A lot extra card-playing motion came about on the digital felts for the 2024 Spring Championship of On-line Poker (SCOOP) on PokerStars yesterday, with a number of poker variants taking centre stage.
Champions had been topped in Razz, Thriller Bounty, and Fastened Restrict Maintain’em occasions, which noticed some acquainted faces add to their legacies whereas Staff Lex continued to dominate the inaugural SCOOP League.
So, sit again, seize a cup of espresso and take a look at these newest SCOOP highlights.
Eighth SCOOP Title for Leonard
Patrick “pads1161” Leonard is the newest identify to enter the eight-time SCOOP winners membership after tasting triumph in SCOOP 59-M: $530 NLHE [Wednesday Mystery]. The Brit joined Ole “wizowizo” Schemion and Simon “C. Darwin2” Mattsson as the one different gamers with eight titles, with solely luminaries reminiscent of Niklas “Lena900” Astedt (9 titles), Andrey “Premove” Skvortsov, Benny “RunGodlike” Glaser and Calvin “cal42688” Anderson (ten titles) having extra.
Leonard’s SCOOP Titles
Leonard added the additional notch to his belt, defeating “Alister307” in a really one-sided heads-up battle that awarded him the $26,322 up prime. Along with his $9,317 bounty prize, Leonard’s closing payout reached $35,639.
Regardless of that, “Alister307” was truly the large winner on the day, due to pulling the highest thriller bounty prize of $25,000. In the long run, their complete prize got here out to $48,998, which was $13,000 greater than what Leonard acquired.
General, the occasion attracted 724 entries, making a $362,000 prize pool that smashed the $250,000 assure. A number of PokerStars ambassadors had been additionally in competition. Lex Veldhuis narrowly missed out on the ultimate desk, bowing out in eleventh place for $5,488 after Benjamin Spragg completed in fortieth for $834.
Laurie Tournier, Sebastian Huber, Parker Talbot and Fintan Hand discovered themselves on the mistaken facet of the rail forward of the cash bubble.
SCOOP 59-M: $530 NLHE [Wednesday Mystery] Remaining Desk Outcomes
| Place | Participant | Nation | Bounty | Prize | Whole |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick “pads1161” Leonard | United Kingdom | $9,317 | $26,322 | $35,639 |
| 2 | Alister307 | Belarus | $28,958 | $20,040 | $48,998 |
| 3 | SSchranck | United Kingdom | $12,167 | $15,258 | $27,425 |
| 4 | Blaz ‘Scarmak3r’ Zerjav | Slovenia | $2,508 | $11,617 | $14,125 |
| 5 | Samuel “€urop€an” Vousden | Finland | $1,075 | $8,844 | $9,919 |
| 6 | Cesar1no | Malta | $5,000 | $6,734 | $11,734 |
| 7 | FelipeAA23 | Brazil | $10,375 | $5,127 | $15,502 |
| 8 | babygabriiel | Brazil | $8,225 | $3,903 | $12,128 |
| 9 | kirill1845 | Belarus | $5,375 | $2,972 | $8,347 |
Memorable Evening for Chew and “Klopp4zeKop”
Within the excessive model of the Wednesday Thriller Bounty, which got here with a $2,100 buy-in, Stevan “random_chu” Chew topped the 144 entry-field for his maiden SCOOP win. The Australian denied Jans “Graftekkel” Arends a fourth title after popping out on prime of their heads-up duel. Chew added $50,751 to his bankroll whereas Arends took residence $30,390.
Just like the Medium version, the Thriller Bounty prizes had a big affect on who received essentially the most cash. Malta’s “Klopp4zeKop” binked the $30,000 envelope, making up for half of the $60,000 he collected in bounties. His fourth-place outcome produced a $73,527 payout, the biggest SCOOP prize of the day.
