Several big names were making moves late in tournament including Team PokerStar's George Danzer and COOP monster Shaun Deeb but neither would have a final say for the title. Play moved quickly from 3 tables down to the final table bubble with the short-stacks taking a stab for a double-up until jakobgold moved all-in during a Deuce-to-Seven TD hand holding a little over 1.5 big bets. Chip leader Kusu_a came along for the ride and made a better hand in the end to form the SCOOP 32-L final table. Russia was well represented with half the final table flying their flag and in the middle of the remaining field.

Final table chip counts:

Seat 1: Shpikachka (1,970,658 in chips)
Seat 2: Name1ess0ne (892,991 in chips)
Seat 3: Alximik1203 (3,102,880 in chips)
Seat 4: Kusu_a (5,364,352 in chips)
Seat 5: kr1voship (981,960 in chips)
Seat 6: babefish (1,587,159 in chips)

Shpikachka scooped, eliminated in 6th place

Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, limits 100k/200k

Shpikachka began the final table with a comfortable chipstack but half was lost during the early stages of play. kr1voship opened from middle position and called Shpikachka's 3-bet from the small blind before the [Th][8s][6h] flop. Shpikachka and kr1voship bet/called the flop and the [2d] turn before Shpikachka check/called all-in for the remaining 120,658.

kr1voship: [7c][6s][4s][3d]
Shpikachka: [Ad][Kd][Jh][Jc]

kr1voship was sitting on a made low and a boatload of outs for the high versus the Jacks of Shpikachka. The [5c] completed the straight and Shpikachka was eliminated in 6th place for $1,219.60.

babefish gets pipped in Razz, eliminated in 5th place

Razz, Limits 100k/200k (20k ante and 30k bring-in)

babefish was also a victim of early final table stack abuse and began a Razz hand with just 2.5 big bets as the bring-in with the [7s] in the door. Name1ess0ne completed with the [7d], Kusu_a called with [2s], kr1voship called with [6h], and babefish came along for the ride. Name1ess0ne opened with [7d][Qh] and it folded around to babefish who called with [7s] [5s]. babefish lead out on fifth street with [7s][5s][8h] and called all-in when Name1ess0ne raised with [6h][8d][9c].

Name1ess0ne: ([7h][4d])[6h][8d][9c]
babefish: ([As][6c])[7s][5s][8h]

babefish was alive for the double up until Name1ess0ne drew [Ad] on sixth street babefish's [9d] for a better 8-7. No help came for babefish with the [Ac] river and was eliminated in 5th place for $2,388.71.

kr1voship hits the river, eliminated in 4th place

7 Card Stud, Limits 120k/240k (24k ante and 36k bring-in)

The extra rounds of betting during the Stud hands begun to play a major part in chip movement and it was a Stud Hi hand which would end the night for kr1voship. With [Ac] in the door, kr1voship completed and was only called by Alximik1203 with [9s]. Alximik1203 on fourth with [9s][5h] kr1voship bet on fourth with [Ac][8h] and was called by Alximik1203 with [9s][5h]. Another round of betting by kr1voship with [Ac][8h][6s] and a call by Alximik1203 [9s][5h][7h]. kr1voship bet the last 213,474 of the stack with [Ac][8h][6s][Js] and was called by Alximik1203 with [9s][5h][7h][2c].

Alximik1203: ([Qh][9h])[9s][5h][7h][2c]
kr1voship: ([6h][5d])[Ac][8h][6s][Js]

Alximik1203 was ahead with the pair of Nine versus a pair of Sixes. kr1voship improved to Eights up with the river [8s] but was beaten when Alximik1203 hit the King high flush with the [Kh]. kr1voship hit on the river but it wasn't good enough, knocked out in 4th place for $3,752.69.

Kusu_a stages a small comeback but eliminated in 3rd place

No Limit Hold'em, Blinds 40k/80k (10k ante)

Chip counts:

Alximik1203: 12,736,354
Name1ess0ne: 764,390
Kusu_a: 399,256

Alximik1203 began three-handed play with a large chiplead over the other two players and used the stack to bully them during the limit portions of play but things can change rapidly once No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha roll around the rotation. Kusu_a used whatever chips left to nearly triple up without a showdown until running into the aggressive chipleader.

Alximik1203 min-raised from the small blind and was called by Kusu_a in the big blind before the [Kd][4c][9s] flop. Alximik1203 bet 160,000 to watch Kusu_a move all-in for 1,066,512 total. Alximik1203 did not take long to call the all-in holding [Kh][8s] for top pair and was ahead of Kusu_a with [Jh][4d] for bottom pair. Nothing would change with the [Ts] turn or [6d] river and Kusu_a was the next knockout in 3rd place for $5,801.16.

Alximik1203 thwarts a comeback to win SCOOP Event #33-L 8-Game

Alximik1203 began heads up play with a huge chiplead and at one point stretched it out to a better than 20-to-1 advantage (13,271,220 versus 628,780) until Name1ess0ne staged a big comeback with a series of big hands. It took a few double ups but Name1ess0ne was almost even in the chip counts to begin discussion of a deal. After a long negotiation, and a little chat about the amout of vodka to be consumed later, a deal was made to give Name1ess0ne $8,600 and $9,399.81 to Alximik1203 with the final $600 left in play.

The two battled back and forth until Alximik1203 took over the heads up match when it reached Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw. The big chiplead was restored after a winning eight straight hands, several in the 7-figure range, before the game was done. Name1ess0ne raised from the button and was called by Alximik1203 before they each drew one card. Both players then capped the betting before the 2nd draw when Alximik1203 stood pat and Name1ess0ne drew one more with just 197,560 behind. Alximik1203 put Name1ess0ne all-in before the 3rd draw which was called and they both stood pat.

Name1ess0ne: [9h][7h][3d][2c][2s]
Alximik1203: [9c][8h][5c][3c][2h]

Name1ess0ne took a shot by standing pat with a pair of ducks but was well behind Alximik1203's hand. Name1ess0ne made a valiant effort to comeback from a big deficit and did well to earn extra money with the deal, but finished just short as the runner-up for $8,600. Alximik1203 showed skill at all 8 of the games in the mix and is the well deserved SCOOP champion for just under $10,000.

PokerStars 2013 SCOOP Event #33-L ($27 8-Game) results:

Players: 2,780
Prizepool: $68,249
Place paid: 360

1. Alximik1203 (Russia) $9,999.81*
2. Name1ess0ne (Poland) $8,600.00*
3. Kusu_a (Finland) $5,801.16
4. kr1voship (Russia) $3,753.69
5. babefish (Sweden) $2,388.71
6. Shpikachka (Russia) $1,219.60
Reflects heads-up deal

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Baker had come so close to his second SCOOP watch several times this series. Baker finished 2nd in the $2,100 NLHE near the beginning of the SCOOP and then finished 3rd in Event #28-H ($2,100 Stud Hi/Lo) just two days ago.

He made another final table in between that one and his victory today. In fact, Baker was playing the final table in Event #35-H ($2,100 NLHE Turbo 2X-Chance) while he was working his way to victory in Event #33-H.

Baker finished 3rd in Event #35-H for $168,510 and then got his second SCOOP watch a few hours later.

Event #33-H attracted 128 players and created a $256,000 prize pool. Some of the players to contribute to that prize pool were Team PokerStars Online players jorj95, talonchick and nkeyno. Also present were Team PokerStars Pros Andre Akkari, Jonathan Duhamel, Sebastian Ruthenberg, Eugene Katchalov, Jose Ignacio Barbero and ElkY -- who finished 16th for $3,328.

Team PokerStars Pro George Danzer was also in the field and made another final table this SCOOP.

It was an impressive final table that started with a bubble.

FTB

Ana Marquez took a commanding lead with three tables left. She held 140,000 while her closest contender came in at 75,000. Marquez's lead it lasted until we made it to the bubble.

That's when Eric "AceQuad" Brix took over.

The game was Razz and limits were 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante. Marquez brought it in with a [kh] and plattsburgh raised with a [4s]. AceQuad re-raised with a [7h], Marquez folded and plattsburgh four-bet to 7,500. AceQuad called and players kept betting.

plattsburgh: (X)(X) / [4s][8c][qc][9h] / (X)
AceQuad: (X)(X) / [7h][10d][10s][5s] / (X)

plattsburgh led out with bets on fourth, fifth and sixth street and AceQuad called all the way. plattsburgh then checked on the river and AceQuad bet 5,000. plattsburgh called and mucked when AceQuad turned over [2s][3h]/[6d] for a [7][6][5][3][2].

AceQuad was up to 122,141 and plattsburgh fell to 28,000.

AceQuad then took the lead away from Marquez. plattsburgh brought it in with a [9h] and AceQuad raised with a [7c]. Marquez re-raised with a [2h] and only AceQuad called.

AceQuad: (X)(X) / [7c][6s][8h][ks] / (X)
ana marquez: (X)(X) / [2h][4h][5c][qc] / (X)

Marquez bet on every street and AceQuad called down. After calling on the river, AceQuad showed [4s][2c]/[7d] for [8][7][6][4][2] while Marquez showed [9c][5s]/[jc] for [j][9][5][4][2].

AceQuad inched into the lead with 147,000 while Marquez was down to 144,000. AceQuad increased his lead by crippling plattsburgh and Marquez burst the bubble.

plattsburgh brought it in with a [5c] and Marquez raised with a [4s]. plattsburgh re-raised, Marquez 4-bet and plattsburgh made it 10,000, leaving himself with 354. Marquez called and the rest of plattsburgh's chips went in on fifth street.

plattsburgh: ([ad])([2h]) / [5c][3s][5s][qh] / ([kc])
ana marquez: ([6d])([7s]) / [4s][8d][kh][jc] / ([9s])

plattsburgh's [q][5][3][2][A] was too high and Marquez won the pot with [9][8][7][6][4].

plattsburgh finished 7th and won $8,320.00 for the final table bubble.

