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Germany’s Leonard "Grozzorg" Maue pulled off something special on Monday night, defending his title in the prestigious SCOOP 42-H: $5,200 NLHE [Titans] more than a year after winning the same event in 2024.
The high-stakes regular, who now calls Vienna home, struck a heads-up deal with Mexico-based crusher "hello_totti" in a top two that combined tens of millions in online tournament earnings. Maue banked $106,963.10 for the victory, with "hello_totti" locking up $100,787.80 for second.
"king153246", playing for Team Spraggy, continued their remarkable run with yet another final table appearance in the event. The $24,070.57 score further cements their commanding lead in the SCOOP 2025 Individual Leaderboard race and continues a frankly unbelievable SCOOP series so far.
SCOOP 42-H: $5,200 NLHE [Titans] Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 | Leonard "Grozzorg" Maue | Germany | $106,963.10* |
| 2 | "hello_totti" | Mexico | $100,787.80* |
| 3 | "€urop€an" | Finland | $69,274.67 |
| 4 | "drew.derzh" | Ukraine | $53,186.62 |
| 5 | "SmilleThHero" | Austria | $40,834.78 |
| 6 | "wizowizo" | Albania | $31,351.48 |
| 7 | "king153246" | Canada | $24,070.57 |
| 8 | "whaleppt" | Mexico | $18,480.51 |
| 9 | "PaDiLhA SP" | Brazil | $15,456.51 |
SCOOP 2025 Leaderboard Current Standings
| Place | Player | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "king153246" | Albania | 1715.00 |
| 2 | "FAL1st" | Thailand | 1210.00 |
| 3 | Patrick "pads1161" Leonard | United Kingdom | 890.00 |
| 4 | Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser | United Kingdom | 730.00 |
| 5 | Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi | Brazil | 700.00 |
The $530 Sunday Million, one of the crown jewels of the 2025 SCOOP schedule, wrapped up with Belarus’ "staszor" grabbing the lion’s share of a bumper $1.14M prize pool. The former SCOOP winner who last year took down the SCOOP Afterparty Main Event banked $168,677.55 after outlasting a stacked final table across the two-day grind.
Brazil’s Lucas "O_LucasTorres" Torres came closest to denying the win, finishing runner-up for $120,238.07. Meanwhile, fellow countryman Carlos “Carlos levis” Ribeiro added another deep run to his SCOOP series, narrowly missing out on winning his second event in just three days.
SCOOP 42-M: $530 NLHE [Sunday Million] Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "staszor" | Belarus | $168,677.55 |
| 2 | Lucas "O_LucasTorres" Torres | Brazil | $120,238.07 |
| 3 | "luismi1912" | Honduras | $85,709.77 |
| 4 | "Olorionek" | Poland | $61,096.78 |
| 5 | "Jbiancolini" | Brazil | $43,551.87 |
| 6 | "StehAufEdik" | Germany | $31,045.26 |
| 7 | "Groomi" | UK | $22,130.22 |
| 8 | "allan sheik" | Brazil | $15,775.18 |
| 9 | Carlos “Carlos levis” Ribeiro | Brazil | $11,245.05 |
May 19 is a massive and manic day of 2025 Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) action. Some 13 in-play events resume play, including the $5,200 Titans, where Ole "wizowizo" Schemion leads the final nine in a battle for a $117,521 top prize.
The $530 Sunday Million also crowns its champion today. Only 91 of the 2,285 starters remain in contention for what will be a $168,677 top prize, the largest payday of the 2025 SCOOP so far.
While those 13 events get busy crowning their champions, another 21 fresh events kick off between 11:05 am.m ET and 5:30 p.m. ET on May 19. Expand the table below to check out today's schedule.
Besting a star-studded field and walking away with $63,636 is enough to put a massive smile on a poker player's face, but imagine they won that princely sum after investing only $55, That's precisely what happened to the United Kingdom's "benmiller500" in SCOOP 36-H: $1,050 PKO Bounty Builder SHR.
"benmiller500" won their $1,050 seat via a $55 buy-in satellite. They joined 367 other superstars in a fight for the largest slice of the $368,000 prize pool. Two days later, the satellite winner came out on top, banking $29,465 from the regular prize pool and $34,171 worth of bounties for a total haul worth $63,636!
Victory was never going to be easy in such a high-stakes event, but "benmiller500" kept their cool and didn't look out of place at the final table, despite it housing such luminaries as Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg, Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser, Ukraine's "234241234214432," and 11-time SCOOP champion Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson.
