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The news for the day after TCOOP; a long list of players added their name to the TCOOP honour roll this weekend, chief among them maxv2 who won the Main Event. Meanwhile it was caprioli who finished top of the leader board. He was seldom off top spot and finished with style. That brings TCOOP to a close for another year.

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The headlines from the day after TCOOP 2017

Looking back on the final weekend of TCOOP 2017 there are too many stories to list here (although I’ll have a go in just a second). Suffice it to say it was a dramatic weekend of poker on PokerStars with winners known and unknown in online poker circles. Here are some of those highlights.

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Joao ‘IneedMassari’ Simao of Brazil won Event #51 which came with an $11,381.63 first prize. There was also a win for former Team Pro Kosei “shinbunshi” Ichinose, who won Event #53.

Timonpoika of Finland had a great weekend. Not only did he win Event #52 he nearly did the same in the Main Event, finishing second to eventual winner maxv2 (more on that below). Vicente “vicenfish” Delgado Zamorano won his second High Roller COOP event in Event #61, which Rodrigo Caprioli Caprioli locked up the Player of the Series title by finishing third in Event 60.

TCOOP Main Event

Maxv2 emerged victorious in the TCOOP Main Event, which featured a $3.4 million prize pool from an enormous field of 3,583 players.

As Martin Harris reported, it was all about efficiency, with the Main Event done inside of seven hours, adding up to a $72,000 hourly rate for maxv2, who took the lot, there having been no deal.

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You can read the full report of that victory here.

Box scores from Days 9 to 11

TCOOP-48 ($82 NL Draw) results
Entries: 414 (315 entries, 99 re-entries)
Prize pool: $31,050
Places paid: 53

1. MarkBang (Hungary) $5,604.67
2. BoKoPoR (Ukraine) $3,923.40
3. poliandrs (United Kingdom) $2,746.59
4. Mayu “marroca5” Roca (Colombia) $1,922.75
5. ZG-TILT (Russia) $1,346.03
6. VIWNIA (Russia) $942.29

TCOOP-49: $215 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Turbo] results
Entries: 1,270
Prize pool: $254,000
Places paid: 155

1. alexMFNb (Canada) $25,642.61*
2. -Open$hove- (Hungary) $25,288.34*
3. Sajanas171 (Lithuania) $20,157.61*
4. Ryan “i need sheet” Yu (Canada) $22,803.67*
5. Roman8834444 (Russia) $7,262.87
6. tripsup24 (Canada) $4,747.53
* reflects results of a four-way deal that left $5,080 for the winner

TCOOP-50 ($215 NL Hold’em, Turbo, Ante Up, Progressive KO) results
Entries: 1,061
Prize pool: $212,200.00
Places paid: 134

1. pistecaloze (Netherlands) $17,264.42 + 8,085.89 in bounties
2. Makuherra (Finland) $12,654.40 + $1,824.99 in bounties
3. 1stefanos1 (Romania) + $2,404.29 in bounties
4. B1GF1SH89 (Germany) + $1,146.87 in bounties
5. Craton76 (India) $4,983.56 + $2,464.84 in bounties
6. jdtjpoker (Mexico) $3,653.00 + $2,018.74 in bounties
7. 17neffetS_BR (Brazil) $2,677.63 + $1,451.56 in bounties
8. NeedBeat (Estonia) $1,962.70 + $2,353.90 in bounties
9. jnfpoker (Canada) $1,438.66 + $1,548.82 in bounties

TCOOP-51 ($82 Limit Hold’em [6-Max]) results
Entries: 910 (783 entries; 127 re-entries)
Prize pool: $68,250.00
Places paid: 107

1. Joao ‘IneedMassari’ Simao (Brazil) $11,381.63
2. AA-Clown (Netherlands) $7,589.08
3. lasynia555 (Ukraine) $5,060.62
4. Rob ‘batoelrob’ Hollink (Netherlands) $3,374.58
5. daisymiyuki (United Kingdom) $2,250.27
6. tunnny (Canada) $1,500.54

TCOOP-52 $700 NL Hold’em (Progressive KO 33%) results
Entries: 846 (193 re-entries)
Regular Prize Pool: $460,619.87
Bounty Prize Pool: $230,315.13
Places Paid: 107

1. Timonpoika (Finland) *$70,490.25 + $9,195.99
2. Zufall84 (Germany) *$60,474.95 + $12,905.82
3. krakukra (Russia) $40,603.31 + $2,365.56
4. uknowProsky* (Netherlands) $29,762.12 + $12,650.40
5. Jonas “llJaYJaYll” Lauck (Austria) $21,815.50 + $6,300.08
6. Kley (Sweden) $15,990.69 + $5,261.04
7. greeny2610 (United Kingdom) $11,721.11 + $6,241.20
8. kawachi1984 (Russia) $8,591.52 + $3,456.56
9. apr27 (Russia) $6,297.54 + $1,565.50
* denotes part of two-way deal

