This year’s Spring Championship of Online Poker saw Team Pro Daniel Negreanu win his first ever online title. It saw Team Pro George Danzer win two events and put forth a Herculean effort to win the overall Player of the Series.* It was, by all accounts, a festival rich on story lines.
*A subsequent review of the leader board scores showed that Eric ‘AceQuad’ Brix was the overall winner. Read here for a full explanation.
Though each tale seemed taller than the last, no one could’ve predicted how rich the tournament would actually be. By the time the festival was done, PokerStars had paid out $75,585,435.05 in prize money, more than $10 million more than last year.
BLOM WINS THIRD TITLE, MAIN EVENT, $1 MILLION
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom is a cash game player, right? That’s the conventional wisdom. Somehow, though, it seems when it comes time to play a big money tournament, he finds a way to turn himself into a tourney player.
As you see above, it once happened in the PCA $100,000 High Roller. It happened again when he won two SCOOP titles last year. And, by golly, if it didn’t happen again yesterday when he won $1,096,00 in the $10,300 SCOOP main event.
His first tweet when it was over?
I win the scoop main! Feeling just like a million bucks..cash game seat open?
— Viktor Blom (@ViktorBlom) May 28, 2013
While that played out, Brazil’s Nicolau “nicofellow” Villa-Lobos won the medium buy-in event. The effort was worth $472,209 after a four-way deal that involved Team Online’s Randy “nanonoko” Lew who finished in fourth place for $368,445.
Meanwhile, the monster 23,045-player low buy-in main event went to Israel’s “MLiz” who pulled in $189,015 after a five-way deal at the final table.
DANZER WINS OVERALL PLAYER OF SERIES (or did he?)
There was never any questioning whether Team PokerStars Pro George Danzer had his eye on SCOOP 2013 Player of the Series. He played 130 tournaments over the 16 days of play. During that time, he cashed 24 times, made four final tables, and won two events outright. It was a stellar effort that earned him Player of the Series of both the high buy-in category and the overall series. For his marathon, he earned not only his untold amount of profit, but also packages to the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure an the EPT 10 Grand Final.
Edit: An error in the point scoring later revealed Eric ‘AceQuad’ Brix to have won the Player of the Series title. Click here for the full explanation.
We also want to recognize Stephen “stevie444” Chidwick who won the medium buy-in leaderboard as well as Team PokerStars Pro Marcin “Goral” Horecki who won Player of the Series of the low buy-ins. Both players get SCOOP trophies and PCA 2014 packages.
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
While the Player of the Series title is beyond impressive, it doesn’t always tell the whole story in terms of who cashed the biggest. There were some big winners in this year’s SCOOP. The biggest, of course, was Viktor Blom who pulled in more than $1 million in the main event alone.
Here are the Top 20 SCOOP 2013 earners.
WRAPPING THINGS UP
You can see all our coverage from the past two weeks in our special SCOOP 2013 coverage section. Also, don’t forget to check out all our video recaps on PokerStars.tv.
Once again, congratulations to all the champions and Players of the Series, and thanks for reading.
If you’d like to catch up with the most recent news, here are our wraps from the long weekend. Click on any of the headlines to read the stories.
