Tag: Pokerstars 2020 SCOOP

Mike Watson

Had it not been for the Michael Phelps like-performance of Connor ‘blanconegro’ Drinan during the PokerStars Spring Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP) (his swimming and not his poker performances), Michael ‘SirWatts’ Watson would have blipped on more radar screens.

He’s blipping today.

The Canadian High Roller took down the third win of the series, and all three have been in different disciplines, demonstrating the incredible quality and diversity of this genius.

Watson vanquished 148-entrants in Event #113: $1,050 6+ Hold’em to claim the $29,997.02 first prize after beating ‘GODofHU’ in heads-up action. He adds the 6+ Hold’em title to Event #51: $1,0500 No Limit 2-7 Single Draw, and Event #66: $2,100 No Limit Hold’em. Watson has now won six career SCOOP titles.

Michael ‘iambest2’ Eibinger also secured a victory before we all settled down to watch the mayhem on CNN this past weekend. The Austrian star defeated 96-entrants in Event #105: $5,200 No Limit Hold’em Midweek Freeze Six Max. The win earned Eibinger $111,703.80 game points, and he will need them with the Super High Roller Bowl Online (SHRBO) submerging most people’s bankrolls deeper than they usually go.

Here are the results.

Event #105: $5,200 No Limit Hold’em Midweek Freeze Six Max

Entrants – 96

Results

  1. Matthias ‘iambest2’ Eibinger – $111,703.80
  2. Simon ‘Igorkarkarof’ Ronnow – $88,064.44
  3. Giorgos ‘Geokarak’ Karakousis – $67,612.03
  4. FouEnculePL – $51,909.50
  5. great dant – $39,853.52
  6. shuhpat – $30,598.03

Event #113: $1,050 6+ Hold’em

Entrants – 148

Results

  1. Mike “SirWatts” Watson – $29,997.02
  2. GODofHU – $22,831.67
  3. Bo$$ D4wg – $17,377.98
  4. Hatrick1991 – $13,226.98
  5. sry2good4u – $10,067.50
  6. Zapahzamazki – $7,662.72

The poker community has whizzed fervently through 360- SCOOP tournaments like a London cabbie with ‘The Knowledge.’ The series has seen 2,662,376 entrants compete, and the total prize money stands at $175,717,483 with 11-events left to run.

As the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) nears its expiration date, it refuses to wilt like a dehydrated sunflower, preferring to dole out a few more exciting plotlines.

Andrew Pantling is one of the most exciting amateurs in the high stakes asylum, and when he flicks it in on PokerStars, he does so under the guise of ‘ClockWyze.’

He’s not bad, either.

The Canadian businessman saw his name etched into the winner’s plaque of Event #97: $5,200 Pot Limit Omaha Main Event 2nd Chance. Pantling defeated 167-entrants over two days to claim the $169,239 first prize. Noah ‘Exclusive’ Boeken chalked up a third-place finish a week after winning the $1,050 8-Game title.

21-players made it through to the second day, and amongst the 19 players who finished in the money were online high stakes titans Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira and Andras ‘probirs’ Nemeth.

Here are the results.

Results

  1. Andrew ‘ClockWyze’ Pantling – $169,239
  2. Zumbapoker – $128,814
  3. Noah ‘Exclusive’ Boeken – $98,045
  4. Chun Lei ‘SamRostan’ Zhou – $74,625
  5. Konstantin ‘krakukra’ Maslak – $56,800
  6. Argentin-GOd – $43,232
  7. Espen ‘locomo’ Myrmo – $35,061

Andrey’ anjeyyy’ Novak Leads a Star-Studded $5,200 Main Event Second Chance Final Table.

There is a golden fresh butter hue about the final table of the $5,200 Main Event Second Chance. The $5,200 buy-in attracted 465-entrants, and nine remain in the hunt for the $416,472 first prize.

