2,724 players entered TCOOP Event #19 yesterday, which created a total prize pool of $574,219.20 - nearly double the guarantee of $300,000. The event was played in Hyper Turbo mode and it took just about an hour until 306 players were left (all guaranteed to get away with double the buy-in). Then it only took another hour until 7 players came away with five figures each.
The winner Alberto Ka received $90,728.44 - more than many people make in 1-2 years - and he did it in just about 2 hours. Over 30 PokerStars sponsored players took part in the tournament and 5 of them reached the money. Matthias De Muelder was the last of them to get knocked out. De Muelder's A
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fell to Q
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2012 TCOOP Event #19 ($215 NLHE Hyper-Turbo) results
1. alberto ka (Brazil) $90,728.44
2. daitemillion (Russia) $68,142.59
3. 1banditpanda (Romania) $48,808.63
4. StoyanB (Bulgaria) $33,591.82
5. Xcellent58 (Netherlands) $25,552.75
6. TotalBiz (United Kingdom) $19,810.56
7. J. The Greek (Greece) $14,068.37
8. The Temple55 (Unted Kingdom) $8,326.17
9. YUD1006 (United Kingdom) $4,880.86
