For the second time in two years, Gianluca Speranza won the PokerStars SCOOP Main Event (PokerStars photo)

One year ago, Gianluca ‘Tankanza’ Speranza emerged from relative obscurity to win the 2018 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event for a little over $1.1 million. On Tuesday, he thrust himself further into the spotlight and etched his name in online poker history by doing it again.

Speranza topped the 622-player field and earned $1,028,203.24 after agreeing to a heads-up chop – something he rejected last year on his way to an outright win. Runner-up ‘OMGitshunt‘ banked $924,096.07 while third place finisher Dinesh ‘NastyMinder’ Alt won $604,383.49.

Through both SCOOP Main Events, Speranza outlasted 1,276 players and won $2,161,363.27.

There were 26 other SCOOP titles awarded on Monday. Ivan ‘Negriin’ Luca wrapped up Event #1 High ($215 No Limit Hold’em (Phase 2)) on top and earned $200,005.44. Sweden’s ‘ShipitFTW911′ earned a win after chopping Event #61 High ($2,100 No Limit Hold’em) with Dietrich ‘2pacnrw16’ Fast. ‘ShipitFTW911’ pocketed $197,703.45 while Fast had to settle for $165,913.61.

Bengt ‘pkrbt’ Sonnert topped the 150-player field in Event #63 High ($10,300 Six Max Pot Limit Omaha Main Event) for $285,762.77. Runner-up ‘luckykurac23’ wound up with $249,662.23 after striking a heads-up deal with Sonnert. Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson finished third for $176,128.20.

Mike Leah became the 14th player to win two 2019 SCOOP titles. Other winners included ‘lucascostaf’, ‘Shansovne415’, ‘Neanderthal4’, ‘TiltMeBig’, ‘clapjkspit’, ‘Kamikase1805’, ‘tonn22’, ‘Bashov’, ‘Tralllle’, ‘Kkidmoney’, ‘ShipitFTW911’, ‘Jack Wastes’, ‘jakobgold’, ‘tvtotallwin’, ‘PeiMaiPano93’, ‘hajardu’, ‘Jokerstar377’, and ‘gytmiyashiro’.

Event #1 (Low): $2.20 No Limit Hold’em (Phase 2)
Entries: 13,848
Prize pool: $285,115

  1. lucascostaf – $21,407.85*
  2. b-balldude28 – $18,320.71*
  3. Kaivosmies69 – $15,986.05*
  4. d_leithal – $9,130.30
  5. MtotheC135 – $6,526.16
  6. woodiejr – $4,664.77
  7. baradavid – $3,334.31
  8. Devolve_PS – $2,383.33
  9. inter pato72 – $1,703.57

Event #1 (Medium): $22 No Limit Hold’em (Phase 2)
Entries: 6,903
Prize pool: $1,318,640

  1. Shansovne415 – $95,674.97*
  2. bananeFfm – $77,685.65*
  3. gorillabaz – $53,394.34
  4. DPlay2 – $38,877.41
  5. ScoobyNL – $28,307.42
  6. jantjevAdam – $20,611.10
  7. newguy89 – $15,007.30
  8. kotonstar – $10,927.05
  9. Paranoik_UK – $7,956.13

Event #1 (High): $215 No Limit Hold’em (Phase 2)
Entries: 1,251
Prize pool: $2,297,600

  1. Negriin – $200,005.44
  2. leozerag – $15,0329.53
  3. mindgamer – $112,585.11
  4. gizzetti – $84,317.22
  5. AA DOCTOR – $63,146.98
  6. 1MTM91 – $47,292.27
  7. menglong – $35,418.39
  8. RuiNF – $26,525.62
  9. aaurelio – $19,865.74

Event #60 (Low): $5.50 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em (Mini Sunday Kickoff SE)
Entries: 11,943
Prize pool: $58,521

  1. Kamikase1805 – $7,638.60
  2. R3V3NGE_911 – $5,437.38
  3. voidPSkkk – $3,875.96
  4. sonikki – $2,762.91
  5. mucalolo – $1,969.49
  6. Mr.Doomguy – $1,403.92
  7. Sinxfoxzero – $1,000.76
  8. lucassalim1 – $713.37

Event #60 (Medium): $55 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em ( Sunday Kickoff SE)
Entries: 5,797
Prize pool: $289,850

  1. tonn22 – $37,557.43*
  2. Pauli elTopo – $32,557.43*
  3. Solarr – $20,289.50
  4. rezdavid – $14,238.56
  5. ninworld – $9,992.17
  6. jokkee_apart – $7,012.22
  7. ZZZZZZZZED – $4,920.95
  8. Benfica10 – $3,453.38

