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]
Entries
20,513
Prize Pool
$100,513
Winner
Paul ��J-Rod Fett�� McTaggart (United Kingdom)