Andrey’ Anjeyyy’ Novak leads the way, but there are two incredible and incredibly hot players snapping at his heels. Pascal ‘Pass_72’ Lefrancois recently took down a $10,300 side event at the Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB) Online Series on partypoker, as well as winning a million dollars during the Poker Masters Online Series. Timothy ‘Tim0thee’ Adams also featured heavily in the Poker Masters cashing a record 13-times, winning one event, and finishing four grand below a million in gross profits.

Here are the chip counts.

Chip Counts

1: Andrey ‘Anjeyyy’ Novak – 25,969,709
2: Pascal ‘Pass_72’ Lefrancois – 21,477.585
3: Timothy ‘Tim0thee’ Adams – 18,866,198
4: Will ‘hellzito’ Arruda – 13,225,664
5: Alfred ‘Kzzon’ Karlsson – 10,705,721
6: Silva ’silskyer’ Costa – 10,320,168
7: Pavel ‘silentm0de’ Plesuv – 7,452,915
8: temka99 – 4,523,896
9: Artem ‘veeea’ Vezhenkov – 3,707,144

Another round-up from the world of PokerStars and their Spring Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP), and Dominik ‘Bounatirou’ Nitsche has won his first-ever title.

The four-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, and World Poker Tour (WPT) Champions Club member, is now a SCOOP Champ after winning the 956-entrant Event #87: $530 No Limit Hold’em.

Nitsche has earned more than $5.8m playing online multi-table tournaments (MTTs) through more than 100 victories, and this ranks as his fourth most substantial score. His personal best remains the $188,139.58 earned for finishing 5/90 in a $25,000 No Limit Hold’em event during last year’s World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP).

Known more for his live exploits, the ‘DTO Poker’ creator currently ranks number 2 in the German online poker rankings on PocketFives behind ‘nilsef.’

Here are the results.

Results

  1. Dominik ‘Bounatirou’ Nitsche – $82,365.40
  2. Geokarak – $58,712.90
  3. tdr01 – $41,852.60
  4. Easterdamn – $29,834.00
  5. Sektor17 – $21,266.70
  6. RUMUKULUS – $15,159.65
  7. boerni21 – $10,806.35
  8. PSMozak – $7,703.15
  9. MarioKJ – $5,491.05

Patrick Leonard Wins Another One

Moving swiftly on from the German #2 to the World #3, and Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard has been handing out more black eyes than Iron Mike Tyson these past few weeks.

Less than a fortnight ago, Leonard bested a 117-entrant field to collect the $52,605.66 first prize in Event #53: $2,100 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Max, and over the weekend he collected his second title of the series, beating a 460-entrant field in Event #93: $215 No Limit Hold’em Turbo w Rebuys. Leonard earned $41,808.65 for the win. Andras ‘probirs’ Nemeth finished fourth.

Let’s not forget that sandwiched between those two titles came a $1.6m score on GGPoker.

Here are the results.

  1. Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard – $41,808.65
  2. julioassp – $30,124.96
  3. 88IG8OSS – $21,706.55
  4. Andras ‘probirs’ Nemeth – $15,640.67
  5. Nelisschuif7 – $11,269.87
  6. mararthur1 – $8,120.51
  7. MiracleQ – $5,851.24
  8. TheLipoFund – $4,216.12

The PokerStars Spring Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP) Main Event triad is at an end, and ‘Alexgirs’ claimed the most substantial amount found anywhere in the world this week and the coveted moniker of a SCOOP Main Event winner.

‘Alexgirs’ earned $870,595.81 after a three-way deal saw him take the lion share of the $2.4m remaining prizepool before going on to win the heads-up duel for a further $50,000.

Pablo’ pabritz’ Brito collected the runner-up purse of $764,941.51, and Brito is a man who is running so hot he’s going to end up in the burns unit if he’s not careful.

In February, Brito won the 465-entrant field in the $10,300 No Limit Hold ’em MILLIONS South America Main Event for $1m, before following that up by winning the 2,945-entrant Irish Open Online for $504,777.

Alex’ dynoalot’ Difelice collected $722,074.96 for finishing third.

The final table contained plenty of heavyweights with Daniel Dvoress, Michael Addamo, Max Silver and Benjamin Rolle all featuring.

