The high-stakes cash-game regular went deep in both of the marquee events this weekend - the PokerStars Sunday Million and the $2,100 FTOPS NL Six-Max - to lock down his biggest payday to date in 2013.
Kelopuro's deepest run came in the FTOPS Six-Max where he navigated an extremely tough 776-player field all the way to a runner-up finish to Kevin "-1sickdisease" Eyster.
Kelopuro pocketed $218,832 for his effort while Eyster scored $333,680.
Fifth-Place Finish in Massive Sunday Million
As if that wasn't a solid enough weekend, Kelopuro carried his momentum into the massive 9,498-player Sunday Million - the biggest of 2013 so far outside of the Anniversary event - and ran it all the way to fifth place and another $75,984.
Former EPT London winner Aaron "Aguskb" Gustavson also made the final table in that one, finishing eighth for $20,895.60. Results for each event below:
FTOPS XXII - Event #34 - NL Hold'em, 6-Max, Re-Entry
1. -1SickDisease- $333,680.00 2. LarsLuzak $218,832.00 3. kytra $157,217.60 4. VeniVidiKlonki $119,504.00 5. ScarJo $85,360.00 6. treezer $54,320.00Sunday Million final-table results (* three-way deal):
1st: cecko80 (Switzerland) -- $205,462.63* 2nd: ollie_p (United Kingdom) -- $184,688.33* 3rd: chili197027 (Russia) -- $222,000.00* 4th: bits10 (United Kingdom) -- $94,980.00 5th: Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro (Finland) -- $75,984.00 6th: AndTheCircus (Germany) -- $56,988.00 7th: misterious78 (Turkey) -- $37,992.00 8th: Aaron "Aguskb" Gustavson (Macao) -- $20,895.60 9th: EEE27 (Finland) -- $13,297.20Jaka Wins Sunday 500, feel fine FTOPS Main Event
The notable results poured in this weekend as one of poker's most respected players scooped a nice Sunday win and the FTOPS Main Event came to a head with a massive first-place prize.
Faraz "The_Toilet 0" Jaka won the Sunday 500 on PokerStars for a tidy $84,865.40 while unknown "feel fine" took home the marquee prize of the weekend of $392,332 for scooping the $600 buy-in FTOPS main event.
Pro Jordan "Jymaster11" Young and Team PokerStars pro Angel Guillen also had nice scores in the Sunday 500.
Final-table results of both events below:
$530 Sunday 500, $300K Gtd
1. The-Toilet 0 (Poland) $84,865.40 2. huhc (Russian Federation) $61,658.50 3. Jymaster11 (Mexico) $46,122.50 4. lilachaa (Bosnia and Herzegovina) $34,470.50 5. Leanod (Belarus) $24,275.00 6. donki4 (Finland) $19,420.00 7. $trateGema (Germany) $14,565.00 8. angelguillen (Mexico) $9,710.00 9. 41g3r (Russian Federation) $5,583.25FTOPS XXII Main Event: No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry
1. feel fine $392,332 2. Javier "anguila" Etayo $271,783 3. RLOG $194,631 4. ydere $144,658 5. mrwhatFISH $107,398 6. Creachadoir $74,521 7. kmichael14 $50,411 8. argos94 $35,068 9. bv4ever $24,109Visit www.pokerlistings.com