There were some big names taking down PokerStars WCOOP events on the weekend, with Jani "kiiski" Vilmunen and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier taking down their respective titles at $2,100 PLO 6-max and $530 NL Hold'em with 1 rebuy and 1 add-on.

Elky's win was worth $232,730 and was sealed when his opponent Ginsash made an unsuccessful check-raise bluff on the river while ElkY was holding a turned two pair.

1st place: Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier ($232,730.00)
2nd place: Ginsash ($171,125.00)
3rd place: Pinnekjott ($129,918.10)
4th place: hafizzle ($93,092.00)
5th place: cashryders22 ($67,765.50)
6th place: natefive ($54,075.50)
7th place: ICuRaRook ($40,285.50)
8th place: Kid Canepa ($26,695.50)
9th place: jeff710 ($14,785.20)

At event #37, Jani Vilmunen (pictured) cruised to the win beating 452 opponents to seal his best ever online tournament score of $172,140.

1. kiiski $172,140.00
2. Felipe "mojave14" Ramos $126,840.00
3. genoa_st $92,865.00
4. Matt "plattsburgh" Vengrin $63,420.00
5. hartwith $45,300.00
6. Crisper $28,992.00

Jani, better known by his Full Tilt Poker nick name KObyTAPOUT, is one of the best PLO cash game players in the world. We got hold of Jani right after his win and this is what he had to say:

"It's been a difficult summer for me, so this win really means a lot," Jani said to Coinflip.com. "I haven't lost confidence in my abilites in the downswing, but it's been nerve wrecking and I have often played tired and unfocused. So I was very motivated and I wanted to show to myself that I can still play!"

The marathon event took 16 and a half hours to finish. "Long sessions have often been difficult for me in the end, but this time I think I played even better as the tournament progressed," Jani says.

"I'm a cash game player and I don't often play online tournaments, but Ville Wahlbeck happened to mention this event to me and the prize pool was big enough to get me interested."

So what did you think about the other players? "There were many good ones, but there's always some weak players in every tournament. And even the good ones started making mistakes in the end. Part of it is due to being tired for sure, but I think it was also the pressure because the prizes were so big. For me the money is not so significant, and that helped me."

"At the start of heads up play my opponent [Brazilian pro Felipe 'mojave14' Ramos] suggested a deal, but I wasn't interested. I would have made a winner-takes-all deal, though, because I was dead certain I was gonna win. I had played well and stayed sharp throughout the game."

"I think he played the last hand very poorly," Jani adds. In that hand, Jani raised preflop and got a call. The flop came down 9d 8h 7h, which gave Jani the nut straight with Qc Jc Jd Tc. He bet 48k, Ramos raised to 101k, Jani 3-bet to 367k and Ramos moved all-in for 803k. Jani made the easy call and found out his opponent had just 8 outs for the flush with Jh 7s 4h 3h. The turn and river blanked and Jani's win was sealed.

"I had been very aggressive, so I guess he thought there was a chance I was betting with nothing. And then he had gotten too deep in the pot and couldn't get out anymore," Jani concludes.