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Triggered at line # 578 FeedWordPress version: 2009.0707 MagpieRSS version: 2009.0618 WordPress version: 2.8.4 PHP version: 5.2.17 SyndicatedPost::insert_new::_wp_id: array(3) { ["$this->_wp_id"]=> int(0) ["$dbpost"]=> array(17) { ["post_title"]=> string(94) "SCOOP 2012: Faraz \"The-Toilet 0\" Jaka flushes field and wins Event #33-High ($2,100 NL 1R1A)" ["post_content"]=> string(16736) "<img alt=\"SCOOP logo.gif\" src=\"http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;\" height=\"100\" width=\"130\" />Faraz \"The-Toilet 0\" Jaka made a deep run a couple of days in SCOOP Event #29-High, but he could only muster up a ninth-place finish. Jaka took another shot at a SCOOP title this evening and advanced to his second final table, which also included Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov. Lykov busted out in fifth place, and Jaka eventually found himself heads-up against HC_68 from Austria. Only one person stood in his way of immortality. Jaka rose to the occasion and like a veteran pugilist, he methodically wore down his opponent before he delivered a decisive knock-out blow. Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) attracted 175 runners. The prize pool ballooned to $808,000 and included 120 re-buys and 109 add-ons. First place was guaranteed $173,720 and a cool champion\'s watch. Only the top 27 places paid out. <img alt=\"scoopwatch_champion.jpg\" src=\"http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoopwatch_champion.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"444\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" /><center>The coveted SCOOP champion\'s watch</center> The star-studded field featured familiar faces such as Team PokerStars Online George \"Jorj95\" Lind and slew of PokerStars Team Pros... Viktor \"Isildur1\" Blom, ElkY, Nacho Barbero, Johnny Lodden, and Eugene Katchalov. Notables who cashed in Event #33-High included PokerStars Team Pros Max Lykov (5th) and Vicky Coren (17th). When the money bubble burst at 27, zugzwang16 held the lead with 130K with Shaun Deeb lurking in the Top 10. With two tables remaining, HITTHEPANDA took command of the lead with 222K and Max moved up to 6th overall with Shaun Deeb not far behind. Vicky Coren held the short stack with 14K. Coren\'s comeback was thwarted by römpsä\'s pocket Kings. On a board of [Qc][4d][3h], she check-raised all-in with [Ks][Qd] but was trailing römpsä\'s [Kh][Kd]. The turn and river did not held Coren and she busted out in 17th place, which paid out $10,100. Shaun Deeb (a.k.a. the Mayor of SCOOP) was seeking another final table, but fell short of the mark and busted out in 12th place. Deeb four-bet shoved with [4h][4d] and ran into zugzwang16\'s [Qc][Qd]. Deeb missed his chance to win his fourth title and 8th final table, but he earned $14,140 for 12th place. With 11 players remaining, zugzwang16 took over the lead with 300K. Max Lykov chipped up to third place after he knocked out BrynKenney. Kenney\'s pair of jacks with [Ks][Jd] lost to Lykov\'s Ace-high flush with [Ah][4h]. Kenney took home $14,140 for 11th place. With ten players left, action went hand-for-hand. It took almost two full levels before someone busted. Short-stacked Naza114 open-shoved for 48,084. Max Lykov re-raised all-in to isolate and everyone else got out of his way. Lykov was flipping with [Ac][Ks] against Naza114\'s [4c][4s]. A King on the flop gave the lead to Lykov. The board ran out [Kd][Jd][2d][7h][6s] and Lykov\'s pair of Kings held up. Naza114 bubbled off the final table in tenth place ($14,140). <a href=\"http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg\"><img alt=\"SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg\" src=\"http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP_33H_FT-thumb-450x315-164474.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"315\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" /></a> Event #33-H - Final Table Chip Counts: Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (106,896) Seat 2: römpsä (224,355) Seat 3: Mafews (68,601) Seat 4: HITTHEPANDA (49,100) Seat 5: HC_68 (316,810) Seat 6: Sphinx87 (74,329) Seat 7: zugzwang16 (85,800) Seat 8: Maxim Lykov (238,546) Seat 9: RandALLin (47,563) HC_68 began the final table as the chip leader with RandALLin holding onto the short stack. Faraz \"The-Toilet 0\" Jaka was fourth overall. PSYCHO KILLER: Mafews eliminated in 9th place It didn\'t take very long before two players rumbled at the final table. The-Toilet 0 opened-shoved for 129,869 and Mafews called. The-Toilet 0 was behind with [6c][6h] against Mafews\' [Th][Tc], but the board ran out [Jc][5h][4s][Qc][6s]. The [6s] spiked on the river to improve The-Toilet 0 to a set of sixes. Mafews hit the road and became the first player to bust at the final table. For ninth place, Mafews earned $16,160.00. LIFE DURING WARTIME: RandALLin eliminated in 8th place Another short stack was liquidated when Sphinx87 min-raised to 5,000, RandALLin shoved for 38,713, and Sphinx87 called. RandALLin was in trouble with [As][Qs] against Sphinx87\'s [Ad][Kd]. The board ran out [8d][4s][3c][Qd][3d]. RandALLin\'s pair of Queens were ravished when Sphinx87 caught running diamonds for an Ace-high flush. RandALLin collected $24,240 for eighth place. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: HITTHEPANDA eliminated in 7th place The-Toilet 0 started the skirmish with 6,000. HITTHEPANDA re-raised all-in for 72,700, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 was flipping with [Ac][Kc] against HITTHEPANDA\'s [7h][7d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][7c]. HITTHEPANDA improved to a set of sevens, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a nut-flush draw. The turn was the [6h] and the river was the [Jc]. The-Toilet 0 rivered his flush and HITTHEPANDA was dunzo. For seventh place, HITTHEPANDA won $32,320. With five to go, Max Lykov sat in the top spot with 312K and The-Toilet 0 chipped up to second with almost 300K. Lykov coughed up the top spot when he ran into pocket Aces. On a flop of [8s][6s][4c], römpsä bet 15,070, Lykov raised to 31,225, römpsä shoved for 161,827, and Lykov called. Lykov held [7h][4h] for bottom pair and a gutshot against römpsä\'s [Ac][Ad]. Lykov was crippled and römpsä rocketed to the top with 333K. SWAMP: Sphinx87 eliminated in 6th place Here\'s a hand that involves cracked Aces and quads... Sphinx87 min-raised to 6,000. Max Lykov shoved all-in and Sphinx87 called all-in for 54,792. Sphinx87 led with [Ac][As] versus [9s][9d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][9h] and Lykov flopped quads. Sphinx87 needed running Aces to win, but the turn was the [Kc], and the river was the [4h]. Sphinx87\'s Aces were brutally snapped off. Lykov chipped up to 137K. Despite the tough beat, Sphinx87 collected $40,400 for sixth place. Check out the hand in the snazzy replayer: <center><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" width=\"475\" height=\"327\" id=\"handplayer\" align=\"top\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" /><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf\" /><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" /><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" /><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" /><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276456_2590892A30.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276456{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/\"/><embed src=\"http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf\" FlashVars=\"configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276456_2590892A30.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276456{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/\" menu=\"false\" wmode=\"opaque\" quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" width=\"475\" height=\"327\" name=\"handplayer\" align=\"top\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers must click thru to view the replayer</center> With five to go... The-Toilet 0 (361K) held the lead, followed by römpsä (325K), HC_68 (270K), Max Lykov (137K), and zugzwang16 (117K). The-Toilet 0 and römpsä clashed back and forth over Level 25. The-Toilet 0 opened to 8,520, römpsä raised to 18,999, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 37,800, römpsä five-bet shoved for 496,694, and The-Toilet 0 called. Another flip... römpsä was racing with [Ah][Ks] against The-Toilet 0\'s [Td][Tc]. The flop was [Ts][7h][6d] and The-Toilet 0 strengthened is hand to a set. The turn was the [2s] and the river was the [2h]. The-Toilet 0 won the pot with a full boat. The-Toilet 0 chipped up to 491K. SLIPPERY PEOPLE: Max Lykov eliminated in 5th place The-Toilet 0 had just run his [Qs][Qh] into zugzwang16\'s [Ah][Ad]. While zugzwang16 lived to fight another day, The-Toilet 0 found himself getting dealt pocket Queens in consecutive hands. The-Toilet 0 min-raised to 8,000, Lykov pushed all-in for 131,026, and The-Toilet 0 called. Lykov was trailing with [Ac][Qd] against The-Toilet 0\'s [Qh][Qs]. The board ran out [Js][Tc][6c][6d][4d]. The-Toilet 0\'s Queens held up when he faded a Broadway gutshot and an Ace. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov collected $48,480 for a fifth-place finish. The-Toilet 0 passed the half million mark with römpsä (287K) in second. Meanwhile, zugzwang16 was the shorty with 162K. BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE: römpsä eliminated in 4th place It was zugzwang16\'s turn to seize momentum. He crawled out of the basement and doubled up wit [Qh][Jc] against römpsä\'s [9d][9s]. Both players bombed it all-in preflop. The board ran out [Ah][Jd][6c][8d][3h] and römpsä\'s nines failed to improve. On the next hand... römpsä got the rest of his chips all-in from the big blind, and römpsä made a final stand with [6h][5c] against zugzwang16\'s [Qc][Tc]. The board ran out [Qh][Jh][4d][5h][2d] and zugzwang16 won the pot. Finland\'s römpsä took home $70,700 for fourth place. DEAL? Faraz \"The-Toilet 0\"Jaka still lead with 515K and zugzwang16 (434K) moved up to second, while HC_68 was in last with (262K). Action was paused while the final three discussed a deal. The-Toilet 0 didn\'t like the number offered for first place. \"Nothing personal,\" Jaka wanted his opponents to know. Unable to come to a comprise, the discussion was halted and play resumed. Once cards went back into the air, The-Toilet 0 launched an offensive surge. He struck first blood by winning a pot worth 191K against HC_68. On a board of [Qc][6s][6c][9h][4c], The-Toilet 0 showed [Qs][7d] for a better two pair against HC_68\'s [3h][3c] and inferior two pair. The-Toilet 0 won the next few pots and chipped up to 775K. ONCE IN A LIFETIME: zugzwang16 eliminated in 3rd place HC_68 gained some momentum and won a pot against The-Toilet 0 before he picked on zugzwang16. While HC_68 chipped up, zugzwang16\'s stack headed south. In a few hands, zugzwang16 met his untimely fate when a raising war broke out. The-Toilet 0 opened to 10,000, HC_68 called from the small blind, zugzwang16 raised to 31,075, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 62,022, HC_68 folded, but zugzwang16 five-bet shoved all-in for 231,366, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 took [Tc][Ts] to war against zugzwang16\'s [Ah][Th]. The-Toilet 0 flopped a boat and that\'s all she wrote. The board finished up [Kd][Kh][Td][5h][9s] and zugzwang16 busted in third place, which paid out $94,940. HEADS-UP: The-Toilet 0 (Mexico) vs. HC_68 (Austria) Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (890,003) Seat 5: HC_68 (321,997) WHAT A DAY THAT WAS: HC_68 eliminated in 2nd place; The-Toilet 0 prevails! The-Toilet 0 patiently chiseled away at HC_68\'s stack over a twenty minute stretch. During a few instances, The-Toilet 0 acted like a menacing cat that was toying with a cornered mouse. HC_68 was in trouble. He had lost three hands in a row and lost nine out of twelve. HC_68\'s remaining stack was under siege and he desperately needed to do something about that. HC_68 min-raised to 12,000 and The-Toilet 0 called. The flop was [Jd][7s][2s]. The-Toilet 0 checked, HC_68 fired out 12,000, The-Toilet 0 check-raised to 1,000,000, and HC_68 called all-in. HC_68 showed [Tc][Ts] and was ahead, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a flush draw with [6s][3s]. The [Js] spiked on the turn and The-Toilet 0 filled in his flush. However, HC_68 still had outs with a higher flush draw and a boat draw. Alas, the river was the [8h]. HC_68 failed to improve his hand and was knocked out in second place. Austria\'s HC_68 collected $12,5240 for a runner-up performance. Meanwhile, Faraz \"The-Toilet 0\" Jaka shipped his first SCOOP title of the year. He won a champion\'s watch and earned $173,720 for first place. If Jaka is looking to invest his windfall, he won enough cash to purchase 4,571 shares of Facebook. Check out the final hand in the replayer: <center><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" width=\"475\" height=\"327\" id=\"handplayer\" align=\"top\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" /><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf\" /><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" /><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" /><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" /><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/\"/><embed src=\"http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf\" FlashVars=\"configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/\" menu=\"false\" wmode=\"opaque\" quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" width=\"475\" height=\"327\" name=\"handplayer\" align=\"top\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers must click thru to view the replayer</center> Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) Final Table Payouts and Results: Entrants: 175 Payouts: 27 1. Faraz \"The-Toilet 0\" Jaka (Mexico) - $173,720 2. HC_68 (Austria) - $125,240 3. zugzwang16 (Uruguay) - $94,940 4. römpsä (Finland) - $70,700 5. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov (Russia) - $48,480 6. Sphinx87 (Poland) - $40,400 7. HITTHEPANDA (Canada) - $32,320 8. RandALLin (Mexico) - $24,240 9. Mafews (U.K.) - $16,160 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href=\"http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/\">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["post_excerpt"]=> string(16736) "<img alt=\"SCOOP logo.gif\" src=\"http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;\" height=\"100\" width=\"130\" />Faraz \"The-Toilet 0\" Jaka made a deep run a couple of days in SCOOP Event #29-High, but he could only muster up a ninth-place finish. Jaka took another shot at a SCOOP title this evening and advanced to his second final table, which also included Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov. Lykov busted out in fifth place, and Jaka eventually found himself heads-up against HC_68 from Austria. Only one person stood in his way of immortality. Jaka rose to the occasion and like a veteran pugilist, he methodically wore down his opponent before he delivered a decisive knock-out blow. Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) attracted 175 runners. The prize pool ballooned to $808,000 and included 120 re-buys and 109 add-ons. First place was guaranteed $173,720 and a cool champion\'s watch. Only the top 27 places paid out. <img alt=\"scoopwatch_champion.jpg\" src=\"http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoopwatch_champion.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"444\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" /><center>The coveted SCOOP champion\'s watch</center> The star-studded field featured familiar faces such as Team PokerStars Online George \"Jorj95\" Lind and slew of PokerStars Team Pros... Viktor \"Isildur1\" Blom, ElkY, Nacho Barbero, Johnny Lodden, and Eugene Katchalov. Notables who cashed in Event #33-High included PokerStars Team Pros Max Lykov (5th) and Vicky Coren (17th). When the money bubble burst at 27, zugzwang16 held the lead with 130K with Shaun Deeb lurking in the Top 10. With two tables remaining, HITTHEPANDA took command of the lead with 222K and Max moved up to 6th overall with Shaun Deeb not far behind. Vicky Coren held the short stack with 14K. Coren\'s comeback was thwarted by römpsä\'s pocket Kings. On a board of [Qc][4d][3h], she check-raised all-in with [Ks][Qd] but was trailing römpsä\'s [Kh][Kd]. The turn and river did not held Coren and she busted out in 17th place, which paid out $10,100. Shaun Deeb (a.k.a. the Mayor of SCOOP) was seeking another final table, but fell short of the mark and busted out in 12th place. Deeb four-bet shoved with [4h][4d] and ran into zugzwang16\'s [Qc][Qd]. Deeb missed his chance to win his fourth title and 8th final table, but he earned $14,140 for 12th place. With 11 players remaining, zugzwang16 took over the lead with 300K. Max Lykov chipped up to third place after he knocked out BrynKenney. Kenney\'s pair of jacks with [Ks][Jd] lost to Lykov\'s Ace-high flush with [Ah][4h]. Kenney took home $14,140 for 11th place. With ten players left, action went hand-for-hand. It took almost two full levels before someone busted. Short-stacked Naza114 open-shoved for 48,084. Max Lykov re-raised all-in to isolate and everyone else got out of his way. Lykov was flipping with [Ac][Ks] against Naza114\'s [4c][4s]. A King on the flop gave the lead to Lykov. The board ran out [Kd][Jd][2d][7h][6s] and Lykov\'s pair of Kings held up. Naza114 bubbled off the final table in tenth place ($14,140). <a href=\"http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg\"><img alt=\"SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg\" src=\"http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP_33H_FT-thumb-450x315-164474.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"315\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" /></a> Event #33-H - Final Table Chip Counts: Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (106,896) Seat 2: römpsä (224,355) Seat 3: Mafews (68,601) Seat 4: HITTHEPANDA (49,100) Seat 5: HC_68 (316,810) Seat 6: Sphinx87 (74,329) Seat 7: zugzwang16 (85,800) Seat 8: Maxim Lykov (238,546) Seat 9: RandALLin (47,563) HC_68 began the final table as the chip leader with RandALLin holding onto the short stack. Faraz \"The-Toilet 0\" Jaka was fourth overall. PSYCHO KILLER: Mafews eliminated in 9th place It didn\'t take very long before two players rumbled at the final table. The-Toilet 0 opened-shoved for 129,869 and Mafews called. The-Toilet 0 was behind with [6c][6h] against Mafews\' [Th][Tc], but the board ran out [Jc][5h][4s][Qc][6s]. The [6s] spiked on the river to improve The-Toilet 0 to a set of sixes. Mafews hit the road and became the first player to bust at the final table. For ninth place, Mafews earned $16,160.00. LIFE DURING WARTIME: RandALLin eliminated in 8th place Another short stack was liquidated when Sphinx87 min-raised to 5,000, RandALLin shoved for 38,713, and Sphinx87 called. RandALLin was in trouble with [As][Qs] against Sphinx87\'s [Ad][Kd]. The board ran out [8d][4s][3c][Qd][3d]. RandALLin\'s pair of Queens were ravished when Sphinx87 caught running diamonds for an Ace-high flush. RandALLin collected $24,240 for eighth place. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: HITTHEPANDA eliminated in 7th place The-Toilet 0 started the skirmish with 6,000. HITTHEPANDA re-raised all-in for 72,700, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 was flipping with [Ac][Kc] against HITTHEPANDA\'s [7h][7d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][7c]. HITTHEPANDA improved to a set of sevens, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a nut-flush draw. The turn was the [6h] and the river was the [Jc]. The-Toilet 0 rivered his flush and HITTHEPANDA was dunzo. For seventh place, HITTHEPANDA won $32,320. With five to go, Max Lykov sat in the top spot with 312K and The-Toilet 0 chipped up to second with almost 300K. Lykov coughed up the top spot when he ran into pocket Aces. On a flop of [8s][6s][4c], römpsä bet 15,070, Lykov raised to 31,225, römpsä shoved for 161,827, and Lykov called. Lykov held [7h][4h] for bottom pair and a gutshot against römpsä\'s [Ac][Ad]. Lykov was crippled and römpsä rocketed to the top with 333K. SWAMP: Sphinx87 eliminated in 6th place Here\'s a hand that involves cracked Aces and quads... Sphinx87 min-raised to 6,000. Max Lykov shoved all-in and Sphinx87 called all-in for 54,792. Sphinx87 led with [Ac][As] versus [9s][9d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][9h] and Lykov flopped quads. Sphinx87 needed running Aces to win, but the turn was the [Kc], and the river was the [4h]. Sphinx87\'s Aces were brutally snapped off. Lykov chipped up to 137K. Despite the tough beat, Sphinx87 collected $40,400 for sixth place. 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The-Toilet 0 (361K) held the lead, followed by römpsä (325K), HC_68 (270K), Max Lykov (137K), and zugzwang16 (117K). The-Toilet 0 and römpsä clashed back and forth over Level 25. The-Toilet 0 opened to 8,520, römpsä raised to 18,999, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 37,800, römpsä five-bet shoved for 496,694, and The-Toilet 0 called. Another flip... römpsä was racing with [Ah][Ks] against The-Toilet 0\'s [Td][Tc]. The flop was [Ts][7h][6d] and The-Toilet 0 strengthened is hand to a set. The turn was the [2s] and the river was the [2h]. The-Toilet 0 won the pot with a full boat. The-Toilet 0 chipped up to 491K. SLIPPERY PEOPLE: Max Lykov eliminated in 5th place The-Toilet 0 had just run his [Qs][Qh] into zugzwang16\'s [Ah][Ad]. While zugzwang16 lived to fight another day, The-Toilet 0 found himself getting dealt pocket Queens in consecutive hands. The-Toilet 0 min-raised to 8,000, Lykov pushed all-in for 131,026, and The-Toilet 0 called. Lykov was trailing with [Ac][Qd] against The-Toilet 0\'s [Qh][Qs]. The board ran out [Js][Tc][6c][6d][4d]. The-Toilet 0\'s Queens held up when he faded a Broadway gutshot and an Ace. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov collected $48,480 for a fifth-place finish. The-Toilet 0 passed the half million mark with römpsä (287K) in second. Meanwhile, zugzwang16 was the shorty with 162K. BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE: römpsä eliminated in 4th place It was zugzwang16\'s turn to seize momentum. He crawled out of the basement and doubled up wit [Qh][Jc] against römpsä\'s [9d][9s]. Both players bombed it all-in preflop. The board ran out [Ah][Jd][6c][8d][3h] and römpsä\'s nines failed to improve. On the next hand... römpsä got the rest of his chips all-in from the big blind, and römpsä made a final stand with [6h][5c] against zugzwang16\'s [Qc][Tc]. The board ran out [Qh][Jh][4d][5h][2d] and zugzwang16 won the pot. Finland\'s römpsä took home $70,700 for fourth place. DEAL? Faraz \"The-Toilet 0\"Jaka still lead with 515K and zugzwang16 (434K) moved up to second, while HC_68 was in last with (262K). Action was paused while the final three discussed a deal. The-Toilet 0 didn\'t like the number offered for first place. \"Nothing personal,\" Jaka wanted his opponents to know. Unable to come to a comprise, the discussion was halted and play resumed. Once cards went back into the air, The-Toilet 0 launched an offensive surge. He struck first blood by winning a pot worth 191K against HC_68. On a board of [Qc][6s][6c][9h][4c], The-Toilet 0 showed [Qs][7d] for a better two pair against HC_68\'s [3h][3c] and inferior two pair. The-Toilet 0 won the next few pots and chipped up to 775K. ONCE IN A LIFETIME: zugzwang16 eliminated in 3rd place HC_68 gained some momentum and won a pot against The-Toilet 0 before he picked on zugzwang16. While HC_68 chipped up, zugzwang16\'s stack headed south. In a few hands, zugzwang16 met his untimely fate when a raising war broke out. The-Toilet 0 opened to 10,000, HC_68 called from the small blind, zugzwang16 raised to 31,075, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 62,022, HC_68 folded, but zugzwang16 five-bet shoved all-in for 231,366, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 took [Tc][Ts] to war against zugzwang16\'s [Ah][Th]. The-Toilet 0 flopped a boat and that\'s all she wrote. The board finished up [Kd][Kh][Td][5h][9s] and zugzwang16 busted in third place, which paid out $94,940. HEADS-UP: The-Toilet 0 (Mexico) vs. HC_68 (Austria) Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (890,003) Seat 5: HC_68 (321,997) WHAT A DAY THAT WAS: HC_68 eliminated in 2nd place; The-Toilet 0 prevails! The-Toilet 0 patiently chiseled away at HC_68\'s stack over a twenty minute stretch. During a few instances, The-Toilet 0 acted like a menacing cat that was toying with a cornered mouse. HC_68 was in trouble. He had lost three hands in a row and lost nine out of twelve. HC_68\'s remaining stack was under siege and he desperately needed to do something about that. HC_68 min-raised to 12,000 and The-Toilet 0 called. The flop was [Jd][7s][2s]. The-Toilet 0 checked, HC_68 fired out 12,000, The-Toilet 0 check-raised to 1,000,000, and HC_68 called all-in. HC_68 showed [Tc][Ts] and was ahead, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a flush draw with [6s][3s]. The [Js] spiked on the turn and The-Toilet 0 filled in his flush. However, HC_68 still had outs with a higher flush draw and a boat draw. Alas, the river was the [8h]. HC_68 failed to improve his hand and was knocked out in second place. Austria\'s HC_68 collected $12,5240 for a runner-up performance. Meanwhile, Faraz \"The-Toilet 0\" Jaka shipped his first SCOOP title of the year. He won a champion\'s watch and earned $173,720 for first place. If Jaka is looking to invest his windfall, he won enough cash to purchase 4,571 shares of Facebook. Check out the final hand in the replayer: <center><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" width=\"475\" height=\"327\" id=\"handplayer\" align=\"top\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" /><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf\" /><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" /><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" /><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" /><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/\"/><embed src=\"http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf\" FlashVars=\"configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/\" menu=\"false\" wmode=\"opaque\" quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" width=\"475\" height=\"327\" name=\"handplayer\" align=\"top\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers must click thru to view the replayer</center> Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) Final Table Payouts and Results: Entrants: 175 Payouts: 27 1. Faraz \"The-Toilet 0\" Jaka (Mexico) - $173,720 2. HC_68 (Austria) - $125,240 3. zugzwang16 (Uruguay) - $94,940 4. römpsä (Finland) - $70,700 5. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov (Russia) - $48,480 6. Sphinx87 (Poland) - $40,400 7. HITTHEPANDA (Canada) - $32,320 8. RandALLin (Mexico) - $24,240 9. Mafews (U.K.) - $16,160 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href=\"http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/\">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." 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Jaka took another shot at a SCOOP title this evening and advanced to his second final table, which also included Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov. Lykov busted out in fifth place, and Jaka eventually found himself heads-up against HC_68 from Austria. Only one person stood in his way of immortality. Jaka rose to the occasion and like a veteran pugilist, he methodically wore down his opponent before he delivered a decisive knock-out blow. Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) attracted 175 runners. The prize pool ballooned to $808,000 and included 120 re-buys and 109 add-ons. First place was guaranteed $173,720 and a cool champion's watch. Only the top 27 places paid out. <img alt="scoopwatch_champion.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoopwatch_champion.jpg" width="333" height="444" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>The coveted SCOOP champion's watch</center> The star-studded field featured familiar faces such as Team PokerStars Online George "Jorj95" Lind and slew of PokerStars Team Pros... Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, ElkY, Nacho Barbero, Johnny Lodden, and Eugene Katchalov. Notables who cashed in Event #33-High included PokerStars Team Pros Max Lykov (5th) and Vicky Coren (17th). When the money bubble burst at 27, zugzwang16 held the lead with 130K with Shaun Deeb lurking in the Top 10. With two tables remaining, HITTHEPANDA took command of the lead with 222K and Max moved up to 6th overall with Shaun Deeb not far behind. Vicky Coren held the short stack with 14K. Coren's comeback was thwarted by römpsä's pocket Kings. On a board of [Qc][4d][3h], she check-raised all-in with [Ks][Qd] but was trailing römpsä's [Kh][Kd]. The turn and river did not held Coren and she busted out in 17th place, which paid out $10,100. Shaun Deeb (a.k.a. the Mayor of SCOOP) was seeking another final table, but fell short of the mark and busted out in 12th place. Deeb four-bet shoved with [4h][4d] and ran into zugzwang16's [Qc][Qd]. Deeb missed his chance to win his fourth title and 8th final table, but he earned $14,140 for 12th place. With 11 players remaining, zugzwang16 took over the lead with 300K. Max Lykov chipped up to third place after he knocked out BrynKenney. Kenney's pair of jacks with [Ks][Jd] lost to Lykov's Ace-high flush with [Ah][4h]. Kenney took home $14,140 for 11th place. With ten players left, action went hand-for-hand. It took almost two full levels before someone busted. Short-stacked Naza114 open-shoved for 48,084. Max Lykov re-raised all-in to isolate and everyone else got out of his way. Lykov was flipping with [Ac][Ks] against Naza114's [4c][4s]. A King on the flop gave the lead to Lykov. The board ran out [Kd][Jd][2d][7h][6s] and Lykov's pair of Kings held up. Naza114 bubbled off the final table in tenth place ($14,140). <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP_33H_FT-thumb-450x315-164474.jpg" width="450" height="315" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Event #33-H - Final Table Chip Counts: Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (106,896) Seat 2: römpsä (224,355) Seat 3: Mafews (68,601) Seat 4: HITTHEPANDA (49,100) Seat 5: HC_68 (316,810) Seat 6: Sphinx87 (74,329) Seat 7: zugzwang16 (85,800) Seat 8: Maxim Lykov (238,546) Seat 9: RandALLin (47,563) HC_68 began the final table as the chip leader with RandALLin holding onto the short stack. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka was fourth overall. PSYCHO KILLER: Mafews eliminated in 9th place It didn't take very long before two players rumbled at the final table. The-Toilet 0 opened-shoved for 129,869 and Mafews called. The-Toilet 0 was behind with [6c][6h] against Mafews' [Th][Tc], but the board ran out [Jc][5h][4s][Qc][6s]. The [6s] spiked on the river to improve The-Toilet 0 to a set of sixes. Mafews hit the road and became the first player to bust at the final table. For ninth place, Mafews earned $16,160.00. LIFE DURING WARTIME: RandALLin eliminated in 8th place Another short stack was liquidated when Sphinx87 min-raised to 5,000, RandALLin shoved for 38,713, and Sphinx87 called. RandALLin was in trouble with [As][Qs] against Sphinx87's [Ad][Kd]. The board ran out [8d][4s][3c][Qd][3d]. RandALLin's pair of Queens were ravished when Sphinx87 caught running diamonds for an Ace-high flush. RandALLin collected $24,240 for eighth place. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: HITTHEPANDA eliminated in 7th place The-Toilet 0 started the skirmish with 6,000. HITTHEPANDA re-raised all-in for 72,700, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 was flipping with [Ac][Kc] against HITTHEPANDA's [7h][7d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][7c]. HITTHEPANDA improved to a set of sevens, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a nut-flush draw. The turn was the [6h] and the river was the [Jc]. The-Toilet 0 rivered his flush and HITTHEPANDA was dunzo. For seventh place, HITTHEPANDA won $32,320. With five to go, Max Lykov sat in the top spot with 312K and The-Toilet 0 chipped up to second with almost 300K. Lykov coughed up the top spot when he ran into pocket Aces. On a flop of [8s][6s][4c], römpsä bet 15,070, Lykov raised to 31,225, römpsä shoved for 161,827, and Lykov called. Lykov held [7h][4h] for bottom pair and a gutshot against römpsä's [Ac][Ad]. Lykov was crippled and römpsä rocketed to the top with 333K. SWAMP: Sphinx87 eliminated in 6th place Here's a hand that involves cracked Aces and quads... Sphinx87 min-raised to 6,000. Max Lykov shoved all-in and Sphinx87 called all-in for 54,792. Sphinx87 led with [Ac][As] versus [9s][9d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][9h] and Lykov flopped quads. Sphinx87 needed running Aces to win, but the turn was the [Kc], and the river was the [4h]. Sphinx87's Aces were brutally snapped off. Lykov chipped up to 137K. Despite the tough beat, Sphinx87 collected $40,400 for sixth place. 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The-Toilet 0 (361K) held the lead, followed by römpsä (325K), HC_68 (270K), Max Lykov (137K), and zugzwang16 (117K). The-Toilet 0 and römpsä clashed back and forth over Level 25. The-Toilet 0 opened to 8,520, römpsä raised to 18,999, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 37,800, römpsä five-bet shoved for 496,694, and The-Toilet 0 called. Another flip... römpsä was racing with [Ah][Ks] against The-Toilet 0's [Td][Tc]. The flop was [Ts][7h][6d] and The-Toilet 0 strengthened is hand to a set. The turn was the [2s] and the river was the [2h]. The-Toilet 0 won the pot with a full boat. The-Toilet 0 chipped up to 491K. SLIPPERY PEOPLE: Max Lykov eliminated in 5th place The-Toilet 0 had just run his [Qs][Qh] into zugzwang16's [Ah][Ad]. While zugzwang16 lived to fight another day, The-Toilet 0 found himself getting dealt pocket Queens in consecutive hands. The-Toilet 0 min-raised to 8,000, Lykov pushed all-in for 131,026, and The-Toilet 0 called. Lykov was trailing with [Ac][Qd] against The-Toilet 0's [Qh][Qs]. The board ran out [Js][Tc][6c][6d][4d]. The-Toilet 0's Queens held up when he faded a Broadway gutshot and an Ace. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov collected $48,480 for a fifth-place finish. The-Toilet 0 passed the half million mark with römpsä (287K) in second. Meanwhile, zugzwang16 was the shorty with 162K. BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE: römpsä eliminated in 4th place It was zugzwang16's turn to seize momentum. He crawled out of the basement and doubled up wit [Qh][Jc] against römpsä's [9d][9s]. Both players bombed it all-in preflop. The board ran out [Ah][Jd][6c][8d][3h] and römpsä's nines failed to improve. On the next hand... römpsä got the rest of his chips all-in from the big blind, and römpsä made a final stand with [6h][5c] against zugzwang16's [Qc][Tc]. The board ran out [Qh][Jh][4d][5h][2d] and zugzwang16 won the pot. Finland's römpsä took home $70,700 for fourth place. DEAL? Faraz "The-Toilet 0"Jaka still lead with 515K and zugzwang16 (434K) moved up to second, while HC_68 was in last with (262K). Action was paused while the final three discussed a deal. The-Toilet 0 didn't like the number offered for first place. "Nothing personal," Jaka wanted his opponents to know. Unable to come to a comprise, the discussion was halted and play resumed. Once cards went back into the air, The-Toilet 0 launched an offensive surge. He struck first blood by winning a pot worth 191K against HC_68. On a board of [Qc][6s][6c][9h][4c], The-Toilet 0 showed [Qs][7d] for a better two pair against HC_68's [3h][3c] and inferior two pair. The-Toilet 0 won the next few pots and chipped up to 775K. ONCE IN A LIFETIME: zugzwang16 eliminated in 3rd place HC_68 gained some momentum and won a pot against The-Toilet 0 before he picked on zugzwang16. While HC_68 chipped up, zugzwang16's stack headed south. In a few hands, zugzwang16 met his untimely fate when a raising war broke out. The-Toilet 0 opened to 10,000, HC_68 called from the small blind, zugzwang16 raised to 31,075, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 62,022, HC_68 folded, but zugzwang16 five-bet shoved all-in for 231,366, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 took [Tc][Ts] to war against zugzwang16's [Ah][Th]. The-Toilet 0 flopped a boat and that's all she wrote. The board finished up [Kd][Kh][Td][5h][9s] and zugzwang16 busted in third place, which paid out $94,940. HEADS-UP: The-Toilet 0 (Mexico) vs. HC_68 (Austria) Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (890,003) Seat 5: HC_68 (321,997) WHAT A DAY THAT WAS: HC_68 eliminated in 2nd place; The-Toilet 0 prevails! The-Toilet 0 patiently chiseled away at HC_68's stack over a twenty minute stretch. During a few instances, The-Toilet 0 acted like a menacing cat that was toying with a cornered mouse. HC_68 was in trouble. He had lost three hands in a row and lost nine out of twelve. HC_68's remaining stack was under siege and he desperately needed to do something about that. HC_68 min-raised to 12,000 and The-Toilet 0 called. The flop was [Jd][7s][2s]. The-Toilet 0 checked, HC_68 fired out 12,000, The-Toilet 0 check-raised to 1,000,000, and HC_68 called all-in. HC_68 showed [Tc][Ts] and was ahead, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a flush draw with [6s][3s]. The [Js] spiked on the turn and The-Toilet 0 filled in his flush. However, HC_68 still had outs with a higher flush draw and a boat draw. Alas, the river was the [8h]. HC_68 failed to improve his hand and was knocked out in second place. Austria's HC_68 collected $12,5240 for a runner-up performance. Meanwhile, Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka shipped his first SCOOP title of the year. He won a champion's watch and earned $173,720 for first place. If Jaka is looking to invest his windfall, he won enough cash to purchase 4,571 shares of Facebook. Check out the final hand in the replayer: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers must click thru to view the replayer</center> Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) Final Table Payouts and Results: Entrants: 175 Payouts: 27 1. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka (Mexico) - $173,720 2. HC_68 (Austria) - $125,240 3. zugzwang16 (Uruguay) - $94,940 4. römpsä (Finland) - $70,700 5. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov (Russia) - $48,480 6. Sphinx87 (Poland) - $40,400 7. HITTHEPANDA (Canada) - $32,320 8. RandALLin (Mexico) - $24,240 9. Mafews (U.K.) - $16,160 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(23) "Paul "DrPauly" McGuire " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-faraz-the-toilet-0-jaka-flush-094580.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-faraz-the-toilet-0-jaka-flush-094580.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 23:43:47 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(16500) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="100" width="130" />Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka made a deep run a couple of days in SCOOP Event #29-High, but he could only muster up a ninth-place finish. Jaka took another shot at a SCOOP title this evening and advanced to his second final table, which also included Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov. Lykov busted out in fifth place, and Jaka eventually found himself heads-up against HC_68 from Austria. Only one person stood in his way of immortality. Jaka rose to the occasion and like a veteran pugilist, he methodically wore down his opponent before he delivered a decisive knock-out blow. Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) attracted 175 runners. The prize pool ballooned to $808,000 and included 120 re-buys and 109 add-ons. First place was guaranteed $173,720 and a cool champion's watch. Only the top 27 places paid out. <img alt="scoopwatch_champion.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoopwatch_champion.jpg" width="333" height="444" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>The coveted SCOOP champion's watch</center> The star-studded field featured familiar faces such as Team PokerStars Online George "Jorj95" Lind and slew of PokerStars Team Pros... Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, ElkY, Nacho Barbero, Johnny Lodden, and Eugene Katchalov. Notables who cashed in Event #33-High included PokerStars Team Pros Max Lykov (5th) and Vicky Coren (17th). When the money bubble burst at 27, zugzwang16 held the lead with 130K with Shaun Deeb lurking in the Top 10. With two tables remaining, HITTHEPANDA took command of the lead with 222K and Max moved up to 6th overall with Shaun Deeb not far behind. Vicky Coren held the short stack with 14K. Coren's comeback was thwarted by römpsä's pocket Kings. On a board of [Qc][4d][3h], she check-raised all-in with [Ks][Qd] but was trailing römpsä's [Kh][Kd]. The turn and river did not held Coren and she busted out in 17th place, which paid out $10,100. Shaun Deeb (a.k.a. the Mayor of SCOOP) was seeking another final table, but fell short of the mark and busted out in 12th place. Deeb four-bet shoved with [4h][4d] and ran into zugzwang16's [Qc][Qd]. Deeb missed his chance to win his fourth title and 8th final table, but he earned $14,140 for 12th place. With 11 players remaining, zugzwang16 took over the lead with 300K. Max Lykov chipped up to third place after he knocked out BrynKenney. Kenney's pair of jacks with [Ks][Jd] lost to Lykov's Ace-high flush with [Ah][4h]. Kenney took home $14,140 for 11th place. With ten players left, action went hand-for-hand. It took almost two full levels before someone busted. Short-stacked Naza114 open-shoved for 48,084. Max Lykov re-raised all-in to isolate and everyone else got out of his way. Lykov was flipping with [Ac][Ks] against Naza114's [4c][4s]. A King on the flop gave the lead to Lykov. The board ran out [Kd][Jd][2d][7h][6s] and Lykov's pair of Kings held up. Naza114 bubbled off the final table in tenth place ($14,140). <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP_33H_FT-thumb-450x315-164474.jpg" width="450" height="315" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Event #33-H - Final Table Chip Counts: Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (106,896) Seat 2: römpsä (224,355) Seat 3: Mafews (68,601) Seat 4: HITTHEPANDA (49,100) Seat 5: HC_68 (316,810) Seat 6: Sphinx87 (74,329) Seat 7: zugzwang16 (85,800) Seat 8: Maxim Lykov (238,546) Seat 9: RandALLin (47,563) HC_68 began the final table as the chip leader with RandALLin holding onto the short stack. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka was fourth overall. PSYCHO KILLER: Mafews eliminated in 9th place It didn't take very long before two players rumbled at the final table. The-Toilet 0 opened-shoved for 129,869 and Mafews called. The-Toilet 0 was behind with [6c][6h] against Mafews' [Th][Tc], but the board ran out [Jc][5h][4s][Qc][6s]. The [6s] spiked on the river to improve The-Toilet 0 to a set of sixes. Mafews hit the road and became the first player to bust at the final table. For ninth place, Mafews earned $16,160.00. LIFE DURING WARTIME: RandALLin eliminated in 8th place Another short stack was liquidated when Sphinx87 min-raised to 5,000, RandALLin shoved for 38,713, and Sphinx87 called. RandALLin was in trouble with [As][Qs] against Sphinx87's [Ad][Kd]. The board ran out [8d][4s][3c][Qd][3d]. RandALLin's pair of Queens were ravished when Sphinx87 caught running diamonds for an Ace-high flush. RandALLin collected $24,240 for eighth place. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: HITTHEPANDA eliminated in 7th place The-Toilet 0 started the skirmish with 6,000. HITTHEPANDA re-raised all-in for 72,700, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 was flipping with [Ac][Kc] against HITTHEPANDA's [7h][7d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][7c]. HITTHEPANDA improved to a set of sevens, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a nut-flush draw. The turn was the [6h] and the river was the [Jc]. The-Toilet 0 rivered his flush and HITTHEPANDA was dunzo. For seventh place, HITTHEPANDA won $32,320. With five to go, Max Lykov sat in the top spot with 312K and The-Toilet 0 chipped up to second with almost 300K. Lykov coughed up the top spot when he ran into pocket Aces. On a flop of [8s][6s][4c], römpsä bet 15,070, Lykov raised to 31,225, römpsä shoved for 161,827, and Lykov called. Lykov held [7h][4h] for bottom pair and a gutshot against römpsä's [Ac][Ad]. Lykov was crippled and römpsä rocketed to the top with 333K. SWAMP: Sphinx87 eliminated in 6th place Here's a hand that involves cracked Aces and quads... Sphinx87 min-raised to 6,000. Max Lykov shoved all-in and Sphinx87 called all-in for 54,792. Sphinx87 led with [Ac][As] versus [9s][9d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][9h] and Lykov flopped quads. Sphinx87 needed running Aces to win, but the turn was the [Kc], and the river was the [4h]. Sphinx87's Aces were brutally snapped off. Lykov chipped up to 137K. Despite the tough beat, Sphinx87 collected $40,400 for sixth place. 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The-Toilet 0 (361K) held the lead, followed by römpsä (325K), HC_68 (270K), Max Lykov (137K), and zugzwang16 (117K). The-Toilet 0 and römpsä clashed back and forth over Level 25. The-Toilet 0 opened to 8,520, römpsä raised to 18,999, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 37,800, römpsä five-bet shoved for 496,694, and The-Toilet 0 called. Another flip... römpsä was racing with [Ah][Ks] against The-Toilet 0's [Td][Tc]. The flop was [Ts][7h][6d] and The-Toilet 0 strengthened is hand to a set. The turn was the [2s] and the river was the [2h]. The-Toilet 0 won the pot with a full boat. The-Toilet 0 chipped up to 491K. SLIPPERY PEOPLE: Max Lykov eliminated in 5th place The-Toilet 0 had just run his [Qs][Qh] into zugzwang16's [Ah][Ad]. While zugzwang16 lived to fight another day, The-Toilet 0 found himself getting dealt pocket Queens in consecutive hands. The-Toilet 0 min-raised to 8,000, Lykov pushed all-in for 131,026, and The-Toilet 0 called. Lykov was trailing with [Ac][Qd] against The-Toilet 0's [Qh][Qs]. The board ran out [Js][Tc][6c][6d][4d]. The-Toilet 0's Queens held up when he faded a Broadway gutshot and an Ace. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov collected $48,480 for a fifth-place finish. The-Toilet 0 passed the half million mark with römpsä (287K) in second. Meanwhile, zugzwang16 was the shorty with 162K. BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE: römpsä eliminated in 4th place It was zugzwang16's turn to seize momentum. He crawled out of the basement and doubled up wit [Qh][Jc] against römpsä's [9d][9s]. Both players bombed it all-in preflop. The board ran out [Ah][Jd][6c][8d][3h] and römpsä's nines failed to improve. On the next hand... römpsä got the rest of his chips all-in from the big blind, and römpsä made a final stand with [6h][5c] against zugzwang16's [Qc][Tc]. The board ran out [Qh][Jh][4d][5h][2d] and zugzwang16 won the pot. Finland's römpsä took home $70,700 for fourth place. DEAL? Faraz "The-Toilet 0"Jaka still lead with 515K and zugzwang16 (434K) moved up to second, while HC_68 was in last with (262K). Action was paused while the final three discussed a deal. The-Toilet 0 didn't like the number offered for first place. "Nothing personal," Jaka wanted his opponents to know. Unable to come to a comprise, the discussion was halted and play resumed. Once cards went back into the air, The-Toilet 0 launched an offensive surge. He struck first blood by winning a pot worth 191K against HC_68. On a board of [Qc][6s][6c][9h][4c], The-Toilet 0 showed [Qs][7d] for a better two pair against HC_68's [3h][3c] and inferior two pair. The-Toilet 0 won the next few pots and chipped up to 775K. ONCE IN A LIFETIME: zugzwang16 eliminated in 3rd place HC_68 gained some momentum and won a pot against The-Toilet 0 before he picked on zugzwang16. While HC_68 chipped up, zugzwang16's stack headed south. In a few hands, zugzwang16 met his untimely fate when a raising war broke out. The-Toilet 0 opened to 10,000, HC_68 called from the small blind, zugzwang16 raised to 31,075, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 62,022, HC_68 folded, but zugzwang16 five-bet shoved all-in for 231,366, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 took [Tc][Ts] to war against zugzwang16's [Ah][Th]. The-Toilet 0 flopped a boat and that's all she wrote. The board finished up [Kd][Kh][Td][5h][9s] and zugzwang16 busted in third place, which paid out $94,940. HEADS-UP: The-Toilet 0 (Mexico) vs. HC_68 (Austria) Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (890,003) Seat 5: HC_68 (321,997) WHAT A DAY THAT WAS: HC_68 eliminated in 2nd place; The-Toilet 0 prevails! The-Toilet 0 patiently chiseled away at HC_68's stack over a twenty minute stretch. During a few instances, The-Toilet 0 acted like a menacing cat that was toying with a cornered mouse. HC_68 was in trouble. He had lost three hands in a row and lost nine out of twelve. HC_68's remaining stack was under siege and he desperately needed to do something about that. HC_68 min-raised to 12,000 and The-Toilet 0 called. The flop was [Jd][7s][2s]. The-Toilet 0 checked, HC_68 fired out 12,000, The-Toilet 0 check-raised to 1,000,000, and HC_68 called all-in. HC_68 showed [Tc][Ts] and was ahead, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a flush draw with [6s][3s]. The [Js] spiked on the turn and The-Toilet 0 filled in his flush. However, HC_68 still had outs with a higher flush draw and a boat draw. Alas, the river was the [8h]. HC_68 failed to improve his hand and was knocked out in second place. Austria's HC_68 collected $12,5240 for a runner-up performance. Meanwhile, Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka shipped his first SCOOP title of the year. He won a champion's watch and earned $173,720 for first place. If Jaka is looking to invest his windfall, he won enough cash to purchase 4,571 shares of Facebook. 