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After over three weeks of some of the most competitive action to ever take place on the virtual felt, the 2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker is now over. A total of 119,832 buy-ins were paid across an incredible 62 events, generating well over $47 million in total prize money. A number of Team PokerStars pros, including Anders “Donald” Berg, Shane “shaniac” Schleger and Noah “Exclusive” Boeken, won events and the coveted bracelets reserved for champions.

Joel Adam “2FLY2TILT” Gordon of Spain took home the Player of the Series title for his incredible WCOOP performance, which included a bracelet win along with money finishes in ten separate events. Along with a bevy of prize cash, Gordon received buy-in packages for the WCOOP Main Event, the 2012 EPT Grand Final and the 2012 PCA. He also received a one-of-a-kind commemorative chip set, a rare and priceless gift from PokerStars.

The top ten players on the overall WCOOP leaderboard are mostly from Canada, including Big_Nemo (2nd), KidPoker (Daniel Negreanu, 3rd), ImaLuckSac (4th), gboro780 (6th), ImaLucSac (7th) and Mike “goleafsgoeh” Leah (8th). Other impressive performances came from Donald of Norway (5th) and MiPwnYa of Brazil (9th), who managed to finish in the top 10 overall despite entering only 12 events. Every other player in the top 10 bought into at least 40 events, with several entering more than 50.

The overall biggest winner of the tournament was Thomas “Kallllle” Pedersen of Denmark. Pedersen earned over $1.26 million after defeating 1,626 opponents in the WCOOP Main Event. Pedersen had seen some success as a poker grinder in the past, winning $80k live and $60k online, but never approached the success he found in the recent Main Event. Pedersen went from a fairly average professional online poker player to a millionaire, literally overnight.