PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Event 5 low stakes event NL Hold'em Shootout drew more than nine thousand players online.
9,058 players bought in to this $16.50 NLHE 4X shootout, creating a $135,870 prize pool. As only 100 spots were paid, it took over eight hours to reach the money, after two full rounds of play. Places 11-99 earned $523 and change on their $16.50 investment, while $24,796.28 would go to the winner. The roomy structure of this event allowed for a ton of play, each of the first three rounds clocking in at over four hours each. Team PokerStars Pro was represented by Vanessa Rousso, Andre Akkari, Chad Brown, Leo Fernandez, Chris Moneymaker, Peter Eastgate, Alexandre Gomes, and Katja Thater. Though none of them cashed, Thater won her first table but busted off her second, exiting in 864th place.
On the final hand, noxqsez opened for 900,000 from the small blind, liberace raised to 2.1 million, noxqsez four-bet all in for 6.38 million and liberace called. Liberace was in front with A
J, noxqsez needing to hit the flop with K
T. Though the flop gave everyone a sweat when it came down Q
J2, pairing up liberace but giving noxqsez hope with an open-ended straight draw, the turn came the 2
and the river the4. At last, liberace was no longer a bridesmaid, earning a SCOOP title, and $24,796.28. For his runner-up finish, noxqsez took home $17,255.50.
Results for SCOOP Event #5-low, $16.50 NLHE 4x-Shootout
1. liberace $24,796.28
2. noxqsez $17,255.50
3. PokerThun $12,839.72
4. FouTight $9,578.84
5. Chip Lohnson $6,725.57
6. jonny2jabs $5,434.81
7. BPV3 $4,279.91
8. pgppgp $3,396.76
9. ParaMarc $2,581.54
10. thedylan1 $1,902.19
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