Day 8 of the 2020 Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) was another day of intense poker action at the PokerStars virtual felt. Thousands of the game’s elite grinders took to the table to chase fame and fortune in the $85 million guarantee festival. Which players manage to achieve those goals? Let’s find out.
Russia’s Artur “mararthur1” Martirosyan has been in scintillating form for several weeks, going deep in dozens of high roller events in the online poker. He won a SCOOP event on Day 5 and last night took down the SCOOP-29-H: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max Midweek Freeze, $750K Gtd.
Martirosyan banked an impressive $157,426 for his $5,200 investment. The Russian scooped the top prize after sending Dutch player “pm_marke” to the showers in second place. The runner-up collected $121,869.
Several household names were present and correct at the final table. These included back-to-back SCOOP Main Event champion Gianluca “Tankanza” Speranza, Francisco “Tomatee” Benitez and third-place finisher Ole “wizowizo” Schemion.
It was a British one-two in the SCOOP-29-M: $530 NLHE 8-Max Midweek Freeze, $500K Gtd with the Brits striking a deal when heads-up.
Gavin “gavz101” Cochrane is better-know for his PLO prowess but it was at the Hold’em tables that he excelled here. Cochrane officially finished in second and padded his bankroll with $71,742 after the aforementioned deal. “Sc0RPioN95” was crowned the event’s champion, an accolade that came with a chunky $83,609 prize.
Place
Player
Country
Payout
1
Sc0RPioN95
United Kingdom
$83,609*
2
Gavin “gavz101” Cochrane
United Kingdom
$71,472*
3
Kakalala
Denmark
$46,006
4
Zhan1977
Kazakhstan
$32,795
5
ddonkat
Austria
$23,377
6
Alexis “J0hnny_Dr@m@” Zervos
United Kingdom
$16,664
7
Vlada2108
Serbia
$11,878
8
Rus)Timur
Russia
$8,467
9
RodRish
Chile
$6,035
SCOOP-30-H: $530+R PLO 6-Max, $350K Gtd
PLO is an extremely popular game in Scandinavian and Nordic countries and that showed with four of the six finalists in the SCOOP-30-H: $530+R PLO 6-Max, $350K Gtd event hailing from those regions.
“WRUUUM” of Finland busted in fifth for $26,488 before the PLO specialist Andreas “Skervoy” Torbergsen crashed out in fourth for $35,878.
Sweden’s “tobbeb95” banked $48,598, which set up a heads-up battle between Netherlands’ “aaldert-92” and Norway’s Myrmo “locomi” Espen. There was a prize difference of more than $30,000 but no deal was struck. This meant Espen got his hands on $89,165 when he emerged from the one-on-battle victoriously. His Dutch opponent consoled himself with $65,828.
Place
Player
Country
Payout
1
Myrmo “locomi” Espen
Norway
$89,165
2
aaldert-92
Netherlands
$65,828
3
tobbeb95
Sweden
$48,598
4
Andreas “Skervoy” Torbergsen
Norway
$35,878
5
WRUUUM
Finland
$26,488
6
3DTemujin
Kazakhstan$19,555
SCOOP-30-M: $55+R PLO 6-Max, $150K Gtd
Joao “IneedMassari” Simao came agonisingly close to taking down the SCOOP-30-M: $55+R PLO 6-Max, $150K Gtd event but ultimately fell at the final hurdle. Second-place in this event weighed in at a cool $23,780 but that was blown out of the water by the $34,130 top prize secured by Greece’s “tsafas13”.
Also at the final table was the German star known as “Sintoras”. They put together another deep run but ran out of steam in third-place and had to make do with a $16,569 addition to their bankroll.
