Monday marked the second day of action in the 2010 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker, or WCOOP. A total of three tournaments played out and Kansas poker player Duffy08 finished runner-up in Event #4 for $65,000, which was a $320 Pot Limit Omaha contest that offered a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool. The tournament absolutely crushed its guarantee, as 1,805 players turned out to create a prize pool of nearly $550,000.

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Duffy08 fell to PokerStars member ProXimaVez heads-up, but nevertheless walked away with $65,000, his largest online poker score to date. The Triple Crown winner is one week removed from a second place chop in the PokerStars Sunday Second Chance for $43,000. In a one-week span in March, he final tabled the Wednesday Quarter Million on Stars twice for nearly $50,000 total. Here’s how the Event #4 final table shook out:

1. ProXimaVez - $86,641
2. Duffman08 - $64,980 (Duffy08)
3. TNDynamite - $48,735
4. kung_ivo - $35,604
5. kimble83 - $25,721
6. Niizch - $20,036
7. gutshotjerry - $14,621
8. Törhönen - $9,476
9. pluggy_18 - $5,415

Also held on Monday was Event #5, a $320 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max Shootout. Nearly 1,300 players turned out to create a prize pool of $388,000 and when the final cards were dealt, longtime PocketFiver Gary GB2005 Bogdanski (pictured) banked $34,000 for third place. The New Jersey native’s largest cash was $85,000, which came after he final tabled the Sunday Million in January 2007.

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Also reaching the final table of the Six-Max Shootout was Norway’s Daniel FlyingSumo Hersvik, who landed in fourth place for $23,000. In early 2008, Hersvik took down the Nightly Hundred Grand for $26,000, his largest online poker payday ever. Let’s take a look at the final table of Event #5:

1. J0hnny_Dr@m@ - $62,208
2. vluff - $46,656
3. GB2005 - $34,992 (GB2005)
4. FlyingSumo - $23,328 (FlyingSumo)
5. Zgaga - $15,552
6. DalconOpeaN - $9,642

The third tournament to play out yesterday was a $215 No Limit Hold’em Turbo with Rebuys (Event #6). The tournament more than doubled its $600,000 guarantee and PokerStars member Xaston walked away with the WCOOP bracelet and $213,000. spikedag was the highest finishing member of the online poker community and his sixth place showing was worth $49,000. Just behind him on the leaderboard was France’s jooobs, who busted in seventh place for $35,000:

1. Xaston - $213,987
2. BadcardsAA - $156,528
3. SHAKAJAMES - $117,396
4. BradL - $87,395
5. "0PIGGYBANK" - $61,959
6. spikedag - $48,915 (spikedag)
7. MeFishUShark - $35,871 (jooobs)
8. Schappuscha - $22,827
9. AndASodaPop - $13,044

$1.2 million will be guaranteed across three WCOOP events today, including the debut of Triple Stud:

WCOOP Event #7: $200+15 Pot Limit Five Card Draw
$100,000 Guarantee
Tuesday at 2:00pm ET

WCOOP Event #8: $200+15 Triple Stud
$100,000 Guarantee
Tuesday at 5:00pm ET

WCOOP Event #9: $1,000+50 No Limit Hold’em Two-Day
$1,000,000 Guarantee
Tuesday at 8:00pm ET

Visit PokerStars for more information. Also, check out our WCOOP results.