We were now down to our...

Final table

Seat 1: WhooooKidd -- 87,951
Seat 2: ana marquez -- 154,901
Seat 3: GeorgeDanzer -- 87,574
Seat 4: MUSTAFABET -- 73,894
Seat 5: osten -- 71,289
Seat 6: AceQuad -- 164,391

Every single player at the final table had been at a major online final table before, and won it.

David "WhooooKidd" Baker took down SCOOP 19-H ($5,200 PLO) in 2009 for $215,000. Ana "ana marquez" Marquez won SCOOP 05-H ($1,050+R NLHE Turbo) for $255,035.10 just last week.

George "GeorgeDanzer" Danzer in seat 3 has a bunch of online victories including two WCOOPs and two SCOOPs. Danzer's first SCOOP came in 2010 in the 9-M ($162 Badugi). Danzer's more recent SCOOP was, well, more recent. A lot more recent.

Danzer also got a SCOOP last week, taking down Event #12-H ($2,100 NL 2-7 TD) for $34,040. Danzer is also tied for 4th in the overall SCOOP leaderboard, a tie he just broke.

Seat 4 hosts another WCOOP champion, MUSTAFABET. MUSTAFABET took down WCOOP-3 ($215 PLO 6-max) in 2009 for $86,247.01.

Then there's Thor "osten" Hansen. Hansen has two WSOP bracelets in 7-card stud and A-5 lowball and won the $320 7-card stud event in last year's WCOOP. Then, last week, Hansen took down SCOOP 11-H ($2,100 Stud). Hansen's got (mixed) game.

Finishing out the impressive final table is AceQuad, who won the Sunday Million back in 2010.

These players aren't strangers to major final tables, some aren't even strangers to being at the final table with eacother. Just two days ago, Baker and Hansen final tabled Event #28-H ($2,100 Stud Hi/Lo). Hansen finished 7th for $8,075 while Baker made it to 3rd for $26,600.

Résumé fluffing

While all these players added (another) a SCOOP final table to their resume, only one would get the watch.

AceQuad started the table with the lead, but would be the first player out. It started when Marquez snatched the lead back in stud:

Marquez continued to chip up while AceQuad descended. But while AceQuad fell first, Baker was the first to go all-in. The game switched to NLHE with 1K/2K blinds and a 250 ante and Baker raised to 4,000 from the cutoff. Marquez raised to 9,000 from the button and Baker moved all-in for 36,912.

Marquez called and showed [ad][10h] to Baker's [kh][kc]. The [6s][8h][kc] was kind to Baker and he doubled up to 78,324. The hand didn't devastate Marquez as she was still in the lead with 201,189. MUSTAFABET was in second with 134,000.

Then Baker doubled up again.

The game was PLO and Marquez raised to 4,000 from under-the-gun. AceQuad called from the small blind and Baker did the same from the big.

The flop came [9s][jd][4s] and AceQuad bet 6,500. Baker raised to 31,500, Marquez folded and AceQuad moved all-in for 106,241. Baker had 48,824 behind and called all-in.

Baker: [9d][9c][ad][6h]
AceQuad: [As][ah][kc][8s]

Baker had a set while AceQuad showed aces and a flush draw. The [ks] on the turn gave AceQuad the nut flush, but then a [jh] came on the river to give Baker the full house.

Baker was up to 172,648 while AceQuad dipped to 25,917.

More for Thor

Thor "osten" Hansen started as the short stack and slowly chipped down to 40,000. AceQuad took the short stack title after the round of PLO, but then Hansen had a rocky 2-7.

With 5K/10K limits, Marquez raised from under-the-gun and Hansen three-bet from the button. Baker called from the big blind and Marquez came along. Baker and Marquez drew two while Hansen discarded one.

Hansen bet, Baker called and Marquez raised. Both players called and drew one card while Marquez patted. Marquez bet, Hansen and Baker called and drew one more card.

Marquez bet after the final draw and both players folded. Marquez went up to 290,000 while Hansen dropped to 4,728.

It seemed unlikely that Hansen would get our first final table elimination, but poker has never been predictable.

First, Hansen doubled-up. Hansen moved all-in for 4,728 from middle position, Marquez called from the small blind and George Danzer raised from the big. Marquez folded and we were heads-up.

Both players drew two cards the first draw and discarded one on the second and third draw. Hansen flipped over [8][6][5][3][2] and bested Danzer's [10][8][6][3][2].

Hansen was up to 14,000 and doubled that two hands later.

David Baker raised from middle position and Hansen moved all-in for 14,184 from the big blind. Baker called and Hansen was at-risk again.

First draw

WhooooKidd: 3
osten: 2

Second draw

WhooooKidd: 2
osten: 1

Third Draw

WhooooKidd: 1
osten: Stand pat

Baker hit a [9][8][7][3][2] while Hansen was patting with an [8][7][4][3][2]. Hansen was up to 30,000 and then took out AceQuad.

Hansen raised from under-the-gun and AceQuad three-bet to his left. Hansen four-bet when action folded back and AceQuad called all-in.

First draw

AceQuad: 1
osten: 2

Second draw

AceQuad: 1
osten: 1

Third Draw

AceQuad: 1
osten: Stand pat

Hansen showed a [10][5][4][3][2] while AceQuad hit a pair with [8][7][7][3][2]. After 90 minutes, AceQuad became our first final table elimination. For his finish, Eric "AceQuad" Brix will take $11,520.00.

The hammer

Hansen brought the hammer down on Brix, but then it came back on him. Despite eliminating AceQuad, Hansen was still the short stack with 54,000.

The game switched to limit Hold'em and with 5K/10K limits, Hansen was down to 12,000 after a few hands and a round of blinds. Hansen raised to 10,000 from the cutoff and GeorgeDanzer three-bet from the big blind. Hansen called all-in and showed [jd][8s] to Danzer's [3d][2d].

The board came [8d][6d][6s][4s][qh] and Hansen doubled to 26,070. Danzer was left with 26,383 but got his chips back from Hansen.

Danzer raised to 10,000 from the button and Hansen re-raised from the big blind. Danzer four-bet and Hansen called, bringing a [3h][7h][9h] flop. Hansen bet 5,000 and Danzer called all-in for 3,883.

Danzer showed [ad][kh] for a flush draw while Hansen held a set with [9d][9c]. The [6h] turn gave Danzer the flush and and an [as] fell on the river.

Danzer was up to 50,000 while Hansen was down to 2,187.

Hansen was automatically all-in from the small blind the following hand and MUSTAFABET raised from the button. David "WhooooKidd" Baker called from the big blind and the flop came [qd][kc][9s].

MUSTAFABET bet and Baker folded.

osten showed [kd][jh] while MUSTAFABET turned over [jd][8d]. The turn was a [6d] and the [ks] fell on the river to give Hansen the double-up.

Then the game switched to Omaha Hi/Lo with 6K/12K limits and Hansen's run was over. Hansen moved all-in for 6,561 from under-the-gun and Danzer and MUSTAFABET called from the blinds.

The flop came [qh][js][5h] and Danzer check-raised MUSTAFABET. The [jd] came on the turn after MUSTAFABET called and both players checked.

Danzer bet when the [4h] came on the river and MUSTAFABET folded. Danzer showed [kh][5s][5d][2h] for fives full of jacks and Hansen turned over [ad][7d][4s][2d] for jacks and fours.

Thor "osten" Hansen finished 5th and earned $16,640.00 for his third SCOOP final table this series.

Tricky lead

David Baker had the four-handed lead with 276,000 while Ana Marquez came in second with 194,000. MUSTAFABET was a few chips shy of 100,000 and George Danzer was our short stack with 69,388.

Danzer got some traction in Omaha Hi/Lo after Marquez raised to 12,000 from the button and Danzer re-raised from the small blind. Marquez called and Danzer bet the [5s][2h][8s] flop. A [3h] came on the turn after Marquez called and Danzer fired another barrel.

Marquez called and the [10s] came on the river. Danzer bet again, Marquez folded and Danzer was up to 100,000.

Danzer held steady in the round of Razz while Marquez took the lead away from Baker. Marquez first won some after bringing it in with a [7s]. Baker raised with a [6s] and Marquez re-raised. Baker four-bet and Marquez called.

ana marquez: (X)(X) / [7s][jd][4s]
WhooooKidd: (X)(X) / [6s][qc][10h]

Baker called Marquez's bet on fifth street but folded to her bet on sixth. Marquez was up to 198,000 while Baker was down to 201,000. Both players then lost a bit to MUSTAFABET before Marquez took another big pot off of Baker:

Then the game switched to stud and limits went up to 8K/16K with a 1.6K ante. Danzer began to fall after bringing it in with a [5c]. Marquez raised with a [jc] and Danzer three-bet. Marquez re-raised and Danzer called.

Marquez got a [jh] on fourth street and bet. Danzer got a [4c] and folded, going down to 65,000. Then Baker took a large pot off of Marquez.

MUSTAFABET had the bring in with a [6d] and Baker raised with a [qc]. Marquez called and MUSTAFABET folded.

WhooooKidd: (X)(X) / [qc][3c][8c][Kh] / (X)
ana marquez: (X)(X) / [7c][5s][jd][10s] / (X)

Baker bet all the way to the river and Marquez called down. Baker turned over [qs][jc]/[10d] after Marquez called his river bet for a pair of queens and Marquez mucked.

Baker took down the 126,000 pot and took back the lead.

Danzer down

While Baker and Marquez kept passing around the lead, they had yet to deal an elimination at the final table.

