Shawn "buck21" Buchanan Wins His Fourth and Fifth PokerStars SCOOP Titles
The 2016 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is more than halfway through. The 55 events are broken out into low, medium, and high buy-ins, creating a total of 165 different tournaments with a combined $40 million in guaranteed prize pools.
You can read our recap here on the first 11 events, highlighted by the United Kingdom's Luke "lb6121" Schwartz winning his fifth SCOOP title, just one behind the record held by American poker refugee Calvin "cal42688" Anderson , but for this article we'll be focusing on another now five-time SCOOP champion.
Shawn "buck21" Buchanan became the latest to win his fifth SCOOP title, putting him in a tie with Schwartz and Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb for the second most, but getting his fifth is only heightened by the fact that right before it he won his fourth. First, Buchanan won the SCOOP-14-H: $2,100 NL Omaha Hi/Lo [6-Max, Turbo, Zoom], $300K Guaranteed for $82,160. He then claimed victory later in the series in the SCOOP-24-M: $2,100 NL Hold'em [8-Max, High-Roller], $300K Guaranteed for $270,125.
Chile's Nick "chilenocl" Yunis won his second SCOOP event and his biggest cash on PokerStars after outlasting a field of 216 players to win the SCOOP-12-H: $2,100 NL Hold'em [6-Max, Shootout], $200K Guaranteed for $95,040. His first win came last year in the SCOOP-38-H: $2,100 NL Hold'em [1R1A], $500K Gtd , when he won $40,950.
In the next event, Thiago "tgrigoletti" Grigoletti became the eighth Brazilian to win a SCOOP title this year when he won the SCOOP-13-H: $700 NL Hold'em [Progressive Super-Knockout], $100K Guaranteed for $68,287.36, plus $54,724.33 in bounties.
Germany's "SsicK_OnE" joined the ranks of winning multiple SCOOP titles after winning the SCOOP-18-H: $700 NL Hold'em, $250K Guaranteed for $143,880. Last year he won his first SCOOP title when he banked $22,209 after winning the SCOOP-12-M: $82 NL Holdem [Ante Up] - $75K Gtd .
Meanwhile, Dario "Secret_M0d3" Sammartino became the biggest winner thus far in this year's SCOOP after shipping the SCOOP-24-H: $21,000 NL Hold'em [8-Max, High-Roller], $500K Guaranteed for a very impressive $718,218 .
Also enjoying big paydays were Joaquin "elmelogno4" Melogno and Lithuanian-born Matas "bebaimis777" Cimbolas , who, as a result of a heads-up deal in the SCOOP-29-H: $2,100 NL Hold'em, $1M Guaranteed , banked $323,714 and $292,566, respectfully.
Here is a look at all the latest SCOOP High event results:
SCOOP-12-H: $2,100 NL Hold'em [6-Max, Shootout], $200K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$2,000+100 May 11 216 $432,000
Place Player Prize
1 Nick "chilenocl" Yunis $95,040.00
2 Matt "OLD TIME GIN" Stone $66,312.00
3 WATnlos $49,680.00
4 Michael "munchenHB" Telker $34,560.00
5 Alex "bigfox86" Foxen $25,920.00
6 Jimmy "jays94" Molloy $17,280.00
SCOOP-13-H: $700 NL Hold'em [Progressive Super-Knockout], $100K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$332.50+332.50+35 May 11 1,360 $904,400
Place Player Prize
1 Thiago "tgrigoletti" Grigoletti $68,287.36* + $54,724.33 in bounties
2 maoosalazar $66,287.36* + $16,750.81 in bounties
3 gilcoe $42,959.00 + $6,134.31 in bounties
4 Andrey "Kot_Spartac" Kotelnikov $31,473.12 + $2,639.19 in bounties
5 swordfish007 $22,383.90 + $5494.00 in bounties
6 Rory "Mr.Kingball" Brown $17,861.90 + $14,668.82 in bounties
7 U_2GOOD4_M3 $13,339.90 + $8,496.86 in bounties
8 Victor "vitinhorrn15" Pedote dos Santos $8,817.90 + $8,837.13 in bounties
9 Jason "jcarverpoker" Somerville $4,974.20 + $2,491.13 in bounties
*Reflects heads-up deal
SCOOP-14-H: $2,100 NL Omaha Hi/Lo [6-Max, Turbo, Zoom], $300K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$2,000+100 May 11 158 $316,000
Place Player Prize
1 Shawn "buck21" Buchanan $82,160.00
2 Us_Alex $55,300.00
3 Shanis34 $41,080.00
4 Kory "s00tedj0kers" Kilpatrick $26,860.00
