SCOOP 2020 Day 15: Drinan Wins Again, Ties All-Time SCOOP Record

Yori Epskamp Senior Content Manager

May 15, 2020 7 min read

Connor "blanconegro" Drinan Wins Fourth PokerStars SCOOP Title, Ties Overall Record

It's already been an incredible PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) for Connor "blanconegro" Drinan and last night, he made it even more special. Drinan won his fourth SCOOP-title in a single series, tying Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb for the all-time record. "blanconegro" ended on top of Event 56-H: $1,050 HORSE for $30,231 for his fifth overall career title.

A total of 15 winners were crowned on Thursday, and PokerNews live reporting was right there for blow-by-blow coverage of two marquee events. Check out who were among the big winners in today's SCOOP recap.

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Mirza "zazano" Muhovic Wins SCOOP 57-H: $5,200 NLHE ($201,606), Veldhuis Seventh

PokerStars ambassador Lex Veldhuis streamed the action to tens of thousands of followers on Twitch.

Another champion has been crowned during the 2020 Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) and it was Mirza "zazano" Muhovic that emerged victoriously in SCOOP-57-H: $5,200 NLHE High Roller to earn the biggest slice out of the $1,000,000 prize pool.

Out of a field of 184 entries filled with some of the biggest names in poker, Muhovic had to overcome a tough final table which he entered as the chip leader and never once lost the top spot for the remainder of the tournament. In heads-up, Muhovic defeated Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist to earn a payday of $201,606 while Nordkvist had to settle for $155,222 and his second runner-up finish within a week.

Place	Winner	Country	Payout
1	Mirza "zazano" Muhovic	Luxembourg	$201,606
2	Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist	Sweden	$155,222
3	Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet	Canada	$119,510
4	Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle	Austria	$92,014
5	EEE27	Finland	$70,844
6	Job "DeadNylan" Greben	Netherlands	$54,545
7	Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	Netherlands	$41,996
8	kimokh	Lebanon	$32,334
9	Wildace_hun	Hungary	$24,895

At least one further player from the Benelux country already earned SCOOP title as far back as 2011 when "flashdisastr" came out on top of Event 12-H $2,600 No-Limit Hold’em [Knockout] to win the first title for Luxembourg. For Muhovic it was also the second final table of the current festival as he finished in 5th place out of 285 entries in SCOOP-35-H: $2,100 6-Max NLHE for a payday of $32,843.91 on Day 9 of the 2020 SCOOP.

Among the finalists were also Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet, poker coach and streamer Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle, Job "DeadNylan" Greben and PokerStars ambassador Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, who eventually finished in 7th place while streaming all the action on his Twitch channel.

Lex Veldhuis Final Hand Clip

Relive this exciting final table in the PokerNews live report

"CatLover666" Wins the 2020 SCOOP58-H: $2,100 NLHE [Heads-Up]

Dominik Nitsche — Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche made it to the semi-finals

Just three and a half hours of play were enough for Day 2 of the PokerStars 2020 SCOOP-58-H: $2,100 NLHE [Heads-Up] to end and crown a winner. "CatLover666" is the only player who managed to stay unbeatable during the course of two days with heads-up matches and win his first SCOOP title along with $71,400. The tournament had 119 entries and "CatLover666" prevailed in seven heads-up matches in total to win the lion's share of the $238,000 prize pool.

The Finnish player had to beat tough opponents on his way to the first place, such as Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs and Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche, while he beat "Grindation" in the final heads-up.

Connor "blanconegro" Drinan was eliminated in the quarter-finals, but, as spoiled already, went on to the $1,050 HORSE to close that one out.

Place	Winner	Country	Prize (in USD)
1	CatLover666	Finland	$71,400
2	Grindation	United Kingdom	$42,840
3	Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche	Germany	$23,800
4	fetopoker1	Mexico	$23,800
5	Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez	Uruguay	$9,520
6	Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs	Netherlands	$9,520
7	Connor "blanconegro" Drinan	United States	$9,520
8	wubblepig	United Kingdom	$9,520

Check out all the heads-up action here.

