It didn’t take long for the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) to become wildly popular. In fact, the low-stakes installment of its very first tournament, a No Limit Hold’em Six-Max with Rebuys event, attracted 27,134 players, making it one of the largest online poker tournaments ever held. In the end, Eetu100 grabbed $41,000 for the win in the $5.50 buy-in tournament.
AragonX was the first player ousted from the six-handed final table, being eliminated on the very first hand. AragonX shoved on a flop of 10-5-K holding A-10 for middle pair. However, he was dominated by Eetu100, who showed K-4. The turn and river came a queen and king, respectively, improving Eetu100 to trips and sending AragonX home in sixth place for $3,000. There were a total of 45,438 rebuys in the tournament, or about 1.7 per person.
The next to go was canucko, who found himself on the losing end of a race holding A-Q against bakter9, who held pocket eights. The flop came ace-high, giving canucko a glimmer of hope, but an eight on the turn gave his opponent a set. Canucko took home $4,000 for his efforts and four players remained in the $5.50 buy-in affair.
After a board of 7-5-J-9, jw32123 pushed with 5-7 over the top of a raise by bakter9, who held pocket jacks. PokerStars player jw32123 found himself he victim of a cooler in this hand, as his flopped two pair was no match for his opponent’s set. He pocketed $8,000 for his efforts.
After discussions of a chop failed to materialize, bakter9 was the next to go, taking third place for $17,000. Eetu100 bet enough to put bakter9 all-in on a board of A-8-9-7-A. Not believing his opponent had one of the two remaining aces in the deck, bakter9 called and flipped over pocket jacks for aces up. However, Eetu100 had the goods, showing A-K.
Eetu100 held better than a 4:1 chip lead heads-up, 188 million to 44 million. Despite a quick double up to make things more interesting, MrWhite‘s tournament ended after he shoved with A-Q on a board of A-8-9. Despite holding top pair and the second best kicker, MrWhite was dominated by Eetu100’s A-8 for top and bottom pair. A queen failed to come on the turn or river, sealing the win for Eetu100 and a $29,000 consolation prize for MrWhite.
Here were the official payouts from the final table of the enormous 27,000 player tournament held as part of SCOOP:
1st Place: Eetu100 – $41,562.77
2nd Place: MrWhite – $29,364.53
3rd Place: bakter9 – $17,401.21
4th Place: jw32123 – $8,700.61
5th Place: canucko – $4,350.31
6th Place: AragonX – $3,045.22
The mid-stakes edition of Event 1 was a $55 buy-in tournament that attracted 4,057 players. In the end, Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron triumphed over the field, banking $97,000. Baron took fourth in last April’s Monte Carlo Grand Final, a stop on the European Poker Tour (EPT), banking over $900,000. Canadian Glen Chorny reigned supreme in that tournament, taking home $3.1 million.
The high-stakes version of Event 1 boasted a $535 buy-in and the field included Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo, whose PokerStars ban was recently lifted. German player BongBob took down the event, which attracted 672 players. The $1.1 million prize pool tournament more than doubled its guarantee and the top 72 spots paid.
Also taking place on Thursday was Event 2, a Pot Limit Omaha High-Low contest. The low-stakes $11 buy-in edition was won by thehoffa, who defeated a field of 7,622 players in one of the largest Omaha High-Low events ever run. The PokerStars player banked nearly $10,000 for his efforts. Josh “Sdouble” Schlein took down the mid-stakes version for $33,000 and finsfan7 notched a win in the high-stakes Omaha High-Low event for $61,000.