5 Ilari "Ilari FIN" Sahamies $20,540.00
6 Phil "PhilRoyal888" Mighall $14,220.00
SCOOP-15-H: $700 NL Hold'em [Ante Up], $200K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$665+35 May 12 631 $419,615
Place Player Prize
1 Antonio "jonwayne69" Gonzalez $79,307.50
2 Joao "joao bauer" Neto Bauer $58,116.67
3 zhancheng888 $42,800.73
4 Thomas "WushuTM" Muhlocker $32,310.35
5 Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko $22,659.21
6 Tim "WICKED617" Reilly $17,833.63
7 Andre "akkari" Akkari $13,637.48
8 deadfizh $9,441.33
9 Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb $6,420.10
SCOOP-16-H: $1,050 NL Hold'em [Progressive Super-Knockout, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$500+500+50 May 12 1,599 $1,599,000
Place Player Prize
1 pellompogos $133,556.58 +$42,862.74 in bounties
2 Mark "RenRad 01" Darner $97,539.00 +$11,280.26 in bounties
3 Aleks "grinder1992" Dimitrov $73,554.00 +$14,692.36 in bounties
4 Alexis "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Zervos $54,366.00 +$15,072.24 in bounties
5 KissMyAcePlz $39,175.50 +$9,015.62 in bounties
6 Macovei "FaceRolly" Neculai $31,180.50 +$16,212.86 in bounties
7 xnrobix $23,185.50 +$4,828.12 in bounties
8 Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier $15,190.50 +$3,468.75 in bounties
9 Ashley Jones $8,314.80 +$6,893.54 in bounties
SCOOP-16-H: $1,050 NL Hold'em [Progressive Super-Knockout, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$500+500+50 May 12 1,599 $1,599,000
Place Player Prize
1 pellompogos $133,556.58 +$42,862.74 in bounties
2 Mark "RenRad 01" Darner $97,539.00 +$11,280.26 in bounties
3 Aleks "grinder1992" Dimitrov $73,554.00 +$14,692.36 in bounties
4 Alexis "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Zervos $54,366.00 +$15,072.24 in bounties
5 KissMyAcePlz $39,175.50 +$9,015.62 in bounties
6 Macovei "FaceRolly" Neculai $31,180.50 +$16,212.86 in bounties
7 xnrobix $23,185.50 +$4,828.12 in bounties
8 Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier $15,190.50 +$3,468.75 in bounties
9 Ashley Jones $8,314.80 +$6,893.54 in bounties
SCOOP-17-H: $2,100 PL Omaha [Heads-Up], $150K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$2,000+100 May 12 175 $350,000
Place Player Prize
1 Ra��lGonzalez $105,000.00
2 Mafews $63,000.00
SCOOP-18-H: $700 NL Hold'em, $250K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$665+35 May 13 175 $799,330
Place Player Prize
1 SsicK_OnE $143,879.94
2 Andries "Pokerger1337" Swart $102,554.03
3 pm_marke $76,735.68
4 4rebmun $57,551.76
5 Breakchips $39,966.50
6 Jason "JasonMercier" Mercier $31,973,20
7 Mike "Timex" McDonald $23,979.90
8 Pantvittot $15,986.60
9 ShipitFTW911 $9,591.96
SCOOP-19-H: $1,050+R NL Hold'em [Big Antes], $300K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$1,000+50 May 13 302 $725,000
Place Player Prize
1 bustoville $148,262.50
2 Nikolay "NikolasDLP" Prokhorskiy $108,750.00
3 eijseijs $81,925.00
4 Jamie "Ship It 2010" O'Connor $61,625.00
5 Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas $42,050.00
6 Nick "PureCash25" Rampone $32,625.00
7 Tommy "tcblade" Chen $25,375.00
8 Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick $18,125.00
9 Bluf_To_Much $13,775.00
SCOOP-20-H: $2,100 FL Omaha Hi/Lo [8-Max], $100K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$2,000+100 May 13 101 $202,000
Place Player Prize
1 Marco "NoraFlum" Johnson $55,045.00
2 Billy "crocky" Argyros $37,370.00
3 Gigaloff $28,280.00
4 Sebastian "p0cket00" Sikorski $19,190.00
5 SamRostan $14,140.00
6 Pat "Pat Pezzin" Pezzin $10,605.00
7 Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi $8,585.00
8 AceSpades11 $6,565.00
SCOOP-21-H: $700 PL 5-Card Omaha [6-Max,1R1A], $100K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$665+35 May 14 142 $204,769
Place Player Prize
1 Kamchatka 1 $53,240.02
2 danfiu $35,834.57
3 Calvin "cal42688" Anderson $26,619.97
4 Roywing $17,405.36