Danzer was down to 30,000 and raised to 8,000 with a [qs] after Marquez brought it in with a [3d]. MUSTAFABET raised, Danzer three-bet and MUSTAFABET re-raised. Danzer called all-in and his final hand was dealt.

MUSTAFABET: ([10d])([10h]) / [5d][ks][7h][kh] / ([3c])
GeorgeDanzer: ([5s])([2s]) / [qs][jh][9h][4s] / ([qc])

Danzer's queens weren't enough to beat MUSTAFABET's kings and tens and Danzer finished 4tn, earning $21,760.00.

Baker's rise

There was no yeast, just chips.

After Danzer's elimination Baker was in the lead with 277,000. Marquez was in 2nd with 221,000 and MUSTAFABET rounded it off with 140,000. The game was Stud Hi/Lo with 8K/16K lmits and a 1.6 ante and Baker knocked MUSTAFABET down a bit:

Baker was also putting the pressure on Marquez. Marquez brought it in with a [5d] and Baker called with a [9s].

WhooooKidd: (X)(X) / [9s][10d][kd][6c] / (X)
ana marquez: (X)(X) / [5d][8s][1h][9d] / (X)

Baker check-raised on fourth street and then took the initiative on fifth. Marquez called Baker's fifth and sixth street bets and both players checked on the river.

Baker showed [8h][10s]/[4s] for tens while Marquez had [6h][8d]/[ks] for eights. Baker crossed the 400,000 mark while Marquez was down to 132,000.

Baker then put MUSTAFABET on the ropes. MUSTAFABET brought it in with a [2h]. Baker called with a [7s], Marquez raised with the [ac] and both players called.

WhooooKidd: (X)(X) / [7s][5c][5h][6c] / (X)
ana marquez: (X)(X) / [ac][js]
MUSTAFABET: (X)(X) / [2h][7h][kc][4d] / (X)

MUSTAFABET bet on fourth, Baker raised and Marquez folded. MUSTAFABET called and Baker bet until the river. MUSTAFABET called the bet on fifth and sixth but folded on the river, leaving himself with 18,847.

Marked Marquez

With a bit more than one big bet, it seemed likely that MUSTAFABET was headed out in 3rd. But then he survived.

Baker brought it in with a [7c] and MUSTAFABET raised with an [8c]. Baker raised and MUSTAFABET called all-in.

MUSTAFABET: ([7h])([3c]) / [8c][9s][jh][jc] / ([7s])
WhooooKidd: ([as])([5s]) / [7c][kd][2c][10h] / ([10d])

MUSTAFABET's jacks and sevens took the high and neither player had a low. Then MUSTAFABET doubled again.

Marquez brought it in with a [4h] and MUSTAFABET raised with the [9d]. WhooooKidd three-bet, Marquez folded and MUSTAFABET four-bet. Baker re-raised and MUSTAFABET bet called, leaving 8,094 behind.

MUSTAFABET: ([qd])([qc]) / [9d][6s][8d][jh] / ([6h])
WhooooKidd: ([9c])([9h]) / [5c][3d][4c][5s] / ([7s])

The rest of the chips went in on fourth street and MUSTAFABET's queens and sixes doubled him up to 87,000.

The game switched to NLHE with 2.5K/5K blinds and a 625 ante and Marquez went all-in for the first time this final table.

Marquez had been chipped down to 84,104 and moved all-in from the small blind after Baker raised to 10,000 from the button. MUSTAFABET folded and Baker called.

Marquez turned over [js][10h] and Baker came alive with [ah][kh]. The board came [as][4c][jd][4d][ac] and Marquez was out in 3rd, earning $33,280.00.

This put Baker up to 555,987 while MUSTAFABET was at 84,013.

Heads-up

Heads-up play lasted seven hands and there wasn't much chip movement till the last hand. MUSTAFABET was dwon to 70,000 and raised to 10,000 from the small blind. Baker called and the flop came [9s][js][kh]. Baker check-called MUSTAFABET's 7,500 bet and an [ac] came on the turn.

Baker checked again and MUSTAFABET bet 11,500. Baker called and checked again when the [8h] came on the river. Then MUSTAFABET moved all-in for 44,738.

Baker called and ended the tournament.

MUSTAFABET showed [qd][3s] for air while Baker showed [qc][10c] for the rivered straight. MUSTAFABET got $44,800.00 for the runner-up finish while WhooooKidd took the title.

David "WhooooKidd" Baker became our most recent SCOOP champion and earned his second-ever SCOOP victory. For his win here in Event #33-H, Baker will take $66,560.00.

PokerStars 2013 SCOOP Event #33-H ($2,100 8-Game) results:

Entrants: 128
Prize pool: $256,000
Places paid: 18

1. WhooooKidd (Mexico) $66,560.00
2. MUSTAFABET (United Kingdom) $44,800.00
3. ana marquez (United Kingdom) $33,280.00
4. GeorgeDanzer (Austria) $21,760.00
5. osten (Norway) $16,640.00
6. AceQuad (Mexico) $11,520.00

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highland earned $174,074.23 for the win, plus a few extra bucks thanks to having knocked out a half-dozen players along the way. Meanwhile lehout of the Netherlands made it to heads-up and a final table deal with highland, thereby ensuring a nice $156,000 prize as well.

That field of 626 created a total prize pool of $1,261,390, way over the $750K guarantee for Event #31-H. The top 72 finishers divided the regular prize pool, while every knockout earned players $405 apiece along the way drawn from the bounty pool.

From 626 to 9

The first day saw the 626 entrants play all of the way down to 33 players, with prepstyle71, Jeremiah "Believer82" Vinsant, and rh300487 having successfully negotiated their way to occupy the top spots in the chip counts overnight.

Near night's end two Team PokerStars Pros were eliminated after making it to the cash -- Henrique "Henrique.P" Pinho (62nd) and Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero (49th). Pinho earned $3,527.51 for his finish, having added no extra money as he never recorded a knockout, while Barbero took away $4,031.44 plus another $2,025 for collecting five bounties.

Meanwhile Team Online member Mickey "mementmori" Petersen survived to make it to the second day of play, but unfortunately for Petersen his Thursday would be a short one, ending after he got the last of his short stack in with [Ah][Jd] against the [7s][7c] of rh300487 and failed to improve. Petersen claimed $5,039.30 for the 33rd-place finish, plus another $810 for grabbing a couple of knockouts along the way.

They were approaching the two-hour mark of Day 2 when just 18 players were left, with prepstyle71 still up on top with more than 543,000, and Believer82 and rh300487 still holding onto the next two positions in the counts.

Over the next two-and-a-half hours the field was whittled down to nine. Rodrigo "caprioli" Caprioli (18th), Emil "Maroonlime" Patel (17th), and Naza114 (16th) each took $8,062.88 from the prize pool plus some bounties for each. Zach "nofingclue11" Clark (15th), BgsaPnaples (14th), and fortunaVine (13th) made $10,078.60 plus bounties. And rh300487 (12th), Maxxx72alba (11th), and Rory "Mafews" Mathews (10th) each made $12,094.32 plus a few bounties as well, with the 12 picked up by rh300487 ultimately tying for the most claimed by anyone in the tournament.

prepstyle71 continued to lead as the final table began.

Seat 1: pokerturo (Germany) -- 202,484
Seat 2: Craig "mcc3991" McCorkell (United Kingdom) -- 283,403
Seat 3: toril274 (Russia) -- 290,455
Seat 4: lehout (Netherlands) -- 282,919
Seat 5: TIPCHIK321 (Russia) -- 72,460
Seat 6: Jeremiah "Believer82" Vinsant (Canada) -- 477,646
Seat 7: prepstyle71 (Canada) -- 1,057,747
Seat 8: highland (Canada) -- 144,275
Seat 9: guinor (Brazil) -- 318,611

Working from 9 to 5

Only one player at the final nine had yet to pick up a single bounty -- that being the short stack TIPCHIK321 -- and as it would happen that would remain so as TIPCHIK31 hit the rail in ninth on the final table's fourth hand.

The blinds were 3,000/6,000 when lehout raised to 12,179 from early position, then TIPCHIK321 reraised all in for 69,460. It folded back to lehout who called right away, turning over [Ac][Kd] while TIPCHIK321 showed [5c][5s]. The flop came [4c][Kc][Qh] to pair lehout's king, and after the [2d] turn and [4d] river, TIPCHIK321 was out in ninth.

Play continued, and in the last hand before Day 2's four-hour break, the blinds were 3,500/7,000 when toril274 open-pushed all in for 102,570 from middle position, then chip leader prepstyle71 reraised all in over the top from the small blind to isolate.

It was a similar scenario as happened with the previous knockout, with prepstyle71 holding [6d][6h] and toril274 [Ad][Ks]. This time, however, the small pair held as the board came [9h][Qs][6s][8d][2d], and toril274 was knocked out in eighth.

Soon after the break was over, it was pokerturo open-raising all in from the small blind and Craig "mcc3991" McCorkell calling all in for 51,353 (a little over 7 BBs) from the big blind. pokerturo had [Qs][3s] and McCorkell [Ah][4c]. The flop came [Jc][2s][9s] to give pokerturo a flush draw, then the [3h] landed on fourth street to pair pokerturo's trey. The river was the [4s] to improve pokerturo to a flush, and mcc3991 was eliminated in seventh.

On the very next hand, prepstyle71 min-raised to 14,000 from under the gun, then guinor reraised to 32,780 from the cutoff seat. pokerturo then made it 61,560 to go from the button, and after the blinds and prepstyle71 stepped aside, guinor reraised back to 99,999. In response to that pokerturo shoved, and guinor called all in with the 167,100 left.

guinor: [Kc][Kd]
pokerturo: [Ah][Ks]

guinor was hoping not to see an ace, but one fell on the flop which came [2d][As][Qs]. The turn was the [8d] and river the [6d], ending guinor's run in sixth.

