Three years ago, the people at PokerStars devised a little experiment. With the already successful World Championship of Online Poker a firm fixture in the early autumn, PokerStars wanted to try something different in the spring. The idea went like this: create a tournament series like WCOOP, but give everybody a chance to play for championship titles. They called it theSpring Championship of Online Poker, better known as SCOOP, a tournament series with buy-ins for every bankroll. Three years later, that experiment has priven successful beyond measure. Late last night, Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro proved just how successful when he won
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Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro, 2011 SCOOP $10,300 main event champion
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Digging in for the SCOOP
The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker begins in just a few days and I couldn't be more excited about it. SCOOP gives me a chance to break away from the daily cash game grind for a bit and focus on fun. Last year I played two of the biggest...more
SCOOP is the best online poker series
It's nearly that time of year again; yes, the PokerStars SCOOP is fast approaching. This will be its third year, and judging by the previous two years, it's most definitely something worth getting excited about. What distinguishes SCOOP from any other online poker series is its appeal to every poker...more
SCOOP is going to go off with a bang
Just around the corner is this year's instalment of one of the biggest online tournament series; The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). With bigger and bigger prize pools every year, this year's series is shaping up to be a bang! With a plethora of game types and buy-in...more
2011
SCOOP: Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro seizes SCOOP Main Event title in Event #38-H ($10,300 NLHE)
From the moment the 2011 SCOOP schedule was released, the fact that the Main Event would crown its champions on May 23 did not go unnoticed. Eight years ago tonight, a 28 year-old accountant defeated a slick Vegas veteran in the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event, turning a...more
SCOOP: filthyfish swims away with Event #37-M ($215 NLHE 6-max)
Event #37 was the 2011 SCOOP's last-chance saloon. It was the last chance to rack up TLB points, make a big score, or even get unstuck before the Main Event. The lure of six-max action and a $500,000 prize pool drew 3,775 players into the fray, topping that guarantee by...more
SCOOP: Goldenboys shines, wins Event #38-Medium ($1,050 NLHE)
Looking over the numbers for the 2011 SCOOP Main Event tourneys, the "low," "medium," and "high" versions together attracted nearly 20,000 entrants, all fighting for a cool $7,983,200. Those tourneys culminated today, the eighth anniversary of Chris Moneymaker's historic win in the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event, for...more
2010
SCOOP: toetagU tops tough field in Event #38-High (Main Event)
A million dollars. And then some. More than what most of those winning WSOP bracelets will be taking home this summer. That's what awaited the winner of the 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event ($10,300 buy-in, NLHE) which played to its conclusion on Monday. After yesterday's Day 1,...more
SCOOP: Mr.M.M0ney Manages Main Event Medium Victory in Day 2 of Event #38-M
Two-day tournaments have their perks. For the players remaining at the end of Day 1, it allows them to regroup, rest, and develop a strategy for the second day based on their chip stacks and notes they've accumulated about their opponents. The rest keeps them from making decisions based on...more
SCOOP: midjat holds lead for the win, Akkari 5th in Main Event-Low
It would not take long for our final nine to be named, with sizable blinds and short-ish stack our final 17 from yesterday would play down to one in today's $109 SCOOP Main Event-Low. Andre Akkari wasted no time in improving his chip position by doubling up on the game's...more
2009
SCOOP: Watch the Main Event highlights
If like us you're only just catching your breath after the enthralling SCOOP series, then apologies for getting your heart racing all over again. Thing is, our friends over at pokerstars.tv have only gone and put the best bits of the Main Event on video so you can watch the...more
SCOOP: Winner j.thaddeus scores $963,338 in Event 22-H $10,300 NLHE Main Event
When the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) was first announced to the poker community, players liked the idea. Besides the catchy name, the offerings of three buy-in levels to each tournament was more than appealing, as players at all levels of the game could find a way to make...more
SCOOP: JC Alvarado claims biggest win of career in Event #22-M, $1,050 Main Event
When Day 1 of the SCOOP $1,050 Main Event ended, the last remaining representative of Team PokerStars Pro went to sleep with a chip stack of 1.5 million. That put him squarely in the middle of the 19 runners who still had a shot at the $502,086 first prize. It...more
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