Weekend Review: TCOOP and titles all round

A look at all the major stories from this past weekend on PokerStars.

Weekend highlights

* A big weekend for TCOOP, with Team Online's George Jorj95 Lind III among the weekend's 15 winners
* metis669 came out best in the Sunday Million, winning $112,764 as part of a four-way deal
* ValterBr@nco did the same in the Sunday Warm-Up, collecting $82823
* The Aussie Millions got underway at the Crown Casino in Melbourne

Round up of latest results

We'll have a full TCOOP update later (see below), but it was business as usual in the Sundays Million and Warm-Up.

In the formers metis669 of Russia emerged as the winner from a four-way deal, although his first prize of $112,764.71 was not the highest amount earned in the event. That figure was $139,126.29, going to PureRunnings of Mexico who finished in third place. Get the full story from our reporter Kristin Bihr.

There were no deals in the Warm-Up, won plainly and simply by ValterBr@nco of Brazil who collected $82,823.86 in the process. ValterBr@nco started the final table towards the bottom of the chip counts; put previous final table experience (a WCOOP final table in 2015) to good use. As David Aydt reported, the Brazilian vetoed a deal on his way to the title.

Here are those two results in full:

Sunday Million
Entrants: 5,799
Total prize pool: $1,159,800.00
Places paid: 855

1. metis669 (Russia) $112,764.71*
2. blazinchron (Canada) $129,684.17*
3. PureRunnings (Mexico) $139,126.29*
4. b2k-Snick (Ukraine) $90,640.10*
5. lio10k (Switzerland) $48,711.60
6. phenom11218 (Canada) $37,113.60
7. Ravishka (Russia) $25,515.60
8. max15183 (Germany) $14,497.50
9. FoppTheFlop (Canada) $9,046.44
* reflects the results of a four-way deal that left $20,000 in play for the winner

Sunday Warm-Up
Entrants: 2,621
Total Prize pool: $524,200.00
Places paid: 378

1. ValterBr@nco (Brazil) $82,823.86
2. airlewis (United Kingdom) $61,855.60
3. Wh0AndBeni (United Kingdom) $44,032.80
4. Danny "DannyN13" Noseworthy (Canada) $30,660.45
5. jutrack (Germany) $22,802.70
6. pm_marke (Czech Republic) $17,560.70
7. Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes (Brazil) $12,318.70
8. ViTaMoS (Ukraine) $7,600.90
9. Mr oO12 (Germany) $4,455.70

The weekend's top online tournament winners

With TCOOP running alongside the usual weekend Majors it was a big weekend for pay-outs, as the list below shows. Seven of the top 15 prizes came from TCOOP, among them a win for Team Online's George "Jorj95" Lind III in TCOOP-15.

EVENT	WINNER	COUNTRY	PRIZE MONEY
TCOOP-17: $215 NL Hold'em [Turbo, Optional Re-Entry]	woody1234321	Mexico	$118,818.68
$215 Sunday Million	metis669	Russian Federation	$112,764.71
TCOOP-16: $700 NL Hold'em [Turbo, Progressive Super-Knockout]	pmahonoey22	Mexico	$109,486.76
TCOOP-19: $215 NL Hold'em [Hyper-Turbo, Sunday Supersonic SE]	Fabaz	United Kingdom	$84,490.25
$215 Sunday Warm-Up	ValterBr@nco	Brazil	$82,823.86
TCOOP-15: $215 NL Hold'em [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo]	Jorj95	Canada	$72,113.88
TCOOP-09: $215 NL Hold'em [Turbo, Zoom, Optional Re-Entry]	bagoch	Lithuania	$65,376.00
$530 Sunday 500	B3t LeE	Canada	$62,940.50
$109+R Sunday Rebuy	Imn_7	Brazil	$45,138.80
TCOOP-10: $7.50+R NL Hold'em [4x-Turbo]	Sh4rk309	Slovenia	$42,349.14
TCOOP-11: $215 NL Hold'em [Turbo, Heads-Up]	PULGUITO	United Kingdom	$32,220.00
$109 Sunday Kickoff	VlgnasPokerV	Lithuania	$31,888.68
$215 Sunday 2nd Chance	glissario	Austria	$31,800.00
$11 Sunday Storm	Arsenn33	United Kingdom	$28,563.42
$320 Saturday Super-Knockout	Gratitdude	Estonia	$28,097.58

Click here for a complete list of major results on PokerStars for the weekend of January 23-24, 2016.

