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SCOOP 2020 Day 15: Drinan Wins Again, Ties All-Time SCOOP Record

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Connor "blanconegro" Drinan Wins Fourth PokerStars SCOOP Title, Ties Overall Record

It's already been an incredible PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) for Connor "blanconegro" Drinan and last night, he made it even more special. Drinan won his fourth SCOOP-title in a single series, tying Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb for the all-time record. "blanconegro" ended on top of Event 56-H: $1,050 HORSE for $30,231 for his fifth overall career title.

A total of 15 winners were crowned on Thursday, and PokerNews live reporting was right there for blow-by-blow coverage of two marquee events. Check out who were among the big winners in today's SCOOP recap.

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Mirza "zazano" Muhovic Wins SCOOP 57-H: $5,200 NLHE ($201,606), Veldhuis Seventh

Lex Veldhuis
PokerStars ambassador Lex Veldhuis streamed the action to tens of thousands of followers on Twitch.

Another champion has been crowned during the 2020 Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) and it was Mirza "zazano" Muhovic that emerged victoriously in SCOOP-57-H: $5,200 NLHE High Roller to earn the biggest slice out of the $1,000,000 prize pool.

Out of a field of 184 entries filled with some of the biggest names in poker, Muhovic had to overcome a tough final table which he entered as the chip leader and never once lost the top spot for the remainder of the tournament. In heads-up, Muhovic defeated Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist to earn a payday of $201,606 while Nordkvist had to settle for $155,222 and his second runner-up finish within a week.

PlaceWinnerCountryPayout
1Mirza "zazano" MuhovicLuxembourg$201,606
2Joel "Odonkor1" NordkvistSweden$155,222
3Jon "apestyles" Van FleetCanada$119,510
4Benjamin "bencb789" RolleAustria$92,014
5EEE27Finland$70,844
6Job "DeadNylan" GrebenNetherlands$54,545
7Lex "L. Veldhuis" VeldhuisNetherlands$41,996
8kimokhLebanon$32,334
9Wildace_hunHungary$24,895

At least one further player from the Benelux country already earned SCOOP title as far back as 2011 when "flashdisastr" came out on top of Event 12-H $2,600 No-Limit Hold��em [Knockout] to win the first title for Luxembourg. For Muhovic it was also the second final table of the current festival as he finished in 5th place out of 285 entries in SCOOP-35-H: $2,100 6-Max NLHE for a payday of $32,843.91 on Day 9 of the 2020 SCOOP.

Among the finalists were also Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet, poker coach and streamer Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle, Job "DeadNylan" Greben and PokerStars ambassador Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, who eventually finished in 7th place while streaming all the action on his Twitch channel.

Lex Veldhuis Final Hand Clip

Relive this exciting final table in the PokerNews live report


"CatLover666" Wins the 2020 SCOOP58-H: $2,100 NLHE [Heads-Up]

Dominik Nitsche
Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche made it to the semi-finals

Just three and a half hours of play were enough for Day 2 of the PokerStars 2020 SCOOP-58-H: $2,100 NLHE [Heads-Up] to end and crown a winner. "CatLover666" is the only player who managed to stay unbeatable during the course of two days with heads-up matches and win his first SCOOP title along with $71,400. The tournament had 119 entries and "CatLover666" prevailed in seven heads-up matches in total to win the lion's share of the $238,000 prize pool.

The Finnish player had to beat tough opponents on his way to the first place, such as Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs and Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche, while he beat "Grindation" in the final heads-up.

Connor "blanconegro" Drinan was eliminated in the quarter-finals, but, as spoiled already, went on to the $1,050 HORSE to close that one out.

PlaceWinnerCountryPrize (in USD)
1CatLover666Finland$71,400
2GrindationUnited Kingdom$42,840
3Dominik "Bounatirou" NitscheGermany$23,800
4fetopoker1Mexico$23,800
5Francisco "Tomatee" BenitezUruguay$9,520
6Joris "BillLewinsky" RuijsNetherlands$9,520
7Connor "blanconegro" DrinanUnited States$9,520
8wubblepigUnited Kingdom$9,520

Check out all the heads-up action here.


