SCOOP Main Events Wrap Up & Award Over $1.1 Million to Champions

The 2025 Spring Championship of On-line Poker (SCOOP) concluded its flagship trio of No-Restrict Maintain’em Fundamental Occasions on Wednesday, awarding over $1.1 million in first-place prizes alone throughout the Excessive, Medium, and Low tiers.

With greater than 25,000 entries and over $8 million distributed in mixed prize swimming pools on PokerStars, three new gamers have etched their names into the file books as SCOOP Fundamental Occasion champions.

Brazil’s “stek94” Wins $5,200 SCOOP Excessive Fundamental Occasion for $505K

The $5,200 SCOOP Excessive Fundamental Occasion proved a becoming finale for the elite of on-line poker. A complete of 9 gamers returned for the ultimate day of play, every assured at the very least $52,195 and eyeing the marketed $577,966 first prize. Nonetheless, the ultimate two individuals struck a heads-up deal to redistribute the highest prizes extra evenly.

Romania’s “SerVlaMin” was first out the door, incomes $52,195 for his or her ninth-place end. Germany’s Oliver “sk2ll_m0dR” Weis adopted in eighth for $65,279. Brazilian grinder Bruno “bbenardinho” Benardinho collected $89,141 in seventh, and Austria’s “fabsnb95” earned $121,726 in sixth.

4 Brazilians made the highest 5, together with “Dangerzinn” in fifth for $166,221 and “ferkovsk” in fourth for $226,981. Then got here Mark “AceSpades11” Radoja, the 2024 runner-up, who made one other deep run earlier than exiting in third for $309,951.

With Radoja gone, the all-Brazilian duel between “stek94” and “hellzito” noticed the pair comply with a deal. “Hellzito” took house $495,583—$72,000 greater than the scheduled runner-up prize—whereas “stek94” formally claimed the title and $505,633.

$5,200 SCOOP NLHE Fundamental Occasion Closing Desk Outcomes

*Denotes heads-up deal

“nic81411” Turns $1,050 into $497K in SCOOP Medium Fundamental Occasion

Germany’s “nic81411” captured the SCOOP 82-M: $1,050 NLHE Fundamental Occasion title, defeating a 3,465-entry area with none deal, and pocketing a clear $497,321. The prize pool hit $3,465,000.

Preben “prebz” Stokkan was the primary to exit in ninth for $33,154. SCOOP legend Ilya “Leqenden” Anatsky adopted in eighth for $46,511, and “MezuuUuuT” was subsequent to go, accumulating $65,248 for seventh. Pedro “pm_marke” Marques managed sixth for $91,533, whereas Kazakhstan’s “ya_v_potoke” locked up $128,407 in fifth.

The ultimate 4 gamers all earned six-figure scores. Malta’s “On3MoreT1m3_” completed fourth for $180,135. Finland’s “Juho HH” took third for $252,703. That left Germany’s “nic81411” heads-up in opposition to Austria’s “!!f1ghtback!”, who ended with $354,506.

SCOOP 82-M: $1,050 NLHE Fundamental Occasion Closing Desk Outcomes

Large $109 SCOOP Low Fundamental Occasion Ends in Three-Method Deal

The SCOOP 82-L: $109 NLHE Fundamental Occasion was the largest match of the sequence by area dimension, with 20,110 entries making a prize pool of $2,011,000. The ultimate trio agreed to a three-way deal that noticed Romania’s “c0rl30n3_89” stroll away with the title and $173,351.

Azerbaijan’s “SemaMoney” negotiated a third-place payout of $134,476, far above the posted $105,888 for that place, whereas Brazil’s “ZingaBoy” secured $155,005 for second place as a substitute of $140K. The winner, “c0rl30n3_89,” collected the largest share and the SCOOP trophy.

Simply lacking out on a top-three deal was the UK’s “ImlykwgwanG,” who earned $75,481 in fourth. “Lasba99” from Finland took fifth for $53,805, and Slovenia’s “Str0j” claimed $38,354 in sixth. Brazil’s “fviana” made a deep run to seventh place, good for $27,340, whereas Finland’s “Mkroope” and Ukraine’s “Ramses9977” rounded out the ultimate desk for $19,489 and $13,892, respectively.

SCOOP 82-L: $109 NLHE Fundamental Occasion Closing Desk Outcomes

*Denotes a three-way deal

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker trade since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he grew to become the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from stay reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his function of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

Calum has been part of the PokerNews staff since September 2021 after working within the UK vitality sector. He performed his first hand of poker in 2017 and instantly fell in love with the sport.

Calum has written for varied poker retailers however discovered his house at PokerNews, the place he has contributed to varied articles and stay updates, offering insights and reporting on main poker occasions, together with the World Sequence of Poker (WSOP).