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On a board of [Qc][4d][3h], she check-raised all-in with [Ks][Qd] but was trailing römpsä's [Kh][Kd]. The turn and river did not held Coren and she busted out in 17th place, which paid out $10,100. Shaun Deeb (a.k.a. the Mayor of SCOOP) was seeking another final table, but fell short of the mark and busted out in 12th place. Deeb four-bet shoved with [4h][4d] and ran into zugzwang16's [Qc][Qd]. Deeb missed his chance to win his fourth title and 8th final table, but he earned $14,140 for 12th place. With 11 players remaining, zugzwang16 took over the lead with 300K. Max Lykov chipped up to third place after he knocked out BrynKenney. Kenney's pair of jacks with [Ks][Jd] lost to Lykov's Ace-high flush with [Ah][4h]. Kenney took home $14,140 for 11th place. With ten players left, action went hand-for-hand. It took almost two full levels before someone busted. Short-stacked Naza114 open-shoved for 48,084. Max Lykov re-raised all-in to isolate and everyone else got out of his way. Lykov was flipping with [Ac][Ks] against Naza114's [4c][4s]. A King on the flop gave the lead to Lykov. The board ran out [Kd][Jd][2d][7h][6s] and Lykov's pair of Kings held up. Naza114 bubbled off the final table in tenth place ($14,140). <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP_33H_FT-thumb-450x315-164474.jpg" width="450" height="315" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Event #33-H - Final Table Chip Counts: Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (106,896) Seat 2: römpsä (224,355) Seat 3: Mafews (68,601) Seat 4: HITTHEPANDA (49,100) Seat 5: HC_68 (316,810) Seat 6: Sphinx87 (74,329) Seat 7: zugzwang16 (85,800) Seat 8: Maxim Lykov (238,546) Seat 9: RandALLin (47,563) HC_68 began the final table as the chip leader with RandALLin holding onto the short stack. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka was fourth overall. PSYCHO KILLER: Mafews eliminated in 9th place It didn't take very long before two players rumbled at the final table. The-Toilet 0 opened-shoved for 129,869 and Mafews called. The-Toilet 0 was behind with [6c][6h] against Mafews' [Th][Tc], but the board ran out [Jc][5h][4s][Qc][6s]. The [6s] spiked on the river to improve The-Toilet 0 to a set of sixes. Mafews hit the road and became the first player to bust at the final table. For ninth place, Mafews earned $16,160.00. LIFE DURING WARTIME: RandALLin eliminated in 8th place Another short stack was liquidated when Sphinx87 min-raised to 5,000, RandALLin shoved for 38,713, and Sphinx87 called. RandALLin was in trouble with [As][Qs] against Sphinx87's [Ad][Kd]. The board ran out [8d][4s][3c][Qd][3d]. RandALLin's pair of Queens were ravished when Sphinx87 caught running diamonds for an Ace-high flush. RandALLin collected $24,240 for eighth place. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: HITTHEPANDA eliminated in 7th place The-Toilet 0 started the skirmish with 6,000. HITTHEPANDA re-raised all-in for 72,700, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 was flipping with [Ac][Kc] against HITTHEPANDA's [7h][7d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][7c]. HITTHEPANDA improved to a set of sevens, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a nut-flush draw. The turn was the [6h] and the river was the [Jc]. The-Toilet 0 rivered his flush and HITTHEPANDA was dunzo. For seventh place, HITTHEPANDA won $32,320. With five to go, Max Lykov sat in the top spot with 312K and The-Toilet 0 chipped up to second with almost 300K. Lykov coughed up the top spot when he ran into pocket Aces. On a flop of [8s][6s][4c], römpsä bet 15,070, Lykov raised to 31,225, römpsä shoved for 161,827, and Lykov called. Lykov held [7h][4h] for bottom pair and a gutshot against römpsä's [Ac][Ad]. Lykov was crippled and römpsä rocketed to the top with 333K. SWAMP: Sphinx87 eliminated in 6th place Here's a hand that involves cracked Aces and quads... Sphinx87 min-raised to 6,000. Max Lykov shoved all-in and Sphinx87 called all-in for 54,792. Sphinx87 led with [Ac][As] versus [9s][9d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][9h] and Lykov flopped quads. Sphinx87 needed running Aces to win, but the turn was the [Kc], and the river was the [4h]. Sphinx87's Aces were brutally snapped off. Lykov chipped up to 137K. Despite the tough beat, Sphinx87 collected $40,400 for sixth place. 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The-Toilet 0 (361K) held the lead, followed by römpsä (325K), HC_68 (270K), Max Lykov (137K), and zugzwang16 (117K). The-Toilet 0 and römpsä clashed back and forth over Level 25. The-Toilet 0 opened to 8,520, römpsä raised to 18,999, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 37,800, römpsä five-bet shoved for 496,694, and The-Toilet 0 called. Another flip... römpsä was racing with [Ah][Ks] against The-Toilet 0's [Td][Tc]. The flop was [Ts][7h][6d] and The-Toilet 0 strengthened is hand to a set. The turn was the [2s] and the river was the [2h]. The-Toilet 0 won the pot with a full boat. The-Toilet 0 chipped up to 491K. SLIPPERY PEOPLE: Max Lykov eliminated in 5th place The-Toilet 0 had just run his [Qs][Qh] into zugzwang16's [Ah][Ad]. While zugzwang16 lived to fight another day, The-Toilet 0 found himself getting dealt pocket Queens in consecutive hands. The-Toilet 0 min-raised to 8,000, Lykov pushed all-in for 131,026, and The-Toilet 0 called. Lykov was trailing with [Ac][Qd] against The-Toilet 0's [Qh][Qs]. The board ran out [Js][Tc][6c][6d][4d]. The-Toilet 0's Queens held up when he faded a Broadway gutshot and an Ace. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov collected $48,480 for a fifth-place finish. The-Toilet 0 passed the half million mark with römpsä (287K) in second. Meanwhile, zugzwang16 was the shorty with 162K. BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE: römpsä eliminated in 4th place It was zugzwang16's turn to seize momentum. He crawled out of the basement and doubled up wit [Qh][Jc] against römpsä's [9d][9s]. Both players bombed it all-in preflop. The board ran out [Ah][Jd][6c][8d][3h] and römpsä's nines failed to improve. On the next hand... römpsä got the rest of his chips all-in from the big blind, and römpsä made a final stand with [6h][5c] against zugzwang16's [Qc][Tc]. The board ran out [Qh][Jh][4d][5h][2d] and zugzwang16 won the pot. Finland's römpsä took home $70,700 for fourth place. DEAL? Faraz "The-Toilet 0"Jaka still lead with 515K and zugzwang16 (434K) moved up to second, while HC_68 was in last with (262K). Action was paused while the final three discussed a deal. The-Toilet 0 didn't like the number offered for first place. "Nothing personal," Jaka wanted his opponents to know. Unable to come to a comprise, the discussion was halted and play resumed. Once cards went back into the air, The-Toilet 0 launched an offensive surge. He struck first blood by winning a pot worth 191K against HC_68. On a board of [Qc][6s][6c][9h][4c], The-Toilet 0 showed [Qs][7d] for a better two pair against HC_68's [3h][3c] and inferior two pair. The-Toilet 0 won the next few pots and chipped up to 775K. ONCE IN A LIFETIME: zugzwang16 eliminated in 3rd place HC_68 gained some momentum and won a pot against The-Toilet 0 before he picked on zugzwang16. While HC_68 chipped up, zugzwang16's stack headed south. In a few hands, zugzwang16 met his untimely fate when a raising war broke out. The-Toilet 0 opened to 10,000, HC_68 called from the small blind, zugzwang16 raised to 31,075, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 62,022, HC_68 folded, but zugzwang16 five-bet shoved all-in for 231,366, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 took [Tc][Ts] to war against zugzwang16's [Ah][Th]. The-Toilet 0 flopped a boat and that's all she wrote. The board finished up [Kd][Kh][Td][5h][9s] and zugzwang16 busted in third place, which paid out $94,940. HEADS-UP: The-Toilet 0 (Mexico) vs. HC_68 (Austria) Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (890,003) Seat 5: HC_68 (321,997) WHAT A DAY THAT WAS: HC_68 eliminated in 2nd place; The-Toilet 0 prevails! The-Toilet 0 patiently chiseled away at HC_68's stack over a twenty minute stretch. During a few instances, The-Toilet 0 acted like a menacing cat that was toying with a cornered mouse. HC_68 was in trouble. He had lost three hands in a row and lost nine out of twelve. HC_68's remaining stack was under siege and he desperately needed to do something about that. HC_68 min-raised to 12,000 and The-Toilet 0 called. The flop was [Jd][7s][2s]. The-Toilet 0 checked, HC_68 fired out 12,000, The-Toilet 0 check-raised to 1,000,000, and HC_68 called all-in. HC_68 showed [Tc][Ts] and was ahead, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a flush draw with [6s][3s]. The [Js] spiked on the turn and The-Toilet 0 filled in his flush. However, HC_68 still had outs with a higher flush draw and a boat draw. Alas, the river was the [8h]. HC_68 failed to improve his hand and was knocked out in second place. Austria's HC_68 collected $12,5240 for a runner-up performance. Meanwhile, Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka shipped his first SCOOP title of the year. He won a champion's watch and earned $173,720 for first place. If Jaka is looking to invest his windfall, he won enough cash to purchase 4,571 shares of Facebook. Check out the final hand in the replayer: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers must click thru to view the replayer</center> Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) Final Table Payouts and Results: Entrants: 175 Payouts: 27 1. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka (Mexico) - $173,720 2. HC_68 (Austria) - $125,240 3. zugzwang16 (Uruguay) - $94,940 4. römpsä (Finland) - $70,700 5. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov (Russia) - $48,480 6. Sphinx87 (Poland) - $40,400 7. HITTHEPANDA (Canada) - $32,320 8. RandALLin (Mexico) - $24,240 9. Mafews (U.K.) - $16,160 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." 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Jaka took another shot at a SCOOP title this evening and advanced to his second final table, which also included Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov. Lykov busted out in fifth place, and Jaka eventually found himself heads-up against HC_68 from Austria. Only one person stood in his way of immortality. Jaka rose to the occasion and like a veteran pugilist, he methodically wore down his opponent before he delivered a decisive knock-out blow. Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) attracted 175 runners. The prize pool ballooned to $808,000 and included 120 re-buys and 109 add-ons. First place was guaranteed $173,720 and a cool champion's watch. Only the top 27 places paid out. <img alt="scoopwatch_champion.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoopwatch_champion.jpg" width="333" height="444" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>The coveted SCOOP champion's watch</center> The star-studded field featured familiar faces such as Team PokerStars Online George "Jorj95" Lind and slew of PokerStars Team Pros... Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, ElkY, Nacho Barbero, Johnny Lodden, and Eugene Katchalov. Notables who cashed in Event #33-High included PokerStars Team Pros Max Lykov (5th) and Vicky Coren (17th). When the money bubble burst at 27, zugzwang16 held the lead with 130K with Shaun Deeb lurking in the Top 10. With two tables remaining, HITTHEPANDA took command of the lead with 222K and Max moved up to 6th overall with Shaun Deeb not far behind. Vicky Coren held the short stack with 14K. Coren's comeback was thwarted by römpsä's pocket Kings. On a board of [Qc][4d][3h], she check-raised all-in with [Ks][Qd] but was trailing römpsä's [Kh][Kd]. The turn and river did not held Coren and she busted out in 17th place, which paid out $10,100. Shaun Deeb (a.k.a. the Mayor of SCOOP) was seeking another final table, but fell short of the mark and busted out in 12th place. Deeb four-bet shoved with [4h][4d] and ran into zugzwang16's [Qc][Qd]. Deeb missed his chance to win his fourth title and 8th final table, but he earned $14,140 for 12th place. With 11 players remaining, zugzwang16 took over the lead with 300K. Max Lykov chipped up to third place after he knocked out BrynKenney. Kenney's pair of jacks with [Ks][Jd] lost to Lykov's Ace-high flush with [Ah][4h]. Kenney took home $14,140 for 11th place. With ten players left, action went hand-for-hand. It took almost two full levels before someone busted. Short-stacked Naza114 open-shoved for 48,084. Max Lykov re-raised all-in to isolate and everyone else got out of his way. Lykov was flipping with [Ac][Ks] against Naza114's [4c][4s]. A King on the flop gave the lead to Lykov. The board ran out [Kd][Jd][2d][7h][6s] and Lykov's pair of Kings held up. Naza114 bubbled off the final table in tenth place ($14,140). <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP_33H_FT-thumb-450x315-164474.jpg" width="450" height="315" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Event #33-H - Final Table Chip Counts: Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (106,896) Seat 2: römpsä (224,355) Seat 3: Mafews (68,601) Seat 4: HITTHEPANDA (49,100) Seat 5: HC_68 (316,810) Seat 6: Sphinx87 (74,329) Seat 7: zugzwang16 (85,800) Seat 8: Maxim Lykov (238,546) Seat 9: RandALLin (47,563) HC_68 began the final table as the chip leader with RandALLin holding onto the short stack. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka was fourth overall. PSYCHO KILLER: Mafews eliminated in 9th place It didn't take very long before two players rumbled at the final table. The-Toilet 0 opened-shoved for 129,869 and Mafews called. The-Toilet 0 was behind with [6c][6h] against Mafews' [Th][Tc], but the board ran out [Jc][5h][4s][Qc][6s]. The [6s] spiked on the river to improve The-Toilet 0 to a set of sixes. Mafews hit the road and became the first player to bust at the final table. For ninth place, Mafews earned $16,160.00. LIFE DURING WARTIME: RandALLin eliminated in 8th place Another short stack was liquidated when Sphinx87 min-raised to 5,000, RandALLin shoved for 38,713, and Sphinx87 called. RandALLin was in trouble with [As][Qs] against Sphinx87's [Ad][Kd]. The board ran out [8d][4s][3c][Qd][3d]. RandALLin's pair of Queens were ravished when Sphinx87 caught running diamonds for an Ace-high flush. RandALLin collected $24,240 for eighth place. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: HITTHEPANDA eliminated in 7th place The-Toilet 0 started the skirmish with 6,000. HITTHEPANDA re-raised all-in for 72,700, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 was flipping with [Ac][Kc] against HITTHEPANDA's [7h][7d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][7c]. HITTHEPANDA improved to a set of sevens, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a nut-flush draw. The turn was the [6h] and the river was the [Jc]. The-Toilet 0 rivered his flush and HITTHEPANDA was dunzo. For seventh place, HITTHEPANDA won $32,320. With five to go, Max Lykov sat in the top spot with 312K and The-Toilet 0 chipped up to second with almost 300K. Lykov coughed up the top spot when he ran into pocket Aces. On a flop of [8s][6s][4c], römpsä bet 15,070, Lykov raised to 31,225, römpsä shoved for 161,827, and Lykov called. Lykov held [7h][4h] for bottom pair and a gutshot against römpsä's [Ac][Ad]. Lykov was crippled and römpsä rocketed to the top with 333K. SWAMP: Sphinx87 eliminated in 6th place Here's a hand that involves cracked Aces and quads... Sphinx87 min-raised to 6,000. Max Lykov shoved all-in and Sphinx87 called all-in for 54,792. Sphinx87 led with [Ac][As] versus [9s][9d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][9h] and Lykov flopped quads. Sphinx87 needed running Aces to win, but the turn was the [Kc], and the river was the [4h]. Sphinx87's Aces were brutally snapped off. Lykov chipped up to 137K. Despite the tough beat, Sphinx87 collected $40,400 for sixth place. 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The-Toilet 0 (361K) held the lead, followed by römpsä (325K), HC_68 (270K), Max Lykov (137K), and zugzwang16 (117K). The-Toilet 0 and römpsä clashed back and forth over Level 25. The-Toilet 0 opened to 8,520, römpsä raised to 18,999, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 37,800, römpsä five-bet shoved for 496,694, and The-Toilet 0 called. Another flip... römpsä was racing with [Ah][Ks] against The-Toilet 0's [Td][Tc]. The flop was [Ts][7h][6d] and The-Toilet 0 strengthened is hand to a set. The turn was the [2s] and the river was the [2h]. The-Toilet 0 won the pot with a full boat. The-Toilet 0 chipped up to 491K. SLIPPERY PEOPLE: Max Lykov eliminated in 5th place The-Toilet 0 had just run his [Qs][Qh] into zugzwang16's [Ah][Ad]. While zugzwang16 lived to fight another day, The-Toilet 0 found himself getting dealt pocket Queens in consecutive hands. The-Toilet 0 min-raised to 8,000, Lykov pushed all-in for 131,026, and The-Toilet 0 called. Lykov was trailing with [Ac][Qd] against The-Toilet 0's [Qh][Qs]. The board ran out [Js][Tc][6c][6d][4d]. The-Toilet 0's Queens held up when he faded a Broadway gutshot and an Ace. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov collected $48,480 for a fifth-place finish. The-Toilet 0 passed the half million mark with römpsä (287K) in second. Meanwhile, zugzwang16 was the shorty with 162K. BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE: römpsä eliminated in 4th place It was zugzwang16's turn to seize momentum. He crawled out of the basement and doubled up wit [Qh][Jc] against römpsä's [9d][9s]. Both players bombed it all-in preflop. The board ran out [Ah][Jd][6c][8d][3h] and römpsä's nines failed to improve. On the next hand... römpsä got the rest of his chips all-in from the big blind, and römpsä made a final stand with [6h][5c] against zugzwang16's [Qc][Tc]. The board ran out [Qh][Jh][4d][5h][2d] and zugzwang16 won the pot. Finland's römpsä took home $70,700 for fourth place. DEAL? Faraz "The-Toilet 0"Jaka still lead with 515K and zugzwang16 (434K) moved up to second, while HC_68 was in last with (262K). Action was paused while the final three discussed a deal. The-Toilet 0 didn't like the number offered for first place. "Nothing personal," Jaka wanted his opponents to know. Unable to come to a comprise, the discussion was halted and play resumed. Once cards went back into the air, The-Toilet 0 launched an offensive surge. He struck first blood by winning a pot worth 191K against HC_68. On a board of [Qc][6s][6c][9h][4c], The-Toilet 0 showed [Qs][7d] for a better two pair against HC_68's [3h][3c] and inferior two pair. The-Toilet 0 won the next few pots and chipped up to 775K. ONCE IN A LIFETIME: zugzwang16 eliminated in 3rd place HC_68 gained some momentum and won a pot against The-Toilet 0 before he picked on zugzwang16. While HC_68 chipped up, zugzwang16's stack headed south. In a few hands, zugzwang16 met his untimely fate when a raising war broke out. The-Toilet 0 opened to 10,000, HC_68 called from the small blind, zugzwang16 raised to 31,075, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 62,022, HC_68 folded, but zugzwang16 five-bet shoved all-in for 231,366, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 took [Tc][Ts] to war against zugzwang16's [Ah][Th]. The-Toilet 0 flopped a boat and that's all she wrote. The board finished up [Kd][Kh][Td][5h][9s] and zugzwang16 busted in third place, which paid out $94,940. HEADS-UP: The-Toilet 0 (Mexico) vs. HC_68 (Austria) Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (890,003) Seat 5: HC_68 (321,997) WHAT A DAY THAT WAS: HC_68 eliminated in 2nd place; The-Toilet 0 prevails! The-Toilet 0 patiently chiseled away at HC_68's stack over a twenty minute stretch. During a few instances, The-Toilet 0 acted like a menacing cat that was toying with a cornered mouse. HC_68 was in trouble. He had lost three hands in a row and lost nine out of twelve. HC_68's remaining stack was under siege and he desperately needed to do something about that. HC_68 min-raised to 12,000 and The-Toilet 0 called. The flop was [Jd][7s][2s]. The-Toilet 0 checked, HC_68 fired out 12,000, The-Toilet 0 check-raised to 1,000,000, and HC_68 called all-in. HC_68 showed [Tc][Ts] and was ahead, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a flush draw with [6s][3s]. The [Js] spiked on the turn and The-Toilet 0 filled in his flush. However, HC_68 still had outs with a higher flush draw and a boat draw. Alas, the river was the [8h]. HC_68 failed to improve his hand and was knocked out in second place. Austria's HC_68 collected $12,5240 for a runner-up performance. Meanwhile, Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka shipped his first SCOOP title of the year. He won a champion's watch and earned $173,720 for first place. If Jaka is looking to invest his windfall, he won enough cash to purchase 4,571 shares of Facebook. Check out the final hand in the replayer: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers must click thru to view the replayer</center> Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) Final Table Payouts and Results: Entrants: 175 Payouts: 27 1. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka (Mexico) - $173,720 2. HC_68 (Austria) - $125,240 3. zugzwang16 (Uruguay) - $94,940 4. römpsä (Finland) - $70,700 5. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov (Russia) - $48,480 6. Sphinx87 (Poland) - $40,400 7. HITTHEPANDA (Canada) - $32,320 8. RandALLin (Mexico) - $24,240 9. Mafews (U.K.) - $16,160 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337413427) } [1]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(66) "SCOOP 2012: PaDiLhA SP prevails in SCOOP Event #33-L $27 NLHE 1R1A" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(11430) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />There are pros and cons to playing a rebuy event. The cons are that it can get pretty expensive if you have to constantly reach back into your account to throw more money on the table. The pros are that these events tend to produce juicy prize pools with deep structures, which is golden for any serious MTT'er. Today's event was a perfect compromise, with the optional one rebuy and one add-on providing that healthy prize pool without players having to suffer through a maniacal rebuy period. The SCOOP Event #33-L $27 No Limit Holdem 1R1A attracted a field of 8,987, with a total of 5,873 rebuys and 3,972 add-ons. All up, the total prize pool of $470,800 was almost double the advertised guarantee. Where else can you turn $27 into $70,000? Some of the Team PokerStars Pros in action included Grzegorz "DaWarsaw" Mikielewicz, Maxim Lykov, Henrique Pinho, George Danzer, Marcin "Goral" Horecki, Lex Veldhuis, Martin Staszko, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Matthias De Meulder, Liv Boeree, Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen, Christophe De Meulder, Shane "shaniac" Schleger, Johnny Lodden and Nacho Barbero. Unfortunately none of the above could navigate their way into the money as Denmark's dizimind was the unfortunate bubble, falling in 1171st place, to see the remaining players receive a minimum $94.16 collect. Jude "j.thaddeus" Ainsworth (1077th - $98.86) and Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hrubý (585th - $141.24) were the only red spades to reach the money, and when CLiiFT ran his pocket jacks into pocket kings to fall in 10th place, our final table line up was set after 13 solid hours of play. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop33-l-ft.jpg"><img alt="scoop33-l-ft.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/scoop33-l-ft-thumb-450x327-164472.jpg" width="450" height="327" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Final Table Line up Seat 1: bloby (10,078,352 in chips) Seat 2: zenonmika (2,387,790 in chips) Seat 3: wasole (5,130,570 in chips) Seat 4: jaco921 (4,205,594 in chips) Seat 5: nikol1999 (7,343,489 in chips) Seat 6: PaDiLhA SP (9,850,371 in chips) Seat 7: Squishee_Bob (2,475,717 in chips) Seat 8: TummerDK (5,340,406 in chips) Seat 9: salamandryko (9,683,711 in chips) Bloby was the chip leader and extended that further with the elimination of Squishee_Bob as the first casualty of the final table. With the blinds at 100k/200k/25k, Squishee_Bob moved all in from the cutoff for a little over ten big blinds holding [js][kc] and was called by bloby in the big blind with pocket tens. The board bricked [8s][2c][7s][As][Ac] to see Squishee_Bob pick up $3,648.70 for 9th place. TummerDK was next to go after three-betting preflop and then getting the remaining chips in on a flop of [9h][Tc][As]. TummerDK held [2h][Ah] for top pair but nikol1999 showed pocket nines for a flopped set. TummerDK was all but dead, as the [2s] and [8d] completed the board. $5,414.20 in prize money is not a bad ROI for TummerDK for 8th place. By this stage zenonmika was down to under three big blinds, and bloby decided to go for the kill in rather brutal fashion: <center> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276455_F04835A397.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276455{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276455_F04835A397.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276455{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center><center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> In a battle of the blinds, bloby turned trash into treasure, making a flush to crack the set of queens. Zenonmika will be disappointed, but $9,416 for 7th place should help soothe the wounds. The brutality continued with the elimination of wasole in 6th place. nikol1999 raised the minimum and picked up two callers to see a flop of [Kc][3h][9s]. This is where things got busy. Wasole led out for 900k from the big blind, before nikol1999 clicked it back to 1.8m. PaDiLhA SP got out of the way before wasole moved all in for 8.2 million. nikol1999 made the call with [qs][kh] for top pair, but was out-kicked by wasole's [ah][kd]. That all changed when the [qh] appeared on the turn for a devastating three-outer. The river bricked the [2c] as wasole joined the queue at the bad beat booth with $14,124 in prize money. Jaco921 was on the short stack and lost a coin flip moments later with tournament life on the line. jaco921 moved five big blinds into the middle with [5c][5s] as PaDiLhA SP made the call with [qc][as], with the board running out [6h][Ah][4d][8c][Tc]. An ace on the flop was enough for PaDiLhA SP to take it down and leave jaco921 to pocket $18,832 for 5th place. The players were deep but that didn't stop salamandryko from five-bet shoving preflop with [ah][9h] but again it was PaDiLhA SP making the call with a dominant [as][kc]. Salamandryko turned an open-ender but couldn't connect on the board of [6d][Qs][8s][7s][Kh] as $23,728.32 was sent to Salamandryko's account for a great tournament. It was a flurry of bustouts up until this point, and things finally settled down when three-handed. Nikol1999 was in front, but PaDiLhA SP landed a huge double up when making a flush with pocket tens to better the ace-king of nikol1999. But nikol1999 was quick to get those chips back when both players made a straight on a board of [3h][Ah][Ts][4d][5c] in the following hand: <center> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276473_50A8037C68.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276473{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276473_50A8037C68.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276473{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center><center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> PaDiLhA SP held [ac][2c] for the wheel but nicol1999 was firing with air before his imagination paid off with his [6d][7s] rivering the nuts for a huge double up. Meanwhile bloby was found on the short stack with around 15 big blinds which were stuck in the middle with [jc][jh] after PaDiLhA SP three-bet shoved [ac][qd]. The race was on but PaDiLhA SP caught a pair on the board of [3s][Qc][Ks][5c][6c] to take it down and leave bloby to pick up $35,310 for 3rd place. Heads-up chip counts PaDiLhA SP (41,102,040 in chips) nikol1999 (15,393,960 in chips) PaDiLhA SP held a nice chip lead, and didn't take long to wrap things up. PaDiLhA SP had to come from behind after four-bet shoving with [ad][9s] with nikol1999 making the call with [as][jc]. As we saw on multiple occasions on this final table, you don't need to have the best hand to win in this game as PaDiLhA SP paired the kicker on the turn on the board of [2s][5c][4s][9d][Qd] to claim the win! Nikol1999 collects $51,788 for finishing runner-up while PaDiLhA SP turned a tiny investment into life-changing money with $70,624.32 and the SCOOP watch heading to Brazil. SCOOP Event#33-L $27 NLHE 1R1A Results Number of entrants: 8,987 Rebuys: 5,873 Add-ons: 3,972 Places paid: 1,170 Final Table Results: 1st PaDiLhA SP (Brazil) - $70,624.32 2nd nikol1999 (Bulgaria) - $51,788.00 3rd bloby (Switzerland) - $35,310.00 4th salamandryko (Peru) - $23,728.32 5th jaco921 (Russia) - $18,832.00 6th wasole (Norway) - $14,124.00 7th zenonmika (Belgium) - $9,416.00 8th TummerDK (Denmark) - $5,414.20 9th Squishee_Bob (Canada) - $3,648.70 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(12) "TassieDevil " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(92) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-padilha-sp-prevails-in-scoop-094579.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(92) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-padilha-sp-prevails-in-scoop-094579.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 22:40:13 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(11430) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />There are pros and cons to playing a rebuy event. The cons are that it can get pretty expensive if you have to constantly reach back into your account to throw more money on the table. The pros are that these events tend to produce juicy prize pools with deep structures, which is golden for any serious MTT'er. Today's event was a perfect compromise, with the optional one rebuy and one add-on providing that healthy prize pool without players having to suffer through a maniacal rebuy period. The SCOOP Event #33-L $27 No Limit Holdem 1R1A attracted a field of 8,987, with a total of 5,873 rebuys and 3,972 add-ons. All up, the total prize pool of $470,800 was almost double the advertised guarantee. Where else can you turn $27 into $70,000? Some of the Team PokerStars Pros in action included Grzegorz "DaWarsaw" Mikielewicz, Maxim Lykov, Henrique Pinho, George Danzer, Marcin "Goral" Horecki, Lex Veldhuis, Martin Staszko, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Matthias De Meulder, Liv Boeree, Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen, Christophe De Meulder, Shane "shaniac" Schleger, Johnny Lodden and Nacho Barbero. Unfortunately none of the above could navigate their way into the money as Denmark's dizimind was the unfortunate bubble, falling in 1171st place, to see the remaining players receive a minimum $94.16 collect. Jude "j.thaddeus" Ainsworth (1077th - $98.86) and Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hrubý (585th - $141.24) were the only red spades to reach the money, and when CLiiFT ran his pocket jacks into pocket kings to fall in 10th place, our final table line up was set after 13 solid hours of play. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop33-l-ft.jpg"><img alt="scoop33-l-ft.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/scoop33-l-ft-thumb-450x327-164472.jpg" width="450" height="327" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Final Table Line up Seat 1: bloby (10,078,352 in chips) Seat 2: zenonmika (2,387,790 in chips) Seat 3: wasole (5,130,570 in chips) Seat 4: jaco921 (4,205,594 in chips) Seat 5: nikol1999 (7,343,489 in chips) Seat 6: PaDiLhA SP (9,850,371 in chips) Seat 7: Squishee_Bob (2,475,717 in chips) Seat 8: TummerDK (5,340,406 in chips) Seat 9: salamandryko (9,683,711 in chips) Bloby was the chip leader and extended that further with the elimination of Squishee_Bob as the first casualty of the final table. With the blinds at 100k/200k/25k, Squishee_Bob moved all in from the cutoff for a little over ten big blinds holding [js][kc] and was called by bloby in the big blind with pocket tens. The board bricked [8s][2c][7s][As][Ac] to see Squishee_Bob pick up $3,648.70 for 9th place. TummerDK was next to go after three-betting preflop and then getting the remaining chips in on a flop of [9h][Tc][As]. TummerDK held [2h][Ah] for top pair but nikol1999 showed pocket nines for a flopped set. TummerDK was all but dead, as the [2s] and [8d] completed the board. $5,414.20 in prize money is not a bad ROI for TummerDK for 8th place. By this stage zenonmika was down to under three big blinds, and bloby decided to go for the kill in rather brutal fashion: <center> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276455_F04835A397.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276455{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276455_F04835A397.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276455{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center><center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> In a battle of the blinds, bloby turned trash into treasure, making a flush to crack the set of queens. Zenonmika will be disappointed, but $9,416 for 7th place should help soothe the wounds. The brutality continued with the elimination of wasole in 6th place. nikol1999 raised the minimum and picked up two callers to see a flop of [Kc][3h][9s]. This is where things got busy. Wasole led out for 900k from the big blind, before nikol1999 clicked it back to 1.8m. PaDiLhA SP got out of the way before wasole moved all in for 8.2 million. nikol1999 made the call with [qs][kh] for top pair, but was out-kicked by wasole's [ah][kd]. That all changed when the [qh] appeared on the turn for a devastating three-outer. The river bricked the [2c] as wasole joined the queue at the bad beat booth with $14,124 in prize money. Jaco921 was on the short stack and lost a coin flip moments later with tournament life on the line. jaco921 moved five big blinds into the middle with [5c][5s] as PaDiLhA SP made the call with [qc][as], with the board running out [6h][Ah][4d][8c][Tc]. An ace on the flop was enough for PaDiLhA SP to take it down and leave jaco921 to pocket $18,832 for 5th place. The players were deep but that didn't stop salamandryko from five-bet shoving preflop with [ah][9h] but again it was PaDiLhA SP making the call with a dominant [as][kc]. Salamandryko turned an open-ender but couldn't connect on the board of [6d][Qs][8s][7s][Kh] as $23,728.32 was sent to Salamandryko's account for a great tournament. It was a flurry of bustouts up until this point, and things finally settled down when three-handed. Nikol1999 was in front, but PaDiLhA SP landed a huge double up when making a flush with pocket tens to better the ace-king of nikol1999. But nikol1999 was quick to get those chips back when both players made a straight on a board of [3h][Ah][Ts][4d][5c] in the following hand: <center> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276473_50A8037C68.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276473{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276473_50A8037C68.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276473{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center><center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> PaDiLhA SP held [ac][2c] for the wheel but nicol1999 was firing with air before his imagination paid off with his [6d][7s] rivering the nuts for a huge double up. Meanwhile bloby was found on the short stack with around 15 big blinds which were stuck in the middle with [jc][jh] after PaDiLhA SP three-bet shoved [ac][qd]. The race was on but PaDiLhA SP caught a pair on the board of [3s][Qc][Ks][5c][6c] to take it down and leave bloby to pick up $35,310 for 3rd place. Heads-up chip counts PaDiLhA SP (41,102,040 in chips) nikol1999 (15,393,960 in chips) PaDiLhA SP held a nice chip lead, and didn't take long to wrap things up. PaDiLhA SP had to come from behind after four-bet shoving with [ad][9s] with nikol1999 making the call with [as][jc]. As we saw on multiple occasions on this final table, you don't need to have the best hand to win in this game as PaDiLhA SP paired the kicker on the turn on the board of [2s][5c][4s][9d][Qd] to claim the win! Nikol1999 collects $51,788 for finishing runner-up while PaDiLhA SP turned a tiny investment into life-changing money with $70,624.32 and the SCOOP watch heading to Brazil. SCOOP Event#33-L $27 NLHE 1R1A Results Number of entrants: 8,987 Rebuys: 5,873 Add-ons: 3,972 Places paid: 1,170 Final Table Results: 1st PaDiLhA SP (Brazil) - $70,624.32 2nd nikol1999 (Bulgaria) - $51,788.00 3rd bloby (Switzerland) - $35,310.00 4th salamandryko (Peru) - $23,728.32 5th jaco921 (Russia) - $18,832.00 6th wasole (Norway) - $14,124.00 7th zenonmika (Belgium) - $9,416.00 8th TummerDK (Denmark) - $5,414.20 9th Squishee_Bob (Canada) - $3,648.70 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337409613) } [2]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(76) "SCOOP 2012: C.Darwin2 wins Event #34-M, Akkari final tables ($530 LHE 6-Max)" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(11156) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />Some of the best poker stories are those that include a fair amount of struggle. C.Darwin2 had more than a player's fair share, as short-stacked play required comeback after comeback. But C.Darwin2 did it, fighting back against players like William Reynolds and Vincent van der Fluit to score a coveted Movado SCOOP champion's watch and more than $38K in cash. ***** In a week that was filled with 8-Game, Razz, and Triple Draw madness, some players were glad to see a simple Hold'em option on today's schedule. It wasn't the usual fare, though, as Event 34 was Limit Hold'em played at 6-max tables. Hold'em fans were in, and limit game fans were excited to challenge those who didn't understand the strategies of LHE. And so, it began. The medium buy-in for Event 34 offered a $530 chance at a SCOOP watch and title. Not a cheap one, by any means, but one that drew a sizeable crowd, as seen in these final numbers: Players: 373 Guarantee: $75,000.00 Prize pool: $186,500.00 Paid players: 48 The bubble burst several hours into the tournament, and joeyspanne88 was the unfortunate player to finish in 49th place. Groganchoker was the first, then, to cash in the event, taking home $932.50 for 48th place. There were a few members of Team PokerStars still in action at that point, though Team Online's Randy "nanonoko" Lew exited rather quickly in 41st place for $1,025.75. As the action wound down to five tables, Team Pros Andre "aakkari" Akkari and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier were still in contention. As the field thinned, ElkY was one of the casualties, out in 28th place for $1,305.50. And leading up to and after the seven-hour mark, others like EDWARDHOPPER, PearlJammer, and Exclusive followed him to the rail. With the later eliminations of Shhh00kem in tenth, gboro780 in ninth, and Mafews in eighth, hand-for-hand play kicked in. While the lead-up to that point was quicker than expected, hand-for-hand went on for awhile. During that time, aakkari lost ground, first a big pot to Betudontbet, and second when SlickDickey doubled through him. Aakkari doubled back through SlickDickey. And it was SlickDickey who finally made the all-in move on a [5d][Jc][Kh] against Vingtcent and Betudontbet. They checked the [Tc] turn and [4h] river, and when Vingtcent showed [2c][2h], both other players mucked. SlickDickey left in seventh place with $4,289.50. Bet on Betudontbet as chip leader In Level 23, with blinds at 8,000/16,000, the final table began with these chip counts: Seat 1: C. Darwin2 (190,818 in chips) Seat 2: Betudontbet (752,371 in chips) Seat 3: Altrum Altus (205,629 in chips) Seat 4: Looptroop (420,681 in chips) Seat 5: Vingtcent (224,373 in chips) Seat 6: aakkari (71,128 in chips) <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34M-164464.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34M-164464.html','popup','width=504,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34M-thumb-450x334-164464.jpg" width="450" height="334" alt="2012 SCOOP FT - 34M.JPG" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Aakkari chipped up a great deal in the first portion of the final table but ran into trouble when hands simply weren't holding up as planned. He then got involved with Looptroop to see a raise flop of [4h][3c][2h]. Aakkari bet, and Looptroop check-raised. The raises continued until betting was capped and aakkari was all-in with [Qc][Jd]. Looptroop showed [As][9h], the [Kc] turn and [9d] river completed the board with a pair of nines for Looptroop. Team PokerStars Pro Andre "aakkari" Akkari was the first to leave the final table, taking home $6,993.75 for sixth place. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/01/Andre Akkari 2-154272.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/01/Andre Akkari 2-154272.html','popup','width=450,height=300,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/01/Andre Akkari 2-thumb-450x300-154272.jpg" width="450" height="300" alt="Andre Akkari 2.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Betudontbet lost ground from the start of the final table. It wasn't one particular hand but a series of "runbad" that led to betudontbet being one of the shorter stacks at the table. Finally, Betudontbet and C.Darwin2 tangled preflop. After the [Ts][8c][3c] floop, C.Darwin2 bet, and Betudontbet called all-in with [Ac][Js]. C.Darwin2 showed [Ah][3h] for bottom pair, and that stood up to the [7s] and [4s] cards that finished the board. David "Betudontbet"Emmons, <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tcoop/2012/tcoop-betudontbet-wins-the-2012-tcoop-ma-090498.html">2012 TCOOP Main Event champion</a>, exited in fifth place with $10,723.75. Looptroop was the next player at risk, pushing all-in with [Ah][5h] against the [Js][Jd] of Altrum Altus. The board came [4d][7d][6h][Th][5d] and allowed the jacks to remain the best pair. Daniel "Looptroop" Larsson was eliminated in fourth place with $14,453.75. C.Darwin2 attempts a comeback The shortest of the three stacks made a move and gained ground with this double-up: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276429_1D6A656D92.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276429{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276429_1D6A656D92.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276429{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> C.Darwin2 was short again and doubled through Altrum Altus to stay in action, again. It happened several times. And as three-handed play exceeded one hour, Vingtcent became the shortest of the three stacks for a time, while C.Darwin2 became the chip leader. That situation ultimately led to a battle between C.Darwin2 and Altrum Altus. A raised flop of [Kh][3h][8s] prompted a bet from Altrum Altus and check-raise from C.Darwin2. Altrum Altus called, and the [2d] on the turn prompted a bet from C.Darwin2. Altrum Altus called all-in for 37,521 chips with [Ac][Td], but C.Darwin2 showed [Ks][8h] for the flopped two pair. The [Ad] on the river was too little, too late, and William "Altrum Altus" Reynolds had to accept another SCOOP third place, this one for $20,981.25. The strong survive The two remaining players started battle with these counts: Seat 1: C. Darwin2 (1,550,044 in chips) Seat 5: Vingtcent (314,956 in chips) It didn't take long for Vingtcent to make a move. It happened when the two got involved in a reraised flop of [Qs][2c][6d]. C.Darwin2 bet, Vingtcent raised, C.Darwin2 popped it up again, and Vingtcent called. The [7d] on the turn prompted another bet from C.Darwin2, and Vingtcent raised all-in with [8h][6h]. Middle pair wasn't good enough for the [Qc][Tc] of C.Darwin2, though. That top pair held up to the [Jh] on the river and left Vincent "Vingtcent" van der Fluit, <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/wcoop/2011/wcoop-2011-victory-for-vingtcent-in-even-086891.html">2011 WCOOP winner</a>, with a second place finish in this event for $27,975.00. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Vingtcent-164461.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Vingtcent-164461.html','popup','width=338,height=450,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Vingtcent-thumb-400x532-164461.jpg" width="400" height="532" alt="Vingtcent.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> C. Darwin2 made a strong comeback to win the SCOOP title, along with $38,232.50 in cash. Congrats! 2012 SCOOP Event #34-M ($530 LHE 6-Max) Results: Total players: 373 Paid players: 48 1st place: C.Darwin2 (Sweden) - $38,232.50 2nd place: Vingtcent (Netherlands) - $27,975.00 3rd place: Altrum Altus (Costa Rica) - $20,981.25 4th place: Looptroop (Sweden) - $14,453.75 5th place: Betudontbet (Mexico) - $10,723.75 6th place: Team PokerStars Pro Andre "aakkari" Akkari (Brazil) - $6,993.75 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section. " ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(11) "Jen Newell " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-cdarwin2-wins-event-34-m-akka-094577.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-cdarwin2-wins-event-34-m-akka-094577.