Mike ‘goleafsgoeh’ Leah finally has a SCOOP bracelet to go with other titles.

Mike ‘goleafsgoeh’ Leah already has a World Series of Poker bracelet and two World Championship of Online Poker titles to his name. Wednesday he beat another longtime online grinder to win the first Spring Championship of Online Poker title of his career.

Event 36 featured a series of tournaments in a variant that has become increasingly rare – Limit Hold‘em. However, the $27 buy-in event drew a respectable 1558 runners who generated a $38,248 prize pool. In heads-up play, Leah defeated Ari ‘BodogAri’ Engel to capture the win and a $6,312 payday.

Participation was slashed in half for the $215, mid-stakes version of the event. ‘LetsJustRun’ of Russia snagged his first SCOOP win and $19,114 after taking down Mexico’s José Manuel ‘nadalon’ Nadal. Also at the final table was Shaun ‘shaundeeb’ Deeb, who was forced to make do with a $5030 payout for fifth place.

Lastly, just 173 players paid the $2100 buy-in for the high-stakes Limit event, creating a $346,000 prize pool. ‘bartek901’ navigated the tough field to take home the title along with and $83,040 payout. Poker pro Jason Mercier finish in fifth, banking $22,490 for his efforts.

Throughout this year’s SCOOP, Brazilian players have proven themselves with wins across many different formats and variants. Wednesday’s action saw another title added to the list, which now sits at 15 this year – with another 60 events still on the docket.

Wednesday’s SCOOP schedule actually kicked off with a $215 buy-in, shorthanded Pot Limit Omaha tournament that drew 1936 entrants and several hundred reentries. UK’s ‘talonaquiles’ topped the field, taking home his first major online title, a brand-new Movado watch and a $47,795 payday.

The Pot Limit Omaha fun continued in the high-stakes edition of the event, with just under 500 runners paying the $2100 buy-in to generate a $946,000 prize pool. This time Tom ‘tjbentham’ Bentham took first place along with an $189,200 payout.

Event 35 brought No Limit Hold‘em back into the spotlight, with the low stakes tournament attracting a large 13,526 field. ‘n1ssssr’ of the UK defeated ‘Rakeback24/7’ of the Netherlands in heads-up play to grab his first SCOOP title and $16,615.

Nearly 5000 grinders bought into the $109 edition of the event, creating a $459,600 prize pool. For the second time that day, the UK saw one of its players take down an SCOOP title, when ‘Clarkson7‘ bested Australia’s ‘JWPRODIGY’ for a $72,158 payday. UK grinders, ‘FrayedJuniper’ and ‘Go0se.core!’, took third and fifth place respectively.

Brazil took yet another SCOOP title in the Event 35, $1050 buy-in high-stakes tournament. When all was said and done, Felipe ‘Felipe52’ Costa had dispatched one of poker’s toughest heads-up players, Olivier ‘Adonis112’ Busquet, to take home a $258,060 score.

Event 34 (M): $215 Pot Limit Omaha Six Max
1936 entrants, $387,200 prize pool

  1. talonaquiles – $47,795.43
  2. slickrick110 – $47,790.07
  3. krapcity112 – $44,774.50
  4. F1nntroll – $22,264.00
  5. maggess88 – $15,178.24
  6. Kashmir_uzi – $8,673.28

Event 34 (H): $2100 Pot Limit Omaha Six Max
473 entrants, $946,000 prize pool

  1. tjbentham – $189,200.00
  2. T-Macha – $140,008.00
  3. alexo18 – $104,060.00
  4. jutrack – $71,896.00
  5. deuces85 – $52,503.00
  6. Dominik “Bounatirou” Nitsche – $33.583.00

Event 35 (L): $11 No Limit Hold‘em
13,526 entrants, $135,260 prize pool

  1. n1ssssr – $16.615
  2. Rakeback24/7 – $14,249.27
  3. xatteo – $9,468.20
  4. REGTHERULET4 – $6,763
  5. Domientje – $5,410.40
  6. Bane267 – $4,057.80
  7. drew.derzh – $2,705.20
  8. Nadhob – $1,352.60
  9. fabianod12 – $811.56

Event 35 (M): $109 No Limit Hold‘em
4596 entrants, $459,600 prize pool

  1. Clarkson7 – $72,158.64
  2. JWPRODIGY – $53,773.20
  3. frayjuniper – $37,917
  4. NemesisMsop – $26,427
  5. Go0se.core! – $19,533
  6. Prof. Shark – $14,937
  7. JulieBRIGHT – $10,341
  8. krousmenos46 – $5,745
  9. Jamaikaner04 – $3,676.80

Event 35 (H): $1050 No Limit Hold‘em, Super Tuesday SE
1518 entrants, $1,518,000 prize pool

  1. felipe52 – $258,060.00
  2. Adonis112 – $189,750.00
  3. smokrokflock – $144,058.20
  4. simon1471 – $103,224.00
  5. slayerv1fanl – $75,141.00
  6. Justholdplz – $59,961.00
  7. Iamapoopie – $44,781.00
  8. PureRunnings – $29,601.00
  9. SenorPokes – $16,394.40

Event 36 (L): $27 Fixed Limit Hold‘em Six Max
1558 entrants, $38,248 prize pool

  1. goleafsgoeh – $6,312.00
  2. BodogAri – $4,723.73
  3. manokippa2 – $3,442.40
  4. JoeHeaton – $2,294.93
  5. flyy1220 – $1,529.95
  6. hanafi9 – $956.22

Event 36 (M): $215 Fixed Limit Hold‘em Six Max
503 entrants, $100,600 prize pool

  1. LetsJustRun – $19,114
  2. Nadalon – $14,084
  3. Gambler4444 – $10,311.50
  4. chokitin – $7,042
  5. shaundeeb – $5,030
  6. lulDocuments – $3,219.20

Event 36 (H): $2100 Fixed Limit Hold‘em Six Max
173 entrants, $346,000 prize pool

  1. bartek901 – $83,040.00
  2. Azrarn – $57,263.00
  3. Bluf_To_Much – $43,250.00
  4. chess87 – $29,410.00
  5. Jason Mercier – $22,490.00
  6. jama-dharma – $15,570.00