Thursday’s action saw several PokerStars ambassadors come painfully close to tasting SCOOP glory.

Fintan “easywithaces” Hand was chasing his fourth SCOOP title and made a deep run in SCOOP 103-H: $1,050 PKO, finishing 4th for $8,509 plus $4,500 in bounties. The title went to “whaleptt” of Belarus, who defeated Ole “wizowizo” Schemion heads-up for $16,352 and $30,578 in bounties.

Sebastian “peace&loove” Huber also came up just short of another win, placing 4th in SCOOP 111-M: $109 Mystery Bounty Cooldown for $4,420 and $6,609 in bounties, a performance that helped his team leap into second on the SCOOP League leaderboard.

Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg continues to hunt for his first SCOOP title. He finished 11th in the $530 Mystery Cooldown for $1,521, including one of the five $7,500 mystery bounties, and added a 14th-place finish in the $530 Deep Stacks event for $2,239.