SCOOP Spring Championship of Online Poker - All Stakes

PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker

2009 Spring Championship of Online Poker

With $30,000,000 in prize money guaranteed, and more than $40,000,000 awarded, the inaugural Spring Championship of Online Poker – All Stakes is all done after 66 tournaments of the finest online poker action. PokerStars players battled for 11 days through 22 events in a range of games including Hold’em, Omaha, Razz, HORSE and 8-Game Mix. Tournament players of all stakes from all over the world played for big money, Champion’s watches, and the prestige of winning one of the very first SCOOP titles.

Among the stand-out performers were two players, thehoffa and Unassigned who both won two tournaments - with Terence ‘Unassigned’ Chan incredibly winning both the Medium and High stakes tournaments of Event 20, Limit Hold’em 6-Max. pusteblume and teacuppoker topped the most cashes by a player with 15 each, while the USA recorded the most money and titles won by a country, followed by a strong series from Germany, and then Canada and the UK.

Event 22, also known as the No Limit Hold’em Main Event, was a huge success and attracted more than 20,000 players across the three tournaments, creating a combined prize pool of more than $10,000,000. The Low stakes tournament had a buy-in of just $109 and saw JannotLapin beat a field of 18,747 players to take home $151,203.71 for first place. Team PokerStars Pro JC Alvarado won the Medium stakes tournament, taking home $502,086 for the victory, while in the High stakes tourney j.thaddeus from Ireland picked up $963,338 in first place prize money.

There was a big turn-out from Team PokerStars Pro in all of the events and two tournament victories. First up was Hevad ‘RaiNKhAN’ Khan who took down Event 14, No Limit Hold’em 6-Max Low tourney for $58,107.01, and then Mexico’s JC Alvarado chipped in with that huge result in the Main Event. Also cashing big was John Duthie, who finished second in the high roller portion of Event 21, No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up Match Play taking home a cool $250,000, while Marcin Horecki had a solid series with a total of 13 money finishes.

Also up for grabs were points on the SCOOP Player of the Series Leader Board, which saw players of all stakes competing on an equal footing for some amazing prizes. The overall winner was get crunk, who topped the league with 305 points and collected the Player of the Series trophy, a 2009 WCOOP Main Event ticket, a 2010 PCA prize package, a 2010 EPT Monte Carlo prize package and a Special Edition PokerStars chip set.

To catch up on all the action, you can read tournament reports from every single event on the PokerStars Blog, and check PokerStars.tv for broadcasts of highlights shows from selected events. You can also visit the SCOOP - All Stakes statistics page for facts, figures and money lists from all of the events.

Watch SCOOP 2009: Event 22 - $10,300 NLHE Main Event on PokerStars.tv

Event Results

Event	Game	Stake	Entries	Prize Pool	Champion	1st Place

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