Several players pocketed big paydays on Sunday, none bigger than Anton "Antoshka" Smolyanskiy. He took down PokerStars' WCOOP 21, a $200 No-Limit Hold'em event, for $280,000. He defeated a field of 10,492 to do so. Over on Full Tilt Poker, the big winner of the day was "crf88" for winning the $750,000 Guarantee for $132,787.50. Also earning six figures was Nathan "evenkeal777" Tuthill for winning The Sunday Brawl for $113,071.
PokerStars WCOOP 21 - $200 No-Limit Hold'em
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200 + $15
10,492
$2,098,400
Place
Player
Prize
*1
Anton "Antoshka" Smolyanskiy
$280,000
*2
UndrAAge
$206,214.26
*3
vic_xcite
$190,000
4
ganatodoAA
$104,920
5
buriedatsea
$83,936
6
ohnistun
$62,952
7
puicachamp
$41,968
8
Sircall
$23,082.40
9
XBraumeister
$14,688.80
*denotes three-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Jon "PearlJammer" Turner (37th - $3,777.12)
Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200 + $16
3,417
$750,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
crf88
$132,787.50
2
Leo "Pechorin" Wolpert
$80,250
3
666Upswing666
$52,500
4
ApesAreFun
$41,400
5
BSCHOOO
$31,050
6
grostic007
$23,025
7
notre_damer
$17,250
8
Justin "gardyone" Gardenhire
$13,500
9
Mike "SPIN101" Spinasanta
$10,050
Notable Finishes: Jonathan "driverseati" Tamayo (19th - $2,775), Mark "dipthrong" Herm (34th - $2,250)
Speaking of big tournament action, check out our $10,000 Sunday Million Freeroll on PokerStars. This is the fourth big Sunday Major freeroll we have had in as many months and this time the qualification target has been slashed.
