PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Event 5 mid stakes event NL Hold'em Shootout was set so you only had to win two tables to win the entire event.
The No-Limit Hold'em Shootout event was a hot ticket Saturday. The 1,000 seats available for the $162 medium version of Event #5 of the Spring Championship of Online Poker were filled well in advance of the event's 2:30 p.m. EST start.
Players who won their first table were guaranteed $577.50 with the 10 surviving contestants after the second round of the shootout guaranteed at least $2,100 for making the final table. The winner would receive $27,375.
In the end Danxxx1 then used aggressive play to pull back ahead and finally win the event after 12 hours of play. On the final hand annodv raised to 120,000 on the button and danxxx1 put him all-in for his last 1.33 million. Annodv made the call with A? 4? and needed help against the A
Q
of danxxx1. The board ran out A
3
J T K and danxxx1 was the champion.
Final placements and prizes (the top two spots reflect a deal made between danxx1 and annodv) were:
First - danxxx1 ($25,425)
Second - annodv ($21,000)
Third - copi ($14,175)
Fourth - Jarral ($10,575)
Fifth - mashek ($7,425)
Sixth - Bounatirou ($6,000)
Seventh - KingKobeMVP ($4,725)
Eighth - TiltHappens ($3,750)
Ninth - chapz805 ($2,850)
Tenth - untamed64 ($2,100)
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