PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Event 4 high stakes event busted a million dollars and collected pros like flies.
552 players turned out for the $1,575 buy-in installment of SCOOP Event #4, creating a prize pool of $1,251,000 after 282 of them exercised their second-chance "rebuy" (in this double-chance tournament, players were allowed to buy back in one time only for an additional $1,500 should they lose all their chips before the first break). 63 places were paid with the winner taking home a whopping $237,690.
Team PokerStars Pro was well-represented in this event with Peter Eastgate, Leo Fernandez, Andre Akkari, Marcin Horecki, William Thorson, Alexandre Gomes, Humberto Brenes, Steve Paul-Ambrose, Ivan Demidov, Vanessa Rousso, Victor Ramdin, Katja Thater, Gavin Griffin, Alex Kravchenko, Dario Minieri, and Chad Brown all buying in. Though none of the Team Pros went on to cash, Friend of PokerStars Darus Suharto, he of the sixth-place finish in the 2008 WSOP Main Event, came in 18th in this event, collecting a $10,008 payday.
On what would be the last hand of the tournament, buck21 moved all in for 1.3 million from the small blind with 6
7
and PokerKai called with
A
8
. The ace-high held up on the KJ32Q board and PokerKai notched the win, earning a SCOOP title, $237,690, and bragging rights among his fellow Canadians. For his runner-up finish buck21 received $175,150.
Results for SCOOP Event #4-High, $1,575 NLHE (2XC-Turbo)
1. PokerKai ($237,690.00)
2. buck21 ($175,140.00)
3. ch0ppy ($128,227.50)
4. gibralter11 ($97,578.00)
5. Yo Burger ($68,805.00)
6. xxjondxx ($53,167.50)
7. yayaya ($40,657.50)
8. slammedfire ($28,147.50)
9. Chowdahhead4 ($20,766.60)
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