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, the original field of 615 had been cut down to 27. (Click here to read a full recap of the first day's action.) As the first hands were dealt on the final three tables, Greg "DuckU" Hobson enjoyed the chip lead with 607,196, followed by Aaron "AJinOK" Ruppert in second
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SCOOP: It's good to be BadcardsAA, Event 1-H champ (NLHE 6-max.)
Six-max. Every seat has a name. Under the gun. The hijack. The cutoff. The button. The small and big blinds. No chance of hiding out in those unnamed "early" or "middle" position seats, folding your way through to the next orbit. No, six-max. is where players come for action. About...more
SCOOP: Dantes_11's chip inferno wins Event #1-Medium
Last year's SCOOP started off with a 6-max NLHE tournament but allowed rebuys. That tourney was won by none other than Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron who hauled in $97,805.88 with his victory in the $55 medium buy-in event. This year the gambOOOOl rebuy cries would have to wait until tomorrow's Event...more
SCOOP: Xaston excels, leads with 33 left in event 2-H ($2,100 NLHE)
After 22 hard-fought half-hour levels of play in Event No. 2-H, a two-day $2,100 buy-in no-limit hold'em event, Jason "Xaston" Kaplan ended the day with the biggest stack. He'll be the only player of the 33 remaining to return to more than a million chips. Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin...more
SCOOP: MOOSE86CCHS leads Day 1 field in Event #2-Low, $22 NLHE
Let's put this into perspective for a moment. The seating capacity of New York City's Madison Square Garden is just over 19,000. In a concert configuration, L.A.'s Staples Center can squeeze in 23,500. And neither of those venues could house the field from the second low buy-in event of SCOOP...more
SCOOP: Event #2-M thecooler992 chills chip lead till start of day 2
With 114 tournaments to play over the next two weeks, a two-day event might seem like hitting up a buffet before going over to your mother's place for dinner. But, poker players show time and time again their appetite for poker seems endless. Thus, tonight's Event #2-M with a $215...more
SCOOP: hexchen3006 sparkles in Event #1-Low victory
Online poker players have been looking forward to May 2, 2010 for months. That date was announced in February as the date that the 2010 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker would begin, a 15-day festival of online poker featuring 38 events, each with a low, medium and high buy-in....more
SCOOP is here! SCOOP is here!
If the headline did not tip you off, the news of the day is the fact that SCOOP is, indeed, here. A mere 49 hours from now, the 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker will begin. On just the first day, PokerStars is guaranteeing nearly $7 million in prize money....more
PokerStars player eyes SCOOP for charity fundraising
By now you know the Spring Championship of Online Poker is going to kick off in a couple of weeks. We've recently learned about a poker player who is planning to play Event #31 with the idea of giving away everything he earns. What's more, he's hoping you can help...more
PokerStars releases revised SCOOP schedule
There is something out there called "constructive criticism." Most people have a hard time taking it. They like constructive, but they have a hard time with the critical part. PokerStars isn't like that. After releasing the 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker schedule last week, PokerStars got a lot of...more
PokerStars announces 2010 SCOOP schedule
In 2009, it was one of the greatest new things in online poker. In 2010, it's been the most anticipated online announcement of the year. Now, we can happily present to you the 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker schedule. Just moments ago we were given our first look, at...more
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