Place
Player
Country
Payout
1
tsafas13
Greece
$34,130
2
Joao “IneedMassari” Simao
Brazil
$23,780
3
Sintoras
Germany
$16,569
4
K-town Kirk
Canada
$11,545
5
mari4ka9510
Ukraine
$8,044
6
skattefar
United Kingdom
$5,605
SCOOP-31-H: $1,050 NLHE PKO, $400K Gtd
A field of 675 ensured the guarantee of the SCOOP-31-H: $1,050 NLHE PKO, $500K Gtd was surpassed by $175,000 and it as Russia’s “fantomvmk” who took full advantage of the juicy prize pool by being the last player standing.
The final table was a star-studded affair with such luminaries as Max “goodeh99” Silver (6th - $16,533) and Romania’s Vlad “dariepoker” Darie (5th - $20,891) being present and correct.
“L1VeYRdrEamS” and “shtiriltz_” busted in fourth and third place respectively, setting up a heads-up clash between fantomvmk and Netherlands’ “tonn22”. Tonn22 fell by the wayside in second-place and won $72,533, including bounties, leaving the Russian to win the tournament’s only six-figure prize.
Place
Player
Country
Payout
Bounty payout
Total payout
1
fantomvmk
Russia
$50,848
$53,030
$103,878
2
tonn22
Netherlands
$50,847
$21,686
$72,533
3
shtirilitz_
Russia
$31,940
$14,927
$46,867
4
L1VeYRdrEamS
Canada
$23,606
$4,609
$28,215
5
Vlad “dariepoker” Darie
Romania
$17,446
$3,445
$20,891
6
Max “goodeg99” Silver
Ireland
$12,893
$3,640
$16,533
7
Arturs “FeelTh3Power” Balins
Latvia
$9,529
$2,906
$12,435
8
MAMOHT_T
Russia
$7,042
$6,949
$13,991
9
Christian “ChristianBR4” Rabello de Almeida
Brazil
$5,205
$8,343
$13,548
SCOOP-31-M: $109 NLHE PKO, $400K Gtd
Anatoly “NL_Profit” Filatov became a SCOOP champion on Day 8 courtesy of being the last man standing in the SCOOP-31-M: $109 NLHE PKO, $400K Gtd.
Filatov banked the $33,567 top prize plus a cool $21,392 worth of bounty payments for a combined prize worth $54,959. A large percentage of that bounty payment was on the head of runner-up “fishgirl19y” of Greece who tripped at the final hurdle and had to settle for second place. The runner-up’s total prize weighed in at $34,738, a great return on a $109 investment.
Andras “probirs” Nemeth has an almost unnatural ability to navigate his way deep into the toughest poker tournaments. He’s gone and done it again in the SCOOP-33-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO], $1M Gtd event where he leads the 15 surviving players.
$113,785 is up for grabs for finishing first and nemeth has already accumulated $42,500 worth of bounties!
Some of poker’s elite join Nemeth on Day 2. These include Niklas “Lena900” Astedt, Thomas “WushuTM” Muehloecker, and Sam “SamSquid” Grafton.
May 8 is Day 9 of this incredible series and sees some massive tournaments take place. Check out the table below to see which events you can play in the table below in addition to the in-play events above that conclude later.
Time (EDT)
Time (GMT)
Tournament
Guarantee
1:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
SCOOP-36-L: $11 NLHE [8-Max]
$125,000
1:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
SCOOP-36-M: $109 NLHE [8-Max]
$400,000
1:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
SCOOP-36-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max
$500,000
2:15 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
SCOOP-37-L: $22 HORSE
$35,000
2:15 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
SCOOP-37-M: $215 HORSE
$50,000
2:15 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
SCOOP-37-H: $2,100 HORSE
$125,000
3:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
SCOOP-38-L: $5.50 NLHE [Heads-Up, Turbo Progressive Total KO, Zoom]
$60,000
3:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
SCOOP-38-M: $55 NLHE [Heads-Up, Turbo Progressive Total KO, Zoom]
$175,000
3:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
SCOOP-38-H: $530 NLHE [Heads-Up, Turbo Progressive Total KO, Zoom]
Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.