"Pimmss" Tops the Field on Day 1 of SCOOP-62-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, High Roller]

Juan Pardo sits in second place after Day 1

This past Monday, the Netherlands’ ”Pimmss” outlasted a field of 965 in SCOOP Event #43-H, a $2,100 Progressive Knockout tournament for a total prize of over $190,000. Three days later, "Pimmss" leads the final 27 of Event #62-H [8-Max, PKO, High Roller] $1M Gtd, taking a stack of 6.57 million into the money for Friday’s Day 2.

The tournament generated 235 entries from 172 players to result in a total prize pool of $1,175,000. It took just over seven hours of play for that number to reach 27, with Day 1 ending upon reaching the money. All remaining players have $6,105 guaranteed as a result, and Friday’s winner will earn $101,026 plus a substantial amount more in bounties.

“Pimmss” has already amassed $18,750 in bounties, but will have a full day's worth of work ahead if they are to win their second SCOOP PKO title in a week. The names that follow in the counts provide just a glimpse into the caliber of players that filled the tournament. Juan “Malaka$tyle” Pardo (5.55 million) and Preben “prebz” Stokkan (5.51 million) are the only other two players above 5 million, and Niklas “Lena900” Astedt (4.72 million) and Pieter “XMorphineX” Aerts round out the top five, with Astedt making it through on his second bullet of the tournament.

SCOOP 62-H will conclude tonight. Follow along with PokerNews live coverage of this event.

SCOOP 62-M: $530 NLHE PKO Thursday Thrill SE in Full Swing

With a few minutes left in Level 24, Day 1 of the PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker 62-M: $530 NLHE PKO Thursday Thrill SE finished with 190 players making it through to Day 2. The first four and a half hours of the tournament attracted 3,094 entries to the $1,000,000 guarantee to end up surpassing it by more than 50% as the total prize pool tallied up to be $1,547,000.

Taking the Day 1 chip lead honors is "gnetaren" from Sweden with 4,542,547 in chips. "gnetaren" only jumped into the top ten of the counts during the last hour of the day and ended up on top. they are no stranger to deep runs in tournaments with the PKO-format as they took down the Turbo Series 12: $530 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO] back in 2018 for example.

Second in the counts is a familiar name: Sven "SvenCalls" McDermott with 4,410,946 in his Day 2 "bag". McDermott scooped a big pot just before the end of the day when he collected the bounties of "marlin5555" and "trisgaudi" when he held pocket jacks. He was up against the ace-king of "marlin5555" and king-queen of "trisgaudi".

All the SCOOP 62-M action can be followed here.

Day 15 Results

Day 15 lived up to its name and crowned a total of 15 champions. Who were among the champs? Check it out below.

SCOOP 56-L: $11 HORSE

Entries	4,223
Prize Pool	$41,385
Winner	Tsubbb (United Kingdom)
First-place prize	$6,625

SCOOP 56-M: $109 HORSE

Entries	768
Prize Pool	$76,800
Winner	thomber26 (Norway)
First-place prize	$14,208

Connor "blanconegro" Drinan Wins Again in SCOOP 56-H: $1,050 HORSE

Entries	139
Prize Pool	$139,000

Connor "blanconegro" Drinan defeated Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah heads-up to tie Shaun Deeb's record of four victories in a single SCOOP. Drinan received $30,233 for defeated a field of 139 players.

Drinan followed up on his victory in SCOOP 40-H: $5,200 PLO just a few days ago. Drinan has now amassed over $11 million in lifetime winnings on the live felt (according to The Hendon Mob) and over $7 million under his moniker "blanconegro" on PokerStars.

Place	Player	Country	Payout
1	Connor "blanconegro" Drinan	Mexico	$30,233
2	Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah	Canada	$21,545
3	wiNNin83	Germany	$16,680
4	km_freestyle	Canada	$11,815
5	Skint Paddy	Ireland	$7,645
6	Spokey	Norway	$6,255
7	adkaf	Austria	$4,865
8	Harleyy30040	Macau	$3,823

SCOOP 57-L: $55 NLHE

Entries	12,360
Prize Pool	$618,000
Winner	JUCA_PIRAMA1 (Brazil)
First-place prize	$79,316

SCOOP 57-M: $530 NLHE

Entries	1,641
Prize Pool	$850,000
Winner	lucianodayan (Brazil)
First-place prize	$129,176

SCOOP 58-L: $22 NLHE [Heads-Up]

Entries	4,096
Prize Pool	$81,920
Winner	JJborio (Brazil)
First-place prize	$8,633