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TCOOP latest

There were 15 TCOOP events completed over the weekend adding up to more than $4.6 million in prize money earned. Here are those results, with links to each final table report:

TCOOP-05 ($82, PL Omaha, 6-Max, Turbo, Progressive Super-Knockout)
Entrants: 1,649
Total prize pool: $123,675.00 ($61,837.50 regular prize pool; $61,837.50 bounty prize pool) 
Places paid: 216

1. bokinjo (Serbia) $10,049.55 (+ $300 for 8 bounties)
2. GiBobH/L (Poland) $7,513.25 (+ $375 for 10 bounties)
3. treinen (Netherlands) $5,565.37 (+ $337.50 for 9 bounties)
4. TedyKGB88 (United Kingdom) $3,710.25 (+ $562.50 for 15 bounties)
5. LLCoolJ23 (Germany) $2,473.50 (+ $300 for 8 bounties)
6. CMoosepower (Denmark) $1,545.93 (+ $150 for 4 bounties)

TCOOP-06 ($82 NL Hold'em, 6-Max, Turbo, Shootout)
Entrants: 1,672
Total prize pool: $125,400.00
Places paid: 216

1. buzzard1881 (Canada) $17,539.45*
2. Mrcaimann (United Kingdom) $14,018.13*
3. caprioli (Brazil) $14,481.50*
4. Avi Popo (Latvia) $7,524.00
5. Knakworst93 (Netherlands) $5,016.00
6. madnutscrazy (India) $3,109.92
* Reflects the results of a three-way deal that left $2,000 in play for the winner

TCOOP-07 ($27+R NL Hold'em, Turbo)
Entrants: 4,084
Rebuys: 6,224
Add-ons: 2,590
Total prize pool: $316,645.90
Places paid: 540

1. Bruno "bruno chato" Nunes (Brazil) $49,716.02
2. Pixton154 (United Kingdom) $37,047.57
3. Gusparo (Hungary) $25,123.28
4. Gorvie (United Kingdom) $18,207.13
5. MAMOHT_T (Russia) $13,457.45
6. Ansgar2000 (Germany) $10,290.99
7. PlayinWasted (Germany) $7,124.53
8. AS Leshiy (Estonia) $4,958.07
9. TONY MONT211 (Macedonia) $2,533.16

TCOOP-08 ($82 NL Hold'em, Turbo, Big Antes, Optional Re-Entry)
Entrants: 4,080 (3,075 entries, 1,055 re-entries)
Total prize pool: $306,000
Places paid: 540

1. LuckboxStami (Finland) $48,042.00
2. IvanHaldi (Russia) $35,802.00
3. artmaxx_dk (Denmark) $25,245.00
4. HochMeista (United Kingdom) $17,595.00
5. IsseG (Sweden) $13,005.00
6. plokker292 (Netherlands) $9,945.00
7. blackaces93 (Poland) $6,885.00
8. patasss (Uruguay) $3,825.00
9. gio_pot7 (Greece) $2,448.00

TCOOP-09 ($215 NL Hold'em, Turbo, Zoom, Optional Re-Entry)
Entrants: 1,367 (676 Re-Entries)
Total prize pool: $408,600
Places paid: 270

1. Mantas "bagoch" Bagočius (Lithuania) $65,376.00
2. Joao Valli (Brazil) $49,032.00
3. Zagalo87 (Czech Republic) $36,744.00
4. kraftatze (Germany) $26,211.69
5. girafganger7 (Belgium) $18,387.00
6. hateblondies (Russia) $14,301.00
7. Econometrist (Netherlands) $10,215.00
8. DJeka[MD] (Moldova) $7,150.50
9. TANGKETAN (China) $4,086.00

TCOOP-10 ($7.50+R NL Hold'em, 4x-Turbo)
Entrants: 8,766
Rebuys: 43,967
Add-ons: 3,220
Total prize pool: $381,599.46
Places paid: 1,170

