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SCOOP 2012: texaspl takes down Event #26-M ($215 Stud Hi/Lo)

Players managed to get a few SCOOPs of Stud today.

While today’s seven-card tournament was Hi/Lo, the stakes were high. 452 players put up $215 a piece to create a $90,400 prize pool. By using fancy PokerStars mathematical magic, it was decided that… Continue reading

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SCOOP 2012: Shine a light on George "Jorj95" Lind, Winner in Event $26-Low

Shaun Deeb woke up this morning with a lock on Player of the Series. He could have taken the day off and went surfing or hang gliding. But instead of those high-end adventure sports, he fired up his computer, logged onto PokerStars and bought into anot… Continue reading

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SCOOP 2012: Hefty.TILT muscles way to #25-M title ($109 FL 2-7 Triple Draw)

No straights. No flushes. No trips or pairs or aces (always high). No, it’s broken hands, uncoordinated cards, and lowly deuces players desire when it comes to fixed-limit, deuce-to-seven triple draw. And if at first they don’t succeed in obtaining… Continue reading

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SCOOP 2012: As the Stars tweet

On Sunday, May 6, PokerStars kicked off the 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), a series of 40 events, which offers three buy-in levels, for a total of 120 tournaments. With $30,000,000 guaranteed the year prior, anticipation was high for… Continue reading

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SCOOP 2012: WCOOP high roller champ Pistons87 fist pumps, wins #23-H ($2,100 NL Hold’em 4-max)

Almost exactly eight months ago Pistons87 was beating the best in the $10,300 WCOOOP Heads-Up Championship. It was far from a soft field but Pistons87 nevertheless came out on top of the 32-player capped field to win $119,000, despite having to face Te… 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: Faaalk dismantles field in 4-max and wins Event #23-L

Four.

It’s a number that conjures up many random images, like four wheels on a car or the infamous Fab Four, those mop-topped lads from Liverpool otherwise known as The Beatles. Sometimes it seems like four is everywhere. The Four Noble Truths. The Fa… Continue reading

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SCOOP 2012: Faaalk dismantles field in 4-max and wins Event #23-L

Four.

It’s a number that conjures up many random images, like four wheels on a car or the infamous Fab Four, those mop-topped lads from Liverpool otherwise known as The Beatles. Sometimes it seems like four is everywhere. The Four Noble Truths. The Fa… Continue reading

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SCOOP 2012: GermanBraine solves #22-M ($109 NLHE/PLO); hazelasty 2nd after chop

Event #22 on the SCOOP schedule offered a chance for players with skills in both of the “big-bet” flop games — no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha — to test their mettle.

The “medium” version featured a $109 buy-in, and by the time late registrat… Continue reading

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SCOOP 2012: See CMoosepower win Event #22-L ($11 NLHE/PLO)

CMoosepower had the stars around the avatar to illustrate Supernova status. Denff did not. But despite the differences in experience and status, the two made for worthy foes in a challenging heads-up battle. Both players earned their spots at that tabl… Continue reading

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