5 play down to 2

With five left the pace slowed considerably, with no eliminations for nearly two hours and players frequently dipping into their time banks when making decisions. They made it all of the way to six-hour break of Day 2, with prepstyle71 ahead with more than 1.03 million, pokerturo next with about 808,000, lehout third with 610,000, Believer82 fourth with 497,000, and highland fifth with just over 176,000.

Soon after play resumed, lehout would win a big all-in with [Ac][Kh] versus pokerturo's [Ad][Js] to push up over 1.23 million and assume the chip lead. Not too long after the blinds were 6,000/12,000 when highland open-raised to 199,999 from the small blind, then a short-stacked pokerturo called all in from the big blind for 187,336.

pokerturo had [Ah][Ks] this time while highland had [Kc][6s]. But the flop came [6h][2s][Ts] to pair highland's kicker, and when the next two streets came [9h] then [7c], pokerturo was the tourney's fifth-place finisher.

After that lehout would slip back down the counts while prepstyle71 reassumed the lead, building further as they reached and then passed the day's seven-hour mark. Fifteen minutes later the blinds were 8,000/16,000 when a short-stacked Jeremiah "Believer82" Vinsant open-pushed for 243,041 from the small blind with [Ad][8d] and got called by prepstyle71 sitting one seat over with [Ks][9s]. The flop was okay for Vinsant, coming [5c][Qd][Tc], but the [Kc] turn and [9c] river were not, giving prepstyel71 two pair and Believer82's bounty as Vinsant was sent railward in fourth.

The remaining three then stopped the tourney to talk about a possible chop with prepstyle71 at 1,669,596, highland at 903,775, and lehout 556,629. "ICM" numbers were produced, but lehout wasn't satisfied and play was soon resumed.

Before long highland, after losing some chips, won a big double-up through prepstyle71 in a preflop all-in confrontation in which highland's [Ac][Qd] held against prepstyle71's [Ah][8s]. Then on the very next hand prepstyle71 lost another big chunk to lehout in a hand that saw prepstyle71 turn a full house (fives full of tens) holding [5d][5c], then lehout river a better one (sixes full of tens) with [6s][6h] at which point all of lehout's chips made it to the middle. Take a look:

It wasn't long after that hand that lehout was raising a little over 2x from the button to 40,599, then prepstyle71 shoved for 368,570 from the small blind and lehout called. prepstyle71 had [Kc][Ts] and lehout [Ad][9d], and five cards later -- [Th][5d][2d][4s][4d] -- lehout had a flush and prepstyle71 was out in third.

prepstyle71 secured a six-figure cash thanks to the finish, plus with 12 bounties added a few more dollars, too, tying rh300487 for the most bounties collected in Event #31-H.

Heads-up: A deal, then highland knocks out lehout

The two remaining players played a few more small hands, then stopped the tourney with highland sitting with 1,717,050 and lehout 1,412,950 in order to discuss a split of the remaining prize money. Initial numbers were met with skepticism by lehout who stood to get a little less, and the initial back-and-forthing in the chat box seemed to suggest a deal might not happen:

Administrator: The tournament has been paused to allow discussion of deal.
HostJoshuaC (Administrator): highland:$159,280.93
HostJoshuaC (Administrator): lehout:$155,793.30
HostJoshuaC (Administrator): Left To Play for place 1: $15,000.00
lehout: even,chop,seems,fair
highland: playing for it all seems fiar too
lehout: im,willing,to,gamble,too,if,you,want
lehout: 157.500,for,me,thats,fair
highland: well if these #s seems unfiar to u I suggest you consult some mathematicians

However, the pair were able to come to terms, with highland getting $159,000, lehout $156,000, and $15,074.23 remaining on the table for which to play. Soon cards were back in the air.

highland began chipping up further, and had just over 2.06 million to lehout's 1.06 million when the eight-hour break of Day 2 arrived. A half-hour after that highland had built up over 2.5 million, and it was too much longer after that the end finally arrived.

The blinds had increased to 12,500/25,000, and highland opened with a raise to 50,187. lehout responded by reraising all in for 411,188 total and highland made the call.

highland had [Kc][Th] while lehout was hoping [Ad][4h] would hold. But the flop came [8c][9h][Ts] to give highland the lead with a pair of tens. The [7d] on the turn did provide some extra outs to split for lehout, but the river was the [9c] and it was all over.

Congratulations to highland for topping a tough field to earn a "high" SCOOP victory and huge $174K-plus payday. And kudos as well to lehout for making it to the heads-up deal to ensure a nice $156K score as well.

PokerStars 2013 SCOOP Event #31-H ($2,100 No-Limit Hold'em, Knockout) results

Players: 626
Total prize pool: $1,261,390.00
Regular prize pool: $1,007,860.00
Bounty prize pool: $253,530.00
Places paid: 72

1. highland (Canada) $174,074.23* (plus $2,430 for 6 bounties)
2. lehout (Netherlands) $156,000.00* (+$2,430; 6 bounties)
3. prepstyle71 (Canada) $102,801.72 (+$4,860; 12 bounties)
4. Jeremiah "Believer82" Vinsant (Canada) $77,605.22 (+$4,050; 10 bounties)
5. pokerturo (Germany) $54,424.44 (+$3,240; 8 bounties)
6. guinor (Brazil) $42,834.05 (+$4,050; 10 bounties)
7. Craig "mcc3991" McCorkell (United Kingdom) $32,755.45 ($1,620; 4 bounties)
8. toril274 (Russia) $22,676.85 (+$810; 2 bounties)
9. TIPCHIK321 (Russia) $15,420.25 (zero bounties)

There are still a few days left in the 2013 Spring Championship of Online Poker, including the Main Event that begins Sunday. Check the SCOOP site for details.

Martin Harris is Freelance Contributor to the PokerStars Blog.

In a field as big as this one, nobody expected any Team PokerStars Pros or PokerStars Team Online players to make the final table. And none did. But six of them did break through into the money of Event 35-L. They were led by Team Online player Caio Pessagno, who made it as far as 170th place ($230.81) before expiring. He was joined on the Team Pro side of things by Cristian "el grillo" de Leon, who was bounced from the tournament in 217th place ($196.62). Randy "nanonoko" Lew, Henrique Pinho, Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen and Andre Coimbra also cashed in the event.

Still, the amount that all the Team Pros and Team Online players earned combined was insignificant compared to the $59,000 that awaited the winner at the end of the final table:

Seat 1: PokerStarJ2 (11580565 in chips)
Seat 2: BOOGANDEHAH (10632756 in chips)
Seat 3: BWFCLEE (14947452 in chips)
Seat 4: zenonmika (5259130 in chips)
Seat 5: wiredoor (4278239 in chips)
Seat 6: imcastleman (5878420 in chips)
Seat 7: eazynow007 (3962248 in chips)
Seat 8: T-BooGiE (22892576 in chips)
Seat 9: theboss77777 (7623614 in chips)

Level 51: blinds 300k-600k, ante 75k
Average: 9.67 million (16 BBs)

T-BooGiE started the final table with a sizable lead over the field, but in a turbo tournament chip leads tend not to mean very much. Still, those big stacks do have at least a little room to sit back and wait. The short stacks certainly do not. The two shortest players, eazynow007 and wiredoor, tangled on the 4th hand of the final table. eazynow007 shoved for 3.6 million from second position with [kh][qd]; wiredoor called from the big blind with [6d][as]. Things were looking good for eazynow007 after a queen-high flop, but wiredoor hit running straight cards to bounce eazynow007 out the door.

theboss77777 got to play exactly two hands at the final table. In the first, theboss77777's pocket treys were rivered by zenonmika's [ad][9c] to cut theboss77777's stack in half. Three hands later theboss77777 picked up another pocket pair, a pair of 7s, and shoved all in. This time BOOGANDEHAH was the player on the opposite end of the flip, with [ad][jh], and again the decisive card came on the river. BOOGANDEHAH paired aces to end theboss77777's day in 8th place.

After the 10pm break the blinds were up to 500k-1000k. That increase put the most pressure on zenonmika and wiredoor. zenonmika was forced to go with [ah][6h] on the button when action folded around. imcastleman called in the big blind with [kc][jd] and paired on a [qh][2d][jc] flop. zenonmika missed the entire board and exited in 7th place.

While the short stacks were immolating, T-BooGiE's chip lead vanished. It started slowly - blinds and antes here, then a forefeited raise there. T-BooGiE's stack kept going down and down and down. T-BooGiE decided to go for broke with [qd][8d] after opening to 2.4 million and being three-bet all in by wiredoor for 11.7 million. wiredoor showed down [as][kc] and flopped a king to remove almost all doubt from the matter.

That hand didn't eliminate T-BooGiE, but it may as well have. Down to only 423k, T-BooGiE wound up all in with [7h][3h] against big blind imcastleman's [jd][5d]. Nobody improved, allowing imcastleman's jack-high to send former big stack T-BooGiE out of the tournament in 6th place.

As the chips continued to move around the table, former short stacks wiredoor and imcastleman became the big stacks. imcastleman's time in the spotlight was shortlived; PokerStarJ2 doubled through imcastleman with pocket 10s to wrest the chip lead away and drop imcastleman back to the pack.

With blinds at 800k-1600k, it was BWFCLEE's bad luck to be dealt [ah][jd] the same hand as BOOGANDEHAH was dealt [ac][qc]. BOOGANDEHAH shoved all in first; BWFCLEE called all in and wound up on the rail after a [4h][ad][3c][kd][8c] board.

Three hands later it was imcastleman who moved all in first and BOOGANDEHAH who moved all in behind. The result was the same, however. BOOGANDEHAH's pocket kings were more than enough to eliminate imcastleman, whose [as][7d] didn't connect with a 9-high board.

