2025 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker
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All this month, PokerNews is going to be bringing you some top tips on how to be at your best during SCOOP. These snippets of advice and pearls of wisdom will come to you from none other than...Spraggy.
He hasn't won a SCOOP title yet, but that won't stop him from telling you what you should be doing this SCOOP to get your hands on a shiny trophy!
"It’s not a tutorial. It’s a cautionary tale. If you want to learn how not to play jacks, I’ve got hours of free content, live misclicks, and the occasional accidental deep run.
"Educational? Kind of. Entertaining? Tragically, yes.
"Check it out here: https://www.twitch.tv/spraggy"
Benny Glaser is heading into SCOOP 2025 with a more balanced mindset, focusing on recovery and routine over intensity. Now in his fourth year grinding from Vancouver, the four-time WSOP champ says he's prioritizing consistency over obsession, with an eye on both SCOOP success and a full summer at the WSOP.
You don't win 11 SCOOP titles without knowing how to navigate your way through a tough final table. And that's exactly what awaits Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser at the final table of SCOOP 23-H: $1,050 NL Omaha H/L.
He's seventh in chips of the remaining seven players, and will face an uphill struggle to extend his SCOOP title record.
Also featured at the final table is Thiago "KKremate" Crema (3 SCOOP titles) as well as "dlampard" and "h3pp4p01k4" (1 SCOOP title).
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounty | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackOnCrack | Austria | $4,375 | 2,970,210 |
| 2 | Brandon_Tino | United Kingdom | $2,000 | 1,355,101 |
| 3 | Kkremate | Brazil | $1,188 | 1,114,774 |
| 4 | dlampard | Belarus | $250 | 995,309 |
| 5 | h3pp4p01k4 | Finland | $1,625 | 404,876 |
| 6 | vratario | Belarus | $1,375 | 240,620 |
| 7 | RunGodlike | United Kingdom | $250 | 119,110 |
The SCOOP action continues tonight, before the festival takes a rest day on Friday evening, with 21 events getting underway.
Most are No-Limit Hold'em, with the exception of SCOOP 28 (Fixed Limit Omaha Hi/Lo), SCOOP 30 (Stud Hi/Lo) and SCOOP 33 (Pot-Limit Omaha).
The biggest buy-in of the night comes in the form of the Thursday Thrill High Roller. This $5,200 buy-in event comes with a $400,00 guarantee.
Team Spraggy's "king153246" has had several near-misses so far this SCOOP, and has been one of the standout performers so far among the SCOOP League draftees.
After two third-place finishes, a fourth and a sixth in the opening week, they've now grabbed a SCOOP title. "king153246" won two WCOOP titles last year, but this is the first SCOOP title of their career.
They won $30,100 after defeating a 320-player field in SCOOP 20-H $530 NLHE [8-Max, Deep Stacks].
| Place | Player | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | king153246 | Albania | $30,100 |
| 2 | julioassp | Brazil | $22,581 |
| 3 | buck21 | Canada | $16,940 |
| 4 | bmbn73 | Malta | $12,708 |
| 5 | daltonhb | Brazil | $9,533 |
| 6 | random_chu | Indonesia | $7,152 |
| 7 | ShipitFTW911 | Sweden | $5,365 |
| 8 | matheusttcm | Brazil | $4,025 |
| 9 | supersamboy | Malta | $3,257 |
There was also representation from other teams in the money:
- Team tonkaaaa's ShipitFTW911 finished seventh for $5,365
- Kelvin "Kelvin_FP:AR" Kerber (22nd - $1,726) - Team Kelvin_FP:AR
- Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson (24th - $1,397) - Team tonkaaaa
- Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky (33rd - $1,131) - Team Spraggy
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