Event #60 (High): $530 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 1,168
Prize pool: $584,000

  1. clapjkspit – $84,032.90*
  2. markan991 – $76,346.47*
  3. Greenstone25 – $48,752.67
  4. Kennethmedh – $35,292.40
  5. theczar19 – $25,548.48
  6. silskyer – $18,494.75
  7. L1VeYRdrEamS – $13,388.49
  8. Airdraken – $9,692

Event #61 (Low): $22 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 12,655
Prize pool: $253,100

  1. Bashov – $32,322.35
  2. ovemind13 – $22,675.15
  3. zharkaef – $15,912.70
  4. gbaap – $11,167.02
  5. Lionet – $7,836.63
  6. genuk00006 – $5,499.48
  7. mindgamer – $3,859.37
  8. hustle03 – $2,708.37
  9. s2Banchs – $1,900.62

Event #61 (Medium): $215 No Limit Hold’em (Sunday Warm-Up SE)
Entries: 3,954
Prize pool: $790,800

  1. Tralllle – $106,801.76*
  2. Z-ENERGIES – $86,192.21*
  3. Muntjesvader – $56,525.83
  4. Poeira4 – $39,969.87
  5. Pendall – $28,262.95
  6. jaacsin – $19,985.011
  7. que_te_crio – $14,131.59
  8. Elisey87 – $9,992.54
  9. GabiMuguruza – $7,065.87

Event #61 (High): $2,100 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 590
Prize pool: $1,180,000

  1. ShipitFTW911 – $197,703.45*
  2. 2pacnrw16 – $165,913.61*
  3. iwantsomenasty – $115,813.34
  4. Striker33333 – $86,356.41
  5. hellzito – $64,391.77
  6. prebz – $48,013.84
  7. Joao Valli – $35,801.55
  8. 7Phenom1991 – $26,695.49
  9. Adrijan_S – $19,905.53

Event #62 (Low): $109 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em Main Event
Entries: 33,987
Prize pool: $3,398,700

  1. Jack Wastes – $315,955.11*
  2. Silden4filho – 246,669.14*
  3. bencb789 – 169,867.70
  4. xPastortcitox – $121,087.52
  5. retrytm – $86,315.41
  6. 5agittariu5 – $61,528.36
  7. NerATION – $43,859.54
  8. pistecaloze – $31,264.30

Event #62 (Medium): $1,050 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em Main Event
Entries: 5,475
Prize pool: $5,475,000

  1. jakobgold – $688,558.42*
  2. 4BETBRICK – $636,030.41*
  3. Daenarys T – $383,333.22
  4. krissyb24 – $269,011.38
  5. martin12389 – $188,783.47
  6. VICTOR TXR1 – $132,482.40
  7. NUMBJkE- $92,971.52
  8. MastaP89 – $65,244.48

Event #62 (High): $10,300 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em Main Event
Entries: 662
Prize pool: $6,620,000

  1. Gianluca ‘Tankanza’ Speranza – $1,028,203.24*
  2. OMGitshunt – $924,096.07*
  3. Dinesh ‘NastyMinder’ Alt – $604,383.49
  4. Tomatee – $442,597.31
  5. nailuj90 – $324,119.17
  6. felipebeltra – $237,356.79
  7. Korrinho – $173,819.35
  8. caecilius – $127,290.02

Event #63 (Low): $109 Six Max Pot Limit Omaha Main Event
Entries: 4,300
Prize pool: $430,000

  1. tvtotallwin – $46,501.33*
  2. WhatifGod – $47,168.62*
  3. O’Konel – $40,169.58*
  4. WhooooKidd – $20,746.33
  5. SurullinenKlovn – $14,455.48
  6. HuaN13 – $10,072.23

Event #63 (Medium): $1,050 Six Max Pot Limit Omaha Main Event
Entries: 900
Prize pool: $900,000

  1. PeiMaiPano93 – $148,257.72
  2. BackDoorovic – $103,301.91
  3. shaundeeb – $71,977.95
  4. Sasuke234 – $50,152,32
  5. IReadB00ks – $34,944.75
  6. JuliaPPoker – $24,348.60

Event #63 (High): $10,300 Six Max Pot Limit Omaha Main Event
Entries: 150
Prize pool: $1,500,000

  1. pkrbt – $285,762.77*
  2. luckykurac23 – $249,662.23*
  3. Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson – $176,128.20
  4. madsamot – $134,057.25
  5. Jeans89 – $102,035.55
  6. raconteur – $77,662.80