Three-handed, BOOGANDEHAH was the new chip leader with 39.4 million. Each of the other two players, wiredoor and PokerStarJ2, had about 24 million each. They began to discuss whether a deal made sense, given the prohibitive blinds. By the time they agreed to pause, wiredoor had taken over the lead. It took just a few minutes for each player to agree to a deal.

There was still the matter of the champion's $5,000 set-aside and the SCOOP Movado watch. That extra money went to BOOGANDEHAH. wiredoor was the first hand, getting unlucky with [as][8s] after BOOGANDEHAH shoved [7c][3h] pre-flop into wiredoor's big blind. BOOGANDEHAH and PokerStarJ2 then traded the chip lead several times before BOOGANDEHAH shut the door, making [ah][js] hold up all in pre-flop against PokerStarJ2's [jc][9c].

There were three stacks that were bigger than BOOGANDEHAH at the start of the final table. But some luck, some good timing, and some aggressive play made BOOGANDEHAH a new SCOOP champion.

SCOOP 2013 Event 35-L $27 NLHE (Turbo, 2x Chance) results

Players: 11,848
Re-buys: 5,563
Prizepool: $427,440.05
Places paid: 1,530
* denotes 3-way deal

1. BOOGANDEHAH (Canada) - $48,410.84*
2. PokerStarJ2 (Hungary) - $37,483.92*
3. wiredoor (Australia) - $46,233.98*
4. imcastleman (Canada) - $21,372.00
5. BWFCLEE (United Kingdom) - $17,097.60
6. T-BooGiE (Canada) - $12,823.20
7. zenonmika (Belgium) - $8,548.80
8. theboss77777 (Canada) - $4,274.40
9. eazynow007 (Denmark) - $2,692.87

There are four days left in SCOOP 2013. Make sure to maximize your chances of becoming a SCOOP champion! Consult the SCOOP home page for the schedule of remaining events and ways that you can qualify to enter them.

Dave Behr is a freelance contributor to the PokerStars Blog.

From a spectator perspective, turbo events often run so fast that if you blink, you'll miss the final table. SCOOP Event #35-M took a little over five hours from start to finish. During that time, FellipeNunes, a seasoned veteran from Brazil closing in on $1 million in career earnings, faded a field of 2,963 players in an all-out sprint.

SCOOP Event #35-M attracted 2,963 runners. They contributed 1,344 re-buys and boosted the prize pool to $861,400. The top 378 places paid out with $136,101.53 set aside to the eventual champion.

Six notables cashed in Event #35-M. Among those fortunate folks to secure themsleves a cut of the prize pool were: Team PokerStars Pro Vivian Im (369th), Team Online nkeyno (339th), Team Online mement_mori (283rd), Team PokerStars Pro mattidm (241st), Team PokerStars Pro David Williams (63rd), and Team PokerStars Pro Christiam "el grillo" de León (40th).

PokerStars Team Online members who took a shot at a SCOOP title, but failed to cash included: nanonoko, Jorj95, WizardOfAhhhs, acoimbra, Pessagno, and Baalim. Team PokerStars Pros who participated but did not cash included ElkY, Vanessa Rousso, Lex Veldhuis, Chad Brown, Liv Boeree, Ike Haxton, Eugene Katchalov, Joe Cada, Nacho Barbero, Angel Guillen, Marcin "Goral" Horecki, and George Danzer.

Christian "el grillo" de León won the Team Pro last longer after his deep run with a 40th place performance. "el grillo" busted in a three-way pot with [As][7c] against UhhMee's [Ad][Kc] and san-ok135's [Ah][6h]. UhhMee dragged the pot and el grillo hit the virtual rail in 40th place, which paid out $1,852.01.

In this turbo-boosted format, 75% of the field was liquidated in under two hours. 90% was gone in 2.5 hours. After 3 hours, only 100 players remained. By the time the tournament reached its fourth hour, we were down to the final two tables.

With 18 players remaining on the final two tables, bullyon held the lead with 2 million. With 10 to go, action went hand-for-hand. Short-stacked kimokh made a final stand with [Kh][3h] versus GearUp777's [As][Qd]. The board ran out [Tc][9c][2c][Jh][Ah] and GearUp777 dragged the pot with a pair of Aces. Lebanon's kimokh was bubbled off the final table in tenth place. the final nine were set.

SCOOP Event #35-M - Final Table Chip Counts:
Seat 1: san-ok135 (5,584,710)
Seat 2: bullyon (2,406,295)
Seat 3: GearUp777 (3,084,120)
Seat 4: DwnByDaBrdge (704,692)
Seat 5: DeathBlow500 (2,891,352)
Seat 6: 7HE__D__ASH (103,8854)
Seat 7: theNERDguy (1,814,974)
Seat 8: FellipeNunes (2,478,814)

The final table commenced during Level 45 with blinds at 80K/160K and a 20K ante. Russia's san-ok135 held the overall lead with 5.5 million. DwnByDaBrdge was the shorty with 704K.

07Papi eliminated in 9th place

It did not take very long before we saw the first elimination at the final table. 07Papi open-shoved for 1,171,189, and san-ok135 tried to pick him off. 07Papi took [Ad][4d] into battle against san-ok135's [As][Jd]. The board ran out [Js][7s][6d][7h][Ts], and san-ok135 won the pot with two pair. 07Papi became the first player to exit the final table. For a ninth-place finish, 07Papi collected $7,321.90.

DwnByDaBrdge eliminated in 8th place

Less than an orbit later, we saw the second bustout. DwnByDaBrdge raised to 584,865, theNERDguy shoved for 1,314,974, and DwnByDaBrdge called all-in for 524,519. DwnByDaBrdge trailed with [Ad][5s] against theNERDguy's [Ac][Js]. The board ran out [8d][7d][2h][As][6c]. DwnByDaBrdge failed to improve and theNERDguy won the pot with a pair of Aces and a better kicker. For an eighth-place performance, DwnByDaBrdge took home $12,490.30.

bullyon eliminated in 7th place

Short-stacked bullyon open-shoved for 720,353 and FellipeNunes called from the big blind. FellipeNunes trailed with [Kd][Ts] versus bullyon's [As][8s]. The flop was [Jc][Th][8d] and FellipeNunes flopped a pair and took the lead. The turn was the [Ks] and FellipeNunes improved to two pair. The river was the [6h] and FellipeNunes won the pot. Costa Rica's bullyon busted in seventh place, which paid out $20,242.90.

DeathBlow500 eliminated in 6th place

Big hand. san-ok135 min-raised to 1 million, DeathBlow500 bumped it up to 2,841,352, and san-ok135 called. DeathBlow500 led with [Ad][Qd] against san-ok135's [Ah][8c]. The board ran out [8s][7s][3s][4h][9c] and san-ok135 won the pot with a pair of eights. DeathBlow500 failed to improve and hit the rail. DeathBlow500 collected $28,856.90 for a sixth-place finish.

With five players remaining in the hunt for a SCOOP crown... san-ok135 held the lead with 9.4 million. FellipeNunes was second with 4 million and GearUp777 brought up the rear with 1.2 million.

GearUp777 eliminated in 5th place

7HE__D__ASH open-shoved for 2,700,208, and GearUp777 called all-in 1,617,870. 7HE__D__ASH led with [Ah][4d] against GearUp777's [Kd][Qc]. The board ran out [As][6c][2s][Ad][Kc]. 7HE__D__ASH won the pot trip Aces. GearUp777 collected $37.470.90 for a fifth-place finish.

DEAL? NO DEAL!

Action was paused so the final four could discuss a deal. ICM numbers were floated as follows: san-ok135 ($103,794.36), 7HE__D__ASH ($88,365.70), theNERDguy ($80,914.56), and FellipeNunes ($79,412.99). They had to leave $8,000 on the table for the eventual champion. Instantly, theNERDguy shot down the numbers and wanted 90K "or no deal." The negotiations broke down and play resumed.

theNERDguy eliminated in 4th place

Karma is rough. The one player who objected to a deal was the next player to bust out. theNERDguy got crippled in a pot when he lost with [Ah][Ts] against 7HE__D__ASH's [Kc][Tc], when 7HE__D__ASH rivered a King-high straight when the board ran out [Qd][9c][3d][4d][Js].

On the next hand, theNERDguy hit the road. theNERDguy was all-in in the small blind for his last 136,216. theNERDguy actually woke up with a decent hand -- [Ac][6d] -- but it lost to FellipeNunes' [5c][4s] when the board ran out [Js][5d][3c][3h][2c]. for a fourth-place finish, theNERDguy took home $50,383.28.

With three to go... 7HE__D__ASH took a marginal lead with 8.8 million. san-ok135 was second with 8.3 and FellipeNunes was the shorty with 4.3 million.

DEAL, PART 2? YES!

With theNERDguy's elimination, action was paused for a deal discussion. The ICM numbers were floated as follows: 7HE__D__ASH ($106,735.93), san-ok135 ($104,027.00), and FellipeNunes ($91,341.40), with $8,000 left on the table for first place. The three players agreed on those numbers. With a deal in place, play resumed.

7HE__D__ASH eliminated in 3rd place

7HE__D__ASH open-shoved for 1,618,206, and san-ok135 called. 7HE__D__ASH led with [Kd][9h] against san-ok135's [7s][6d]. The board ran out [8d][7d][2c][4h][3d]. san-ok135 hit the flop and dragged the pot with a pair of sevens. 7HE__D__ASH failed to improve and busted in third. Based on the terms of the three-way deal, 7HE__D__ASH earned $106,735.93 for a third-place finish.