TCOOP-53 ($215 H.O.R.S.E.) results
Entries: 374 (295 entries, 79 re-entries)
Prize pool: $74,800
Places paid: 47

1. Kosei “shinbunshi” Ichinose (Japan) $13,673.75
2. korjae (Canada) $10,022.69
3. Gigaloff (Russia) $7,346.60
4. Pokergenii (Netherlands) $5,385.04
5. ASIAAN (Netherlands) $3,947.22
6. DON CASTI (Chile) $2,893.30
7. Andrew “UlDuffer” Sweeney (Ireland) $2,120.78
8. Gambler4444 (Austria) $1,554.52

TCOOP-54 ($215 PL Omaha, Turbo, Heads-Up) results
Entries: 350
Prize pool: $70,000
Places paid: 32

1. Anywhat (Austria) $13,613.50*
2. Mr.Andersen5 (Russia) $11,586.50*
3. karolukas263 (Lithuania) $4,900.00
4. Ahhh ls lt? (United Kingdom) $4,900.00
5. MadsMP (Denmark) $2,730.00
6. ujhcrbq (Russia) $2,730.00
7. vessarn (Sweden) $2,730.00
8. PokerLoans1 (Argentina) $2,730.00
* Denotes a two-way deal that left $2,000 for 1st place.

TCOOP-55 $82 NL Hold’em (Turbo, Mix-Max, Part 3: 3-Max) results
Entries: 1,875
Prize Pool: $140,625.00
Places Paid: 25

1. Tinas21 (Norway) *$24,069.33
2. eggabf (Netherlands) *$20,353.47
3. JTDStreet (Croatia) $9,387.63
* denotes part of two-way deal

TCOOP-56: $82 NL Omaha Hi/Lo [8-Max, Progressive KO (33%), Players’ Voice #2] results
Entries: 1,107
Prize pool: $83,025 ($55,350 regular, $27,675 bounty)
Places paid: 135

1. 271066 (Netherlands) $8,984.27 + $1,950.84 in bounties
2. mai0h123 (Germany) $6,459.32 + $1,803.39 in bounties
3. noeljohn (Ireland) $4,644.30 + $1,270.23 in bounties
4. Lehis_69 (Finland) $3,339.29 + $697.61 in bounties
5. Dhr. Awesome (Netherlands) $2,400.98 + $646.84 in bounties
6. kalosVB (Peru) $1,726.32 + $591.37 in bounties
7. ImDaNuts (Costa Rica) $1,241.24 + $239.83 in bounties
8. Vega Lyrae (Russia) $892.46 + $791.74 in bounties

TCOOP-57 ($215 NL Omaha Hi/Lo [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Ultra-Deep, Win the Button]) results
Entries: 432
Prize pool: $88,456.32
Places paid: 53

1. Busyman919 (Switzerland) $15,966.40
2. WhatifGod (Sweden) $11,177.14
3. tonyk5432 (Canada) $7,824.58
4. CavaloOoOo (Brazil) $5,477.62
5. TocalaSam (Thailand) $3,834.62
6. Ti0373 (Russia) $2,684.44

TCOOP-58 ($82 NL Hold’em [Saturday Speedway SE]) results
Entries: 4,003 (2,970 entries; 1,033 re-entries)
Prize pool: $300,225.00
Places paid: 476

1. Machadada RS (Brazil) $42,932.55
2. Gymkhana1 (Australia) $30,602.08
3. kiev545 (Australia) $21,814.19
4. nana9192 (Vietnam) $15,549.91
5. mih.mat (Romania) $11,084.48
6. Chris ‘ImDaNuts’ Oliver (Costa Rica) $7,901.38
7. asgaran (Canada) $5,632.37
8. Michael Keys (Chile) $4,014.93
9. adler1270 (Switzerland) $2,861.95

TCOOP-59: $215 NLHE [Turbo, Ultra-Deep] results
Entries: 1,559
Prize pool: $311,800
Places paid: 188

1. Ryan “newguy89” McEathron (Canada) $47,627.34
2. hery_J7s (Colombia) $34,562.34
3. LeCat2305 (Russia) $25,081.90
4. yayo8422 (Panama) $18,201.91
5. Kashmir_uzi (United Kingdom) $13,209.12
6. Cavalli21 (Canada) $9,585.85
7. quiditbear (Belgium) $6,956.44
8. pcayobh (Brazil) $5,048.29
9. Robi.gool (Brazil) $3,663.55

TCOOP-60 ($700 Eight-Game) results
Entries: 167
Prize pool: $111,055
Places paid: 19

1. gregor7878 (Poland) $22,225.19
2. GuyACampbell (U.K.) $16,703.01
3. Rodrigo ‘caprioli’ Caprioli (Brazil) $12,552.94
4. Murrrr_@T (Germany) $9,434.01
5. chess87 (Germany) $7,090.01
6. otitov (Russia) $5,328.41

TCOOP-61 ($3,000 NL Hold’em [8-Max, Turbo, High Roller]) results
Entries: 569 (470 players, 99 re-entires)
Prize pool: $1,625,712.66
Places paid: 63

1. Vicente “vicenfish” Delgado Zamorano (United Kingdom) $287,060.33
2. bodamos (United Kingdom) $210,414.03
3. Coenaldinho7 (Belgium) $154,232.98
4. Kranshan (Denmark) $113,052.38
5. LAP1293 (United Kingdom) $82,866.96
6. ceremore (Switzerland) $60,741.33
7. Aufangzeb (Australia) $44,523.23
8. Matthew “mjw006” Wakeman (Australia) $32,635.36

TCOOP-62 ($27 NL Hold’em, Turbo) results
Entries: 14,003
Prize pool: $1,048,309.55
Places paid: 6,083

1. 1tuffcall (Canada) $81,906.84*
2. MD IACONI (Moldova) $75,567.62*
3. Grezi (Germany) $63,792.21*
4. chipkeeper13 (Greece) $36,080.29
5. omahahaha88 (Netherlands) $25,719.43
6. IVIegahit (Norway) $18,333.78
7. BodogAri (Canada) $13,069.06
8. gschge888 (Germany) $13,069.06
9. Mcrizel (Brazil) $6,641.04
* Denotes a three-way deal that left $20,966 for first

TCOOP-63-L ($27 NL Hold’em Main Event [Low-Stakes Edition]) results
Entries: 23,662 (18,995 entries, 4,667 re-entries)
Prize pool: $580,902.10
Places paid: 3,338

1. posetuta (Romania) $52,367.61*
2. Doktor Dose (Germany) $36,093.93*
3. Zanetti89 (Brazil) $44,318.97*
4. PornoBaron (Germany) $22,070.50
5. nik81101 (Croatia) $15,868.85
6. pl_pistolero (Poland) $11,409.84
7. M Cunha G (Brazil) $8,203.73
8. caio_rppp (Brazil) $5,898.53
9. TummerDK (Denmark) $4,241.10
* Denotes a three-way deal

TCOOP-63 ($1,000 NL Hold’em Main Event) results
Entries: 3,583 (3,053 entries, 530 re-entries)
Prize pool: $3,412,377.54
Places paid: 395

1. maxv2 (Costa Rica) $489,075.72
2. Timonpoika (Finland) $351,648.23
3. v0vapr0 (Russia) $252,837.72
4. danh’s89 (Malta) $181,792.36
5. cube.com (Germany) $130,710.43
6. AzEsmTzar (Russia) $93,981.65
7. Laszlo “omaha4rollz” Bujtas (Hungary) $67,573.60
8. Cinguzis (Latvia) $48,585.77
9. Álvaro “Varosky” Santamaría (United Kingdom) $34,933.53

TCOOP-64: $11+R NL Hold’em 6-Max Turbo Big Splash
Entries: 7,351 (22,110 rebuys, 3,200 add-ons)
Prize Pool: $326,610
Places Paid: 1,031

1. ihaterivers (Anguilla) $45,768.91*
2. Eyal_A (Slovakia) $22,675.62*
3. staanemer (Germany) $26,499.73*
4. Epukk (Bulgaria) $12,096.91
5. Jordan “JWPRODIGY” Westmorland (Australia) $7,729.25
6. ProudWalker (United Kingdom) $4,938.57
* denotes three-handed deal

TCOOP-65 ($700 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Ultra-Deep]) results
Entries: 1,521 (1,145 players, 376 re-entires)
Prize pool: $1,014,005.07
Places paid: 173

1. 99_shark_94 (Slovakia) $154,415.95
2. Arten “veeea” Vezhenkov (Russia) $100,936.90
3. ramastar88 (Argentina) $65,979.58
4. kissyingui (Chna) $43,128.98
5. Rebel FishAK (Romania) $28,192.18
6. Brian “brianm15” England (Costa Rica) $18,428.42


You can qualify for the TCOOP on PokerStars for as little as a few cents. Start your campaign by opening a PokerStars account.


