Olli 'Era_Koira' Ikonen won the first 2019 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker title on Sunday.

For the next two weeks, the online poker world will be focused on PokerStars and the Spring Championship of Online Poker. Action kicked off Sunday with 15 different events starting, but only three played down to a winner.

Finland’s Olli ‘Era_Koira’ Ikonen got the start to SCOOP that every other player was hoping for after beating 238 other player in Event #7-High ($2,100 Turbo 8 Max No Limit Hold’em). That score came with a $91,913.31 payday. Runner-up Michael Soyza earned $70,092.67 while third place finisher ‘Pimmss‘ took home $53,452.44.

The final table also included Sam Grafton, Ole Schemion and ‘kofi89‘.

Sweden’s ‘Anton720‘ topped the 1,699-player field in Event #7-Medium ($215 Turbo 8 Max No Limit Hold’em) to earn $51,538.26. Runner-up ‘DonPiatniK‘ banked $35,737.37 while third place finisher ‘DeuceofDuc0‘ ended up with $26,187.63.

The Low version of the event attracted 6,984 players with ‘JohnnyPorn‘ turning his $22 buy-in into $19,846.22. Second place finisher ‘paxantho‘ added $14,143.34 to his bankroll while ‘Artemium‘ rounded out the podium finishers and won $10,081.86.

Another 12 events will wrap up on Monday, including the PokerStars Sunday Million which had 6,632 entries. Former #1-ranked Brian ‘brianm’ England finished Day 1 with the overall lead. Just 119 players return to action on Monday with the eventual champion earning $188,462.65.

Event #7 (Low): $22 Turbo 8 Max No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 6,984
Prizepool: $139,680

    1. JohnnyPorn – $19,846.22
    2. paxantho – $14,143.34
    3. Artemium – $10,081.86
    4. AntonKrasch – $7,186.70
    5. Wackworm – $5,122.93
    6. S.totuli – $3,651.80
    7. chipmaniac87 – $2,603.13
    8. BizzJag – $1,855.60

Event #7 (Medium): $215 Turbo 8 Max No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 1,699
Prizepool: $339,800

  1. Anton720 – $51,538.26
  2. DonPiatniK – $35,737.37
  3. DeuceofDuc0 – $26,187.63
  4. darkziv – $18,667.45
  5. noob3r – $13,306.77
  6. LastJesus – $9,485.51
  7. cmontopdeck – $6,761.57
  8. ArtHouse2011 – $4,819.89

Event #7 (High): $2,100 Turbo 8 Max No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 239
Prizepool: $478,800

  1. Oli ‘Era_Koira’ Ikone – $91,913.31
  2. Michael ‘Soyza’ Soyza – $70,092.67
  3. Pimmss – $53,452.44
  4. OMGjonyctt – $40,762.64
  5. Sam ‘SamSquid’ Grafton – $31,085.43
  6. Lateski – $23,705.64
  7. wizowizo – $18,077.81
  8. kofi89- $13,786.14