Tag Archives: SCOOP

On the SCOOP rail

Many of you know that in times gone by, I spent most of my Sunday evenings (“early Monday mornings”, actually) sitting on the rail of the Sunday Million tournament final table, managing deals, chatting with the players, and making inane comments when s… Continue reading

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SCOOP 2012: How to play the turbos

Turbo tournaments are very addictive. Once you start grinding them you don’t want to go back to the regular ones. Be careful when you play turbo tournaments. You may never come back. The players that have a gambler’s spirit inside of them tend to play … Continue reading

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Finding more value in the bargain bin

Just a few days ago, PokerStars announced the schedule for this year edition of SCOOP. It’ll start on May 6 and finish on May 20. In that time, there will be 40 events split in three levels of buy-in (small, medium and high) with $30 million in guarant… Continue reading

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Sunday Scoop: Two Final Tables for MacPhee

With over $2.62 million in prizes and almost 12,000 registrations across the site’s three biggest events MacPhee helped himself to over $57,000 from those two cashes alone.
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Sunday Scoop: Russia Crowds Winner’s Circle

With over $2.76 million awarded across the day’s three biggest events, players from all over the world logged on to PokerStars for a shot at part of the cash.
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Sunday Scoop: Lindsanity!

All the major tournaments were firing with the PokerStars Sunday Million, Warm-Up and even the big iPoker $200k easily eclipsing their guarantees.
The day also saw some deep runs from noted pros Shane “shaniac” Schleger, Martin Staszko, Alex Kravch… Continue reading

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Sunday Scoop: Lindsanity!

All the major tournaments were firing with the PokerStars Sunday Million, Warm-Up and even the big iPoker $200k easily eclipsing their guarantees.
The day also saw some deep runs from noted pros Shane “shaniac” Schleger, Martin Staszko, Alex Kravch… Continue reading

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The Scoop — Sam Stein Part 1

2011 Player of the Year fifth-place finisher Sam Stein stops by the set of “The Scoop” to discuss his first ever WSOP bracelet win, what it was like beating close friend Ben Lamb heads-up, and his background as a live poker player with host Di… Continue reading

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Sunday Scoop: Akenhead Snatches Sunday Million

All told more than $2.53 million was generated by the three biggest online poker tournaments yesterday with known pros like Andrey Pateychuk and Giuseppe Pantaleo joining Akenhead among the weekend’s biggest winners.
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The Scoop — Matt Glantz Part 3

Matt Glantz returns for the third and final part of his interview on ‘The Scoop’ to discuss high stakes mixed games, how working on his no-limit hold’em game has effected his limit game results and much more.
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