Event #74: $10,300 Main Event

609-entrants

Results

  1. Alexgirs – $920,595.81*
  2. Pablo’ pabritz’ Brito – $764,941.51*
  3. Alex ‘dynoalot’ Difelice – $722,074.96*
  4. Pieter ‘XMorphineX’ Aerts – $414,959.81
  5. Daniel’ Oxota’ Dvoress – $303,273.47
  6. Michael ‘imluckbox’ Addamo – $221,647.98
  7. Max ‘goodeh99’ Silver – $161,991.56
  8. Benjamin’ bencb789′ Rolle – $118,392.03
  9. EEE27 – $95,745.15

*Agreed upon a heads-up deal

In Other SCOOP News

Here are the results of the Low and Medium Main Events.

Event #74: (L) $109 Main Event

46,238-entrants

Results

  1. uercan – $371,750.73*
  2. UruRey – $323,656.17*
  3. penguy2 – $270,143.96*
  4. LOL_U_91 – $157,464.89
  5. young_diam18 – $112,245.98
  6. LukeN73 – $80,012.54
  7. GeleiaTrsk – $57,035.49
  8. HellRaiserSB – $40,656.61
  9. marmo07 – $28,981.05

Event #74: (M) $1,050 Main Event

6,475-entrants

Results

  1. Joao ‘ayashiJoão’ Hayashi – $920,066.91
  2. Michael ‘merla888’ Gathy – $655,853.39
  3. luelue399 – $467,515.07
  4. gkamei09 – $333,261.12
  5. WNDRWMN23 – $2237,560.62
  6. Oledjan – $169,340.67
  7. Tydarax – $120,712.13
  8. luckyfish89 – $86,048.21
  9. MpZancan – $61,338.32

Event #79: $1,050 Super Tuesday

The former Global Poker Index (GPI) World #1, Adrian’ Amadi_017′ Mateos took down the Super Tuesday SCOOP title. Mateos overcome a field of 937-entrants to claim the title.

Results

  1. Adrian ‘Amadi_017’ Mateos – $164,397.70
  2. Machadada RS – $118,812.40
  3. BBRS999 – $85,867.20
  4. MCalai – $62,057.40
  5. samuraiUA – $44,849.70
  6. IgorKarkarof – $32,413.50
  7. AnFiieLD. – $23,425.60
  8. DaanOss – $16,930.00
  9. vladxxxro – $13,598.30

Event #80: $10,300 NLHE High Roller

It’s been a great few weeks for Steve’ Mr. Time Caum’ O’Dwyer. The American collected his second SCOOP title in quick succession, after adding the 105-entrant $10,300 High Roller to the $521,598 he earned for winning the $25,000 Super High Roller.

Results

  1. Steve ‘Mr. Tim Caum’ O’Dwyer – $241,956.69
  2. Malaka$tyle – $185,765.68
  3. botteonpoker – $142,624.33
  4. Pass_72 – $109,501.87
  5. PaDiLhA SP – $84,071.61
  6. Jorryt ‘TheCleaner11’ Van Hoof – $64,547.17
  7. Connor ‘blanconegro’ Drinan – $49,557.06
  8. LLinusLLove – $38,048.11

The word ‘sublime’ originates from 200 A.D. and the quill of Greek author, Longinus. Over time, the word slowly vanished like a modern-day glacier. Then, in 1712, a group of writers used the word to describe the feelings associated with standing on a Grand Canyon precipice, witnessing an avalanche in the Alps, or watching someone win five PokerStars Spring Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP) titles in a single series.

Connor’ blanconegro’ Drinan’s run has been sublime.

The American pro has experienced the timeless harmony of flow on five occasions, ripping him away from a record four titles shared with Shaun Deeb.

To be fair to Drinan, he offered an apology.

And what a way to claim the record!

Drinan conquered a field of 159-entrants in the highly competitive Event #75: $10,300 Pot-Limit Omaha. He defeated Jens “Jeans89” Kyllonen, heads-up, for the title, and $322,264 in prize money. It was the most substantial single cash of his career topping the $250,724 he secured for finishing 6/693 in the 2017 SCOOP Main Event.

