Simon “C. Darwin2” Mattsson has made SCOOP historical past.
The previous PocketFives world primary has additional cemented his place within the on-line poker historical past with a outstanding trio of titles throughout SCOOP 2025, bringing his all-time whole to 12, probably the most in sequence historical past.
Final 12 months, Mattsson grew to become solely the fifth participant to win ten SCOOP titles, and after tying Benny “RunGodlike” Glaser at eleven earlier this 12 months, Mattsson surged previous the mark to face alone on the prime, breaking a document that has been hotly contested for almost a decade.
Simon “C. Darwin2” Mattsson SCOOP Titles
The very first SCOOP title of Mattsson’s profession got here 13 years in the past in a 6-Max Restrict Maintain’em occasion. To this point, it is the one Medium-tier SCOOP occasion he is gained, outlasting 373 gamers and a remaining desk that featured Andre Akkari to win $38,233.
4 years later, and now the quantity one-ranked on-line poker participant on the earth, Mattsson gained his second SCOOP title and the biggest SCOOP first prize of his profession.
A run of 5 SCOOP from 2020-22 noticed Mattsson bounce up the leaderboard. A double in 2021 adopted by two extra the next 12 months noticed his tally bounce to seven.
His title was already held in excessive regard, however two titles final 12 months put him inside touching distance of the document. At that time, solely three gamers had gained extra SCOOP titles than him. Chief Benny “RunGodlike” Glaser on 11, with Niklas “Lena900” Astedt and Andre “Premove” Skvortsov on ten.
And with a hat-trick of titles in 2025, Mattsson now stands alone atop the title with a dozen SCOOP titles.
201234M: $530 Restrict Maintain’em [6-Max]$38,233
20161H: $1,050 NL Maintain’em$226,106
2020101-H: $1,050 NLHE$61,141
202138-H: $530 NLO8 8-Max$21,166
202146-H: $1,050 NLHE 8-Max, Turbo, PKO$74,465
202262-H: $1,050 NLHE [4-Max, Progressive KO]$41,362
202275-H: $10,300 NLHE [Super Tuesday High Roller]$207,901
202416-H: $10,300 NLHE [Super Tuesday High Roller]$186,238
2024114-H: $530 NLHE [Progressive KO, Sunday Warm-Up]$57,744
202516-H: $5,200 Tremendous Tuesday Excessive Curler$107,964
202533-H: $530 PLO 6-Max Turbo PKO$14,686
202558-H: $1,050 Turbo PKO$28,209
All-Time SCOOP Title Document
The race for the all-time SCOOP title document has been fiercely contested over time. In 2016, Luke Schwartz and Shawn “buck21” Buchanan every claimed their fifth SCOOP titles, placing them only one behind Calvin “cal42688” Anderson, who held the document on the time.
That very same 12 months, Benny “RunGodlike” Glaser secured his first SCOOP title. By 2020, Glaser had risen to 5 titles himself, sufficient for third place on the all-time listing, behind Anderson (10) and Buchanan (6).
Glaser continued his ascent, reaching seven titles by the beginning of SCOOP 2023. Wins in NLO8, PLO8, and notably No-Restrict Maintain’em helped him tie Anderson’s long-standing document of 10 titles. Then in 2024, Andre “Premove” Skvortsov joined the elite ranks together with his tenth title, briefly sharing the highest spot, just for Glaser to reclaim sole possession of the document together with his eleventh SCOOP win later that 12 months.
As SCOOP 2025 unfolds, Glaser stays in hanging distance, however Mattsson has surged forward with a shocking hat-trick of wins, setting a brand new benchmark with 12 titles. The chase isn’t over, however for now, Mattsson’s in prime spot.
1Simon “C. Darwin2” Mattsson12
2Benny “RunGodlike” Glaser11
=3Calvin “cal42688” Anderson10
=3Andre “Premove” Skvortsov10
=3Patrick “pads1161” Leonard10
=3Ole “wizowizo” Schemion10
=3Denis “aDrENalin710” Strebkov10
=8Niklas “Lena900” Astedt9
=8Jerry “Perrymejsen” Odeen9
=10Seven players7
Knowledge correct as of Could 21, 2025
Will Shillibier
Managing Editor
He graduated from the College of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He additionally holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports activities Journalism.