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 21:24:02 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(11156) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />Some of the best poker stories are those that include a fair amount of struggle. C.Darwin2 had more than a player's fair share, as short-stacked play required comeback after comeback. But C.Darwin2 did it, fighting back against players like William Reynolds and Vincent van der Fluit to score a coveted Movado SCOOP champion's watch and more than $38K in cash. ***** In a week that was filled with 8-Game, Razz, and Triple Draw madness, some players were glad to see a simple Hold'em option on today's schedule. It wasn't the usual fare, though, as Event 34 was Limit Hold'em played at 6-max tables. Hold'em fans were in, and limit game fans were excited to challenge those who didn't understand the strategies of LHE. And so, it began. The medium buy-in for Event 34 offered a $530 chance at a SCOOP watch and title. Not a cheap one, by any means, but one that drew a sizeable crowd, as seen in these final numbers: Players: 373 Guarantee: $75,000.00 Prize pool: $186,500.00 Paid players: 48 The bubble burst several hours into the tournament, and joeyspanne88 was the unfortunate player to finish in 49th place. Groganchoker was the first, then, to cash in the event, taking home $932.50 for 48th place. There were a few members of Team PokerStars still in action at that point, though Team Online's Randy "nanonoko" Lew exited rather quickly in 41st place for $1,025.75. As the action wound down to five tables, Team Pros Andre "aakkari" Akkari and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier were still in contention. As the field thinned, ElkY was one of the casualties, out in 28th place for $1,305.50. And leading up to and after the seven-hour mark, others like EDWARDHOPPER, PearlJammer, and Exclusive followed him to the rail. With the later eliminations of Shhh00kem in tenth, gboro780 in ninth, and Mafews in eighth, hand-for-hand play kicked in. While the lead-up to that point was quicker than expected, hand-for-hand went on for awhile. During that time, aakkari lost ground, first a big pot to Betudontbet, and second when SlickDickey doubled through him. Aakkari doubled back through SlickDickey. And it was SlickDickey who finally made the all-in move on a [5d][Jc][Kh] against Vingtcent and Betudontbet. They checked the [Tc] turn and [4h] river, and when Vingtcent showed [2c][2h], both other players mucked. SlickDickey left in seventh place with $4,289.50. Bet on Betudontbet as chip leader In Level 23, with blinds at 8,000/16,000, the final table began with these chip counts: Seat 1: C. Darwin2 (190,818 in chips) Seat 2: Betudontbet (752,371 in chips) Seat 3: Altrum Altus (205,629 in chips) Seat 4: Looptroop (420,681 in chips) Seat 5: Vingtcent (224,373 in chips) Seat 6: aakkari (71,128 in chips) <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34M-164464.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34M-164464.html','popup','width=504,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34M-thumb-450x334-164464.jpg" width="450" height="334" alt="2012 SCOOP FT - 34M.JPG" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Aakkari chipped up a great deal in the first portion of the final table but ran into trouble when hands simply weren't holding up as planned. He then got involved with Looptroop to see a raise flop of [4h][3c][2h]. Aakkari bet, and Looptroop check-raised. The raises continued until betting was capped and aakkari was all-in with [Qc][Jd]. Looptroop showed [As][9h], the [Kc] turn and [9d] river completed the board with a pair of nines for Looptroop. Team PokerStars Pro Andre "aakkari" Akkari was the first to leave the final table, taking home $6,993.75 for sixth place. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/01/Andre Akkari 2-154272.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/01/Andre Akkari 2-154272.html','popup','width=450,height=300,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/01/Andre Akkari 2-thumb-450x300-154272.jpg" width="450" height="300" alt="Andre Akkari 2.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Betudontbet lost ground from the start of the final table. It wasn't one particular hand but a series of "runbad" that led to betudontbet being one of the shorter stacks at the table. Finally, Betudontbet and C.Darwin2 tangled preflop. After the [Ts][8c][3c] floop, C.Darwin2 bet, and Betudontbet called all-in with [Ac][Js]. C.Darwin2 showed [Ah][3h] for bottom pair, and that stood up to the [7s] and [4s] cards that finished the board. David "Betudontbet"Emmons, <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tcoop/2012/tcoop-betudontbet-wins-the-2012-tcoop-ma-090498.html">2012 TCOOP Main Event champion</a>, exited in fifth place with $10,723.75. Looptroop was the next player at risk, pushing all-in with [Ah][5h] against the [Js][Jd] of Altrum Altus. The board came [4d][7d][6h][Th][5d] and allowed the jacks to remain the best pair. Daniel "Looptroop" Larsson was eliminated in fourth place with $14,453.75. C.Darwin2 attempts a comeback The shortest of the three stacks made a move and gained ground with this double-up: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276429_1D6A656D92.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276429{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276429_1D6A656D92.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276429{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> C.Darwin2 was short again and doubled through Altrum Altus to stay in action, again. It happened several times. And as three-handed play exceeded one hour, Vingtcent became the shortest of the three stacks for a time, while C.Darwin2 became the chip leader. That situation ultimately led to a battle between C.Darwin2 and Altrum Altus. A raised flop of [Kh][3h][8s] prompted a bet from Altrum Altus and check-raise from C.Darwin2. Altrum Altus called, and the [2d] on the turn prompted a bet from C.Darwin2. Altrum Altus called all-in for 37,521 chips with [Ac][Td], but C.Darwin2 showed [Ks][8h] for the flopped two pair. The [Ad] on the river was too little, too late, and William "Altrum Altus" Reynolds had to accept another SCOOP third place, this one for $20,981.25. The strong survive The two remaining players started battle with these counts: Seat 1: C. Darwin2 (1,550,044 in chips) Seat 5: Vingtcent (314,956 in chips) It didn't take long for Vingtcent to make a move. It happened when the two got involved in a reraised flop of [Qs][2c][6d]. C.Darwin2 bet, Vingtcent raised, C.Darwin2 popped it up again, and Vingtcent called. The [7d] on the turn prompted another bet from C.Darwin2, and Vingtcent raised all-in with [8h][6h]. Middle pair wasn't good enough for the [Qc][Tc] of C.Darwin2, though. That top pair held up to the [Jh] on the river and left Vincent "Vingtcent" van der Fluit, <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/wcoop/2011/wcoop-2011-victory-for-vingtcent-in-even-086891.html">2011 WCOOP winner</a>, with a second place finish in this event for $27,975.00. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Vingtcent-164461.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Vingtcent-164461.html','popup','width=338,height=450,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Vingtcent-thumb-400x532-164461.jpg" width="400" height="532" alt="Vingtcent.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> C. Darwin2 made a strong comeback to win the SCOOP title, along with $38,232.50 in cash. Congrats! 2012 SCOOP Event #34-M ($530 LHE 6-Max) Results: Total players: 373 Paid players: 48 1st place: C.Darwin2 (Sweden) - $38,232.50 2nd place: Vingtcent (Netherlands) - $27,975.00 3rd place: Altrum Altus (Costa Rica) - $20,981.25 4th place: Looptroop (Sweden) - $14,453.75 5th place: Betudontbet (Mexico) - $10,723.75 6th place: Team PokerStars Pro Andre "aakkari" Akkari (Brazil) - $6,993.75 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section. " ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337405042) } [3]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(82) "SCOOP 2012: BreezyWest flattens the field in Event #34-Low ($55 FL Hold'em, 6-max)" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(12296) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="100" width="130" />Some nights it all comes together. The perfect flop at the perfect time. Aces in the hole when they're needed the most. A gutshot straight coming in to save your tournament life. BreezyWest had one of those nights tonight. As he navigated his first SCOOP final table, BreezyWest made it past WCOOP champion Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko and the U.K.'s xF1ONAx, who held the chip lead through most of the final table and proved herself to be a tough heads-up opponent. BreezyWest ruled the day, however, winning a dramatic final showdown to claim his first SCOOP title in Event #34-Low ($55 FL Hold'em 6-max). 2,092 players decided to min-bet and raise the afternoon away, creating a $104,600 prize pool. 264 places were paid out with first place set to earn $16,474.50. Sixteen soldiers in the Red Spade army bought in, including Chad Brown, Martin Staszko, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Nacho Barbero and Shane "shaniac" Schleger. Only one finished in the money, though, Team Online's Richard "Tzen1" Veenman earning last-longer honors with a 72nd-place finish. Nearly eleven and a half hours after cards went in the air, the final seven fought for six seats at the final table. Both D. Taylor01 and toreboy84 were short-stacked, holding 325,000 and 305,000 respectively at the same four-handed table. Dealt [As][7c], toreboy84 raised to 80,000 from first position and D. Taylor1 defended the big blind with [Qh][9s]. D. Taylor1 hit gin on the [9h][9c][8c] flop and check-called toreboy84's 40,000 bet. When the [Kh] hit the turn, D. Taylor01 came out from under the bed and check-raised. Toreboy84 called the 80,000, leaving himself 25,000 behind. It went in on the [Qd] river, D. Taylor01 making nines full to eliminate toreboy84 on the final table bubble. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%2034-L%20FT.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP 34-L FT.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP 34-L FT-thumb-450x311-164458.jpg" width="450" height="311" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Final table chip counts: Seat 1: Kroko-dill (756,135 in chips) Seat 2: MattyFreeman (1,287,083 in chips) Seat 3: BreezyWest (2,376,332 in chips) Seat 4: trollringen (2,388,129 in chips) Seat 5: xF1ONAx (3,001,064 in chips) Seat 6: D. Taylor01 (651,257 in chips) Although D. Taylor01 doubled up with that elimination, he was on the rail seven hands later. After three-betting from position preflop with [Ad][8h] against chip leader xF1ONAx, D. Taylor01 hit top pair on the [As][6h][3s] flop. xF1ONAx check-raised with [8s][9s] for a flush draw, D. Taylot01 three-bet to 150,000 and xF1ONAx called. D. Taylor01's last 126,000 went in on the turn, the [Qs] falling to make xF1ONAx's flush. D. Taylor01 was drawing dead and went out in sixth place, earning $2,207.06 off his $55 investment. Less than two orbits later, Kroko-dill lost the vast majority of his stack to xF1ONAx. One a [Kh][Kd][Jd] flop, Kroko-dill raised from position and xF1ONAx called. xF1ONAx led out again when the [6d] landed on the turn, and a third time when the [2d] hit the river. Kroko-dill called her down and xF1ONAx turned over [Ad][Qc], the running diamonds giving her the nut flush. Kroko-dill mucked and xF1ONAx raked in the 800,000 pot, leaving Kroko-dill on 61,000. Four hands later, Kroko-dill was all-in from the big blind against xF1ONAx and MattyFreeman. xF1ONAx check-folded on the [9s][3c][2s] flop and MattyFreeman turned over [Ks][Kd]. Kroko-dill showed [Kh][7d], running cards his only hope to stay alive. It was over for the Russian WCOOP champion when the [3h] hit the turn and Kroko-dill exited in fifth place, earning $3,922.50. Shortly after Kroko-dill's elimination, the final four agreed to pause the action and discuss a deal. Betting limits were 50,000-100,000 and xF1ONAx held the chip lead with 3.45 million. Trollringen was close behind with 3.21 million, BreezyWest held 2.4 million and MattyFreeman was the short stack with 1.4 million. When the chip count chop numbers came out, it took BreezyWest only a split second to agree to the deal. xF1ONAx and MattyFreeman were fine with it as well, but trollringen asked for $100 from each of his opponents to bring his share up to $12,000. xF1ONAx wasn't having any part of that as it would leave her with a smaller share than trollringen despite having the chip lead. Trollringen gave up the ghost and took the $200, all four players agreeing to the adjusted payouts. With $1,500 still on the table for the winner, action resumed. BreezyWest ground up his stack past xF1ONAx's and moved into the chip lead with just over 4 million. Dealt pocket fours in the small blind, BreezyWest three-bet behind MattyFreeman's button raise. Trollringen folded the big blind, MattyFreeman capped and trollringen called. BreezyWest couldn't have asked for a better flop than the [4c][3c][3s] that fell. The betting was capped on the flop, MattyFreeman putting in the third raise. BreezyWest led out on the [Th] turn and the [8s] river and MattyFreeman called him down only to see the bad news. He was left with 303,000 while BreezyWest moved up to 4.85 million. MattyFreeman got his last 266,000 in before the flop against trollringen, his [Kh][Jh] up against [Ad][2h]. MattyFreeman flopped top two pair and rivered jacks full of kings to double up. Trollringen was reduced to 452,000 in chips and punted the rest of his stack off to MattyFreeman a few hands later, his [Kc][5s] falling to [Ah][4h]. Trollringen was out in fourth place but left with second place money, earning $11,858.67 for his finish. Moments later, MattyFreeman lost almost half his stack to BreezyWest. MattyFreeman check-called the whole way on a [Qs][Jh][Kd][8c][Js] board, but couldn't top BreezyWest's [As][Ah]. The rest of his chips went in a short time later on a [Kh][Jh][2s] flop, his [8s][8d] trailing xF1ONAx's [Ah][Kd]. MattyFreeman didn't find another eight, the [Jd] and [4s] hitting the turn and river to end his run in third place. Heads-up chip counts: Seat 3: BreezyWest (6,583,460 in chips) Seat 5: xF1ONAx (3,876,540 in chips) BreezyWest held a 1.7 to 1 chip lead as heads-up play commenced, but xF1ONAx quickly closed the gap and pulled nearly even. BreezyWest regained control in this 1.9 million-chip hand, when xF1ONAx folded for one bet on the river: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> What followed was a slugfest of epic proportions. xF1ONAx would pick up a million or two only to have BreezyWest knock her right back down. Even when BreezyWest had xF1ONAx down to 1.4 million, xF1ONAx hit the accelerator and won 11 of 15 pots to chip back up to 3.5 million. This hand swung the momentum back to BreezyWest, who rivered a gutshot straight draw against xF1ONAx's flopped top pair: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> Down to her last 893,000, xF1ONAx got her money in on a [As][3s][4d] flop holding [6h][6c]. BreezyWest called with [2h][2s]. xF1ONAx needed to fade only a deuce or a five to double up, but the spirit was with BreezyWest tonight, the [5s] hitting the river to make a wheel. xF1ONAx was out in second place but earned the largest share of the prize pool at $12,078.84 thanks to the four-way deal while BreezyWest collected $11,632.67 along with a very snazzy SCOOP watch. 2012 SCOOP Event #34-Low ($55 FL Hold'em 6-max) results Entrants: 2,092 Places paid: 264 1. BreezyWest (Germany) $11,632.67* 2. xF1ONAx (United Kingdom) $12,078.84* 3. MattyFreeman (United Kingdom) $8,361.82* 4. trollrngen (Norway) $11,858.67* 5. Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko (Russia) $3,922.50 6. D. Taylor01 (United Kingdom) $2,207.06 *= reflects the results of a four-way deal that left $1,500 in play for the winner Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(13) "Kristin Bihr " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-breezywest-flattens-the-field-094573.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-breezywest-flattens-the-field-094573.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 21:20:27 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(12296) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="100" width="130" />Some nights it all comes together. The perfect flop at the perfect time. Aces in the hole when they're needed the most. A gutshot straight coming in to save your tournament life. BreezyWest had one of those nights tonight. As he navigated his first SCOOP final table, BreezyWest made it past WCOOP champion Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko and the U.K.'s xF1ONAx, who held the chip lead through most of the final table and proved herself to be a tough heads-up opponent. BreezyWest ruled the day, however, winning a dramatic final showdown to claim his first SCOOP title in Event #34-Low ($55 FL Hold'em 6-max). 2,092 players decided to min-bet and raise the afternoon away, creating a $104,600 prize pool. 264 places were paid out with first place set to earn $16,474.50. Sixteen soldiers in the Red Spade army bought in, including Chad Brown, Martin Staszko, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Nacho Barbero and Shane "shaniac" Schleger. Only one finished in the money, though, Team Online's Richard "Tzen1" Veenman earning last-longer honors with a 72nd-place finish. Nearly eleven and a half hours after cards went in the air, the final seven fought for six seats at the final table. Both D. Taylor01 and toreboy84 were short-stacked, holding 325,000 and 305,000 respectively at the same four-handed table. Dealt [As][7c], toreboy84 raised to 80,000 from first position and D. Taylor1 defended the big blind with [Qh][9s]. D. Taylor1 hit gin on the [9h][9c][8c] flop and check-called toreboy84's 40,000 bet. When the [Kh] hit the turn, D. Taylor01 came out from under the bed and check-raised. Toreboy84 called the 80,000, leaving himself 25,000 behind. It went in on the [Qd] river, D. Taylor01 making nines full to eliminate toreboy84 on the final table bubble. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%2034-L%20FT.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP 34-L FT.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP 34-L FT-thumb-450x311-164458.jpg" width="450" height="311" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Final table chip counts: Seat 1: Kroko-dill (756,135 in chips) Seat 2: MattyFreeman (1,287,083 in chips) Seat 3: BreezyWest (2,376,332 in chips) Seat 4: trollringen (2,388,129 in chips) Seat 5: xF1ONAx (3,001,064 in chips) Seat 6: D. Taylor01 (651,257 in chips) Although D. Taylor01 doubled up with that elimination, he was on the rail seven hands later. After three-betting from position preflop with [Ad][8h] against chip leader xF1ONAx, D. Taylor01 hit top pair on the [As][6h][3s] flop. xF1ONAx check-raised with [8s][9s] for a flush draw, D. Taylot01 three-bet to 150,000 and xF1ONAx called. D. Taylor01's last 126,000 went in on the turn, the [Qs] falling to make xF1ONAx's flush. D. Taylor01 was drawing dead and went out in sixth place, earning $2,207.06 off his $55 investment. Less than two orbits later, Kroko-dill lost the vast majority of his stack to xF1ONAx. One a [Kh][Kd][Jd] flop, Kroko-dill raised from position and xF1ONAx called. xF1ONAx led out again when the [6d] landed on the turn, and a third time when the [2d] hit the river. Kroko-dill called her down and xF1ONAx turned over [Ad][Qc], the running diamonds giving her the nut flush. Kroko-dill mucked and xF1ONAx raked in the 800,000 pot, leaving Kroko-dill on 61,000. Four hands later, Kroko-dill was all-in from the big blind against xF1ONAx and MattyFreeman. xF1ONAx check-folded on the [9s][3c][2s] flop and MattyFreeman turned over [Ks][Kd]. Kroko-dill showed [Kh][7d], running cards his only hope to stay alive. It was over for the Russian WCOOP champion when the [3h] hit the turn and Kroko-dill exited in fifth place, earning $3,922.50. Shortly after Kroko-dill's elimination, the final four agreed to pause the action and discuss a deal. Betting limits were 50,000-100,000 and xF1ONAx held the chip lead with 3.45 million. Trollringen was close behind with 3.21 million, BreezyWest held 2.4 million and MattyFreeman was the short stack with 1.4 million. When the chip count chop numbers came out, it took BreezyWest only a split second to agree to the deal. xF1ONAx and MattyFreeman were fine with it as well, but trollringen asked for $100 from each of his opponents to bring his share up to $12,000. xF1ONAx wasn't having any part of that as it would leave her with a smaller share than trollringen despite having the chip lead. Trollringen gave up the ghost and took the $200, all four players agreeing to the adjusted payouts. With $1,500 still on the table for the winner, action resumed. BreezyWest ground up his stack past xF1ONAx's and moved into the chip lead with just over 4 million. Dealt pocket fours in the small blind, BreezyWest three-bet behind MattyFreeman's button raise. Trollringen folded the big blind, MattyFreeman capped and trollringen called. BreezyWest couldn't have asked for a better flop than the [4c][3c][3s] that fell. The betting was capped on the flop, MattyFreeman putting in the third raise. BreezyWest led out on the [Th] turn and the [8s] river and MattyFreeman called him down only to see the bad news. He was left with 303,000 while BreezyWest moved up to 4.85 million. MattyFreeman got his last 266,000 in before the flop against trollringen, his [Kh][Jh] up against [Ad][2h]. MattyFreeman flopped top two pair and rivered jacks full of kings to double up. Trollringen was reduced to 452,000 in chips and punted the rest of his stack off to MattyFreeman a few hands later, his [Kc][5s] falling to [Ah][4h]. Trollringen was out in fourth place but left with second place money, earning $11,858.67 for his finish. Moments later, MattyFreeman lost almost half his stack to BreezyWest. MattyFreeman check-called the whole way on a [Qs][Jh][Kd][8c][Js] board, but couldn't top BreezyWest's [As][Ah]. The rest of his chips went in a short time later on a [Kh][Jh][2s] flop, his [8s][8d] trailing xF1ONAx's [Ah][Kd]. MattyFreeman didn't find another eight, the [Jd] and [4s] hitting the turn and river to end his run in third place. Heads-up chip counts: Seat 3: BreezyWest (6,583,460 in chips) Seat 5: xF1ONAx (3,876,540 in chips) BreezyWest held a 1.7 to 1 chip lead as heads-up play commenced, but xF1ONAx quickly closed the gap and pulled nearly even. BreezyWest regained control in this 1.9 million-chip hand, when xF1ONAx folded for one bet on the river: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> What followed was a slugfest of epic proportions. xF1ONAx would pick up a million or two only to have BreezyWest knock her right back down. Even when BreezyWest had xF1ONAx down to 1.4 million, xF1ONAx hit the accelerator and won 11 of 15 pots to chip back up to 3.5 million. This hand swung the momentum back to BreezyWest, who rivered a gutshot straight draw against xF1ONAx's flopped top pair: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> Down to her last 893,000, xF1ONAx got her money in on a [As][3s][4d] flop holding [6h][6c]. BreezyWest called with [2h][2s]. xF1ONAx needed to fade only a deuce or a five to double up, but the spirit was with BreezyWest tonight, the [5s] hitting the river to make a wheel. xF1ONAx was out in second place but earned the largest share of the prize pool at $12,078.84 thanks to the four-way deal while BreezyWest collected $11,632.67 along with a very snazzy SCOOP watch. 2012 SCOOP Event #34-Low ($55 FL Hold'em 6-max) results Entrants: 2,092 Places paid: 264 1. BreezyWest (Germany) $11,632.67* 2. xF1ONAx (United Kingdom) $12,078.84* 3. MattyFreeman (United Kingdom) $8,361.82* 4. trollrngen (Norway) $11,858.67* 5. Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko (Russia) $3,922.50 6. D. Taylor01 (United Kingdom) $2,207.06 *= reflects the results of a four-way deal that left $1,500 in play for the winner Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337404827) } [4]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(76) "SCOOP 2012: Good beat for ibadbeatyou, Event #34-H winner ($5,200 LHE 6-Max)" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(10765) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />It doesn't often happen that a final table chip leader goes on to win the tournament. It's a tough feat, especially when there are players like Bryn Kenney and Dan Kelly as two of the five competitors, and others have SCOOP titles already in their list of accomplishments. But ibadbeatyou did everything possible to stay aggressive, remain on course, and defeat all comers. That makes a SCOOP champion. ***** Anytime a tournament requires a buy-in of $5K or higher, the field is going to be slim, elite, and filled with recognizable names. The high buy-in level of Event 34 was all of those things. No matter if the players bought in, as many did, or won their way in through any of the available satellites, they all had the skills to compete, making 34-H quite an exciting tournament to watch, despite - and maybe because of - the limited betting. Enough players were interested in this event to more than double the amount set as the guarantee when the prize pool was set. There weren't many payouts to be had, but that made the event even more intriguing. Let's start with the numbers: Players: 62 Guarantee: $125,000.00 Prize pool: $310,00.00 Paid players: 9 The field was filled with members of Team PokerStars, all sporting the red spade next to their names on the player roster. Team Online's Richard "Tzen1" Veenman was the first of the team to exit, followed in short order by Team Pro Eugene Katchalov and fellow Team Pro Ville Wahlbeck. Later in the action, Team Pros Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier were gone in 39th and 31st places, respectively. Team Online's George "Jorj95" Lind sought a follow-up to his <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-shine-a-light-on-george-jorj9-094414.html">Event 26-L win</a> but couldn't do it in this event, exiting in 24th place. And the last Team Pro standing was Andre "aakkari" Akkari of Brazil, who lost his LHE battle in 14th place, though he was in the money in 34-M and going strong with a few tables left at that time. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2010/03/Andre Akkari-93429.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2010/03/Andre Akkari-93429.html','popup','width=450,height=300,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2010/03/Andre Akkari-thumb-450x300-93429.jpg" width="450" height="300" alt="Andre Akkari.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> The money bubble burst after the seven-hour mark with Enon as the tenth place finisher. Gunning4you cashed in ninth place for $12,400.00, and K_O_S_T_Y_A followed in eighth place. After quite a long time of two-table action, it was just before the eight-hour break that zangbezan24 in the big blind tangled with ibadbeatyou. The raised flop came [2d][Kc][2s], and a check-raies and call led to the [6s] on the turn. Zangbezan24 bet, ibadbeatyou raised, and zangbezan24 called all-in with [Qd][Tc]. Ibadbeatyou showed [3c][3h], and nothing about the [Jd] on the turn changed the outcome, as Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi exited in seventh place with $12,400.00. Ibadbeatyou leads final six The final table began in Level 15, with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and these player chip stacks: Seat 1: treezer (24,449 in chips) Seat 2: BrynKenney (27,177 in chips) Seat 3: valesco (51,273 in chips) Seat 4: MaiseE (41,847 in chips) Seat 5: ibadbeatyou (109,704 in chips) Seat 6: djk123 (55,550 in chips) <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34H-164455.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34H-164455.html','popup','width=513,height=377,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34H-thumb-450x330-164455.jpg" width="450" height="330" alt="2012 SCOOP FT - 34H.JPG" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> The table began with some caution in the air. The short stacks suffered but stayed alive, MaiseE to a near-double through valesco and the latter doubling through djk123. Treezer wasn't so lucky. With a very short stack, treezer made an UTG raise, which was met by a djk123 raise. Treezer responded by moving all-in for 6,049 chips holding [Qs][Js], and djk123 showed [Ad][8h]. The board produced [Th][7d][6c][6h][2c], and that left treezer out in sixth place with $17,050.00. No double SCOOP winners tonight MaiseE was still struggling and got involved with djk123 to see a raised flop of [5c][6h]pKh]. Djk123 bet, and MaiseE called. The [2s] turn card prompted another bet from djk123, and MaiseE called all-in with [Ah][8s]. Djk123 showed [Ac][9s] for the better kicker, which remained the game changer as the [Ks] completed the board. MaiseE, <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-maisee-makes-plo-look-easy-wi-094366.html">winner of 2012 SCOOP Event 24-H</a>, was denied a second title but took home $23,250.00 for the fifth place finish. BrynKenney got involved in a capped pot with ibadbeatyou to see a flop of [2h][3h][6h]. BrynKenney bet, and ibadbeatyou raised. BrynKenney called all-in with [Kc][Th], and ibadbeatyou showed [Ah][Qs]. The [Ac] came on the turn to give ibadbeatyou top pair, and the [Jd] on the river finished the hand to eliminate Bryn "BrynKenney" Kenney in fourth place with $31,000.00. Djk123 lost ground, courtesy of hands like this: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276427_8F2D825216.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276427{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276427_8F2D825216.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276427{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> Djk123 never improved. It all led up to a hand with djk123 and ibadbeatyou in which betting was capped preflop. The [Td][Ts][Kc] flop brought a bet from ibadbeatyou and all-in call from djk123 with [Ad][3s]. Ibadbeatyou showed [Kd][4h] for kings and tens, and the [8c] turn and [3h] river ended the tournament for Dan "djk123" Kelly. The <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-dan-djk123-kelly-adds-scoop-t-094511.html">winner of 2012 SCOOP 29-M</a> was out of this event in third place with $46,500.00. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Dan Kelly-164452.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Dan Kelly-164452.html','popup','width=300,height=450,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Dan Kelly-thumb-400x600-164452.jpg" width="400" height="600" alt="Dan Kelly.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Heads-up for the win The last two players in the event started with these chip counts: Seat 3: valesco (94,116 in chips) Seat 5: ibadbeatyou (215,884 in chips) Valesco tried to stay strong but lost chips. Down to less than 50K, valesco climbed back but suffered again at the hands of ibadbeatyou. Finally, valesco pushed with [8s][5s] for 5,616 chips, and ibadbeatyou called with [Kc][3c]. The flop of [4s][2d]]Kh] gave ibadbeatyou top pair, and the [Ac] turn and [4h] river failed to change anything. Valesco had to accept second place and $62,000.00. Taiwan's ibadbeatyou won the SCOOP title, Movado watch, and $93,000.00 in cash. Congrats! 2012 SCOOP Event #34-H ($5,200 LHE 6-Max) Results: Total players: 62 Paid players: 9 1st place: ibadbeatyou (Taiwan) - $93,000.00 2nd place: valesco (Canada) - $62,000.00 3rd place: djk123 (Australia) - $46,500.00 4th place: BrynKenney (Spain) - $31,000.00 5th place: MaiseE (Sweden) - $23,250.00 6th place: treezer (Sweden) - $17,050.00 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section. " ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(11) "Jen Newell " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-good-beat-for-ibadbeatyou-eve-094572.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-good-beat-for-ibadbeatyou-eve-094572.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 20:43:15 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(10765) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />It doesn't often happen that a final table chip leader goes on to win the tournament. It's a tough feat, especially when there are players like Bryn Kenney and Dan Kelly as two of the five competitors, and others have SCOOP titles already in their list of accomplishments. But ibadbeatyou did everything possible to stay aggressive, remain on course, and defeat all comers. That makes a SCOOP champion. ***** Anytime a tournament requires a buy-in of $5K or higher, the field is going to be slim, elite, and filled with recognizable names. The high buy-in level of Event 34 was all of those things. No matter if the players bought in, as many did, or won their way in through any of the available satellites, they all had the skills to compete, making 34-H quite an exciting tournament to watch, despite - and maybe because of - the limited betting. Enough players were interested in this event to more than double the amount set as the guarantee when the prize pool was set. There weren't many payouts to be had, but that made the event even more intriguing. Let's start with the numbers: Players: 62 Guarantee: $125,000.00 Prize pool: $310,00.00 Paid players: 9 The field was filled with members of Team PokerStars, all sporting the red spade next to their names on the player roster. Team Online's Richard "Tzen1" Veenman was the first of the team to exit, followed in short order by Team Pro Eugene Katchalov and fellow Team Pro Ville Wahlbeck. Later in the action, Team Pros Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier were gone in 39th and 31st places, respectively. Team Online's George "Jorj95" Lind sought a follow-up to his <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-shine-a-light-on-george-jorj9-094414.html">Event 26-L win</a> but couldn't do it in this event, exiting in 24th place. And the last Team Pro standing was Andre "aakkari" Akkari of Brazil, who lost his LHE battle in 14th place, though he was in the money in 34-M and going strong with a few tables left at that time. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2010/03/Andre Akkari-93429.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2010/03/Andre Akkari-93429.html','popup','width=450,height=300,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2010/03/Andre Akkari-thumb-450x300-93429.jpg" width="450" height="300" alt="Andre Akkari.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> The money bubble burst after the seven-hour mark with Enon as the tenth place finisher. Gunning4you cashed in ninth place for $12,400.00, and K_O_S_T_Y_A followed in eighth place. After quite a long time of two-table action, it was just before the eight-hour break that zangbezan24 in the big blind tangled with ibadbeatyou. The raised flop came [2d][Kc][2s], and a check-raies and call led to the [6s] on the turn. Zangbezan24 bet, ibadbeatyou raised, and zangbezan24 called all-in with [Qd][Tc]. Ibadbeatyou showed [3c][3h], and nothing about the [Jd] on the turn changed the outcome, as Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi exited in seventh place with $12,400.00. Ibadbeatyou leads final six The final table began in Level 15, with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and these player chip stacks: Seat 1: treezer (24,449 in chips) Seat 2: BrynKenney (27,177 in chips) Seat 3: valesco (51,273 in chips) Seat 4: MaiseE (41,847 in chips) Seat 5: ibadbeatyou (109,704 in chips) Seat 6: djk123 (55,550 in chips) <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34H-164455.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34H-164455.html','popup','width=513,height=377,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34H-thumb-450x330-164455.jpg" width="450" height="330" alt="2012 SCOOP FT - 34H.JPG" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> The table began with some caution in the air. The short stacks suffered but stayed alive, MaiseE to a near-double through valesco and the latter doubling through djk123. Treezer wasn't so lucky. With a very short stack, treezer made an UTG raise, which was met by a djk123 raise. Treezer responded by moving all-in for 6,049 chips holding [Qs][Js], and djk123 showed [Ad][8h]. The board produced [Th][7d][6c][6h][2c], and that left treezer out in sixth place with $17,050.00. No double SCOOP winners tonight MaiseE was still struggling and got involved with djk123 to see a raised flop of [5c][6h]pKh]. Djk123 bet, and MaiseE called. The [2s] turn card prompted another bet from djk123, and MaiseE called all-in with [Ah][8s]. Djk123 showed [Ac][9s] for the better kicker, which remained the game changer as the [Ks] completed the board. MaiseE, <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-maisee-makes-plo-look-easy-wi-094366.html">winner of 2012 SCOOP Event 24-H</a>, was denied a second title but took home $23,250.00 for the fifth place finish. BrynKenney got involved in a capped pot with ibadbeatyou to see a flop of [2h][3h][6h]. BrynKenney bet, and ibadbeatyou raised. BrynKenney called all-in with [Kc][Th], and ibadbeatyou showed [Ah][Qs]. The [Ac] came on the turn to give ibadbeatyou top pair, and the [Jd] on the river finished the hand to eliminate Bryn "BrynKenney" Kenney in fourth place with $31,000.00. Djk123 lost ground, courtesy of hands like this: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276427_8F2D825216.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276427{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276427_8F2D825216.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276427{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> Djk123 never improved. It all led up to a hand with djk123 and ibadbeatyou in which betting was capped preflop. The [Td][Ts][Kc] flop brought a bet from ibadbeatyou and all-in call from djk123 with [Ad][3s]. Ibadbeatyou showed [Kd][4h] for kings and tens, and the [8c] turn and [3h] river ended the tournament for Dan "djk123" Kelly. The <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-dan-djk123-kelly-adds-scoop-t-094511.html">winner of 2012 SCOOP 29-M</a> was out of this event in third place with $46,500.00. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Dan Kelly-164452.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Dan Kelly-164452.html','popup','width=300,height=450,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Dan Kelly-thumb-400x600-164452.jpg" width="400" height="600" alt="Dan Kelly.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Heads-up for the win The last two players in the event started with these chip counts: Seat 3: valesco (94,116 in chips) Seat 5: ibadbeatyou (215,884 in chips) Valesco tried to stay strong but lost chips. Down to less than 50K, valesco climbed back but suffered again at the hands of ibadbeatyou. Finally, valesco pushed with [8s][5s] for 5,616 chips, and ibadbeatyou called with [Kc][3c]. The flop of [4s][2d]]Kh] gave ibadbeatyou top pair, and the [Ac] turn and [4h] river failed to change anything. Valesco had to accept second place and $62,000.00. Taiwan's ibadbeatyou won the SCOOP title, Movado watch, and $93,000.00 in cash. Congrats! 2012 SCOOP Event #34-H ($5,200 LHE 6-Max) Results: Total players: 62 Paid players: 9 1st place: ibadbeatyou (Taiwan) - $93,000.00 2nd place: valesco (Canada) - $62,000.00 3rd place: djk123 (Australia) - $46,500.00 4th place: BrynKenney (Spain) - $31,000.00 5th place: MaiseE (Sweden) - $23,250.00 6th place: treezer (Sweden) - $17,050.00 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section. " ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337402595) } [5]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(71) "SCOOP 2012: bleu329 wins Event 32-H ($2,100 PLO/8), 2nd title this week" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(11999) "<img alt="Thumbnail image for SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2009/04/SCOOP logo-thumb-150x115-67825.gif" width="150" height="115" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />It's not often that a two-day SCOOP tournament reaches the final table before the end of the first day of play, but that's exactly what happened on <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-gmcrafter-leads-bleu329-chasi-094517.html">Day 1</a> in Event 32-H. The players who made that final table were all inclined to play through and finish the tournament overnight, but a software issue made it impossible to skip a preprogrammed overnight break. So they eliminated four of their number from contention and then took a breather for the next 13 hours. Play resumed at 2:00pm ET on Level 21 (1,250/2,500 blinds) with these five players, presumably refreshed, still in the hunt: <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2012%20SCOOP-32-H%20Day%202%20restart.jpg"><img alt="2012 SCOOP-32-H Day 2 restart.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP-32-H Day 2 restart-thumb-450x311-164442.jpg" width="450" height="311" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Seat 1: bleu329 (101,344 in chips) Seat 5: PICKLED EGG (33,708 in chips) Seat 6: Aquasces1 (147,292 in chips) Seat 8: Mafews (58,172 in chips) Seat 9: gmcrafter (359,484 in chips) Chile's gmcrafter had entered the final table in the middle of the pack but seized the chip lead by the time play was paused for the overnight break. The first player to chip on Day 2, though, was bleu329. Playing out of Thailand (and hoping for better internet connectivity than on Day 1), bleu329 was chasing a second SCOOP title after winning event 30-H just a few days prior. The fifth hand of play for Day 2 would prove to be another step toward that title. The betting opened with the United Kingdom's Mafews raising to 5,800 in the cutoff. bleu329 reraised to 19,900 out of the small blind, Mafews called leaving 34,522 behind, and the flop came [Ad] [Kh] [5c]. With very little hesitation bleu329 bet the pot, more than enough to put Mafews all-in. The UK's lone representative at the final table dipped into the time bank before ultimately making the call with [Ah] [2h] [5d] [Td] for aces and fives with a backdoor low draw. bleu329's [As] [Qs] [2d] [3d] was behind for the high but drawing to the nut low, and it got there when the turn was the [8h]. What looked likely to be a chopped pot turned into a scoop when the [8d] fell on the river; both players had aces and eights, but bleu329's queen kicker played. That made Mafews the 5th place finisher, good for $16,800. Though the first elimination of Day 2 had come along quite quickly, the others wouldn't be as speedy in arriving. The rest of Level 21 featured a number of confrontations between gmcrafter and the other three players. Most of them resulted in split pots, but all of the scoops went against the Chilean player. Still, the chip lead, while diminished, was intact as Level 22 (1,500/3,000 blinds) began: Seat 1: bleu329 (202,016 in chips) Seat 5: PICKLED EGG (109,506 in chips) Seat 6: Aquasces1 (154,929 in chips) Seat 9: gmcrafter (233,549 in chips) PICKLED EGG managed to pick up about 10 big blinds over the course of the next 39 hands and bleu329's stack dropped by about the same amount as the player from Thailand grappled once again with conectivity issues, but otherwise very little changed over the next 30 minutes of play. The four continued to split pots and shuffle chips back and forth. But once Level 23 and its 2,500/5,000 blinds arrived, all that would change. After limping from the button PICKLED EGG managed to scoop a 187K-chip pot with [Jc] [2c] [3d] [5h] after flopping two pair, jacks and threes, and rivering another jack for a full house, thanks to gmcrafter calling down pot-sized bets on the flop, turn, and river. Now up to 214K, things appeared to be looking up for the Brazilian player - but one hand is all it ever takes to turn things upside down in a big-bet game. That turnabout would come 12 hands later when PICKLED EGG flopped three of a kind, only to discover that bleu329 had flopped a bit better: <Center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276343_E72B21A069.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276343{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276343_E72B21A069.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276343{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers, please click through for replay</center> That Omaha cooler left PICKLED EGG with less a stack worth less than one big blind and left little doubt that the Brazilian would be the next player out. Two hands later the seemingly inevitable finally occurred, with Aquasces1's [Ah] [4h] [Ts] [6s] overcoming PICKLED EGG's [Kd] [Jh] [Th] [9s] to send the latter to the rail in 4th place ($25,200). Only 12 hands later Canada's Aquasces1 would also come up short thanks to a nasty Omaha cooler. The hand began with gmcrafter raising to 10K on the button; after Aquasces1 reraised to 32.5K from the big blind, gmcrafter made the call to see a flop of [Ad] [9c] [2s]. Aquasces1 bet pot and then called gmcrafter's reraise all-in, turning up [As] [Kc] [9s] [6c] for top two pair, but gmcrafter held the better hand with [9d] [9h] [8d] [4h] for middle set. The [8c] turn and [7s] river changed nothing and made Aquasces1's 3rd-place finish ($34,020) official. The chip lead belonged to gmcrafter as heads-up play began, but bleu329 didn't let that stand in the way of a victory. The final matchup between the two lasted for 13 hands, every single one of which was won by bleu329. The majority of those were of the raise-and-take-it variety, but three pots worth at least 22 big blinds did the real damage. In the first, worth 110K, bleu329's [Th] [9h] [3d] [2d] rivered a flush to scoop on a board of [Qh] [5h] [Td] [Qc] [4h]. The second one, worth 290K, was the real key, as bleu329 hit a pretty big flop and only improved from there: <Center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276347_4CF347C8D1.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276347{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276347_4CF347C8D1.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276347{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center><center>RSS readers, please click through for replay</center> Three hands later the tournament would come to a close after a relatively rare preflop raising war resulted in gmcrafter getting all-in for 92K with [As] [2s] [Ks] [9h]. bleu329 was a bit behind with [Ah] [7d] [Th] [3h], but the [6d] [4s] [5d] flop gave the player from Thailand a seven-high straight and the lead for the high half of the pot. The [Ts] on the turn threatened to give gmcrafter a scoop with the nut low and nut high in the event that another spade should hit the river. But instead the [2c] came, giving bleu329's [Ah] [3h] the nut low instead. And since his flopped straight hadn't been outdrawn, the pot was another scoop. That left Chile's gmcrafter with no chips and the runner-up prize of $44,800. And for the second time this week, despite internet connectivity issues, bleu329 was the last player standing at the end of a SCOOP event. The top prize of $64,400 in this event helped to boost this week's take for bleu329 north of $157K. It's been a fine run any poker player would be happy to go on, and congratulations are in order for the now-two-time champion. SCOOP Event 32-H: $2,100 PL Omaha Hi/Lo $250,000 guaranteed 140 entrants, $280,000 prize pool 18 places paid 1st place: bleu329 (Thailand) $64,400 2nd place: gmcrafter (Chile) $44,800 3rd place: Aquasces1 (Canada) $34,020 4th place: PICKLED EGG (Brazil) $25,200 5th place: Mafews (United Kingdom) $16,800 6th place: Rodrigo "caprioli" Caprioli (Brazil) $14,000 7th place: Lyndon360 (New Zealand) $11,200 8th place: kuhns89 (Germany) $8,400 9th place: Lovos111 (Sweden) $7,000 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(11) "Jason Kirk " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(92) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-bleu329-wins-event-32-h-2100-094565.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(92) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-bleu329-wins-event-32-h-2100-094565.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 14:08:29 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(11999) "<img alt="Thumbnail image for SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2009/04/SCOOP logo-thumb-150x115-67825.gif" width="150" height="115" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />It's not often that a two-day SCOOP tournament reaches the final table before the end of the first day of play, but that's exactly what happened on <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-gmcrafter-leads-bleu329-chasi-094517.html">Day 1</a> in Event 32-H. The players who made that final table were all inclined to play through and finish the tournament overnight, but a software issue made it impossible to skip a preprogrammed overnight break. So they eliminated four of their number from contention and then took a breather for the next 13 hours. Play resumed at 2:00pm ET on Level 21 (1,250/2,500 blinds) with these five players, presumably refreshed, still in the hunt: <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2012%20SCOOP-32-H%20Day%202%20restart.jpg"><img alt="2012 SCOOP-32-H Day 2 restart.