The Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) is the youngest of the COOPs. While the World Champion of Online Poker (WCOOP) and Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) have been around since 2002 and 2009 respectively, the current fast-paced online series has only been shuffling around since 2012. This, it's third ever outing, is already looking like it could be the best.
In the first day of play we've had tournament reg Sam Stein battle EPT winner Kevin Macphee heads-up for a title - Stein ended up taking it - and PokerStars Blog contributor Gareth "GarethC23" Chantler chop another... while he was covering the event, which you can read about here.
If you're yet to get involved in TCOOP, it's probably time you did. Take a look at the full TCOOP 2014 schedule and choose what works for you.
Total TCOOP 2014 prize pool (up to and including Event 4): $2,272,014
TCOOP-04: $55 NL Hold'em (Turbo)
Entrants: 8,358
Prize Pool: $417,900
Places Paid: 1,080
1. Sam "KingKobeMVP" Stein (Mexico) $48,616.27*
2. Kevin "ImaLuckSac" Macphee (Canada) $42,567.80*
3. kruvant (Netherlands) $35,907.11*
4. rickychaja (Argentina) $37,303.68*
5. 28FIRTINA28 (Germany) $17,133.90
6. Aaspen76 (Sweden) $12,954.90
7. ProWannabe10 (Mexico) $8,984.85
8. t.heck9r (Germany) $5,014.80
9. ezee1 (Canada) $3,238.72
TCOOP-03: $215 No-Limit Hold'em (Turbo, Knockout)
Entrants: 4,988
Prize pool: $1,012,564 (Regular: $806,809. Bounty: $205,755)
Places paid: 630
1. K_Heaven07 (Australia) $114,135.30*
2. GarethC23 (Canada) $97,227.35*
3. rickwaa (Australia) $75,767.95*
4. nafnaf_funny (Russia) $45,584.70
5. Tygem (Finland) $34,289.38
6. birs320 (Hungary) $26,211.29
7. Noelliam (Sweden) $18,153.20
8. BIG PANDAO (Brazil) $10,085.11
9. HalfMoonLane (United Kingdom) $6,454.47
TCOOP-02: $55 NL Courchevel H/L (Turbo)
Entrants: 1,831
Prize pool: $91,550
Places paid: 240
1. OnTheThinIce (Finland) $16,022.12
2. herosnappinG (Germany) $11,443.75
3. FICHMAN (Austria) $8,697.25
4. Chuvendoil (Ukraine) $6,408.50
5. Na Ni Ni $Dk (Denmark) $4,577.50
6. krakukra (Russia) $2,746.50
7. blahdy (Malta) $1,831.00
8. loveHitGirl (Russia) $915.50
TCOOP-01: $27 No-Limit Hold'em (6-max)
Entrants: 25,590
Prize pool: $750,000
Places paid: 3,600
1. sting_AC (Canada) $37,416.85*
2. venced0r (Germany) $57,615.77*
3. URMYLeNoR (Germany) $27,470.24*
4. Raymen82 (Netherlands) $51,862.85*
5. carmenqueasy (Belgium) $40,284*
6. Shavgula (Georgia) $7,500
* Denotes a way deal was made.
Rick Dacey is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.