Day 3 of the 2021 Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) was extremely busy with no fewer than 19 PokerStars players becoming SCOOP champions. Throw into the mix another nine events that reached their Day 2, and you have more poker tournaments than you can shake a stick at.
Luckily for you, PokerNews has a comprehensive round-up of the SCOOP Day 3 action. Here goes!
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Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden is almost $180,000 richer today than he was yesterday courtesy of winning the SCOOP-08-H: $5,200 NLHE event. PokerStars slapped an $850,000 guarantee on the prize pool, which was hit when 176 players bought in.
Twenty-four places paid out a share of the $880,000 prize pool. Such luminaries as Ole "wizowizo" Schemion (21st - $12,253), Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder (11th - $17,083), and Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro (10th - $17,083) were among those who saw a return on their investments.
David "dpeters17" Peters was the final table's first casualty; Peters collected $20,171 for his ninth-place finish. "US_Alex" of Russia joined Peters on the rail, before Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, and Vicent "gordon0410" Bosca crashed out, leaving the final table five-handed.
Fifth-place and $59,781 went to Russian grinder "spaise411". Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski and Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood then exited, to leave the tournament heads-up.
Vousden and Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger locked horns in the one-on-one section of this $5,200 buy-in affair, and it was Vousden who emerged from the battle unscathed. Victory came with a $177,176 prize, which left Eibinger to console himself with the $135,035 runner-up prize.
Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson Denies Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich SCOOP Title
Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson is enjoying a hot vein of form. Wilson, a former competitive video game player, won the Thursday Thrill recently from a $55 satellite. Now he has a SCOOP title and a huge prize worth $151,778 to his name.
Wilson found himself heads-up against Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich in the $2,100 NLHE PKO Freezeout. Both players locked in $69,482 for their deep runs, but the final bounty payment was nothing short of gargantuan.
Geilich fell at the final hurdle and boosted his already chunky payout with a $14,468 bounty payment. Wilson, however, saw his payout increase by $82,296, for a $151,778 total score.
Navigating your way past 445 of the world's best players is no mean feat, especially when some of those superstars reached the nine-handed final table. Wilson already danced his way past the likes of Javier "que_te_trio" Fernandez, Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves, three-time Sunday Million champion Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov, and Aliaksei "Ale6ka" Boika before he had to battle with Geilich. This victory will be remembered by Wilson for a long time, and rightly so.
A total of 17 other players grabbed SCOOP titles on Day 3. Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi was among those winner, securing his fifth SCOOP title in the $2,100 HORSE event. There also titles for Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski and Andrey "kroko-dill" Zaichenko among others.
Nine events completed their Day 1s on April 6, including the SCOOP-13-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max] which the PokerNews Live Reporting team is covering. Simon "C.Darwin2" Mattsson leads that tournament where $241,956 awaits the eventual champion.
Event
Entries
Players remaining
Prize pool
Chip leader
First place prize
SCOOP-11-L: $5.50 NLHE 8-Max PKO, $35K gtd
15,157
115
$74,269
slabotochnik80
$3,525
SCOOP-11-M: $55 NLHE 8-Max PKO, $150K Gtd
7,187
158
$359,350
legenden
$21,781
SCOOP-11-H: $530 NLHE 8-Max PKO, $250K
988
49
$494,000
Sh1ftyXXX
$34,582
SCOOP-13-L: $109 NLHE 8-Max Freezeout
4,853
165
$485,300
Eremin.88
$69,091
SCOOP-13-M: $1,050 NLHE 8-Max Freezeout, Super Tuesday
873
104
$873,000
Andras "probirs" Nemeth
$146,714
SCOOP-13-H: $10,300 NLHE 8-Max Freezeout, High Roller
Twelve fresh events kick off on April 7, including the eagerly anticipated $5,200 7-Max event that is sure to attract some of the best poker tournament players in the business. Check out all the upcoming SCOOP events in the PokerStars lobby.
Date
Time (ET)
Event
07-Apr
10:30
SCOOP 17-L: $11 NLHE [Freezeout, Deep Stacks], $50K Gtd
07-Apr
10:30
SCOOP 17-M: $109 NLHE [Freezeout, Deep Stacks], $125K Gtd
07-Apr
10:30
SCOOP 17-H: $1,050 NLHE [Freezeout, Deep Stacks], $125K Gtd
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.