SCOOP 59-H: $2,100 NLHE [Wednesday Mystery] Remaining Desk Outcomes
| Place | Participant | Nation | Bounty | Prize | Whole |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stevan “random_chu” Chew | Australia | $24,167 | $26,584 | $50,751 |
| 2 | Jans “Graftekkel” Arends | Netherlands | $9,167 | $21,223.00 | $30,390 |
| 3 | aminolast | Canada | $42,500 | $16,944.00 | $59,444 |
| 4 | Klopp4zeKop | Malta | $60,000 | $13,527.00 | $73,527 |
| 5 | avr0ra | Thailand | $10,800.00 | $10,800 | |
| 6 | Dominykas “Mikensonas” Mikolaitis | Lithuania | $8,622.00 | $8,622 | |
| 7 | Christian “WATnlos” Rudolph | Austria | $9,167 | $6,884.00 | $16,051 |
| 8 | Jonathan “Proudflop” Proudfoot | Eire | $5,496.00 | $5,496 | |
| 9 | Kelvin “Kelvin_FP:AR” Kerber | Brazil | $5,000 | $4,388.00 | $9,388 |
Smiljkovic Leads the $10,300 Thursday Thrill PKO
SCOOP 65-H: $10,300 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill High Roller] was the most costly buy-in occasion that ran, though it has but to achieve its conclusion.
Main the best way is excessive curler Daniel “SmilleThHero” Smiljkovic, who has the chip lead on the nine-handed closing desk, that options notables reminiscent of Alisson “heyalisson” Piekazewicz and Roman “RomeOpro” Romanovsky.
An $80,237 prize awaits first and second place, plus any further bounties which can be picked up alongside the best way.
Remaining Desk Chip Counts
| Place | Participant | Nation | Bounty | Chips | Huge Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel “SmilleThHero” Smiljkovic | Austria | $23,125 | 1,613,421 | 115 |
| 2 | spud989 | United Kingdom | $28,906 | 1,425,798 | 102 |
| 3 | Succeeed | Austria | $13,750 | 868,999 | 62 |
| 4 | flerrehuve | Sweden | $5,000 | 758,238 | 54 |
| 5 | AchoBogdanov | Bulgaria | $8,750 | 649,470 | 46 |
| 6 | starwins 🙂 | Denmark | $5,000 | 563,569 | 40 |
| 7 | Eccentric_BG | Bulgaria | – | 489,841 | 35 |
| 8 | Alisson “heyalisson” Piekazewicz | Brazil | $2,500 | 287,464 | 21 |
| 9 | Roman “RomeOpro” Romanovsky | Ukraine | – | 143,200 | 10 |
Kerber’s Two Wins Not Sufficient for Staff Spraggy
In a shocking efficiency within the Fastened Restrict Maintain’em streets, Staff Spraggy choose Kelvin “Kelvin_FP:AR” Kerber bagged his fifth and sixth SCOOP titles after taking down SCOOP 64-M: $109 FLHE [6-Max], and SCOOP 64-H: $530 FLHE [6-Max].
The 2 victories paid out a mixed rating of $11,057, which boosted his day by day taller to over $20,000 after his ninth-place end within the Excessive Thriller Bounty occasion netted him an additional $9,388.
Regardless of this, Kerber’s efforts had been inadequate to reduce the deficit between Staff Spraggy and Staff Lex.
Due to Jerry “perrymejsen” Odeen getting his seventh SCOOP accolade in SCOOP 60-M: $109 Razz and Leonard’s Thriller Bounty win, Staff Lex elevated the hole by an additional 185 factors.
Staff Tonkaaa and Staff Fintan proceed to path behind and can want their horses to hit a canter for any hopes of popping out on prime.
| Staff | Factors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Lex | 7,880 | +1,190 |
| Spraggy | 6,225 | +1,005 |
| Tonkaaaa | 3,835 | +385 |
| Fintan | 3,225 | +340 |
SCOOP Outcomes from Thursday, Might 16
* consists of bounties, ** denotes three-way deal
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Calum has been part of the PokerNews workforce since September 2021 after working within the UK power sector. He performed his first hand of poker in 2017 and instantly fell in love with the sport. Calum’s proudest poker achievement is successful the one match he has ever performed in Las Vegas, the celebrated $60 Flamingo night occasion.
