2025 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker
There was a SCOOP League shootout heads-up for the SCOOP 17-H $1,050 PLO [6-Max] title, with Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi up against Ole "wizowizo" Schemion.
Bruschi was representing Team Kelvin_FP:AR, while Schemion was looking to win his tenth SCOOP title and add more points for Team easywithaces.
In the end it was Bruschi who came out on top, defeating a 119-player field to win $26,752. This is Bruschi's third SCOOP title to go with his seven WCOOP titles.
| Place | Player | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internett93o | Brazil | $26,752 |
| 2 | wizowizo | Unknown | $20,518 |
| 3 | Iskendre | Bosnia & Herzegovina | $15,736 |
| 4 | Mastermandel | Germany | $12,069 |
| 5 | mikki696 | Germany | $9,257 |
| 6 | Suhepxm | India | $7,099 |
| 7 | AlexKP | Denmark | $5,445 |
| 8 | beastishngry | Hungary | $4,176 |
Only one other SCOOP League draftee cashed in this event, with Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser picking up a min-cash in 13th place.
There's no change in the SCOOP League standings, although Spraggy did extend his lead slightly over Team peace&loove in second.
There's still less than 500 points separating all five Teams, and with so much poker to play, anything could happen!
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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
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.
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 |