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP-32-H Day 2 restart-thumb-450x311-164442.jpg" width="450" height="311" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Seat 1: bleu329 (101,344 in chips) Seat 5: PICKLED EGG (33,708 in chips) Seat 6: Aquasces1 (147,292 in chips) Seat 8: Mafews (58,172 in chips) Seat 9: gmcrafter (359,484 in chips) Chile's gmcrafter had entered the final table in the middle of the pack but seized the chip lead by the time play was paused for the overnight break. The first player to chip on Day 2, though, was bleu329. Playing out of Thailand (and hoping for better internet connectivity than on Day 1), bleu329 was chasing a second SCOOP title after winning event 30-H just a few days prior. The fifth hand of play for Day 2 would prove to be another step toward that title. The betting opened with the United Kingdom's Mafews raising to 5,800 in the cutoff. bleu329 reraised to 19,900 out of the small blind, Mafews called leaving 34,522 behind, and the flop came [Ad] [Kh] [5c]. With very little hesitation bleu329 bet the pot, more than enough to put Mafews all-in. The UK's lone representative at the final table dipped into the time bank before ultimately making the call with [Ah] [2h] [5d] [Td] for aces and fives with a backdoor low draw. bleu329's [As] [Qs] [2d] [3d] was behind for the high but drawing to the nut low, and it got there when the turn was the [8h]. What looked likely to be a chopped pot turned into a scoop when the [8d] fell on the river; both players had aces and eights, but bleu329's queen kicker played. That made Mafews the 5th place finisher, good for $16,800. Though the first elimination of Day 2 had come along quite quickly, the others wouldn't be as speedy in arriving. The rest of Level 21 featured a number of confrontations between gmcrafter and the other three players. Most of them resulted in split pots, but all of the scoops went against the Chilean player. Still, the chip lead, while diminished, was intact as Level 22 (1,500/3,000 blinds) began: Seat 1: bleu329 (202,016 in chips) Seat 5: PICKLED EGG (109,506 in chips) Seat 6: Aquasces1 (154,929 in chips) Seat 9: gmcrafter (233,549 in chips) PICKLED EGG managed to pick up about 10 big blinds over the course of the next 39 hands and bleu329's stack dropped by about the same amount as the player from Thailand grappled once again with conectivity issues, but otherwise very little changed over the next 30 minutes of play. The four continued to split pots and shuffle chips back and forth. But once Level 23 and its 2,500/5,000 blinds arrived, all that would change. After limping from the button PICKLED EGG managed to scoop a 187K-chip pot with [Jc] [2c] [3d] [5h] after flopping two pair, jacks and threes, and rivering another jack for a full house, thanks to gmcrafter calling down pot-sized bets on the flop, turn, and river. Now up to 214K, things appeared to be looking up for the Brazilian player - but one hand is all it ever takes to turn things upside down in a big-bet game. That turnabout would come 12 hands later when PICKLED EGG flopped three of a kind, only to discover that bleu329 had flopped a bit better: <Center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276343_E72B21A069.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276343{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276343_E72B21A069.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276343{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers, please click through for replay</center> That Omaha cooler left PICKLED EGG with less a stack worth less than one big blind and left little doubt that the Brazilian would be the next player out. Two hands later the seemingly inevitable finally occurred, with Aquasces1's [Ah] [4h] [Ts] [6s] overcoming PICKLED EGG's [Kd] [Jh] [Th] [9s] to send the latter to the rail in 4th place ($25,200). Only 12 hands later Canada's Aquasces1 would also come up short thanks to a nasty Omaha cooler. The hand began with gmcrafter raising to 10K on the button; after Aquasces1 reraised to 32.5K from the big blind, gmcrafter made the call to see a flop of [Ad] [9c] [2s]. Aquasces1 bet pot and then called gmcrafter's reraise all-in, turning up [As] [Kc] [9s] [6c] for top two pair, but gmcrafter held the better hand with [9d] [9h] [8d] [4h] for middle set. The [8c] turn and [7s] river changed nothing and made Aquasces1's 3rd-place finish ($34,020) official. The chip lead belonged to gmcrafter as heads-up play began, but bleu329 didn't let that stand in the way of a victory. The final matchup between the two lasted for 13 hands, every single one of which was won by bleu329. The majority of those were of the raise-and-take-it variety, but three pots worth at least 22 big blinds did the real damage. In the first, worth 110K, bleu329's [Th] [9h] [3d] [2d] rivered a flush to scoop on a board of [Qh] [5h] [Td] [Qc] [4h]. The second one, worth 290K, was the real key, as bleu329 hit a pretty big flop and only improved from there: <Center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276347_4CF347C8D1.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276347{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276347_4CF347C8D1.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276347{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center><center>RSS readers, please click through for replay</center> Three hands later the tournament would come to a close after a relatively rare preflop raising war resulted in gmcrafter getting all-in for 92K with [As] [2s] [Ks] [9h]. bleu329 was a bit behind with [Ah] [7d] [Th] [3h], but the [6d] [4s] [5d] flop gave the player from Thailand a seven-high straight and the lead for the high half of the pot. The [Ts] on the turn threatened to give gmcrafter a scoop with the nut low and nut high in the event that another spade should hit the river. But instead the [2c] came, giving bleu329's [Ah] [3h] the nut low instead. And since his flopped straight hadn't been outdrawn, the pot was another scoop. That left Chile's gmcrafter with no chips and the runner-up prize of $44,800. And for the second time this week, despite internet connectivity issues, bleu329 was the last player standing at the end of a SCOOP event. The top prize of $64,400 in this event helped to boost this week's take for bleu329 north of $157K. It's been a fine run any poker player would be happy to go on, and congratulations are in order for the now-two-time champion. SCOOP Event 32-H: $2,100 PL Omaha Hi/Lo $250,000 guaranteed 140 entrants, $280,000 prize pool 18 places paid 1st place: bleu329 (Thailand) $64,400 2nd place: gmcrafter (Chile) $44,800 3rd place: Aquasces1 (Canada) $34,020 4th place: PICKLED EGG (Brazil) $25,200 5th place: Mafews (United Kingdom) $16,800 6th place: Rodrigo "caprioli" Caprioli (Brazil) $14,000 7th place: Lyndon360 (New Zealand) $11,200 8th place: kuhns89 (Germany) $8,400 9th place: Lovos111 (Sweden) $7,000 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337378909) } [6]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(70) "UKIPT Dublin, S3: Kollander rinses the Day 1 field, leads with 151,900" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(8837) "<img alt="ukiptthumb.JPG" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukiptthumb.JPG" width="120" height="92" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />Online grinder Gabriel Kollander took the UKIPT Dublin chip lead at the bell with a stack of 151,900, swiping the overall chip lead away from <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-champion-performance-top-094506.html">Day 1A's William Champion</a>. The 23-year-old American, who plays under the name $indabank111 on PokerStars, is playing his first live tournament and, so far, things seem to be going well as he put himself at the front of the line for the €100,000 first place prize. All well except for the small problem of some errant chips, but we'll come to that. Before Kollander's late surge, thanks to a large pot in the final couple of hands, David Brady was leading the race to be Day 1B chip leader with 114,000. Up until then it was looking like it may be a break in conventional poker wisdom; that the largest stack going into Day 2 would be from the first, smaller half of the draw. Brady wore a greedy hat and seemed to play as such, hoovering up chips like cocktail sausages at a Christmas party. It wasn't blind gluttony. Late on he passed to a single raise on his big blind with relaxed discipline, his opponent flashed aces. Then Kollander came through. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_darren taylor.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477-thumb-300x450-164417.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> <center>Leading until late: David Brady</center> The Californian had been studying at the University of Hawaii when Black Friday struck and after some commuting back and forth decided to relocate to Toronto. Somewhat incredibly this is the online grinder's first major live tournament, but he soon revealed some live inexperience. Having already bagged his chips, Kollander was in the process of being interviewed by the PokerStars Blog, in the presence of tournament floor staff no less, when he absent-mindedly stuck his hand in his hoody pocket and pulled a couple of low denomination chips out, looking slightly confused as to what they were doing there. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27802.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_gabriel kollander.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27802-thumb-450x300-164446.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> <center>Day 1 chip leader Gabriel Kollander</center> "Oh, I didn't even know I had these. Is that a problem?" said Kollander. The floor staff swiftly indicated that it was. Kollander put them on the table, they weren't worth much. "Sorry, I don't know. I just found them. I think it was when I had that huge pot. I can just forget that I had them. I don't care that much," he chuckled, perhaps not realising the gravity of the situation. UKIPT tournament director Toby Stone was called over. "This should make a great blog entry. Guy has a load of chips but is an idiot at the same time and messes up the whole tournament," said Kollander, while waiting for Stone. "They were in your pocket?" asked Stone. "I'm sorry," said Kollander, looking equally amused and surprised by the chips appearance. "I'm keeping them now. What were they doing in your pocket?" asked Stone. Kolander explained that he'd won a big pot late on, that some chips must have fallen over the lip of the table - his stack was certainly large enough, that pot messy enough. The story checked out. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27501.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_chip.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27501-thumb-450x300-164444.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Chips, they have a tendency to roll</center> "You know you can never, ever put chips in your pocket in any tournament in the world?" said Stone. "I didn't realise I had. I prefer to display them out front to scare people." Stone seemed satisfied it was a genuine mistake, it certainly seemed to be. A lesson learnt for the online player: get better at stacking your betting discs. Kollander's topped a 398-strong field, which was exactly twice the size of that yesterday. Just 153 made it through among which were UKIPT Newcastle champion Richard Sinclair (30,100), Mark Muldoon (103,000), Martin Baláž (98,800), Sam Grafton (63,500) and, so we've been told, a Big Brother contestant by the name of Glen 'Spiral' Coroner (103,000). Grafton, 'high in confidence' after his $234,193 SCOOP result (<a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-1-updates-2-094532.html">see 3pm: Getting the SCOOP with Sam Grafton</a>), started badly, down to just 6,000 early on. Quad aces and a set of kings helped breathe life back into his tournament ambitions and he chipped up steadily from there. Come the close of play he had a short stacked WSOPE winner, Scott Shelley, on his right and a big stacked Martin Baláž to his left. Shelley also made it through (32,500). Many others did not. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318-thumb-450x300-164362.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Sam 'Sam Squid' Grafton</center> Andy Black turned up late, sleeping off the night before we've been told, and if the photos are to be believed wasn't necessarily in the finest of fettle. His UKIPT Dublin adventure didn't last but with 244 other fallers today he was far from alone. Craig Burke, looking for three from three Season 3 cashes, hit the rail, as did many others; Ian Woodley, Daiva Barauskaite, Damian Porebski, EPT Tallinn runner-up Grzegorz Cichocki, Michael Leedham, Paul Jackson, Albert Sapiano, Mick McCloskey and Ciaran Taggart were just a few players to go. They are now just footprints in the history of UKIPT Dublin. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430-thumb-300x450-164393.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Andy Black</center> Focus tomorrow will be on the 244 remaining players, the 153 of today that joined the 91 of Day 1A, and which can make the final 72 places that pay. The prize pool was confirmed late in the day and it looks like a juicy one. This season's increase in buy-in has swollen the pay outs making some very attractive prize pools. To find out who makes it and who doesn't, join us from 12 noon tomorrow. To catch up with the action from today click on the links below. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">Click here to see combined Day 1 chip counts</a> and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt-dublin-s3-prizepool-and-payouts.html">here if you you want to see the prize pool</a>. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-1-updates-2-094532.html">Levels 1-4</a> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-5-updates-b-094549.html">Levels 5-8</a> All images are copyright of Mickey May and must credited as such. She can kick at head height even with an injured leg, which is something Chuck Norris is unable to. " ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(11) "Rick Dacey " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "UKIPT" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-kollander-rinses-the-day-094567.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-kollander-rinses-the-day-094567.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "UKIPT" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 14:03:08 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(8837) "<img alt="ukiptthumb.JPG" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukiptthumb.JPG" width="120" height="92" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />Online grinder Gabriel Kollander took the UKIPT Dublin chip lead at the bell with a stack of 151,900, swiping the overall chip lead away from <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-champion-performance-top-094506.html">Day 1A's William Champion</a>. The 23-year-old American, who plays under the name $indabank111 on PokerStars, is playing his first live tournament and, so far, things seem to be going well as he put himself at the front of the line for the €100,000 first place prize. All well except for the small problem of some errant chips, but we'll come to that. Before Kollander's late surge, thanks to a large pot in the final couple of hands, David Brady was leading the race to be Day 1B chip leader with 114,000. Up until then it was looking like it may be a break in conventional poker wisdom; that the largest stack going into Day 2 would be from the first, smaller half of the draw. Brady wore a greedy hat and seemed to play as such, hoovering up chips like cocktail sausages at a Christmas party. It wasn't blind gluttony. Late on he passed to a single raise on his big blind with relaxed discipline, his opponent flashed aces. Then Kollander came through. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_darren taylor.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477-thumb-300x450-164417.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> <center>Leading until late: David Brady</center> The Californian had been studying at the University of Hawaii when Black Friday struck and after some commuting back and forth decided to relocate to Toronto. Somewhat incredibly this is the online grinder's first major live tournament, but he soon revealed some live inexperience. Having already bagged his chips, Kollander was in the process of being interviewed by the PokerStars Blog, in the presence of tournament floor staff no less, when he absent-mindedly stuck his hand in his hoody pocket and pulled a couple of low denomination chips out, looking slightly confused as to what they were doing there. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27802.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_gabriel kollander.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27802-thumb-450x300-164446.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> <center>Day 1 chip leader Gabriel Kollander</center> "Oh, I didn't even know I had these. Is that a problem?" said Kollander. The floor staff swiftly indicated that it was. Kollander put them on the table, they weren't worth much. "Sorry, I don't know. I just found them. I think it was when I had that huge pot. I can just forget that I had them. I don't care that much," he chuckled, perhaps not realising the gravity of the situation. UKIPT tournament director Toby Stone was called over. "This should make a great blog entry. Guy has a load of chips but is an idiot at the same time and messes up the whole tournament," said Kollander, while waiting for Stone. "They were in your pocket?" asked Stone. "I'm sorry," said Kollander, looking equally amused and surprised by the chips appearance. "I'm keeping them now. What were they doing in your pocket?" asked Stone. Kolander explained that he'd won a big pot late on, that some chips must have fallen over the lip of the table - his stack was certainly large enough, that pot messy enough. The story checked out. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27501.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_chip.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27501-thumb-450x300-164444.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Chips, they have a tendency to roll</center> "You know you can never, ever put chips in your pocket in any tournament in the world?" said Stone. "I didn't realise I had. I prefer to display them out front to scare people." Stone seemed satisfied it was a genuine mistake, it certainly seemed to be. A lesson learnt for the online player: get better at stacking your betting discs. Kollander's topped a 398-strong field, which was exactly twice the size of that yesterday. Just 153 made it through among which were UKIPT Newcastle champion Richard Sinclair (30,100), Mark Muldoon (103,000), Martin Baláž (98,800), Sam Grafton (63,500) and, so we've been told, a Big Brother contestant by the name of Glen 'Spiral' Coroner (103,000). Grafton, 'high in confidence' after his $234,193 SCOOP result (<a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-1-updates-2-094532.html">see 3pm: Getting the SCOOP with Sam Grafton</a>), started badly, down to just 6,000 early on. Quad aces and a set of kings helped breathe life back into his tournament ambitions and he chipped up steadily from there. Come the close of play he had a short stacked WSOPE winner, Scott Shelley, on his right and a big stacked Martin Baláž to his left. Shelley also made it through (32,500). Many others did not. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318-thumb-450x300-164362.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Sam 'Sam Squid' Grafton</center> Andy Black turned up late, sleeping off the night before we've been told, and if the photos are to be believed wasn't necessarily in the finest of fettle. His UKIPT Dublin adventure didn't last but with 244 other fallers today he was far from alone. Craig Burke, looking for three from three Season 3 cashes, hit the rail, as did many others; Ian Woodley, Daiva Barauskaite, Damian Porebski, EPT Tallinn runner-up Grzegorz Cichocki, Michael Leedham, Paul Jackson, Albert Sapiano, Mick McCloskey and Ciaran Taggart were just a few players to go. They are now just footprints in the history of UKIPT Dublin. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430-thumb-300x450-164393.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Andy Black</center> Focus tomorrow will be on the 244 remaining players, the 153 of today that joined the 91 of Day 1A, and which can make the final 72 places that pay. The prize pool was confirmed late in the day and it looks like a juicy one. This season's increase in buy-in has swollen the pay outs making some very attractive prize pools. To find out who makes it and who doesn't, join us from 12 noon tomorrow. To catch up with the action from today click on the links below. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">Click here to see combined Day 1 chip counts</a> and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt-dublin-s3-prizepool-and-payouts.html">here if you you want to see the prize pool</a>. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-1-updates-2-094532.html">Levels 1-4</a> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-5-updates-b-094549.html">Levels 5-8</a> All images are copyright of Mickey May and must credited as such. She can kick at head height even with an injured leg, which is something Chuck Norris is unable to. " ["category@term"]=> string(5) "UKIPT" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337378588) } [7]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(76) "SCOOP 2012: sitation handles the situation, winning Event #32-M ($215 PLO8)" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(18426) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="100" width="130" />Gamble or be gone. Cashcid Linc would come to the final table with the right gambling mindset that got the German heads-up for the title but sitation remained calm enough to take down the SCOOP 2012 Event #32-M title. In what was a two-day affair looked like a massive rush to the exit as the 31 20-minute levels only left our final nine holding on to their chip overnight. Players like <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/martin-staszko/">Team PokerStars Pro Martin Staszko</a> (104th place, $383.04), James "Andy McLEOD" Obst (22th place, $839.04) and Noah "Exclusive" Boeken (21st place $839.04) made the cash and threatened late but were swept up by the wave of scoops. 912 players piled into this Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo tournament giving us a $182,400 prize pool which once again beat out the $150,000.00 guarantee. Medium level <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/scoop/player-of-the-series/">Player of the Series</a> leading SebbyGl did not signed up to risk getting a few extra points to bolster the lead. Tied for second place, cyberkanguru did sign up but faded fairly early in the first day finishing 406th. Also tied for second place in the standing was newly minted SCOOP champ <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-dan-djk123-kelly-adds-scoop-t-094511.html">Dan "djk123" Kelly</a> who would fare a little better, but finished out of the cash in 274th place. Down to 12 players left and nearly 30 minutes of play before the tournament would take a break for the evening it was evident that we would reach the final table tonight. With the blinds at 10K/20K midastruck went looking for gold against a short-stacked theone93 preflop. 441,818 chips in the middle as theone93 needed to hit with [As][4c][Qd][9d] but was up against a better low draw [7s][2s][Qh][Ac]. Not a nut-nut hand but close enough as midastruck not only hit a flush but the wheel as well [5d] [Ts] [8s] [4s] [3c] ending theone93's night in 12th place ($1,915.20). Three minutes later trelskig would be in a similar short-stacked position as theone93 hoping to double up before the long break. RoxmorE had another plans and matched the pot bets from trelskig until both were all-in preflop. Suited aces [As] [5h] [Ad] [Qh] for RoxmorE would be a tall order for trelskig's better low draw, pocket eights, and suited ace [8h] [2d] [8c] [Ac]. The flop [4d] [3c] [4c] was everything trelskig could ask for but the turn [Ks] and river [Td] came up woefully short as trelskig would be invited to day two finishing in 11th place ($1,915.20). Eight minutes before the two tables would break for the evening superowl99, who finished <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2011/scoop-ozenc-follows-the-yellow-brick-roa-081632.html">runner up to ozenc in the high-version of this event last year</a> would take a chance against paulgees81 by shoving [Ac][Th][7c][4c]. Unfortunately, the soon-to-be overnight chip leader was more than happy to call with suited aces [Ah][2d][4d][Ad]. Despite picking up a straight flush draw on the turn, the [Ts] [6c] [9h] [5c] [6d] did not get superowl99 out of this jam, and would not return to a SCOOP PLO8 final table as the final table was set below: <center><a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP_Event32-M_051812.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP_Event32-M_051812.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP_Event32-M_051812-thumb-450x328-164440.jpg" width="450" height="328" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a></center> Seat 1: midastruck (515143 in chips) Seat 2: remsi144 (567815 in chips) Seat 3: Cashcid Linc (384854 in chips) Seat 4: daxfut (406739 in chips) Seat 5: XoTime (427582 in chips) Seat 6: paulgees81 (1077729 in chips) Seat 7: sitation (508921 in chips) Seat 8: RoxmorE (460465 in chips) Seat 9: DrKoolDan (210752 in chips) RoxmoreE would be trying to get back into the spotlight today after taking down the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/sm/2009/roxmore-comes-from-behind-and-rocks-the-037989.html">Sunday Million a few years ago for $121K</a>. But, the eyes would be on the overnight chip leader as paulgees81 brings a <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/sm/2011/geez-paulgees81-wins-25389460-for-sunday-077800.html">Sunday Million win from last year for $253K</a>, Semifinalist in this year's <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-shizzleness-wins-this-event-1-094257.html">SCOOP Event #12-H</a> (PLO Heads-up) for $33K, and (5th place ($14,700) <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-borys313-wins-event-15-h-2100-094271.html">Event #15-H</a> (again fittingly Omaha Hi-Lo). No passive play allowed at this final table as the players returned to 20 minute blinds and average stacks near 20 big blinds. True to form the final table's second hand would have DrKoolDan and midastruck all-in preflop but they would split the 459,004 chip pot as the blinds immediately moved up to 12.5K/25K. Cashcid Linc showed a willingness to go toe-to-toe with the most accomplished player at the final table, taking down a 732,208 chip scoop from paulgees81early on. Chip leader asks for more chips paulgees81 would take a hit from losing the all-in to Cashcid Linc, but four hands later would take some of those chips from other sources. With the blinds still at 12.5K/25K, paulgees81 would open for 54,250 chips as DrKoolDan called from the cutoff and the blinds folded to see a [3h][Kh][8c] flop. paulgees81 kept the pressure on with a 146,000 chip bet as DrKoolDan felt it was time to double-up and shoved for 217,752 total. paulgees81 would make the call holding [Ah] [4s] [8d] [Jc] for a pair of eights and a low draw as DrKoolDan's tournament hinged on [5h] [2h] [Ks] [As] top pair, a flush draw, and the nut low draw. Seemed ripe for a scoop by DrKoolDan as the turn [5s] gave DrKoolDan the nut-low, but the [2c] turned a 180 on the hand by giving paulgees81 the wheel and the 581,504 chip pot. Despite the uncool finish, DrKoolDan would take away $2,280.00 in ninth place. sitation sits on the nuts Blinds moving up to 15K/30K as two short stacks would try to pick the pockets of paulgees81. Watch below for the three-way all-in preflop between sitation, paulgees81, and XOTime ends with one player holding 1.2 million chips and one player holding eighth place cash: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276313_2FAD0601D3.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276313{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276313_2FAD0601D3.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276313{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <div style="text-align: center;">RSS readers please click through to view video</div> XoTime: [Ac] [2c] [Qc] [3s] paulgees81: [As] [5s] [2h] [Qs] sitation: [Ad] [Jd] [6c] [Ah] All three players holding premium hands but the all-diamond flop [5d] [Kd] [6d] would give sitation the nut flush. Two high cards later on the turn [Qd] and river [Th] shipped the entire 1.29 million chip pot to sitation, leaving paulgees81 with under 500K, and XoTime holding eighth place cash ($3,739.20). Rox'd The 15K/30K blind level went smoothly after that big three-way all-in and the 20K/40K blind level was much of the same except for Cashcid Linc dragging a monster one million chip scoop off daxfut. Seven hands after the seven figure pot RoxmorE would start the betting with a raise to 88,000 as remsi144 shoved all-in for 276,203. Holding a double-suited low hand [3h] [5d] [Jh] [Ad] RoxmorE made the call and needed a little help facing the aces of remsi144 [Ah] [As] [7s] [9s]. The low never materialized but the diamonds did [Jd] [6d] [7c] [Td] [9h] giving RoxmorE the nut flush and sending remsi144 home in seventh place ($5,544.96). Not adding a SCOOP title today Winning a Sunday Major such as the Sunday Million is a tremendous feat. Adding a WCOOP or SCOOP title to that gives you even more tournament cred. paulgees81 has the Sunday Million title and already made one final table in this series. And despite bringing the chip lead into today, it was not to be. With the blinds still at 20K/40K and down to 180,600 chips due to that million chip pot against sitation and only winning the blinds once since that hand, paulgees81 needed some serious help. A pot bet for paulgees81 to lead off the betting got a re-raise from midastruck as paulgees81 only had 40,600 behind to make the call holding [9c] [4c] [Jh] [8d]. midastruck however held a premium double-suited hand much better low possibilities [4h] [3h] [Ts] [As]. Neither player would connect to the [2c] [Qd] [5c] [7s] [5d] as midastruck's nut-low plus ace-ten high played to win the 421,200 chip pot, as paulgees81 settled for sixth place ($7,368.96). Nuts meet the second nuts In the tournament's biggest pot to this point, sitation would trade bets with RoxmorE preflop as both slowly got 1.59 million chips in the middle. RoxmorE turned up [2s] [Qh] [6h] [Ad] as sitation held the same low draw but with a suited aces [Ah] [2c] [4h] [As]. The board would give both players a hearts flush [9h] [5s] [8h] [Kh] [Td] but sitation's ace-high allowed the Swede to extend the chip lead as RoxmorE got rox'd in fifth place ($9,192.96). Winning ugly is necessary, but not nice Thanks to the added cards, Omaha tends to produce more than its share of groan worthy boards where a player comes out of nowhere to win. Feast your eyes on the hand example below between daxfut and midastruck. Aces cracked and then... not so much. <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276330_F9B6FB865A.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276330{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276330_F9B6FB865A.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276330{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <div style="text-align: center;">RSS readers please click through to view video</div> midastruck held the aces [Ad] [Ac] [9h] [4d] after daxfut smooth called the raise from the small blind holding [3h] [2h] [3s] [4h]. The [3d] [6h] [Ts] got daxfut to immediate shove 239,781 chips in as midastruck wept over cracked aces. [6s] on the turn gave daxfut a boat but still open for hitting a low on the river. However, midastruck found the golden touch and wanted it all as the [6d] river counterfeited daxfut's boat giving midastruck the higher full house for the entire 779,562 chip pot. A brief chip-chop discussion would bring Team Online's Adrienne "talonchick" Rowsome http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/team-online/adrienne-rowsome/ out on the floor. However Cashcid Linc had the need to gamble and sitation's chip lead was a little too big to give any money away as the threesome got back into the game. Struck is stuck Blinds moving up to 25K/50K midastruck would take a massive hit against Cashcid Linc as a low draw missed against Cashcid Linc's aces for a 2.1 million chip scoop. Three hands later holding only 291,182 chips midastruck tried to make something happen from the button with a pot sized raise as sitation called out of the big blind to see a [Jd] [4d] [5h] flop. sitation would bet enough to put the short stack all-in as midastruck called holding kings [2c] [Kc] [Th] [Kd]. sitation needed some help with [Ac] [6s] [5s] [2h] was a lock for a low if any non-pairing low card hit. A pair of aces [Ah] [As] was exactly the type of drop needed for sitation as midastruck golden reign came to an end in third place ($17,692.80). Again the players would ask for Rowsome's assistance but Cashcid Linc wanted an even chop despite sitation holding a one million chip lead. sitation declined the offer as Cashcid Linc was ready once again to GAMBOOOOOOOL!. Take it, take it, ok I'll just take it all See this pretty thing? It will go around the winner's wrist (or ankle if you are like Shaun Deeb with four of these watches) <center><a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoopwatch_champion.jpg"><img alt="scoopwatch_champion.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/scoopwatch_champion-thumb-450x600-164438.jpg" width="450" height="600" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a></center> <div style="text-align: center;">SCOOP Champion's Watch</div> Heads-up play consisted of mostly raise it and take it preflop for nine minutes until the big hand hit. With the blinds at 30K/60K both players had plenty of chips to hold out for a while as sitation retained the chip lead and made a raise to 142,00 from the button as Cashcid Linc called to see [Th][7s][6s] on the flop. Cashcid Linc checked as sitation pushed out 240,000 and Cashcid Linc check-raised to a little more than a million. Top set plus a flush draw is hard to get away from as sitation re-raised all-in holding [Ts][Jh][Tc][2s]. Cashcid Linc was true to the gambling form and called with the flush draw and an emergency low draw [8s] [Kh] [8d] [As]. The [8c] turn did not really help Cashcid Linc nor did the [9d] as the straight on the board would chop up a NLHE game, but in Omaha both sets played and sitation's top set would take down the 4.3 million chip pot along with $32,832.00 and the SCOOP 2012 Event #32-M title! Players Entered: 912 Total Prize Pool: $182,400.00 Places Paid: 117 $150,000 guarantee SCOOP 2012 Event #32-M $215 PLO8 results (05-18-12): 1. sitation (Sweden) $32,832.00 2. Cashcid Linc (Germany) $23,712.00 3. midastruck (United Kingdom) $17,692.80 4. daxfut (Austria) $13,224.00 5. RoxmorE (Norway) $9,192.96 6. paulgees81 (Canada) $7,368.96 7. remsi144 (Switzerland) $5,544.96 8. XoTime (Portugal) $3,739.20 9. DrKoolDan (Romania) $2,280.00 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(11) "David Aydt " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-sitation-handles-the-situatio-094563.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-sitation-handles-the-situatio-094563.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 13:03:45 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(18426) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="100" width="130" />Gamble or be gone. Cashcid Linc would come to the final table with the right gambling mindset that got the German heads-up for the title but sitation remained calm enough to take down the SCOOP 2012 Event #32-M title. In what was a two-day affair looked like a massive rush to the exit as the 31 20-minute levels only left our final nine holding on to their chip overnight. Players like <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/martin-staszko/">Team PokerStars Pro Martin Staszko</a> (104th place, $383.04), James "Andy McLEOD" Obst (22th place, $839.04) and Noah "Exclusive" Boeken (21st place $839.04) made the cash and threatened late but were swept up by the wave of scoops. 912 players piled into this Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo tournament giving us a $182,400 prize pool which once again beat out the $150,000.00 guarantee. Medium level <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/scoop/player-of-the-series/">Player of the Series</a> leading SebbyGl did not signed up to risk getting a few extra points to bolster the lead. Tied for second place, cyberkanguru did sign up but faded fairly early in the first day finishing 406th. Also tied for second place in the standing was newly minted SCOOP champ <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-dan-djk123-kelly-adds-scoop-t-094511.html">Dan "djk123" Kelly</a> who would fare a little better, but finished out of the cash in 274th place. Down to 12 players left and nearly 30 minutes of play before the tournament would take a break for the evening it was evident that we would reach the final table tonight. With the blinds at 10K/20K midastruck went looking for gold against a short-stacked theone93 preflop. 441,818 chips in the middle as theone93 needed to hit with [As][4c][Qd][9d] but was up against a better low draw [7s][2s][Qh][Ac]. Not a nut-nut hand but close enough as midastruck not only hit a flush but the wheel as well [5d] [Ts] [8s] [4s] [3c] ending theone93's night in 12th place ($1,915.20). Three minutes later trelskig would be in a similar short-stacked position as theone93 hoping to double up before the long break. RoxmorE had another plans and matched the pot bets from trelskig until both were all-in preflop. Suited aces [As] [5h] [Ad] [Qh] for RoxmorE would be a tall order for trelskig's better low draw, pocket eights, and suited ace [8h] [2d] [8c] [Ac]. The flop [4d] [3c] [4c] was everything trelskig could ask for but the turn [Ks] and river [Td] came up woefully short as trelskig would be invited to day two finishing in 11th place ($1,915.20). Eight minutes before the two tables would break for the evening superowl99, who finished <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2011/scoop-ozenc-follows-the-yellow-brick-roa-081632.html">runner up to ozenc in the high-version of this event last year</a> would take a chance against paulgees81 by shoving [Ac][Th][7c][4c]. Unfortunately, the soon-to-be overnight chip leader was more than happy to call with suited aces [Ah][2d][4d][Ad]. Despite picking up a straight flush draw on the turn, the [Ts] [6c] [9h] [5c] [6d] did not get superowl99 out of this jam, and would not return to a SCOOP PLO8 final table as the final table was set below: <center><a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP_Event32-M_051812.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP_Event32-M_051812.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP_Event32-M_051812-thumb-450x328-164440.jpg" width="450" height="328" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a></center> Seat 1: midastruck (515143 in chips) Seat 2: remsi144 (567815 in chips) Seat 3: Cashcid Linc (384854 in chips) Seat 4: daxfut (406739 in chips) Seat 5: XoTime (427582 in chips) Seat 6: paulgees81 (1077729 in chips) Seat 7: sitation (508921 in chips) Seat 8: RoxmorE (460465 in chips) Seat 9: DrKoolDan (210752 in chips) RoxmoreE would be trying to get back into the spotlight today after taking down the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/sm/2009/roxmore-comes-from-behind-and-rocks-the-037989.html">Sunday Million a few years ago for $121K</a>. But, the eyes would be on the overnight chip leader as paulgees81 brings a <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/sm/2011/geez-paulgees81-wins-25389460-for-sunday-077800.html">Sunday Million win from last year for $253K</a>, Semifinalist in this year's <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-shizzleness-wins-this-event-1-094257.html">SCOOP Event #12-H</a> (PLO Heads-up) for $33K, and (5th place ($14,700) <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-borys313-wins-event-15-h-2100-094271.html">Event #15-H</a> (again fittingly Omaha Hi-Lo). No passive play allowed at this final table as the players returned to 20 minute blinds and average stacks near 20 big blinds. True to form the final table's second hand would have DrKoolDan and midastruck all-in preflop but they would split the 459,004 chip pot as the blinds immediately moved up to 12.5K/25K. Cashcid Linc showed a willingness to go toe-to-toe with the most accomplished player at the final table, taking down a 732,208 chip scoop from paulgees81early on. Chip leader asks for more chips paulgees81 would take a hit from losing the all-in to Cashcid Linc, but four hands later would take some of those chips from other sources. With the blinds still at 12.5K/25K, paulgees81 would open for 54,250 chips as DrKoolDan called from the cutoff and the blinds folded to see a [3h][Kh][8c] flop. paulgees81 kept the pressure on with a 146,000 chip bet as DrKoolDan felt it was time to double-up and shoved for 217,752 total. paulgees81 would make the call holding [Ah] [4s] [8d] [Jc] for a pair of eights and a low draw as DrKoolDan's tournament hinged on [5h] [2h] [Ks] [As] top pair, a flush draw, and the nut low draw. Seemed ripe for a scoop by DrKoolDan as the turn [5s] gave DrKoolDan the nut-low, but the [2c] turned a 180 on the hand by giving paulgees81 the wheel and the 581,504 chip pot. Despite the uncool finish, DrKoolDan would take away $2,280.00 in ninth place. sitation sits on the nuts Blinds moving up to 15K/30K as two short stacks would try to pick the pockets of paulgees81. Watch below for the three-way all-in preflop between sitation, paulgees81, and XOTime ends with one player holding 1.2 million chips and one player holding eighth place cash: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276313_2FAD0601D3.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276313{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276313_2FAD0601D3.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276313{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <div style="text-align: center;">RSS readers please click through to view video</div> XoTime: [Ac] [2c] [Qc] [3s] paulgees81: [As] [5s] [2h] [Qs] sitation: [Ad] [Jd] [6c] [Ah] All three players holding premium hands but the all-diamond flop [5d] [Kd] [6d] would give sitation the nut flush. Two high cards later on the turn [Qd] and river [Th] shipped the entire 1.29 million chip pot to sitation, leaving paulgees81 with under 500K, and XoTime holding eighth place cash ($3,739.20). Rox'd The 15K/30K blind level went smoothly after that big three-way all-in and the 20K/40K blind level was much of the same except for Cashcid Linc dragging a monster one million chip scoop off daxfut. Seven hands after the seven figure pot RoxmorE would start the betting with a raise to 88,000 as remsi144 shoved all-in for 276,203. Holding a double-suited low hand [3h] [5d] [Jh] [Ad] RoxmorE made the call and needed a little help facing the aces of remsi144 [Ah] [As] [7s] [9s]. The low never materialized but the diamonds did [Jd] [6d] [7c] [Td] [9h] giving RoxmorE the nut flush and sending remsi144 home in seventh place ($5,544.96). Not adding a SCOOP title today Winning a Sunday Major such as the Sunday Million is a tremendous feat. Adding a WCOOP or SCOOP title to that gives you even more tournament cred. paulgees81 has the Sunday Million title and already made one final table in this series. And despite bringing the chip lead into today, it was not to be. With the blinds still at 20K/40K and down to 180,600 chips due to that million chip pot against sitation and only winning the blinds once since that hand, paulgees81 needed some serious help. A pot bet for paulgees81 to lead off the betting got a re-raise from midastruck as paulgees81 only had 40,600 behind to make the call holding [9c] [4c] [Jh] [8d]. midastruck however held a premium double-suited hand much better low possibilities [4h] [3h] [Ts] [As]. Neither player would connect to the [2c] [Qd] [5c] [7s] [5d] as midastruck's nut-low plus ace-ten high played to win the 421,200 chip pot, as paulgees81 settled for sixth place ($7,368.96). Nuts meet the second nuts In the tournament's biggest pot to this point, sitation would trade bets with RoxmorE preflop as both slowly got 1.59 million chips in the middle. RoxmorE turned up [2s] [Qh] [6h] [Ad] as sitation held the same low draw but with a suited aces [Ah] [2c] [4h] [As]. The board would give both players a hearts flush [9h] [5s] [8h] [Kh] [Td] but sitation's ace-high allowed the Swede to extend the chip lead as RoxmorE got rox'd in fifth place ($9,192.96). Winning ugly is necessary, but not nice Thanks to the added cards, Omaha tends to produce more than its share of groan worthy boards where a player comes out of nowhere to win. Feast your eyes on the hand example below between daxfut and midastruck. Aces cracked and then... not so much. <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276330_F9B6FB865A.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276330{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276330_F9B6FB865A.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276330{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <div style="text-align: center;">RSS readers please click through to view video</div> midastruck held the aces [Ad] [Ac] [9h] [4d] after daxfut smooth called the raise from the small blind holding [3h] [2h] [3s] [4h]. The [3d] [6h] [Ts] got daxfut to immediate shove 239,781 chips in as midastruck wept over cracked aces. [6s] on the turn gave daxfut a boat but still open for hitting a low on the river. However, midastruck found the golden touch and wanted it all as the [6d] river counterfeited daxfut's boat giving midastruck the higher full house for the entire 779,562 chip pot. A brief chip-chop discussion would bring Team Online's Adrienne "talonchick" Rowsome http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/team-online/adrienne-rowsome/ out on the floor. However Cashcid Linc had the need to gamble and sitation's chip lead was a little too big to give any money away as the threesome got back into the game. Struck is stuck Blinds moving up to 25K/50K midastruck would take a massive hit against Cashcid Linc as a low draw missed against Cashcid Linc's aces for a 2.1 million chip scoop. Three hands later holding only 291,182 chips midastruck tried to make something happen from the button with a pot sized raise as sitation called out of the big blind to see a [Jd] [4d] [5h] flop. sitation would bet enough to put the short stack all-in as midastruck called holding kings [2c] [Kc] [Th] [Kd]. sitation needed some help with [Ac] [6s] [5s] [2h] was a lock for a low if any non-pairing low card hit. A pair of aces [Ah] [As] was exactly the type of drop needed for sitation as midastruck golden reign came to an end in third place ($17,692.80). Again the players would ask for Rowsome's assistance but Cashcid Linc wanted an even chop despite sitation holding a one million chip lead. sitation declined the offer as Cashcid Linc was ready once again to GAMBOOOOOOOL!. Take it, take it, ok I'll just take it all See this pretty thing? It will go around the winner's wrist (or ankle if you are like Shaun Deeb with four of these watches) <center><a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoopwatch_champion.jpg"><img alt="scoopwatch_champion.