A $140k score and the online title that has evaded him for years, as Lex Veldhuis takes down a stacked SCOOP event.
Lots of big names have already claimed SCOOP titles in the last week, but when one of the biggest streamers in the game gets their first one live on stream, it’s noteworthy.
He took down the $5,200 Titans event for $140,000, defeating a field of 128 of the best online players in the world. The final table included Yuri Dzivielevski, Kahle Burns, Patrick Leonard and Roman Romanovsky.
Your newest #SCOOP champion.@LexVeldhuis 👏 🏆
🥇 $140,278.96
👉 https://t.co/xI3gx3EQkE pic.twitter.com/foYgwV1tDE
— PokerStars (@PokerStars) May 13, 2024
His final table performance attracted 126,000 views on Twitch with 12,054 concurrent views at one point. On Youtube he attracted a further 19,000 viewers.
My first SCOOP title. I’m still shaking wow. pic.twitter.com/72xZRZSykn
— Lex Veldhuis (@LexVeldhuis) May 13, 2024
Lots of big online names have won SCOOP events so far this series including €urop€an, Lena900, C. Darwin2, Graftekkel, aDrENalin710 and Adrian Mateos.
Place | Player | Country | Prize (in USD) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Lex Veldhuis | New Zealand | $140,279 |
2 | “Nacho12441” | Dominican Republic | $108,687 |
3 | Yuri “theNERDguy” Dzivielevski | Brazil | $84,210 |
4 | “Wildace_hun” | Hungary | $65,245 |
5 | “RomeOpro” | Ukraine | $50,551 |
6 | Kahle “ROFLshove” Burns | United Kingdom | $39,167 |
7 | “hello_totti” | Mexico | $30,346 |
8 | Patrick “pads1161” Leonard | United Kingdom | $23,512 |
9 | “kirbyl0ve” | Switzerland | $18,630 |
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