PokerStars SCOOP 2020

SCOOP-96-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event 2nd Chance], $1,5M Gtd
Day: 3
Event Info

PokerStars SCOOP 2020

Final Results
Winner
Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas
Winning Hand
63
Prize
$348,643
Event Info
Buy-in
$530
Prize Pool
$2,449,500
Entries
4,899
Level Info
Level
55
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
16
Players Left
1

SCOOP-96-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event 2nd Chance], $1,5M Gtd

Day 3 Completed

Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas Takes Down the PokerStars SCOOP 96-M: $530 Main Event 2nd Chance for $348,643

Level 55 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante
Fabio Freitas
Fabio Freitas

After just over five hours on Day 3 of the PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker 96-M: $530 Main Event 2nd Chance, an inaugural champion has been crowned. Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas defeated Day 2 chip leader "thx4urm0n3y" heads-up for the first-place prize of $348,643 and a brand-new SCOOP title. The tournament attracted 4,899 entries on the first day for 607 players to get paid a share of the $2,449,500 prize pool which was created by them all.

Freitas has had some pretty deep runs and wins before but none have yielded the same results as he has done here today. He overcame many hurdles but managed to clinch the win in the end. The final table also included "LuckyBet101", "serrazina11", Bradley "mrbradleyy" Harwood, "$ubuta1", "AfRoBiZzLe!", "Anton720", and "Jessofaces13".

But there were more players in contention today as the final day of the 3-day tournament started with 16 players, "galo_pb", Leo "LeoFernandez" Fernandez, "bernderbei2", "M4GPI3, "cmontopdeck", Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles, and Felipe "Carboneraa" Carbonera were there too at the start of the day.

PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker 96-M: $530 Main Event 2nd Chance Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Fabio "LFFF22" FreitasBrazil$348,643
2thx4urm0n3yCanada$248,523
3LuckyBet101Ukraine$177,156
4serrazina11Malta$126,283
5Bradley "mrbradleyy" HarwoodUnited Kingdom$90,018
6$ubuta1Mongolia$64,168
7AfRoBiZzLe!United Kingdom$45,741
8Anton720Sweden$32,606
9Jessofaces13Canada$23,243

From 16 Players to the Final Table

The level duration was increased to 25 minutes as soon as the players finished the seven remaining minutes of Level 44 which allowed for more play during the day. Carbonera was the first to leave today when they three-bet shoved with ace-ten and were called by Gieles who held pocket fives. Carbonera flopped a pair of fives but the river gave Gieles the wheel to eliminate Carbonera. But his joy didn't last long as he was next to go when he four-bet shoved tens into the queens of "AfRoBiZzLe!" and got no help from the board.

"cmontopdeck" was floored next when he ran their ace-jack into the tens of Freitas. They flopped a flush draw but didn't get there in the end. "serrazina11" then took out "M4GPI3" with the higher kicker with "benderbei2" going away after when they got their chips in with ace-nine while "LuckyBet101" held queens. And then it was Fernandez's turn to go when he shoved with jacks. "LuckyBet101" found queens again and took Fernandez out to get the tournament to the final table bubble. The bubble didn't last long as less than ten minutes later, "galo_pb" was gone as they jammed their queen-jack into the ace-jack of "serrazina11".

Leo Fernandez
Leo Fernandez was eliminated in 11th place for $16,568

The Final Table

Freitas and "thx4urm0n3y" were the two players at the top of the counts when the final table started and even though the chip lead swapped hands several times, they also ended in those spots after almost four hours. "Jessofaces13" four-bet shoved with kings but "serrazina11" had aces to stay ahead throughout the runout of the board. It would take 45 minutes with several big hands being played before "Anton720" fell in eighth place with jacks. "LuckyBet101" held ace-king and hit the king on the river to get the field down to seven players.

"AfRoBiZzLe!" was ousted by Freitas before "$ubuta1" busted in sixth place with jacks versus the tens of "serrazina11". The ten on the flop meant the end of their tournament life. Twenty minutes later, Harwood was halted by "LuckyBet101". Harwood held king-ten and was ahead against the king-trey of "LuckyBet101" but the seven-six-trey flop wasn't good for him. The seven on the turn and the four on the river didn't help in any way.

A deal was discussed but not agreed upon and "serrazina11" was eliminated when they flopped a pair of tens when they called the reraise of "LuckyBet101" who held ace-queen. The queen on the turn brought "LuckyBet101" the higher pair and flush draw but also gave "serrazina11" a glimmer of hope on a straight. The eight on the river brought the straight indeed but it also gave "LuckyBet101" the flush to bust "serrazina11".

A deal was brought up again but before they could really discuss it, Freitas doubled up through "LuckyBet101", "LuckyBet101" then doubled back up through "thx4urm0n3y" but then lost all those chips again to Freitas when they found pocket treys. Freitas held eights and flopped a full house to get to the heads-up stage.

The two players looked at the numbers and the possibility of getting a PokerStars host to adjust the numbers from the ICM deal but found out that this wasn't possible so continued play. With pretty even stacks at the beginning of heads-up play, Freitas extended that lead by the time the last break rolled around.

"thx4urm0n3y" won a hand to get it back to even but shortly after "thx4urm0n3y" raised with five-four and was called by Freitas who held six-trey suited. The four-five-ten flop gave "thx4urm0n3y" two pair but it also gave Freitas the flush and open-ended straight draw. Freitas check-raised the bet of "thx4urm0n3y" who then responded with a reraise and called for their tournament life after Freitas shoved. The queen on the turn kept "thx4urm0n3y" alive for a bit but the seven on the river gave Freitas the SCOOP title and the wonderful first-place prize that came with it.