It wasn’t easy.

The heads-up battle with Kyllonen lasted more than two hours, and Drinan had to contend with the considerable frame of Joao’ Naza114′ Vieira who secured his third top-four finish of the week.

Talal Shakerchi and Linus Loeliger also made the final table.

Results

  1. Connor ‘blanconegro’ Drinan – $322,264
  2. Jens ‘jeans89’ Kyllonen – $245,286
  3. Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira – $186,695
  4. ‘Kukenmuser’ – $142,100
  5. Gavin ‘gavz101’ Cochrane – $108,157
  6. Talal ‘raidalot’ Shakerchi – $82,322
  7. Linus ‘LlinusLlove’ Loeliger – $66,762

Drinan’s Record Roll Call

Event #34: $530 PLO8 (378-entrants) – $34,420.52
Event #40: $5,200 PLO 6-Max (150-entrants) – $152,011.46
Event #45: $215 NLO8 PKO (1,052-entrants) – $14,584.62
Event #56: $1,050 H.O.R.S.E (139-entrants) – $30,232.50
Event #75: $10,300 PLO (159-entrants) – $322,264

Main Event Tables Set and High Roller Interest…Well…High

We also have the Main Event final tables, and they’re pregnant with high rollers.

Here is the $10,300 Main Event Final Table Lineup.

Seat 1: Benjamin “bencb789’ Rolle – 12,283,432 (41bb)
Seat 2: Pablo ‘pabritz’ Brito – 20,514,267 (68bb)
Seat 3: Alexgirs – 11,783,439 (39bb)
Seat 4: Pieter ‘XMorphineX’ Aerts – 38,539,059 (128bb)
Seat 5: Michael ‘imluckbox’ Addamo – 18,739,553 (62bb)
Seat 6: Alex ‘dynoalot’ Difelice – 8,594,592 (29bb)
Seat 7: Daniel ‘Oxata’ Dvoress – 28,570,379 (95bb)
Seat 8: EEE27 – 4,577,978 (15bb)
Seat 9: Max ‘goodeh99’ Silver – 8,647,301 (29bb)

Rolle is one of the best online multi-table tournament (MTT) players in the universe, and Addamo, Dvoress and Silver have cabinets full of live trophies. But keep an eye out for Brito who won the MILLIONS South America Main Event and the online version of the Irish Open for a combined $1.5m in gross winnings.

It seems that Connor ‘blanconegro’ Drinan is not going to hog the entire limelight of the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP).

Mike ’SirWatts” Watson wants some.

The Canadian high-roller busted out the party decorations for the fifth time in his SCOOP career, becoming only the tenth person in history to reach that milestone, a few days shy of Drinan becoming #9.

Watson moved through 199 entrants like an apparition to take down Event #66: $2,100 No Limit Hold’em. Amongst those unable to land a blow on the eventual winner was online star Conor ‘1_conor_b_1’ Beresford, who finished fifth.

Results

  1. Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson – $80,642.40
  2. hotmark777 – $62,088.88
  3. Black88 – $47,804.00
  4. nofingclue11 – $36,805.64
  5. 1_conor_b_1 – $28,337.72
  6. MarToMchat – $21,818.00
  7. XMorphineX – $16,798.32
  8. IgorKarkarof – $12,933.48

If it weren’t for the heads-up skills of Noah ‘Exclusive’ Boeken, Watson would have joined the merry band of three men who have won six SCOOP titles, after finishing runner-up to the Dutchman in Event #65.

The $1,050 8-Game attracted 193-entrants to the virtual felt like smoke to a dragon’s burp, and Watson collected $29,098.08 for his second-place finish.

