TCOOP: Maxwell ‘maxv2’ Ludwig Wins Main Event for $489,000

[CAPTION=98%]Vicente ‘vicenfish’ Delgado Zamorano was one of the biggest winners on the final day of TCOOP (PokerStars photo)[/CAPTION]
The final day of the 2017PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker included eight tournaments, two Main Events and 11 different players walking away with six-figure scores.
The first six-figure cash went to Vicente ‘vicenfish’ Delgado Zamorano. Beating out 569 entries in the $3,000 High Roller event, Zamorano earned $287,060.33 for the second largest cash of his online career. He won just over $700,000 for taking down the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker High Roller in 2014. ‘bodamos’, who was the biggest loser in online cash games in 2016, finished second for $210,414.03. 2015 WCOOP Main Event winner, ‘Coenaldinho7‘ of Belgium, finished in third for $154,232.98.
The biggest winner on the day though was Costa Rica-based Maxwell ‘maxv2’ Ludwig, who beat out 3,582 other entries to the win the TCOOP Main Event for $489,075.72. His previous biggest score came in 2013 when he won the PokerStars Sunday 500 for $86,876. Finnish grinder ‘Timonpoika’ finished runner-up for $351,648.23. Three other players, Russian ‘v0vapr0’, Malta-based ‘danh’s89’ and German ‘cube.com‘ all earned more than $100,000 for their finish.
The final big score on Sunday went to Slovakian ’99_shark_94′ after winning Event #65, the $700 Six Max Ultra Deep NLHE eent for $154,415.95. The last Russian player to hold down the #1 ranking on PocketFives,Arten ‘veeea’ Vezhenkov, finished runner-up to barely squeak into the six-figure club with a $100,936.90 score.
Two Canadian players managed to find the top spot on the podium on Sunday. Ryan ‘newguy89’ McEathron beat out 1,559 players in Event #59, $215 Ultra Deep NLHE, to win $47,627.34. He beat out Columbia-based ‘hery_J7s’ for the title. Meanwhile ‘1tuffcall’ topped the largest field of the day, 14,003, Event #62, $27 NLHE, to win $81,906.84 after a three-way chop with ‘MD IACONI’ and Grezi. Also at that final table was former #1-ranked Ari Engel.
Other winners on Sunday included ‘gregor7878‘, ‘posetuta’ and ‘ihaterivers‘.
Event #59: $215 Ultra Deep No Limit Hold’Em
Entries: 1,559
Prize pool: $311,800
- Ryan ‘newguy89’ McEathron – $47,627.34
- hery_J7s – $34,562.34
- LeCat2305 – $25,081.90
- yayo8422 – $18,201.91
- Kashmir_uzi – $13,209.12
- Cavalli21 – $9,585.85
- quiditbear (Belgium) $6,956.44
- pcayobh – $5,048.29
- Robi.gool – $3,663.55
Event #60: $700 Eight Game Mix
Total entries: 167
Prize pool: $111,055
- gregor7878 – $22,225.19
- GuyACampbell – $16,703.01
- Rodrigo ‘caprioli’ Caprioli – $12,552.94
- Murrrr_@T – $9,434.01
- chess87 – $7,090.01
- otitov – $5,328.41
Event #61: $3,000 No Limit Hold’em High Roller
Entries: 569 (470 players + 99 re-entires)
Prize pool: $1,625,712.66
- Vicente ‘vicenfish’ Delgado Zamorano – $287,060.33
- bodamos – $210,414.03
- Coenaldinho7 – $154,232.98
- Kranshan – $113,052.38
- LAP1293 – $82,866.96
- ceremore – $60,741.33
- Aufangzeb – $44,523.23
- Matthew ‘mjw006’ Wakeman – $32,635.36
Event #62: $27 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 14,003
Prize pool: $1,048,309.55
- 1tuffcall – $81,906.84*
- MD IACONI – $75,567.62*
- Grezi – $63,792.21*
- chipkeeper13 – $36,080.29
- omahahaha88 – $25,719.43
- IVIegahit – $18,333.78
- BodogAri – $13,069.06
- gschge888 – $13,069.06
- Mcrizel – $6,641.04
*denotes three-way dela
Event #63: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event
Entries: 3,583 (3,053 entries + 530 re-entries)
Prize pool: $3,412,377.54
- Maxwell ‘maxv2’ Ludwig – $489,075.72
- Timonpoika – $351,648.23
- v0vapr0 – $252,837.72
- danh’s89 – $181,792.36
- cube.com – $130,710.43
- AzEsmTzar – $93,981.65
- Laszlo ‘omaha4rollz’ Bujtas – $67,573.60
- Cinguzis – $48,585.77
- Álvaro ‘Varosky’ Santamaría – $34,933.53
Event #63 Low: $27 No Limit Hold’em Main Event (Low Stakes Version)
Total entries: 23,662 (18,995 entries, 4,667 re-entries)
Prize pool: $580,902.10
- posetuta – $52,367.61*
- Doktor Dose – $36,093.93*
- Zanetti89 – $44,318.97*
- PornoBaron – $22,070.50
- nik81101 – $15,868.85
- pl_pistolero – $11,409.84
- M Cunha G – $8,203.73
- caio_rppp – $5,898.53
- TummerDK – $4,241.10
Event #64: $11 Six Max No Limit Hold’em Big Splash
Entries: 7,351 (22,110 rebuys + 3,200 add-ons)
Prize Pool: $326,610
Places Paid: 1,031
- ihaterivers – $45,768.91*
- Eyal_A – $22,675.62*
- staanemer – $26,499.73*
- Epukk – $12,096.91
- Jordan ‘JWPRODIGY’ Westmorland – $7,729.25
- ProudWalker – $4,938.57
*denotes three-way deal
Event #65: $700 Six Max Ultra Deep No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 1,521 (1,145 players + 376 re-entries)
Prize pool: $1,014,005.07
- 99_shark_94 – $154,415.95
- Arten ‘veeea’ Vezhenkov – $100,936.90
- ramastar88 – $65,979.58
- kissyingui – $43,128.98
- Rebel FishAK – $28,192.18
- Brian ‘brianm15’ England – $18,428.42