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We have to admit it -- we've been waiting all week for SCOOP Event #7, $10,300 H.O.R.S.E. That was partially because this event was one of the feature events of the whole series and was likely to draw a star-studded field. But mainly it was because, as writers, we...more

The All Stakes Spring Championship of online poker offers every bankroll an opportunity to play for big money and a SCOOP title. Sunday was a big day, though, and even the low buy-in for Event #7 was $109. That meant the 2,674 runners who saddled up for eleven hours of...more

There were about 350 players seated to receive the first hand of hold'em in the "medium" stakes version of SCOOP Event No. 7, the $1,000+$50 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event. However, by the time late registration had ended, a total of 444 had entered. As the tourney had a $500,000 guarantee attached...more

PokerStars.tv is back with another great highlight show from PokerStars' brand new tournament series. Tonight we bring you the highlight show from Event #6, the $2,100 Pot-Limit Omaha rebuy event. One hundred forty-three people showed up to compete for more than $600,000 in prize money. How did it all end?...more

Liberace knows a thing or two about stamina. Last fall, in the 2008 WCOOP $5,200 Main Event, liberace clawed his way to the top of the 2,185-strong field in the 17 hours it took for the tournament to play out over two days. Though he finished just short of...more

The price tag on the "mid buy-in" $215 SCOOP Event #6 Pot Limit Omaha (Six-max, one rebuy, one add-on), may say medium but the heavy online tournament hitters were out in full force. Players making the money included: Eric "Rizen" Lynch (take a look at the recap for his finish),...more

Start with pot-limit Omaha, a game that is traditionally the most action-heavy of all poker games. Then give players the opportunity to re-buy one time and take an add-on at the end of the rebuy period. Finally, take three seats away from each table and play the tournament six-handed. What...more

The first PLO event of the 2009 SCOOP series was Event 2, the one that drew in 7,622 players for an impressive start to the games. But two days later, PokerStars put another one on the schedule, this one with the added intrigue of one rebuy and one add-on, and...more

The No-Limit Hold'em Shootout event was a hot ticket Saturday. The 1,000 seats available for the $162 medium version of Event #5 of the Spring Championship of Online Poker were filled well in advance of the event's 2:30 p.m. EST start. Players who won their first table were guaranteed...more

Two tables. Eighteen opponents. In a Double-Shootout event, that's all that stands between each of the 100 players and first prize. Easier said than done, as anyone would soon realize after taking a quick gander at who entered Saturday's "high" version of SCOOP Event No. 5. A lot of familiar...more

SCOOP proves yet again that there are plenty of players interested in playing poker games other than No-Limit Hold'em. On Friday, in fact, many players chose to enter an event they probably learned sitting around the kitchen table at home - Event #3 $109 Pot-Limit 5-Card Draw. Those who...more

4,292 players in a five-card draw tournament?!? In 2009? Somebody find Mike Caro. When the "Mad Genius of Poker" wrote his chapter on five-card draw for the original Super/System (first published in 1979), the game's popularity had already begun to wane, with most players even then choosing instead to play...more

Poker players these days are used to having four barrels. They can choose to fire one or all four. Hold'em games are full of chances to escape. You can fire a couple shots and still get away without having to win or lose. Five-card draw is not nearly as forgiving....more

PokerStars.tv is at it again. Rather than take a much-deserved rest in between the umpteen live event broadcasts, the people behind the virtual cameras are hard at work producing a fantastic highlights show. Up first are the highlights from last night's 17-hour marathon $55 no-limit hold'em with rebuys event. Enjoy....more

There are the long drawn out tournament battles as seen at the Sunday Million here at PokerStars every week. You could have viewed one of those battle in the nearly 18 hour epic SCOOP Event #1's NLHE rebuy tourneys last night (read the reviews of the high, medium, and low...more