2024 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker
Inside SCOOP
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We're just under twenty minutes away from the SCOOP Main Events kicking off, with over $10 million in guaranteed prize pools between them.
Currently the SCOOP-L $109 Main Event has over 3,500 entries, the SCOOP-M $1,050 Main Event has over 700 entries and the massive SCOOP-H $10,300 Main Event has 127 entries.
The Big Game On Tour saw the wheel of fortune spin almost off its axis with the leaderboard getting a thorough shuffle in Episode 3 which aired on Fox Sports 1.
The Big Game On Tour is a $100/$200 ($200 big blind ante) no-limit hold'em game with a twist. In each six-player lineup, there is one "Loose Cannon." The Loose Cannon is on a freeroll, with a $50,000 stake from PokerStars. If the Loose Cannon can survive 150 hands they can cash out for whatever profit they make.
In the first flight, the Loose Cannon is poker content creator Nikki Limo, who started Episode 3 with a profit of $21,100 after sixty hands.
Angling to get their mitts on Limo's profit were a mix of poker pros and celebrities. The biggest winners at the start of Episode 3 were Lex Veldhuis (up $83,200), Phil Hellmuth (up $49,800), and Jennifer Tilly (up $46,900). Alan Keating (down $96,300) and Arden Cho (down $100,000) were the big losers at that point.
It's one of the most recognizable online nicknames, and now Ole "wizowizo" Schemion is back in the SCOOP winner's circle after taking down SCOOP 111-H: ￡1,050 NHLE [6-Max, Turbo]. He defeated Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi heads-up to deny the Brazilian his second SCOOP title of the year, after Bruschi won SCOOP 09-H: $1,050 HORSE in the opening week.
Schemion's first SCOOP titles came in 2018 when he won two. The first was his largest SCOOP victory overall, winning a $10,300 PLO High Roller for over $283,000. Two more titles followed in 2020, and three in 2022 including another $10,300 High Roller win
Schemion's nine titles see him tied for third on the all-time SCOOP title list alongside Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, who also won his ninth this year.
SCOOP 111-H: $1,050 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo] Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole "wizowizo" Schemion | Austria | $38,295 |
| 2 | Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi | Brazil | $28,947 |
| 3 | Sintoras | Germany | $21,881 |
| 4 | b.a.angelov | Bulgaria | $16,540 |
| 5 | Patrick "pads1161" Leonard | United Kingdom | $12,503 |
| 6 | Mr.Scisso | Austria | $9,451 |
It was quite a night for Roman "Gogac Sniper" Hrabec who first banked one of the largest first prizes of the festival in SCOOP 102-H: $5,200 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill High Roller] before adding a second title later that evening in SCOOP 111-M: $109 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo].
Earlier this month, Hrabec won the largest ever $100,000 High Roller at Triton Poker Jeju, winning $4.33 million, and he had to battle an equally tough final table in the Thursday Thrill High Roller that featured the likes of Sergio "zcedrick" Aido and Ben "bencb789" Rolle.
Kelvin "Kelvin_FP:AR" Kerber won his third SCOOP title of the year earlier this week and he was eliminated in third place, before Hrabec defeated ".COM??LOL" heads-up.
Hrabec banked $162,826 for his Thursday Thrill High Roller victory and $27,331 for his second, bringing him to three SCOOP titles in total.