Tags : 2017 scoop

  • SCOOP: Nick Abou Risk Wins One, Narrowly Misses Another
    SCOOP: Nick Abou Risk Wins One, Narrowly Misses Another

    The 2017 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker was supposed to have wrapped up on Tuesday with the final table of the Main Event. A server issue mid-way through the first week forced PokerStars to reschedule a total of nine events for Wednesday. And while most of the poker world was still relishing in Charlie […]

  • SCOOP: Charlie ‘Epiphany77’ Carrel Wins Main Event (High), $1.2M
    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 […]

  • SCOOP: Gordon ‘holla@yoboy’ Vayo Wins Event #1, $692K
    SCOOP: Gordon ‘holla@yoboy’ Vayo Wins Event #1, $692K

    Most of the attention on the 2017 Spring Championship of Online Poker on Monday was focused squarely on the second day of play in the three Main Events. While those were each playing down to a final table of nine, nine other events wrapped up including the final Phase of Event #1 and that’s where […]

  • SCOOP: Brian Rast, Andy Laurie Steal Show on Final Sunday
    SCOOP: Brian Rast, Andy Laurie Steal Show on Final Sunday

    While most of the poker world had their eyes focused on the opening day of the 2017 Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Events, there were 18 other events that wrapped on Sunday with three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Brian Rast beating a stacked final table to win the first SCOOP title of […]

  • SCOOP: ‘ross_654’ Wins Event #46-High For Almost $100,000
    SCOOP: ‘ross_654’ Wins Event #46-High For Almost $100,000

    The end of another fantastic PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker is in sight and six more winners were crowned on Saturday. SCOOP Event #46 ($1,050 NLHE + Rebuys) featured 189 total entries plus more than twice that in rebuys. ross_654 emerged victoriously from the final table to win $99,330. Sami ‘Lrslzk’ Keopuro continued his […]

  • SCOOP Main Event Action Available Aplenty on StakeKings
    SCOOP Main Event Action Available Aplenty on StakeKings

    The 2017 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker wraps up this weekend with the flagship event of the series, the SCOOP Main Event. Many poker players and fans might find themselves unable to play for a myriad of reasons, but they can still find themselves in action. Some of the world’s top online poker players […]

  • SCOOP: 12 More Champs Crowned, Headlined By ‘B1GL1P$$$’, ‘lena900’
    SCOOP: 12 More Champs Crowned, Headlined By ‘B1GL1P$$$’, ‘lena900’

    In the lead-up to one of the busiest Sunday’s of the year, Friday was a relatively standard day for the PokerStars Spring Poker Championship of Online Poker. A total of 12 events completed action with the world’s top-ranked player earning a SCOOP title of his own. The largest prize pool of the day was in […]

  • SCOOP: ‘psjebemvas’ Denies Justin Bonomo Second 2017 SCOOP Title
    SCOOP: ‘psjebemvas’ Denies Justin Bonomo Second 2017 SCOOP Title

    The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker continues to draw in large fields for new events and that trend continued on Thursday. Fields in the hundreds and thousands turned out for tournaments such as the Total Knockout Bounty event and the No Limit Omaha Win The Button. A few familiar faces took down titles including […]

  • SCOOP:  ‘caaaaamel’ Banks $216K for Super Tuesday SE Win
    SCOOP: ‘caaaaamel’ Banks $216K for Super Tuesday SE Win

    Wednesday’s PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker included a well-respected online grinder winning his first SCOOP title, a star-studded Seven Card Stud final table and Austria’s ‘caaaaamel‘ chopping his way to the single biggest cash prize of the day. Canada’s Jonas ‘donut604’ Mackoff beat out 244 other players to win Event #36 High ($1,050 Pot […]

  • SCOOP: Hallaert, Mateos, Wasserson Win Titles Despite Outage Issue
    SCOOP: Hallaert, Mateos, Wasserson Win Titles Despite Outage Issue

    The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker is one of the highlights of the online poker calendar year. A widespread outage on Monday however put a damper on the festivities as a number of events were cancelled as players were unable to connect to PokerStars. Before all of that though, Kenny ‘SpaceyFCB’ Hallaert, Adrian ‘Amadi_017’ […]

  • SCOOP: Ben Sulsky Wins $25K Heads-Up, Justin Bonomo Takes 8 Game
    SCOOP: Ben Sulsky Wins $25K Heads-Up, Justin Bonomo Takes 8 Game

    Many observers consider Ben ‘Sauce123’ Sulsky to be one of the best poker players in the world and on Sunday he provided more evidence to this after topping the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker $25,000 Heads-up No Limit Hold’em event. Sulsky’s win was one of 15 SCOOP events that wrapped up on Sunday. Sulsky […]

  • SCOOP: Andrey ‘Gigaloff’ Zhigalov Wins One, Narrowly Misses Second
    SCOOP: Andrey ‘Gigaloff’ Zhigalov Wins One, Narrowly Misses Second

    Of the six PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker final tables in play on Saturday, nobody made more of them than Andrey ‘Gigaloff’ Zhigalov. The Russian made the final table of both High events, taking runner-up in one and winning the other for the first SCOOP title of his career. Matthias ‘Mati312’ Brandner finished one […]

  • SCOOP: Patrick ‘pleno1’ Leonard Takes Down $215 Heads Up PLO
    SCOOP: Patrick ‘pleno1’ Leonard Takes Down $215 Heads Up PLO

    Twice in his career Patrick ‘pleno1’ Leonard has been the #1-ranked online poker tournament player in the world. For the better part of the last year he’s been in and out of the top 10 of those rankings and on Friday afternoon he took a big step toward moving up those rankings with a win […]

  • SCOOP: Russia’s ‘BIack88’ Chops Way to $25K NLHE High Roller Title
    SCOOP: Russia’s ‘BIack88’ Chops Way to $25K NLHE High Roller Title

    Thursday’s action in the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker was all about star power. Among the winners were a recent November Niner, a young high roller powerhouse, a Russian online poker legend and, of course, a couple of Brazilians. Leading the way was Russia’s ‘Black88‘ who topped the 125-player field in the $25,000 High […]

  • SCOOP: Martin Jacobson Wins First Title, Calvin Anderson Gets #8
    SCOOP: Martin Jacobson Wins First Title, Calvin Anderson Gets #8

    Before Martin Jacobson was a World Series of Poker Main Event champ, he was an online grinder of some repute. Tuesday afternoon the Swede proved he’s still got it when he beat out a tough final table to win the first Spring Championship of Online Poker title of his career.