bogdaniel111 breaks through, matt86ck takes top dollar in Event #34-L ($27 PL Omaha H/L)
Players: 3,719
Prizepool: $91,301.45
Places paid: 495
1. bogdaniel111 (Romania) $7,988.63*
2. Teminem (Ukraine) $6,257.31*
3. matt86ck (Poland) $13,500.00*
4. toomaskoomas (Finland) $7,616.50*
5. HnumTheGreat (Russia) $6,318.90*
6. ibluffgold (Malta) $2,967.29
7. farrider63 (Germany) $2,054.28
8. royeapoker (Chile) $1,141.26
9. loreh87 (Hungary) $730.41
*= reflects the results of a five-way deal that left $1,000 in play for the winner
TheLandlord1 evicts opponents to win Event 34M ($215+R PLO H/L)
Players: 943
Prizepool: $188,600
Places paid: 126
1. TheLandlord1 (Canada) $29,620.20*
2. henrikx (Sweden) $28,845.80*
3. paomala (Costa Rica) $18,294.20
4. UIDuffer (Ireland) $13,673.50
5. Fresh_oO_D (Germany) $9,505.44
6. Obamapoker88 (Sweden) $7,544.00
7. Liquid_PLO (Germany) $5,658.00
8. EdoTK (Sweden) $3,772.00
9. luk45zp (Poland) $2,263.20
(Payouts reflect two-way deal)
Akademnuk ascends to victory in SCOOP #34-H ($2,100 PLO Hi/Lo)
Entrants: 171
Prize pool: $342,000.00
Places paid: 27
1. Akademnuk (Russia) $73,530.00
2. Just F0LD it (Russia) $53,010.00
3. bedias (Brazil) $40,185.00
4. römpsä (Finland) $29,925.00
5. kuhns89 (Germany) $20,520.00
6. kirbynator (Canada) $17,100.00
7. 2mark (Germany) $13,680.00
8. plplaya (Canada) $10,260.00
9. KallApelsin (Sweden) $6,840.00
pierrec_m pierces field in Event #36-L ($27 NLHE 1R1A)
Entrants: 8,415
Rebuys: 5,362
Add-ons: 3,708
Prize pool: $429,256.75
Places paid: 1,080
1st pierrec_m (Romania) – $64,394.18
2nd BBCboom (Russia) – $47,377.06
3rd ZebMcCracken (Germany) – $34,340.54
4th meteze (Romania) – $22,750.60
5th OrangemanXD (Belarus) – $17,599.52
6th t8ofDiamonds (Malta) – $13,306.95
7th GodsTeacher (United Kingdom) – $9,229.02
8th kambera560 (Bulgaria) – $5,151.08
9th zabest_666 (Canada) – $3,326.73
Chance “ChanceCU” Kornuth shows poker’s a skill game, wins Event #36-M ($215 NLHE 1R1A)
Players: 1,430
Re-buys: 1,030
Add-ons: 909
Total prize pool: $673,800.00
Places paid: 180
1. Chance “ChanceCU” Kornuth (Mexico) $112,558.29
2. snejokCoxx (Russia) $82,203.60
3. skyboy69 (Portugal) $61,989.60
4. T.J. “1BigAceHole” Ulmer (Canada) $45,818.40
5. Cosita Rica (Costa Rica) $33,016.20
6. GearUp777 (Austria) $26,278.20
7. TIITTIIT (Canada) $19,540.20
8. IfoolU (Sweden) $12,802.20
9. fish2013 (Belarus) $7,007.52
Anthony “wwwBTHEREcom” Gregg wins first watch #36-H ($2,100+1R1A No Limit Hold’em)
Players: 224 (135 rebuys, 149 add-ons)
Prizepool: $1,016,000
Place paid: 27
1. Anthony “wwwBTHEREcom” Gregg (Canada) $197,720.35*
2. Elio “smokrokflock” Fox (Canada) $178,199.65*
3. robinho (Sweden) $119,380
4. bob43155 (Mexico) $88,900
5. TheMuIIetman (Sweden) $60,960
6. Rens02 (Netherlands) $50,800
7. Mafews (United Kingdom) $20,320
8. Clark “snake8484” Hamagami (Canada) $30,480
9. Sasuke234 (Sweden) $20,320
Reflects heads-up deal
klippen’s wings aren’t clipped in Event 37-L ($27 HORSE)
Players: 2,826
Prizepool: $69,378.30
Places paid: 368
1. klippen (Norway) – $11,796.36
2. DaliaAllin (Portugal) – $8,325.39
3. St3phenHendr (Austria) – $6,244.04
4. breasticlelv (Panama) – $4,856.48
5. ozenc (Austria) – $3,486.91
6. L1000000 (Canada) – $2,081.34
7. LuigiPalermo (Germany) – $1,387.56
8. Kazantipolé (Switzerland) – $693.78
Mitorun runs away with title in Event #37-M ($215 HORSE)