Results

  1. Noah ‘Exclusive’ Boeken – $38,494.94
  2. Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson – $29,098.08
  3. nilsef – $21,995.18
  4. Kelvin_FP:AR – $16,626.10
  5. Gjeddekongen – $12,567.63
  6. Nor-Wiking – $9,499.84

Charlie Carrel Wins Event #70: $530 No Limit Hold’em PKO

Charlie ‘Epiphany77’ Carrel has enjoyed afflicting maximum pain on his online poker pals this past fortnight. Nine days removed from taking down a $25,000 No Limit Hold’em event at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Online Championships High Roller for $600,000, Carrel has won a SCOOP event.

The former SCOOP Main Event winner secured his third SCOOP title after clamouring through a field of 2,112 entrants in a $530 No Limit Hold’em PKO event.

Results

  1. Charlie ‘Epiphany77’ Carrel – $67,468.09 + $43,912.43
  2. Owain ‘Sngwonder’ Carey – $67,466.41 + $19,840.02
  3. HUMAN PIOSOLVER – $40,029.42 + $15,742.63
  4. Slaassh – $28,534.33 + $4,539.07
  5. ludovi333 – $20,340.19 + $16,032.19
  6. Nextlevelftp – $14,499.14 + $1,890.63
  7. Noobanx – $10,335.49 + $3,050.77
    8.GlitchSystem – $7,367.44 + $3,375.01

Joao Simao Wins Event #71: $1,050 Six Max Turbo NLO8

Finally, the former PocketFives World #1, and occasional $25,000 seat taker, Joao ‘IneedMassari’ Simao, took down Event #71: $1,050 Six Max Turbo NLO8.

The event pulled in 194-entrants, and the Brazilian star added a further $38,694.35 to his $9m+ in online winnings.

Results

  1. Joao ‘IneedMassari’ Simao – $38,694.35
  2. Pardosh – $29,248.85
  3. rompsa – $22,109.15
  4. BigTreeStump – $16,712.24
  5. Us_Alex – $12,632.75
  6. IAmSoSo – $9,549.06

When it comes to the rough terrain of the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), only nine players have ever explored the invigorating atmosphere that surrounds a quintet of victories.

Connor ‘blanconegro’ Drinan is Player #9 after taking down Event #56: $1,050 H.O.R.S.E. The American pro topped a field of 139-entrants to claim $30,232.50 of the $139,000 prizepool, including defeating the excellent Mike ‘goleafsgoeh’ Leah, heads-up.

Drinan’s online notoriety needed no further augmentation, but he gets it anyway, becoming only the second player to win four SCOOP titles in a single series. Shaun Deeb is the only other player who has that particular guidebook having set the record in 2012.

There isn’t time for a poker life to turn sterile if you’re excelling in all areas of the game, and Drinan is, adding the H.O.R.S.E title to $530 Pot Limit Omaha 8-or-Better, $5,200 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Max, and $215 No Limit O8 6-Max PKO victories.

Results

  1. Connor ‘blanconegro’ Drinan – $30,232.50
  2. Mike ‘goleafsgoeh’ Leah – $21,545.00
  3. wiNNin83 – $16,680.00
  4. Kyle ‘km_freestyle’ Menne – $11,815.00
  5. Skint Paddy – $7,645.00
  6. Spokey – $6,255.00
  7. adkaf – $4,865.00
  8. Harleyy30040 – $3,822.50

Preben ‘prebz’ Stokkan Wins Event #62: $5,200 No-Limit Hold’em PKO High Roller

In contrast, Preben ‘prebz’ Stokkan claimed his first SCOOP title. The Norwegian star who enjoyed a deep run in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in the Summer, finishing 21st, conquered a field of 235-entrants in Event #62: $5,200 No Limit Hold’em PKO High Roller.

Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira finished second, and Conor ‘1_conor_b_1’ Beresford took fourth.

Results

  1. Preben ‘prebz’ Stokkan – $101,026.11 + $174,921.87 in bounties
  2. Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira – $101,025.97 + $1,975 in bounties
  3. Pimmss – $66,626.02 + $18,750.00 in bounties
  4. Conor ‘1_conor_b_1’ Beresford – $50,789.66 + $32,031.25 in bounties
  5. FreeLancerZZ – $38,717.42 + $20,312.50 in bounties
  6. XMorphineX – $29,514.70 + $38,203.13 in bounties
  7. PaGaOVelhinho – $22,499.31 + $14,531.25 in bounties
  8. MissOracle – $17,151.47 + $6,875.00 in bounties

In Other News

Dominik Nitsche made it to the semi-finals of the $2,100 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em before hitting the rail. The event attracted 119 entrants, and ‘CatLover666’ beat Phil ‘Grindation’ McAllister in the final.

