Tournier Eyes SCOOP Glory With Top-Four Stack in $1,050 Main Event

The PokerStars Spring Championship of On-line Poker (SCOOP) Major Occasions are reaching their remaining levels, with loads of prize cash nonetheless up for grabs and winners but to be determined all three buy-in tiers.

Within the $1,050 SCOOP 82-M, three PokerStars ambassadors are nonetheless in competition for the title, whereas Lucas “Rochinha2011” Rocha leads a stacked remaining 39 within the $5,200 Excessive Major Occasion. In the meantime, the $109 Low version has been whittled all the way down to 159 hopefuls from over 20,000 entries.

Learn on to seek out out who’s in with an opportunity of SCOOP glory because the Major Occasions draw to a detailed!

Tournier Fourth in Chips in SCOOP 82-M: $1,050 Major Occasion

May there be a PokerStars Ambassador lifting a SCOOP Major Occasion title? It is attainable, with three of them by way of to Day 3 of the SCOOP 82-M: $1,050 Major Occasion.

Sitting fourth in chips is Laurie “LaliTournier” Tournier, with Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot (thirtieth – 4,715,673) sitting comfortably in the course of the pack. With 79 gamers nonetheless in competition, they’re rounded out by Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg who will begin Day 3 with simply over 5 huge blinds.

Main the best way is Preben “prebz” Stokkan forward of “fat_thouni”. Stokkan already has three SCOOP titles to his identify, the final coming again in 2024 when he received a $1,050 Thriller Bounty occasion.

Solely two different gamers on the remaining desk know what it takes to win a SCOOP title, with Dmitry “yurasov1990” Yurasov profitable a maiden title in 2022, and André “aferrao147” Ferrão choosing up his third earlier this 12 months.

SCOOP 82-M: $1,050 NLHE Major Occasion High 10 Chip Counts

Rocha Leads 39 Survivors in SCOOP 82-H: $5,200 Major Occasion

From a beginning subject of 679 gamers, simply 39 stay within the SCOOP 82-H: $5,200 Major Occasion. Main the best way is Lucas “Rochinha2011” Rocha, who is evident from “fabsnb95” in second place.

Rocha has three WCOOP titles to his identify, the most important of which got here again in 2021 when he received the $1,050 Thursday Thrill SE for $131,901, however is but to seize a SCOOP title.

That may’t be mentioned for Boris “olelemaiko” Kolev, who picked up his first SCOOP title earlier this 12 months with victory within the SCOOP 40-H: $530 Sunday Kickoff for $46,089.

There’s nonetheless loads of SCOOP status within the working with Juan “MalakaStyle” Pardo, Oliver “sk2ll_m0dR” Weis and Francisco “Tomatee” Benitez holding 14 SCOOP titles between them, with the Spaniard having received six by himself.

Rounding out the highest ten is “Deiv4za” who completed fifth within the 2023 SCOOP-H Major Occasion for $313,277.

SCOOP 82-H: $5,200 NLHE Major Occasion High 10 Chip Counts

SCOOP 82-L: $109 Major Occasion All the way down to Remaining 159

Lastly, the $109 SCOOP 82-L: Low Major Occasion continues to showcase simply how huge this sequence may be, with 20,110 entries contributing to a prize pool of $2,011,000.

Solely 159 gamers stay, every gunning for the $208,398 high prize. PokerStars ambassador and SCOOP League captain Fintan “easywithaces” Hand was the one Stars rep to money on this occasion, bowing out in 704th place.

SCOOP 82-L: $$109 NLHE Major Occasion High 10 Chip Counts

Based mostly in the UK, Will began working for PokerNews as a contract dwell reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time workers in 2019. He now works as 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.