Inside SCOOP
Day all Completed
2024 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker
Inside SCOOP
Day: all
From a field of 534, just one emerged triumphant. "Fakhish"
The Mexico-flagged player defeated Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja and topped a field packed with talent to win $948,434 and their first SCOOP title.
Almaz "Alister307" Zhdanov, who won his first SCOOP title earlier this month, started the final table as chip leader but would have to settle for third place.
The only other former SCOOP winners at the final table were Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov and Juanki "B4NKR0LL3R" Vecino.
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fakhish | Mexico | $948,434 |
| 2 | Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja | Canada | $701,945 |
| 3 | Almaz "Alister307" Zhdanov | Belarus | $519,545 |
| 4 | Iago "neverstandard" Savino | Brazil | $384,531 |
| 5 | Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin | Kazahkstan | $284,604 |
| 6 | Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov | Belarus | $210,644 |
| 7 | krokodil.by | Latvia | $155,904 |
| 8 | Peter "pitaoufmg" Patricio | Brazil | $115,389 |
| 9 | Juanki "B4NKR0LL3R" Vecino | Estonia | $92,083 |
Final Table Recap
Almaz "Alister307" Zhdanov may have started the day as chip leader, but it was "Fakhish" who moved through the pack to lead with six players remaining.
Peter "pitaoufmg" Patricio started the day fifth in chips, but followed Juan Carlos "B4NKR0LL3R" out the door as start-of-day short stack "krokodil.by" laddered twice before ultimately being eliminated in seventh.
Six-handed both Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov and Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja doubled through Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin (pictured), who had started the day second in chips, before Buldygin himself doubled through Zhdanov.
Buldygin then picked up chips with the elimination of Yurasov, flopping a set of tens to send the Belarusian to the rail.
Despite this, Buldygin was next out, shoving with A♠K♦ into the pocket threes of "Fakhish". The board ran out 9♥8♦4♥10♥7♣ and Buldygin was eliminated.
Iago "neverstandard" Savino was unlucky to bust in fourth, getting jacks in against "Fakhish", only for the river to pair his opponent's queen and he was eliminated.
Then Radoja caught fire, sniffing out bluffs from both opponents three-handed. First, with the board reading 9♠6♦4♣4♠2♦ the Canadian was shoved on by Fakhish, calling with Q♠6♠ and getting shown the 7♥3♠ bluff from his opponent.
His next bluff catch resulted in an elimination. On a A♠9♣8♦ flop, he called a check-raise from Zhdanov and then called a bet on the 5♠ turn. Zhdanov shoved the 10♠ river, and Radoja called.
Zhdanov showed K♦7♥ for a stone-cold bluff with Radoja's 9♠7♠ rivered flush, seeing him enter heads-up with 76 big blinds to Fakhish's 91.
As heads-up play got underway, there was a brief mention of a deal. "We don't look [at] numbers? We could play for slightly less," said Radoja.
"Maybe later if we will have equal stacks ok?" came the reply from Fakhish.
But there were never equal stacks. Fakhish soon opened up a 3:1 and then a 4:1 lead heads-up, with Radoja unable to mount a comeback.
In the final hand, Radoja held K♦J♥ on a Q♠10♠8♦ flop for an open-ended straight draw while Fakhish had flopped two pair with Q♥8♥
The turn 6♦ changed nothing and although the J♣ river gave Radoja a pair, it wasn't enough and Fakhish was crowned champion.
Congratulations to Paulo "Paulohpmoraes" Moraes who took down the SCOOP-M: $1,050 Main Event. They topped a field of 3,993 players to win $493,965 after a heads-up deal with compatriot Guilherme "GoTelesGO" Teles who would have to settle for second place and $483,703.
SCOOP 115-M: $1,050 Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paulo "Paulohpmoraes" Moraes | Brazil | $493,965* |
| 2 | Guilherme "GoTelesGO" Teles | Brazil | $483,703* |
| 3 | 59ofspades | Costa Rica | $290,036 |
| 4 | Leonardo "LeoAlcantara" Alcantara | Brazil | $206,747 |
| 5 | Henrique "HenriquinAK" Starling | Brazil | $147,376 |
| 6 | PokerHorst | Malta | $105,055 |
| 7 | cocoojones | Denmark | $74,886 |
| 8 | ifyourgood | United Kingdom | $53,381 |
| 9 | Havana85 | United Kingdom | $38,052 |
*denotes heads-up deal
Start-of-day short stack "ifyourgood" started the day with eight big blinds, but it was "Havana85" out first. "ifyourgood" followed, with "cocojones" and "PokerHorst" eliminated in seventh and sixth.
