PokerStars 2020 SCOOP News: Drinan Wins 3 Titles; Watson Bags a Single

Some take out a bank loan to compete in the PokerStars Spring Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP). Then some toss around SCOOP titles with the same nonchalance of someone tossing the lettuce and tomato from a burger.

Here are two of them.

Every series has someone that shines brightest, and currently, the man shining like sunburn is Connor Drinan. ‘Blanconegro’, as he is known to online poker aficionados, has won three titles in four days, and we’re not talking about high stakes Sit n Go’s.

Drinan poured gasoline and then flicked his engraved Zippo lighter on the 378-entrant field in Event #34: $530 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-or-Better earning $34,420.52. Next, he pummelled the 150-entrant field to win the $152,011.45 first prize in Event #40: $5,200 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max, beating 150-entrants for $152,011.46. Drinan continued raking in titles like a Craps stickman dragging in the coin by beating the 1,051 entrant field in Event #45: $215 No-Limit O8 6-Max PKO for $28,358.58.

Drinan who once rose to a high of fourth in the PocketFives World Rankings has now earned four career SCOOP titles, and more than $8.4m playing online multi-table tournaments (MTTs) with $7.4m coming on Stars.

Mike “SirWatts” Watson Wins Event #51: $1,050 No-LImit 2-7 Single Draw

Mike “SirWatts” Watson was another high roller blistering his way through a SCOOP field this week. The Canadian star made weasels of 84-entrants to win the title described in the title.

PocketFives have declared that this is Watts’s fourth career title, but I can only find evidence of three in his back catalogue. Both previous wins came in 2015, and both at the Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) tables. Watson won a $2,100 PLO Hi/Lo for $65,320 & $215 PLO 6-Max for $58,368

Watson has earned more than $4.8m playing online MTTs, including $3.8m playing on Stars.

Results

  1. Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson – $22,050
  2. Alexander ‘joiso’ Kostritsyn – $15,330
  3. Luke ‘lb6121’ Schwartz – $10,500
  4. ptisan – $7,560
  5. Rui ‘RuiNF’ Ferreira – $5,670
  6. serkku21 – $4,200
  7. Naoya ‘nkeyno’ Kihara – $3,360