Team Lex still sits atop of the SCOOP League and is starting to distance themselves from the remainder of the quartet.
After the latest round of tournaments wrapped up, Team Lex remained at the top of the table with 5,120 points.
Team Spraggy is in second, well ahead of Team Tonka and Team Fintan, who have yet to breach the 3,000-point mark.
| Team | Sum of Points |
|---|---|
| Lex | 5,120 |
| Spraggy | 4,325 |
| Tonkaaaa | 2,990 |
| Fintan | 2,305 |
Team PokerStars Pro Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis is brimming with confidence after beating some of the world's best players on his way to taking down the $5,200 Titans Event this week.
In an exclusive interview with the PokerStars Blog, Veldhuis revealed he would have been delighted at winning an $11 buy-in SCOOP event, but the fact it was a high-stakes event with a big prize and against top opposition had left him feeling "maxxed out."
Team Lex tops the SCOOP League right now, and Veldhuis was full of praise for his team members. Find out what Veldhuis had to say over at the PokerStars Blog.
Hungarian superstar Andras "probirs" Nemeth added a fourth SCOOP title to his already impressive poker CV when he came out on top in the SCOOP 55-H: $1,050 NLHE 7-Max Turbo PKO. Nemeth outlasted a talented 210-strong field to capture SCOOP title number four and $47,218 in prize money.
Victory in high-stakes events is never easy because of the high-quality players that frequent them. Nemeth had to contend with the likes of Roman "Gogac sniper" Hrabec, reigning SCOOP High Main Event Champion Felipe "lipe piv" Boianovsky, and his heads-up opponent, Matthew "Stumfed" Stumpf.
Earlier this week, Stumpf won two SCOOP events in the space of three hours, but Nemeth denied him a remarkable hat trick.
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andras "probirs" Nemeth | Hungary | $29,273 | $17,945 | $47,218 |
| 2 | Matthew "Stumpfed" Stumpf | Canada | $4,703 | $17,945 | $22,648 |
| 3 | Felipe "lipe piv" Boianovsky | Brazil | $1,718 | $11,457 | $13,175 |
| 4 | Matas "NoTilit" Cikinas | Lithuania | $500 | $8,555 | $9,055 |
| 5 | DaniC19941893 | Brazil | $7,406 | $6,388 | $13,794 |
| 6 | Roman "Gogac sniper" Hrabec | Austria | $2,625 | $4,770 | $7,395 |
| 7 | aferrao147 | Brazil | $3,953 | $3,562 | $7,515 |
Estonian superstar Juan Carlos "B4NKR0LL3R" Vecino can call himself a three-time SCOOP champion after he won SCOOP 47-H: $1,050 NLHE Single Re-Entry. Vecino was the last player standing from a field of 264 entrants (including re-entries), and he got his hands on $50,200.
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juanki "B4NKR0LL3R" Vecino | Estonia | $50,200 |
| 2 | Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk | Finland | $37,611 |
| 3 | Haringbuis | Malta | $28,179 |
| 4 | Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi | Brazil | $21,112 |
| 5 | Espen "Hymn2Ninkasi" Jorstad | United Kingdom | $15,817 |
| 6 | Andras "probirs" Nemeth | Hungary | $11,851 |
| 7 | JackRipperJr | Denmark | $8,879 |
| 8 | wanderer_pro | Poland | $6,652 |
| 9 | Dominykas "Mikensonas" Mikolaitis | Lithuania | $5,508 |
Espen "Hymn2Ninkasi" Jorstad's fifth-place finish saw him win some valuable points for Team Lex in the SCOOP League. Fourth-place finisher Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi went undrafted in the SCOOP League, but the Brazilian is flying high in the Overall SCOOP Player of the Year leaderboard; he finds himself more than 200 points ahead of Patrick "pads1161" Leonard.
The SCOOP League has so far been an exciting addition to the festival, with fans and players able to get in on the action with one of four potential freerolls. Players have until May 20 to register, so click here for more details!
On the tables, the race to top the inaugural standings is getting tense. Lex Veldhuis still leads, with a 1,400-point margin over Spraggy in second, with Tonkaaaa and Fintan further behind.
However, as always, there are events tonight that might help Spraggy put a dent in that lead!
| Team | Points |
|---|---|
| Lex | 6,690 |
| Spraggy | 5,220 |
| Tonkaaaa | 3,450 |
| Fintan | 2,885 |
Got plans this evening?
There's a MASSIVE PokerStars SCOOP event running — one of many in a jam-packed SCOOP schedule — but this one you can qualify fo ras little as $11 thanks to direct mega satellites running in the PokerStars client.
SCOOP 65-M: $1,050 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill] comes with $600K Gtd and there are plenty of opportunities to qualify!
In SCOOP 60-H: $1,050 Razz, "FAL1st" from Team Spraggy holds the chip lead with eleven players remaining. However, he will have to fight of competition from three other players from Team Lex who are close behind him. The players from third to fourth in chips are all from the Dutchman's team, and collectively have won 19 SCOOP titles between them including the ten of Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser (pictured)
Also through to the final day are WSOP bracelet winner Adam "Adamyid" Owen, Mason "Pye_Face21" Pye and, fresh from his sixth-place finish in the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event, Niclas "Flushiisback" Thumm.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAL1st | Thailand | 1,281,705 |
| 2 | Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser | United Kingdom | 622,340 |
| 3 | WhatIfGod | Sweden | 599,900 |
| 4 | Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov | Thailand | 575,995 |
| 5 | Gabriel "pinguinho" Baleeiro | Brazil | 489,300 |
| 6 | sgsabioni | Brazil | 485,320 |
| 7 | Adam "Adamyid" Owen | Mexico | 398,365 |
| 8 | Bernado "bedias" Dias | Brazil | 360,930 |
| 9 | Mason "Pye_Face21" Pye | United Kingdom | 359,280 |
| 10 | Niclas “Flushiisback” Thumm | Austria | 315,465 |