Event #65 (Low): $11 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em PKO
Entries: 28,459
Prize pool: $278,898.20

  1. hajardu – $13,763.80 + $5,919.03 in bounties
  2. w1n@w4r – $9,796.73 + $921.80 in bounties
  3. tunderraiden – $6,983.45 + $1,215.12 in bounties
  4. m@rgodl – $4,978.05 + $1348.40 in bounties
  5. Strax4444 – $3,548.54 + $657.84 in bounties
  6. Dinlo123 – $2,529.52 + $692.41 in bounties
  7. romashka2496 – $1,803.13 + $664.52 in bounties
  8. diamondsir – $1,285.35 + $289.65 in bounties

Event #65 (Medium): $109 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em PKO
Entries: 9,692
Prize pool: $969,200

  1. Jokerstar377 – $50,895.46* + $29,330.29 in bounties
  2. TheDrunkLife – $48,639.50* + $5,150.77 in bounties
  3. Ivo Neto 12 – $47,098.16* + $8,884.95 in bounties
  4. Daler777 – $23,913.07 + $2,544.20 in bounties
  5. DKtunA – $17,046.04 + $7,452.42 in bounties
  6. koelnrome – $12,150.95 + $3,062.76 in bounties
  7. zhongkun2001 – $8,661.59 + $3,467.35 in bounties
  8. rubak787 – $6,174.28 + $1,137.10 in bounties
  9. markovitsus – $4,401.23 + $2,221.31 in bounties

Event #65 (High): $1,050 Eight Max No Limit Hold’em PKO
Entries: 1,395
Prize pool: $630,300

  1. Neanderthal4 – $94,184.95 + $83,447.19 in bounties
  2. MnDBreaker – $89,994.27 + $21,734.37 in bounties
  3. luckylukas13 – $54,691.81 + $8,359.38 in bounties
  4. Nolet20 – $39,010.05 + $17,210.94 in bounties
  5. TheLipoFund – $27,824.73 + $18,544.91 in bounties
  6. gortsos – $19,846.59 + $8,984.39 in bounties
  7. marcelomig – $14,156.04 + $8,921.88 in bounties
  8. Sebasmch – $10,087.07 + $15,425.77 in bounties
  9. OhHeyCindy – $8,117.22 + $5,265.63 in bounties

Event #66 (Low): $5.50 Six Max Pot Limit Omaha w/antes
Entries: 6,251
Prize pool: $35,000

  1. gytmiyashiro – $4,978.72
  2. minister009 – $3,465.59
  3. raul abidal – $2,414.73
  4. MonsieurK6nO – $1,682.51
  5. Goffrey_P – $1,172.33
  6. 139826845 – $816.85

Event #66 (Medium): $55 Six Max Pot Limit Omaha w/antes
Entries: 2,567
Prize pool: $150,000

  1. Mike ‘goleafsgoeh’ Leah – $21,922.95
  2. miszczunio85 – $15,275.13
  3. Chris ‘moorman1’ Moorman – $10,643.29
  4. fOLDN94 – $7,415.97
  5. riverpaigow – $5,167.24
  6. holtekila – $3,600.40

Event #66 (High): $530 Six Max Pot Limit Omaha w/antes
Entries: 589
Prize pool: $300,000

  1. TiltMeBig – $52,745.88
  2. NoHayMiedo – $37,813.86
  3. YRWTHMELTHR – $27,108.99
  4. Odonkor1 – $19,434.57
  5. dpsd05 – $13,932.75
  6. bigbadwolfLT – $9,988.47

Event #67 (Low): $5.50 Six Max Turbo No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 13,471
Prize pool: $66,007.90

  1. Sick’nSocial – $8,254.24
  2. lcsanyl – $5,745.07
  3. Mr.phuong – $4,003.01
  4. Fler121 – $2,789.19
  5. dirtyPKR – $1,943.43
  6. NorbertasP – $1,354.13

Event #67 (Medium): $55 Six Max Turbo No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 5,343
Prize pool: $267,150

  1. seserman01 – $37,987.06
  2. ybmistake – $26,466.04
  3. applemuun – $18,440.80
  4. Fakhish – $12,849.06
  5. oxide8888 – $8,952.86
  6. SirLuxemburg – $6,238.11

Event #67 (High): $530 Six Max Turbo No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 792
Prize pool: $396,000

  1. Kkidmoney – $67,218.19
  2. t4t0PAGAU – $47,328.09
  3. SaoPaulolad – $33,323.79
  4. VICTOR TXR1 – $23,463.35
  5. dantegoyaF – $16,520.60
  6. droulis9 – $11,632.22