SCOOP Day 5: Brent "Astrolux85" Roberts and "nikov" Capture SCOOP Titles
It was business as usual on Day 5 of the 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars, going well into Friday before crowning its last champion. Event #12, a $2,600 knockout affair, was won by "nikov" just before noon on the East Coast. Taking down the nearly 19-hour tournament earned nikov $160,428.40.
Also emerging with a SCOOP victory was Brent "Astrolux85" Roberts. He took down the pot-limit Omaha heads-up high tournament for $87,960, adding a SCOOP victory to his résumé along with his WCOOP win.
PokerStars SCOOP Event 12 - H (no-limit hold’em knockout)
Buy-in: $2,000 + $500 (bounty) + $100
Prize Pool: $836,000
Bounty Pool: $209,000
Entrants: 418
1. nikov - $160,428.40
2. Kunal "kudos1017" Patel - $119,130
3. Brock "t soprano" Parker - $87,780
4. Dan "Danny98765" Smith - $66.880
5. Jim "BreakRibs" Kilarjian - $46,816
6. ryandawg15 - $35,530
7. Daryl "aaaaaaaa" Jace - $27,170
8. garompon - $18,810
9. Ben "delaney_kid" Delaney - $13,877.60
Notable Finishes: Todd "tbt4653" Terry (10th - $10,868), Nicholas "PKaiser" Fierro (14th - $9,196) Peter "twirlpro" Turmezey (15th - $9,196), Ravi "govshark2" Raghavan (22nd - $5,852)
PokerStars SCOOP Event 11 - H (pot-limit Omaha heads-up match play)
Buy-in: $2,000 + $100
Prize Pool: $388,000
Entrants: 194
*1. Brent "Astrolux85" Roberts - $87,960
*2. Patonius2000 - $75,000
3. ur_beatAA - $31,040
4. Jason "jadedjason" James - $31,040
5. Mike "NYC P.I.M.P" Shklover - $13,580
6. kirbynator - $13,580
7. Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi - $13,580
8. Forza Parma - $13,580
*denotes heads-up dealing leaving $12,960 to the winner
Notable Finishes: Robert "Craps4Dinner" Saltiel (9th - $5,820), Gordon "holla@yoboy" Vayo (12th - $5,820), J.C. "area23JC" Tran (21st - $3,880)
PokerStars SCOOP Event 12 - M (no-limit hold’em knockout)
Buy-in: $200 + $50 (bounty) + $15
Prize Pool: $580,200
Bounty Pool: $145,050
Entrants: 2,901
1. ubon1 - $91,382.17
2. eljay42 - $68,173.50
3. David "dcoop4506" Cooper - $48,736.80
4. Andrew "bankrollme87" Touchette - $33,361.50
5. asdf78 - $25,238.70
6. Mike "manifest23 Rowe - $19,436.70
7. Jason "miamihawk99" Dranschak - $13,634.70
8. zenmaster666 - $7,844.30
9. MaxBNuts - $4.931.70
Notable Finishes: Tim "Tmay420" West (13th - $2,755.95), Mark "RandALLin" Flowers (22nd - $1,595.55)
PokerStars SCOOP Event 11 - M (pot-limit Omaha heads-up match play)
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $194,200
Entrants: 971
*1. ProCasanova - $30,130
*2. Bballmike222 - $28,130
3. tybyt - $11,652
4. moonwatch79 - $11,652
5. David "Gorrioncillo" Gómez Morante - $6,020.20
6. Papartis88 - $6,020.20
7. Riapeno - $6,020.20
8. Drew2fire - $6,020.20
*denotes heads-up deal leaving $2,000 to the winner
Notable Finishes: Johnny Lodden (13th - $2,136.20), Ben "ShankingYou" Palmer (19th - $1,359.40), Mark "The Omaholic" Roland (32nd - $1,359.40)
PokerStars SCOOP Event 12 - L (no-limit hold’em knockout)
Buy-in: $20 + $5 (bounty) + $2
Prize Pool: $294,220
Bounty Pool: $73,555
Entrants: 14,711
1. SNGWizard - $34,422.38
2. chokdee1980 - $25,008.70
3. Steve "Illini213" Barshak - $19,124.30
4. marado_pkr - $13,239.90
5. Ljolja777 - $10,297.70
6. edmundtrebus - $7,355.50
7. rehzz - $5,001.74
8. pantely24 - $2,647.98
9. bucurone - $1,765.32
Notable Finishes: Justin "truesyalose" Truesdell (31st - $500.17)
PokerStars SCOOP Event 11 - L (pot-limit Omaha heads-up match play)
Buy-in: $20 + $2
Prize Pool: $77,960
Entrants: 3,898
*1. 92-talentet - $11,269.60
*2. leonydos22 - $9,000
3. TigerFM - $4,287.80
4. mannimo - $4,287.80
5. AJSallenave - $2,143.90
6. Buzzyb45 - $2,143.90
7. TyroniX - $2,143.90
8. el-prebs - $2,143.90
*denotes heads-up deal leaving $2,269.60 to the winner
Notable Finishes: Justin "skeptix" Lovanne (10th - $701.64), Eric "E-WeE" Mizrachi (36th - $233.88)
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