May 31 was the final day of new events for the 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker and it was another superb day of poker tournament action. PokerNews reported on a trio of events that progressed to Day 2, while a plethora of players from around the world became SCOOP champions on the 32nd and penultimate day of this $135 million guaranteed series.
Steve “Mr. Tim Caum” O’Dwyer is the man to catch going into the final day of the SCOOP-120-H $2,100 NLHE [Sunday Warm-Up SE], $500K Gtd.
Some 418 players sat down at the start of the tournament and only 28 of them remain in the hunt for the $150,547 top prize. O’Dwyer has a chip lead of more than one-million chips over second-placed “m.a-0000” but an O’Dwyer victory is far from a done deal because some of the game’s elite grinders are among the final 28 players.
Look out for players including Yuri “theNERDguy” Martins, Adrian “Amadi_07” Mateos, Benjamin “bencb789” Rolle, and Joao “Naza114” Vieira when play resumes. Also still in the hunt are the likes of Andrew “ClockWyze” Pantling, Tyler “Wonderboy222” Goatcher, Guillaume “Nolet20” Nolet, and Sami “Lrslzk” Kelopuro!
Follow all the action from this event on PokerNews.
SCOOP-121-M: $109 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, Sunday Million SE], $2.5M Gtd
Rob “robc1978” Cowen has done his chances of becoming a SCOOP champion no harm by bagging up the chip lead in the SCOOP-121-M: $109 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, Sunday Million SE], $2.5M Gtd.
Cowen bagged an impressive 6,605,708 chips at the end of the first day’s play and now has almost 1.5 million chips more than his nearest rival, “DemonOfDawn” from Brazil.
There are still 502 players in the field after a monster-sized 30,809 entrants bought in for $109. Among those returning to the PokerStars virtual felt are Charlotte “Sjlot” Van Brabander, Billy “b8chatz” Chattaway, David “MissOracle” Yan, Shawn “buck21” Buchanan, and Joao “IneedMassari” Simao.
It’s going to be an amazing finale to a huge tournament. Who will win? Find out on PokerNews!
Some 138 players remain in the SCOOP-121-H $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, PKO], $1.5M Gtd and it is Brazil’s “Rebozeio” who returns as the chip leader. The Brazilian is in pole position for the $153,478 top prize, plus the bounties they pick up along the way, but there are some superstars of poker among the returning players.
One of those stars is Darrell “FourSixFour” Goh who returns in second-place, around 1.5 million chips behind Rebozeio. Mustapha “lasagnaaammm” Kanit and Stavros “IDOLLS” Kalfa bagged up enough chips to be in the top 10 when play resumes.
Further down the chip counts you’ll find such luminaries as Max “goodeh99” Silver, Alexandru “steakaddict” Papazian, Conor “1_conor_b_1” Beresford, and soccer superstar Neymar “neymar-jr” Jr! Imagine if he won!
SCOOP 115-L: $11 NLHE [Afternoon Deep Stack], $75K Gtd
Entries
13,626
Prize Pool
$133,534
Winner
r-w-patriot (Russia)
First-place prize
$16,659
SCOOP 115-M: $109 NLHE [Afternoon Deep Stack], $250K Gtd
Entries
2,811
Prize Pool
$281,100
Winner
DaanOss (Austria)
First-place prize
$41,085
SCOOP 115-H: $1,050 NLHE [Afternoon Deep Stack], $350K Gtd
Entries
397
Prize Pool
$397,000
Winner
Jamil11 (Canada)
First-place prize
$72,321
SCOOP 116-L: $5.50 NLHE [8-Max]
Entries
27,550
Prize Pool
$134,995
Winner
polaac_RC (Argentina)
First-place prize
$12,193
SCOOP 116-M: $55 NLHE [8-Max]
Entries
9,567
Prize Pool
$478,350
Winner
ogurcon (Russia)
First-place prize
$48,768
SCOOP 116-H: $530 NLHE [8-Max]
Entries
1,075
Prize Pool
$537,500
Winner
Robin “robinho” Ylitalo (Sweden)
First-place prize
$87,775
Robin "robinho" Ylitalo, the former EPT London champion, took down the $530 NLHE 8-Max event and walked away with $87,775. Ylitalo came out on top of a 1,075-strong field to become a SCOOP champion and to bolster his bankroll with a substantial sum.
SCOOP 117-L: $5.50 8-Game
Entries
4,722
Prize Pool
$23,137
Winner
James “jimbomber” Finigan (United Kingdom)
First-place prize
$3,045
SCOOP 117-M: $55 8-Game
Entries
1,403
Prize Pool
$70,150
Winner
BRAZZMONKEY (Germany)
First-place prize
$10,766
SCOOP 117-H: 530 8-Game
Entries
262
Prize Pool
$131,000
Winner
Summ3L (Sweden)
First-place prize
$25,004
SCOOP 123-L: $5.50 NLHE [Turbo, PKO, Mini Sunday Cooldown SE]
Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.
