PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Event 22 low stakes event NL Hold'em Main Event’s final day saw a massive payout to the winner for a small investment.
Event #22, the final tournament on PokerStars' Spring Championship of Online Poker schedule, certainly drew a crowd -- 18,747 players to be exact. Those thousands created a bountiful prize pool of $1,874,700 with a first-place prize of $187,470.01.
Day 1 play on Easter Sunday ended after 44 levels and 18,721 eliminations, leaving 26 players to duke it out for the crown on Monday. Play moved very fast in the beginning, so fast, in fact, that the final table was set just as the first-hour break began.
JannotLapin took home $151,203.71 for the tough win in this huge field. Sador1983 had to settle for the nice consolation prize of $113,338.23.
Perhaps any of the second through fourth place finishers can alleviate their sorrows with a Corvette...or a house.
Final table finishes and payouts were:
First - JannotLapin ($151,203.71)
Second - Sador1983 - ($113,338.23)
Third - Tiktok23 - ($120,327.63)
Fourth - Naxer ($110,562.42)
Fifth - 75champ75 ($56,241.01)
Sixth - moohaha123 ($37,494.01)
Seventh - dhutt24 ($26,339.54)
Eighth - dreamer_ss ($16,872.31)
Ninth - xxRogexx ($11,248.21)
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