1. Sh4rK309 (Slovenia) $42,349.14*
2. dermot 67 (Ireland) $39,262.40*
3. nunovoelz (Brazil) $35,801.30*
4. mecco (Germany) $29,662.91*
5. Die Ventura (Peru) $15,263.97
6. grogros (Germany) $11,447.98
7. monoco1965 (Uruguay) $7,631.98
8. Marc.GC (Argentina) $4,388.39
9. schulze505 (Lithuania) $2,957.39
* Reflects the results of a four-way deal that left $4,000 in play for the winner

TCOOP-11 ($215 NL Hold'em, Turbo, Heads-up)
Entrants: 1,024
Prize pool: $204,800
Places paid: 128

1. PULGUITO (United Kingdom) $32,220.00*
2. NastyMinder (Switzerland) $29,220.00*
3. seboraptor (Poland) $12,288.00
4. gabrielafave (Brazil) $12,288.00
* Reflects the results of a two-way deal that left $3,000 in play for the winner

TCOOP-12 ($82 NL 2-7 Single Draw, Turbo, Optional Re-Entry)
Entrants: 649 (451 entries, 198 re-entries)
Total prize pool: $48,675.00
Places paid: 84

1. Geraldo Cesar "GeraldoCesar" Neto (Brazil) $8,283,87*
2. nikhil121 (Chile) $7,075.00*
3. Shyam "G's zee" Srinivasan (Canada) $4,354.95
4. sylby88 (Japan) $2,741.86
5. nabulon (Germany) $1,864.73
6. aabas (Lebanon) $1,426.17
7. GeoManousos (Austria) $1,074.74
* reflects the result of a heads-up deal that left $500 in play for the winner

TCOOP-13 ($33 NL Hold'em, Turbo, Saturday Speedway SE)
Entrants: 5,162
Total prize pool: $154,860
Places paid: 675

1. MikeyGG3 (Canada) $24,297.72
2. po82m (Ukraine) $18,041.19
3. TheCorridor (Germany) $12,775.95
4. Maestro_Bolt (Russia) $8,749.59
5. sorakasa (Finland) $6,581.55
6. da Ape (Germany) $5,032.95
7. MrWhitie (Austria) $3,484.35
8. allan sheik (Brazil) $1,935.75
9. 3bila (Morocco) $1,238.88

TCOOP-14 ($215, NL Omaha H/L, 6-Max, Turbo, Progressive Super-KO) 
Entrants: 722
Total prize pool: $150,000.00 ($77,800.00 regular prize pool; $72,200.00 bounty prize pool) 
Places paid: 96

1. KornmeisterX (Germany) $13,809.50 (+ $8,578.86 in bounties)
2. RagVoen (Belarus) $10,230.70 (+ $2,348.43 in bounties)
3. TedyKGB88 (United Kingdom) $7,780.00 (+ $1,095.31 in bounties)
4. Jonathan "Poker Own U" Bardier (Canada) $5,446.00 (+ $1,481.24 in bounties)
5. Edgy420 (Canada) $3,890.00 (+ $3,048.43 in bounties)
6. mickyb88 (United Kingdom) $2,334.00 (+ $768.75 in bounties)

TCOOP-15 ($215 NL Hold'em, 6-Max, Hyper-Turbo)
Entrants: 2,172
Total prize pool: $457,857.60
Places paid: 276

1. George "Jorj95" Lind (Canada) $72,113.88
2. tycon87 (Norway) $53,798.26
3. arman359 (Israel) $40,062.54
4. pascualpro5 (Greece) $26,326.81
5. PoluKalos (United Kingdom) $17,169.66
6. WallXP (Russia) $9,660.79

George "Jorj95" Lind III

TCOOP-16 ($700 NLHE [Turbo, Progressive Super-Knockout])
Entrants: 2,058
Total prize pool: $1,368,570.00
Places paid: 270

1. pmahoney22 (Mexico) $109,486.76 + $35,225.68 (bounties) = $144,712.44
2. Canibus555 (Estonia) $82,114.20 + $22,242.54 (bounties) = $104,356,74
3. rounder3989 (Germany) $61,585.65 + $16,915.12 (bounties) = $78,500.77
4. FaNjkEEE (Ukraine) $43,896.88 + $19,653.69 (bounties) = $63,550.57
5. NNNXX (Netherlands) $30,792.82 + $16,996.33 (bounties) = $47,789.15
6. TedSTRETCH (Colombia) $23,949.97 + $872.81 (bounties) = $24,822.78
7. GamblingPays (United Kingdom) $17,107.12 + $6,151.20 (bounties) = $23,258.32
8. ICallYouAA (Hungary) $11,974,98 + $3,340.56 (bounties) = $15,315.54
9. Will "molswi47" Molson (Canada) $6,842.85 + $5,073.82 (bounties) = $11,916.67