Final leader board standings

It’s not that we had any favourites on the leader board, just that there something to be said for recognising players who perform consistently well throughout a Championship like TCOOP. This year that player was Rodrigo “caprioli” Caprioli.

He smashed it, finishing top with 400 points after keeping himself in contention every single day. He capped it off this weekend by finishing third in Event #60, which secured him a 35 point lead ahead of second place Lena900. You can read our interview with caprioli (who won Event #11 earlier in the series). It was there he spoke of his goal to win top spot, which he duly did.

Congratulations to him. Here’s how things finished at the top.

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You can check out the leader board in full on the TCOOP homepage.

Vaguely interesting TCOOP facts from 2017

maxv2 was the highest earner of TCOOP 2017, with $489,075.72, all of which came from his Main Event win.
ImluckNuts finished with the most number of cashes with 23. That was four more than Robin “robinho” Ylitalo with 19.
Caprioli and Lena900 both reached three final tables.
British players amassed the most prize money over the course of TCOOP 2017, earning a combined $2,025,192. That was nearly half a million more than Russian players, who topped the table for total cashes with 1,647. They also reached 46 final tables, five more than second placed Canada.
Finally, Brazilian players scored the most wins with seven, one more than payers from Canada, Netherlands and Sweden.

For more facts and figures from this year’s TCOOP series, check out the TCOOP statistics page.

The Sunday Million

While all this was going on it was business as usual in the Sunday Million, this week won by Russian player stragerpoker. That was worth $86,733, although that wasn’t the biggest prize earned. That went to Rocco “Sephirot88” Palumbo who took the biggest share of a five way deal, amounting to more than $95,000. See the full result below.

Sunday Million ($215 NL Hold’em) results
Entries: 5,236
Prize pool: $1,047,200
Places paid: 728

1. stragerpoker (Russia) $86,733.04*
2. igorcampanha (Brazil) $80,745.30*
3. Rocco “Sephirot88” Palumbo (Switzerland) $95,068.31*
4. quasselinho (Germany) $64,714.08*
5. Airdraken (United Kingdom) $87,206.02*
6. marakana1985 (Greece) $25,353.65
7. InduceM3 (United Kingdom) $17,792.34
8. smir9david (Germany) $12,486.07
9. mionir (Romania) $8,762.44
* denotes results of a five-handed deal that left $20,000 for the winner

Other results from the weekend

TOURNAMENT WINNER COUNTRY PRIZE MONEY
TCOOP-63: $1,000 NL Hold’em Main Event [Turbo] maxv2 Costa Rica $489,075.72
TCOOP-61: $3,000 NL Hold’em [8-Max, Turbo, High-Roller] vicenfish United Kingdom $287,060.33
TCOOP-65: $700 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Ultra-Deep] 99_shark_94 Slovakia $154,415.95
$215 SUNDAY MILLION stragerpoker Russian Federation $86,733.04
TCOOP-62: $27 NL Hold’em [Turbo, Day 2] 1tuffcall Canada $81,906.84
$215 Sunday Warm-Up m.a-0000 Canada $61,496.92
$1,050 Sunday Grand NLHE NLZWERVERNL Malta $58,319.09
TCOOP-63-L: $27 NL Hold’em Main Event [Turbo, Low-Stakes Edition] posetuta Romania $52,367.61
TCOOP-59: $215 NL Hold’em [Turbo, Ultra-Deep] newguy89 Canada $47,627.34
TCOOP-64: $11+R NL Hold’em [6-Max, Turbo, Big Splash] ihaterivers Anguilla $45,768.91
$700 Super-Sized Sunday [Progressive KO] KKremate Brazil $44,406.97
TCOOP-58: $82 NL Hold’em [Turbo, Saturday Speedway SE] Machadada RS Brazil $42,932.55
$1,050 Sunday Grand PLO [6-Max] Syous Hungary $42,777.76
$215 Sunday Supersonic [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo] johnm1916 United Kingdom $37,215.82
$11 Sunday Storm Ekmalian Greece $30,402.17

PokerStars Festival London

As TCOOP was wrapping up so too was the PokerStars Festival London, held at the Hippodrome Casino in London’s West End.

It’s fair to say the turn out surprised a lot of people, which the main event levelling out at 944 entries. In the early hours of this morning it was Rehman Kassam who earned the title and a first prize of $89,320 as part of a three-way deal with runner up Daniel Harwood and third placed Eric Cech.

You can read the full story by Howard Swains here, as well as all the stories from the week in London on our Festival coverage page.

rehman_kassam_winner_30Jan17.jpgRehman Kassam

That’s it from another weekend on PokerStars.


Stephen Bartley is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog. Follow him on Twitter: @StephenBartley. Don’t forget to follow the Blog on twitter: @PokerStarsBlog.

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