The champion defeated Austria's "Sunni_92" heads-up to capture the title and a bankroll-bossting payout. Their Return On Investment (ROI)? A cool 1,156%
Did you know that every 2025 PokerStars Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) event you play could result in you receiving a share of $500,000 worth of tournament entries? If you didn't, you do now! The SCOOP Lucky Dip promotion runs from May 11 through June 1 and sees PokerStars award over half a million dollars worth of SCOOP tickets.
There is still much poker to be played during the 2025 PokerStars Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP), but Team Spraggy has forged a lead in the exciting SCOOP League.
Team Spraggy members have accumulated 2,990 points through May 18, some 390 more than Team "peace&loove" (2,600) in second place. Kevin "Kelvin_FP:AR" Kerber, a new team captain for 2025, occupies third place (2,465), with Team easywithaces (2,440) in fourth. Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot's Team tonkaaaa needs some deep runs from its members because they are currently bringing up the rear with 2,000 points.
Team Spraggy's impressive total is being helped by the form of "king153426," who has been racking up SCOOP cashes and final tables like there's no tomorrow. To date, "king153426" has 70 cashes worth $169,968 to their name!
Learn more about the SCOOP League and the SCOOP League teams in this PokerNews article.
The unique format of mystery bounty tournaments means it is often the correct play to get your chips into the middle with a ridiculous range of hands if there is a chance of opening the jackpot-containing envelope. Such a scenario reared its head for Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg during SCOOP 45-M: $55 NLHE Turbo Mystery Bounty Sunday Cooldown.
A multi-way pot saw six players all-in, with Spragg getting in on the action with the lowly seven-three offsuit! Although he paired his three and added 60,000 chips to his stack, Spragg missed out on a trio of mystery bounty payments.
Spragg would ultimately fall in 373rd place from 4,382 entrants, earning $81.24 from the regular prize pool, but not managing to claim any bounties.
Sweden's "iamivar" eventually came out on top, claimed their sixth SCOOP victory, and a total prize tipping the scales at $14,984.
Fintan "easywithaces" Hand claimed to never win big pots with pocket nines, but that all changed on Sunday night in SCOOP 40-H: $530 NLHE Sunday Kickoff. Midway into the tournament, Hand got his stack in with pocket nines and found himself up against an inferior pair of sixes.
"Oh, it's beautiful," exclaimed Hand as he flopped a set. He faded a straight draw to bolster his stack.
Hand would eventually fall in 20th place from 519 entrants, turning his $530 into $2,274.
This event paused with 16 players in contention for the $46,089 top prize. Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic of Team Spraggy returns to the action from 5:30 p.m. BST on May 19 second in chips. Others to look out for on Day 2 include Jamie "Ship It 2010" O'Connor, Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson, Pedro "PaDiLha SP" Padilha, and Mathew "matfrankland" Frankland.
Swedish superstar Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson is tied with Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser at the top of the all-time SCOOP leaderboard. Mattsson won his tenth SCOOP title last week, taking down the $5,200 Super Tuesday High Roller for $107,964. He now has two 2025 titles and 11 overall after coming out on top in SCOOP 33-H $530 PLO [6-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO, Single Re-Entry],$60K Gtd.
Mattsson navigated a field of 128 entrants, including a final table housing fellow SCOOP League competitors "FAL1st" and Blaz "Scarmak3r" Zerjav, the latter of whom fell in second place. The Swede not only added another SCOOP title to his resume and boosted his bankroll, but also earned some valuable points for the current SCOOP League's bottom team, Team tonkaaaa.
SCOOP 33-H $530 PLO [6-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO, Single Re-Entry],$60K Gtd Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson | Sweden | $8,330 | $6,355 | $14,685 |
| 2 | Blaz "Scarmak3r" Zerjav | Slovenia | $2,439 | $6,355 | $8,794 |
| 3 | Jamie "Ship It 2010" O'Connor | United Kingdom | $1,894 | $4,231 | $6,125 |
| 4 | SpeedUp2 | Bulgaria | $2,296 | $3,245 | $5,541 |
| 5 | FAL1st | Thailand | $1,281 | $2,489 | $3,770 |
| 6 | SkillG@me | Bulgaria | $1,726 | $1,908 | $3,634 |
| 7 | ISILDRooN | Sweden | $937 | $1,464 | $2,401 |
