May 11 2012, Martin Harris, Mickey Doft
Two more events kicked off on Day 5 of the 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) at PokerStars. Both were two-day affairs, so the six eventual winners will be crowned on Friday. As has been the case so far this SCOOP season, Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom made a deep run. However, he came up just short of making it to Day 2 in Event 12-H.
PokerStars SCOOP 12-H: $2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Heads-Up ($200K Guaranteed)
$2,000+$100 | 236 | $472,000 |
The “High” version of the heads-up PLO event attracted 236 players, meaning that in order to win the title most would have to win eight matches, with a few who got first-round byes having to win seven. Players making the round of 32 would cash, and play was stopped on Thursday once the final four was reached.
Those making it to the round of 32 but no further earned $5,192 paydays. They included “Mihay28,” Ami “UhhMee” Barer, Dan “djk123” Kelly,” “Stavros,” “petermurphy8,” “JRADF79,” “Miltos14,” “Daheh,” GVOZDIKA55,” “Chilax Chuck,” “theArkeyo,” “ISILDRooN,” “roi kin23,” “Sc0ttyy,” “xXprivXx,” and Mike “SirWatts” Watson.
Just 16 players were left, and the eight players who lost in the next round each earned $9,912 for their finishes. Here’s a look at those eight, as well as who they defeated to get that far:
Each of those making the final four is guaranteed at least $33,040, with a runner-up finish worth $66,080, and first-prize $103,840. Here’s how the semifinalists found their way to Friday’s Day 2:
$25+$2 | 3,313 | $82,825 |
Yet another guarantee-crushing prize pool in this one. Entrants played through nine rounds’ worth of heads-up PLO matches to whittle the field down to 16 for Friday’s Day 2. Those going out on their first matches on Friday will all earn $831.56, while $8,727.85 awaits the winner.
The round of 16 is as follows: “Ryan Vachon” vs. “superslide,” “Ahhh Is It?” vs. “KntFoldem,” “jonna102″ vs. “kmoh20,” “demusss” vs. “relayerr,” “dan3|666″ vs. Kurt “kurt23x” Fitzgerald, “Cr@cker717″ vs. “idkPsPro,” “langejan111″ vs. “tammaister,” and “bigtower11″ vs. “im_oddy.”
PokerStars SCOOP 13-H: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em Knockout ($400K Guaranteed)
$2,000+$500+$100 | 501 | $1,002,000 | $250,500 |
A top-notch field of 501 put up $2,600 for the No-Limit Hold’em Knockout affair, creating a first-place prize of $190,380. Among those who cashed but failed to make it to Day 2 were Max Lykov (26th – $6,012), Chris “Genius28″ Lee (29th – $5,511), Luke “Bdbeatslayer” Vrabel (32nd – $5,511), Bryan “theczar19″ Piccioli (39th – $5,010), Stefan “I’am_Sound” Huber (40th – $5,010), Andre “aakkari” Akkari (41st – $5,010), and Yann “yadio” Dion (46th – $4,709.40).
With play on the money bubble, “WushuTM” took over the chip lead when “Vinkyy” put in a five-bet shove with . “WushuTM” was happy to call with and held up to cross the century mark in chips. The unfortunate 64th-place finisher was Luke “lb6121″ Schwartz. After calling a raise on the button with , Schwartz got his nearly 50-big-blind stack into the middle following a flop. “K_0_S_T_Y_A,” second in chips with about 170 big blinds, had outs with . The turn changed nothing, but the river sent Schwartz to the rail.
“WushuTM” rode the momentum from that pot and ended the day second in chips. Here are the chip counts for the remaining 21 players:
1 | javiklet | 2,651,078 |
2 | allucan3at | 1,292,919 |
3 | spielverderb | 1,146,572 |
4 | Ifold2ndnuts | 1,040,299 |
5 | IceStream | 1,006,667 |
PokerStars SCOOP 13-L: $25 No-Limit Hold’em Knockout ($200K Guaranteed)
$20+$5+$2 | 17,806 | $356,120 | $89,030 |
A massive field of 17,806 registered for the “Low” portion of Event #13 and only 36 players made it through to Day 2. Owen “ocrowe” Crowe (2nd), Seth “SFisch4″ Fischer (7th), and Griffin “Flush_Entity” Benger (12th) all still remain and are looking to capture the $41,661.49 first-place prize.
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