HEADS-UP: san-ok135 (Russia) vs. FellipeNunes (Brazil)
Seat 1: san-ok135 (13,929,106)
Seat 8: FellipeNunes (7,605,894)

Despite trailing almost 2-1 in chips, FellipeNunes needed only eight hands to pull off a come-from-behind victory to win Event #35-M.

san-ok135 eliminated in 2nd place; FellipeNunes binks Event #35-M!

san-ok135 lost the lead in a decisive pot worth 16.4 million. san-ok135's [Kd][6d] lost a joust against FellipeNunes' [Qc][5d]. Both players bombed it all-in on the flop of [Ad][Qd][Th]. FellipeNunes led with a pair, but san-ok135 picked up a Broadway straight draw. The turn was the [7s] and the river was the [3s]. san-ok135 lost the pot and FellipeNunes doubled up to avoid an elimination.

On the final hand... san-ok135 min-raised to 1.2 million, FellipeNunes moved all-in for 14,063,576, and san-ok135 called all-in for 6,121,424. san-ok135 was in trouble with [Qs][9s] against FellipeNunes' [Ac][Qc]. The board ran out [7h][5h][2d][6s][Ks]. San-ok135 picked up a straight draw on the turn, but whiffed on the river. FellipeNunes dragged the pot with Ace-high and faded a straight. Russia's san-ok135 failed to improve and busted out in second place.

For a runner-up performance, san-ok135 collected $104,027.00. Based upon the conditions of the three-way deal, FellipeNunes took home $99,341.40 for first place, not to mention a cool SCOOP champion's watch. Congrats!

Check out the final hand in the snazzy re-player:

2013 SCOOP Event #35-M $215 NL [Turbo 2x-Chance] - Final Table Results:

Entrants: 2,963
Re-Buys: 1,344
Prize Pool: $861,400
Places Paid: 378

1. FellipeNunes (Brazil) - $99,341.40 ***
2. san-ok135 (Russia) - $104,027.00 ***
3. 7HE__D__ASH (Switzerland) - $106,735.93 ***
4. theNERDguy (Brazil) - $50,383.28
5. GearUp777 (Austria) - $37,470.90
6. DeathBlow500 (Canada) - $28,856.90
7. bullyon (Costa Rica) - $20,242.90
8. DwnByDaBrdge (Mexico) - $12,490.30
9. 07Papi (Portugal) - $7,321.90

*** denotes a three-way deal

Get your SCOOP fix by visiting the SCOOP home page. View the remaining schedule or find out who is currently in the lead for Player of the Series. Plus, if you're a stat geek, check out the comprehensive SCOOP stats page.

Pauly McGuire is an author and freelance contributor to PokerStars Blog.

*****

Some judge the best tournament poker players in the world solely on their performances in No Limit Hold'em. But in today's world of multiple poker variations, the 8-Game mix has become the new standard for judging all-around poker skills. The abilities required to best a tournament filled with Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, Limit Hold'em, Limit Omaha H/L, Limit Razz, Limit Stud, Limit Stud H/L, No Limit Hold'em, and Pot Limit Omaha are many, and it takes years to become skilled in all of those games.

Event 33 was set up to find those players. The medium level buy-in of $215 gave players the chance to prove themselves in all eight games. With 120 minutes of late registration and a $50K guarantee for extra motivation, a sizeable crowd gathered for the 8-Game festivities.

Players: 594
Guarantee: $50,000.00
Prize pool: $118,800.00
Paid players: 78

The money bubble burst more than a few hours into the action, leaving 78 players remaining, including several members of Team PokerStars. Team Online's George "Jorj95" Lind was the first to exit in the money in 73rd place, and Team Pro David Williams wasn't far behind with a 67th place elimination. But continuing on to the last few tables was Team Pro Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero, riding high on the top half of the leaderboard.

About 20 minutes past the eight-hour mark, only two tables remained. Players like Bryn Kenney and Fabrice Soulier exited as the final table neared, CMoosepower exited in eighth place to start hand-for-hand play. FatmanScoops then got involved with meneerbeer on a [9s][Ks][8h][Jc] board. Betting was capped, and FatmanScoops was all-in with [Qs][Qd]. But meneerbeer showed [Kd][9c], which held up to the [5h] on the river and eliminated FatmanScoops in seventh place with $2,482.92.

A final table lead for Amke

The final table began in a Limit Hold'em round, with blinds of 12K/24K and these players' starting stacks:

Seat 1: Amke (871,491 in chips)
Seat 2: meneerbeer (377,834 in chips)
Seat 3: milanissimo8 (769,633 in chips)
Seat 4: nachobarbero (326,374 in chips)
Seat 5: aDrENalin710 (373,793 in chips)
Seat 6: kaivari (250,875 in chips)

After the first 30 minutes of play, aDrENalin710 was the new chip leader, followed by meneerbeer and Make, while milanissimo8 fell to the lower half of the leaderboard.

Kaivari, on the other hand, only seemed to lose ground. In a 7-Card Stud round, aDrENalin710 raised, kaivari reraised, and aDrENalin710 called on third street. All of kaivari's chips went in on fifth street, and the final hand showed [Kc][Kd][Jd][8h][4d][3s][4s]. But aDrENalin710 had a flush with [7h][4h][7d][Jc][Kh][5h][6h], and that eliminated kaivari in sixth place with $3,694.68.

Milanissimo8 was low in chips but did double through aDrENalin710 to stay in action, and nachobarbero did the same through amke.

A big hand then developed in Stud H/L. It started with a raise from meneerbeer with [8c], all-in reraised from milanissimo8 with [Ks], and call from nachoberbero with [7d] and meneerbeer. Fourth street brought a bet from meneerbeer with [7c] and check-call from nachoberbero with [9s], and they both checked on fifth street with [7s] for meneerbeer and [9d] for nachobarbero. Ultimately, meneerbeer showed [6s][4d][8c][7c][7s][8h][7h], and nachobarbero turned over [3h][5c][7d][9s][9d][6h][Ac]. They split the side and main pots, while milanissimo8 simply mucked and departed in fifth place with $5,940.00.

Nachobarbero was short and doubled through amke again, but a few rounds later, nachobarbero was involved again. The NLHE hand started with a small blind raise from meneerbeer and big blind all-in reraise from nachobarbero with [Ad][Qd]. Meneerbeer called with [8h][8c], and that pair only developed into two on the [9s][2d][4h][Ks][2h] board. Team PokerStars Pro Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero was eliminated in fourth place with $8,316.00.

Close counts for final three

The final three players remaining in the tournament went into play with these counts:

Seat 1: Amke (924,061 in chips)
Seat 2: meneerbeer (1,147,054 in chips)
Seat 5: aDrENalin710 (898,885 in chips)

ADrENalin710 made big strides, eventually taking a 900K pot from meneerbeer to soar into the lead and over 1.5 million chips. But it was Amke who lost a string of hands that put him below the 150K mark. In Triple Draw, Amke made the all-in move against aDrENalin710 on the first draw when both players took two cards. Amke took one card on the second craw, but aDrENalin710 took two, but the latter ended up with [7d][3s][Td][5s][2c]. Amke, a two-time SCOOP winner, had [4h][7h][Ad][8s][2d] and departed in third place with $12,177.00.

Who has the adrenalin?

The initial heads-up chip counts were:

Seat 2: meneerbeer (973,381 in chips)
Seat 5: aDrENalin710 (1,996,619 in chips)

They almost immediately agreed to a chop of the prize money with the obligatory extra $1,000 set aside for the winner. And then meneerbeer went on a rampage throughout the remainder of the Triple Draw round, taking the lead and extending it during Limit Hold'em. Hand after hand, meneerbeer took sizeable pots and never lost momentum.

The final hand started with aDrENalin710 down to less than 20K chips, and those went in with the big blind holding [5c][2c]. Meneerbeer was along for the ride with [Js][7d], and made two pair on the [4c][Qh][Th][7h][4h] board. After winning a SCOOP title just two days prior in Triple Draw 2-7, aDrENalin710 had to settle for second place in this one for $19,977.93.

Meneerbeer picked up the SCOOP title and $19,226.07. Congrats!

PokerStars 2013 SCOOP Event #33-M ($215 8-Game) results:
Players: 594
Prizepool: $118,800
Places paid: 78
(Payouts reflect two-way deal)

1. meneerbeer (Netherlands) $19,226.07*
2. aDrENalin710 (Russia) $19,977.93*
3. Amke (Russia) $12,177.00
4. Team PokerStars Pro Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero (Argentina) $8,316.00
5. milanissimo8 (German) $5,940.00
6. kaivari (Finland) $3,694.68

Check out the SCOOP homepage for all of the upcoming tournaments and satellites, past performances, as well as the leaderboard and SCOOP statistics.

Jennifer Newell is a PokerStars freelance contributor.

This high-rolling turbo tourney attracted 562 players, their 260 rebuys pushing the final prizepool up to $1,644,000. 63 places were paid with first place set to earn $312,360. 15 Red Spades joined the action including Eugene Katchalov, Vanessa Rousso, Isaac Haxton, ElkY, Angel Guillen, and Joe Cada, but none finished in the money.

The blinds were 12,500/25,000 on the final table bubble with the average stack hovering around 10BB. With 306,533 remaining, Festivuss open-shoved with [5c][5d], but couldn't fade Belabacsi, whose [Ac][Jc] spiked a jack on the turn to send him home in tenth place.

Final table chip counts

Seat 1: zoraleonas (124,761 in chips)
Seat 2: Also11 (379,460 in chips)
Seat 3: Danny98765 (407,828 in chips)
Seat 4: JBT449 (510,046 in chips)
Seat 5: Belabacsi (1,237,518 in chips)
Seat 6: LaurisL91 (169,991 in chips)
Seat 7: Faith#1Virtu (660,441 in chips)
Seat 8: WhooooKidd (307,089 in chips)
Seat 9: lechuckpoker (312,866 in chips)

Zoraleonas lasted an orbit before 30,000 of his remaining 84,000 was swallowed up by the big blind. WhooooKidd moved in for 358,000 from the button and zoraleonas called all-in, his [Ah][5s] up against [Qc][8d]. Zoraleonas kept the lead on the ten-high flop but WhooooKidd spiked an eight on the turn to end his run in ninth place.