Entrants: 567
Prize pool: $113,400.00
Places paid: 72
1st Mitorun (Russia) – $19,604.32*
2nd guns_n_fight (Greece) – $17,534.18*
3rd David “WhooooKidd” Baker (Mexico) – $11,566.80
4th Fred_Brink (Denmark) – $8,505.00
5th YordanPetrov (Bulgaria) – $5,670.00
6th Tarzancev (Russia) – $3,969.00
7th Ulett_23 (Canada) – $2,835.00
8th holtekila (Norway) – $1,984.50
* denotes heads-up deal
Entrants: 107
Prize Pool: $214,000
Places Paid: 12
1. aDrENalin710 (Russia) – $58,315
2. highland (Canada) – $39,590
3. Team PokerStars Pro George Danzer (Germany) – $29,960
4. PearlJammer (Mexico) – $20,330
5. AceQuad (Mexico) – $14,980
6. NoraFlum (Mexico) – $11,235
7. CoooKay (Canada) – $9,095
8. skalexjung (Germany) – $6,955
Players: 2,906
Prizepool: $71,342.30
Places paid: 378
1. JKMatthews (Australia), $10,100.16*
2. JulianChrist (Brazil), $9,592.26*
3. yurasov1990 (Belarus), $5,992.75
4. LebenIsSchön (Germany), $4,172.81
5. Goral (Poland), $3,103.39
6. bolovic (Switzerland), $2,389.96
7. Gags30 (Canada), $1,676.54
8. nickosz (Hungary), $1,034.46
9. Raininkiwi (New Zealand), $606.40
* denotes two-way deal
ninototoroko crushes in Event #38-M ($215 NL Omaha Hi-Lo)
Entrants: 661
Prize pool: $132,200
Places paid: 90
1st ninototoroko (Brazil) – $24,787.50
2nd flexmasterNL (Netherlands) – $17,847.00
3rd Stephen “stevie444” Chidwick (United Kingdom) – $13,220.00
4th midastruck (United Kingdom) – $9,915.00
5th kintamani (Austria) – $6,940.50
6th bogdaniel111 (Romania) – $5,618.50
7th ezeelife (United Kingdom) – $4,296.50
8th miamia23 (United Kingdom) – $2,974.50
9th Fred_Brink (Denmark) – $1,864.02
gumasta scoops up a win in Event #38-H ($2,100 NL Omaha Hi/Lo)
Players: 118
Prizepool: $236,000
Places paid: 15
1. gumasta (Philippines) $59,000.00
2. N0b0dy (Canada) $40,120.00
3. karolinaD (Poland) $30,680.00
4. Calvin “cal42688” Anderson (Mexico) $21,830.00
5. jpro89 (Canada) $15,340.00
6. nilsef (Germany) $12,390.00
7. vandir4rek (Russia) $10,030.00
8. TY4Stacks2 (Sweden) $8,260.00
9. Eric “AceQuad” Brix (Mexico) $6,490.00
mossberg1988 mows down massive field and wins Event #39-L $55 PLO [6-Max]
Entrants: 3,007
Prize Pool: $150,350
Places paid: 390
1. mossberg1988 (Denmark) – $20,969.18 ***
2. balsarney88 (Malta) – $16,834.15 ***
3. Eric “AceQuad” Brix (Mexico) – $15,948.22 ***
4. ITSME81 (Belguim) – $8,269.25
5. Strlxen (Sweden) – $5,262.25
6. ttouch77 (New Zealand) – $2,686.75
*** denotes a three-way deal
krondix crushes Event #39-M ($530 PLO 6-Max)
Players: 700
Total prize pool: $350,000
Places paid: 90
1. krondix (Dominican Republic) $63,000
2. ANV1972 (Russia) $47,250
3. Popiedejopie (Netherlands) $35,000
4. cantbeat (Canada) $24,500
5. KamelAudun (Norway) $17,500
6. elabuga (Russia) $10,500
Daniel Negreanu takes first major online victory in Event #39-H ($5,200 PLO 6-Max)
Players: 180
Prizepool: $900,000
Places paid: 24
1. Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu (Canada) $216,000.00
2. FA_Morgoth (Austria) $148,950.00
3. römpsä (Finland) $112,500.00
4. ender555 (United Kingdom) $76,500.00
5. leshkaGmBlZ (Russia) $58,500.00
6. rdcrsn (Canada) $40,500.00
Players: 1,365
Prizepool; $273,000
Places paid: 128
1. Ashton “theASHMAN103” Griffin (Mexico) $41,285.79
2. jokkee_apart (Norway) $26,270.79
3. nizmo jiz (Australia) $13,134.03
4. maximum123 (Norway) $13,134.03
