Day 7 of the 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) was a big night for poker, with some of its biggest icons stepping up to the plate. Stealing the spotlight was none other than the 2015 SCOOP Main Event champ Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit, who won his third SCOOP-title in SCOOP-24-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller.
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves lived up to his moniker as well, as he finished third to Kanit in the High Roller before shipping Event-26-H: $2,100 NLHE [6-Max] for a total payday of $280K. Certainly not bad for a Wednesday!
"lasagnaaammm" Does It Again, Wins Third SCOOP Title in SCOOP-24-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller
The latest high stakes tournament of the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has come to a conclusion and a new three-time SCOOP winner has emerged in Event-24-H $10,300 NLHE High Roller. Mustapha lasagnaaammm" Kanit defeated Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov in heads-up to beat a field of 124 entries and claim the lion's share of the $1,240,000 prize pool, and the Italian claimed a top prize of $271,790.44 for his efforts.
Kanit's first SCOOP victory came back in 2014 when he topped Event #36-H: $2,100 NL Hold'em [Turbo, Re-Entry] for $376,920 and one year later he triumphed in the $10,300 Main Event for $1,304,720. The Italian was in the middle of the pack when the 15 Day 1 survivors returned to their seats but remained his usual jolly self on the final table despite being short-stacked, regularly engaging in table chat with Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel and also entertaining more than 1,200 observers.
While Carrel was the chip leader at the start of the day and maintained that status with a narrow lead over eventual runner-up Koliakov, Kanit teased that he wasn't far away anymore after he scored a double-up. Carrel missed out on his third SCOOP title and had to settle for fourth place while Kanit then dispatched Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves in third place and came out on top of a short-lived heads-up duel that lasted all but five hands.
"MaxHendrix" wins SCOOP-24-M, Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira Dominates Player of the Series After Second Place
It would take just over eight hours on the final day of the PokerStars 2020 SCOOP-24-M: $1,050 Super Tuesday Special Edition before a brand-new SCOOP Champion could be crowned in "MaxHendrix" who defeated Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira heads-up. A deal was struck between the two with "MaxHendrix" walking away with $169,485 and the bragging rights. While missing out on the title, Ferreira received both the lion's share of the prize pool and distanced himself further from the pack in the race for Player of the Series, bagging up his fourth final table of the series already just a week in.
This special edition of the Super Tuesday attracted 1,105 entries which didn't surpass the freshly increased $1,250,000 guaranteed prize pool. On the final day, a star-studded field of 72 players returned to battle it out for the lion-share of that pretty prize pool. Also on the final table were players like Luke "lb6121" Schwartz, Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson, and Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino.
SCOOP-24-L: $109 NLHE [8-Max, Mini Super Tuesday SE]
There certainly wasn't anything 'mini' about the low edition of SCOOP-24, as a gigantic crowd of 6,577 players put in $109 each to create a total prize pool of $657,700. Argentina's "proggrezive" was the last man standing after two days, padding his Stars account with a massive $93,454 for his accomplishment. Russia claimed the silver and bronze medal, with "33twister33" and "QQueenAAce" winning $65,579 and $46,021 respectively.
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
proggrezive
Argentina
$93,454
2
33twister33
Russia
$65,579
3
QQueenAAce
Russia
$46,021
4
brammel1800
Netherlands
$32,296
5
jokkee_apart
Norway
$22,664
6
stilchuka
Bulgaria
$15,905
7
IsAaC3147
Germany
$11,162
8
lizzzbeth88
Germany
$7,833
Big Day for Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves, Wins SCOOP-26-H: $2,100 NLHE [6-Max]
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves had two massive SCOOP-cashes on Day 7
After finishing third in SCOOP-20-H for $163K, Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves wasn't done yet as he wrapped up another two-day event on top. Reeves walked away with the victory in SCOOP-26-H: $2,100 NLHE [6 Max] by defeating a stacked 310-player field, worth $116,167.
Reeves defeated German juggernaut Ole "wizowizo" Schemion heads-up, with the latter receiving $84,579 for finishing second. Bertie "bigstealer" Bayley, Javier "que_te_crio Fernandez and Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs also made the final table.
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves
United Kingdom
$116,167
2
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion
Germany
$84,579
3
Bertie "bigstealer" Bayley
United Kingdom
$61,581
4
Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez
United Kingdom
$44,836
5
kenny0
Costa Rica
$32,645
6
Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs
Netherlands
$23,768
Other Day 7 Results
SCOOP-26-L: $22 NLHE [6-Max]
Entries
10,661
Prize Pool
$213,220
Winner
emifran99 (Uruguay)
First place prize
$23,657
SCOOP-26-M: $215 NLHE [6-Max]
Entries
2,071
Prize Pool
$414,200
Winner
Smithstudent (Russia)
First place prize
$61,798
SCOOP-28-L: $11 Stud Hi/Lo
Entries
3,620
Prize Pool
$35,476
Winner
Vasoski (Germany)
First place prize
$5,227
SCOOP-28-M: $109 Stud Hi/Lo
Entries
708
Prize Pool
$70,800
Winner
OK1OK2 (China)
First place prize
$13,275
SCOOP-28-H: $1,050 Stud Hi/Lo
Entries
117
Prize Pool
$117,000
Winner
MachineGunMK (Canada)
First place prize
$28,665
In-Play Events
SCOOP-29-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max, Midweek Freeze]
Prize Pool
$474,000
Players left/Players
246/9,480
Chip leader
ponja_to (Argentina)
First place prize
$65,174
SCOOP-29-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Midweek Freeze]
Prize Pool
$563,500
Players left/Players
159/1,127
Chip leader
JASON.MAC100 (United Kingdom)
First place prize
$90,541
SCOOP-29-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Midweek Freeze]
Artur \"marathur1\" Martirosian
Artur "marathur1" Martirosyan's successful SCOOP 2020 rolls on as he's the chipleader with 17 players left in the high edition of SCOOP 29, the $5,200 NLHE Midweek Freeze. Earlier this week, Martirosyan took downSCOOP-17-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller for $271,790 and is in pole position to add another six-figure ship to that amount.
Back-to-back SCOOP Main Event winner Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza and Ole "wizowizo" Schemion and Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles will also be back on the final day.
The eighth day of the SCOOP will see all the above events crown their champions. In addition, the following tournaments will kick off to create an action-packed Thursday! Download PokerStars today and jump right into the action!
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.
