Keeping track of the “stand out” winners from SCOOP 2015 is proving a difficult task. Just as you think you have a moment to look back on some pretty remarkable results, 12 new ones appear from out of the night, names such as b8chatz, Fabahaba, Ib6121, Sir Watts, Maroonline and puropoker123. Or to put it another way, Billy Chattaway, Illari Tahkokallio, Luke Schwartz, Mike Watson, Emil Patel and Victor Lemos, who only the day before earned a first SCOOP title.
It’s difficult to know where to begin. What’s more, to look at the box scores (which you’ll find by scrolling below) you begin to notice the near misses, the players who nearly won but didn’t, and owing to space and our short attention span, don’t actually get much of a mention from us for their efforts.
So let’s change that today.
Billy “b8chatz” Chattaway earned a SCOOP title to go with his TCOOP title, but saw off some experienced opposition at the final table, not least Ami “UhhMee” Barer in eighth and Stefan “mindgamer” Jedlicka who finishing runner up, and was only one spot from winning his second SCOOP title of the year.
In between all of them though was Jason Mercier, reaching another final table and busting in sixth place – tantalisingly close to equally Shaun Deeb’s record of four SCOOP titles in one year.
Ilari Tahkokallio will always be a favourite on the PokerStars blog for that sporting gesture he made during EPT Berlin some years back.
Following a little “off field trouble” that year Tahkokallio returned to a hand that had been disrupted, waiting for a river card to be dealt. I forget the detail but he was ahead, and seemingly about to eliminate a player. But the “crowd trouble” meant that there was no way to assure players that cards had not been interfered with. Tahkokallio didn’t flinch in insisting the cards be dealt again. He lost the hand, but would go on to finish second to Kevin MacPhee.
Well Tahkokallio can now add a SCOOP title to his record. No interruptions, but he did have to steer around some tricky opponents, with Lief “drawgle17” Force in sixth place and our own Naoya “nKeyno” Kihara in third place.
Other Team Pros experienced near misses: Eugene Katchalov finished fourth in Event 27-H, won by Luke “Ib6121” Schartz, while Johnny Lodden reached sixth place in Event 29-H, an event won by Emil Patel.
So many ways for these stories to turn in a different direction.
But they didn’t, and you can read each of them by clicking on the headline links of all the scores listed below. Remember you can browse the entire list of SCOOP results on our dedicated results page, while get details on everything related to the series on the SCOOP homepage.
SCOOP 26-L: $11 NL Hold’em (3-Stack)
Entrants: 12,938
Prize pool: $129,380.00
Places paid: 1,620
1. Spektre1346 (Ukraine) $9,462.32*
2. PzyKo08 (Switzerland) $10,030.03*
3. ¿¿toneecho?? (United Kingdom) $15,000.00*
4. Spektre1346 (Ukraine) $7,518.20*
5. Rose Gambit (Brazil) $8,843.73*
6. 2nines (United Kingdom) $3,881.40
7. Broose51 (Mexico) $2,587.60
8. Markki_V (Brazil) $1,293.80
9. Degen_Erika (Serbia) $808.62
* reflects the results of a five-way deal that left $500 in play for the winner
SCOOP 26-M: $109 No-Limit Hold’em (3-Stack)
Entrants: 3,503
Prize pool: $350,300
Places paid: 450
1. shapkin7777 (Russia) $54,999.38
2. nmbrone1907 (Cyprus) $40,985.10
3. barilochesex (Argentina) $29,074.90
4. demondoink (United Kingdom) $20,142.25
5. billygstar (Thailand) $14,996.34
6. Z-ENERGIES (United Kingdom) $11,384.75
7. Al Magellan (Ukraine) $7,881.75
8. OMGitsH.O.H (Romania) $4,378.75
9. amkarovec (Russia) $2,802.40
SCOOP-26-H: $1,050 NL Hold’em (3-Stack)
Entrants: 588
Prize Pool: $588,000
Places Paid: 72
