SCOOP Day 1 Recap: Vohra Takes Top Prize
PokerStars' Spring Championship of Online Poker kicked off yesterday and after a grueling first day that lasted well into Monday, three players emerged with SCOOP titles. Dantes_11, hexchen3006, and Raj "BadcardsAA" Vohra topped their respective fields in Event #1, the opening no-limit hold��em six-max affairs. Vohra pocketed the largest prize of $240,026.93.
Event #2, a no-limit hold��em two-day, began later on Sunday and the three fields are each down to a few tables. Several big names remain in the high buy-in. Among the 33 remaining are chip leader Jamie "Xaston" Kaplan, David "RugDoctor" Williams and Victor Ramdin. Meanwhile in the medium buy-in, Chris "SLOPPYKLOD" Klodnicki, Carter "bdybldngpkr" Phillips, Ryan "g0lfa" D'Angelo, and Shawn "buck21" Buchanan are among the 72 players left.
Event #2 resumes at 5 p.m. EST.
PokerStars SCOOP Event 1 - H
Buy-in: $2,000 + $100
Prize Pool: $1,576,000
Entrants: 788
*1. Raj "BadcardsAA" Vohra - $240,026.93
*2. baloo1962 - $197,924.86
*3. ArbahChamesh - $202,377.01
4. Timo "hei?tercamp" Pf��tzenreuter - $110,320
5. Jason "Taknapotin" Somerville - $78,800
6. Francis "teacuppoker" Cagney - $47,280
*denotes three-handed deal leaving $20,000 to the eventual winner
Notable Finishes: Thomas "tjbentham" Bentham (9th - $30,732), Greg "DuckU" Hobson (11th - $20,488), David "Blue Knight1" Sesso (12th - $20,488), Tom "Titantom32" Braband (14th - $13,711.20), Sebastian Ruthenberg (23rd - $10,559.20)
PokerStars SCOOP Event 1 - M
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $1,356,600
Entrants: 6,783
1. Dantes_11 - $203,493.84
2. Fohle140586 - $142,443
3. Revjot - $101,745
4. Sebastian "sebbau" Bauer - $61,047
5. Ronando29 - $33,915
6. berryfilled - $20,349
Notable Finishes: Dan "WiLDmAn75" Buzgon (15th - $8,139.60), Randall "RandALLin" Flowers (41st - $3,255.84)
PokerStars SCOOP Event 1 - L
Buy-in: $20 + $2
Prize Pool: $546,100
Entrants: 27,305
*1. hexchen3006 - $56,998.38
*2. ffmm67 - $30,086.08
*3. lark465 - $35,812.97
4. Soulman1980 - $10,922
5. maks75757575 - $5,892.41
6. Aaron "dyeti" Armstrong - $4,095.75
*denotes three-handed deal leaving $5,000 to the eventual winner
Notable Finishes: Lars "MiniKipDK" Hougaard (33rd - $955.67), Matt "burton1080" Jensen (38th - $819.15)
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