SCOOP: Charlie ‘Epiphany77’ Carrel Wins Main Event (High), $1.2M
One of the most hotly anticipated final tables in online poker history included some of the game’s best players, a former #1-ranked PocketFiver, a power outage and a negotiation for over $2.3M before Charlie ‘Epiphany77’ Carrel emerged victorious in the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event (High) for just over $1.2M.
The final table included former #1-ranked player ‘C. Darwin2’, Harrison ‘gibler321’ Gimbel, Connor ‘blanconegro’ Drinnan, Carrel, Emil ‘Maroonlime’ Patel and ‘€urop€an‘.
A few minutes before play was set to resume on Tuesday, Drinnan tweeted that he, and one other unnamed player (later confirmed to Carrel) was in the midst of a city-wide power outage in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
Hi @PokerStars @RealKidPoker power just went out in all of playa del carmen and at least 2 of us at the 10k FT are here..pls pause until set
— Connor Drinan (@ConnorDrinan) May 23, 2017
The tournament was paused, but after a 30-minute delay all players had power and the tournament resumed. Once it did, it didn’t take too long for just two players to be left in contention for the $1.356 million first place prize, but as many expected the final two players, Carrel and Gimbel, quickly came to terms on a chop. Gimbel walked away with $1,122,873.99 secured and Carrel had $1,100,899.99 locked up and eventually won the $100,000 left to play for.
The Medium version went to ‘ROFLshove’ for $787,312.19 while the Low version saw ‘madalain’ walk away with $221,516.37 for an outright victory.
SCOOP Event #55 (High): $10,300 Main Event (NLHE)
Entries: 693
Prize pool: $6,930,000
- Charlie ‘Epiphany77’ Carrel – $1,200,899.97*
- Harrison ‘gibler321’ Gimbel – $1,122,873.99*
- th’Kick – $690,348.58
- Garrin4e – $492,542.82
- Ola ‘Odd_Oddsen’ Amundsgaard – $351,414.75
- Connor ‘blanconegro’ Drinnan – $250,723.93
- C. Darwin2 – $178,883.39
- Samuel ‘€urop€an’ Vousden – $127,628.42
- Emil ‘Maroonlime’ Patel – $91,058.81
SCOOP Event #55 (Medium): $1,050 Main Event (NLHE)
Entries: 5,033
Prize pool: $5,033,000
- ROFLshove – $787.312.19
- Leo82 – $586.344.50
- BrightStripe – $415,222.50
- MikeFdem – $284,364.50
- ramondemon77 – $213,902.50
- olelemaiko – $163,572.50
- Woodstock37 – $113,242.50
- Yurec1707 – $62,912.50
- BORRAURELIO – $40,264.00
SCOOP Event #55 (Low): $109 Main Event (NLHE)
Entries: 23,316
Prize pool: $2,331,600
- madalain – $221,516.37
- ale kmkz – $161,719.77
- MelloBH – $104,922
- Madcandle – $83,937.60
- peloin – $62,953.20
- EluSiveMark – $41,968.8
- volodimir24 – $29,145
- Val1k – $19,818.60
- AKA_PSV – $11,658