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UKIPT Dublin, S3: Champion performance tops Day 1A of UKIPT Dublin

It’s not quite an aptronym, where your name suits your job*, but it’s not far off. William Champion leads the Day 1A field with 129,700. The fast talking 46-year-old father of four got chipped up in a big pot where he turned top set against Barny Boat… Continue reading

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SCOOP: dean23price wins 2nd title in Event 27-M ($109 NLHE)

Doing great things is never easy, so it follows that doing great things more than once is even more difficult. Even with the recent run of players taking down multiple events, the history of the Spring Championship of Online Poker holds this up as trut… Continue reading

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SCOOP: dean23price wins 2nd title in Event 27-M ($109 NLHE)

Doing great things is never easy, so it follows that doing great things more than once is even more difficult. Even with the recent run of players taking down multiple events, the history of the Spring Championship of Online Poker holds this up as trut… Continue reading

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SCOOP 2012: triantafill triumphs in Event #30-L ($27 NLHE SuperKnockout 6-max Turbo)

It wasn’t Zoom Poker, but at times, it sure felt like it. In just over five hours, more than 15,000 players were whittled away, leaving a single champion. Perhaps one day we’ll see a Zoom tournament or even a Zoom SCOOP event, but in the meantime, we h… Continue reading

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SCOOP 2012: neto gol nets the field in Event #30-M ($215 NLHE 6-Max, SuperKO, Turbo))

The chip lead is where every player strives to be during the tournament. That lead gives you some extra power, along with some added confidence to help you get to the end goal, a win. Although neto gol did not start the final table with the chip lead i… Continue reading

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SCOOP: bleu329 knocks out Event 30-H ($2,100 NLHE 6-max SuperKO)

There aren’t many complex tasks in this world that you can accomplish in less than four hours. Thankfully for busy PokerStars players, winning a turbo SCOOP tournament is perfectly achievable in that timeframe. All you need is some serious poker skills… Continue reading

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SCOOP 2012: It’s a SCOOP forhayley, Russian wins 4-max title (SCOOP-23-M $215 4-max)

In an epic heads-up battle that lasted 164 hands Russian forhayley overcame a ten to one deficit to defeat Luke ‘LFmagic’ Fields, who once again had to settle for second place in a SCOOP event.

Four-max might be a relatively new poker format but the… Continue reading

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SCOOP 2012: EPT champ Nicolas "niccc" Chouity matches WCOOP win with SCOOP title in Event #24-M ($109 PLO 1R1A Turbo)

EPT, WCOOP and SCOOP champion. Nicolas “niccc” Chouity came within inches of completing that triumvirate last week when he made the final table of Event #5-H ($1,050+R NLHE Turbo). Chouity fell short that night, although the $54,000 consolation prize w… Continue reading

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SCOOP: raidalot wins a lot in Event 20-M ($215 NLHE)

Making the final table of a SCOOP tournament is quite an accomplishment. Regardless of how you fare once you’re there, some time reflecting will probably lead you to the conclusion that you’ve performed well enough to be proud. But to repeat as a final… Continue reading

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I Was Robbed! Again…

I lived my first 42 years on this planet without being robbed. I mean, I lost to runner-runner flushes a couple of times, people came back from needing three snookers after outrageously doubling the green, and sometimes I had a chip or the odd onion ri… Continue reading

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