Sweden’s ‘C Darwin2‘, currently rrnked #5 in the world, made a legitimate case for regaining the overall top spot Monday, with a $226,106 outright victory in Event #1(H), $1,050 buy-in NLHE event, on the opening day of PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker.

Brazilian Francisco ‘chicalltreta’ Correia earned a career high $163,750 for his runner-up performance in the same event, while Germany’s ‘rounder3989‘ was awarded $124,450 for third.

The $2,100 buy-in Event #2(H) was won by the Netherlands’ ‘etxnl01‘ who collected $155,058 for the victory. Canadian Jonas ‘donut604’ Mackoff earned $110,695 for his second place finishing and ‘girafganger7‘ walked away with $83,655 for third. ‘Hitvil‘ of Belarus negotiated his way to the lion’s share of prize money as part of a four-way chop in Event #1(M) and received $81,928.

‘bustitoyoni‘ cashed for $79,321 upon winning Event #2(M) outright. The Low stakes version of Event #1 was won by Wellington ‘WellBr20’ de Oliveira Montanholi for $23,997. Francis ‘Nohaymiedo’ Cruz of the Dominican Republic took home $24,176 for outlasting the field in Event #2(L) as 25th-ranked ‘Yaya24‘ of Sweden finished runner-up for $17,562.

SCOOP Event #1(H): $1,000+50 NLHE
1,310 entrants – $1,310,000 paid out to 153 spots

~ Full Recap

1. C Darwin2 – $226,106.00
2. chicalltreta – $163,750.00
3. rounder3989 – $124,450.00
4. gordon0410 – $91,176.00
5. Respect_Lt – $64,845.00
6. mjw006 – $51,745.00
7. ZeGrimReaper – $38,645.00
8. LStrelec – $25,545.00
9. ThoNapalm – $14,410.00

SCOOP Event #2(H): $2,100 NLHE Progressive Super KO
845 entrants – $1,690,000 paid out to 99 spot

1. etxnl01 – $155,057.50
2. donut604 – $110,695.00
3. girafganger7 – $83,655.00
4. justholdplz – $62,952.50
5. Ron Jovi 7 – $43,940.00
6. Secret_M0d3 – $35,490.00
7. woody1234321 – $27,040.00
8. AnyTw0_Card$ – $18,590.00
9. ollie_p – $10,985.00 (3BunPass)

SCOOP Event #1(M): $100+9 NLHE
6,071 entrants – $607,100 paid out to 765 spots

~ Full Recap

1. Hitvil $81,928.45
2. Zhagy27SLO – $55,925.25
3. nagayama0 – $54,142.19
4. mendezoo – $58,089.54 *4-way deal
5. DamoWain – $25,801.75 (DamienWain)
6. J4d3dr4g0n – $19,730.75
7. “0PIGGYBANK” – $13,659.75
8. amsi2712 – $7,588.75
9. Prof.ChaoZ – $4,856.80

SCOOP Event #2(M) $215 NLHE Progressive Super KO
5,056 entrants – $1,011,200 paid out to 675 spots

~ Full Recap

1. bustitoyoni – $79,320.67
2. fengikareh – $58,902.40
3. Strz – $41,712.00
4. tinchoarce – $28,566.40
5. iJzzOnUrHand – $21,488.00
6. Grospelllier – $16,432.00
7. iveydoagrest – $11,376.00
8. k@sten161 – $6,320.00
9. AJFC6819 – $4,044.80

SCOOP Event #1(L): $10+$1 NLHE
23,892 entrants – $239,820 paid out to 3,150 spots

~ Full Recap

1. WellBr20 – $23,997.25
2. timepoker10 – $17,821.02
3. t8ofdiamonds – $11,991.00
4. mazz2888 – $9,592.80
5. mydoom666 – $7,194.60
6. SELOUAN1991 – $4,796.40
7. interlt – $3,369.47
8. bolkov76 – $2,158.38
9. gfk_acid – $1,438.92

SCOOP Event #2(L): $27 NLHE Progressive Super KO
16,798 entrants – $412,390.90 paid out to 2,250 spots

~ Full Recap

1. Nohaymiedo* – $24,175.88
2. 42ayay – $17,562.30 (Yaya24)
3. jani890311 – $13,430.00
4. icedavid – $9,297.69
5. kokandija – $7,231.53
6. SanchoTALANT – $5,165.38
7. Bredah966 – $3,512.46
8. NM1NM – $1,859.53
9. Fleshem87 – $1,239.69