Also11 cut LaurisL91's stack in half when his pocket nines stood up to [Ac][Tc]. Left with 266,000, LaurisL91 shipped it in from middle position with [Qh][9c] only to go out in eighth place when he ran into WhooooKidd's pocket kings.

Five whole minutes passed before Danny98765 moved in for 180,000 and Faith#1Virtu reshoved for 553,000 from the small blind. WhooooKidd called from the big for a three-way showdown.

Danny98765 [Jh][9h]
Faith#1Virtu [Qs][Jd]
WhooooKidd [Ah][Qd]

Although WhooooKidd kept his lead, Danny98765 had draws for days on the [Th][8s][5h] flop, and hit a flush when the turn came the [4h]. The river was the [8c], giving Danny98765 the 585,000 main pot and WhooooKidd the 745,000 side pot. Faith#1Virtu was squeezed out and hit the rail in seventh place.

The button made one more trip around the table before JBT449 moved in for his last 270,000 and Belabacsi reshoved for 1.4 million from the big blind. Belabacsi's [Ah][2h] held up against [Kh][5h] and JBT449 departed in sixth place.

On the very next deal, Danny98765 found [As][2c] UTG and shoved for 413,000. WhooooKidd reshipped on the button with pocket tens and sent Danny98765 to the rail in fifth, the board running out [Ks][7c][5d][Jc][7s]. Next to shove was lechuckpoker, who did so on the next deal with [Jd][8d]. Also11 reshoved from the small blind with [Ah][Qd] and although lechuckpoker flopped a jack, Also11 rivered an ace to end his run in fourth.

With three players remaining and the blinds up to 30,000/60,000, Belabacsi led with 1.74 million, WhooooKidd was a strong second with 1.4 million and Also11 the short stack with 960,000. However, WhooooKidd suffered a devastating blow when he lost a 1.95 million flip vs. Also11, his pocket threes falling to [Ad][7d].

Five hands later, WhooooKidd picked up [Ks][7d] on the button and moved in for 513,000. Belabacsi found [Ad][8c] in the small blind and paired his ace on the flop to eliminate WhooooKidd in third place. This was David "WhooooKidd" Baker's third SCOOP final table this week and with the $168,510 he pocketed in this event, he moved into the overall money lead in the 2013 SCOOP with $469,418.38 in earnings so far. Baker finished second in Event #22-H ($2,100 NLHE) for over $272k and as of press time, is the chip leader with three remaining in Event #33-H ($2,100 8-Game). As our pal ElkY would say, "Sooooo seeeeek!"

Heads-up chip counts

Seat 2: Also11 (1,619,336 in chips)
Seat 5: Belabacsi (2,490,664 in chips)

Shortly after heads-up play began, Belabacsi and Also11 agreed to pause the action and discuss a deal. They quickly came to terms and with $16,000 still in play, cards went back in the air.

Also11 took a slight chip lead, but Belabacsi quickly reclaimed it, moving in for 1.43 million with [Jh][Th]. Also11 called with [Kh][9h], but Belabacsi flopped a ten and turned trips to double to 2.88 million.

Two hands later, Belabasci closed out the win, but had to get lucky to do it, his [3h][4h] up against [Ad][Tc].

Congratulations to Peter "Belabacsi" Traply on SCOOP watch #2! He banked $284,143.08 for the win while runner-up Also11 earned $258,376.92.

PokerStars 2013 SCOOP Event #35-H ($2,100 NLHE [Turbo, 2x Chance]) results

Players: 562
Rebuys: 260
Prizepool: $1,644,000
Places paid: 63

1. Peter "Belabacsi" Traply (Hungary) $284,143.08*
2. Also11 (Austria) $258,376.92*
3. David "WhoooooKidd" Baker (Mexico) $168,510
4. Igor "lechuckpoker" Kurganov (United Kingdom) $128,232
5. Dan "Danny98765" Smith (Canada) $90,420
6. Josh "JBT449" Bergman (Canada) $69,870
7. Faith#1Virtu (Canada) $69,870
8. Laurynas "LaurisL91" Levinskas (Lithuania) $36,990
9. zoraleonas (Germany) $27,290.40

*= reflects the result of a heads-up deal that left $16,000 in play for the winner

Kristin Bihr is a freelance contributor to the PokerStars Blog.

Event 31-M was another of the two-day events that are sprinkled liberally across the SCOOP 2013 calendar. It was also a knockout event; $41.25 of each of the 3,823 $215 buy-ins went into a knockout bounty pool. Knock out a player and collect their bounty.

None of the Team PokerStars Pros made Day 2 of this event, although Henrique Pinho did manage an ITM finish on Day 1. He drove about halfway through the 495 ITM places, finishing in 260th place for $401.94 with two knockouts.

The Team Pros were all on to other events by the time that the last nine players took their seats at the Event 31-M final table, just after the 5pm break.

Seat 1: CHIQUIDEALER (919049 in chips)
Seat 2: LukeFromB13 (2118427 in chips)
Seat 3: M1ghtyDucks (2849770 in chips)
Seat 4: Gustavo "PIUlimeira" Goto (1953755 in chips)
Seat 5: Respect_Lt (2017109 in chips)
Seat 6: bugiaso (2696750 in chips)
Seat 7: -PABLIN-ARG- (831342 in chips)
Seat 8: jknack10 (3722654 in chips)
Seat 9: Steve "Illini213" Barshak (2006144 in chips)

Level 39: blinds 25k-50k, ante 6250
Average: 2.12 million (42.5 BBs)

All Barshak all the time

jknack10 had the pole position at the start of the final table, but the table was loaded with players who had already made COOP final tables across their PokerStars careers. The most notable example was Barshak, who won a WCOOP event last autumn and who came into the final table with direct position on jknack10. Barshak proved just how dangerous he can be by dominating the final table during the first 25 minutes of play to more than double up to 4.5 million chips - and take over the chip lead - without going to showdown once.

Barshak's good turn came at the expense of most of the rest of the table. It was as if the other eight players were all playing reactive poker to what Barshak was doing, and paying the price for it.

The short stacks, however, managed to double up when they needed to do so. CHIQUIDEALER made ace-king work all in pre-flop against jknack10's ace-queen; -PABLIN-ARG- trended dangerously downward until winning a flip with pocket 8s against Respect_Lt's [kd][td] to climb back up to 900k.

It thus fell to Respect_Lt to be the first player eliminated. In the 40k-80k level, Respect_Lt opened for the minimum, 160k. Action passed to LukeFromB13 in the big blind, who three-bet shoved for 1.5 million. Respect_Lt had only 1.13 million behind the original raise and snap-called with two 10s. LukeFromB13 showed down two queens and earned the first final table knockout when neither player improved.

Just before the 6pm break, Barshak finally went to his first showdown. Pre-flop he raised the minimum to 160k from second position and was called by LukeFromB13. Barshak checked an ace-high flop, [7h][as][2c], then called LukeFromB13's bet of 235,650. Both players checked when a second ace hit the turn. On the river [3d] the action was checked again. Barshak tabled [ac][8s] for trip aces to drag the pot and cross the 6-million chip mark.

After the break, -PABLIN-ARG- doubled up for a second time when [kd][2h] got there against jknack10's [ac][6h] in a battle of the blinds. Once again, however, all the double-up did was restore -PABLIN-ARG-'s count to 920k.

LukeFromB13 announces a presence

Barshak, on the other hand, kept going up. Two more big pots without showdown pushed his stack north of 7 million as the players began the 50k-100k level. It was three times the average stack. Barshak's next closest opponent, LukeFromB13, had 2.8 million but got a big boost when CHIQUIDEALER shoved the button for 1.06 million with [ac][qc]. LukeFromB13 was waiting in the small blind with pocket kings. There wasn't much to sweat as a board of [7d][5d][9h][9c][3h] dispatched CHIQUIDEALER to the rail in 8th place.

Four hands later it was "second verse, same as the first" for LukeFromB13. Barshak open-raised to 210k and LukeFromB13 got crafty by smooth-calling with pocket kings (again!). Action passed to -PABLIN-ARG- in the small blind, who shoved all in for 1.15 million with [ac][qs]. Barshak gave his decision some thought before folding; LukeFromB13 obviously snap-called. A queen flopped, but a king on the turn swept -PABLIN-ARG- out of the tournament in 7th place.

The medium stacks, LukeFromB13 and M1ghtyDucks, began playing back at Barshak. It was enough to slow him down and allow them to catch up, but it didn't do much for the short stacks. bugiaso tried four-bet shoving for 1.37 million after a raise to 200k by LukeFromB13 and a re-raise to 415,500 by M1ghtyDucks. LukeFromB13 folded but M1ghtyDucks called with two kings that were way ahead of bugiaso's two jacks. The board rolled out [6c][th][3h][ts][as], allowing M1ghtyDucks to claim bugiaso's bounty.

jknack10's disastrous final table came to an end at the hand of LukeFromB13. Sitting with the button, jknack10 shoved [ad][8d] for 919k. LukeFromB13 woke up with pocket aces in the big blind. jknack10 did not accomplish a miraculous suckout, instead bowing out in 5th place.

M1ghtyDucks makes a move

Four-handed, Barshak retained the lead with 8.5 million in chips. M1ghtyDucks stood in 2nd place (4.6 million) followed by LukeFromB13 (4.2 million) and Goto (1.8 million). Goto hadn't been able to get anything going at the final table at all, and even four-handed he continued to sink in the counts. He eventually got the Barshak treatment. Goto shoved the small blind for 1.85 million in the 70k-140k level with [ad][6d]; Barshak called with pocket 8s. Pocket 8s were best on a [jh][4s][9c][2d][js] board.