Four of the top five players were from Brazil, and after "HenriquinAK" and "LeoAlcantara" were eliminated in fifth place, the remaining three players looked at the numbers.
Costa Rican-flagged "59ofspades" sat in the chip lead with 55 big blinds compared with around 27 big blinds for both Moraes and Teles, but not deal was agreed.
However, the Brazilian comeback was on, with "59ofspades" sent to the rail by "GoTelesGO" after running ace-six into the ace-ten of his opponent and failing to catch up.
With Brazilian PokerStars Pro Rafael Moraes looking on in the chat, the pair agreed to a deal. But that didn't stop the drama of the final hand.
Both players put 10 million chips in pre-flop, and Moraes checked to Teles, who bet 16.8 million on a 9♦8♦3♣ flop. Moraes check-raised to 54 million and called a shove from their opponent for 186 million.
Paulo "Pauilohpmoraes" Moraes: Q♦9♣
Guilherme "GoTelesGO" Teles: 8♥3♥
Having flopped two pair, Teles was in good shape, but the miracle J♠10♥ runout gave Moraes a backdoor straight to take down victory, secure a six-figure victory and become the newest SCOOP Main Event champion.
Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin was all in for his last 23.8 million with [asked] and was up against the 3♠3♥ of chip leader Fakhish.
The board ran out 9♥8♦4♥10♥7♣ and Buldygin was eliminated.
Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov opened to 6.3 million and Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin defended big blind.
Flop came K♠9♣2♥ and Buldygin shoved for 6.2 million nto 15 million. Yurasov called.
Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin: 10♠10♦
Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov: A♣Q♦
Buldygin was ahead and the 10♥ turn gave him a set. The river 5♦ bricked and Yurasov was eliminated.
It doesn't matter what poker tournament you're playing, you need the river to be kind to you. And that's exactly what it was to "greatness_m" heads-up in the SCOOP 115-L: $109 Main Event.
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | greatness_m | Thailand | $241,169 |
| 2 | Japa Bill | Brazil | $171,901 |
| 3 | Jesse "ezynow99" Wigan | Untied Kingdom | $122,567 |
| 4 | €uropictured | Romania | $87,348 |
| 5 | RisingStar | Z | Malta |
| 6 | Tom1006 | Germany | $44,384 |
| 7 | Alex “grinder1992” Dimitrov | Bulgaria | $31,639 |
| 8 | kopakabritu | Brazil | $22,553 |
| 9 | Matthew "mattydredd2323" Davies | Untied Kingdom | $16,076 |
In the final hand, the player playing under the flag of Thailand got it in good with A♥Q♠ against the A♦10♣ of "Japa Bill". The flop K♥10♠7♦ gave their opponent a pair, with the turn 2♣ a brick. However, the J♣ came on the river to hand "greatness_m" the win, beating a field of 23,616 players to win $241,169.
They had come into the final table as the second-shortest stack at the table, but by the time play got four-handed, he was firmly ensconced in the chip lead.
"greatness_m" could only watch as "€europictured" got it in with K♦K♣ and was looking good against the A♥10♦ of "ezynow99". However, the board came 6♣6♦J♥7♥A♣ handing "ezynow99" the double and leaving "€uropictured" with just two big blinds. They were eliminated in fourth, with "ezynow99" following soon after.
On a board of 4♠4♥2♣10♦7♣ "greatness_m" shoved on "ezynow99" who eventually called with ace-nine. However, there was no hero call as "greatness_m" had kings and sent their opponent to the rail. Holding a 120 to 26 big blind chip lead heads-up, they made short work of "Japa Bill" heads-up, wrapping up the victory in just over an hour's play.
Having gotten A♥10♦ in against the K♦K♣ of "€uropictured", it looked like the writing was on the wall for "ezynow99" as the flop 6♣6♦J♥ and turn 7♥ were dealt.
However, the A♣ came on the river to see them double up to second in chips behind "greatness_m" with "€uropictured" down to two big blinds.
With five players remaining in the SCOOP 115-M: $1,050 Main Event, it's Costa Rican-flagged "59ofspades" against four Brazilians.
Start-of-day short stack "ifyourgood" started the day with eight big blinds, but it was "Havana85" out first. "ifyourgood" followed, with "cocojones" and "PokerHorst" eliminated in seventh and sixth.
Almaz "Alister307" Zhdanov may have started the day as chip leader, but it's "Fakhish" who leads with six players remaining having soared up the chip counts.
Peter "pitaoufmg" Patricio started the day fifth in chips, but was first out, with start-of-day short stack "krokodil.by" eliminated in seventh. The remaining players have all locked up $210,644.