A total of 18 winners were crowned on Friday's Day 30 of the 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars.
PokerNews live reporting was right there for blow-by-blow coverage of one of the marquee events won by André "Sira Al Aziz" Santos.
In addition, Mike "SirWatts" Watson shipped his third SCOOP title this year and sixth overall.
Check out who were among the big winners in today's SCOOP recap.
PokerNews Live Reported 2020 SCOOP Events
André "Sira Al Aziz" Santos Wins SCOOP-110-H: $5,200 PLO High Roller
In just over four hours on the final day of the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker SCOOP-110-H: $5,200 PLO [6-Max, High Roller], the final 14 players out of a field of 110 entries have been whittled down to a champion and a maiden winner of the popular online festival has been crowned.
Portuguese poker pro André "Sira Al Aziz" Santos, who currently represents Croatia, already has a TCOOP title on his online poker resume from back in 2016 and the high stakes cash game player now adds a far bigger payday to his resume after defeating Hungary's "xnrobix" in heads-up.
Both were the only players to take home a six-figure portion of the $550,000 prize pool as Santos received $111,256.53 and "xnrobix" walked away with $107,219.12 after a heads-up deal that left $4,000 in cash and the SCOOP title up for grabs to the winner.
Another Portuguese poker pro reached the seven-handed final table as current 2020 SCOOP overall leaderboard contender Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira added further points to his tally after finishing in 5th place. The remaining contenders on the final table were Jean-Francois "bmwmcoupe" Talbot, the high stakes cash game players Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger and "XD89lol<3" as well as Henrique “RickLogrado” Logrado.
A total of 268 entries and 88 re-entries generated a $356,000 prize pool to surpass the $300,000 guarantee in this event.
Marton "noirduck" Czuczor won his first SCOOP title in style by shipping this event for $65,619 after defeating Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani (second - $48,699) in heads-up play.
Other notable players at the final table included Rodrigo "SELOUAN1991" Selouan (fourth - $28,510), Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez (fifth - $21,593), Jans "Graftekkel" Arends (sixth - $16,355), and Felipe "lipe piv" Boianovsky (ninth - $7,106).
A total of 390 players entered his freezeout event to generate a $780,000 to push past the $750,000 guarantee.
Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino was the last player standing and he collected a massive $93,570 in bounties to go along with $62,127 in prize money to bank a total of $155,697.
Other notable players at the final table included Jareth "jareth3542" East (fourth - $37,786), Aliaksei "ale6ka" Boika (sixth - $33,886), Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez (seventh - $22,551), and Tomas "T 54 T 97s" Paiva (ninth - $13,600).
Place
Player
Country
Prize
Bounty
Total Prize
1
Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino
Brazil
$62,127
$93,570
$155,697
2
copag holdem
Brazil
$62,127
$12,469
$74,595
3
Harleyy30040
Macao
$40,864
$3,875
$44,739
4
Jareth "jareth3542" East
United Kingdom
$31,099
$6,688
$37,786
5
efkinis24
Lithuania
$23,667
$11,693
$35,361
6
Aliaksei "ale6ka" Boika
Belarus
$18,011
$15,875
$33,886
7
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez
Uruguay
$13,707
$8,844
$22,551
8
megaliciou$$$
Romania
$10,432
$5,188
$15,619
9
Tomas "T 54 T 97s" Paiva
United Kingdom
$8,005
$5,625
$13,630
Ariel Celestino
SCOOP 109-M: $215 NLHE PKO Mini Thursday Thrill
Entries
3,385
Prize Pool
$677,200
Winner
"mendieta19" (Sweden)
First-place prize
$41,737 prize + $26,698 bounties
SCOOP 109-L: $22 NLHE
Entries
15,821
Prize Pool
$316,420
Winner
"bet121195" (Russia)
First-place prize
$15,293 prize + $7,691 bounties
SCOOP 110-M: $530 PLO
Entries
500
Prize Pool
$250,000
Winner
"hotmark777" (Lebanon)
First-place prize
$40,049
SCOOP 110-L: $55 PLO
Entries
2,880
Prize Pool
$144,000
Winner
"monopol" (Germany)
First-place prize
$20,846
SCOOP 111-H: $530 NLHE 6-Max
Entries
847
Prize Pool
$423,500
Winner
"$w4g4lc1ou$" (Malta)
First-place prize
$59,072
SCOOP 111-M: $55 NLHE 6-Max
Entries
7,105
Prize Pool
$355,250
Winner
Benjamin "BC1989RF" Chalot (Hungary)
First-place prize
$50,550
SCOOP 111-L: $5.50 NLHE 6-Max
Entries
19,181
Prize Pool
$93,987
Winner
"duxo 93" (Brazil)
First-place prize
$9,783
Mike "SirWatts" Watson Wins SCOOP-113-H: $1,050 6+ Hold'em
Entries
148
Prize Pool
$148,000
Mike "SirWatts" Watson went on to win his third SCOOP event this year and sixth SCOOP title overall after navigating through a field of 148 entrants to bank the $29,997 top prize.
Watson also won this event last year when it featured a higher $5,200 buy-in.
Also at the final table was Rinat "Zapahzamazki" Lyapin taking sixth place for $7,667.
