568), Alex "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Zervos (27th - $2,568)

Full Tilt $500K Guarantee ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$16	2,739	$547,800

Place	Player	Prize
*1	CU at 69USD SnG	$80,781
*2	poolprofi	$79,754
*3	axhell	$60,777
4	Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro	$36,155
5	Budnikov	$27,390
6	IThinkImLucky	$20,323
7	I_Am_Legend91	$14,517
8	bobbyt22	$10,299
9	wobblymr	$6,957

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Mads "SirMad" Amot (10th - $4,821), JC "PrtyPsux" Alvarado (12th - $4,821), Joseph "subiime" Cheong (15th - $3,561)

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl ($200K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$240+$16	1,065	$213,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Elio "smokrokbyflock" Fox	$42,600
2	Reed "badbeatme" Hensel	$28,372
3	aJarov	$20,235
4	wowkAA	$15,123
5	Mark "Eppy1" Epstein	$11,289
6	ult1mo	$8,307
7	Gavin "gavb31" Ball	$6,177
8	Carter "cswidler" Swidler	$4,473
9	ALEE24	$3,195

Notable Finishes: Kevin "-1SickDisease-" Eyster (11th - $2,130), Michael "YrrsiNN" Huber (15th - $1,619)

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	888	$444,000

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Red Partyhat	$71,377
*2	Cotchery89	$50,842
*3	ToxToxTox	$57,290
4	KeyserMM	$31,968
5	Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet	$22,200
6	IkillU2012	$17,760
7	Joep "Pappe_Ruk" van den Bijgaart	$13,320
8	Tomatee	$8,880
9	heisatur	$5,328

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Ryan "ryanghall" Hall (15th - $3,330), Victor Ramdin (17th - $2,442)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,245	$404,300

Place	Player	Prize
1	raulbcn	$73,785
2	xSuPrA	$53,731
3	akport	$40,430
4	Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovskyi	$30,323
5	bgame153	$21,226
6	Alex "Schildy1984" Debus	$17,183
7	Tsubaba00	$13,140
8	Joao ��Naza114�� Vieira	$9,097
9	razor ramon3	$5,661

Notable Finishes: Mayu "marocca5" Roca (10th - $4,043), Felipe "Improved" Montenegro (16th - $2,426), Kevin "KevBoyStar" Stani (17th - $2,426)

PokerStars TCOOP-47 NL Hold'em High Roller ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$2,000+$100	1,095	$2,190,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Jeremiade	$382,812
2	Stefan "mindgamer" Jedlicka	$278,130
3	TheMuppet	$208,050
4	softcored	$155,490
5	George "Jorj95" Lind III	$109,500
6	MrSmits	$87,600
7	Nick "FU_15" Maimone	$65,700
8	SUNDAYKING	$43,800
9	calvin7v	$25,185

Notable Finishes: Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert (15th - $16,425), Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger (17th - $12,045), Kevin "Civell" Vandersmissen (19th - $9,198), TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer (22nd - $9,198), Mike "Timex" McDonald (25th - $9,198)

PokerStars TCOOP-50 NL Hold'em Hyper-Turbo ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$211+$4	3,739	$790,289

Place	Player	Prize
1	pierott77	$127,078
2	adiwiz	$92,464
3	kansis47	$65,199
4	agustin_kv	$45,442
5	TinaK_91	$35,587
6	Ilkinopoulos	$25,684
7	foursixoff	$17,782
8	Skrigepas	$9,879
9	HereFijiFiji	$6,322

Notable Finishes: Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb (10th - $4,742), Ankush "pistons87" Mandavia (19th - $2,015), Christian "el grillo" De Leon (21st - $2,015)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	1,516	$303,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	zniperxl	$51,544
2	Mayu "marocca5" Roca	$37,900
3	Cory "UGOTPZD" Carroll	$28,774
4	Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver	$20,618
5	williams46	$15,008
6	bochacuervo	$11,976
7	mumu12345	$8,944
8	donvito1st	$5,912
9	CalBears123	$3,275

Notable Finishes: Scott "BigRiskky" Clements (13th - $2,031), Rasmus "bigoots" Sibast (16th - $1,455), Andrey "andreasbar" Lobzhanidze (18th - $1,455)