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/scoopwatch_champion-thumb-450x600-164438.jpg" width="450" height="600" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a></center> <div style="text-align: center;">SCOOP Champion's Watch</div> Heads-up play consisted of mostly raise it and take it preflop for nine minutes until the big hand hit. With the blinds at 30K/60K both players had plenty of chips to hold out for a while as sitation retained the chip lead and made a raise to 142,00 from the button as Cashcid Linc called to see [Th][7s][6s] on the flop. Cashcid Linc checked as sitation pushed out 240,000 and Cashcid Linc check-raised to a little more than a million. Top set plus a flush draw is hard to get away from as sitation re-raised all-in holding [Ts][Jh][Tc][2s]. Cashcid Linc was true to the gambling form and called with the flush draw and an emergency low draw [8s] [Kh] [8d] [As]. The [8c] turn did not really help Cashcid Linc nor did the [9d] as the straight on the board would chop up a NLHE game, but in Omaha both sets played and sitation's top set would take down the 4.3 million chip pot along with $32,832.00 and the SCOOP 2012 Event #32-M title! Players Entered: 912 Total Prize Pool: $182,400.00 Places Paid: 117 $150,000 guarantee SCOOP 2012 Event #32-M $215 PLO8 results (05-18-12): 1. sitation (Sweden) $32,832.00 2. Cashcid Linc (Germany) $23,712.00 3. midastruck (United Kingdom) $17,692.80 4. daxfut (Austria) $13,224.00 5. RoxmorE (Norway) $9,192.96 6. paulgees81 (Canada) $7,368.96 7. remsi144 (Switzerland) $5,544.96 8. XoTime (Portugal) $3,739.20 9. DrKoolDan (Romania) $2,280.00 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337375025) } [8]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(74) "SCOOP 2012: No challenge too tall for DamienRise in Event 32-Low, $27 PLO8" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(10767) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />SCOOP is all about great structures at buy-ins for all bankrolls, low, medium and high. The structures are so great, in fact, that PokerStars has migrated many of the events to two-day events so that the players can be rested and refreshed when making the late-tournament decisions that matter the most. Sometimes, however, the players have other ideas. The action generated in 2012 SCOOP Event 32-Low, $27 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo threatened to turn a two-day event into a one-day affair. But the tournament did make it to its second day, with four players still in, and at the end of that second day DamienRise amassed all of the chips. We're 32 events into the 2012 SCOOP, and Event 32-Low, $27 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo is the closest I've seen to a guarantee not being met. PokerStars set the guarantee for this event at $75,000; the 4,282 registrants created a prize pool of $107,000. It was nowhere close to not meeting the guarantee, but it didn't double the guarantee as many others events have (perhaps a statement about the desire of PokerStars players to play pot-limit split). Nonetheless, 540 players wouldn't have much to complain about, as they would be the ones carving up that prize pool. The lowest payout was worth $44.96; the largest, for the champion, a tidy five-figure sum of $16,808.74 and a Movado watch. Six Team PokerStars Pro and five PokerStars Team Online players entered this tournament. All of Team Online failed to make the money, with Roy "GodlikeRoy" Bhasin's bustout perhaps the most painful. He finished 544th, just four spots out of the money. The Team Pros fared better, with both Martin Staszko (144th, $112.40) and Marcin "Goral" Horecki (31st, $240.86) pushing into the money and making respectably deep runs. Their runs, however, were not deep enough to make the final table in this two-day event - a final table that commenced late on Day 1 with these nine players. Seat 1: AugustasN (5368352 in chips) Seat 2: Martin Glöck (1381888 in chips) Seat 3: remars81 (2048749 in chips) Seat 4: partybong (2008173 in chips) Seat 5: DamienRise (1912452 in chips) Seat 6: willrobrobu (2108415 in chips) Seat 7: Zlushchiy (3775258 in chips) Seat 8: MikLoW86 (1346729 in chips) Seat 9: eitan_2004 (1459984 in chips) Average stack: 2,378,889 There was a former SCOOP champion among the nine. willrobrobu kicked off SCOOP in 2011 by winning the first event, Event 1-Low, $22 No-Limit Hold'em (6-max). To start this final table, willrobrobu was in a pile of players that could all claim to be 3rd in chips. Those players were trying to scramble over each other even as partybong became the first player to get knocked off the final table. partybong's open-raise to 200k was called by willrobrobu before Zlushchiy three-bet to 800k, inducing a shove to 941k by partybong. That was enough to fold willrobrobu but Zlushchiy called with single-suited aces, [ac][ah][2h][7h]. partybong had a reasonable hand, [as][kh][qc][2c], but it turned into nothing of significance, high or low, on a board of [6s][tc][th][2s][7c]. Neither player had a qualifying low, but Zlushchiy's unimproved aces were enough to claim high and send partybong off to chill out in 9th place. 25 more minutes passed before MikLoW86 was 86ed from the tournament. Sitting in the blinds, MikLoW86 called a minimum-raise from under-the-gun player AugustasN. A bet and several raises on a queen-high flop, [6h][qs][8s], ensured that all of MikLoW86's chips were in the middle with top pair and a strong low draw, [ac][qc][5s][3h]. AugustasN showed down a stronger low draw and a baby flush draw, [ad][kc][3s][2s]. The [as] on the turn filled both of those draws for AugustasN; the [3c] river changed nothing. MikLoW86 exited in 8th place. It was another twenty minutes before eitan_2004 became the unfortunate 7th-place finisher. This time, the chips were all in pre-flop. AugustasN was the culprit again, showing down a strong [ah][qc][2h][3s] against eitan_2004's [ac][ks][5s][6s]. Neither player made a low on the [4h][9s][jh][qh][5c] board, but AugustasN came up with the nuts, an ace-high flush, to claim the high and knock out eitan_2004. The former SCOOP champion, willrobrobu, was unable to duplicate the 2011 SCOOP win at this final table. It was a case of a busted draw: <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276304_0992002043.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276304{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276304_0992002043.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276304{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object><center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> The blinds were 100k-200k and the average stack was about 4.3 million. With five players left, it was time to cut a deal. 21 big blinds wasn't going to last very long at all in the split-pot version of this action game. Once the deal was in place, there was one more elimination before Day 1 came to an end. On the very first hand after the deal was cut, short stack Martin Glöck four-bet shoved pre-flop with [jh][jc][5s][2c]. DamienRise, the pre-flop three-bettor, called with [ac][ks][8c][2s] and scooped the whole pot with two pair, kings and eights, on a board of [kd][8h][tc][9d][7d]. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2012%20SCOOP%2032-low%20final%20table.jpg"><img alt="2012 SCOOP 32-low final table.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP 32-low final table-thumb-450x329-164430.jpg" width="450" height="329" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Day 2 started with the blinds up to 125k-250k. The fireworks began within five minutes of the resumption of play. DamienRise's unimproved kings held up against remars81's wrap draw, with all the chips going in on the flop. Neither player had a qualifying low. When remars81's draw bricked out, Day 2 was over for remars81 in 4th place. The stacks stayed relatively unchanged as the blinds rolled up to 150k-300k. AugustasN led with roughly 10 million, DamienRise followed with roughly 7 million, and Zlushchiy pulled up the rear with roughly 3 million. Sure, there were minor variations along the way, but each player's relative chip stack remained the same until the moment when Zlushchiy picked up single-suited aces, [ah][ad][7d][4s] against AugustasN's single-suited kings, [ks][kd][6d][7h]. It looked like a great piece of luck for Zlushchiy - until the river. The [jd][4c][js][th][kc] board made a full house for AugustasN and sent Zlushchiy to the rail in 3rd place. That elimination left AugustasN as the leader to start heads-up play by about a 2-to-1 margin. AugustasN jumped out to the early lead, but one quick double-up by DamienRise drew the stacks level. A few more small pots pushed DamienRise into the lead, but then AugustasN fired back and took down a big pot with a flopped straight to reset the match. DamienRise responded by quartering AugustasN, all in pre-flop, to swing the lead back the other way. But all good things come to an end, and so did this see-saw heads-up battle. After DamienRise limped the button in the 250k-500k level, AugustasN bet pot to 1.5 million. DamienRise called to a flop of [8c][9c][3h]. That flop brought another pot-sized bet from AugustasN of 3 million, leaving AugustasN 1.6 million behind. It went in after a raise from DamienRise. At showdown, DamienRise produced a strong hand: [th][tc][jc][qs], an overpair, a partial wrap draw and a flush draw. AugustasN showed down [js][jh][8s][7h], an overpair of jacks and a straight draw. The [4c] turn card gave DamienRise a flush and left AugustasN drawing to a low for a chop. The [7c] river was a low card, but not one that was of any use to AugustasN. Day 2 was finished in less than an hour. DamienRise is a new SCOOP champion and will be receiving a Movado watch to prove it. 2012 SCOOP Event 32-Low, $27 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo results (including 5-way deal): Number of entrants: 4,282 Places paid: 540 1st: DamienRise (China) ($9,149.00)* 2nd: AugustasN (Lithuania) ($16,000.00)* 3rd: Zlushchiy (Russia) ($9,435.03)* 4th: remars81 (Spain) ($7,974.10)* 5th: Martin Glöck (Germany) ($6,312.07)* 6th: willrobrobu (United Kingdom) ($3,479.12) 7th: eitan_2004 (Poland) ($2,408.62) 8th: MikLoW86 (Hungary) ($1,338.12) 9th: partybong (Germany) ($856.40) Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(10) "Dave Behr " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-no-challenge-too-tall-for-dam-094559.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-no-challenge-too-tall-for-dam-094559.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 12:01:04 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(10767) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />SCOOP is all about great structures at buy-ins for all bankrolls, low, medium and high. The structures are so great, in fact, that PokerStars has migrated many of the events to two-day events so that the players can be rested and refreshed when making the late-tournament decisions that matter the most. Sometimes, however, the players have other ideas. The action generated in 2012 SCOOP Event 32-Low, $27 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo threatened to turn a two-day event into a one-day affair. But the tournament did make it to its second day, with four players still in, and at the end of that second day DamienRise amassed all of the chips. We're 32 events into the 2012 SCOOP, and Event 32-Low, $27 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo is the closest I've seen to a guarantee not being met. PokerStars set the guarantee for this event at $75,000; the 4,282 registrants created a prize pool of $107,000. It was nowhere close to not meeting the guarantee, but it didn't double the guarantee as many others events have (perhaps a statement about the desire of PokerStars players to play pot-limit split). Nonetheless, 540 players wouldn't have much to complain about, as they would be the ones carving up that prize pool. The lowest payout was worth $44.96; the largest, for the champion, a tidy five-figure sum of $16,808.74 and a Movado watch. Six Team PokerStars Pro and five PokerStars Team Online players entered this tournament. All of Team Online failed to make the money, with Roy "GodlikeRoy" Bhasin's bustout perhaps the most painful. He finished 544th, just four spots out of the money. The Team Pros fared better, with both Martin Staszko (144th, $112.40) and Marcin "Goral" Horecki (31st, $240.86) pushing into the money and making respectably deep runs. Their runs, however, were not deep enough to make the final table in this two-day event - a final table that commenced late on Day 1 with these nine players. Seat 1: AugustasN (5368352 in chips) Seat 2: Martin Glöck (1381888 in chips) Seat 3: remars81 (2048749 in chips) Seat 4: partybong (2008173 in chips) Seat 5: DamienRise (1912452 in chips) Seat 6: willrobrobu (2108415 in chips) Seat 7: Zlushchiy (3775258 in chips) Seat 8: MikLoW86 (1346729 in chips) Seat 9: eitan_2004 (1459984 in chips) Average stack: 2,378,889 There was a former SCOOP champion among the nine. willrobrobu kicked off SCOOP in 2011 by winning the first event, Event 1-Low, $22 No-Limit Hold'em (6-max). To start this final table, willrobrobu was in a pile of players that could all claim to be 3rd in chips. Those players were trying to scramble over each other even as partybong became the first player to get knocked off the final table. partybong's open-raise to 200k was called by willrobrobu before Zlushchiy three-bet to 800k, inducing a shove to 941k by partybong. That was enough to fold willrobrobu but Zlushchiy called with single-suited aces, [ac][ah][2h][7h]. partybong had a reasonable hand, [as][kh][qc][2c], but it turned into nothing of significance, high or low, on a board of [6s][tc][th][2s][7c]. Neither player had a qualifying low, but Zlushchiy's unimproved aces were enough to claim high and send partybong off to chill out in 9th place. 25 more minutes passed before MikLoW86 was 86ed from the tournament. Sitting in the blinds, MikLoW86 called a minimum-raise from under-the-gun player AugustasN. A bet and several raises on a queen-high flop, [6h][qs][8s], ensured that all of MikLoW86's chips were in the middle with top pair and a strong low draw, [ac][qc][5s][3h]. AugustasN showed down a stronger low draw and a baby flush draw, [ad][kc][3s][2s]. The [as] on the turn filled both of those draws for AugustasN; the [3c] river changed nothing. MikLoW86 exited in 8th place. It was another twenty minutes before eitan_2004 became the unfortunate 7th-place finisher. This time, the chips were all in pre-flop. AugustasN was the culprit again, showing down a strong [ah][qc][2h][3s] against eitan_2004's [ac][ks][5s][6s]. Neither player made a low on the [4h][9s][jh][qh][5c] board, but AugustasN came up with the nuts, an ace-high flush, to claim the high and knock out eitan_2004. The former SCOOP champion, willrobrobu, was unable to duplicate the 2011 SCOOP win at this final table. It was a case of a busted draw: <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276304_0992002043.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276304{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276304_0992002043.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276304{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object><center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> The blinds were 100k-200k and the average stack was about 4.3 million. With five players left, it was time to cut a deal. 21 big blinds wasn't going to last very long at all in the split-pot version of this action game. Once the deal was in place, there was one more elimination before Day 1 came to an end. On the very first hand after the deal was cut, short stack Martin Glöck four-bet shoved pre-flop with [jh][jc][5s][2c]. DamienRise, the pre-flop three-bettor, called with [ac][ks][8c][2s] and scooped the whole pot with two pair, kings and eights, on a board of [kd][8h][tc][9d][7d]. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2012%20SCOOP%2032-low%20final%20table.jpg"><img alt="2012 SCOOP 32-low final table.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP 32-low final table-thumb-450x329-164430.jpg" width="450" height="329" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Day 2 started with the blinds up to 125k-250k. The fireworks began within five minutes of the resumption of play. DamienRise's unimproved kings held up against remars81's wrap draw, with all the chips going in on the flop. Neither player had a qualifying low. When remars81's draw bricked out, Day 2 was over for remars81 in 4th place. The stacks stayed relatively unchanged as the blinds rolled up to 150k-300k. AugustasN led with roughly 10 million, DamienRise followed with roughly 7 million, and Zlushchiy pulled up the rear with roughly 3 million. Sure, there were minor variations along the way, but each player's relative chip stack remained the same until the moment when Zlushchiy picked up single-suited aces, [ah][ad][7d][4s] against AugustasN's single-suited kings, [ks][kd][6d][7h]. It looked like a great piece of luck for Zlushchiy - until the river. The [jd][4c][js][th][kc] board made a full house for AugustasN and sent Zlushchiy to the rail in 3rd place. That elimination left AugustasN as the leader to start heads-up play by about a 2-to-1 margin. AugustasN jumped out to the early lead, but one quick double-up by DamienRise drew the stacks level. A few more small pots pushed DamienRise into the lead, but then AugustasN fired back and took down a big pot with a flopped straight to reset the match. DamienRise responded by quartering AugustasN, all in pre-flop, to swing the lead back the other way. But all good things come to an end, and so did this see-saw heads-up battle. After DamienRise limped the button in the 250k-500k level, AugustasN bet pot to 1.5 million. DamienRise called to a flop of [8c][9c][3h]. That flop brought another pot-sized bet from AugustasN of 3 million, leaving AugustasN 1.6 million behind. It went in after a raise from DamienRise. At showdown, DamienRise produced a strong hand: [th][tc][jc][qs], an overpair, a partial wrap draw and a flush draw. AugustasN showed down [js][jh][8s][7h], an overpair of jacks and a straight draw. The [4c] turn card gave DamienRise a flush and left AugustasN drawing to a low for a chop. The [7c] river was a low card, but not one that was of any use to AugustasN. Day 2 was finished in less than an hour. DamienRise is a new SCOOP champion and will be receiving a Movado watch to prove it. 2012 SCOOP Event 32-Low, $27 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo results (including 5-way deal): Number of entrants: 4,282 Places paid: 540 1st: DamienRise (China) ($9,149.00)* 2nd: AugustasN (Lithuania) ($16,000.00)* 3rd: Zlushchiy (Russia) ($9,435.03)* 4th: remars81 (Spain) ($7,974.10)* 5th: Martin Glöck (Germany) ($6,312.07)* 6th: willrobrobu (United Kingdom) ($3,479.12) 7th: eitan_2004 (Poland) ($2,408.62) 8th: MikLoW86 (Hungary) ($1,338.12) 9th: partybong (Germany) ($856.40) Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337371264) } [9]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(36) "SCOOP 2012: By George! Lind is hyper" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(3867) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />I am not a psychiatrist. I am not a psychologist. I have no medical training whatsoever outside of a class in infant CPR which scared me away from children for several months. That is a long way of saying, I cannot, with any degree of medical certainty, diagnose PokerStars Team Online's George Lind III with any sort of attention deficit disorder. But, if there was ever a time to offer a lay opinion, this is it. George Lind recently won his first Spring Championship of Online Poker title. He did it in a Stud-8 event (as chronicled in this <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-shine-a-light-on-george-jorj9-094414.html">Exile on Main Street-themed recap</a> from Paul McGuire). It was the sixth time he played a SCOOP Stud-8 tournament in his life. In the five previous runnings, he had a runner-up and third place finish. So you'd think Lind would be really, really focused on the title. Instead? "I was 6-12 tabling hypers throughout the final table," he said. For the uninitiated, the hypers of which he speaks are hyper-turbo sit & go tourneys. They are SNG crack, and in some jurisdictions considered a Schedule-1 amphetamine. Lind eats them or breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Seriously, if McGuire was looking for a Stones tune in a Lind recap, he might have picked "Mother's Little Helper." <img alt="george_lind_teamonline.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/george_lind_teamonline.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>George Lind, crazy like a fox</center> Keep in mind, Lind did this while playing a Stud-8 final table--the kind of tournament where paying attention is sort of a big deal. I've played my fair share of Stud-8, and for people like me (read: sort of slow on the uptake), if I'm not watching every card that comes off the stub, you might as well just take my chips and call me a cab. And then ask the cab driver to run me over. Lind? While he was freaking winning a SCOOP event, he was playing up to a dozen hyper turbo SNGs at a time. The logical question is this: how much could Lind legitimately be expected to win in the hypers if he's actually winning the SCOOP event? The unexpected answer: Lind profited $80,000 in the hypers and 76,000 VIP player points that day. As I said, I'm no doctor. Two years ago, Lind took third in the very same event. He's a man who has a brain that can flip switches faster than most people can find the switches to flip. "It's nice to have a chance to improve on that in such a big field tournament," he said. "I'm really happy to finally get a SCOOP title after winning Player of the Year in 2010, but not actually winning an event that year. It's definitely nice to get a watch to go along with my 2010 POTY trophy." As of this morning, Lind held the top spot on the low buy-in leaderboard. If he can manage to keep his head in the game, the payoff could offer a little more than pride. "I'm hoping to win that PCA package with a consistent final few days," he said. Consistency? How much consistency can Lind possibly have if he's dozen-tabling hyper tourneys? Well, a lot apparently. *Consult your physician before beginning any sort of Lind regimen. Side effects include trouble sleeping, motion sickness, and not having enough places in your house to hide all your money." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(12) "Brad Willis " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(87) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-by-george-lind-is-hyper-094556.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(87) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-by-george-lind-is-hyper-094556.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 09:12:27 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(3867) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />I am not a psychiatrist. I am not a psychologist. I have no medical training whatsoever outside of a class in infant CPR which scared me away from children for several months. That is a long way of saying, I cannot, with any degree of medical certainty, diagnose PokerStars Team Online's George Lind III with any sort of attention deficit disorder. But, if there was ever a time to offer a lay opinion, this is it. George Lind recently won his first Spring Championship of Online Poker title. He did it in a Stud-8 event (as chronicled in this <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-shine-a-light-on-george-jorj9-094414.html">Exile on Main Street-themed recap</a> from Paul McGuire). It was the sixth time he played a SCOOP Stud-8 tournament in his life. In the five previous runnings, he had a runner-up and third place finish. So you'd think Lind would be really, really focused on the title. Instead? "I was 6-12 tabling hypers throughout the final table," he said. For the uninitiated, the hypers of which he speaks are hyper-turbo sit & go tourneys. They are SNG crack, and in some jurisdictions considered a Schedule-1 amphetamine. Lind eats them or breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Seriously, if McGuire was looking for a Stones tune in a Lind recap, he might have picked "Mother's Little Helper." <img alt="george_lind_teamonline.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/george_lind_teamonline.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>George Lind, crazy like a fox</center> Keep in mind, Lind did this while playing a Stud-8 final table--the kind of tournament where paying attention is sort of a big deal. I've played my fair share of Stud-8, and for people like me (read: sort of slow on the uptake), if I'm not watching every card that comes off the stub, you might as well just take my chips and call me a cab. And then ask the cab driver to run me over. Lind? While he was freaking winning a SCOOP event, he was playing up to a dozen hyper turbo SNGs at a time. The logical question is this: how much could Lind legitimately be expected to win in the hypers if he's actually winning the SCOOP event? The unexpected answer: Lind profited $80,000 in the hypers and 76,000 VIP player points that day. As I said, I'm no doctor. Two years ago, Lind took third in the very same event. He's a man who has a brain that can flip switches faster than most people can find the switches to flip. "It's nice to have a chance to improve on that in such a big field tournament," he said. "I'm really happy to finally get a SCOOP title after winning Player of the Year in 2010, but not actually winning an event that year. It's definitely nice to get a watch to go along with my 2010 POTY trophy." As of this morning, Lind held the top spot on the low buy-in leaderboard. If he can manage to keep his head in the game, the payoff could offer a little more than pride. "I'm hoping to win that PCA package with a consistent final few days," he said. Consistency? How much consistency can Lind possibly have if he's dozen-tabling hyper tourneys? Well, a lot apparently. *Consult your physician before beginning any sort of Lind regimen. Side effects include trouble sleeping, motion sickness, and not having enough places in your house to hide all your money." ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337361147) } [10]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(31) "EPT Season 8: Memorable Moments" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(11190) "<img alt="ept-thumb-promo.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ept-thumb-promo.jpg" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />Season 8 on the European Poker Tour was one for the ages. Not only were 13 champions crowned and millions of dollars won, but also, numerous memories were made. We're here to talk about some of those memories, specifically the most memorable ones as we see them. It's important to point out that these are in no particular order. Let's get to it. We'll start all the way back to EPT London and Benny Spindler's big win, which took place at the end of September and beginning of October in 2011. Spindler was often regarded as one of the best young players in the game, but he hadn't won a major title to really solidify his stance. He had previous deep runs in all kinds of events across the EPT, the World Series of Poker and also the World Poker Tour, but no major victories. When the final table in London began, Spindler was third in chips. He assumed the chip lead early on at the final table after picking off a big bluff from Mattias Bergstrom. Then, he won a massive flip with start-of-the-day chip leader Martins Adeniya to get a massive stack. When heads-up play began, only American Steve O'Dwyer stood in the young German's way. Spindler had the lead to start the battle and it didn't last too long. Many were saying that because of Spindler's previous close calls, this victory knocked the monkey off his back. When asked if he felt like he had a giant weight lifted off his back, Spindler simply shook his head and responded, "No." <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/benny_spindler_ept8_win.jpg"><img alt="benny_spindler_ept8_win.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/benny_spindler_ept8_win-thumb-450x675-164381.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Benny Spindler</center> Speaking of EPT London runner-up Steve O'Dwyer, he had one heck of a season on the EPT and that brings us to the next memorable moment. He banked numerous cashes including two big final table appearances in London and then in Copenhagen. In London, O'Dwyer scooped £465,000 for his second-place finish to Spindler and in Copenhagen he took seventh for DKr 290,000. He also had a second-place finish in the EPT Campione High Roller for €74,000. Not a bad season for the American, who really broke out over on European soil. If we're going to talk about players who broke out during Season 8 of the EPT, the biggest of them all was German Philipp Gruissem. When it came to High Roller events, Gruissem always had his hands on a massive amount of chips deep at a final table it seemed. Things all started when Gruissem took third in last season's EPT Berlin €10,000 High Roller for €67,000. He then went on to win the EPT Barcelona High Roller for €234,500 and beat Igor Kurganov in the EPT London High Roller to win the title and £450,200. Along with those impressive scores, Gruissem took fourth in the EPT San Remo High Roller, third in the EPT Prague High Roller and cashed in the EPT Berlin Main Event. All of that came before he went on to final table the EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller and take third for €266,000. Basically, Gruissem is the resident EPT high roller and we can't wait to see the results he puts up in Season 9. It's always been known that no player has ever won a second EPT title. In Season 8, Kevin MacPhee nearly did it twice and each time everyone was pulling for him to become the first to do so. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/kevin_macphee_ept8.jpg"><img alt="kevin_macphee_ept8.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/kevin_macphee_ept8-thumb-450x675-164384.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Kevin MacPhee </center> A former EPT Berlin champion, MacPhee's first real shot in Season 8 came in San Remo when he found himself at the final table. Unfortunately, the short-stacked MacPhee couldn't gather any momentum and bowed out in eighth place. From there, he recorded a few in-the-money finishes with aspirations of a second title, but the second really big push didn't come until Berlin. In the same city he won his first EPT title, MacPhee found himself still alive on the penultimate day with the field down to 24 players. With this being the last stop before the EPT Grand Final and the culmination of the season, MacPhee had a second EPT Main Event trophy dangling right in front of him. Unfortunately, it wasn't in the cards for MacPhee as he was eliminated short of the final table in 19th place. Even with hopes of a two-time champion in MacPhee falling, Anton Wigg and Vladimir Geshkenbein were two other former champions still in the mix. As the day wore on, it looked at though both of them may make the final table, but then Wigg fell in 14th place and left only Geshkenbein carrying the torch to a would-be two-time champion. But just like his fellow former champions fell before him, Geshkenbein headed to the rail short of the final table in 10th place to open up the throne to a brand new title winner. One of those players remaining after Geshkenbein's exit was Belgian pro Davidi Kitai. Although there may be some skepticism about the defining criteria behind Kitai's WPT Celebrity Invitational win, he technically had a WPT title to go along with his WSOP gold bracelet coming into the final table and that made him eligible for poker's Triple Crown achievement. Even though the excitement of having a two-time EPT champion crowned in Berlin was washed away with the eliminations of MacPhee, Wigg and Geshkenbein, Kitai could still win the Triple Crown and steal the headlines. Kitai had a tough group of competitors in front of him, but he gathered a ton of chips early on in the final table to really put a stranglehold on things. From there, he seemed to cruise to victory and win a massive payday of €712,000 along with a prestigious EPT title. While on the topic of close calls, plenty of big-name pros had their fair share of them this season, including many Team PokerStars Pros. Eugene Katchalov took third in Barcelona before fellow Team Pro Juan Manuel Pastor took fourth in London the following stop. Luca Pagano, who is arguably the best overall performer on the EPT since its inception, took seventh in Deauville and Pierre Neuville finished runner-up to Mickey Petersen in Copenhagen. Speaking of Petersen, as if all those final table runs by team players weren't good enough, the PokerStars Team Online member went out and won his first major title at EPT Copenhagen. Petersen seemed to use his youth, energy and aggressive online nature to beat down the older Team Pro until Neauville just couldn't hold on any longer. Prior to Copenhagen, another Team Pro had a major result and that was Viktor Blom. He conquered the elite field that came out for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller for his first major victory and $1,254,400. The final table was jam-packed with poker power, including some of the biggest names in the game maneuvering their way to the final five spots that were all in the money. Daniel Negreanu and Jonathan Duhamel finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively, and then Galen Hall fell in third before Blom dismantled Dan Shak to win the trophy. Besides Blom winning his first major title, the other name that sticks out from the 2012 PCA was Duhamel's. After scoring fourth in this event for $313,600, the 2010 WSOP Main Event champion took fifth in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo event for $17,990, won the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event for $239,830 and then finished runner-up to Leonid "Alex" Bilokur in the $25,000 High Roller for $634,550. Altogether, Duhamel scored over $1,200,000 from his trip to the Bahamas and shot his way to the top of nearly all Player of the Year leaderboards around the community. Duhamel may have won over seven figures from his four cashes in January, but between the PCA and the EPT Grand Final alone, nine players had seven-figure scores. Those players included Blom and Bilokur for the aforementioned wins at the PCA along with John Dibella and Kyle Julius, who took one and two in the PCA Main Event. The rest of the list is made up by Justin Bonomo, who won the EPT Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller, the second-place finisher from that event, Tobias Reinkemeier, the EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller champion Igor Kurganov and then places one and two from the EPT Grand Final Main Event, Mohsin Charania and Lucille Cailly. Just think about this for a second: nine people had a single score of seven figures or more just from the PCA and EPT Grand Final in Season 8. We, too, just said "wow" out loud. The final moment we're going to talk about was from the EPT Grand Final and it's only fitting that arguably the most memorable moment from the entire season came at the final stop in Monaco. Everyone knows the name Justin Bonomo. He's young, he's solid and he has plenty of results on record. No week will compare to the one he had in Monaco, though, at the EPT Grand Final. Things didn't start off in the right direction for Bonomo, as he found himself firing in a second €100,000 bullet in the Super High Roller. Went it came time for the final table, Bonomo had a massive lead on the rest of the field. He rode that chip lead all the way to a victory and one worth a whopping €1,640,000 -- easily the largest score of his career. From there, Bonomo took his run good to the Main Event and worked his way into the money. We kept an eye on him at all times and he was playing with a massive amount of confidence coming off the big win. He ended up finishing in 28th place for €35,000, but we had yet to hear the last from him. After that very deep run from the field of 665 players, Bonomo entered the €25,000 High Roller and again found himself making a big splash. He bobbed and weaved his way down to the final eight and was at a second major final table within a week. Bonomo eventually fell in fourth place, but it was worth another €266,000 in prize money to put his weekly total at €1,941,000. Easily one of the best weeks of poker we've ever seen. As much fun as Season 8 of the EPT was, we had a great time reliving all of the big moments with you here. When August rolls around, it's going to be time for Season 9 of the tour and things will be kicking off in Barcelona. With all of these amazing moments from Season 8, Season 9 sure has a lot to live up to, but we're confident things will be bigger and better than ever." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(14) "Donnie Peters " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(19) "European Poker Tour" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(81) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ept/2012/ept-season-8-memorable-moments-094548.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(81) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ept/2012/ept-season-8-memorable-moments-094548.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(19) "European Poker Tour" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 08:37:17 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(11190) "<img alt="ept-thumb-promo.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ept-thumb-promo.jpg" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />Season 8 on the European Poker Tour was one for the ages. Not only were 13 champions crowned and millions of dollars won, but also, numerous memories were made. We're here to talk about some of those memories, specifically the most memorable ones as we see them. It's important to point out that these are in no particular order. Let's get to it. We'll start all the way back to EPT London and Benny Spindler's big win, which took place at the end of September and beginning of October in 2011. Spindler was often regarded as one of the best young players in the game, but he hadn't won a major title to really solidify his stance. He had previous deep runs in all kinds of events across the EPT, the World Series of Poker and also the World Poker Tour, but no major victories. When the final table in London began, Spindler was third in chips. He assumed the chip lead early on at the final table after picking off a big bluff from Mattias Bergstrom. Then, he won a massive flip with start-of-the-day chip leader Martins Adeniya to get a massive stack. When heads-up play began, only American Steve O'Dwyer stood in the young German's way. Spindler had the lead to start the battle and it didn't last too long. Many were saying that because of Spindler's previous close calls, this victory knocked the monkey off his back. When asked if he felt like he had a giant weight lifted off his back, Spindler simply shook his head and responded, "No." <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/benny_spindler_ept8_win.jpg"><img alt="benny_spindler_ept8_win.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/benny_spindler_ept8_win-thumb-450x675-164381.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Benny Spindler</center> Speaking of EPT London runner-up Steve O'Dwyer, he had one heck of a season on the EPT and that brings us to the next memorable moment. He banked numerous cashes including two big final table appearances in London and then in Copenhagen. In London, O'Dwyer scooped £465,000 for his second-place finish to Spindler and in Copenhagen he took seventh for DKr 290,000. He also had a second-place finish in the EPT Campione High Roller for €74,000. Not a bad season for the American, who really broke out over on European soil. If we're going to talk about players who broke out during Season 8 of the EPT, the biggest of them all was German Philipp Gruissem. When it came to High Roller events, Gruissem always had his hands on a massive amount of chips deep at a final table it seemed. Things all started when Gruissem took third in last season's EPT Berlin €10,000 High Roller for €67,000. He then went on to win the EPT Barcelona High Roller for €234,500 and beat Igor Kurganov in the EPT London High Roller to win the title and £450,200. Along with those impressive scores, Gruissem took fourth in the EPT San Remo High Roller, third in the EPT Prague High Roller and cashed in the EPT Berlin Main Event. All of that came before he went on to final table the EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller and take third for €266,000. Basically, Gruissem is the resident EPT high roller and we can't wait to see the results he puts up in Season 9. It's always been known that no player has ever won a second EPT title. In Season 8, Kevin MacPhee nearly did it twice and each time everyone was pulling for him to become the first to do so. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/kevin_macphee_ept8.jpg"><img alt="kevin_macphee_ept8.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/kevin_macphee_ept8-thumb-450x675-164384.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Kevin MacPhee </center> A former EPT Berlin champion, MacPhee's first real shot in Season 8 came in San Remo when he found himself at the final table. Unfortunately, the short-stacked MacPhee couldn't gather any momentum and bowed out in eighth place. From there, he recorded a few in-the-money finishes with aspirations of a second title, but the second really big push didn't come until Berlin. In the same city he won his first EPT title, MacPhee found himself still alive on the penultimate day with the field down to 24 players. With this being the last stop before the EPT Grand Final and the culmination of the season, MacPhee had a second EPT Main Event trophy dangling right in front of him. Unfortunately, it wasn't in the cards for MacPhee as he was eliminated short of the final table in 19th place. Even with hopes of a two-time champion in MacPhee falling, Anton Wigg and Vladimir Geshkenbein were two other former champions still in the mix. As the day wore on, it looked at though both of them may make the final table, but then Wigg fell in 14th place and left only Geshkenbein carrying the torch to a would-be two-time champion. But just like his fellow former champions fell before him, Geshkenbein headed to the rail short of the final table in 10th place to open up the throne to a brand new title winner. One of those players remaining after Geshkenbein's exit was Belgian pro Davidi Kitai. Although there may be some skepticism about the defining criteria behind Kitai's WPT Celebrity Invitational win, he technically had a WPT title to go along with his WSOP gold bracelet coming into the final table and that made him eligible for poker's Triple Crown achievement. Even though the excitement of having a two-time EPT champion crowned in Berlin was washed away with the eliminations of MacPhee, Wigg and Geshkenbein, Kitai could still win the Triple Crown and steal the headlines. Kitai had a tough group of competitors in front of him, but he gathered a ton of chips early on in the final table to really put a stranglehold on things. From there, he seemed to cruise to victory and win a massive payday of €712,000 along with a prestigious EPT title. While on the topic of close calls, plenty of big-name pros had their fair share of them this season, including many Team PokerStars Pros. Eugene Katchalov took third in Barcelona before fellow Team Pro Juan Manuel Pastor took fourth in London the following stop. Luca Pagano, who is arguably the best overall performer on the EPT since its inception, took seventh in Deauville and Pierre Neuville finished runner-up to Mickey Petersen in Copenhagen. Speaking of Petersen, as if all those final table runs by team players weren't good enough, the PokerStars Team Online member went out and won his first major title at EPT Copenhagen. Petersen seemed to use his youth, energy and aggressive online nature to beat down the older Team Pro until Neauville just couldn't hold on any longer. Prior to Copenhagen, another Team Pro had a major result and that was Viktor Blom. He conquered the elite field that came out for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller for his first major victory and $1,254,400. The final table was jam-packed with poker power, including some of the biggest names in the game maneuvering their way to the final five spots that were all in the money. Daniel Negreanu and Jonathan Duhamel finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively, and then Galen Hall fell in third before Blom dismantled Dan Shak to win the trophy. Besides Blom winning his first major title, the other name that sticks out from the 2012 PCA was Duhamel's. After scoring fourth in this event for $313,600, the 2010 WSOP Main Event champion took fifth in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo event for $17,990, won the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event for $239,830 and then finished runner-up to Leonid "Alex" Bilokur in the $25,000 High Roller for $634,550. Altogether, Duhamel scored over $1,200,000 from his trip to the Bahamas and shot his way to the top of nearly all Player of the Year leaderboards around the community. Duhamel may have won over seven figures from his four cashes in January, but between the PCA and the EPT Grand Final alone, nine players had seven-figure scores. Those players included Blom and Bilokur for the aforementioned wins at the PCA along with John Dibella and Kyle Julius, who took one and two in the PCA Main Event. The rest of the list is made up by Justin Bonomo, who won the EPT Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller, the second-place finisher from that event, Tobias Reinkemeier, the EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller champion Igor Kurganov and then places one and two from the EPT Grand Final Main Event, Mohsin Charania and Lucille Cailly. Just think about this for a second: nine people had a single score of seven figures or more just from the PCA and EPT Grand Final in Season 8. We, too, just said "wow" out loud. The final moment we're going to talk about was from the EPT Grand Final and it's only fitting that arguably the most memorable moment from the entire season came at the final stop in Monaco. Everyone knows the name Justin Bonomo. He's young, he's solid and he has plenty of results on record. No week will compare to the one he had in Monaco, though, at the EPT Grand Final. Things didn't start off in the right direction for Bonomo, as he found himself firing in a second €100,000 bullet in the Super High Roller. Went it came time for the final table, Bonomo had a massive lead on the rest of the field. He rode that chip lead all the way to a victory and one worth a whopping €1,640,000 -- easily the largest score of his career. From there, Bonomo took his run good to the Main Event and worked his way into the money. We kept an eye on him at all times and he was playing with a massive amount of confidence coming off the big win. He ended up finishing in 28th place for €35,000, but we had yet to hear the last from him. After that very deep run from the field of 665 players, Bonomo entered the €25,000 High Roller and again found himself making a big splash. He bobbed and weaved his way down to the final eight and was at a second major final table within a week. Bonomo eventually fell in fourth place, but it was worth another €266,000 in prize money to put his weekly total at €1,941,000. Easily one of the best weeks of poker we've ever seen. As much fun as Season 8 of the EPT was, we had a great time reliving all of the big moments with you here. When August rolls around, it's going to be time for Season 9 of the tour and things will be kicking off in Barcelona. With all of these amazing moments from Season 8, Season 9 sure has a lot to live up to, but we're confident things will be bigger and better than ever." ["category@term"]=> string(19) "European Poker Tour" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337359037) } [11]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(69) "UKIPT Dublin, S3: Day 1B, level 5-8 updates (blinds 300-600, ante 75)" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(20994) "<img alt="ukiptthumb.JPG" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukiptthumb.JPG" width="120" height="92" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />9.10pm: Play has finished The players have bagged, tagged and dispersed into the Dublin night. Happiest of all will be Gabriel Kollander who is the overnight and overall chip leader with 151,900. A<a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-kollander-rinses-the-day-094567.html"> full wrap of the day's play</a> and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt-dublin-s3-start-of-day-2-chips.html">chip counts</a> of the survivors will be coming shortly. The survivors from the two day one flights will combine at noon tomorrow. -- NW 8.45pm: Last few hands The clock has stopped and we're playing down through the last three hands. 