Barshak was playing well and running hot. It was perhaps not surprising that when the other two players offered to consider some kidn of deal, Barshak turned them down.

It was M1ghtyDucks who really stood up to Barshak first, in this hand:

M1ghtyDucks wasted no time putting the chip lead to work, especially by picking on short stack LukeFromB13. That worked out well for M1ghtyDucks but not so well for LukeFromB13, especially when, as a short stack, LukeFromB13 limped the button and then called all in for about 2.1 million versus Barshak's big-blind shove. Barshak didn't have much - [qh][7s] - but it was enough against LukeFromB13's two 10s when a queen hit the turn of the board.

With LukeFromB13's 3rd-place exit, Barshak was finally ready to talk deal. With blinds still at 70k-140k, his 8 million in chips made him the short stack against M1ghtyDucks, who had 11 million. He said he would only do an even chop. As it turned out, the chip-chop numbers were close anyway - just $2,000 separated the two payouts - so M1ghtyDucks agreed to an even chop and to play it out for the last $10,000.

M1ghtyDucks: well played btw
Illini213: ty sir u2. U really stepped it up 3 handed.

M1ghtyDucks got the best of in the earlygoing of heads-up play and took a small chunk out of Barshak by rivering a backdoor flush. Another chunk came with flopped middle pair that was good at showdown. As a result of those losses (and others), Barshak sunk to about 2.2 million in chips.

The end came suddenly. M1ghtyDucks opened the button for the minimum 320k, then called Barshak's three-bet shove to 2.0 million. Barshak had the best of with two 10s against M1ghtyDucks' [ad][3d], but an ace flopped straight away. Barshak never overtook it.

For long stretches of this final table, it looked as if nobody would be able to stop Barshak's rampage to the title. But M1ghtyDucks dug deep starting with four players left and from there played inspired poker to win a SCOOP title. By securing the final elimination, M1ghtyDucks also earned bragging rights for notching the greatest number of knockouts in the tournament (17).

SCOOP 2013 Event 31-M $215 NLHE (Knockout) results

Players: 3,823
Prizepool: $618,370.25 (regular); $157,698.75 (knockout)
Places paid: 495
* denotes 2-way deal

1. M1ghtyDucks (Croatia) - $89,717.91 regular*, $701.25 in KOs
2. Steve "Illini213" Barshak (Costa Rica) - $79,717.91 regular*, $453.75 in KOs
3. LukeFromB13 (Canada) - $51,015.54 regular, $371.25 in KOs
4. Gustavo "PIUlimeira" Goto (Brazil) - $35,556.28 regular, $618.75 in KOs
5. jknack10 (Canada) - $26,280.73 regular, $371.25 in KOs
6. bugiaso (Romania) - $20,097.03 regular, $577.50 in KOs
7. -PABLIN-ARG- (Argentina) - $13,913.33 regular, $165 in KOs
8. CHIQUIDEALER (Argentina) - $7,729.62 regular, $495 in KOs
9. Respect_Lt (Lithuania) - $4,946.96 regular, $412.50 in KOs

There are still a few days remaining in SCOOP 2013. Check out the results to this point of the series at the SCOOP home page.

Dave Behr is a freelance contributor to the PokerStars Blog.

Why? Well, it was a big deal. Kelly had won not one but two WCOOP bracelets.

Say it aloud: it was a BIG DEAL!

Now, it's sort of quaint.

See, last night, as Dave Behr wrote, Kelly won his second SCOOP title. Add that to his four WCOOP wins, and you have a 6-COOP man, which qualifies him as...I dunno...a demigod of some sort.

Want to see who else is on their way to Dan Kelly status? Click any of the headlines below to see our wrap-ups. (Hint: Check out Randall Flowers who one event and final tabled another in the same night)

zeus-tseuji wins first for Japan in Event #29-L, $11 NL Hold'em

Entries: 18,102
Prize pool: $181,020
Places paid: 2,475

1st place: zeus-tseuji (Japan) $19,534.41
2nd place: SHUR43 (Russia) $15,386.70
3rd place: RONNALDO 9 (Mexico) $11,776.30
4th place: Celfhtd (Russia) $8,145.90
5th place: sakiss99 (Cyprus) $6,335.70
6th place: darkarchon-8 (Bulgaria) $4,525.50
7th place: MYspearGUN (Cyprus) $2,715.30
8th place: kuuuuuk (Norway) $1,629.18
9th place: DDrunkson (Portugal) $1,086.12

Passagero-LM flies high in Event 29-M ($109 NLHE)

Players: 5213
Prize pool: $521,300
Places paid: 675

1. Passagero-LM (Brazil) - $56,043.54*
2. PutItAllYin (Canada) - $40,838.72*
3. beed2 (Slovakia) - $48,418.71*
4. dariepoker (Romania) - $54,966.22*
5. rounder3989 (Germany) - $36,874.22*
6. What0ver9000 (Germany) - $16,942.25
7. gardze_wami (Poland) - $11,729.25
8. holla@yoboy (Canada) - $6,516,25
9. dyng247 (Sweden) - $4,170.40
* denotes 5-way deal

OverTheTop43 on top after chop in Event #29-H ($1,050 NLHE)

Players: 1,534
Total prize pool: $1,534,000.00
Places paid: 171

1. OverTheTop43 (Germany) $199,446.39*
2. kikobicu (Brazil) $200,696.28*
3. MonkeyBudg (Ireland) $197,963.93*
4. Jude "j.thaddeus" Ainsworth (Ireland) $104,312.00
5. Tim "blumenkind53" Ulrich (Germany) $75,933.00
6. FONBET_RULIT (Russia) $60,593.00
7. Giuseppe "Ansgar2000" Pantaleo (Germany) $45,253.00
8. korjae (Canada) -- $29,913.00
9. Elia001 (Russia) -- $16,567.20
*reflects three-way deal

Jomppeli_32 jumps to a win in Event #30-L, $27 Razz

Entries: 2,192
Prize pool: $53,183.60
Places paid: 288

1st place: Jomppeli_32 (Finland) $9,243.37
2nd place: Jesseb888 (Canada) $6,538.35
3rd place: TomaszRa (United Kingdom) $5,112.29
4th place: erot1 (Norway) $3,766.95
5th place: scroosko (United Kingdom) $2,690.68
6th place: margenov (Bulgaria) $1,614.40
7th place: ViTaMin_F22 (China) $1,076.27
8th place: Kazerog (Russia) $538.13

lowballeric earns a lowball title in Event #30-M ($215 Razz)

Players: 461
Total prize pool: $92,200.00
Places paid: 64

1. lowballeric (United Kingdom) $17,518.00
2. krec23 (Russia) $12,908.00
3. Gigaloff (Russia) $9,459.72
4. shrek7771 (Russia) $6,915.00
5. capeta333 (Brazil) $4,610.00
6. Paul "padjes" Berende (Netherlands) $3,227.00
7. Desslock (Canada) $2,305.00
8. Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen (Mexico) $1,844.00

Kelly captures sixth COOP title in Event 30-H ($2100 Razz)

Players: 97
Prizepool: $194,000
Places paid: 12

1. Daniel "djk123" Kelly (Australia) - $45,377.50*
2. SebbyGl (Germany) - $43,377.50*
3. ShellyCalls (Australia) - $27,160.00
4. redeste (Russia) - $18,430.00
5. AceQuad (Mexico) - $13,580.00
6. Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo (Canada) - $10,185.00
7. villepn (Finland) - $8,245.00
8. blanconegro (Mexico) - $6,305.00
* denotes 2-way deal

FoRiu89 pots victory in Event #32-L ($27 Pot Limit Omaha Turbo ZOOM)

Entrants: 5,419
Prize pool: $133,036.45
Places paid: 720

1st FoRiu89 (Bulgaria) - $16,295.07*
2nd JeffBaas (Netherlands) - $15,497.07*
3rd N0b0dy (Canada) - $15,496.07*
4th badalhas (Portugal) - $7,516.55
5th mitsakos21 (Greece) - $5,654.04
6th ace201220 (Belgium) - $4,323.68
7th VernonH (Germany) - $2,993.32
8th Alexx_N (Russia) - $1,662.95
9th Funeraler (Ukraine) - $1,064.29
* denotes three-way even money chop

SWFAZ dominates final table to win Event #32-M ($215 PL Omaha Zoom Turbo)

Players: 1,486
Prizepool: $297,200
Place paid: 198

1. SWFAZ (United Kingdom) $40,590.43*
2. sonajero (Uruguay) $29,035.64*
3. Contado (Norway) $38,785.63*
4. julianherold (Germany) $25,476.90*
5. SP3WMONKEY (Netherlands) $14,562.80
6. Dan "APowers1968" Colpoys (Canada) $11,590.80
7. SFisch4 (Canada) $8,618.80
8. JokerTilt (Bulgaria) $5,646.80
9. Randal "RandALLin" Flowers (Mexico) $3,061.16
* - reflects four-way deal

RandALLin runs over the final table in Event #32-H ($2,100 PLO [Turbo, Zoom])

Players: 312
Prizepool: $624,000
Places paid: 36

1. Randal "RandALLin" Flowers (Mexico) $127,608.00
2. zwacke (Germany) $93,600.00
3. mahripeluri (Finland) $70,512.00
4. Bandano (Netherlands) $53,040.00
5. jama-dharma (Russia) $36,192.00
6. vindog03 (United Kingdom) $28,080.00
7. vegaspolotsk (Belarus) $21,840.00
8. kartt (Brazil) $15,600.00
9. greeno99 (United Kingdom) $11,856.00

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