Lex Veldhuis made the final table of Event #57: $5,200 No Limit Hold’em High Roller. 184 entrants swarmed to the event like toddlers to a Disney store in a mall, and Veldhuis finished seventh. More than 31,000 people watched the Triton commentator via Twitch, a record for the Dutchman.

Lastly, the former SCOOP Main Event winner, Talal ‘raidalot’ Shakerchi, finished runner-up to Kyle ‘km_freestyle’ Menne in Event #61: $1,050 Omaha 8-or-Better earning $22,099.

As seems to be the trend during the lockdown, PokerStars has chosen to extend the series until May 31. The addendum includes 44 events (132 tournaments), and that bumps the guarantee to $135m, surpassing GGPoker’s recent record of $100m for the WSOP Super Circuit Online Series.

Steve O'Dwyer

If Steve O’Dwyer were a camel, he would need more than two humps to hold his poker trophies. The American born pro has earned more than $30m playing live tournaments, including 25 victories, and generationally ranks as one of the most successful players in that artform.

Still, live tournament poker isn’t the only arrow in his quiver. O’Dwyer has also earned $6.4m playing online multi-table tournaments (MTTs), and this week he added a Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) title to his modest haul.

O’Dwyer conquered an 89-entrant $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super High Roller on PokerStars, smothering a final table of stars with the ease of a knife smearing butter on warm toast.

Fedor ‘CrownUpGuy’ Holz, Ole ‘wizowizo’ Schemion, Talal ‘raidalot’ Shakerchi, and Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira all parked their bikes in the $25,000 cycle shed. Still, it was Andras ‘probirs’ Nemeth, whose wheels remained steadfast the longest.

O’Dwyer defeated Nemeth in heads-up action, preventing the high-rolling Hungarian for capturing two titles in a day after winning Event #52: $2,100 No-Limit Hold’em for $157,734.78.

The win netted O’Dwyer $521,597.77 for his troubles. While that’s more than enough to buy a new pair of shoes, it doesn’t rank as O’Dwyer’s best score. That remains the $896,610 he won last year in a similar event during partypoker’s POWERFEST.

Result

  1. Steve ‘Mr. Tim Caum’ O’Dwyer – $521,597.77
  2. Andras ‘probirs’ Nemeth – $403,096.26
  3. Chun Lei ‘SamRostan’ Zhou – $311,516.98
  4. Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira – $240,743.65
  5. Talal ‘raidalot’ Shakerchi – $186,049.14
  6. VbV1990 – $143,780.89
  7. Ole ‘wizowizo’ Schemion – $111,115.32
  8. Fedor ‘CrownUpGuy’ Holz – $85,871.02

Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard Wins Event #53: $2,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-or-Better Six-Max

Despite O’Dwyer’s online success, the Coloradan has only ever reached #7 in the PocketFives Rankings. Two people who have taken the tram to the summit of that particular set of rails are Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard and Yuri ‘theNERDguy’ Dzivielevski.

The two former World #1’s clashed in the heads-up phase of the 117-entrant Event #53: $2,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-or-Better Six-Max. The partypoker ambassador found the luck, skill, or a bit of both to snatch the $52,605.66 first prize, and claim his second SCOOP title.

Joao “Naza114” Vieira once again showed up at the final table, finishing sixth.

Results

  1. Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard – $52,605.66
  2. Yuri ‘theNERDguy’ Dzivielevski – $40,345.85
  3. Murilo ‘Muka82’ Figueiredo – $30,943.24
  4. Little Kraut – $23,731.90
  5. guilherme12 – $18,201.17
  6. Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira – $13,959.38

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