Robin ‘robinho’ Ylitalo Wins Second Career TCOOP Title
Robin ‘robinho’ Ylitalo Wins Second Career TCOOP Title

Robin ‘robinho’ Ylitalo won his second career TCOOP title

The PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker rolled on like a runaway freight train on Thursday, with four more events and four more winners. This time around, a top-50 ranked player earned his second TCOOP title.

Robin ‘robinho’ Ylitalo, also known as ‘inhoo‘, earned $85,000 for the win in a $700 No Limit Hold’em Eight-Max Progressive Ultra Knockout after a heads-up deal with Canada’s ‘marlin5555‘. Ylitalo is on the cusp of hitting $6 million in career online tournament winnings and is #40 worldwide in the PocketFives Rankings, 37 spots off his all-time high. The Swede also won a $27 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max Quad TCOOP event in 2013 for $27,000.

Ylitalo came into the eight-max final table third in chips, but quickly assumed the lead after knocking out ‘viktorrz‘ in sixth place. Ylitalo had A-J to A-9 in the hand after the money went in pre-flop. ‘viktorrz’ flopped a nine to take the lead, but the eventual winner hit a jack on the river to take the chip lead. In the end, Ylitalo earned $41,000 plus $43,000 in bounties, as ‘viktorrz’s’ bounty was worth $25,000 by itself.

The Swede, who according to his Twitter was in Mexico, posted a video of his post-game celebration dance.

In Event #32, a $7.50 No Limit Hold’em 3x Turbo Rebuy, ‘SKD20™’ came away with the win after being one of two massive chip leaders entering the final nine. There were 6,806 entrants, 23,563 rebuys, and 4,037 add-ons, which pumped the prize pool all the way to $234,000. The winner is also known as ‘DONKAROO‘ and now has $306,000 in tracked winnings.

Heads-up, ‘SKD20™’ had to battle back from a 3:2 chip deficit. In the final hand, Georgia’s ‘zeruka’ 3bet shoved with 8-7 on a flop of 8-2-6, but ‘SKD20™’ had him out-kicked with 9-8. The turn and river were blanks and ‘SKD20™’ won his first TCOOP title and $36,000.

Event #33, also held on Thursday, was an $82 Razz Turbo. Entering the final table, the average stack was less than three big bets and a deal was struck three-handed. Despite trailing 2:1 in chips entering heads-up play, ‘aramesko‘ won the TCOOP title in just 12 hands. On the final one, the money went in on fourth street, with ‘aramesko’ showing 10-7 to K-Q for the win. First place was worth $7,900 after the three-way chop.

Finally, Event #35 was a $27 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max Rebuy that had 1,602 entrants, 4,082 rebuys, and 1,080 add-ons for a total prize pool of $166,000. There was also a heads-up deal in this tournament, which ended with ‘FrederickH.‘ from the Netherlands winning his first TCOOP title and $22,000.

‘FrederickH.’ was the chip leader entering the six-max final table and, after the deal was struck, only ten hands were needed to determine a winner. ‘FrederickH.’ went wire-to-wire on the final hand, leading from start to finish. According to the chat log, he plans to buy his wife a new ring with his winnings, as he originally “bought [a] really old one.” Mazel tov.

TCOOP Event #32: $7.50+R No Limit Hold’em 3x Turbo
6,806 entrants, 23,563 rebuys, 4,037 add-ons
$234,648.92 total prize pool

  1. SKD20™ – $36,274.61
  2. zeruka – $26,984.62
  3. scrubbyz – $19,006.56
  4. gahoibvthakn – $13,175.53
  5. aurimelis – $9,855.25
  6. Pokerfan89Gr – $7,508.76
  7. Kasabian88 – $5,162.27
  8. basketziomb2 – $2,933.11
  9. stam83 – $1,830.26

TCOOP Event #33: $82 Razz Turbo
724 entrants
$54,300 prize pool

  1. aramesko – $7,950.69
  2. Kevin0126 – $7,376.87
  3. holtekila – $7,614.31
  4. kema56 – $4,072.50
  5. mr.peretz007 – $2,715.00
  6. bcoulas – $1,900.50
  7. renkenfish – $1,221.75
  8. dimastik007 – $814.50

TCOOP Event #34: $700 No Limit Hold’em 8-Max Turbo Progressive Ultra-Knockout

1,593 entrants
$264,836.75 regular prize pool, $794,508.75 bounty prize pool

  1. Robin “robinho” Ylitalo – $41,801.04 + $43,454.47 in bounties
  2. marlin5555 – $37,650.83 + $25,677.47 in bounties
  3. 7DonCool7 – $25,159.44 + $29,996.35 in bounties
  4. marcasa – $18,538.53 + $2,524.90 in bounties
  5. stebn83 – $13,241.81 + $20,360.78 in bounties
  6. viktorrz – $7,945.08 + $3,140.52 in bounties
  7. DoEasyMoney – $5,696.72 + $16,902.73 in bounties
  8. hpinceli – $2,648.36 + $748.12 in bounties

TCOOP Event #35: $27+R Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max Turbo
1,602 entrants, 4,082 rebuys, 1,080 add-ons
$166,056.20 total prize pool

  1. FrederickH. – $22,000.00
  2. Bald Warrior – $20,853.25
  3. caprioli – $20,000.00
  4. Zbad – $9,963.37
  5. Murat Yilmaz – $6,642.24
  6. kiselevich1- $4,151.40