Patrick Leonard Becomes All-Time SCOOP Leader After Double Victory

Patrick Leonard turned the all-time PokerStars Spring Championship of On-line Poker (SCOOP) chief on Saturday, claiming two titles in below 10 minutes to achieve a document 15 victories within the collection.

Leonard, enjoying below the deal with “pads1161,” captured back-to-back 8-Sport titles in SCOOP occasions 107-M and 107-H, overtaking Simon Mattsson and Jerry Odeen to develop into the all-time chief in on-line poker’s flagship spring collection, which just lately surpassed $1.5 billion in complete payouts.

Saturday’s twin victory is the crowning second in what has been a outstanding 2026 SCOOP for Leonard, broadly thought of to be top-of-the-line on-line gamers on the earth, who has received 5 titles in only a few brief weeks.

And with three days remaining, together with the marquee SCOOP Foremost Occasions kicking off on Sunday, there’s each probability the Brit isn’t completed but.

All-Time SCOOP Leaderboard Prime 5*

*Appropriate as of March twenty second.

Report-Breaking Leonard Proves the Combined Sport Grasp

That Leonard’s Saturday SCOOP double got here in mixed-game occasions can be little shock to anybody accustomed to the person from Newcastle, England, who simply final month completed 2nd to Yuri Dzivielevski within the $15,000 Huge Wager Combine on the 2026 PGT Combined Video games Sequence for $166,950.

He kicked off his SCOOP weekend with a win in SCOOP 107-M: $109 8-Sport, $15K Gtd, an occasion that smashed its assure with a $26,400 prize pool and earned Leonard $5,088.96.

Simply 9 minutes later, he adopted up with victory in SCOOP 107-H: $530 8-Sport, $20K Gtd, which additionally exceeded its assure with a $34,000 prize pool, taking dwelling $9,176.97 and banking greater than $14,000 in much less time than it takes to drink a cup of espresso.

That double was sufficient to leapfrog Odeen and Mattsson, placing Leonard firmly atop the all-time SCOOP leaderboard on a document 15-titles.

SCOOP 107-H Closing Desk Outcome

SCOOP 107-M Closing Desk Outcome

$5.5m GTD as SCOOP Foremost Occasions Get Underway on Sunday

The 2026 SCOOP collection crescendos on Sunday, March 22, as a trio of No-Restrict Maintain’em Foremost Occasions will get underway, carrying a mixed $5.5 million in assured prize cash.

Gamers can compete throughout three buy-in ranges, providing these from all bankrolls a shot at SCOOP glory:

$109 SCOOP NLHE Foremost Occasion (Low) – $1.5 million assured$1,050 SCOOP NLHE Foremost Occasion (Medium) – $2 million assured$5,200 SCOOP NLHE Foremost Occasion (Excessive) – $2 million assured

Sunday guarantees some unbelievable on-line poker from the four-day occasion, and you may observe all of the winners and massive tales on PokerNews from the Foremost Occasions, and the ultimate days of this yr’s SCOOP.

Eliot Thomas is an Editor at PokerNews, specializing in on line casino and poker protection. He has reported on main occasions around the globe, together with the World Sequence of Poker, European Poker Tour, and Triton Tremendous Excessive Curler Sequence.