"Pimmss" Tops the Field on Day 1 of SCOOP-62-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, High Roller]

Juan Pardo
Juan Pardo sits in second place after Day 1

This past Monday, the Netherlands�� ��Pimmss�� outlasted a field of 965 in SCOOP Event #43-H, a $2,100 Progressive Knockout tournament for a total prize of over $190,000. Three days later, "Pimmss" leads the final 27 of Event #62-H [8-Max, PKO, High Roller] $1M Gtd, taking a stack of 6.57 million into the money for Friday��s Day 2.

The tournament generated 235 entries from 172 players to result in a total prize pool of $1,175,000. It took just over seven hours of play for that number to reach 27, with Day 1 ending upon reaching the money. All remaining players have $6,105 guaranteed as a result, and Friday��s winner will earn $101,026 plus a substantial amount more in bounties.

��Pimmss�� has already amassed $18,750 in bounties, but will have a full day's worth of work ahead if they are to win their second SCOOP PKO title in a week. The names that follow in the counts provide just a glimpse into the caliber of players that filled the tournament. Juan ��Malaka$tyle�� Pardo (5.55 million) and Preben ��prebz�� Stokkan (5.51 million) are the only other two players above 5 million, and Niklas ��Lena900�� Astedt (4.72 million) and Pieter ��XMorphineX�� Aerts round out the top five, with Astedt making it through on his second bullet of the tournament.

SCOOP 62-H will conclude tonight. Follow along with PokerNews live coverage of this event.


SCOOP 62-M: $530 NLHE PKO Thursday Thrill SE in Full Swing

With a few minutes left in Level 24, Day 1 of the PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker 62-M: $530 NLHE PKO Thursday Thrill SE finished with 190 players making it through to Day 2. The first four and a half hours of the tournament attracted 3,094 entries to the $1,000,000 guarantee to end up surpassing it by more than 50% as the total prize pool tallied up to be $1,547,000.

Taking the Day 1 chip lead honors is "gnetaren" from Sweden with 4,542,547 in chips. "gnetaren" only jumped into the top ten of the counts during the last hour of the day and ended up on top. they are no stranger to deep runs in tournaments with the PKO-format as they took down the Turbo Series 12: $530 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO] back in 2018 for example.

Second in the counts is a familiar name: Sven "SvenCalls" McDermott with 4,410,946 in his Day 2 "bag". McDermott scooped a big pot just before the end of the day when he collected the bounties of "marlin5555" and "trisgaudi" when he held pocket jacks. He was up against the ace-king of "marlin5555" and king-queen of "trisgaudi".

All the SCOOP 62-M action can be followed here.



Day 15 Results

Day 15 lived up to its name and crowned a total of 15 champions. Who were among the champs? Check it out below.

SCOOP 56-L: $11 HORSE

Entries4,223
Prize Pool$41,385
WinnerTsubbb (United Kingdom)
First-place prize$6,625

SCOOP 56-M: $109 HORSE

Entries768
Prize Pool$76,800
Winnerthomber26 (Norway)
First-place prize$14,208

Connor "blanconegro" Drinan Wins Again in SCOOP 56-H: $1,050 HORSE

Entries139
Prize Pool$139,000

Connor "blanconegro" Drinan defeated Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah heads-up to tie Shaun Deeb's record of four victories in a single SCOOP. Drinan received $30,233 for defeated a field of 139 players.

Drinan followed up on his victory in SCOOP 40-H: $5,200 PLO just a few days ago. Drinan has now amassed over $11 million in lifetime winnings on the live felt (according to The Hendon Mob) and over $7 million under his moniker "blanconegro" on PokerStars.