TCOOP-17 ($215 NL Hold'em, Turbo, Optional Re-Entry)
Entrants: 2,987
Re-entries: 797
Total prize pool: $756,800.00
Place paid: 495

1. woody1234321 [two re-entries] (Mexico) $118,818.68
2. Iamapoopie [one re-entry] (United Kingdom) $88,545.60
3. beigale777 (Israel) $62,436.00
4. XXstardogXX [one re-entry] (Canada) $43,516.00
5. wrawras (Brazil) $32,164.00
6. iTSReTSaM (Sint Maarten (Dutch Part)) $24,596.00
7. !!f1ghtback! (Austria) $17,028.00
8. kolja31 (Germany) $9,460.00
9. suarez_BG (Bulgaria) $6,054.40

TCOOP-18 ($82 PL Omaha [6-Max, Progressive Super-Knockout])
Entrants: 2,776
Total prize pool: $208,200.00
Places paid: 360

1. NiCe1MF (Netherlands) $16,396.87 + $5,018.61 = $21,415.48
2. MissRZ (Germany) $11,971.50 + $2,545.66 = $14,517.16
3. capotinha (Brazil) $8,848.50 + $2,723.09 (bounties) = $11,571.59
4. MachineGunMK (Canada) $5,725.50 + $4,199.61 (bounties) = $9,925.11
5. Matthias "mattidm_uk" De Meulder (United Kingdom) $3,643.50 + $853.03 (bounties) = $4,496.53
6. goofy bolado (Brazil) $1,860.26 + $713.64 (bounties) = $2,573.90

TCOOP-19 ($215 NL Hold'em, Hyper-Turbo, Sunday Supersonic SE)
Entrants: 2,505
Total prize pool: $528,054
Places paid: 324

1. Ben "Fabaz" Farrell (United Kingdom) $84,490.25
2. Oscar "MendaLerenda" Serradell (United Kingdom) $63,234.46
3. NutsedAllTim (Switzerland) $44,884.59
4. vladko425 (Slovakia) $31,683.24
5. Artem "Artem205" Metalidi (Ukraine) $23,762.43
6. 1mDonuts (Malta) $18,217.86
7. bRe3za (Germany) $12,937.32
8. styy3e (Switzerland) $7,656.78
9. Rocco "Sephirot88" Palumbo (Slovenia) $4,752.48

There are four more events taking place today, with a combined guarantee of $375,000. They are:

TCOOP-20: $82+R PL 5 Card Omaha (6-max) $50K GTD - 08:00 ET
TCOOP-21: $27 NL Hold'em (4-max, Zoom, Prog Super-KO) $100K GTD - 10:00 ET
TCOOP-22: $82 FL Omaha H/L (8-max) $25K GTD - 12:00 ET
TCOOP-23: $215 NL Hold'em (6-max, hyper-turbo, 10-stack) $200K GTD - 14:00 ET

For details of these events, as well as results and the full schedule for this year's championship, check out the TCOOP homepage. You'll also find details of the TCOOP Player of the Year contest, with the top ten currently looking like this:

PLACE	USER ID	COUNTRY	POINTS
1	KornmeisterX	Germany	190
2	TedyKGB88	United Kingdom	165
3	ouchbadbeat	United Kingdom	145
4	GeraldoCesar	Brazil	140
4	homasapiens	Poland	140
6	bagoch	Lithuania	135
6	ugritaly	Australia	135
8	deepbluer	Canada	130
9	CMoosepower	Denmark	125
9	G's zee	Canada	125
9	hneves182	Brazil	125
9	maggess88	Netherlands	125
9	RagVoen	Belarus	125

Aussie Millions

While there's plenty to keep track of online, the live tournament world is in full swing, this time at the Aussie Millions in Melbourne. It's one of the flagship events of the southern hemisphere, never failing to send a few stories back north. The PokerStars Blog has it's reporting team down under, with live updates through to the end of the festival. Read all the latest reports here.

The Crown Casino

That's all from the weekend as we look forward to a great week of action, both live and online. As always send your questions and comments to us on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog.