Record-Breaking PokerStars SCOOP Crowns 3 Main Event Champions

LONDON, UK –This year’s record-breaking PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) came to a thrilling climax on Monday, May 21 as the final two events awarded some huge six-figure prizes across the six different tournaments, with three Main Event champions crowned.

Winner of the $10,300 Main Event (High) was Nick ‘GripDsNutz’ Grippo from Costa Rica, who defeated Canada’s ‘sp00led’ heads-up to take the adjusted first-prize of $798,675 and winner’s watch, following a three-way deal. Second-placed ‘sp00led’ and third-placed ‘sosickPL’ both received $718,675 each. The event featured 517 players and a prize pool of $5,170,000.

In the $1,050 Main Event (Med) ‘suarez_BG’ from Bulgaria came back from a huge chip deficit heads-up to win the first prize of $560,019. He outlasted 3,566 other players, including his final opponent ‘ministerborg’ of Denmark, who himself had already snagged one title in the SCOOP 21-H event earlier in the series. The Dane added $417,339 to his winnings yesterday.  

Meanwhile, the $109 Low event was taken down by ‘john_tri80’ from Greece, who topped a field of 22,128 players to net the first prize of $198,725.75 after a deal was done with his heads-up opponent, ‘FrandsenDK’, who received $187,000. The total prize pool for the tournament was $2,212,800.