The second weekend of the 2016 Spring Championship of Online Poker rolled around and the 18th event at the schedule was one among your standard No Limit Hold'em tournaments. No fancy frills or tweaked up structures or greater than two hole cards. It was a large field, big payout tournament that saw Festivuss because the last player standing over nearly 5,000 entrants.

The $82 medium buy-in version of Event #18 drew 3,273 players and so they had three re-entry options available in the course of the late registration period should they bust their stack. Another 1,457 came via that path to push the overall entries as much as 4,730. They created a prize pool worth $354,750 to greater than double the $150,000 Guarantee. The last 630 players earned a work of that cash with the eventual winner set to take home greater than $55,000.

The tournament took a pause on the end of Level 28 and only 96 players were still sporting a stack for Day 2. Andrew "zzzzzzzzzz" Korby finished up Day 1 with the lead with NutsedAllTim not far behind. In spite of 1.5 million in his Day 2 stack, former TCOOP final table member NutsedAllTim (and his four entries) were unable to get very far. He dropped out in 67th for a little bit a profit.

Top ten stacks returning for Day 2

The average stack was over 40 big blinds for the restart to transport things along at a slow, steady pace. Five hours after the return, the sector was at the final table bubble with ten players remaining. It didn't take long and so they joined together as one table when yagrebulave couldn't find an ace with A♠5♦ against cauee am's 8♥8♦.

Tonaldinho11 was the headline player to make the last final table with a Sunday Million title to his credit but hdjgkfkgsdl picked up a pleasing piece of change of his own with a runner-up finish within the massive PokerStars 8th Anniversary special tournament.

Seat 1: cauee am (7,360,347 in chips)Seat 2: Happykril (7,372,301 in chips)Seat 3: lucullus1111 (4,250,698 in chips)Seat 4: sello~toto (8,620,064 in chips)Seat 5: vazion (2,856,366 in chips)Seat 6: Domientje (2,558,356 in chips)Seat 7: hdjgkfkgsdl (2,042,571 in chips)Seat 8: Tonaldinho11 (6,882,382 in chips)Seat 9: Festivuss (5,356,915 in chips)

Blinds: 80K/160K with 20K Ante

Domientje jacked up, eliminated in 9th

Domientje open-shoved from the button for 1.65 million and hdjgkfkgsdl moved all-in excessive from the small blind. Tonaldinho11 let his big blind go putting in the primary at-risk hand.

hdjgkfkgsdl: A♥J♦Domientje: Q♣9♣

They both hit the J♠9♠5♦ flop but hdjgkfkgsdl's was a bit of bigger. Domientje added a gutshot draw at the 8♥ turn but missed the 4♣ river to be the primary eliminated from the general table.

vazion repeats after Domientje, eliminated in 8th

One orbit later and it was vazion trying just about the similar thing as Domientje with the similar results. He moved all-in for 1.47 million from the button and hdjgkfkgsdl reshipped excessive from the small blind. Tonaldinho11 again let his big blind visit roll out another big hand.

hdjgkfkgsdl: A♣Q♥vazion: K♦6♣

Neither player caught a work of the T♥4♥3♠J♦2♠ board and vazion's live cards went down within the flames for an 8th place finish.

lucullus1111 runs out queen-high, eliminated in 7th

Action continued to run at a quick pace and lucullus1111 was the following to make a posh move, starting with a raise from the cutoff to twelve. million. hdjgkfkgsdl decided his small blind hand wasn't worth it this time so Tonaldinho11 popped it to 2.16 million from the massive blind, enough to position lucullus1111 all-in.

He called the bet with Q♠T♥ which was live against Tonaldinho11's K♥8♥ but he blanked the mostly low 7♣3♣2♦4♦J♥ board to head out in 7th place.

Happykril chases lucullus1111 out the door, eliminated in 6th

Happykril wasted no time getting his chips mixed up on the final table after lucullus1111 left and open-shoved for 1.75 million. Tonaldinho11 called from the small blind this time with a possibility for the back-to-back knockouts.