1. b8chatz (United Kingdom) $111,132.00
2. mindgamer (Austria) $81,438.00
3. TranquilMind (Poland) $59,976.00
4. dunphi (Germany) $45,276.00
5. ThEcLaiMEer (United Kingdom) $31,752.00
6. Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier (Canada) $24,990.00
7. neckbr4ke (Austria) $19.110.00
8. UhhMee (Canada) $13,230.00
9. Pass_72 (Canada) $8,996.40
SCOOP 27-L: $11+R PL 5-Card Omaha Hi/Lo
Entrants: 2,349 entries, 3,451 rebuys, 1,508 add-ons
Prize pool: $73,080.00
Places paid: 300
1. dr davy11 (Netherlands) $11,511.51
2. akkenny (Ireland) $8,404.20
3. Vae Victisss (Georgia) $6,211.80
4. Maksimus111 (Russia) $4,202.10
5. fartovick25 (Ukraine) $2,470.50
6. andristetis (Latvia) $1,460.13
SCOOP-27-M: $109+R PL 5-Card Omaha Hi/Lo [6-Max]
Entrants: 572 entries, 595 rebuys, 438 add-ons
Prize pool: $160,500
Places paid: 72
1. Ilari “Fabahaba” Tahkokallio (Finland) $30,495
2. Phokingjok3r (Canada) $22,470
3. Team PokerStars Online Pro Naoya “nKeyno” Kihara (Japan) $16,451.25
4. üä-qaypö.wsx (Austria) $11,235
5. alex987 (Russia) $8,025
6. Leif “drawgle17” Force (Mexico) $5,136
SCOOP 27-H: $1,050 PL 5-Card Omaha Hi/Lo (6-Max)
Entrants: 125 (69 Rebuys, 102 Add-ons)
Prize pool: $296,000
Places paid: 18
1. Luke “lb6121” Schwartz (United Kingdom) $69,268.09
2. TheHood (Australia) $59,491.91*
3. lacabanhita (United Kingdom) $38,480.00
4. Eugene Katchalov (Ukraine) $25,160.00
5. lukro8 (Poland) $19,240.00
6. Fred_Brink (Denmark) $13,320.00
* denotes a heads-up deal
SCOOP 29-L: $27 PL Omaha (6-Max, Optional Re-Entry)
Total entries: 6,240 (3,937 entries, 2,303 re-entries)
Prize pool: $153,192.00
Places paid: 780
1. SpeedUp2 (Bulgaria) $23,365.91
2. Unabomber238 (Russia) $16,468.14
3. x2out (Russia) $11,872.38
4. Lenze123 (Denmark) $7,276.62
5. Alexey “Shuller_A1t” Altshuller (Russia) $4,342.99
6. Andriyko1982 (Ukraine) $2,297.88
SCOOP-29-M: $215 PL Omaha (6-Max, Optional Re-Entry)
Entrants: 1,824 (1,159 entries, 665 re-entries)
Prize Pool: $364,800
Places Paid: 228
1. Mike “SirWatts” Watson (Canada) $58,368.00
2. MrSmits (Denmark) $43,776.00
3. FatmanScoops (Finland) $32,832.00
4. Zinobrinho (Gibraltar) $21,888.00
5. DOCTORB911 (Canada) $14,592.00
6. TherookieQQ9 (Canada) $8,609.28
SCOOP 29-H: $2,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max, Optional Re-Entry
Total Entries: 205
Entries: 179
Re-Entries: 26
Prize pool: $410,000.00
Places paid 24
1. Emil “Maroonlime” Patel (Finland) $98,400.00
2. 444446 (Lebanon) $67,855.00
3. Eddy “eddymaksoud” Maksoud (Lebanon) $51,250.00
4. TheFresKeR (United Kingdom) $34,850.00
5. Lena900 (Sweden) $26,650.00
6. Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden (Norway) $18,450.00
SCOOP-31-L: $27 FL Hold’em (6-Max)
Entrants: 1,459
Prize Pool: $35,818.45
Places Paid: 192
1. erikhangaard (Norway) $5,910.97
2. Rickiyo (Canada) $4,441.48
3. Dayeface (United Kingdom) $3,313.20
4. badlad (Ireland) $2,292.38
5. CoLa7687 (Germany) $1,468.55
6. rbrtioh (United Kingdom) $974.26
SCOOP 31-M: $215 FL Hold’em 6-Max
Players: 478
Prize pool: $95,600.00
Places paid 60
1. Gonzaga “Zagazaur” Briga (Portugal) $18,498.60
2. TheU10 (Germany) $13,718.60
3. Sintoras (Germany) $10,277.00
4. Fresh_oO_D (Germany) $7,074.40
5. Phill “Grindation” McAllister (United Kingdom) $5,066.80
6. Ozzy “Ozzy 87” Sheikh (Mexico) $3,250.40
SCOOP 31-H $2,100 FL Hold’em (6-Max)
Entrants: 149
Prize Pool: $298,000
Places Paid: 18
1. Puropoker123 (Panama) $77,480
2. Vandiesel (Canada) $52,150
3. ILYAK1717 (Finland) $38,740
4. blanconegro (Mexico) $25,330
5. toomuchneon (Canada) $19,370
6. Martin1213 (Canada) $13,410
Stephen Bartley is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.
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