Austria’s poker phenom Ole Schemion is the latest winner at the $135 million GTD Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). He won his fourth SCOOP title after besting a field of 118 entries to win Event #102 High:$10,300 NLHE High Roller for a $258,639 from $1,180,000 prizepool. He faced Romania’s ‘megaliciou$$$‘ in heads-up who narrowly missed out on the title and ended up with a $200,391 for his runner-up finish. Macao-based ‘limitless‘ exited in third place and added $155,261 to his bankroll. Other prominent names at the final table were Steve O’Dwyer (3rd for $120,295) and 6th-place finisher Daniel Dvoress who banked $72,213 for his run.
Among other big winners on Wednesday, ‘PlayWMyNuts‘ won Event #103 High:$1,050 Six Max Pot Limit Omaha 8-or-better for $35,022 after 3-way chop with ‘riverpaigow’ (2nd for $31,487) and ‘mai0h123’ (3rd for $31,315). Also at the FT was Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard (6th for $9,782).
Konstantin ‘krakukra’ Maslak bested 49 runners in Event #106 High:$1,050 Pot Limit Five Card Draw to win $19,617.65. Andrei ‘Premove’ Skvortsov ended up as the runner-up for $12,848.
Event #102-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller $1M Gtd
- Ole ‘wizowizo’ Schemion – $258,639.29
- megaliciou$$$ – $200,391.37
- limitless – $155,261.45
- Steve ‘Mr. Tim Caum’ O’Dwyer – $120,295.21
- srzakgirona – $93,203.71
- Daniel ‘Oxota’ dvoress – $72,213.40
- osw666 – $55,950.29
- calculer_ = $43,349.77
Pascal Lefrancois Earns $416K For Winning Second Chance Main Event
Tuesday sawCanada’s Pascal ‘Pass_72’ Lefrancois besting a star-studded SCOOP final table to take home the second-largest score of his online poker career. He emerged as the biggest winner of the day as he outlasted 465 entries including the likes of Artem ‘veeea’ Vezhenkov, Timothy ‘Tim0thee’ Adams, Pavel ‘silentm0de’ Plesuv at the final table to win Event #96 High: $5,200 Second Chance Main Event for $416,741. The runner-up Alfred ‘Kzzon’ Karlsson banked $309,752.07, while William ‘hellzito’ Arruda settled for a third-place finish to walk away with $230,229 in prize money.
Among other big winners crowned on Tuesday, ‘TripleAjaxxx‘ outlasted a large field of 1,816 entries in Event #99 High:$530 NLHE PKO to win his first SCOOP title for $58,694 and another $28,346 in bounties. Simon ‘C. Darwin2’ Mattsson bested 325 entries in Event #101 High:$1,050 NLHE for $61,140 prize. Falling one spot short of the title was ‘YASOMAN‘ who walked away with $46,310.
Event #104-H:$530 NLHE Turbo PKO saw Ryokan walking away with the title. He bested 1,059 entries to win $37,220 and $32,439 from bounties. Runner-up ‘hopezACE’ took home $37,219 and $13,583.97 from bounties. ‘poker@luffyD’ finished third for $22,523 and $4,285 in bounties.
Event #96-H: $5,200 Second Chance Main Event
- Pascal ‘Pass_72’ Lefrancois – $416,741.68
- Alfred ‘Kzzon’ Karlsson – $309,752.07
- William ‘hellzito’ Arruda- $230,229.63
- Pavel ‘silentm0de’ Plesuv- $171,123.02
- Timothy ‘Tim0thee’ Adams – $127,190.75
- Andrey ‘Anjeyyy’ Novak- $94,537.05
- temka99 – $70,266.91
- Artem ‘veeea’ Vezhenkov – $52,227.17