SCOOP Day 14: Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane Takes Top Prize
Day 14 of the 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars was the last day leading up to Sunday's main events. Several players stood out on Day 14, none more than Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane. He simultaneously final-tabled the high and medium buy-ins of Event 34, pot-limit Omaha six-max. He took fifth in the medium for $19,350 and emerged victorious in the high for $169,625. Steve "muggylicious" Sung and James "Andy McLEOD" Obst also had nice days. Sung won the high buy-in of Event 36 H.O.R.S.E. for $65,660. Obst finished runner-up for $45,560 and final-tabled the low buy-in as well.
PokerStars SCOOP Event 34-H (pot-limit Omaha six-max)
Buy-in: $5,000 + $200
Prize Pool: $725,000
Entrants: 145
*1. Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane - $169,625
*2. Hernan "HN Kakaroto" Novick - $130,000
*3. Entropy xx - $110,000
4. DonkPredator - $61,625
5. Jason "PBJaxx" Senti - $47,125
6. MrSmits - $32,625
*denotes three-handed deal leaving $10,000 to the eventual winner
Notable Finishes: Scott "gunning4you" Seiver (7th - $23,562.50), David "WhooooKidd" Baker (10th - $15,587.50), Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis (11th - $15,587.50)
PokerStars SCOOP Event 34-M (pot-limit Omaha six-max)
Buy-in: $500 + $30
Prize Pool: $387,000
Entrants: 774
1. kirbynator - $68,228.10
2. Mike "SirWatts" Watson - $50,310
3. petteytheft - $38,700
4. PokerVic - $27,090
5. Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane - $19,350
6. David "DonkCommited" Miscikowski - $11,610
Notable Finishes: Hevad "RaiNKhAN" Khan (9th - $7,546.50), Joe "hoodini10" Udine (19th - $2,592.90), Vadim "Markushevski" Markushevski (20th - $2,592.90)
PokerStars SCOOP Event 34-L (pot-limit Omaha six-max)
Buy-in: $50 + $5
Prize Pool: $176,750
Entrants: 3,535
1. BigBadBoss - $27,398.13
2. Mike "gordo16" Gorodinsky - $19,972.75
3. Scott "icallseat3" Sitron - $14,670.25
4. Nutrof - $9,367.75
5. lynxx88 - $5,585.30
6. asgawer - $3,093.12
Notable Finishes: Brock "t soprano" Parker (19th - $883.75)
PokerStars SCOOP Event 36-H (H.O.R.S.E.)
Buy-in: $2,000 + $100
Prize Pool: $268,000
Entrants: 134
1. Steve "muggylicious" Sung - $65,660
2. James "Andy McLEOD" Obst - $45,560
3. loooser17 - $34,840
4. pitplaya420 - $24,120
5. Joe "floes" Serock - $17,420
6. blony_tair - $13,400
7. John "$30K" Racener - $10,720
8. David "RugDoctor" Williams - $8,040
Notable Finishes: Marco "NoraFlum" Johnson (10th - $6,700), Alexander "joiso" Kostritsyn (11th - $6,700), Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi (14th - $5,360)
PokerStars SCOOP Event 36-M (H.O.R.S.E.)
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $165,800
Entrants: 829
1. Itbdone - $31,087.50
2. Marius "Spokey" Høgtun - $22,383
3. MissHerpes - $16,580
4. Nicolak - $12,435
5. Crispy86 - $8,290
6. Rendall 11 - $5,803
7. e1mdopp - $3,730.50
8. Mungy - $2,487
Notable Finishes: Bejamin "xthesteinx" Zamani (17th - $1,077.70)
PokerStars SCOOP Event 36-L (H.O.R.S.E.)
Buy-in: $20 + $2
Prize Pool: $76,420
Entrants: 3,821
1. Don_Insano - $12,379.32
2. james lucus - $8,597.25
3. qwzej - $6,877.80
4. Herbert761 - $5,349.40
5. ADP1985 - $3,821
6. X-Factor16 - $2,292.60
7. James "Andy McLEOD" Obst - $1,031.67
8. macey1 - $611.36
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