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)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$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:

Next, Paul “paulgees81″ Volpe defeated “L0ve2playU” in their quarterfinal match. With a better than 2-to-1 chip lead, Volpe check-called on all three post-flop streets as the board ran out , then turned over the nut flush with to “L0ve2playU’s” .

It took “kmpk90” close to 45 minutes to earn the next spot in the semis, chipping “fcaler185” down to a super short stack which got all in on a flop, with “fcaler185” holding to “kmpk90′s” . The turn was the and river the , giving “kmpk90” a full house and the win.

2012 SCOOP superstar Viktor “Isildur1” Blom had been the very first player through to the round of 32 – winning in a single hand – and had relatively quick matches throughout the day. But his quarterfinal match with “BriDge2PaiN” would be the last to complete, taking over an hour.

The advantage swung back and forth until finally “BriDge2Pain” had grabbed a better than 4-to-1 chip advantage, then Blom committed the last of his stack on a board holding (queens and a gutshot) while “BriDge2PaiN” had (queens and deuces, plus a flush draw). The river was the to fill up “BriDge2Pain,” and Blom’s quest for a third SCOOP watch in four days fell short.

Here’s a look at the paths taken by those who lost in the quarterfinals, thereby earning $18,408:

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:

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Among players falling in the round of 64 were Alex “skalexjung” Jung, Brian “$tinger 88″ Hastings, Chris “ImDaNuts” Oliver, and Anders “Donald” Berg, each of whom earned $860.12.

Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Ashley “DYBYDX” Mason stood out among the group eliminated in the round of 32 (earning $1,417.89) along with “L0ve2playU” who made the quarters of #12-H.

Play concluded with the Round of 16, with the losers taking away $2,708.07 and the winners alive to battle on Friday for the event’s $28,401.19 first prize. In that last round of play “J0KERrrr28″ def. “playser37,” Chris “Moorman1″ Moorman def. “lirarerik,” “Krumpir” def. “wadzon,” Thomas “Kallllle” Pedersen def. “tilt9,” “rSMig” def. “halva1,” Julian “hartwith” Adamson def. “DOCTORB911,” “devinr12″ def. “g.karolis,” and Chris “NigDawG” Brammer def. “daJAMMIN.”

PokerStars SCOOP 12-L: $25 Pot-Limit Omaha Heads-Up ($50K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool

$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)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize PoolBounty Pool

$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:

(81st – $1,065.28).

Only 26 players survived the day and still in the hunt are Christian “C.K.” Kruel (8th – 770,474) and Christophe “chrisdm” De Meulder (15th – 405,135). Here are the top five counts entering Day 2:

PlacePlayerChips

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)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize PoolBounty Pool

$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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March 29 2012, Chris Hall

Day 3 of the PokerStars.it European Poker Tour Campione Main Event began with 99 players, but by the end of the night, only 24 remained and PokerStars qualifier Jannick Wrang was leading the field. Wrang ended the night with 1,742,000.

Eight former EPT champions began in the Day-3 field, including the last two remaining Team PokerStars Pros, Liv Boeree and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier. Both managed to make the money but neither reached the end of the day. Grospellier ran kings into aces before his pocket sixes lost to Andrey Gulyy’s ace-five, which rivered a wheel to knock out Grospellier. Boeree lasted longer but was eliminated when she called all in on the river of a against Olivier Busquet, who showed to take down the pot.

The six other former EPT champions also made the money – David Vamplew, Rupert Elder, Martin Finger, Ronny Kaiser, Nicolas Chouity, and Roberto Romanello. Of that group, only Kaiser and Vamplew have managed to progress to Day 4 with hopes of becoming the EPT’s first double champion.

It didn’t take too long for the tournament to progress to the money bubble. Benas Molis was dubbed “bubble boy” when he bet then three-bet with on a board against Wrang. When Wrang pushed all in, Molis felt committed and called it off against his opponent’s . The on the turn changed nothing and the on the river gave Wrang a full house, guaranteeing the rest of the field at least a min-cash.

Once in the money, the players began to fall at a steady pace with former San Remo champion Rupert Elder the first to go. Meanwhile, a two-way battle was brewing for the chip lead with Balasz Botond and EPT Snowfest finalist Koen De Visscher jostling for position on top of the counts.

De Visscher won a huge three-way all in with aces against Nick Yunis’ kings and Bryan Piccioli’s ace-queen to put him into contention. De Visscher became the first player over the million mark after he turned a straight against Massimiliano Bellon Bellucci’s turned top two pair.

The chip lead was then passed around between several players. Busquet briefly took the lead before Wrang also had a go at the top when he had flush against flush against Stefan Czischke. Alexandre Andermatt was next to claim the spot at the top when he won the classic flip with queens against ace-king to knock out former Grand Final winner Nicolas Chouity. It was short-lived, because Andermatt then lost a one-million-chip pot when Fabrice Soulier’s outflopped Andermatt’s queens. Wrang then regained the chip lead to finish the day on top.

End of Day 3 Chip Counts

PlayerChip Count

Jannick Wrang	1,742,000
Fabrice Soulier	1,230,000
Robin Ylitalo	1,221,000
Mario Nagel	1,125,000
Simeon Naydenov	1,076,000
Ramin Hajiyev	1,000,000
Olivier Busquet	973,000
Alexandre Andermatt	968,000
Koen De Visscher	858,000
Giuseppe Biancoviso	820,000

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