Happykril: Q♥T♣Tonaldinho11: A♥Q♠

Already dominated, Happykril fell further behind at the A♠K♣3♠ flop though he added a gutshot draw. The K♥ turn was no help and Happykril was gone in 6th place after the 6♦ river.

Happykril chases lucullus1111 out the door, eliminated in 6th

Happykril wasted no time getting his chips mixed up on the final table after lucullus1111 left and open-shoved for 1.75 million. Tonaldinho11 called from the small blind this time with an opportunity for the back-to-back knockouts.

Happykril: Q♥T♣Tonaldinho11: A♥Q♠

Already dominated, Happykril fell further behind at the A♠K♣3♠ flop though he added a gutshot draw. The K♥ turn was no help and Happykril was gone in 6th place after the 6♦ river.

cauee am makes a bold move, eliminated in 5th

One of the most important pots as much as this point of the tournament was created pre-flop between two big stacks. It all started with Tonaldinho11 opening to 697,600 from the button.

cauee am saw an ace in his hand and moved all-in for 4.7 million from the massive blind and Tonaldinho11 called with the very best ace. cauee am had to catch something with A♣6♥ against Tonaldinho11's A♥T♥ but found nothing except an outkicked pair at the A♠7♣3♥2♦9♥ board to head out in 5th place.

sello~toto busto, eliminated in 4th

Five hands after cauee am hit the rail, sello~toto found a large pair that will be Chinese grinder's undoing. Q♦Q♥ needed to look mighty good, so sello~toto moved all-in for 3.34 million from the button and Tonaldinho11 took a KO shot with K♦J♥.

sello~toto needed to feel pretty solid a couple of likely double but had a small sweat after the J♠5♣3♣ flop. The 4♠ turn was harmless however the bad beat came within the type of the K♠ river to send him out in 4th place.

hdjgkfkgsdl coolered, eliminated in 3rd

hdjgkfkgsdl ran well to get to be a few of the last three players within the big field tournament but bumped into some bad luck by the hands of heater-loving Tonaldinho11.

hdjgkfkgsdl moved all-in for 6.2 million after Tonaldinho11 min-raised from the button and it was a handy guide a rough call. hdjgkfkgsdl was in trouble with 5♦5♣ against Tonaldinho11's three-handed monster K♦K♥.

The 9♥7♦4♣ flop was no help but hdjgkfkgsdl picked up a gutshot draw from the 8♣ turn that never got there at the 7♠ river. It was an ideal run but hdjgkfkgsdl needed to accept 3rd place money.

Seat 8: Tonaldinho11 (14,983,303 in chips)Seat 9: Festivuss (32,316,697 in chips)

Blinds: 200K/400K with 50K Ante

Festivuss earns first COOP honors in Event #18-M

The two accomplished players battled one another heads-up for greater than an hour before it was settled. Festivuss began with a pleasing lead but Tonaldinho11 never gave up and fought all the time.

The end came after Festivuss won the last ten hands of the match, the general coming when Tonaldinho11 shoved his last 6.33 million from the button with K♦5♣ and Festivuss called with the significantly better K♥Q♣.

They both paired their king at the A♣K♠8♣ flop to depart Tonaldinho11 drawing thin to stick within the game. No river was needed when Tonaldinho11 found himself drawing dead way to the A♥ turn. A valiant effort from Tonaldinho11, who can add this runner-up finish to his previous Sunday Million success, and prepare to earn his first SCOOP later within the series.

Festivuss was quiet through the various final table action, letting others do the heavy lifting while he sat back together with his big stack and pots along the best way. The Uruguayan earned his first title with a Sunday Warmup win but he can now call himself a SCOOP champion.

SCOOP-18-M ($82 NL Hold'em) resultsEntrants: 4,730 (3,273 Entries, 1,457 Re-Entries)Total prize pool: $354,750Places paid: 630

1. Festivuss (Uruguay) $55,655.842. Tonaldinho11 (Netherlands) $41,328.373. hdjgkfkgsdl (UK) $29,266.874. sello~toto (China) $20,043.375. cauee am (Brazil) $15,076.876. Happykril (Belarus) $11,529.377. lucullus1111 (Germany) $7,981.878. vazion (Denmark) $4,434.379. Domientje (Belgium) $2,838.00

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