8.35pm: Chip leaders With 20 minutes left to play these players appear to be the chip leaders: David Brady- 118,000 Martin Balaz - 105,000 Gabriel Kollander - 100,000 Mihai Ciucu - 90,000 Niclas Martinsson - 90,000 8.20pm: Floor! Table 19 A little bit of controversy here in Dublin. There had been one limper to Domonic Cugudda before he moved all-in for around 8,500. It then passed to the small blind who said 'call' and then almost immediately put out the 300 chips to make up the big blind, having obviously missed Cugudda's all-in. The floor was called and made what I believe falls under the banner of 'common sense rulings', in that he surmised, from the information given, that it was obviously the small blinds intention to just call and therefore he had the option to either surrender his 600 or call the all-in. He opted for the former and everyone else folded too. It was obvious that Cugudda did not agree with this ruling he said: "He should be following the action, it's happened to me before. He said call and then put the chips in and yes fair enough he did only mean to call the big blind, but verbal decelerations are binding. I think it's a bull$@@% ruling." -- NW 8.07pm: There's no easy way to say this but ... If you were hoping that any of the following players would make it to Day 2 then you're going to be sorely disappointed; Konstantin Teresko, Paul Grace, Alan Hickey, Danny Mchugh, Edgard Cabacas Cuenca, Ryan Mcguffie, Peter Andersson, Rick Schilder, Keith Brennan, Oluwashola Akindele, John Willoughby, Niall Dowds, Saulius Slavinskas, Adrian Gray, Oliver Baeten, James Kenny and Darren Taylor. All are busto. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27187.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_akindele.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27187-thumb-300x450-164432.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Oluwashola Akindele is among those not playing Day 2</center> <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 300-600 ante 75</h2> 8pm: Burke busts Craig Burke will not be making it three cashes in a row in season three of the UKIPT. The Irishman finished fourth in Galway and followed that up with a 35th place finish in Nottingham, but he's just bust out here in Dublin after firing three barells and getting it wrong. I joined the action to see him betting 2,875 on a flop of [5h][3s][2c], call from Jose Aisa. The [8c] fell on turn, second barrel from Burke, second call from Aisa, this time for 4,425 a-piece. The [2s] completed the board and Burke emptied the clip moving all-in for 12,175. After getting a count Aisa announced call, Burke showed [As][Kh], but Aisa had called down with [9c][9s] and is up to 55,000 after winning that pot. -- NW 7.50pm: Interesting table with Grafton, Shelley, Baláž and Desmond There's a table in the middle of the room that appears to be sucking in both chips and players of talent. Sam Grafton is now up to 60,000, a good haul, but has one of the chip leaders on his direct left: Martin Baláž, a Czech player with what looks to be 87,000 in front of him. A couple of seats to Grafton's right is WSOPE champ Scott Shelley who is looking a little down on his luck with a smaller 22,000 stack. To the direct left of Baláž is Cory Desmond, a player that performed well at UKIPT Manchester back in Season 1. He finished 18th there for £1,950. We haven't seen a great deal of him since but he seems quite willing to tangle with the table today. Desmond lost a chunk to Baláž after the Czech player flopped the nuts on a [5d][2s][as][8c][ad] board with [3c][4c]. Desmond was not deterred. Baláž opened the button for 900 and Desmond three-bet to 1,975 from the small blind. He picked up a call in the big blind from Ewan Brown. Baláž also called. Desmond led 1,975 into the [qc][kd][2s] flop, Brown made the call. Desmond checked the [6h] turn card looking like he'd given up on the hand. He had. Brown popped a blue 5,000 chip across the line and Desmond passed leaving himself with around 23,000. -- RD <img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg " src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27566.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>Sam Grafton on the grind</center> 7.40pm: How much? We're tracking the names, notables and big stacks over on the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a>. Like UKIPT Galway winner Emmett Mullin who's on 53,000. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27459.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_emmett mullin.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27459-thumb-300x450-164427.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Emmett Mullin</center> 7.25pm: Snippets I didn't catch any big pots on my last lap of the cardroom, but I did see a couple that went to showdown. Hand One: Jonas Lauck raised to 950 from under-the-gun+1 and then called Mick Graydon's three-bet of 2,050 total. The two of them checked all the way to the river on a board of [Kd][5h][Ac][5s][4c] at which point Lauck bet 2,100, Graydon swiftly called but mucked when Lauck revealed [Ah][Js], Graydon is back to starting stack. Hand Two: I caught the action live from the turn, the board was [3s][4c][10s][9h], there was 6,300 in the pot and Robert O´Reilly fired out a bet of 4,500. This sent Peter Wigglesworth into the tank, after he had the dealer spread the pot to calculate his odds he made the call. The [Ad] fell on the river, Wigglesworth checked and O'Reilly, after some thought, did likewise and showed [Kd][Ks] and Wigglesworth mucked his hand. -- NW 7.10pm: Chip leaders During the break my blogging colleague and I did a sweep of the tables to unearth the chip leaders. It's still Niclas Martinsson who heads the field, he's followed closely by Martin Baláž and Tom Kitt - he finished third in this event in Season One. Niclas Martinsson, Sweden, PokerStars player, 94000 Martin Baláž, Czech Republic, PokerStars player, 84000 Thomas Kitt, Ireland, PokerStars qualifier, 80000 Terry Plummer, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, 59000 Patricia Mclean, Ireland, PokerStars player, 57000 <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_Niclas_Martinsson_MickeyMay_27617.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_niclas martinssonjpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_Niclas_Martinsson_MickeyMay_27617-thumb-450x675-164422.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> <center>I need your <strike>clothes, your boots and your motorcycle</strike> chips: Niclas Martinsson</center> 7pm: Back at it Cards are once more in the air, roughly 216 of the 398 players who started the day have made it to the start of level seven. -- NW 6.45pm: And break The remaining players are now on their last 15 minute break of the day. They'll return to play two more levels before bagging and tagging. -- NW 6.40pm: Taxi for... Players continue to bust out in their droves here in Dublin, tournament staff are, it seems, shuttling us large numbers of Player I.D cards every 15 minutes or so. So...there's no easy way to say this but: Ian Woodley, Daiva Barauskaite, David Caffrey, Philipp Hardy, Stacey Coore, Pauric Martin, Robert Nooney, Phil Bowler, Kieran Mccloskey, William Duffy, Aleksander Doan, David Van-Cauter, Mark Wagstaff, Mario Lazarou, Dominick Hever, Damian Porebski, Christopher Barrow, Nico Kostons, Thomas Dunwoodie, Anthony Rafter, Fiachra Meere, Rory Curtis and Noel Murphy are all free to hit Dame Street for a few beers. --NW 6.35pm: False celebrations Never celebrate too soon. It's bad karma, you know. Steven Bartley (not the PokerStars blogger) let out a yelp when his [9s][9h] connected better than Robert Scott's [ah][kh] on a [9c][6h][ac] flop. The chips had all gone in pre-flop and Scott was in need of a runner-runner. Runner 1: [jh] Runner 2: [7h] Scott doubled to around 20,000 leaving Bartley short. At another table Stacey Coore must have thought for a moment that his [td][8d] had won on the [2d][2c][7d][6c][3d] board. He'd shoved the flop and been tank-called by Dave Brady with pocket threes, which had filled up on the river. Coore was sent to pasture, Brady topped up to 35,000. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_darren taylor.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477-thumb-300x450-164417.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Dave Brady: raspberry blower</center> 6.25pm: Chips I've just updated the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a>, Niclas Martinsson from Sweden appears to be the current chip leader, he has 64,00. -- NW 6.10pm: Atherton stacking up again Lee Atherton is getting himself into a prime position for another deep UKIPT run. In Nottingham last month Atherton finished 15th for a decent £8,000 payday, but the big money final table just managed to elude him. On the penultimate day a short stacked Atherton three-bet jammed with [as][jc] into the [ah][kh] of Ian Senior. He failed to catch a jack, Senior's kicker played. Here in Dublin however things are looking up again. He's just won a decent pot check-calling down with [9d][9c] on a [jc][jh][js][4d][2s] board against Alan Mcauly's pocket sevens to chip up to 48,000. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27295.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_lee atherton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27295-thumb-300x450-164413.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Lee Atherton sporting some facial furniture</center> 6pm: Curse of the chip leader They say that being chip leader can be as much of a curse as a blessing and Bastiaan Van Den Brink has definitely strengthened that argument. The Dutchman doubled up to 30,000 early on after eliminating a player and although he climbed to a peak of 34,000 he's slid back down to around 18,000. But, he's still fighting and I just saw him pick up a useful pot. It folded to Keith Brennan in the cut-off and he put in a min-raise to 600. This bet was flat called by both Thomas Dunwoodie and Adrian Gray before Van Den Brink raised it to 2,900 from the big blind. This quickly forced out Brennan and Dunwoodie, but Gray, who was getting a massage at the time, was not so swift to fold. "You don't want a call do you?" said Gray before eventually folding [4s][4c] face-up. -- NW 5.50pm: Bettingen loses flip, still doing well Tim Bettingen opened for 700 from the cut-off and was quickly shoved on by Rober O´Reilly from button. The action folded back to Bettingen who requested a count. The shove was for 5,350. Bettingen made the call. Bettingen: [7c][7s] O´Reilly: [js][td] It wasn't the ideal flop for Bettingen: [ad][qh][kd]. O´Reilly had flopped Broadway. The [2d] turn and [kc] made little difference. Bettingen still sits healthily on 40,000. Quinn up to 11,000. -- RD <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 150-300, ANTE 25</h2> 5.40pm: Exits There's no easy way to say this but if you had a bet on: Mick Mccloskey, Nik Stylianou, Michael Pantelli, Grzegorz Cichocki, Peter Gors, Majid Iqbal, Euan Cameron, Eric Tam, Anibal De Campos Sanchez , Michael Muldoo, Marc Radgenn, Raymond Caabay, Michael Coleman, Gary Ludgate, Balbir Singh Potttiwal, Michael Leedham, Colette Murphy, Hasmukh Khodiyara, Noel O'Brien, Dimitri Pembroke, Andy Flannaghan, Antonis Poulengeris, Tobias Revenäs, Marko Ojdanic, Bill Mulrooney, Paul Jackson, Albert Sapiano, Shella O'Donoghue, Joe Murray, Robert Panayi or Etienne Kramer then tear up that slip, it's about as much use as a chocolate fireguard as they're all out. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27106.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_mick mccloskey.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27106-thumb-450x675-164403.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Mick McCloskey - one of 140 exits during the first five levels</center> 5.30pm: Ludgate flops top set, busts Gary Ludgate has just bust after squeezing jacks on the button. Ludgate flopped top set on a [j][t][7] flop and was check-called. The turn was an ace and Ludgate was check-raised into to. He called and was shown king-queen for Broadway. The board didn't pair and he was sent to the rail. -- RD 5.20pm: Graydon let off the hook? Mick Graydon has chipped back up to around 12,000 after seemingly being let off the hook by Barry Foley. On a flop of [4c][6c][6d] Foley led for 1,400 and Graydon moved all-in for around 8,500. After a short think Foley passed [ac][qc] face-up. Quick eyebrow raise from Graydon who seemed happy to rake in the chips unopposed. -- RD 5.10pm: Cookie getting chips Tim 'BakinCookies' Bettingen is one of the many names and notable that we're keeping track of on the<a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html"> chip counts page</a>. The German is going great guns at the moment and he's motoring along on 49,500. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27269.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_tim bettingen.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27269-thumb-450x675-164396.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Tim Bettingen</center> 5pm: Gilligan gets value Ronan Gilligan might just have the most unenviable record in UKIPT main events - he's finished runner-up on two occasions. The first of those was right here in Dublin in 2010, Max Silver got the better of him that time. The second was in Galway this season where Emmett Mullin defeated him heads-up. And, Gilligan' two other Hendon Mob entries are for third place finishes so the man obviously goes deep or goes out early. It's looking more likely to be the former at the moment as he's up to 29,000. I saw him bet 700 on the turn and 1,5000 on the river of a [8c][10s][4c][Kd][3d] board with [ks][7s] and get paid off. He's looking comfortable right now. - NW 4.53pm: Someone was out on the tiles last night Andy Black snuck in just before the end of registration and we've been reliably informed that he was enjoying himself out on the town last night. Our photographer Mickey May went hunting for the evidence. Good papping by May. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27425.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27425-thumb-300x450-164387.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Out last night? Maybe I was</center> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27426.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27426-thumb-300x450-164389.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Of course, I feel fine</center> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27428.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27428-thumb-450x675-164391.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Okay, maybe I don't feel so great</center> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430-thumb-300x450-164393.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>But it was worth it</center> 4.40pm: There's no easy way to say this but... If you're relying on your percentage of Amby Travers, Ronald Lawton, David Langridge, Lars Stockenschneider, Sinem Melin, John Kelly, Mads Onsberg, George Power, Artur Olczyk, Chris Cooper, David Barnes, Darren Miller, Ciaran Taggart, Cathal O'Malley, Michael Sheridan, Thomas Gill, Krisztian Rack, Mark Spelman and Robert Lawrie to win you a new motorbike, you're going to have to stick to your push bike. They're all out. Play is just about to resume. Antes kick in next level. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27086.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sinem melin.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27086-thumb-450x300-164378.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>UKIPT Brighton final tablist Sinem Melin, out</center> PokerStars Blog reporting team in Galway (in order of hot dogs consumed): Nick Wright (one) and Rick Dacey (soon to be one). Photos by Mickey May (who you calling a dog?)." 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A<a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-kollander-rinses-the-day-094567.html"> full wrap of the day's play</a> and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt-dublin-s3-start-of-day-2-chips.html">chip counts</a> of the survivors will be coming shortly. The survivors from the two day one flights will combine at noon tomorrow. -- NW 8.45pm: Last few hands The clock has stopped and we're playing down through the last three hands. 8.35pm: Chip leaders With 20 minutes left to play these players appear to be the chip leaders: David Brady- 118,000 Martin Balaz - 105,000 Gabriel Kollander - 100,000 Mihai Ciucu - 90,000 Niclas Martinsson - 90,000 8.20pm: Floor! Table 19 A little bit of controversy here in Dublin. There had been one limper to Domonic Cugudda before he moved all-in for around 8,500. It then passed to the small blind who said 'call' and then almost immediately put out the 300 chips to make up the big blind, having obviously missed Cugudda's all-in. The floor was called and made what I believe falls under the banner of 'common sense rulings', in that he surmised, from the information given, that it was obviously the small blinds intention to just call and therefore he had the option to either surrender his 600 or call the all-in. He opted for the former and everyone else folded too. It was obvious that Cugudda did not agree with this ruling he said: "He should be following the action, it's happened to me before. He said call and then put the chips in and yes fair enough he did only mean to call the big blind, but verbal decelerations are binding. I think it's a bull$@@% ruling." -- NW 8.07pm: There's no easy way to say this but ... If you were hoping that any of the following players would make it to Day 2 then you're going to be sorely disappointed; Konstantin Teresko, Paul Grace, Alan Hickey, Danny Mchugh, Edgard Cabacas Cuenca, Ryan Mcguffie, Peter Andersson, Rick Schilder, Keith Brennan, Oluwashola Akindele, John Willoughby, Niall Dowds, Saulius Slavinskas, Adrian Gray, Oliver Baeten, James Kenny and Darren Taylor. All are busto. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27187.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_akindele.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27187-thumb-300x450-164432.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Oluwashola Akindele is among those not playing Day 2</center> <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 300-600 ante 75</h2> 8pm: Burke busts Craig Burke will not be making it three cashes in a row in season three of the UKIPT. The Irishman finished fourth in Galway and followed that up with a 35th place finish in Nottingham, but he's just bust out here in Dublin after firing three barells and getting it wrong. I joined the action to see him betting 2,875 on a flop of [5h][3s][2c], call from Jose Aisa. The [8c] fell on turn, second barrel from Burke, second call from Aisa, this time for 4,425 a-piece. The [2s] completed the board and Burke emptied the clip moving all-in for 12,175. After getting a count Aisa announced call, Burke showed [As][Kh], but Aisa had called down with [9c][9s] and is up to 55,000 after winning that pot. -- NW 7.50pm: Interesting table with Grafton, Shelley, Baláž and Desmond There's a table in the middle of the room that appears to be sucking in both chips and players of talent. Sam Grafton is now up to 60,000, a good haul, but has one of the chip leaders on his direct left: Martin Baláž, a Czech player with what looks to be 87,000 in front of him. A couple of seats to Grafton's right is WSOPE champ Scott Shelley who is looking a little down on his luck with a smaller 22,000 stack. To the direct left of Baláž is Cory Desmond, a player that performed well at UKIPT Manchester back in Season 1. He finished 18th there for £1,950. We haven't seen a great deal of him since but he seems quite willing to tangle with the table today. Desmond lost a chunk to Baláž after the Czech player flopped the nuts on a [5d][2s][as][8c][ad] board with [3c][4c]. Desmond was not deterred. Baláž opened the button for 900 and Desmond three-bet to 1,975 from the small blind. He picked up a call in the big blind from Ewan Brown. Baláž also called. Desmond led 1,975 into the [qc][kd][2s] flop, Brown made the call. Desmond checked the [6h] turn card looking like he'd given up on the hand. He had. Brown popped a blue 5,000 chip across the line and Desmond passed leaving himself with around 23,000. -- RD <img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg " src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27566.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>Sam Grafton on the grind</center> 7.40pm: How much? We're tracking the names, notables and big stacks over on the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a>. Like UKIPT Galway winner Emmett Mullin who's on 53,000. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27459.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_emmett mullin.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27459-thumb-300x450-164427.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Emmett Mullin</center> 7.25pm: Snippets I didn't catch any big pots on my last lap of the cardroom, but I did see a couple that went to showdown. Hand One: Jonas Lauck raised to 950 from under-the-gun+1 and then called Mick Graydon's three-bet of 2,050 total. The two of them checked all the way to the river on a board of [Kd][5h][Ac][5s][4c] at which point Lauck bet 2,100, Graydon swiftly called but mucked when Lauck revealed [Ah][Js], Graydon is back to starting stack. Hand Two: I caught the action live from the turn, the board was [3s][4c][10s][9h], there was 6,300 in the pot and Robert O´Reilly fired out a bet of 4,500. This sent Peter Wigglesworth into the tank, after he had the dealer spread the pot to calculate his odds he made the call. The [Ad] fell on the river, Wigglesworth checked and O'Reilly, after some thought, did likewise and showed [Kd][Ks] and Wigglesworth mucked his hand. -- NW 7.10pm: Chip leaders During the break my blogging colleague and I did a sweep of the tables to unearth the chip leaders. It's still Niclas Martinsson who heads the field, he's followed closely by Martin Baláž and Tom Kitt - he finished third in this event in Season One. Niclas Martinsson, Sweden, PokerStars player, 94000 Martin Baláž, Czech Republic, PokerStars player, 84000 Thomas Kitt, Ireland, PokerStars qualifier, 80000 Terry Plummer, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, 59000 Patricia Mclean, Ireland, PokerStars player, 57000 <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_Niclas_Martinsson_MickeyMay_27617.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_niclas martinssonjpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_Niclas_Martinsson_MickeyMay_27617-thumb-450x675-164422.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> <center>I need your <strike>clothes, your boots and your motorcycle</strike> chips: Niclas Martinsson</center> 7pm: Back at it Cards are once more in the air, roughly 216 of the 398 players who started the day have made it to the start of level seven. -- NW 6.45pm: And break The remaining players are now on their last 15 minute break of the day. They'll return to play two more levels before bagging and tagging. -- NW 6.40pm: Taxi for... Players continue to bust out in their droves here in Dublin, tournament staff are, it seems, shuttling us large numbers of Player I.D cards every 15 minutes or so. So...there's no easy way to say this but: Ian Woodley, Daiva Barauskaite, David Caffrey, Philipp Hardy, Stacey Coore, Pauric Martin, Robert Nooney, Phil Bowler, Kieran Mccloskey, William Duffy, Aleksander Doan, David Van-Cauter, Mark Wagstaff, Mario Lazarou, Dominick Hever, Damian Porebski, Christopher Barrow, Nico Kostons, Thomas Dunwoodie, Anthony Rafter, Fiachra Meere, Rory Curtis and Noel Murphy are all free to hit Dame Street for a few beers. --NW 6.35pm: False celebrations Never celebrate too soon. It's bad karma, you know. Steven Bartley (not the PokerStars blogger) let out a yelp when his [9s][9h] connected better than Robert Scott's [ah][kh] on a [9c][6h][ac] flop. The chips had all gone in pre-flop and Scott was in need of a runner-runner. Runner 1: [jh] Runner 2: [7h] Scott doubled to around 20,000 leaving Bartley short. At another table Stacey Coore must have thought for a moment that his [td][8d] had won on the [2d][2c][7d][6c][3d] board. He'd shoved the flop and been tank-called by Dave Brady with pocket threes, which had filled up on the river. Coore was sent to pasture, Brady topped up to 35,000. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_darren taylor.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477-thumb-300x450-164417.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Dave Brady: raspberry blower</center> 6.25pm: Chips I've just updated the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a>, Niclas Martinsson from Sweden appears to be the current chip leader, he has 64,00. -- NW 6.10pm: Atherton stacking up again Lee Atherton is getting himself into a prime position for another deep UKIPT run. In Nottingham last month Atherton finished 15th for a decent £8,000 payday, but the big money final table just managed to elude him. On the penultimate day a short stacked Atherton three-bet jammed with [as][jc] into the [ah][kh] of Ian Senior. He failed to catch a jack, Senior's kicker played. Here in Dublin however things are looking up again. He's just won a decent pot check-calling down with [9d][9c] on a [jc][jh][js][4d][2s] board against Alan Mcauly's pocket sevens to chip up to 48,000. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27295.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_lee atherton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27295-thumb-300x450-164413.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Lee Atherton sporting some facial furniture</center> 6pm: Curse of the chip leader They say that being chip leader can be as much of a curse as a blessing and Bastiaan Van Den Brink has definitely strengthened that argument. The Dutchman doubled up to 30,000 early on after eliminating a player and although he climbed to a peak of 34,000 he's slid back down to around 18,000. But, he's still fighting and I just saw him pick up a useful pot. It folded to Keith Brennan in the cut-off and he put in a min-raise to 600. This bet was flat called by both Thomas Dunwoodie and Adrian Gray before Van Den Brink raised it to 2,900 from the big blind. This quickly forced out Brennan and Dunwoodie, but Gray, who was getting a massage at the time, was not so swift to fold. "You don't want a call do you?" said Gray before eventually folding [4s][4c] face-up. -- NW 5.50pm: Bettingen loses flip, still doing well Tim Bettingen opened for 700 from the cut-off and was quickly shoved on by Rober O´Reilly from button. The action folded back to Bettingen who requested a count. The shove was for 5,350. Bettingen made the call. Bettingen: [7c][7s] O´Reilly: [js][td] It wasn't the ideal flop for Bettingen: [ad][qh][kd]. O´Reilly had flopped Broadway. The [2d] turn and [kc] made little difference. Bettingen still sits healthily on 40,000. Quinn up to 11,000. -- RD <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 150-300, ANTE 25</h2> 5.40pm: Exits There's no easy way to say this but if you had a bet on: Mick Mccloskey, Nik Stylianou, Michael Pantelli, Grzegorz Cichocki, Peter Gors, Majid Iqbal, Euan Cameron, Eric Tam, Anibal De Campos Sanchez , Michael Muldoo, Marc Radgenn, Raymond Caabay, Michael Coleman, Gary Ludgate, Balbir Singh Potttiwal, Michael Leedham, Colette Murphy, Hasmukh Khodiyara, Noel O'Brien, Dimitri Pembroke, Andy Flannaghan, Antonis Poulengeris, Tobias Revenäs, Marko Ojdanic, Bill Mulrooney, Paul Jackson, Albert Sapiano, Shella O'Donoghue, Joe Murray, Robert Panayi or Etienne Kramer then tear up that slip, it's about as much use as a chocolate fireguard as they're all out. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27106.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_mick mccloskey.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27106-thumb-450x675-164403.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Mick McCloskey - one of 140 exits during the first five levels</center> 5.30pm: Ludgate flops top set, busts Gary Ludgate has just bust after squeezing jacks on the button. Ludgate flopped top set on a [j][t][7] flop and was check-called. The turn was an ace and Ludgate was check-raised into to. He called and was shown king-queen for Broadway. The board didn't pair and he was sent to the rail. -- RD 5.20pm: Graydon let off the hook? Mick Graydon has chipped back up to around 12,000 after seemingly being let off the hook by Barry Foley. On a flop of [4c][6c][6d] Foley led for 1,400 and Graydon moved all-in for around 8,500. After a short think Foley passed [ac][qc] face-up. Quick eyebrow raise from Graydon who seemed happy to rake in the chips unopposed. -- RD 5.10pm: Cookie getting chips Tim 'BakinCookies' Bettingen is one of the many names and notable that we're keeping track of on the<a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html"> chip counts page</a>. The German is going great guns at the moment and he's motoring along on 49,500. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27269.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_tim bettingen.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27269-thumb-450x675-164396.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Tim Bettingen</center> 5pm: Gilligan gets value Ronan Gilligan might just have the most unenviable record in UKIPT main events - he's finished runner-up on two occasions. The first of those was right here in Dublin in 2010, Max Silver got the better of him that time. The second was in Galway this season where Emmett Mullin defeated him heads-up. And, Gilligan' two other Hendon Mob entries are for third place finishes so the man obviously goes deep or goes out early. It's looking more likely to be the former at the moment as he's up to 29,000. I saw him bet 700 on the turn and 1,5000 on the river of a [8c][10s][4c][Kd][3d] board with [ks][7s] and get paid off. He's looking comfortable right now. - NW 4.53pm: Someone was out on the tiles last night Andy Black snuck in just before the end of registration and we've been reliably informed that he was enjoying himself out on the town last night. Our photographer Mickey May went hunting for the evidence. Good papping by May. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27425.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27425-thumb-300x450-164387.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Out last night? Maybe I was</center> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27426.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27426-thumb-300x450-164389.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Of course, I feel fine</center> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27428.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27428-thumb-450x675-164391.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Okay, maybe I don't feel so great</center> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430-thumb-300x450-164393.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>But it was worth it</center> 4.40pm: There's no easy way to say this but... If you're relying on your percentage of Amby Travers, Ronald Lawton, David Langridge, Lars Stockenschneider, Sinem Melin, John Kelly, Mads Onsberg, George Power, Artur Olczyk, Chris Cooper, David Barnes, Darren Miller, Ciaran Taggart, Cathal O'Malley, Michael Sheridan, Thomas Gill, Krisztian Rack, Mark Spelman and Robert Lawrie to win you a new motorbike, you're going to have to stick to your push bike. They're all out. Play is just about to resume. Antes kick in next level. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27086.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sinem melin.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27086-thumb-450x300-164378.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>UKIPT Brighton final tablist Sinem Melin, out</center> PokerStars Blog reporting team in Galway (in order of hot dogs consumed): Nick Wright (one) and Rick Dacey (soon to be one). Photos by Mickey May (who you calling a dog?)." 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On those Day 1B players, 37 qualified on PokerStars. When play concluded for the day, there were 72 players remaining. A total of 121 players will return Friday for Day 2 of the €1,000+€100 Estrellas Poker Tour Ibiza Main Event. Casino Ibiza plays host to this event, the second time the tour has visited the Med's favourite party island. A total of 269 players from 29 different countries have participated in this leg, including 47 Swedish players. In total, 32 players will cash, with the winner taking home €65,800 from a total prize pool of €258,240. It was once again a tough day on the felt here in Ibiza, with many players being eliminated, including Estrellas Poker Tour 2011 Tournament Leaderboard winner (Álvaro Santamaría Velasco) and runner up (German player Fabian Deimann). Team PokerStars Online Javier Dominguez Gomez and Team PokerStars Pro Ana Marquez are other players who now have more time to concentrate on the remainder of the SCOOP schedule. Team PokerStars Pros Juan Manuel Pastor and Jaume Niell Alomar, a finalist in Valencia, have both made it through the day and will be back on Friday for Day 2. <img alt="juan_manuel_pastor_ibiza.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/juan_manuel_pastor_ibiza.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>Juan Manuel Pastor </center> The overnight chip leader is Jaume Niell Alomar with 111,700 chips, followed by Pablo Rojas, who has 96,300 chips. In third position is Carlos Sanchez Brito, with 77,900." 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On those Day 1B players, 37 qualified on PokerStars. When play concluded for the day, there were 72 players remaining. A total of 121 players will return Friday for Day 2 of the €1,000+€100 Estrellas Poker Tour Ibiza Main Event. Casino Ibiza plays host to this event, the second time the tour has visited the Med's favourite party island. A total of 269 players from 29 different countries have participated in this leg, including 47 Swedish players. In total, 32 players will cash, with the winner taking home €65,800 from a total prize pool of €258,240. It was once again a tough day on the felt here in Ibiza, with many players being eliminated, including Estrellas Poker Tour 2011 Tournament Leaderboard winner (Álvaro Santamaría Velasco) and runner up (German player Fabian Deimann). Team PokerStars Online Javier Dominguez Gomez and Team PokerStars Pro Ana Marquez are other players who now have more time to concentrate on the remainder of the SCOOP schedule. Team PokerStars Pros Juan Manuel Pastor and Jaume Niell Alomar, a finalist in Valencia, have both made it through the day and will be back on Friday for Day 2. <img alt="juan_manuel_pastor_ibiza.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/juan_manuel_pastor_ibiza.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>Juan Manuel Pastor </center> The overnight chip leader is Jaume Niell Alomar with 111,700 chips, followed by Pablo Rojas, who has 96,300 chips. In third position is Carlos Sanchez Brito, with 77,900." ["category@term"]=> string(20) "Estrellas Poker Tour" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337350686) } [14]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(53) "UKIPT Dublin, S3: Day 1B, level 1-4 updates (100-200)" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(24711) "<img alt="ukiptthumb.JPG" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukiptthumb.JPG" width="120" height="92" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />4.15pm: Break That's the end of level 4 and the halfway point of the day. We're waiting on final confirmation of numbers. Join us in a <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-5-updates-b-094549.html">new post</a> in 20 minutes. -- RD 4.15pm: Table captain We're regularly updating the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a> players are busting out pretty quickly today and tables are being broken and condensed all the time. As a result of a table breakage Sam Grafton (38,000) and Dean Lyall (42,000) are on the same table. That could be an interesting one to watch. -- NW 4.10pm: Sorry man You sense that poker players saying sorry when they've got it in behind and won is an empty gesture and as gestures go it's even more empty when they get it in good and hold up. But, somehow it just seems the appropriate response when you eliminate someone from a poker tournament. And I just witnessed John Willoughby and George Power perform this little dance after the former eliminated the latter. I only caught the action from the turn but there was already about 10,000 in the pot and with the board showing [4c][Ac][5s][2h] Willoughby bet 3,600, he was flat called and Power then moved all-in for around 12,000. Back on Willoughby he re-raised all-in and the flat caller got out the way. Willoughby: [3h][3c] - turned straight Power: [4s][4d] - flopped set Although he was behind Power had a re-draw but he couldn't get there on the [Qh] river after winning that pot Willoughby is up to 40,000. -- NW 4pm: Ledders spots the live tell Gerry Hegarty had limped under-the-gun and picked up multiple callers; two of which were Michael Leedham in the big blind and Daiva Barauskaite on the button. All six players checked the [ah][7s][ks] flop but on the [4c] turn Michael Leedham looked set to take a stab at the pot. Just as he was reaching for his chips Hegarty reached for his own. Leedham pulled a quizzical face and opted to check instead. Hegarty bet 725 and all his opponents, Leedham included, passed. "I went for my chips too quickly, he was going to bet," said Hegarty. Yes, I think everyone realized that. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27342.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_daiva barauskaite.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27342-thumb-300x450-164374.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Daiva Barauskaite</center> 3.45pm: Lively table 17 Matt Nolan has just bought himself a consolation pint after getting knocked out of the main event. He told us that he was the sixth player to get knocked out at table 17, yet strangely no-one is ridiculously stacked up there, but someone no doubt will be in the coming levels. Nolan has jumped into a cash game and, there's no easy way to say this, but if you're looking for Ali Duncan, Michael Duffy, Mark Karoulas, UKIPT Killarney champ Femi Fakinle, Jarlath Kilgallon, Lee Dixon, Jay Cleere, Mike Hill, Deborah Worley-Roberts, Callum Smith or, a man with a great name for poker, Raik Fischer, then perhaps you should look to that cash game. They're all out. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27418.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_matt nolan.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27418-thumb-300x450-164376.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Matt Nolan</center> 3.35pm: Blain can't summon the magic I feel I might have put the hex on Dermot Blain after praising him earlier (see post at 1.50pm) as the Irishman is now out. He ran ace-king into Lee Taylor's aces and the latter now has a stack approaching 50,000. -- NW 3.23pm: The structure The UKIPT structure is a great one and which can be seen by<a href="http://www.ukipt.com/tournaments/structure/"> clicking here</a>. Today, like yesterday, we'll be playing eight one-hour levels with no dinner break. The all-important antes kick in during level six. -- RD <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 100-200</h2> 3.15pm: Chips I'm updating the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a> as often as possible. It's not comprehensive but it contains the names, notables and big stacks. Someone who covers all three categories is UKIPT S3 Galway champion Emmett Mullin who's off to a good start as he's up to 35,000. But, that's not the biggest stack at his table, as on his direct right Conor Beresford has 47,000. -- NW 3.10pm: Always the river "Damn river," exclaimed Kevin Monroe as he passed 6,575 of his stack in the direction of Sean Clery. "It's always the river," he added, perhaps to ease the pain or maybe in case anyone missed it the first time. In an all-in pre-flop encounter, Monroe was a big favourite as he held pocket queens, Clery had the dominated [Ad][Qs] and looked to be heading out as the flop of [6s][Kd][Jc] bought him only an unlikely gutshot to go with his overcard. The [3h] didn't help, but the [Ah] river certainly did. As players who are about to be eliminated so often do, Clery was half out of his chair before the river was dealt so had to do the sit-back-down-shuffle as he collected his chips. -- NW 3pm: Getting the SCOOP with Sam Grafton "Sorry I didn't win the SCOOP. You could have been, like, 'let's interview SCOOP winner Sam Grafton wearing his bracelet'," said Sam Grafton. While some players have to have quotes crowbarred out of them, Grafton has to be sat on like an over-packed suitcase. There's just too much coming out. He talks quickly and enthusiastically, hands waving as if he's swatting imaginary flies. And with that opening salvo he does himself a disservice, although he didn't win the SCOOP title and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-greezhool-great-in-event-2-hi-094105.html">bust out in third place in SCOOP-2-H</a>, a $2,100 buy-in, Grafton, playing under the name 'SamSquid', took the largest slice of the money, a massive $234,193. "I felt like I played really well anyway," continued Grafton, unprompted, "I had the chip lead with about 500 - halfway through the field - and I don't think I ever fell outside the top five after that. I went to the final table second in chips. I was so consistent throughout the tournament that I feel I deserved it." <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318-thumb-450x300-164362.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Sam 'SamSquid' Grafton</center> Grafton's rail was loud and vociferous in the chat box, on Twitter and Facebook. It was heartwarming stuff. James Dempsey's tweet summed it up: "News has reached me that you are doing well in a virtual poker game. Best of luck mate, be a very popular result #squidlovesthegame" <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/dempsey.jpg"><img alt="dempsey.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/dempsey-thumb-300x450-164364.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>James Dempsey</center> Did that level of support surprise Grafton? A little, but not a lot. "The British poker community is amazingly supportive of their own. I think we have incredible morale among all of us. Everyone roots for everyone else which culminated in last year's Vegas, but it's continued since. I was pretty overwhelmed by the amount of Facebook messages I received. The amount of people that said they stayed up and watched it, I'd be like 'thanks' then they'd ask, 'What did you have in this or that hand?' They actually had watched it, not just had it on in the background, you know. That was really nice. "All of us who are playing on Stars all the time are very close. Whenever someone makes a final table you get it up. The game's quite tough with all the swings that you go through so you need that network of support and everyone gets to celebrate together." Another way of balancing those swings is obviously by selling and swapping action, so how much did Grafton actually have of himself? "I only had 30% (still an uptick of around $70,000) but it's my biggest score to date. I've probably worked the hardest I ever have on my game since January. I was comfortable for a while but Chris Brammer, who's one of my closest friends, had a sick end of last year with his FCOOP results. That spurred me on to really want to do it; crack the top 100 on PocketFives, get that marquee score. This is what I've been working towards. "I don't think I've ever played this much volume, never missing a Sunday, hand reviewing. In this game you don't always get what you deserve so it's really nice to have something that vindicates the work that I've been doing with Toby (Lewis), Brammer and Craig McCorkell," he said. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/brammer.jpg"><img alt="brammer.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/brammer-thumb-300x450-164367.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Chris 'nigdawg' Brammer</center> Grafton, a man well known for his Shoreditch style of sartorial elegance; all trend shoes, weird jeans, big glasses, tilted cap atop explosive hair, doesn't strike you as the type to just sit back and quietly enjoy his win. In fact, it's hard to imagine him do anything quietly. "We had a bit of a celebration. I play at a club in East London with some good friends and we had a good night out on the Saturday. I also invited all my non-poker friends. They were a bit overwhelmed: 'This is actual money that you won?' I've neglected them a bit because I've been playing so hard so it was good to take them out too." <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27126.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27126-thumb-300x450-164369.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Grafton on the grind once again</center> The next step - after winning UKIPT Dublin, of course - is the World Series and Grafton already has an apartment booked for seven weeks with Chris Brammer, the UKIPT Season 1 leader board champion. The win has certainly eased some of the financial pressures that Las Vegas can exert. "I can do that a lot more comfortably now. There's less pressure. When it comes to credit card roulette you're still sweating it but it's not a case of staying in and eating sandwiches for the next week if you lose the CCR! "It was great last year kicking off with Jake (Cody) and Pez getting a bracelet. Whenever someone got a result they paid for the result and box off the club. I had so many freeroll nights I was lik, 'Oi oi!' I'm really excited and going into it with my confidence really high. Someone's going to do something really silly out there," said Grafton. The break was coming to a close and Grafton bounced back towards the tournament floor to spin up his starting stack. He 'called a man with ace-high' and was wrong which had dropped him down to 6,000 but quad aces and a set of kings later put Grafton back up to 15,000. If you have this guy at your table don't expect an easy ride, you won't get one. -- RD 2.50pm: Latecomers People are still buying into the tournament and amongst the latecomers is none other than Andy Black, I saw him get his seating assignment, he was clutching his seat card in one hand and a hastily purchased sandwich in the other. -- NW 2.35pm: Action table There's already been three eliminations from table 17 today, which in my mind at least gives it a status as an action table, a hub of big chunky pots whilst the blinds are still low if you like. And if by magic as I wandered past it, a big pot was in progress. I joined the action live to see a flop of [Qc][6s][9h] on the felt and roughly 3,500 in the pot. From the big blind Phillip McAllister fired out a bet of 1,650 and Terry Plummer (button) made the call. The [2d] fell on the turn McAllister bet again, this time 3,800 and again Plummer flat called. The [Kh] completed the board, McAllister stood up to get a better look at Plummer's stack before asking how much he had left (about 18,000), he then fired out a curious bet of 3,300, less than he had bet on the previous street. After around 15 seconds of thought Plummer slid out a raise, betting 7,900 in total. Again McAllister stood up to gauge Plummer's remaining chips, after a few head shakes and grimaces he folded the [Ks] face-up, Plummer showed [7s][5s] for the missed gutshot draw that he turned into a river bluff. -- NW <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 75-150</h2> 2.22pm: Back from the break The remaining players are now back in their seats and level three is underway. There's no easy way to say this but: George Stewart, Marinos Mina, Richard Heelas, Kevin Steele, Dag Ahlse, Michael Watson, Gareth Parry, Darren Sweeney, Stephen Kenna, Roman Dohnal, Romero Borze, Daniel Perez, Jamil Ogunmakinwa, Michalis Michael, Julian Thew and Tomlin Colburn are not back in their seats as they were all eliminated during the first two levels. -- NW 2.02pm: Break time That's two levels in the books, players are now on a 20 minute break. -- NW 1.50pm: Blain picks one off When you think of Ireland and poker, names like Padraig Parkinson, Fintan Gavin, Roy Brindley and Andy Black come to mind. There are all of the chatty, eccentric, up for the craic type personalities but there is another rarer breed of Irish poker player, the get it quietly type. One player who fits that mould is Dermot Blain, no table histrionics, no fuss just impeccable table presence and consistency. The young Irishman has a string of impressive cashes to his name including winning the APPT Maccau Main Event in 2009 and a fifth place finish in the WSOPE Main Event in 2011. I just saw a hand that encapsulated all this, he called a raise of 275 from Matthew Gilmartin and the two of them checked all the way to the river on a board of [2s][Qs][6c][8h][Jh]. At his juncture Gilmartin threw out a bet of 400, no insta-call here from Blain, he made a face that looked like he was chewing a wasp, thought for about 15 seconds and then called. Gilmartin showed [8s][7s] but Blain had [Ac][Js] to take the pot. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27119.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_dermot blain.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27119-thumb-450x675-164349.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Dermot Blain</center> 1.35pm: One for the cameras Small round of applause for Damien Quinlivan who just three-barrel bluffed [8h][5h] into a [ad][jd][5d][6s][3s] board. Well, I assume it was a bluff. That would be some pretty thin value betting if not. Mike Hill had opened the pot for 225 and had picked up three callers, including Quinlivan in the small blind and Mark Spelman in the big. Flop: [ad][jd][5d] Quinlivan led 450 and was called by Spelman. The others passed Turn: [ad][jd][5d][6s] Quinlivan fired another 1,000 into the pot. Spelman called again. River: [ad][jd][5d][6s][3s] Quinlivan confidently - perhaps too confidently - threw 2,600 into the middle. Spelman tank-folded. Quinlivan took a look at his cards, looked up, caught my eye and showed the table the bluff. Bravo, sir. It was one for the cameras. Mike Hill was still chortling as I walked away. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27138.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_mike hill.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27138-thumb-450x675-164345.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Mike Hill looking for his fourth UKIPT final table</center> 1.10pm: Tables chips and exits The table draw has thrown up the odd doozy, which we'll be keeping an eye on. Like table 42 where Dean Lyall, Jeff Burke, Bastiaan Van Den Brink and Daiva Barauskaite are sat in a row. That table has already seen one elimination, earlier we reported how Van Den Brink had doubled up but didn't have the name of the first player out. We can now report that the unlucky player to exit was Antonius Van Venrooij. Meanwhile Richard Sinclair (18,000) and Iwan Jones (17,000) have got off to good starts whilst things have gone south so far for Julian Thew (7,000) and Nick Newport (13,900). -- NW <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 50-100</h2> 12.50pm: Seat open By this time on Day 1A two players (including Nick Abou Risk) had been sent to the rail, both as the result of aces versus kings (although the kings won on one occasion). Today it took a bit longer to lose the first player, around 50 minutes in fact. The identity of the eliminated player is unknown but Bastiaan Van Den Brink was the beneficiary and he told me what happened: "I opened the button with [10][9], he three-bet with [10][5] and I called. The flop came [9][7][5] he c-bet, I called. The turn was a ten he fired a second barrel and I called. The river was a blank, he shoved all-in and I called." So two pair against smaller two pair accounts for the first player today, much more interesting than boring aces versus kings. -- NW 12.35pm: Walking the floor This looks to be a great event to play. A lot of players that you might not want to see at your table - think of the likes of Jake Cody, Matt Perrins, JP Kelly, James Keys, Chris Brammer, Rupiner Bedi - aren't here because of the upcoming World Series, some have headed out early, and because of <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/">SCOOP</a>, which has been hitting some unbelievable numbers. That's a chunk of tough players who would severely reduce your tournament expectation so to the 500 or so that are playing this €770 main event, well done, you've made a fantastic decision. Among the players today that do have some previous are EPT winner Julian Thew, EPT and UKIPT regular Dermot Blain, Dean 'deanosupremo' Lyall and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-greezhool-great-in-event-2-hi-094105.html">SCOOP hero Sam 'SamSquid' Grafton</a>. We'll be catching up with Grafton at the break to speak to him about his $234,193 bink. He doesn't know it yet, but we will. Thew is at a table nearby sporting a small red and yellow dollar bill badge. It's not a bounty button, it's a lucky charm from one of his kids: "I thought I'd check out its luckbox potential. I'll give it a couple of hours," said Thew. Fifteen minutes of the first level remain. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27226.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_julian thew.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27226-thumb-450x675-164342.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Julian Thew</center> 12.20pm: Who's here? There's a much larger field today than yesterday and amongst the 300 or so runners is a sprinkling of stardust. So far I've spotted EPT winner Julian Thew, UKIPT Champion of Champions Richard Sinclair who's resplendent in his usual Day 1 Ed Hardy hoodie. Also spotted were UKIPT Galway runner-up Ronan Gilligan, UKIPT Nottingham S2 fourth place finisher Tim Bettingen, Paul Jackson, Nicholas Newport and UKIPT Killarney champion Femi Fakinle. True to form Fakinle was involved in a pot as I passed his table, he bet 600 on the river of a [8c][6d][8h][4h][9s], his opponent called but mucked when Fakinle showed [8s][6h] for a full house. Keep an eye on the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a>, where we'll be keeping track of the names, notables and big stacks as stories develop on Day 1B. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27157.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_femi fakinle.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27157-thumb-450x300-164340.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Femi Fakinle</center> 12pm: And we're off... The clock is running/the cards are in the air/add your own 'the tournament has begun' euphemism here. -- RD 11.50pm: Day 1B revving up Today's looking like a busy one. Plenty of players milling around and making their way to the tables. We had 199 player yesterday, 91 of whom made it through the eight one-hour levels. We'll be playing the same today: no dinner break and done by 9pm. Lovely. The board is currently showing 300 players so we can expect a field of 500-plus. We can break the news that the defending champion Dutchman Joeri Zandvliet will not be defending his title. He's in Ibiza at the Estrellas Poker Tour trying win a new one instead. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_26567.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_stacks.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_26567-thumb-450x675-164306.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Loading up the starting stacks</center> PokerStars Blog reporting team in Dublin (in order of score out of ten they give Ballymaloe relish): Rick Dacey (8 - it's tangy, tasty and just a little bit naughty) and Nick Wright (7 - it's no Devonian chutney, but it's close).Photos by Mickey May (Ballymallymoolee what?). James Dempsey and Chris Brammer image credits go to Neil Stoddart." 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Join us in a <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-5-updates-b-094549.html">new post</a> in 20 minutes. -- RD 4.15pm: Table captain We're regularly updating the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a> players are busting out pretty quickly today and tables are being broken and condensed all the time. As a result of a table breakage Sam Grafton (38,000) and Dean Lyall (42,000) are on the same table. That could be an interesting one to watch. -- NW 4.10pm: Sorry man You sense that poker players saying sorry when they've got it in behind and won is an empty gesture and as gestures go it's even more empty when they get it in good and hold up. But, somehow it just seems the appropriate response when you eliminate someone from a poker tournament. And I just witnessed John Willoughby and George Power perform this little dance after the former eliminated the latter. I only caught the action from the turn but there was already about 10,000 in the pot and with the board showing [4c][Ac][5s][2h] Willoughby bet 3,600, he was flat called and Power then moved all-in for around 12,000. Back on Willoughby he re-raised all-in and the flat caller got out the way. Willoughby: [3h][3c] - turned straight Power: [4s][4d] - flopped set Although he was behind Power had a re-draw but he couldn't get there on the [Qh] river after winning that pot Willoughby is up to 40,000. -- NW 4pm: Ledders spots the live tell Gerry Hegarty had limped under-the-gun and picked up multiple callers; two of which were Michael Leedham in the big blind and Daiva Barauskaite on the button. All six players checked the [ah][7s][ks] flop but on the [4c] turn Michael Leedham looked set to take a stab at the pot. Just as he was reaching for his chips Hegarty reached for his own. Leedham pulled a quizzical face and opted to check instead. Hegarty bet 725 and all his opponents, Leedham included, passed. "I went for my chips too quickly, he was going to bet," said Hegarty. Yes, I think everyone realized that. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27342.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_daiva barauskaite.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27342-thumb-300x450-164374.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Daiva Barauskaite</center> 3.45pm: Lively table 17 Matt Nolan has just bought himself a consolation pint after getting knocked out of the main event. He told us that he was the sixth player to get knocked out at table 17, yet strangely no-one is ridiculously stacked up there, but someone no doubt will be in the coming levels. Nolan has jumped into a cash game and, there's no easy way to say this, but if you're looking for Ali Duncan, Michael Duffy, Mark Karoulas, UKIPT Killarney champ Femi Fakinle, Jarlath Kilgallon, Lee Dixon, Jay Cleere, Mike Hill, Deborah Worley-Roberts, Callum Smith or, a man with a great name for poker, Raik Fischer, then perhaps you should look to that cash game. They're all out. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27418.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_matt nolan.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27418-thumb-300x450-164376.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Matt Nolan</center> 3.35pm: Blain can't summon the magic I feel I might have put the hex on Dermot Blain after praising him earlier (see post at 1.50pm) as the Irishman is now out. He ran ace-king into Lee Taylor's aces and the latter now has a stack approaching 50,000. -- NW 3.23pm: The structure The UKIPT structure is a great one and which can be seen by<a href="http://www.ukipt.com/tournaments/structure/"> clicking here</a>. Today, like yesterday, we'll be playing eight one-hour levels with no dinner break. The all-important antes kick in during level six. -- RD <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 100-200</h2> 3.15pm: Chips I'm updating the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a> as often as possible. It's not comprehensive but it contains the names, notables and big stacks. Someone who covers all three categories is UKIPT S3 Galway champion Emmett Mullin who's off to a good start as he's up to 35,000. But, that's not the biggest stack at his table, as on his direct right Conor Beresford has 47,000. -- NW 3.10pm: Always the river "Damn river," exclaimed Kevin Monroe as he passed 6,575 of his stack in the direction of Sean Clery. "It's always the river," he added, perhaps to ease the pain or maybe in case anyone missed it the first time. In an all-in pre-flop encounter, Monroe was a big favourite as he held pocket queens, Clery had the dominated [Ad][Qs] and looked to be heading out as the flop of [6s][Kd][Jc] bought him only an unlikely gutshot to go with his overcard. The [3h] didn't help, but the [Ah] river certainly did. As players who are about to be eliminated so often do, Clery was half out of his chair before the river was dealt so had to do the sit-back-down-shuffle as he collected his chips. -- NW 3pm: Getting the SCOOP with Sam Grafton "Sorry I didn't win the SCOOP. You could have been, like, 'let's interview SCOOP winner Sam Grafton wearing his bracelet'," said Sam Grafton. While some players have to have quotes crowbarred out of them, Grafton has to be sat on like an over-packed suitcase. There's just too much coming out. He talks quickly and enthusiastically, hands waving as if he's swatting imaginary flies. And with that opening salvo he does himself a disservice, although he didn't win the SCOOP title and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-greezhool-great-in-event-2-hi-094105.html">bust out in third place in SCOOP-2-H</a>, a $2,100 buy-in, Grafton, playing under the name 'SamSquid', took the largest slice of the money, a massive $234,193. "I felt like I played really well anyway," continued Grafton, unprompted, "I had the chip lead with about 500 - halfway through the field - and I don't think I ever fell outside the top five after that. I went to the final table second in chips. I was so consistent throughout the tournament that I feel I deserved it." <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318-thumb-450x300-164362.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Sam 'SamSquid' Grafton</center> Grafton's rail was loud and vociferous in the chat box, on Twitter and Facebook. It was heartwarming stuff. James Dempsey's tweet summed it up: "News has reached me that you are doing well in a virtual poker game. Best of luck mate, be a very popular result #squidlovesthegame" <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/dempsey.jpg"><img alt="dempsey.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/dempsey-thumb-300x450-164364.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>James Dempsey</center> Did that level of support surprise Grafton? A little, but not a lot. "The British poker community is amazingly supportive of their own. I think we have incredible morale among all of us. Everyone roots for everyone else which culminated in last year's Vegas, but it's continued since. I was pretty overwhelmed by the amount of Facebook messages I received. The amount of people that said they stayed up and watched it, I'd be like 'thanks' then they'd ask, 'What did you have in this or that hand?' They actually had watched it, not just had it on in the background, you know. That was really nice. "All of us who are playing on Stars all the time are very close. Whenever someone makes a final table you get it up. The game's quite tough with all the swings that you go through so you need that network of support and everyone gets to celebrate together." Another way of balancing those swings is obviously by selling and swapping action, so how much did Grafton actually have of himself? "I only had 30% (still an uptick of around $70,000) but it's my biggest score to date. I've probably worked the hardest I ever have on my game since January. I was comfortable for a while but Chris Brammer, who's one of my closest friends, had a sick end of last year with his FCOOP results. That spurred me on to really want to do it; crack the top 100 on PocketFives, get that marquee score. This is what I've been working towards. "I don't think I've ever played this much volume, never missing a Sunday, hand reviewing. In this game you don't always get what you deserve so it's really nice to have something that vindicates the work that I've been doing with Toby (Lewis), Brammer and Craig McCorkell," he said. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/brammer.jpg"><img alt="brammer.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/brammer-thumb-300x450-164367.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Chris 'nigdawg' Brammer</center> Grafton, a man well known for his Shoreditch style of sartorial elegance; all trend shoes, weird jeans, big glasses, tilted cap atop explosive hair, doesn't strike you as the type to just sit back and quietly enjoy his win. In fact, it's hard to imagine him do anything quietly. "We had a bit of a celebration. I play at a club in East London with some good friends and we had a good night out on the Saturday. I also invited all my non-poker friends. They were a bit overwhelmed: 'This is actual money that you won?' I've neglected them a bit because I've been playing so hard so it was good to take them out too." <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27126.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27126-thumb-300x450-164369.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Grafton on the grind once again</center> The next step - after winning UKIPT Dublin, of course - is the World Series and Grafton already has an apartment booked for seven weeks with Chris Brammer, the UKIPT Season 1 leader board champion. The win has certainly eased some of the financial pressures that Las Vegas can exert. "I can do that a lot more comfortably now. There's less pressure. When it comes to credit card roulette you're still sweating it but it's not a case of staying in and eating sandwiches for the next week if you lose the CCR! "It was great last year kicking off with Jake (Cody) and Pez getting a bracelet. Whenever someone got a result they paid for the result and box off the club. I had so many freeroll nights I was lik, 'Oi oi!' I'm really excited and going into it with my confidence really high. Someone's going to do something really silly out there," said Grafton. The break was coming to a close and Grafton bounced back towards the tournament floor to spin up his starting stack. He 'called a man with ace-high' and was wrong which had dropped him down to 6,000 but quad aces and a set of kings later put Grafton back up to 15,000. If you have this guy at your table don't expect an easy ride, you won't get one. -- RD 2.50pm: Latecomers People are still buying into the tournament and amongst the latecomers is none other than Andy Black, I saw him get his seating assignment, he was clutching his seat card in one hand and a hastily purchased sandwich in the other. -- NW 2.35pm: Action table There's already been three eliminations from table 17 today, which in my mind at least gives it a status as an action table, a hub of big chunky pots whilst the blinds are still low if you like. And if by magic as I wandered past it, a big pot was in progress. I joined the action live to see a flop of [Qc][6s][9h] on the felt and roughly 3,500 in the pot. From the big blind Phillip McAllister fired out a bet of 1,650 and Terry Plummer (button) made the call. The [2d] fell on the turn McAllister bet again, this time 3,800 and again Plummer flat called. The [Kh] completed the board, McAllister stood up to get a better look at Plummer's stack before asking how much he had left (about 18,000), he then fired out a curious bet of 3,300, less than he had bet on the previous street. After around 15 seconds of thought Plummer slid out a raise, betting 7,900 in total. Again McAllister stood up to gauge Plummer's remaining chips, after a few head shakes and grimaces he folded the [Ks] face-up, Plummer showed [7s][5s] for the missed gutshot draw that he turned into a river bluff. -- NW <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 75-150</h2> 2.22pm: Back from the break The remaining players are now back in their seats and level three is underway. There's no easy way to say this but: George Stewart, Marinos Mina, Richard Heelas, Kevin Steele, Dag Ahlse, Michael Watson, Gareth Parry, Darren Sweeney, Stephen Kenna, Roman Dohnal, Romero Borze, Daniel Perez, Jamil Ogunmakinwa, Michalis Michael, Julian Thew and Tomlin Colburn are not back in their seats as they were all eliminated during the first two levels. -- NW 2.02pm: Break time That's two levels in the books, players are now on a 20 minute break. -- NW 1.50pm: Blain picks one off When you think of Ireland and poker, names like Padraig Parkinson, Fintan Gavin, Roy Brindley and Andy Black come to mind. There are all of the chatty, eccentric, up for the craic type personalities but there is another rarer breed of Irish poker player, the get it quietly type. One player who fits that mould is Dermot Blain, no table histrionics, no fuss just impeccable table presence and consistency. The young Irishman has a string of impressive cashes to his name including winning the APPT Maccau Main Event in 2009 and a fifth place finish in the WSOPE Main Event in 2011. I just saw a hand that encapsulated all this, he called a raise of 275 from Matthew Gilmartin and the two of them checked all the way to the river on a board of [2s][Qs][6c][8h][Jh]. At his juncture Gilmartin threw out a bet of 400, no insta-call here from Blain, he made a face that looked like he was chewing a wasp, thought for about 15 seconds and then called. Gilmartin showed [8s][7s] but Blain had [Ac][Js] to take the pot. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27119.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_dermot blain.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27119-thumb-450x675-164349.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Dermot Blain</center> 1.35pm: One for the cameras Small round of applause for Damien Quinlivan who just three-barrel bluffed [8h][5h] into a [ad][jd][5d][6s][3s] board. Well, I assume it was a bluff. That would be some pretty thin value betting if not. Mike Hill had opened the pot for 225 and had picked up three callers, including Quinlivan in the small blind and Mark Spelman in the big. Flop: [ad][jd][5d] Quinlivan led 450 and was called by Spelman. The others passed Turn: [ad][jd][5d][6s] Quinlivan fired another 1,000 into the pot. Spelman called again. River: [ad][jd][5d][6s][3s] Quinlivan confidently - perhaps too confidently - threw 2,600 into the middle. Spelman tank-folded. Quinlivan took a look at his cards, looked up, caught my eye and showed the table the bluff. Bravo, sir. It was one for the cameras. Mike Hill was still chortling as I walked away. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27138.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_mike hill.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27138-thumb-450x675-164345.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Mike Hill looking for his fourth UKIPT final table</center> 1.10pm: Tables chips and exits The table draw has thrown up the odd doozy, which we'll be keeping an eye on. Like table 42 where Dean Lyall, Jeff Burke, Bastiaan Van Den Brink and Daiva Barauskaite are sat in a row. That table has already seen one elimination, earlier we reported how Van Den Brink had doubled up but didn't have the name of the first player out. We can now report that the unlucky player to exit was Antonius Van Venrooij. Meanwhile Richard Sinclair (18,000) and Iwan Jones (17,000) have got off to good starts whilst things have gone south so far for Julian Thew (7,000) and Nick Newport (13,900). -- NW <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 50-100</h2> 12.50pm: Seat open By this time on Day 1A two players (including Nick Abou Risk) had been sent to the rail, both as the result of aces versus kings (although the kings won on one occasion). Today it took a bit longer to lose the first player, around 50 minutes in fact. The identity of the eliminated player is unknown but Bastiaan Van Den Brink was the beneficiary and he told me what happened: "I opened the button with [10][9], he three-bet with [10][5] and I called. The flop came [9][7][5] he c-bet, I called. The turn was a ten he fired a second barrel and I called. The river was a blank, he shoved all-in and I called." So two pair against smaller two pair accounts for the first player today, much more interesting than boring aces versus kings. -- NW 12.35pm: Walking the floor This looks to be a great event to play. A lot of players that you might not want to see at your table - think of the likes of Jake Cody, Matt Perrins, JP Kelly, James Keys, Chris Brammer, Rupiner Bedi - aren't here because of the upcoming World Series, some have headed out early, and because of <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/">SCOOP</a>, which has been hitting some unbelievable numbers. That's a chunk of tough players who would severely reduce your tournament expectation so to the 500 or so that are playing this €770 main event, well done, you've made a fantastic decision. Among the players today that do have some previous are EPT winner Julian Thew, EPT and UKIPT regular Dermot Blain, Dean 'deanosupremo' Lyall and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-greezhool-great-in-event-2-hi-094105.html">SCOOP hero Sam 'SamSquid' Grafton</a>. We'll be catching up with Grafton at the break to speak to him about his $234,193 bink. He doesn't know it yet, but we will. Thew is at a table nearby sporting a small red and yellow dollar bill badge. It's not a bounty button, it's a lucky charm from one of his kids: "I thought I'd check out its luckbox potential. I'll give it a couple of hours," said Thew. Fifteen minutes of the first level remain. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27226.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_julian thew.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27226-thumb-450x675-164342.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Julian Thew</center> 12.20pm: Who's here? There's a much larger field today than yesterday and amongst the 300 or so runners is a sprinkling of stardust. So far I've spotted EPT winner Julian Thew, UKIPT Champion of Champions Richard Sinclair who's resplendent in his usual Day 1 Ed Hardy hoodie. Also spotted were UKIPT Galway runner-up Ronan Gilligan, UKIPT Nottingham S2 fourth place finisher Tim Bettingen, Paul Jackson, Nicholas Newport and UKIPT Killarney champion Femi Fakinle. True to form Fakinle was involved in a pot as I passed his table, he bet 600 on the river of a [8c][6d][8h][4h][9s], his opponent called but mucked when Fakinle showed [8s][6h] for a full house. Keep an eye on the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a>, where we'll be keeping track of the names, notables and big stacks as stories develop on Day 1B. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27157.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_femi fakinle.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27157-thumb-450x300-164340.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Femi Fakinle</center> 12pm: And we're off... The clock is running/the cards are in the air/add your own 'the tournament has begun' euphemism here. -- RD 11.50pm: Day 1B revving up Today's looking like a busy one. Plenty of players milling around and making their way to the tables. We had 199 player yesterday, 91 of whom made it through the eight one-hour levels. We'll be playing the same today: no dinner break and done by 9pm. Lovely. The board is currently showing 300 players so we can expect a field of 500-plus. We can break the news that the defending champion Dutchman Joeri Zandvliet will not be defending his title. He's in Ibiza at the Estrellas Poker Tour trying win a new one instead. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_26567.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_stacks.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_26567-thumb-450x675-164306.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Loading up the starting stacks</center> PokerStars Blog reporting team in Dublin (in order of score out of ten they give Ballymaloe relish): Rick Dacey (8 - it's tangy, tasty and just a little bit naughty) and Nick Wright (7 - it's no Devonian chutney, but it's close).Photos by Mickey May (Ballymallymoolee what?). James Dempsey and Chris Brammer image credits go to Neil Stoddart." 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["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(92) "SCOOP 2012: Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka flushes field and wins Event #33-High ($2,100 NL 1R1A)" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(16500) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="100" width="130" />Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka made a deep run a couple of days in SCOOP Event #29-High, but he could only muster up a ninth-place finish. Jaka took another shot at a SCOOP title this evening and advanced to his second final table, which also included Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov. Lykov busted out in fifth place, and Jaka eventually found himself heads-up against HC_68 from Austria. Only one person stood in his way of immortality. Jaka rose to the occasion and like a veteran pugilist, he methodically wore down his opponent before he delivered a decisive knock-out blow. Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) attracted 175 runners. The prize pool ballooned to $808,000 and included 120 re-buys and 109 add-ons. First place was guaranteed $173,720 and a cool champion's watch. Only the top 27 places paid out. <img alt="scoopwatch_champion.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoopwatch_champion.jpg" width="333" height="444" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>The coveted SCOOP champion's watch</center> The star-studded field featured familiar faces such as Team PokerStars Online George "Jorj95" Lind and slew of PokerStars Team Pros... Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, ElkY, Nacho Barbero, Johnny Lodden, and Eugene Katchalov. Notables who cashed in Event #33-High included PokerStars Team Pros Max Lykov (5th) and Vicky Coren (17th). When the money bubble burst at 27, zugzwang16 held the lead with 130K with Shaun Deeb lurking in the Top 10. With two tables remaining, HITTHEPANDA took command of the lead with 222K and Max moved up to 6th overall with Shaun Deeb not far behind. Vicky Coren held the short stack with 14K. Coren's comeback was thwarted by römpsä's pocket Kings. On a board of [Qc][4d][3h], she check-raised all-in with [Ks][Qd] but was trailing römpsä's [Kh][Kd]. The turn and river did not held Coren and she busted out in 17th place, which paid out $10,100. Shaun Deeb (a.k.a. the Mayor of SCOOP) was seeking another final table, but fell short of the mark and busted out in 12th place. Deeb four-bet shoved with [4h][4d] and ran into zugzwang16's [Qc][Qd]. Deeb missed his chance to win his fourth title and 8th final table, but he earned $14,140 for 12th place. With 11 players remaining, zugzwang16 took over the lead with 300K. Max Lykov chipped up to third place after he knocked out BrynKenney. Kenney's pair of jacks with [Ks][Jd] lost to Lykov's Ace-high flush with [Ah][4h]. Kenney took home $14,140 for 11th place. With ten players left, action went hand-for-hand. It took almost two full levels before someone busted. Short-stacked Naza114 open-shoved for 48,084. Max Lykov re-raised all-in to isolate and everyone else got out of his way. Lykov was flipping with [Ac][Ks] against Naza114's [4c][4s]. A King on the flop gave the lead to Lykov. The board ran out [Kd][Jd][2d][7h][6s] and Lykov's pair of Kings held up. Naza114 bubbled off the final table in tenth place ($14,140). <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP_33H_FT-thumb-450x315-164474.jpg" width="450" height="315" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Event #33-H - Final Table Chip Counts: Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (106,896) Seat 2: römpsä (224,355) Seat 3: Mafews (68,601) Seat 4: HITTHEPANDA (49,100) Seat 5: HC_68 (316,810) Seat 6: Sphinx87 (74,329) Seat 7: zugzwang16 (85,800) Seat 8: Maxim Lykov (238,546) Seat 9: RandALLin (47,563) HC_68 began the final table as the chip leader with RandALLin holding onto the short stack. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka was fourth overall. PSYCHO KILLER: Mafews eliminated in 9th place It didn't take very long before two players rumbled at the final table. The-Toilet 0 opened-shoved for 129,869 and Mafews called. The-Toilet 0 was behind with [6c][6h] against Mafews' [Th][Tc], but the board ran out [Jc][5h][4s][Qc][6s]. The [6s] spiked on the river to improve The-Toilet 0 to a set of sixes. Mafews hit the road and became the first player to bust at the final table. For ninth place, Mafews earned $16,160.00. LIFE DURING WARTIME: RandALLin eliminated in 8th place Another short stack was liquidated when Sphinx87 min-raised to 5,000, RandALLin shoved for 38,713, and Sphinx87 called. RandALLin was in trouble with [As][Qs] against Sphinx87's [Ad][Kd]. The board ran out [8d][4s][3c][Qd][3d]. RandALLin's pair of Queens were ravished when Sphinx87 caught running diamonds for an Ace-high flush. RandALLin collected $24,240 for eighth place. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: HITTHEPANDA eliminated in 7th place The-Toilet 0 started the skirmish with 6,000. HITTHEPANDA re-raised all-in for 72,700, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 was flipping with [Ac][Kc] against HITTHEPANDA's [7h][7d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][7c]. HITTHEPANDA improved to a set of sevens, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a nut-flush draw. The turn was the [6h] and the river was the [Jc]. The-Toilet 0 rivered his flush and HITTHEPANDA was dunzo. For seventh place, HITTHEPANDA won $32,320. With five to go, Max Lykov sat in the top spot with 312K and The-Toilet 0 chipped up to second with almost 300K. Lykov coughed up the top spot when he ran into pocket Aces. On a flop of [8s][6s][4c], römpsä bet 15,070, Lykov raised to 31,225, römpsä shoved for 161,827, and Lykov called. Lykov held [7h][4h] for bottom pair and a gutshot against römpsä's [Ac][Ad]. Lykov was crippled and römpsä rocketed to the top with 333K. SWAMP: Sphinx87 eliminated in 6th place Here's a hand that involves cracked Aces and quads... Sphinx87 min-raised to 6,000. Max Lykov shoved all-in and Sphinx87 called all-in for 54,792. Sphinx87 led with [Ac][As] versus [9s][9d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][9h] and Lykov flopped quads. Sphinx87 needed running Aces to win, but the turn was the [Kc], and the river was the [4h]. Sphinx87's Aces were brutally snapped off. Lykov chipped up to 137K. Despite the tough beat, Sphinx87 collected $40,400 for sixth place. 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The-Toilet 0 (361K) held the lead, followed by römpsä (325K), HC_68 (270K), Max Lykov (137K), and zugzwang16 (117K). The-Toilet 0 and römpsä clashed back and forth over Level 25. The-Toilet 0 opened to 8,520, römpsä raised to 18,999, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 37,800, römpsä five-bet shoved for 496,694, and The-Toilet 0 called. Another flip... römpsä was racing with [Ah][Ks] against The-Toilet 0's [Td][Tc]. The flop was [Ts][7h][6d] and The-Toilet 0 strengthened is hand to a set. The turn was the [2s] and the river was the [2h]. The-Toilet 0 won the pot with a full boat. The-Toilet 0 chipped up to 491K. SLIPPERY PEOPLE: Max Lykov eliminated in 5th place The-Toilet 0 had just run his [Qs][Qh] into zugzwang16's [Ah][Ad]. While zugzwang16 lived to fight another day, The-Toilet 0 found himself getting dealt pocket Queens in consecutive hands. The-Toilet 0 min-raised to 8,000, Lykov pushed all-in for 131,026, and The-Toilet 0 called. Lykov was trailing with [Ac][Qd] against The-Toilet 0's [Qh][Qs]. The board ran out [Js][Tc][6c][6d][4d]. The-Toilet 0's Queens held up when he faded a Broadway gutshot and an Ace. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov collected $48,480 for a fifth-place finish. The-Toilet 0 passed the half million mark with römpsä (287K) in second. Meanwhile, zugzwang16 was the shorty with 162K. BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE: römpsä eliminated in 4th place It was zugzwang16's turn to seize momentum. He crawled out of the basement and doubled up wit [Qh][Jc] against römpsä's [9d][9s]. Both players bombed it all-in preflop. The board ran out [Ah][Jd][6c][8d][3h] and römpsä's nines failed to improve. On the next hand... römpsä got the rest of his chips all-in from the big blind, and römpsä made a final stand with [6h][5c] against zugzwang16's [Qc][Tc]. The board ran out [Qh][Jh][4d][5h][2d] and zugzwang16 won the pot. Finland's römpsä took home $70,700 for fourth place. DEAL? Faraz "The-Toilet 0"Jaka still lead with 515K and zugzwang16 (434K) moved up to second, while HC_68 was in last with (262K). Action was paused while the final three discussed a deal. The-Toilet 0 didn't like the number offered for first place. "Nothing personal," Jaka wanted his opponents to know. Unable to come to a comprise, the discussion was halted and play resumed. Once cards went back into the air, The-Toilet 0 launched an offensive surge. He struck first blood by winning a pot worth 191K against HC_68. On a board of [Qc][6s][6c][9h][4c], The-Toilet 0 showed [Qs][7d] for a better two pair against HC_68's [3h][3c] and inferior two pair. The-Toilet 0 won the next few pots and chipped up to 775K. ONCE IN A LIFETIME: zugzwang16 eliminated in 3rd place HC_68 gained some momentum and won a pot against The-Toilet 0 before he picked on zugzwang16. While HC_68 chipped up, zugzwang16's stack headed south. In a few hands, zugzwang16 met his untimely fate when a raising war broke out. The-Toilet 0 opened to 10,000, HC_68 called from the small blind, zugzwang16 raised to 31,075, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 62,022, HC_68 folded, but zugzwang16 five-bet shoved all-in for 231,366, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 took [Tc][Ts] to war against zugzwang16's [Ah][Th]. The-Toilet 0 flopped a boat and that's all she wrote. The board finished up [Kd][Kh][Td][5h][9s] and zugzwang16 busted in third place, which paid out $94,940. HEADS-UP: The-Toilet 0 (Mexico) vs. HC_68 (Austria) Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (890,003) Seat 5: HC_68 (321,997) WHAT A DAY THAT WAS: HC_68 eliminated in 2nd place; The-Toilet 0 prevails! The-Toilet 0 patiently chiseled away at HC_68's stack over a twenty minute stretch. During a few instances, The-Toilet 0 acted like a menacing cat that was toying with a cornered mouse. HC_68 was in trouble. He had lost three hands in a row and lost nine out of twelve. HC_68's remaining stack was under siege and he desperately needed to do something about that. HC_68 min-raised to 12,000 and The-Toilet 0 called. The flop was [Jd][7s][2s]. The-Toilet 0 checked, HC_68 fired out 12,000, The-Toilet 0 check-raised to 1,000,000, and HC_68 called all-in. HC_68 showed [Tc][Ts] and was ahead, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a flush draw with [6s][3s]. The [Js] spiked on the turn and The-Toilet 0 filled in his flush. However, HC_68 still had outs with a higher flush draw and a boat draw. Alas, the river was the [8h]. HC_68 failed to improve his hand and was knocked out in second place. Austria's HC_68 collected $12,5240 for a runner-up performance. Meanwhile, Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka shipped his first SCOOP title of the year. He won a champion's watch and earned $173,720 for first place. If Jaka is looking to invest his windfall, he won enough cash to purchase 4,571 shares of Facebook. Check out the final hand in the replayer: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers must click thru to view the replayer</center> Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) Final Table Payouts and Results: Entrants: 175 Payouts: 27 1. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka (Mexico) - $173,720 2. HC_68 (Austria) - $125,240 3. zugzwang16 (Uruguay) - $94,940 4. römpsä (Finland) - $70,700 5. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov (Russia) - $48,480 6. Sphinx87 (Poland) - $40,400 7. HITTHEPANDA (Canada) - $32,320 8. RandALLin (Mexico) - $24,240 9. Mafews (U.K.) - $16,160 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(23) "Paul "DrPauly" McGuire " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-faraz-the-toilet-0-jaka-flush-094580.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-faraz-the-toilet-0-jaka-flush-094580.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 23:43:47 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(16500) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="100" width="130" />Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka made a deep run a couple of days in SCOOP Event #29-High, but he could only muster up a ninth-place finish. Jaka took another shot at a SCOOP title this evening and advanced to his second final table, which also included Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov. Lykov busted out in fifth place, and Jaka eventually found himself heads-up against HC_68 from Austria. Only one person stood in his way of immortality. Jaka rose to the occasion and like a veteran pugilist, he methodically wore down his opponent before he delivered a decisive knock-out blow. Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) attracted 175 runners. The prize pool ballooned to $808,000 and included 120 re-buys and 109 add-ons. First place was guaranteed $173,720 and a cool champion's watch. Only the top 27 places paid out. <img alt="scoopwatch_champion.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoopwatch_champion.jpg" width="333" height="444" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>The coveted SCOOP champion's watch</center> The star-studded field featured familiar faces such as Team PokerStars Online George "Jorj95" Lind and slew of PokerStars Team Pros... Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, ElkY, Nacho Barbero, Johnny Lodden, and Eugene Katchalov. Notables who cashed in Event #33-High included PokerStars Team Pros Max Lykov (5th) and Vicky Coren (17th). When the money bubble burst at 27, zugzwang16 held the lead with 130K with Shaun Deeb lurking in the Top 10. With two tables remaining, HITTHEPANDA took command of the lead with 222K and Max moved up to 6th overall with Shaun Deeb not far behind. Vicky Coren held the short stack with 14K. Coren's comeback was thwarted by römpsä's pocket Kings. On a board of [Qc][4d][3h], she check-raised all-in with [Ks][Qd] but was trailing römpsä's [Kh][Kd]. The turn and river did not held Coren and she busted out in 17th place, which paid out $10,100. Shaun Deeb (a.k.a. the Mayor of SCOOP) was seeking another final table, but fell short of the mark and busted out in 12th place. Deeb four-bet shoved with [4h][4d] and ran into zugzwang16's [Qc][Qd]. Deeb missed his chance to win his fourth title and 8th final table, but he earned $14,140 for 12th place. With 11 players remaining, zugzwang16 took over the lead with 300K. Max Lykov chipped up to third place after he knocked out BrynKenney. Kenney's pair of jacks with [Ks][Jd] lost to Lykov's Ace-high flush with [Ah][4h]. Kenney took home $14,140 for 11th place. With ten players left, action went hand-for-hand. It took almost two full levels before someone busted. Short-stacked Naza114 open-shoved for 48,084. Max Lykov re-raised all-in to isolate and everyone else got out of his way. Lykov was flipping with [Ac][Ks] against Naza114's [4c][4s]. A King on the flop gave the lead to Lykov. The board ran out [Kd][Jd][2d][7h][6s] and Lykov's pair of Kings held up. Naza114 bubbled off the final table in tenth place ($14,140). <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP_33H_FT-thumb-450x315-164474.jpg" width="450" height="315" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Event #33-H - Final Table Chip Counts: Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (106,896) Seat 2: römpsä (224,355) Seat 3: Mafews (68,601) Seat 4: HITTHEPANDA (49,100) Seat 5: HC_68 (316,810) Seat 6: Sphinx87 (74,329) Seat 7: zugzwang16 (85,800) Seat 8: Maxim Lykov (238,546) Seat 9: RandALLin (47,563) HC_68 began the final table as the chip leader with RandALLin holding onto the short stack. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka was fourth overall. PSYCHO KILLER: Mafews eliminated in 9th place It didn't take very long before two players rumbled at the final table. The-Toilet 0 opened-shoved for 129,869 and Mafews called. The-Toilet 0 was behind with [6c][6h] against Mafews' [Th][Tc], but the board ran out [Jc][5h][4s][Qc][6s]. The [6s] spiked on the river to improve The-Toilet 0 to a set of sixes. Mafews hit the road and became the first player to bust at the final table. For ninth place, Mafews earned $16,160.00. LIFE DURING WARTIME: RandALLin eliminated in 8th place Another short stack was liquidated when Sphinx87 min-raised to 5,000, RandALLin shoved for 38,713, and Sphinx87 called. RandALLin was in trouble with [As][Qs] against Sphinx87's [Ad][Kd]. The board ran out [8d][4s][3c][Qd][3d]. RandALLin's pair of Queens were ravished when Sphinx87 caught running diamonds for an Ace-high flush. RandALLin collected $24,240 for eighth place. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: HITTHEPANDA eliminated in 7th place The-Toilet 0 started the skirmish with 6,000. HITTHEPANDA re-raised all-in for 72,700, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 was flipping with [Ac][Kc] against HITTHEPANDA's [7h][7d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][7c]. HITTHEPANDA improved to a set of sevens, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a nut-flush draw. The turn was the [6h] and the river was the [Jc]. The-Toilet 0 rivered his flush and HITTHEPANDA was dunzo. For seventh place, HITTHEPANDA won $32,320. With five to go, Max Lykov sat in the top spot with 312K and The-Toilet 0 chipped up to second with almost 300K. Lykov coughed up the top spot when he ran into pocket Aces. On a flop of [8s][6s][4c], römpsä bet 15,070, Lykov raised to 31,225, römpsä shoved for 161,827, and Lykov called. Lykov held [7h][4h] for bottom pair and a gutshot against römpsä's [Ac][Ad]. Lykov was crippled and römpsä rocketed to the top with 333K. SWAMP: Sphinx87 eliminated in 6th place Here's a hand that involves cracked Aces and quads... Sphinx87 min-raised to 6,000. Max Lykov shoved all-in and Sphinx87 called all-in for 54,792. Sphinx87 led with [Ac][As] versus [9s][9d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][9h] and Lykov flopped quads. Sphinx87 needed running Aces to win, but the turn was the [Kc], and the river was the [4h]. Sphinx87's Aces were brutally snapped off. Lykov chipped up to 137K. Despite the tough beat, Sphinx87 collected $40,400 for sixth place. 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The-Toilet 0 (361K) held the lead, followed by römpsä (325K), HC_68 (270K), Max Lykov (137K), and zugzwang16 (117K). The-Toilet 0 and römpsä clashed back and forth over Level 25. The-Toilet 0 opened to 8,520, römpsä raised to 18,999, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 37,800, römpsä five-bet shoved for 496,694, and The-Toilet 0 called. Another flip... römpsä was racing with [Ah][Ks] against The-Toilet 0's [Td][Tc]. The flop was [Ts][7h][6d] and The-Toilet 0 strengthened is hand to a set. The turn was the [2s] and the river was the [2h]. The-Toilet 0 won the pot with a full boat. The-Toilet 0 chipped up to 491K. SLIPPERY PEOPLE: Max Lykov eliminated in 5th place The-Toilet 0 had just run his [Qs][Qh] into zugzwang16's [Ah][Ad]. While zugzwang16 lived to fight another day, The-Toilet 0 found himself getting dealt pocket Queens in consecutive hands. The-Toilet 0 min-raised to 8,000, Lykov pushed all-in for 131,026, and The-Toilet 0 called. Lykov was trailing with [Ac][Qd] against The-Toilet 0's [Qh][Qs]. The board ran out [Js][Tc][6c][6d][4d]. The-Toilet 0's Queens held up when he faded a Broadway gutshot and an Ace. