PokerStars SCOOP Event #21 $2,600 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em mid level NL Hold'em Heads Up Match Play was a long haul, but with a big payoff.
PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Event 21 mid stakes event, was capped at 256 entrants, meaning the winner would have to win eight consecutive matches to take the title. With a buy-in of $2,500+$100, that meant the total prize pool was $640,000. Those winning three matches and losing in the round of 32 would earn $6,400, those making the Sweet Sixteen then losing would get $9,600, those losing in the quarterfinals would win $22,400, the two semifinal losers would get $51,200, the runner-up would take home $96,000, and the champion stood to get a cool $172,800.
All of the matches followed the same structure, with players starting with 5,000 chips and blinds beginning at 25/50 (with 10-minute levels).
In other words, unlike in some heads-up tourneys, players would not be carrying their chips from match to match, but returned to a starting stack of 5,000 each time.
Here's how the payouts went:
1. RunThisTable ($172,800)
2. 4pils&1pizza ($96,000)
3-4. ih8pp, Abnoe ($51,200)
5-8. MagicDeal, Poly_Baller, bigdogpckt5s, Vaga_Lion ($22,400)
9-16. Tonimonntana, deamon10, snake8484. pokerjamers, allinstevie, tommygunz29, Genius28, ElMastermind ($9,600)
17-32. TheDegeneral, Dokosoko, anenstef, jasjas11, steamraise, iownoknp, marzello, any2cantu, toomuchneon, djk123, AndrewBoccia, chrisbond, skilled_sox, DDBeast, DiPollo ($6,400)
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