5. Andrey VNIIM (Russia) $7,316.40
6. 245112jp (Hungary ) $7,316.40
7. croman19 (Sweden) $7,316.40
8. veeea (Russia) $7,316.40
Ben “KidCardiff6” Warrington wins HU High-Roller Event #40-M ($2,100 NLH Heads-Up, High-Roller)
Players: 247
Prizepool: $494,000
Place paid: 32
1. Ben “KidCardiff6” Warrington (United Kingdom) $91,920*
2. caaaaamel (Austria) $85,920*
3. Rens “Rens02” Feenstra (Netherlands) $24,580
4. Vladimir “GVOZDIKA55” Shchemelev (Russia) $34,580
5. Pascal “Pass_72” LaFrancois (Canada) $19,266
6. Saul “iCeVeNoM” Khalili (Canada) $19,266
7. Paul “paulgees81” Volpe (Canada) $19,266
8. €urop€an (Finland) $19,266
* – reflects heads-up deal
mrGR33N13 does the talking, Ben86 does the winning in Event #40-H ($21,000 heads-up high roller)
Players: 32
Prizepool: $656,000
Places paid: 8
1. Ben86 (Canada), $200,401.00*
2. mrGR33N13 (Canada), $160,399.00*
3. Lrslzk (Finland), $65,600.00
4. theNERDguy (Brazil), $65,600.00
5. Helio TYF (Canada), $41,000.00
6. Sauce123 (Canada), $41,000.00
7. ninototoroko (Brazil), $41,000.00
8. kotkis (Finland), $41,000.00
* denotes two-way deal
zhenmao75322’s wall of chips wins Event #41-L ($27 NLHE 4-Max)
Players: 8,734
Prizepool: $214,419.70
Places paid: 1,100
1. zhenmao75322 (China) $22,0014.98
2. naGlo_LgaL (Belarus) $13,324.04
3. vagos9 (Greece) $7,721.25
4. TournamenT29 (Russia) $4,764.40
5. dagsie89 (United Kingdom) $3,014.74
hownorez has way after three-way chop, wins Event #41-M ($215 NLHE 4-Max)
Players: 1,777
Total prize pool: $355,400
Places paid: 224
1. hownorez (Czech Republic) $37,843.50*
2. zebest_666 (Canada) $37,297.21*
3. 360flip019 (Canada) $40,397.81*
4. Ashton “theASHMAN103” Griffin (Mexico) $12,630.91
5. Sklifus (Russia) $8,088.90
Danzer does it again in Event #41-H ($2,100 NLHE 4-Max)
Entrants: 380
Prize pool: $760,000.00
Places paid: 44
1st George Danzer (Austria) – $155,000.00*
2nd USoGotPwned (United Kingdom) – $168,988.00*
3rd Dan “w00ki3z.” Cates (United Kingdom) – $66,834.40
4th Zach “nofingclue11” Clark (Mexico) – $41,389.60
5th pezler06 (United Kingdom) – $26,964.80
* denotes heads-up deal
All too easy for nbk_oli who wins Event #42-L ($27 NL Hold’em, 8-Max)
Players: 21,598
Prize pool: $530,230.90
Places paid: 2,800
1. nbk_oli (United Kingdom), $62,082.88
2. philippe2211 (Switzerland), $42,418.47
3. YUNOABC (Netherlands), $31,813.85
4. CTaylor865 (United Kingdom), $21,209.23
5. meetpete33 (Germany), $10,604.61
6. jelsmulle (Denmark), $5,302.30
7. jusssti (Estonia), $3,711.61
8. TheDrunkLife (Canada), $2,386.03
An uphill victory for SlyderS1 in Event #42-M ($215 NLHE 8-Max)
Players: 5,436
Prize pool: $1,087,200.00
Places paid: 680
1. SlyderS1 (Hungary) $169,757.60
2. rain1812 (Estonia) $116,874.00
3. RomaFresh (Russia) $95,130.00
4. PokerBratv2 (Hungary) $73,386.00
5. BackDoorovic (Sweden) $51,642.00
6. JACKPOT786 (United Kingdom) $29,898.00
7. dariepoker (Romania) $13,590.00
8. psyhoagromor (Ukraine) $8,154.00
gaucho47 outguns Joe “ender555” Ebanks in Event #42-H, $2,100 NL Hold’em (8-Max)
Players: 905
Prize pool: $1,810,000
Place paid: 104
1st place: gaucho47 (Switzerland) $339,375
2nd place: Joe “ender555” Ebanks (United Kingdom) $244,350
3rd place: MAMOHT_T (Russia) $181,000
4th place: H.Oussalé (Germany) $135,750
5th place: thnkpositive (Thailand) $90,500
6th place: MilanRabsz (Poland) $63,350
