Brazil Takes Two More SCOOP Wins, Conor Beresford Grabs His First
Tuesday’s Spring Championship of Online Poker action featured several non-hold‘em, shorthanded events, including a series of Pot Limit Omaha and Stud Hi-Lo tournaments. Several well-known pros peppered the final tables of the less common variants, with the Brazilians once again making their mark, grabbing two more SCOOP titles.
The day’s tournaments kicked off with a Four Max, $27 No Limit Hold’em event that drew a massive 4,972 entrants, each looking to take the biggest slice of the $122,000 prize pool. In the end, Germany’s ‘camikater’ bested Brazil’s João ‘joaomarcello’ Marcelo Rezende heads up to take home his first SCOOP title and a $14,772 payday. His opponent licked his wounds and banked $8,949 for taking the runner-up spot.
The Event #31 mid-stakes tournament drew a considerably smaller field of 1,438 runners, who battled it out for the $287,600 prize pool. The Brazilians again proved their prowess, as ‘ZéDoBlefe11’ defeated Israel’s ‘kobe call’ to take home his first SCOOP title and the $50,042 first-place prize. Notably, Canadian MMA fighter and poker pro Terrence Chan snagged fourth-place for a $10,767 payout, with another Brazilian, ‘gringenkov’ locking up fifth for $6,870.
The $2,100 buy-in, Event #31 high-stakes tournament attracted 308 entrants, who generated a $616,000 prize pool. Dutchman Conor ‘1_conor_b_1’ Beresford, the #3-ranked player in the world, triumphed over two opponents from Mexico, ‘srxakgirona’ and ‘pablotenisis’, and took home nearly $120,000 after a four-way deal was struck.
A total of 2,545 players bought into the Event #32 Pot Limit Omaha low-stakes tournament, pumping up the prize pool to $127,250. With 330 places being paid, Canada’s ‘Uruk17’ came out on top, besting two Russian opponents, Jon “PearlJammer” Turner, a UK grinder and an Austrian to take home the $17,940 first-place prize.
Some 688 runners turned out for the $530 buy-in, mid-stakes edition of the event. ‘prapavedi’ absolutely destroy the competition at the final table, personally knocking out every one of his opponents. He walked away with $61,920 for his effort, with Belarusian ‘7Be/eC7’ going home with second-place and a $46,440 payday.
The $5,200 buy-in Event #32 high title was claimed by ‘BriDge2PaiN’, after he outlasted his 179 opponents. Playing From the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta, the European earned his first major online title and $216,000.
Stud Hi/Lo was on the docket for the Event #33 series of tournaments. Brazilian grinder José ‘neto gol’ Queiroz da Costa Neto came out on top after taking down his Russian opponent to win his second SCOOP bracelet along with a $6,792 payout.
The final table of the $215 mid-stakes event featured a number of big-name pros, including Mike Leah, Calvin Anderson, Shaun Deeb and Matt Vengrin. Poland’s ‘__akun333___’ bested them all however, earning him his second COOP bracelet after navigating the event’s super-tough lineup.
In the $2,100 buy-in, high-stakes addition of the event, UK’s ‘RunGodlike’ lived up to his name, after defeating pros Jason Mercier, Dzmitry Urbanovich and Marco Johnson.
Event 31 (L) : $27 No Limit Hold‘em Four Max
4972 entrants, $122,060 prize pool
- camikater – $14,772.52
- joaomarcello – $8,949.62
- Narcis “Narcisus90” Nedelcu – $5,192.54
- -Rebus1980- – $3,147.99
- PokerDave476 – $2,010.37
Event 31 (M) : $215 No Limit Hold‘em Four Max
1438 entrants, $287,600
- ZéDoBlefe11 – $50,042.90
- kobe call – $30,520.11
- 942003 – $17,675.89
- Terrence “Unassigned” Chan – $10,767.74
- gringenkov – $6,870.76
Event 31 (H): $2100 No Limit Hold’em Four Max
308 entrants, $616,000 prize pool
- Conor “1_conor_b_1” Beresford – $119,778.15*
- Sergi “srxakgirona” Reixach – $100,293.83*
- Pablo “pablotenisis” Fernández – $59,672.04*
- ale6ka – $88,777.98*
Event 32 (L): $55 Pot Limit Omaha Six Max, Five Stack
2545 entrants, $127,250 prize pool
- Uruk17 – $17,940.97*
- special 09 – $16,735.75*
- NiTsuA19 – $10,816.25
- Jon “PearlJammer” Turner – $6,998.75
- caaaaamel – $4,453.75
- globallud – $2,411.38
Event 32 (M): $530 Pot Limit Omaha Six Max, Five Stack
688 entrants, $344,000 prize pool
- prapavedi – $61,920
- 7Be/eC7 – $46,440
- Kashmir_uzi $34,400
- Ivan “vandir4rek” Soshnikov – $24,080
- TheHoboKing – $17,200
- Cobus83 – $10,320
Event 32 (H): $5200 Pot Limit Omaha Six Max, Five Stack
180 entrants, $900,000 prize pool
- BriDge2PaiN – $216,000
- Aufangzeb – $148,950
- Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi – $112,500
- bernard-bb – $76,500
- George Danzer – $58,500
- Jason Mercier – $40,500
Event 33 (L): $27 Stud Hi-Lo
- 1791 entrants -, $43,969 prize pool
- neto gol – $6,792.02 *
- sunamivolk – $6,400.00 *
- ABATAPP – $4,177.05
- pk420 – $3,077.83
- SM4RTASS – $2,198.45
- Sebastian ‘Pauli elTopo’ Pauli – $1,319.07
- PsyDCC – $879.38
- tommi1212 – $439.69
Event 33 (M): $215 Stud Hi-Lo
484 entrants, $96,800 prize pool
- __akun333___ – $16,479.94*
- Nairam “marjanko89” Kim – $15,464.06*
- Mike “goleafsgoeh” Leah – $9,931.68
- Calvin “cal42688” Anderson – $7,260.00
- Stephen “stevie444” Chidwick – $4,840.00
- gangstachel9 – $3,388.00
- Shaun “shaundeeb” Deeb – $2,420.00
- Matt “Plattsburgh” Vengrin – $1,936.00
Event 33 (H): $2100 Stud Hi-Lo
111 entrants, $222,000 prize pool
- RunGodlike – $54,390
- Marco “NoraFlum” Johnson – $37,740
- krakukra – $28,860
- Vladimir ‘vovtroy’ Troyanovskiy – $19,980
- LadyDoDo91 – $14,430
- Jason Mercier – $11,100
- Kournikova – $8,880
- Dzmitry “Colisea” Urbanovich – $6,660