5 Dunderm?sen $13,309.98
6 Joseph "subiime" Cheong $9,214.60
SCOOP-22-H: $1,050 NL Hold'em [5-Stack], $300K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$1,000+50 May 14 859 $859,000
Place Player Prize
1 Pavel "3P3NIPA" Plesuv $157,626.50
2 Brad "RamsGold" Yates $112,529
3 Joshua "slayerv1fan" Hoesel $85,041
4 Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos Diaz $63,995.50
5 Artem "FaNjkEEE" Kobylynskyi $44,668
6 Nikolay "NikolasDLP" Prokhorskiy $36,078
7 Thomas "WushuTM" Muhlocker $27,488
8 Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier $18,898
9 T-Macha $11,167
SCOOP-23-H: $2,100 FL Badugi, $75K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$2,000+100 May 14 45 $90,000
Place Player Prize
1 silna_rakia $36,000.00
2 Alex "BiatchPeople" Luneau $24,300.00
3 Naoya "nkeyno" Kihara $13,500.00
4 Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah $9,000.00
5 warcabista $7,200.00
SCOOP-24-H: $21,000 NL Hold'em [8-Max, High-Roller], $500K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$20,500+500 May 14 143 $2,931,500
Place Player Prize
1 Dario "Secret_M0d3" Sammartino $718,217.50
2 hhecklen $498,355.00
3 hurrrrican3 $381,095.00
4 Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes $263,835.00
5 Martin "nizmo jiz" Kozlov $190,547.50
6 bencb789 $146,575.00
7 Jason "jakoon1985" Koon $117,260.00
8 Brian "tsarrast" Rast $87,945.00
SCOOP-25-H: $700 NL Hold'em [6-Max, Ultra-Deep], $250K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$665+35 May 14 754 $501,410
Place Player Prize
1 Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo $92,761.17
2 que_te_crio $69,194.58
3 YukoEgawa $51,394.52
4 bombuslol $35,098.70
5 MrRabanne $25,070.50
6 minusth3bear $15,042.30
SCOOP-26-H: $1,050 NL Hold'em [8-Max, Deep Payouts], $300K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$1,000+50 May 15 911 $911,000
Place Player Prize
1 Anton "ekziter" Astapov $143,839.41
2 Andreas "mrAndreeew" Berggren $100,270.20
3 Daniel "ShippityShip" Nielson $69,899.20
4 tobi123456 $48,727.11
5 Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick $33,968.00
6 Branimiru "ThoNapalm" Bara?u $23,679.25
7 Gratitdude $16,507.04
8 Zack "ZackAttak13" Korik $11,507.11
SCOOP-27-H: $2,100 NL Hold'em [6-Max], $1M Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$2,000+100 May 15 778 $1,556,000
Place Player Prize
1 Andries "Pokerger1337" Swart $280,080.00
2 huiiiiiiiiii $210,060.00
3 Brian "tsarrast" Rast $155,600.00
4 Damianos "damourinio" Aslanidis $108,920.00
5 deuces85 $77,800.00
6 qbgoose $46,680.00
SCOOP-28-H: $2,100 FL Triple Draw 2-7, $100K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$2,000+100 May 15 126 $252,000
Place Player Prize
1 Nick "TheTakeover" Schulman $65,520.00
2 Marco "NoraFlum" Johnson $44,100.00
3 Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins $32,760.00
4 Ronny "1-ronnyr3" Kaiser $21,420.00
5 krakukra $16,380.00
6 Paul "paulgees81" Volpe $11,340.00
SCOOP-29-H: $2,100 NL Hold'em, $1M Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$2,000+100 May 15 994 $1,988,000
Place Player Prize
1 Joaquin "elmelogno4" Melogno $323,713.90*
2 Matas "bebaimis777" Cimbolas $292,566.10*
3 RayJing $192,836.00
4 Georgios "GeoManousos" Sotiropoulos $144,130.00
5 Ivan "BanicIvan" Banic $100.195.20
6 MaltLiquor40 $80,315.20
7 FishOnHeater $60,435.20
8 Hugh "bigbluffzinc" Drummond $40,754.00
9 Kyle "KJulius10" Julius $24,850.00
SCOOP-30-H: $2,100 PL Mixed Omaha [6-Max, Turbo, Zoom], $200K Guaranteed
Buy-in Date Entrants Prize Pool
$2,000+100 May 15 179 $358,000
Place Player Prize
1 Dan "Danny98765" Smith $85,920.00
2 Hoegh93 $59,249.00
3 Felipe "mojave" Ramos $44,750.00
4 David "Mrdawwe" Sonelin $30,430.00
5 Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb $23,270.00
6 Turtza $16,110.00
Special thanks to the PokerStars Blog and PocketFives.com for information used in this article.
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