PokerStars Ambassador Sebastian Huber Propels Team Spraggy to the Top of the SCOOP League
Welcome back to PokerNews for day two of our daily coverage of the 2024 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) on PokerStars.
As the tournaments unfold, we'll continue to deliver the freshest updates, tracking the progress of PokerStars Ambassadors and keeping a close eye on the thrilling SCOOP League action, where poker fans can enter to win a trip to the UKIPT Malaga festival.
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Sebastian "peace&loove" Huber Doing the Business for Team Spraggy
As SCOOP Captain Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg watched his beloved Manchester United take an unexpected slide down the Premier League table after their tough 4-0 defeat against Crystal Palace yesterday, there's a silver lining in his poker world. His roster of poker enthusiasts have handed him 700 reasons to crack a smile.
Team Spraggy currently sits atop the Team Standings with 700 points, with fellow ambassador Sebastian "peace&loove" Huber being a driving force behind the early points haul after notching five cashes across the opening two days.
2024 SCOOP Team Standings:
- Spraggy - 700pts
- Lex - 660pts
- Tonkaaa - 590pts
- Fintan - 335pts
In SCOOP 12-L $33 NLHE, Huber's 15th place finish awarded him a payout of $1,146, while a modest $88 went into his poker purse after his 245th placement in the $44 SCOOP Bounty Builder.
Over the last 48 hours, Huber's performances have seen him accrue 135 points in the SCOOP League Table, putting him second in the overall leaderboard. He's only trailing behind online phenom Simon "C Darwin2" Mattsson (160pts), who's also another horse for Team Spraggy.
SCOOP League Table Top 10
| Place | Player | Points | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon "C Darwin2" Mattsson | 160 | Spraggy |
| 2 | Sebastian "peace&loove" Huber | 135 | Spraggy |
| 2 | "shadissimo" | 135 | Lex |
| 2 | "Flerrehuve" | 135 | Fintan |
| 5 | Christian "CMoosepower" Elgstrøm | 115 | Tonkaaa |
| 6 | Blaz 'Scarmak3r' Zerjav | 105 | Tonkaaa |
| 7 | "FAL1st" | 95 | Spraggy |
| 7 | Jerry "Perrymejsen" Odeen | 95 | Lex |
| 9 | Patrick "pads1161" Leonard | 90 | Lex |
| 10 | Niklas "Lena900" Astedt | 75 | Tonkaaa |
| 10 | "blairtoast" | 75 | Lex |
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos Goes Wire-to-Wire in $5,200 Titans
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos led the pack of 13 survivors who made it through to the finale of SCOOP 04-H: $5,200 Titans and went the distance to capture his sixth SCOOP title.
The generational talent defeated Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz in heads-up play to seal the victory, along with the $68,255 first-place prize. Mateos' massive $76,367 in bounties boosted his total prize to $144,622, kicking off the Spanish maestro's SCOOP grind in spectacular style.
The final table was full of crushers, sharing 35 SCOOP titles between them. Ignacio "Nacho124441" Moron rounded out the podium while the aforementioned Mattsson booked a fifth-place finish.
2013 PCA Main Event winner Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev also saw a return on his investment, bowing out in eighth place for $19,550.
SCOOP 04-H: $5,200 Titans Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Bounty | Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos | Spain | $76,367 | $68,255 | $144,622 |
| 2 | Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz | Brazil | $27,148 | $68,255 | $95,403 |
| 3 | Ignacio "Nacho124441" Moron | Spain | $23,047 | $45,575 | $68,622 |
| 4 | "uwintakeit" | Canada | $8,125 | $35,018 | $43,143 |
| 5 | Simon "C Darwin2" Mattsson | Sweden | $14,844 | $26,907 | $41,751 |
| 6 | Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs | Latvia | $5,625 | $20,674 | $26,299 |
| 7 | Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker | Austria | $1,250 | $15,885 | $17,135 |
| 8 | Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev | Bulgaria | $7,344 | $12,206 | $19,550 |
| 9 | "roo_400" | Canada | $3,750 | $10,285 | $14,035 |
Ambassador Round Up
As always, plenty of PokerStars Ambassadors were in SCOOP action on Monday. Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis impressed with a fifth-place finish in the $3,150 Side Event, earning $12,096.44. A nice bounce back after bricking the $5,200 Titans the night before.
Rafael Moraes claimed 33rd place in SCOOP 12-H $1050, winning $1,750, and Spraggy booked a couple of results: 360th place in the $320 Side Event ($131.25) and 99th place in the $215 event ($479.31).
Fintan "easywithaces" Hand has the opportunity to put his second notable score on the board, making Day 2 of SCOOP 08-M: $109 NLHE. He finds himself in the bottom half of the remaining 107 players, with a prize of $448 guaranteed.
Can the Irishman spin it up and seize the $58,352 up top?
SCOOP Day 2 Results
Several familiar names were among the victors from the last round of action. Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden continued to show why he's one of the most feared players on the virtual felt, grabbing SCOOP title #5 in SCOOP 02-H: $530 NLHE.
"Sintoras" became a four-time champion while Jonas "donut604" Mackoff, "Bxrn" and "BigM_King17" completed their respective hattricks.
Jonathan "x_zola25" Skovsen and "Oledjan" also joined the ranks of multiple-time winners, locking up their second SCOOP victories.
"CatfishBillyMan" was Day 2's biggest winner, thanks to the $148,559 prize they received for taking down SCOOP 04-M: $1,050 NLHE.
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