7th place: HealTheWorld (Germany) $40,725
8th place: blaaaaaah666 (Ireland) $27,150
MLiz magnificent in Main Event with victory in Event #43-L [$109 NL]
Entrants: 23,045
Prize Pool: $2,304,500
Places Paid: 3,150
1. MLiz (Israel) – $189,015.34 **
2. Cha444 (Indonesia) – $121,137.18 **
3. Pawel.Mpl (Poland) – $142,494.02 **
4. yuricougar (Netherlands) – $111,322.40 **
5. Thru Ya City (Russia) – $114,277.40 **
6. sirgiannis1 (Greece) – $46,090.00
7. TWOcc (Switzerland) – $32,378.22
8. tonn22 (Netherlands) – $20,740.50
9. boomerangP (Canada) – $13,827.00
** denotes a five-way deal
Players: 4,039
Prizepool: $4,039,000
Places paid: 540
1. Nicolau “nicofellow” Villa-Lobos (Brazil) $472,209.35*
2. Bostero10 (Argentina) $434,760.63*
3. LuCasino777 (Slovakia) $396,731.01*
4. Randy “nanonoko” Lew $368,445.01*
5. mandalaclub (Brazil) $171,657.50
6. Need1MFasT (United Kingdom) $131,267.50
7. stasia42 (Israel) $90,877.50
8. iAct.VolanD (Russia) $50,487.50
9. zinkAA (Russia) $32,312.00
*= reflects the results of a four-way deal that left $40,000 in play for the winner
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom bests Boeken heads-up, wins over $1m in Main Event #43-H ($10,300 NLHE)
Players: 580
Total prize pool: $5,800,000
Places paid: 72
1. Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (United Kingdom) $1,096,200
2. Noah “Exclusive” Boeken (Netherlands) $803,300
3. cmontopdeck (United Kingdom) $591,600
4. Mike “munchenHB” Telker (Cyprus) $446,600
5. Sergio “zcedrick” Aido (United Kingdom) $313,200
6. Ravi “govshark2” Raghavan (Canada) $246,500
7. w4ldo (Germany) $188,500
8. leshkaGmBlZ (Russia) $130,500
9. Amadi_017 (United Kingdom) $88,740
Pablito_2121 is number one in Event 44L ($11 NLHE Turbo, 3xChance)
Players: 17,869 (14,810 rebuys)
Prizepool: $326,790
Places paid: 2,250
1. pablito_2121 (Belgium) $26,728.35*
2. SC72A (UK) $27,454.19*
3. mad.afurable (Germany) $24,078.68*
4. talentaki (Greece) $23,696.06*
5. Serg2407 (Ukraine) $11,437.65
6. michael raab (Austria) $8,169.75
7. HOMERos (Sweden) $5,555.43
8. RovoDice (Latvia) $2,941.11
9. starplayeren (Denmark) $1,960.74
(Payouts reflect four-way deal)
TiltMeHarder avoids mega-tilt and binks Event #44-M Wrap-Up [$109 NL Turbo, 3x-Chance]
Entrants: 4,656
Re-Buys: 3,126
Prize Pool: $778,200
Places Paid: 585
1. TiltMeHarder (Sweden) – $108,000.00 ***
2. filushh (Israel) – $85,589.25 ***
3. Fukuruku (Ukraine) – $83,840.40 ***
4. IvanRus063 (Russia) – $44,746.50
5. el kudos (U.K.) – $33,073.50
6. bas0r (U.K) – $25,291.50
7. Jude “j.thaddeus” Ainsworth (Ireland) – $17,509.50
8. gzottel (Germany) – $9,727.50
9. junco125 (Brazil) – $6,225.60
*** denotes a three-way deal
Players: 955 (604 rebuys)
Prize pool: $1,559,000
Places paid: 108
1st place: Ruben “rubenrtv” Visser (Netherlands) $168,957.76*
2nd place: John “kleath” Leathart (Mexico) $181,005.82*
3rd place: Steve “mcnallyville” McNally (Mexico) $186,478.79*
4th place: ocropTi (Germany) $161,081.83*
5th place: David “davidv1213” Vamplew (United Kingdom) $133,422.80*
6th place: a.S.e. High (Romania) $64,698.50
7th place: deamon10 (Denmark) $49,108.50
8th place: Zach “nofingclue11” Clark (Mexico) $34,453.90
9th place: Femmeonfelt (Canada) $19,995.20
* – Denotes results of a five-way deal
Brad Willis is the PokerStars Head of Blogging
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