PlacePlayerCountryPayout
1Connor "blanconegro" DrinanMexico$30,233
2Mike "goleafsgoeh" LeahCanada$21,545
3wiNNin83Germany$16,680
4km_freestyleCanada$11,815
5Skint PaddyIreland$7,645
6SpokeyNorway$6,255
7adkafAustria$4,865
8Harleyy30040Macau$3,823

SCOOP 57-L: $55 NLHE

Entries12,360
Prize Pool$618,000
WinnerJUCA_PIRAMA1 (Brazil)
First-place prize$79,316

SCOOP 57-M: $530 NLHE

Entries1,641
Prize Pool$850,000
Winnerlucianodayan (Brazil)
First-place prize$129,176

SCOOP 58-L: $22 NLHE [Heads-Up]

Entries4,096
Prize Pool$81,920
WinnerJJborio (Brazil)
First-place prize$8,633

SCOOP 58-M: $215 MLHE [Heads-Up]

Entries512
Prize Pool$102,400
Winnerd0nkBluff (Romania)
First-place prize$15,691

SCOOP 59-L: $11 NLHE [Progressive KO]

Entries18,656
Prize Pool$182,829
WinnerEldon69350 (United Kingdom)
First-place prize$11,175

SCOOP 59-M: $109 NLHE [Progressive KO]

Entries5,408
Prize Pool$540,800
Winnerjonespkr (Brazil)
First-place prize$53,554

SCOOP 59-H: $1,050 NLHE [Progressive KO]

Entries638
Prize Pool$638,000
Winnergerasag (Ukraine)
First-place prize$98,092


In-Play Events

SCOOP 60-L: $11 NLHE

Entries12,793
Players left120
Prize Pool$125,371
Chip leaderjesse483 (Brazil)
First-place prize$16,015

SCOOP 60-M: $109 NLHE

Entries3,338
Players left107
Prize Pool$333,800
Chip leaderKemper_J (Canada)
First-place prize$47,965

SCOOP 60-H: $1,050 NLHE

Entries472
Players left28
Prize Pool$472,000
Chip leaderDEX888
First-place prize$84,251

SCOOP 62-L: $55 NLHE [8-Max Progressive KO Mini Thursday Thrill SE]

Entries19,406
Players left405
Prize Pool$970,300
Chip leaderdestramkau (Lithuania)
First-place prize$43,108

SCOOP 62-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max Progressive KO Thursday Thrill SE]

Entries3,094
Players left190
Prize Pool$1,547,000
Chip leadergnetaren (Sweden)
First-place prize$95,640

SCOOP 63-L: $$11 Razz

Entries3,233
Players left72
Prize Pool$31,683
Chip leaderya$minna (Romania)
First-place prize$5,228

SCOOP 63-M: $109 Razz

Entries680
Players left29
Prize Pool$58,000
Chip leaderfNx_R (Ukraine)
First-place prize$12,850

SCOOP 63-H: $1,050 Razz

Entries116
Players left11
Prize Pool$116,000
Chip leadertotti1992100 (China)
First-place prize$28,420

SCOOP 64-L: $22 NLHE

Entries11,284
Players left451
Prize Pool$225,680
Chip leadertavernaris (Greece)
First-place prize$29,478

SCOOP 64-M: $215 NLHE

Entries2,431
Players left342
Prize Pool$500,000
Chip leaderKzzon (Sweden)
First-place prize$73,674

SCOOP 64-H: $2,100 NLHE

Entries275
Players left35
Prize Pool$550,000
Chip leaderpvigar (Brazil)
First-place prize$104,723

Events Scheduled on May 15

Time (EDT)Time (GMT)TournamentGuarantee
12:05 p.m.5:05 p.m.SCOOP-65-L: $11 8-Game$35,000
12:05 p.m.5:05 p.m.SCOOP-65-M: $109 8-Game$60,000
12:05 p.m.5:05 p.m.SCOOP-65-H: $1,050 8-Game$135,000
1:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.SCOOP-66-L: $22 NLHE$200,000
1:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.SCOOP-66-M: $215 NLHE$350,000
1:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.SCOOP-66-H: $2,100 NLHE$400,000
2:15 p.m.7:15 p.m.SCOOP-67-L: $11 PLO [6-Max, Progressive KO]$50,000
2:15 p.m.7:15 p.m.SCOOP-67-M: $109 PLO [6-Max, Progressive KO] [6-Max]$150,000
2:15 p.m.7:15 p.m.SCOOP-67-H: $1,050 PLO [6-Max, Progressive KO]$350,000
3:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.SCOOP-68-L: $11 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, Shootout]$60,000
3:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.SCOOP-68-M: $109 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, Shootout]$125,000
3:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.SCOOP-68-H: $1,050 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, Shootout]$200,000
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