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 there was still plenty of tournament action to go around. 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
Among those who came up just short of the final table in the $109 Sunday Rebuy were 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 sole 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. Following 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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