SCOOP: Connor ‘blanconegro’ Drinan Scores Second 2020 SCOOP Title

Former top-5 ranked PocketFiver Connor ‘blanconegro’ Drinan picked up his second title of the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker on Sunday with a victory in Event #40-H ($5,200 PLO 6-Max) for $152,011.46.
The win marked the third SCOOP title of Drinan’s career and his second in the last three days. It was just on Friday that Drinan topped the field in Event #34 ($530 Pot Limit Omaha 8-or-better) for a $34,420.52 score helping him push his lifetime career online earnings up over $8.4 million.
Drinan becomes just the fourth player to score two titles during the 2020 series, joining Artur ‘marathur1’ Martirosyan, ‘Legenden’, and Conor ‘1_conor_b_1’ Beresford.
Also picking up a six-figure score in Event #40-H was ‘kjunia’ who grabbed $115,701.07 for finishing in second place. Right behind them was ‘Lateski’ who earned $88,064.10 for third.
It was a close call for longtime grinder Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira who nearly picked up his second title of the 2020 SCOOP in Event #39-H ($1,050 NLHE Afternoon Deep Stack). Ultimately, he fell one spot short, falling in heads-up play to ‘Pwndidi’ who topped the 481-entry field to take home the title and $85,430.16 first-place prize. Vieira was forced to settle for $63,784.35 as the runner-up while ‘poker@luffyD’ pocketed $47,623.13 for finishing in third.
‘$w4g4l1c10u$’ outlasted the 2,208 players that took a shot in Event #41-H ($530 NLHE 8-Max PKO) and earned $70,326.96 plus an additional $32,810.43 in bounties. Former #1-ranked PocketFiver Michael ‘munchenHB’ Telker finished in second place adding $70,325.51 and an additional $18,533.13 in bounties to his over $11 million in total career earning. ‘tiltcaria’ wrapped up the bronze and a $41,725.84 payday with an additional $9,646.49 to go with it.
Event #47-H ($530 NLHE Turbo PKO Sunday Cooldown) was the only High tournament on Sunday’s SCOOP schedule that started and finished on the same day. Finland’s ‘PikkuHUMPPA’ survived the 1,425-entry field to earn $47,196.51 plus an additional $43,632.16 for first place. ’SBastin’ also picked up a handsome $47,195.57 score as the runner-up and added $11,515.14 in bounties. Longtime online grinder ’T-Macha’ ended up in third place and added $28,002.28 and an additional $16,078.08 to their bankroll.
Event #39-H: $1,050 NLHE Afternoon Deep Stack
Entries: 481
Prize pool: $481,000
- Pwndidi – $85,430.16
- Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira – $63,784.35
- poker@luffyD – $47,623.13
- Il-Giuglia – $35,556.72
- dynoalot – $26,547.59
- Don Marato – $19,821.14
- quititbear – $14,799.02
- BC1989RF – $11,049.33
- icedavid – $8,249.72
Event #40-H: $5,200 PLO 6-Max
Entries: 150
Prize pool: $750,000
- Connor ‘blanconegro’ Drinan – $152,011.46
- kjunia – $115,701.07
- Lateski – $88,064.10
- 0Human0 – $67,028.62
- soldatikk – $51,017.77
- Sasuke234 – $38,831.40
Event #41-H: $530 NLHE 8-Max PKO
Entries: 2,208
Prize pool: $1,104,000
- $w4g4l1c10u$ – $70,326.96 + $32,810.43
- Michael ‘munchenHB’ Telker – $70,325.51 + $18,533.13
- tiltcaria – $41,725.84 + $9,646.49
- Remi Lebo_10 – $29,743.58 + $22,615.17
- $aymon9 – $21,202.20 + $1,640.63
- Erdi1905 – $15,113.64 + $12,774.37
- mrbradleyy – $10,773.54 + $6,839.84
- WizardOffAz – $7,679.70 + $6,933.59
Event #47-H: $530 NLHE Turbo PKO Sunday Cooldown
Entries: 1,425
Prize pool: $712,500
- PikkuHUMPPA – $47,196.51 + $43,632.16
- SBastin – $47,195.57 + $11,515.14
- T-Macha – $28,002.28 + $16,078.09
- Assnacke – $19,961 + $7,185.54
- silentm0de – $14,228.91 + $8,974.60
- SamSquid – $10,142.86 + $2,281.26
- AchoBogdanov – $7,230.20 + $5,980.47
- mahmuttt88 – $5,153.90 + $1,250
- estebangocu – $3,673.86 + $4,587.89