The penultimate night of the 2024 Spring Championship of Online Poker did not disappoint, with all three Main Events reaching their final table on PokerStars.
There was also the final tables of the PLO Main Events, as well as the $25,000 Super High Roller — keep reading to find out who added SCOOP titles to their poker trophy cabinets!
Colillas Misses Out on $10,300 NLHE SCOOP Main Event Final Table
The final table of SCOOP 115-H: $1,300 NLHE Main Event is set, and, as you would expect, it is a star-studded affair. A field of 534 has been cut down to nine, and one of those nine will see their PokerStars account swell by $948,433.
Leading the way going into the final table is WSOP bracelet winner Almaz “Alister307” Zhdanov, although Vyacheslav “VbV1990” Buldygin is hot on his heels.
PokerStars Ambassador Ramon Colillas had been playing the role of short-stacked ninja to perfection as the final table approached. However, he ran pocket queens into the ace-king of Patricio, with a king on the turn sending Colillas to the rail in 13th place for $58,642.
Play resumes at 5:30 p.m. BST on May 29 with everyone guaranteed $92,083. Finishing in the top three locks in more than half a million dollars, with the champion scooping almost $950,000.
SCOOP 115-H: $10,300 NLHE Main Event Final Table
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almaz “Alister307” Zhdanov | Belarus | 27,341,420 | 78 |
| 2 | Vyacheslav “VbV1990” Buldygin | Kazahkstan | 25,466,545 | 73 |
| 3 | Dmitry “yurasov1990” Yurasov | Belarus | 19,803,620 | 57 |
| 4 | Iago “neverstandard” Savino | Brazil | 19,090,713 | 55 |
| 5 | Peter “pitaoufmg” Patricio | Brazil | 9,725,378 | 28 |
| 6 | Mark “AceSpades11” Radoja | Canada | 9,562,919 | 27 |
| 7 | Fakhish | Mexico | 9,035,776 | 26 |
| 8 | Juanki “B4NKR0LL3R” Vecino | Estonia | 8,105,033 | 23 |
| 9 | krokodil.by | Latvia | 5,368,596 | 15 |
Over $500k Awaits the Champion of the $1,050 NLHE Main Event
SCOOP 115-M: $1,050 NLHE Main Event started with 3,993 players, but only nine of those have chips in front of them right now. Those nine finalists return to the PokerStars virtual felt from 5:30 p.m. BST on May 29 to compete for a $570,791 top prize.
Brazilian “HenriquinAK” only fired one bullet and has turned that into a tournament-leading 85,497,356 stack. They are guaranteed $38,052 regardless of what happens but should be able to log off tomorrow having captured a six-figure prize. Costa Rica’s “59ofspades” will also fancy their chances of glory, as will third-placed “PokerHorst”.
SCOOP 115-M: $1,050 NLHE Main Event Final Table
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HenriquinAK | Brazil | 85,497,356 | 61 |
| 2 | 59ofspades | Costa Rica | 74,641,590 | 53 |
| 3 | PokerHorst | Malta | 67,588,587 | 48 |
| 4 | LeoAlcantara | Brazil | 52,757,207 | 38 |
| 5 | Paulohpmoreas | Brazil | 51,780,208 | 37 |
| 6 | cocoojones | Denmark | 23,170,382 | 17 |
| 7 | GoTelesGO | Brazil | 17,371,370 | 12 |
| 8 | Havana85 | United Kingdom | 14,593,832 | 10 |
| 9 | ifyourgood | United Kingdom | 11,899,468 | 8 |
$109 NLHE SCOOP Main Event Reaches Its Final Table
Some 23,616 PokerStars players entered SCOOP 115-L: $109 NLHE Main Event but only nine of those starters have made it through to the fourth and final day’s play, where someone will claim a $241,169 top prize.
As things stand, the ball is in the court of Germany’s “Tom1006,” who has 153,913,731 chips, one of only two finalists with a nine-figure stack. “RisingStarXZ” is the other; they have 135,939,905 chips.
There was a close call for Lasse “Wistern” Jagd Lauritsen who was eliminated 23rd place for $4,150.
He three-bet all-in for less than ten big blinds after Andreas “mrAndreeew” Berggren had min-raised. Berggren called and it was K♣4♣ for the Swede against the ace-jack of the Team PokerStars Pro. Two clubs on the flop and another on the turn left Wistern drawing dead and he was eliminated.
