SCOOP: Dominik Nitsche, Patrick Leonard Grab Titles Saturday
SCOOP: Dominik Nitsche, Patrick Leonard Grab Titles Saturday

Nine more players picked up PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker titles on Saturday including a former #1-ranked PocketFiver earning his second title of the year and a first SCOOP win for one of poker’s best.

Dominik Nitsche bested a 956-entry field to win Event #87 High ($530 NLHE) for his first career SCOOP victory. The outright win came with an $82,365.40 payday. Runner-up ‘Geokarak‘ had to settle for a $58,712.90 consolation prize while third-place finisher Tudor ‘tdr01’ Christian walked away with $41,852.60.

Patrick Leonard, who has been ranked #1 on PocketFives four times in his career and currently sits at #3, won Event #93 High ($215 NLHE Turbo w Rebuys) to earn his second SCOOP title of the year. Second-place finisher ‘julioassp’ took home $30,124.96 for their efforts while ’88IG8OSS’ rounded out the podium finishers for $21,706.55.

Leonard’s first 2020 SCOOP win came 10 days ago when he outdueled another former #1-ranked player, Yuri ‘theNERDguy’ Dzivielevski, to win Event #53 High ($2,100 Six Max Pot Limit Omaha 8-or-better).

Event #88-High ($530 Six Max Fusion) had a $3,500 overlay on a $100,000 guarantee with just 193 entries. Two-time World Championship of Online Poker title winner ‘bob43155‘ took it down to win $19,945.48. Falling one position short of the victory gave ‘M1TR4ND1R’ a $15,076.73 bankroll boost. Third-place finisher ‘Nutselas’ won $11,396.47.

The six other players who won Event #titles on Saturday were ‘Hieucbvn96’ (Event #87-L), ‘eagletore69’ (Event #87-M), ‘shuriken555’ (Event #88-L), ‘dpsd05’ (Event #88-M), ‘NeptuneProject’ (Event #93-L), and ‘judgedredd13’ (Event #93-M).

Event #87-H: $530 NLHE
Entries: 956
Prize pool: $500,000

  1. Dominik ‘Bounatirou’ Nitsche – $82,365.40
  2. Geokarak – $58,712.90
  3. tdr01 – $41,852.60
  4. Easterdamn – $29,834.00
  5. Sektor17 – $21,266.70
  6. RUMUKULUS – $15,159.65
  7. boerni21 – $10,806.35
  8. PSMozak – $7,703.15
  9. MarioKJ – $5,491.05

Event #88-H: $530 Six Max Fusion
Entries: 193
Prize pool: $100,000 ($3,500 overlay)

  1. bob43155 – $19,945.48
  2. M1TR4ND1R – $15,076.73
  3. Nutselas – $11,396.47
  4. ¿¿toneecho?? – $8,614.56
  5. pokerboss24000 – $6,511.73
  6. Kelvin_FP:AR – $4,922.20

Event #93-H: $215 NLHE Turbo w Rebuys
Entries: 460
Prize pool: $232,841

  1. Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard – $41,808.65
  2. julioassp – $30,124.96
  3. 88IG8OSS – $21,706.55
  4. Andras ‘probirs’ Nemeth – $15,640.67
  5. Nelisschuif7 – $11,269.87
  6. mararthur1 – $8,120.51
  7. MiracleQ – $5,851.24
  8. TheLipoFund – $4,216.12