The PokerNews coverage of this event has concluded but there's still plenty of SCOOP action to follow so stick around.

Tags: $ubuta1AfRoBiZzLe!Anton720benderbei2Bradley "mrbradleyy" HarwoodcmontopdeckFabio "LFFF22" FreitasFelipe "Carboneraa" Carboneragalo_pbJessofaces13Leo "LeoFernandez" FernandezLuckyBet101Luuk "pokerkluka" GielesM4GPI3serrazina11thx4urm0n3y

The 3 things SCOOP winners do well (and how you can start doing them too)

Level 55 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante
3 Things SCOOP Winners Do Well
3 Things SCOOP Winners Do Well

The great Phil Galfond once said: “The biggest misconception in poker is that poker is its own innate skill, like saying ‘I’m good at dancing’.”

In other words, good players aren’t simply “good at poker”. There isn’t one thing that great poker players all do well.

The truth is that the best poker players possess a vast array of skills and traits which have led them to success. So when family members at the dinner table ask you “what makes a good poker player?” it can be tricky to pin down an answer without listing more than 20 different attributes.

Instead, we’re going to focus on what online tournament winners do well in order to achieve their success in the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) 2020.

Thankfully, a bunch of SCOOP champs were on hand to help us find out.

Check the full story out over at the PokerStars Blog!

"thx4urm0n3y" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($248,523)

Level 55 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante
thx4urm0n3y vs Freitas
thx4urm0n3y vs Freitas

"thx4urm0n3y" raised to 10,000,000 from the button and Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas defended their big blind.

The flop came {4-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{10-Hearts}, Freitas checked and "thx4urm0n3y" bet 9,964,000. Freitas raised it up to 19,928,000 for "thx4urm0n3y" to reraise to 48,624,320. Freitas responded with a shove and "thx4urm0n3y" took their time before making the call for the 193,941,389 they had behind.

"thx4urm0n3y": {5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}
Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas: {6-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

"thx4urm0n3y" had flopped two pair while Freitas was sitting on the flush and open-ended straight draw.

The turn brought them the {q-Diamonds} to keep "thx4urm0n3y" ahead but the {7-Clubs} on the river gave Freitas the straight and the SCOOP title which comes with $348,643 while "thx4urm0n3y" walks away with $248,523 for finishing in second place.

A full recap of today's action is to follow.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas br
Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas
489,900,000
240,260,523
240,260,523
Profile photo of thx4urm0n3y ca
thx4urm0n3y
Busted
Day 2 Chip Leader

Tags: thx4urm0n3yFabio "LFFF22" Freitas

Back to Even

Level 55 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante

Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas raised to 10,000,000 from the button and "thx4urm0n3y" called.

The flop came {2-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}, "thx4urm0n3y" check-called the 7,420,000 continuation-bet of Freitas.

The turn brought them the {7-Clubs} and "thx4urm0n3y" checked again. Freitas bet 16,217,999 and was called.

The river completed the board with the {2-Spades} for both players to check. "thx4urm0n3y" tabled {k-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} which was enough to pick up the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas br
Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas
249,639,477
-66,237,999
-66,237,999
Profile photo of thx4urm0n3y ca
thx4urm0n3y
240,260,523
66,237,999
66,237,999
Day 2 Chip Leader

Tags: thx4urm0n3yFabio "LFFF22" Freitas

No Deal; Play Continues

Level 55 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante

A deal was discussed and the tournament was paused but as "thx4urm0n3y" wanted more and there was no option for a host to come and help them, the tournament resumed and play continued.

"LuckyBet101" Eliminated in 3rd Place ($177,156)

Level 55 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante
LuckyBet101 vs Freitas
LuckyBet101 vs Freitas

"LuckyBet101" shoved from the button for 76,501,596 and so did Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas from the small blind for more. "thx4urm0n3y" quickly got out of their way.

"LuckyBet101": {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}
Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas: {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}

The board ran out {8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} for Freitas to flop a full house immediately to eliminate "LuckyBet101" in third place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas br
Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas
252,673,476
63,539,096
63,539,096
Profile photo of thx4urm0n3y ca
thx4urm0n3y
237,226,524
78,892,500
78,892,500
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of LuckyBet101 ua
LuckyBet101
Busted

Tags: LuckyBet101Fabio "LFFF22" Freitasthx4urm0n3y

Level: 55

Blinds: 2,500,000/5,000,000

Ante: 600,000

"LuckyBet101" Doubles Through "thx4urm0n3y"

Level 54 : 2,000,000/4,000,000, 500,000 ante
LuckyBet101 vs thx4urm0n3y
LuckyBet101 vs thx4urm0n3y

"LuckyBet101" raised to 8,000,000 from the button and was called by Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas in the small blind. "thx4urm0n3y" three-bet to 30,000,000 from the big blind for "LuckyBet101" to shove for 66,465,798. Freitas folded and "thx4urm0n3y" called.

"LuckyBet101": {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}
"thx4urm0n3y": {a-Hearts}{9-Clubs}

The board ran out {q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Hearts} for "LuckyBet101" to flop a set of queens to double up with.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas br
Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas
189,134,380
-5,500,000
-5,500,000
Profile photo of thx4urm0n3y ca
thx4urm0n3y
158,334,024
135,884,202
135,884,202
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of LuckyBet101 ua
LuckyBet101
142,431,596
71,575,798
71,575,798

Tags: LuckyBet101thx4urm0n3yFabio "LFFF22" Freitas