PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Event 10 low stakes event NL Hold'em Heads Up Match Play took heads up and match play and mashed them together.
Judging from today's turnout in SCOOP EVENT #10-Low, $16.50 No Limit Hold'em Heads-Up Match Play, match play is also a very appealing form of poker. PokerStars set a cap of 8,192 players for SCOOP Event #10-Low. Despite such a high cap, the tournament sold out twenty minutes before its scheduled start time. The champion of the tournament would have to win a lucky thirteen successive heads-up matches. It's a feat that requires a combination of excellent skill, good timing and good luck. Just one rivered gutshot could be enough to dash a player's hopes of turning $16.50 into the first-place prize of $16,281.61.
After ten rounds of play spread across nine long hours, the field of 8,192 dreamers was reduced to eight.
Scarer ran the 8,192-player gauntlet. He completed a perfect 13-for-13 day to take home $13,402.41 in prize money, the champion's watch, and the title of Champion of SCOOP Event #10-Low. Whoever said thirteen was an unlucky number should speak with Scarer. It turned out to be a great number for him.
SCOOP Event #10-Low No Limit Hold'em Heads-Up Match Play Results (including two-way deal):
1st place: Scarer ($13,402.41)
2nd place: schaeng ($12,402.41)
3rd place: T-factor04 ($5,480.45)
4th place: cantfold101 ($5,480.45)
5th place: jim1slim ($2,457.61)
6th place: docsu ($2,457.61)
7th place: hneves182 ($2,457.61)
8th place: CACHETONJEU ($2,457.61)
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