Play resumes at 5:30 p.m. BST on May 29, with each finalist guaranteed $16,076. A top-three finish improves their take-home pay to at least $122,536, with the eventual champion taking home a cool $241,169.
SCOOP 115-L: $109 NLHE Main Event Final Table
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom1006 | Germany | 153,913,731 | 110 |
| 2 | RisingStarXZ | Malta | 135,939,905 | 97 |
| 3 | grinder1992 | Bulgaria | 74,541,190 | 53 |
| 4 | Jesse “ezynow99” Wigan | United Kingdom | 63,021,667 | 45 |
| 5 | €uropictured | Romania | 40,938,590 | 29 |
| 6 | Japa Bill | Brazil | 39,320,986 | 28 |
| 7 | kopakabritu | Brazil | 39,284,049 | 28 |
| 8 | greatness_m | Thailand | 22,327,629 | 16 |
| 9 | Matthew “mattydredd2323” Davies | United Kingdom | 21,112,253 | 15 |
Seventh Heaven For Mateos; Takes Down $25K Super High Roller
Spain’s Adrian “Amadi_017” Mateos is celebrating the seventh SCOOP victory of his illustrious career after he came out on top in the SCOOP 120-H: $25,000 NLHE Super High Roller. Mateos outlasted 68 opponents to claim $456,747 of the $1,692,225 prize pool.
Mateos defeated Kahle “ROFLshove” Burns heads-up, resigning the UK-based Australian to a $342,103 consolation prize.
The final hand saw the pot build on an 8♣7♦2♦ flop, Mateos raising Burns’ bet and Burns calling. Both players checked the 4♣ turn before Burns checked the 10♦ river. Mateos moved all-in, and Burns called off less than a pot-sized bet.
Mateos revealed A♦6♦ for a flush, crushing the Q♦10♥ of Burns.
SCOOP 120-H: $25,000 NLHE Super High Roller Final Table
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian “Amadi_017” Mateos | United Kingdom | $456,747 |
| 2 | Kahle “ROFLshove” Burns | United Kingdom | $342,103 |
| 3 | Alexandros “Pwndidi” Theologis | Austria | $256,235 |
| 4 | Rodrigo “SELOUAN1991” Selouan | Brazil | $191,920 |
| 5 | Vyacheslav “VbV1990” Buldygin | Kazahkstan | $143,748 |
| 6 | CPUrul0r | Austria | $107,667 |
| 7 | Mario “MB TREMENDO” Bonanata | Uruguay | $80,642 |
| 8 | Nacho124441 | Dominican Republic | $60,401 |
| 9 | Jordi “prot0” Urlings | Malta | $52,757 |
Mateos will now jet off to Las Vegas for the 2024 World Series of Poker, having won more than a few buy-ins for bracelet-awarding events.
Lefrancois Completes an Impressive Comeback to Win the $5K PLO Main Event
Canada’s Pascal “Pass_72” Lefrancois is now a three-time SCOOP champion after staging an impressive comeback to defeat Mike “SirWatts” Watson heads-up in SCOOP 117-H: $5,200 PLO 6-Max Main Event. Lefrancois was 5-to-1 down against Watson at one stage of the one-on-one encounter but doubled up, pushed into the lead, and never looked back.
The tournament drew in 121 entrants who created a $605,000 prize pool. $132,607 of that sum is now nestled in the PokerStars account of Lefrancois, and deservedly so. For Watson, he missed out on what would have been an eighth career SCOOP title, although the $99,951 he banked for his bridesmaid finish will go some way to numbing the pain.
SCOOP 117-H: $5,200 PLO 6-Max Main Event Final Table
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pascal “Pass_72” Lefrancois | Canada | $132,607 |
| 2 | Mike “SirWatts” Watson | Canada | $99,951 |
| 3 | Ole “wizowizo” Schemion | Austria | $75,336 |
| 4 | Mario “MB TREMENDO” Bonanata | Uruguay | $56,783 |
| 5 | Niklas “Lena900” Astedt | Sweden | $42,800 |
| 6 | Elmo_Bellhem | Austria | $32,259 |
| 7 | Mescari | Lithuania | $25,496 |
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