An Eighth SCOOP Title for Patrick Leonard

Calum Grant

Patrick "pads1161" Leonard is the latest name to enter the eight-time SCOOP winners club after tasting triumph in SCOOP 59-M: $530 NLHE [Wednesday Mystery]. The Brit joined Ole "wizowizo" Schemion and Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson as the only other players with eight titles, with only luminaries such as Niklas "Lena900" Astedt (nine titles), Andrey "Premove" Skvortsov, Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser and Calvin "cal42688" Anderson (ten titles) having more.

Leonard's SCOOP Titles

Year	Event	Entries	Payout (USD)
2024	SCOOP 59-M: $530 NLHE [Wednesday Mystery], $250K Gtd	724	$35,639
2023	SCOOP 75-H: $5 200 NLHE [8-Max Progressive KO Titans]	154	$197,117
2022	SCOOP 47-H: $530 6+ Hold'em [8-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO], $50K Gtd	105	$12,583
2021	SCOOP 57-H: $1,050 NLHE Afternoon Deep Stack, $250K Gtd	324	$60,953
2021	SCOOP 64-H: $5,200 NLHE PKO, Sunday HR SE, $850K Gtd	255	$257,957
2020	SCOOP 53-H: $2,100 PLO8 [6-Max], $200K Gtd	117	$52,606
2020	SCOOP 93-H: $215+R NLHE [8-Max, Turbo, Rebuy], $200K Gtd	460	$41,809
2017	SCOOP-20M: $215 PLO [Heads-Up]	512	$18,567

Leonard added the extra notch to his belt, defeating "Alister307" in a very one-sided heads-up battle that awarded him the $26,322 up top. In addition to his $9,317 bounty prize, Leonard's final payout reached $35,639.

Despite that, "Alister307" was actually the big winner on the day, thanks to pulling the top mystery bounty prize of $25,000. In the end, their total prize came out to $48,998, which was $13,000 more than what Leonard received.

Overall, the event attracted 724 entries, creating a $362,000 prize pool that smashed the $250,000 guarantee. Several PokerStars ambassadors were also in contention. Lex Veldhuis narrowly missed out on the final table, bowing out in 11th place for $5,488 after Benjamin Spragg finished in 40th for $834.

Laurie Tournier, Sebastian Huber, Parker Talbot and Fintan Hand found themselves on the wrong side of the rail ahead of the money bubble.

SCOOP 59-M: $530 NLHE [Wednesday Mystery] Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Bounty	Prize	Total
1	Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	United Kingdom	$9,317	$26,322	$35,639
2	Alister307	Belarus	$28,958	$20,040	$48,998
3	SSchranck	United Kingdom	$12,167	$15,258	$27,425
4	Blaz 'Scarmak3r' Zerjav	Slovenia	$2,508	$11,617	$14,125
5	Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden	Finland	$1,075	$8,844	$9,919
6	Cesar1no	Malta	$5,000	$6,734	$11,734
7	FelipeAA23	Brazil	$10,375	$5,127	$15,502
8	babygabriiel	Brazil	$8,225	$3,903	$12,128
9	kirill1845	Belarus	$5,375	$2,972	$8,347