SCOOP 58-M: $215 MLHE [Heads-Up]

Entries	512
Prize Pool	$102,400
Winner	d0nkBluff (Romania)
First-place prize	$15,691

SCOOP 59-L: $11 NLHE [Progressive KO]

Entries	18,656
Prize Pool	$182,829
Winner	Eldon69350 (United Kingdom)
First-place prize	$11,175

SCOOP 59-M: $109 NLHE [Progressive KO]

Entries	5,408
Prize Pool	$540,800
Winner	jonespkr (Brazil)
First-place prize	$53,554

SCOOP 59-H: $1,050 NLHE [Progressive KO]

Entries	638
Prize Pool	$638,000
Winner	gerasag (Ukraine)
First-place prize	$98,092

In-Play Events

SCOOP 60-L: $11 NLHE

Entries	12,793
Players left	120
Prize Pool	$125,371
Chip leader	jesse483 (Brazil)
First-place prize	$16,015

SCOOP 60-M: $109 NLHE

Entries	3,338
Players left	107
Prize Pool	$333,800
Chip leader	Kemper_J (Canada)
First-place prize	$47,965

SCOOP 60-H: $1,050 NLHE

Entries	472
Players left	28
Prize Pool	$472,000
Chip leader	DEX888
First-place prize	$84,251

SCOOP 62-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max Progressive KO Mini Thursday Thrill SE]

Entries	19,406
Players left	405
Prize Pool	$970,300
Chip leader	destramkau (Lithuania)
First-place prize	$43,108

SCOOP 62-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max Progressive KO Thursday Thrill SE]

Entries	3,094
Players left	190
Prize Pool	$1,547,000
Chip leader	gnetaren (Sweden)
First-place prize	$95,640

SCOOP 63-L: $$11 Razz

Entries	3,233
Players left	72
Prize Pool	$31,683
Chip leader	ya$minna (Romania)
First-place prize	$5,228

SCOOP 63-M: $109 Razz

Entries	680
Players left	29
Prize Pool	$58,000
Chip leader	fNx_R (Ukraine)
First-place prize	$12,850

SCOOP 63-H: $1,050 Razz

Entries	116
Players left	11
Prize Pool	$116,000
Chip leader	totti1992100 (China)
First-place prize	$28,420

SCOOP 64-L: $22 NLHE

Entries	11,284
Players left	451
Prize Pool	$225,680
Chip leader	tavernaris (Greece)
First-place prize	$29,478

SCOOP 64-M: $215 NLHE

Entries	2,431
Players left	342
Prize Pool	$500,000
Chip leader	Kzzon (Sweden)
First-place prize	$73,674

SCOOP 64-H: $2,100 NLHE

Entries	275
Players left	35
Prize Pool	$550,000
Chip leader	pvigar (Brazil)
First-place prize	$104,723

Events Scheduled on May 15

Time (EDT)	Time (GMT)	Tournament	Guarantee
12:05 p.m.	5:05 p.m.	SCOOP-65-L: $11 8-Game	$35,000
12:05 p.m.	5:05 p.m.	SCOOP-65-M: $109 8-Game	$60,000
12:05 p.m.	5:05 p.m.	SCOOP-65-H: $1,050 8-Game	$135,000
1:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	SCOOP-66-L: $22 NLHE	$200,000
1:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	SCOOP-66-M: $215 NLHE	$350,000
1:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	SCOOP-66-H: $2,100 NLHE	$400,000
2:15 p.m.	7:15 p.m.	SCOOP-67-L: $11 PLO [6-Max, Progressive KO]	$50,000
2:15 p.m.	7:15 p.m.	SCOOP-67-M: $109 PLO [6-Max, Progressive KO] [6-Max]	$150,000
2:15 p.m.	7:15 p.m.	SCOOP-67-H: $1,050 PLO [6-Max, Progressive KO]	$350,000
3:30 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	SCOOP-68-L: $11 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, Shootout]	$60,000
3:30 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	SCOOP-68-M: $109 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, Shootout]	$125,000
3:30 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	SCOOP-68-H: $1,050 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, Shootout]	$200,000

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Yori Epskamp Senior Content Manager

A former professional poker player with a background in sports marketing and journalism. Yori has been a part of PokerNews since 2016 and manages the content team.

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