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov collected $48,480 for a fifth-place finish. The-Toilet 0 passed the half million mark with römpsä (287K) in second. Meanwhile, zugzwang16 was the shorty with 162K. BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE: römpsä eliminated in 4th place It was zugzwang16's turn to seize momentum. He crawled out of the basement and doubled up wit [Qh][Jc] against römpsä's [9d][9s]. Both players bombed it all-in preflop. The board ran out [Ah][Jd][6c][8d][3h] and römpsä's nines failed to improve. On the next hand... römpsä got the rest of his chips all-in from the big blind, and römpsä made a final stand with [6h][5c] against zugzwang16's [Qc][Tc]. The board ran out [Qh][Jh][4d][5h][2d] and zugzwang16 won the pot. Finland's römpsä took home $70,700 for fourth place. DEAL? Faraz "The-Toilet 0"Jaka still lead with 515K and zugzwang16 (434K) moved up to second, while HC_68 was in last with (262K). Action was paused while the final three discussed a deal. The-Toilet 0 didn't like the number offered for first place. "Nothing personal," Jaka wanted his opponents to know. Unable to come to a comprise, the discussion was halted and play resumed. Once cards went back into the air, The-Toilet 0 launched an offensive surge. He struck first blood by winning a pot worth 191K against HC_68. On a board of [Qc][6s][6c][9h][4c], The-Toilet 0 showed [Qs][7d] for a better two pair against HC_68's [3h][3c] and inferior two pair. The-Toilet 0 won the next few pots and chipped up to 775K. ONCE IN A LIFETIME: zugzwang16 eliminated in 3rd place HC_68 gained some momentum and won a pot against The-Toilet 0 before he picked on zugzwang16. While HC_68 chipped up, zugzwang16's stack headed south. In a few hands, zugzwang16 met his untimely fate when a raising war broke out. The-Toilet 0 opened to 10,000, HC_68 called from the small blind, zugzwang16 raised to 31,075, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 62,022, HC_68 folded, but zugzwang16 five-bet shoved all-in for 231,366, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 took [Tc][Ts] to war against zugzwang16's [Ah][Th]. The-Toilet 0 flopped a boat and that's all she wrote. The board finished up [Kd][Kh][Td][5h][9s] and zugzwang16 busted in third place, which paid out $94,940. HEADS-UP: The-Toilet 0 (Mexico) vs. HC_68 (Austria) Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (890,003) Seat 5: HC_68 (321,997) WHAT A DAY THAT WAS: HC_68 eliminated in 2nd place; The-Toilet 0 prevails! The-Toilet 0 patiently chiseled away at HC_68's stack over a twenty minute stretch. During a few instances, The-Toilet 0 acted like a menacing cat that was toying with a cornered mouse. HC_68 was in trouble. He had lost three hands in a row and lost nine out of twelve. HC_68's remaining stack was under siege and he desperately needed to do something about that. HC_68 min-raised to 12,000 and The-Toilet 0 called. The flop was [Jd][7s][2s]. The-Toilet 0 checked, HC_68 fired out 12,000, The-Toilet 0 check-raised to 1,000,000, and HC_68 called all-in. HC_68 showed [Tc][Ts] and was ahead, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a flush draw with [6s][3s]. The [Js] spiked on the turn and The-Toilet 0 filled in his flush. However, HC_68 still had outs with a higher flush draw and a boat draw. Alas, the river was the [8h]. HC_68 failed to improve his hand and was knocked out in second place. Austria's HC_68 collected $12,5240 for a runner-up performance. Meanwhile, Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka shipped his first SCOOP title of the year. He won a champion's watch and earned $173,720 for first place. If Jaka is looking to invest his windfall, he won enough cash to purchase 4,571 shares of Facebook. Check out the final hand in the replayer: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers must click thru to view the replayer</center> Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) Final Table Payouts and Results: Entrants: 175 Payouts: 27 1. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka (Mexico) - $173,720 2. HC_68 (Austria) - $125,240 3. zugzwang16 (Uruguay) - $94,940 4. römpsä (Finland) - $70,700 5. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov (Russia) - $48,480 6. Sphinx87 (Poland) - $40,400 7. HITTHEPANDA (Canada) - $32,320 8. RandALLin (Mexico) - $24,240 9. Mafews (U.K.) - $16,160 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337413427) } [1]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(66) "SCOOP 2012: PaDiLhA SP prevails in SCOOP Event #33-L $27 NLHE 1R1A" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(11430) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />There are pros and cons to playing a rebuy event. The cons are that it can get pretty expensive if you have to constantly reach back into your account to throw more money on the table. The pros are that these events tend to produce juicy prize pools with deep structures, which is golden for any serious MTT'er. Today's event was a perfect compromise, with the optional one rebuy and one add-on providing that healthy prize pool without players having to suffer through a maniacal rebuy period. The SCOOP Event #33-L $27 No Limit Holdem 1R1A attracted a field of 8,987, with a total of 5,873 rebuys and 3,972 add-ons. All up, the total prize pool of $470,800 was almost double the advertised guarantee. Where else can you turn $27 into $70,000? Some of the Team PokerStars Pros in action included Grzegorz "DaWarsaw" Mikielewicz, Maxim Lykov, Henrique Pinho, George Danzer, Marcin "Goral" Horecki, Lex Veldhuis, Martin Staszko, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Matthias De Meulder, Liv Boeree, Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen, Christophe De Meulder, Shane "shaniac" Schleger, Johnny Lodden and Nacho Barbero. Unfortunately none of the above could navigate their way into the money as Denmark's dizimind was the unfortunate bubble, falling in 1171st place, to see the remaining players receive a minimum $94.16 collect. Jude "j.thaddeus" Ainsworth (1077th - $98.86) and Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hrubý (585th - $141.24) were the only red spades to reach the money, and when CLiiFT ran his pocket jacks into pocket kings to fall in 10th place, our final table line up was set after 13 solid hours of play. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop33-l-ft.jpg"><img alt="scoop33-l-ft.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/scoop33-l-ft-thumb-450x327-164472.jpg" width="450" height="327" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Final Table Line up Seat 1: bloby (10,078,352 in chips) Seat 2: zenonmika (2,387,790 in chips) Seat 3: wasole (5,130,570 in chips) Seat 4: jaco921 (4,205,594 in chips) Seat 5: nikol1999 (7,343,489 in chips) Seat 6: PaDiLhA SP (9,850,371 in chips) Seat 7: Squishee_Bob (2,475,717 in chips) Seat 8: TummerDK (5,340,406 in chips) Seat 9: salamandryko (9,683,711 in chips) Bloby was the chip leader and extended that further with the elimination of Squishee_Bob as the first casualty of the final table. With the blinds at 100k/200k/25k, Squishee_Bob moved all in from the cutoff for a little over ten big blinds holding [js][kc] and was called by bloby in the big blind with pocket tens. The board bricked [8s][2c][7s][As][Ac] to see Squishee_Bob pick up $3,648.70 for 9th place. TummerDK was next to go after three-betting preflop and then getting the remaining chips in on a flop of [9h][Tc][As]. TummerDK held [2h][Ah] for top pair but nikol1999 showed pocket nines for a flopped set. TummerDK was all but dead, as the [2s] and [8d] completed the board. $5,414.20 in prize money is not a bad ROI for TummerDK for 8th place. By this stage zenonmika was down to under three big blinds, and bloby decided to go for the kill in rather brutal fashion: <center> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276455_F04835A397.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276455{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276455_F04835A397.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276455{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center><center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> In a battle of the blinds, bloby turned trash into treasure, making a flush to crack the set of queens. Zenonmika will be disappointed, but $9,416 for 7th place should help soothe the wounds. The brutality continued with the elimination of wasole in 6th place. nikol1999 raised the minimum and picked up two callers to see a flop of [Kc][3h][9s]. This is where things got busy. Wasole led out for 900k from the big blind, before nikol1999 clicked it back to 1.8m. PaDiLhA SP got out of the way before wasole moved all in for 8.2 million. nikol1999 made the call with [qs][kh] for top pair, but was out-kicked by wasole's [ah][kd]. That all changed when the [qh] appeared on the turn for a devastating three-outer. The river bricked the [2c] as wasole joined the queue at the bad beat booth with $14,124 in prize money. Jaco921 was on the short stack and lost a coin flip moments later with tournament life on the line. jaco921 moved five big blinds into the middle with [5c][5s] as PaDiLhA SP made the call with [qc][as], with the board running out [6h][Ah][4d][8c][Tc]. An ace on the flop was enough for PaDiLhA SP to take it down and leave jaco921 to pocket $18,832 for 5th place. The players were deep but that didn't stop salamandryko from five-bet shoving preflop with [ah][9h] but again it was PaDiLhA SP making the call with a dominant [as][kc]. Salamandryko turned an open-ender but couldn't connect on the board of [6d][Qs][8s][7s][Kh] as $23,728.32 was sent to Salamandryko's account for a great tournament. It was a flurry of bustouts up until this point, and things finally settled down when three-handed. Nikol1999 was in front, but PaDiLhA SP landed a huge double up when making a flush with pocket tens to better the ace-king of nikol1999. But nikol1999 was quick to get those chips back when both players made a straight on a board of [3h][Ah][Ts][4d][5c] in the following hand: <center> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276473_50A8037C68.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276473{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276473_50A8037C68.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276473{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center><center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> PaDiLhA SP held [ac][2c] for the wheel but nicol1999 was firing with air before his imagination paid off with his [6d][7s] rivering the nuts for a huge double up. Meanwhile bloby was found on the short stack with around 15 big blinds which were stuck in the middle with [jc][jh] after PaDiLhA SP three-bet shoved [ac][qd]. The race was on but PaDiLhA SP caught a pair on the board of [3s][Qc][Ks][5c][6c] to take it down and leave bloby to pick up $35,310 for 3rd place. Heads-up chip counts PaDiLhA SP (41,102,040 in chips) nikol1999 (15,393,960 in chips) PaDiLhA SP held a nice chip lead, and didn't take long to wrap things up. PaDiLhA SP had to come from behind after four-bet shoving with [ad][9s] with nikol1999 making the call with [as][jc]. As we saw on multiple occasions on this final table, you don't need to have the best hand to win in this game as PaDiLhA SP paired the kicker on the turn on the board of [2s][5c][4s][9d][Qd] to claim the win! Nikol1999 collects $51,788 for finishing runner-up while PaDiLhA SP turned a tiny investment into life-changing money with $70,624.32 and the SCOOP watch heading to Brazil. SCOOP Event#33-L $27 NLHE 1R1A Results Number of entrants: 8,987 Rebuys: 5,873 Add-ons: 3,972 Places paid: 1,170 Final Table Results: 1st PaDiLhA SP (Brazil) - $70,624.32 2nd nikol1999 (Bulgaria) - $51,788.00 3rd bloby (Switzerland) - $35,310.00 4th salamandryko (Peru) - $23,728.32 5th jaco921 (Russia) - $18,832.00 6th wasole (Norway) - $14,124.00 7th zenonmika (Belgium) - $9,416.00 8th TummerDK (Denmark) - $5,414.20 9th Squishee_Bob (Canada) - $3,648.70 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(12) "TassieDevil " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(92) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-padilha-sp-prevails-in-scoop-094579.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(92) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-padilha-sp-prevails-in-scoop-094579.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 22:40:13 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(11430) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />There are pros and cons to playing a rebuy event. The cons are that it can get pretty expensive if you have to constantly reach back into your account to throw more money on the table. The pros are that these events tend to produce juicy prize pools with deep structures, which is golden for any serious MTT'er. Today's event was a perfect compromise, with the optional one rebuy and one add-on providing that healthy prize pool without players having to suffer through a maniacal rebuy period. The SCOOP Event #33-L $27 No Limit Holdem 1R1A attracted a field of 8,987, with a total of 5,873 rebuys and 3,972 add-ons. All up, the total prize pool of $470,800 was almost double the advertised guarantee. Where else can you turn $27 into $70,000? Some of the Team PokerStars Pros in action included Grzegorz "DaWarsaw" Mikielewicz, Maxim Lykov, Henrique Pinho, George Danzer, Marcin "Goral" Horecki, Lex Veldhuis, Martin Staszko, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Matthias De Meulder, Liv Boeree, Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen, Christophe De Meulder, Shane "shaniac" Schleger, Johnny Lodden and Nacho Barbero. Unfortunately none of the above could navigate their way into the money as Denmark's dizimind was the unfortunate bubble, falling in 1171st place, to see the remaining players receive a minimum $94.16 collect. Jude "j.thaddeus" Ainsworth (1077th - $98.86) and Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hrubý (585th - $141.24) were the only red spades to reach the money, and when CLiiFT ran his pocket jacks into pocket kings to fall in 10th place, our final table line up was set after 13 solid hours of play. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop33-l-ft.jpg"><img alt="scoop33-l-ft.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/scoop33-l-ft-thumb-450x327-164472.jpg" width="450" height="327" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Final Table Line up Seat 1: bloby (10,078,352 in chips) Seat 2: zenonmika (2,387,790 in chips) Seat 3: wasole (5,130,570 in chips) Seat 4: jaco921 (4,205,594 in chips) Seat 5: nikol1999 (7,343,489 in chips) Seat 6: PaDiLhA SP (9,850,371 in chips) Seat 7: Squishee_Bob (2,475,717 in chips) Seat 8: TummerDK (5,340,406 in chips) Seat 9: salamandryko (9,683,711 in chips) Bloby was the chip leader and extended that further with the elimination of Squishee_Bob as the first casualty of the final table. With the blinds at 100k/200k/25k, Squishee_Bob moved all in from the cutoff for a little over ten big blinds holding [js][kc] and was called by bloby in the big blind with pocket tens. The board bricked [8s][2c][7s][As][Ac] to see Squishee_Bob pick up $3,648.70 for 9th place. TummerDK was next to go after three-betting preflop and then getting the remaining chips in on a flop of [9h][Tc][As]. TummerDK held [2h][Ah] for top pair but nikol1999 showed pocket nines for a flopped set. TummerDK was all but dead, as the [2s] and [8d] completed the board. $5,414.20 in prize money is not a bad ROI for TummerDK for 8th place. By this stage zenonmika was down to under three big blinds, and bloby decided to go for the kill in rather brutal fashion: <center> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276455_F04835A397.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276455{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276455_F04835A397.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276455{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center><center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> In a battle of the blinds, bloby turned trash into treasure, making a flush to crack the set of queens. Zenonmika will be disappointed, but $9,416 for 7th place should help soothe the wounds. The brutality continued with the elimination of wasole in 6th place. nikol1999 raised the minimum and picked up two callers to see a flop of [Kc][3h][9s]. This is where things got busy. Wasole led out for 900k from the big blind, before nikol1999 clicked it back to 1.8m. PaDiLhA SP got out of the way before wasole moved all in for 8.2 million. nikol1999 made the call with [qs][kh] for top pair, but was out-kicked by wasole's [ah][kd]. That all changed when the [qh] appeared on the turn for a devastating three-outer. The river bricked the [2c] as wasole joined the queue at the bad beat booth with $14,124 in prize money. Jaco921 was on the short stack and lost a coin flip moments later with tournament life on the line. jaco921 moved five big blinds into the middle with [5c][5s] as PaDiLhA SP made the call with [qc][as], with the board running out [6h][Ah][4d][8c][Tc]. An ace on the flop was enough for PaDiLhA SP to take it down and leave jaco921 to pocket $18,832 for 5th place. The players were deep but that didn't stop salamandryko from five-bet shoving preflop with [ah][9h] but again it was PaDiLhA SP making the call with a dominant [as][kc]. Salamandryko turned an open-ender but couldn't connect on the board of [6d][Qs][8s][7s][Kh] as $23,728.32 was sent to Salamandryko's account for a great tournament. It was a flurry of bustouts up until this point, and things finally settled down when three-handed. Nikol1999 was in front, but PaDiLhA SP landed a huge double up when making a flush with pocket tens to better the ace-king of nikol1999. But nikol1999 was quick to get those chips back when both players made a straight on a board of [3h][Ah][Ts][4d][5c] in the following hand: <center> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276473_50A8037C68.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276473{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276473_50A8037C68.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276473{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center><center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> PaDiLhA SP held [ac][2c] for the wheel but nicol1999 was firing with air before his imagination paid off with his [6d][7s] rivering the nuts for a huge double up. Meanwhile bloby was found on the short stack with around 15 big blinds which were stuck in the middle with [jc][jh] after PaDiLhA SP three-bet shoved [ac][qd]. The race was on but PaDiLhA SP caught a pair on the board of [3s][Qc][Ks][5c][6c] to take it down and leave bloby to pick up $35,310 for 3rd place. Heads-up chip counts PaDiLhA SP (41,102,040 in chips) nikol1999 (15,393,960 in chips) PaDiLhA SP held a nice chip lead, and didn't take long to wrap things up. PaDiLhA SP had to come from behind after four-bet shoving with [ad][9s] with nikol1999 making the call with [as][jc]. As we saw on multiple occasions on this final table, you don't need to have the best hand to win in this game as PaDiLhA SP paired the kicker on the turn on the board of [2s][5c][4s][9d][Qd] to claim the win! Nikol1999 collects $51,788 for finishing runner-up while PaDiLhA SP turned a tiny investment into life-changing money with $70,624.32 and the SCOOP watch heading to Brazil. SCOOP Event#33-L $27 NLHE 1R1A Results Number of entrants: 8,987 Rebuys: 5,873 Add-ons: 3,972 Places paid: 1,170 Final Table Results: 1st PaDiLhA SP (Brazil) - $70,624.32 2nd nikol1999 (Bulgaria) - $51,788.00 3rd bloby (Switzerland) - $35,310.00 4th salamandryko (Peru) - $23,728.32 5th jaco921 (Russia) - $18,832.00 6th wasole (Norway) - $14,124.00 7th zenonmika (Belgium) - $9,416.00 8th TummerDK (Denmark) - $5,414.20 9th Squishee_Bob (Canada) - $3,648.70 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337409613) } [2]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(76) "SCOOP 2012: C.Darwin2 wins Event #34-M, Akkari final tables ($530 LHE 6-Max)" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(11156) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />Some of the best poker stories are those that include a fair amount of struggle. C.Darwin2 had more than a player's fair share, as short-stacked play required comeback after comeback. But C.Darwin2 did it, fighting back against players like William Reynolds and Vincent van der Fluit to score a coveted Movado SCOOP champion's watch and more than $38K in cash. ***** In a week that was filled with 8-Game, Razz, and Triple Draw madness, some players were glad to see a simple Hold'em option on today's schedule. It wasn't the usual fare, though, as Event 34 was Limit Hold'em played at 6-max tables. Hold'em fans were in, and limit game fans were excited to challenge those who didn't understand the strategies of LHE. And so, it began. The medium buy-in for Event 34 offered a $530 chance at a SCOOP watch and title. Not a cheap one, by any means, but one that drew a sizeable crowd, as seen in these final numbers: Players: 373 Guarantee: $75,000.00 Prize pool: $186,500.00 Paid players: 48 The bubble burst several hours into the tournament, and joeyspanne88 was the unfortunate player to finish in 49th place. Groganchoker was the first, then, to cash in the event, taking home $932.50 for 48th place. There were a few members of Team PokerStars still in action at that point, though Team Online's Randy "nanonoko" Lew exited rather quickly in 41st place for $1,025.75. As the action wound down to five tables, Team Pros Andre "aakkari" Akkari and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier were still in contention. As the field thinned, ElkY was one of the casualties, out in 28th place for $1,305.50. And leading up to and after the seven-hour mark, others like EDWARDHOPPER, PearlJammer, and Exclusive followed him to the rail. With the later eliminations of Shhh00kem in tenth, gboro780 in ninth, and Mafews in eighth, hand-for-hand play kicked in. While the lead-up to that point was quicker than expected, hand-for-hand went on for awhile. During that time, aakkari lost ground, first a big pot to Betudontbet, and second when SlickDickey doubled through him. Aakkari doubled back through SlickDickey. And it was SlickDickey who finally made the all-in move on a [5d][Jc][Kh] against Vingtcent and Betudontbet. They checked the [Tc] turn and [4h] river, and when Vingtcent showed [2c][2h], both other players mucked. SlickDickey left in seventh place with $4,289.50. Bet on Betudontbet as chip leader In Level 23, with blinds at 8,000/16,000, the final table began with these chip counts: Seat 1: C. Darwin2 (190,818 in chips) Seat 2: Betudontbet (752,371 in chips) Seat 3: Altrum Altus (205,629 in chips) Seat 4: Looptroop (420,681 in chips) Seat 5: Vingtcent (224,373 in chips) Seat 6: aakkari (71,128 in chips) <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34M-164464.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34M-164464.html','popup','width=504,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34M-thumb-450x334-164464.jpg" width="450" height="334" alt="2012 SCOOP FT - 34M.JPG" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Aakkari chipped up a great deal in the first portion of the final table but ran into trouble when hands simply weren't holding up as planned. He then got involved with Looptroop to see a raise flop of [4h][3c][2h]. Aakkari bet, and Looptroop check-raised. The raises continued until betting was capped and aakkari was all-in with [Qc][Jd]. Looptroop showed [As][9h], the [Kc] turn and [9d] river completed the board with a pair of nines for Looptroop. Team PokerStars Pro Andre "aakkari" Akkari was the first to leave the final table, taking home $6,993.75 for sixth place. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/01/Andre Akkari 2-154272.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/01/Andre Akkari 2-154272.html','popup','width=450,height=300,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/01/Andre Akkari 2-thumb-450x300-154272.jpg" width="450" height="300" alt="Andre Akkari 2.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Betudontbet lost ground from the start of the final table. It wasn't one particular hand but a series of "runbad" that led to betudontbet being one of the shorter stacks at the table. Finally, Betudontbet and C.Darwin2 tangled preflop. After the [Ts][8c][3c] floop, C.Darwin2 bet, and Betudontbet called all-in with [Ac][Js]. C.Darwin2 showed [Ah][3h] for bottom pair, and that stood up to the [7s] and [4s] cards that finished the board. David "Betudontbet"Emmons, <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tcoop/2012/tcoop-betudontbet-wins-the-2012-tcoop-ma-090498.html">2012 TCOOP Main Event champion</a>, exited in fifth place with $10,723.75. Looptroop was the next player at risk, pushing all-in with [Ah][5h] against the [Js][Jd] of Altrum Altus. The board came [4d][7d][6h][Th][5d] and allowed the jacks to remain the best pair. Daniel "Looptroop" Larsson was eliminated in fourth place with $14,453.75. C.Darwin2 attempts a comeback The shortest of the three stacks made a move and gained ground with this double-up: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276429_1D6A656D92.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276429{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276429_1D6A656D92.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276429{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> C.Darwin2 was short again and doubled through Altrum Altus to stay in action, again. It happened several times. And as three-handed play exceeded one hour, Vingtcent became the shortest of the three stacks for a time, while C.Darwin2 became the chip leader. That situation ultimately led to a battle between C.Darwin2 and Altrum Altus. A raised flop of [Kh][3h][8s] prompted a bet from Altrum Altus and check-raise from C.Darwin2. Altrum Altus called, and the [2d] on the turn prompted a bet from C.Darwin2. Altrum Altus called all-in for 37,521 chips with [Ac][Td], but C.Darwin2 showed [Ks][8h] for the flopped two pair. The [Ad] on the river was too little, too late, and William "Altrum Altus" Reynolds had to accept another SCOOP third place, this one for $20,981.25. The strong survive The two remaining players started battle with these counts: Seat 1: C. Darwin2 (1,550,044 in chips) Seat 5: Vingtcent (314,956 in chips) It didn't take long for Vingtcent to make a move. It happened when the two got involved in a reraised flop of [Qs][2c][6d]. C.Darwin2 bet, Vingtcent raised, C.Darwin2 popped it up again, and Vingtcent called. The [7d] on the turn prompted another bet from C.Darwin2, and Vingtcent raised all-in with [8h][6h]. Middle pair wasn't good enough for the [Qc][Tc] of C.Darwin2, though. That top pair held up to the [Jh] on the river and left Vincent "Vingtcent" van der Fluit, <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/wcoop/2011/wcoop-2011-victory-for-vingtcent-in-even-086891.html">2011 WCOOP winner</a>, with a second place finish in this event for $27,975.00. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Vingtcent-164461.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Vingtcent-164461.html','popup','width=338,height=450,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Vingtcent-thumb-400x532-164461.jpg" width="400" height="532" alt="Vingtcent.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> C. Darwin2 made a strong comeback to win the SCOOP title, along with $38,232.50 in cash. Congrats! 2012 SCOOP Event #34-M ($530 LHE 6-Max) Results: Total players: 373 Paid players: 48 1st place: C.Darwin2 (Sweden) - $38,232.50 2nd place: Vingtcent (Netherlands) - $27,975.00 3rd place: Altrum Altus (Costa Rica) - $20,981.25 4th place: Looptroop (Sweden) - $14,453.75 5th place: Betudontbet (Mexico) - $10,723.75 6th place: Team PokerStars Pro Andre "aakkari" Akkari (Brazil) - $6,993.75 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section. " ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(11) "Jen Newell " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-cdarwin2-wins-event-34-m-akka-094577.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-cdarwin2-wins-event-34-m-akka-094577.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 21:24:02 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(11156) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />Some of the best poker stories are those that include a fair amount of struggle. C.Darwin2 had more than a player's fair share, as short-stacked play required comeback after comeback. But C.Darwin2 did it, fighting back against players like William Reynolds and Vincent van der Fluit to score a coveted Movado SCOOP champion's watch and more than $38K in cash. ***** In a week that was filled with 8-Game, Razz, and Triple Draw madness, some players were glad to see a simple Hold'em option on today's schedule. It wasn't the usual fare, though, as Event 34 was Limit Hold'em played at 6-max tables. Hold'em fans were in, and limit game fans were excited to challenge those who didn't understand the strategies of LHE. And so, it began. The medium buy-in for Event 34 offered a $530 chance at a SCOOP watch and title. Not a cheap one, by any means, but one that drew a sizeable crowd, as seen in these final numbers: Players: 373 Guarantee: $75,000.00 Prize pool: $186,500.00 Paid players: 48 The bubble burst several hours into the tournament, and joeyspanne88 was the unfortunate player to finish in 49th place. Groganchoker was the first, then, to cash in the event, taking home $932.50 for 48th place. There were a few members of Team PokerStars still in action at that point, though Team Online's Randy "nanonoko" Lew exited rather quickly in 41st place for $1,025.75. As the action wound down to five tables, Team Pros Andre "aakkari" Akkari and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier were still in contention. As the field thinned, ElkY was one of the casualties, out in 28th place for $1,305.50. And leading up to and after the seven-hour mark, others like EDWARDHOPPER, PearlJammer, and Exclusive followed him to the rail. With the later eliminations of Shhh00kem in tenth, gboro780 in ninth, and Mafews in eighth, hand-for-hand play kicked in. While the lead-up to that point was quicker than expected, hand-for-hand went on for awhile. During that time, aakkari lost ground, first a big pot to Betudontbet, and second when SlickDickey doubled through him. Aakkari doubled back through SlickDickey. And it was SlickDickey who finally made the all-in move on a [5d][Jc][Kh] against Vingtcent and Betudontbet. They checked the [Tc] turn and [4h] river, and when Vingtcent showed [2c][2h], both other players mucked. SlickDickey left in seventh place with $4,289.50. Bet on Betudontbet as chip leader In Level 23, with blinds at 8,000/16,000, the final table began with these chip counts: Seat 1: C. Darwin2 (190,818 in chips) Seat 2: Betudontbet (752,371 in chips) Seat 3: Altrum Altus (205,629 in chips) Seat 4: Looptroop (420,681 in chips) Seat 5: Vingtcent (224,373 in chips) Seat 6: aakkari (71,128 in chips) <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34M-164464.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34M-164464.html','popup','width=504,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34M-thumb-450x334-164464.jpg" width="450" height="334" alt="2012 SCOOP FT - 34M.JPG" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Aakkari chipped up a great deal in the first portion of the final table but ran into trouble when hands simply weren't holding up as planned. He then got involved with Looptroop to see a raise flop of [4h][3c][2h]. Aakkari bet, and Looptroop check-raised. The raises continued until betting was capped and aakkari was all-in with [Qc][Jd]. Looptroop showed [As][9h], the [Kc] turn and [9d] river completed the board with a pair of nines for Looptroop. Team PokerStars Pro Andre "aakkari" Akkari was the first to leave the final table, taking home $6,993.75 for sixth place. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/01/Andre Akkari 2-154272.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/01/Andre Akkari 2-154272.html','popup','width=450,height=300,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/01/Andre Akkari 2-thumb-450x300-154272.jpg" width="450" height="300" alt="Andre Akkari 2.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Betudontbet lost ground from the start of the final table. It wasn't one particular hand but a series of "runbad" that led to betudontbet being one of the shorter stacks at the table. Finally, Betudontbet and C.Darwin2 tangled preflop. After the [Ts][8c][3c] floop, C.Darwin2 bet, and Betudontbet called all-in with [Ac][Js]. C.Darwin2 showed [Ah][3h] for bottom pair, and that stood up to the [7s] and [4s] cards that finished the board. David "Betudontbet"Emmons, <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tcoop/2012/tcoop-betudontbet-wins-the-2012-tcoop-ma-090498.html">2012 TCOOP Main Event champion</a>, exited in fifth place with $10,723.75. Looptroop was the next player at risk, pushing all-in with [Ah][5h] against the [Js][Jd] of Altrum Altus. The board came [4d][7d][6h][Th][5d] and allowed the jacks to remain the best pair. Daniel "Looptroop" Larsson was eliminated in fourth place with $14,453.75. C.Darwin2 attempts a comeback The shortest of the three stacks made a move and gained ground with this double-up: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276429_1D6A656D92.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276429{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276429_1D6A656D92.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276429{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> C.Darwin2 was short again and doubled through Altrum Altus to stay in action, again. It happened several times. And as three-handed play exceeded one hour, Vingtcent became the shortest of the three stacks for a time, while C.Darwin2 became the chip leader. That situation ultimately led to a battle between C.Darwin2 and Altrum Altus. A raised flop of [Kh][3h][8s] prompted a bet from Altrum Altus and check-raise from C.Darwin2. Altrum Altus called, and the [2d] on the turn prompted a bet from C.Darwin2. Altrum Altus called all-in for 37,521 chips with [Ac][Td], but C.Darwin2 showed [Ks][8h] for the flopped two pair. The [Ad] on the river was too little, too late, and William "Altrum Altus" Reynolds had to accept another SCOOP third place, this one for $20,981.25. The strong survive The two remaining players started battle with these counts: Seat 1: C. Darwin2 (1,550,044 in chips) Seat 5: Vingtcent (314,956 in chips) It didn't take long for Vingtcent to make a move. It happened when the two got involved in a reraised flop of [Qs][2c][6d]. C.Darwin2 bet, Vingtcent raised, C.Darwin2 popped it up again, and Vingtcent called. The [7d] on the turn prompted another bet from C.Darwin2, and Vingtcent raised all-in with [8h][6h]. Middle pair wasn't good enough for the [Qc][Tc] of C.Darwin2, though. That top pair held up to the [Jh] on the river and left Vincent "Vingtcent" van der Fluit, <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/wcoop/2011/wcoop-2011-victory-for-vingtcent-in-even-086891.html">2011 WCOOP winner</a>, with a second place finish in this event for $27,975.00. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Vingtcent-164461.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Vingtcent-164461.html','popup','width=338,height=450,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Vingtcent-thumb-400x532-164461.jpg" width="400" height="532" alt="Vingtcent.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> C. Darwin2 made a strong comeback to win the SCOOP title, along with $38,232.50 in cash. Congrats! 2012 SCOOP Event #34-M ($530 LHE 6-Max) Results: Total players: 373 Paid players: 48 1st place: C.Darwin2 (Sweden) - $38,232.50 2nd place: Vingtcent (Netherlands) - $27,975.00 3rd place: Altrum Altus (Costa Rica) - $20,981.25 4th place: Looptroop (Sweden) - $14,453.75 5th place: Betudontbet (Mexico) - $10,723.75 6th place: Team PokerStars Pro Andre "aakkari" Akkari (Brazil) - $6,993.75 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section. " ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337405042) } [3]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(82) "SCOOP 2012: BreezyWest flattens the field in Event #34-Low ($55 FL Hold'em, 6-max)" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(12296) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="100" width="130" />Some nights it all comes together. The perfect flop at the perfect time. Aces in the hole when they're needed the most. A gutshot straight coming in to save your tournament life. BreezyWest had one of those nights tonight. As he navigated his first SCOOP final table, BreezyWest made it past WCOOP champion Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko and the U.K.'s xF1ONAx, who held the chip lead through most of the final table and proved herself to be a tough heads-up opponent. BreezyWest ruled the day, however, winning a dramatic final showdown to claim his first SCOOP title in Event #34-Low ($55 FL Hold'em 6-max). 2,092 players decided to min-bet and raise the afternoon away, creating a $104,600 prize pool. 264 places were paid out with first place set to earn $16,474.50. Sixteen soldiers in the Red Spade army bought in, including Chad Brown, Martin Staszko, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Nacho Barbero and Shane "shaniac" Schleger. Only one finished in the money, though, Team Online's Richard "Tzen1" Veenman earning last-longer honors with a 72nd-place finish. Nearly eleven and a half hours after cards went in the air, the final seven fought for six seats at the final table. Both D. Taylor01 and toreboy84 were short-stacked, holding 325,000 and 305,000 respectively at the same four-handed table. Dealt [As][7c], toreboy84 raised to 80,000 from first position and D. Taylor1 defended the big blind with [Qh][9s]. D. Taylor1 hit gin on the [9h][9c][8c] flop and check-called toreboy84's 40,000 bet. When the [Kh] hit the turn, D. Taylor01 came out from under the bed and check-raised. Toreboy84 called the 80,000, leaving himself 25,000 behind. It went in on the [Qd] river, D. Taylor01 making nines full to eliminate toreboy84 on the final table bubble. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%2034-L%20FT.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP 34-L FT.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP 34-L FT-thumb-450x311-164458.jpg" width="450" height="311" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Final table chip counts: Seat 1: Kroko-dill (756,135 in chips) Seat 2: MattyFreeman (1,287,083 in chips) Seat 3: BreezyWest (2,376,332 in chips) Seat 4: trollringen (2,388,129 in chips) Seat 5: xF1ONAx (3,001,064 in chips) Seat 6: D. Taylor01 (651,257 in chips) Although D. Taylor01 doubled up with that elimination, he was on the rail seven hands later. After three-betting from position preflop with [Ad][8h] against chip leader xF1ONAx, D. Taylor01 hit top pair on the [As][6h][3s] flop. xF1ONAx check-raised with [8s][9s] for a flush draw, D. Taylot01 three-bet to 150,000 and xF1ONAx called. D. Taylor01's last 126,000 went in on the turn, the [Qs] falling to make xF1ONAx's flush. D. Taylor01 was drawing dead and went out in sixth place, earning $2,207.06 off his $55 investment. Less than two orbits later, Kroko-dill lost the vast majority of his stack to xF1ONAx. One a [Kh][Kd][Jd] flop, Kroko-dill raised from position and xF1ONAx called. xF1ONAx led out again when the [6d] landed on the turn, and a third time when the [2d] hit the river. Kroko-dill called her down and xF1ONAx turned over [Ad][Qc], the running diamonds giving her the nut flush. Kroko-dill mucked and xF1ONAx raked in the 800,000 pot, leaving Kroko-dill on 61,000. Four hands later, Kroko-dill was all-in from the big blind against xF1ONAx and MattyFreeman. xF1ONAx check-folded on the [9s][3c][2s] flop and MattyFreeman turned over [Ks][Kd]. Kroko-dill showed [Kh][7d], running cards his only hope to stay alive. It was over for the Russian WCOOP champion when the [3h] hit the turn and Kroko-dill exited in fifth place, earning $3,922.50. Shortly after Kroko-dill's elimination, the final four agreed to pause the action and discuss a deal. Betting limits were 50,000-100,000 and xF1ONAx held the chip lead with 3.45 million. Trollringen was close behind with 3.21 million, BreezyWest held 2.4 million and MattyFreeman was the short stack with 1.4 million. When the chip count chop numbers came out, it took BreezyWest only a split second to agree to the deal. xF1ONAx and MattyFreeman were fine with it as well, but trollringen asked for $100 from each of his opponents to bring his share up to $12,000. xF1ONAx wasn't having any part of that as it would leave her with a smaller share than trollringen despite having the chip lead. Trollringen gave up the ghost and took the $200, all four players agreeing to the adjusted payouts. With $1,500 still on the table for the winner, action resumed. BreezyWest ground up his stack past xF1ONAx's and moved into the chip lead with just over 4 million. Dealt pocket fours in the small blind, BreezyWest three-bet behind MattyFreeman's button raise. Trollringen folded the big blind, MattyFreeman capped and trollringen called. BreezyWest couldn't have asked for a better flop than the [4c][3c][3s] that fell. The betting was capped on the flop, MattyFreeman putting in the third raise. BreezyWest led out on the [Th] turn and the [8s] river and MattyFreeman called him down only to see the bad news. He was left with 303,000 while BreezyWest moved up to 4.85 million. MattyFreeman got his last 266,000 in before the flop against trollringen, his [Kh][Jh] up against [Ad][2h]. MattyFreeman flopped top two pair and rivered jacks full of kings to double up. Trollringen was reduced to 452,000 in chips and punted the rest of his stack off to MattyFreeman a few hands later, his [Kc][5s] falling to [Ah][4h]. Trollringen was out in fourth place but left with second place money, earning $11,858.67 for his finish. Moments later, MattyFreeman lost almost half his stack to BreezyWest. MattyFreeman check-called the whole way on a [Qs][Jh][Kd][8c][Js] board, but couldn't top BreezyWest's [As][Ah]. The rest of his chips went in a short time later on a [Kh][Jh][2s] flop, his [8s][8d] trailing xF1ONAx's [Ah][Kd]. MattyFreeman didn't find another eight, the [Jd] and [4s] hitting the turn and river to end his run in third place. Heads-up chip counts: Seat 3: BreezyWest (6,583,460 in chips) Seat 5: xF1ONAx (3,876,540 in chips) BreezyWest held a 1.7 to 1 chip lead as heads-up play commenced, but xF1ONAx quickly closed the gap and pulled nearly even. BreezyWest regained control in this 1.9 million-chip hand, when xF1ONAx folded for one bet on the river: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> What followed was a slugfest of epic proportions. xF1ONAx would pick up a million or two only to have BreezyWest knock her right back down. Even when BreezyWest had xF1ONAx down to 1.4 million, xF1ONAx hit the accelerator and won 11 of 15 pots to chip back up to 3.5 million. This hand swung the momentum back to BreezyWest, who rivered a gutshot straight draw against xF1ONAx's flopped top pair: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> Down to her last 893,000, xF1ONAx got her money in on a [As][3s][4d] flop holding [6h][6c]. BreezyWest called with [2h][2s]. xF1ONAx needed to fade only a deuce or a five to double up, but the spirit was with BreezyWest tonight, the [5s] hitting the river to make a wheel. xF1ONAx was out in second place but earned the largest share of the prize pool at $12,078.84 thanks to the four-way deal while BreezyWest collected $11,632.67 along with a very snazzy SCOOP watch. 2012 SCOOP Event #34-Low ($55 FL Hold'em 6-max) results Entrants: 2,092 Places paid: 264 1. BreezyWest (Germany) $11,632.67* 2. xF1ONAx (United Kingdom) $12,078.84* 3. MattyFreeman (United Kingdom) $8,361.82* 4. trollrngen (Norway) $11,858.67* 5. Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko (Russia) $3,922.50 6. D. Taylor01 (United Kingdom) $2,207.06 *= reflects the results of a four-way deal that left $1,500 in play for the winner Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(13) "Kristin Bihr " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-breezywest-flattens-the-field-094573.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-breezywest-flattens-the-field-094573.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 21:20:27 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(12296) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="100" width="130" />Some nights it all comes together. The perfect flop at the perfect time. Aces in the hole when they're needed the most. A gutshot straight coming in to save your tournament life. BreezyWest had one of those nights tonight. As he navigated his first SCOOP final table, BreezyWest made it past WCOOP champion Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko and the U.K.'s xF1ONAx, who held the chip lead through most of the final table and proved herself to be a tough heads-up opponent. BreezyWest ruled the day, however, winning a dramatic final showdown to claim his first SCOOP title in Event #34-Low ($55 FL Hold'em 6-max). 2,092 players decided to min-bet and raise the afternoon away, creating a $104,600 prize pool. 264 places were paid out with first place set to earn $16,474.50. Sixteen soldiers in the Red Spade army bought in, including Chad Brown, Martin Staszko, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Nacho Barbero and Shane "shaniac" Schleger. Only one finished in the money, though, Team Online's Richard "Tzen1" Veenman earning last-longer honors with a 72nd-place finish. Nearly eleven and a half hours after cards went in the air, the final seven fought for six seats at the final table. Both D. Taylor01 and toreboy84 were short-stacked, holding 325,000 and 305,000 respectively at the same four-handed table. Dealt [As][7c], toreboy84 raised to 80,000 from first position and D. Taylor1 defended the big blind with [Qh][9s]. D. Taylor1 hit gin on the [9h][9c][8c] flop and check-called toreboy84's 40,000 bet. When the [Kh] hit the turn, D. Taylor01 came out from under the bed and check-raised. Toreboy84 called the 80,000, leaving himself 25,000 behind. It went in on the [Qd] river, D. Taylor01 making nines full to eliminate toreboy84 on the final table bubble. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%2034-L%20FT.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP 34-L FT.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP 34-L FT-thumb-450x311-164458.jpg" width="450" height="311" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Final table chip counts: Seat 1: Kroko-dill (756,135 in chips) Seat 2: MattyFreeman (1,287,083 in chips) Seat 3: BreezyWest (2,376,332 in chips) Seat 4: trollringen (2,388,129 in chips) Seat 5: xF1ONAx (3,001,064 in chips) Seat 6: D. Taylor01 (651,257 in chips) Although D. Taylor01 doubled up with that elimination, he was on the rail seven hands later. After three-betting from position preflop with [Ad][8h] against chip leader xF1ONAx, D. Taylor01 hit top pair on the [As][6h][3s] flop. xF1ONAx check-raised with [8s][9s] for a flush draw, D. Taylot01 three-bet to 150,000 and xF1ONAx called. D. Taylor01's last 126,000 went in on the turn, the [Qs] falling to make xF1ONAx's flush. D. Taylor01 was drawing dead and went out in sixth place, earning $2,207.06 off his $55 investment. Less than two orbits later, Kroko-dill lost the vast majority of his stack to xF1ONAx. One a [Kh][Kd][Jd] flop, Kroko-dill raised from position and xF1ONAx called. xF1ONAx led out again when the [6d] landed on the turn, and a third time when the [2d] hit the river. Kroko-dill called her down and xF1ONAx turned over [Ad][Qc], the running diamonds giving her the nut flush. Kroko-dill mucked and xF1ONAx raked in the 800,000 pot, leaving Kroko-dill on 61,000. Four hands later, Kroko-dill was all-in from the big blind against xF1ONAx and MattyFreeman. xF1ONAx check-folded on the [9s][3c][2s] flop and MattyFreeman turned over [Ks][Kd]. Kroko-dill showed [Kh][7d], running cards his only hope to stay alive. It was over for the Russian WCOOP champion when the [3h] hit the turn and Kroko-dill exited in fifth place, earning $3,922.50. Shortly after Kroko-dill's elimination, the final four agreed to pause the action and discuss a deal. Betting limits were 50,000-100,000 and xF1ONAx held the chip lead with 3.45 million. Trollringen was close behind with 3.21 million, BreezyWest held 2.4 million and MattyFreeman was the short stack with 1.4 million. When the chip count chop numbers came out, it took BreezyWest only a split second to agree to the deal. xF1ONAx and MattyFreeman were fine with it as well, but trollringen asked for $100 from each of his opponents to bring his share up to $12,000. xF1ONAx wasn't having any part of that as it would leave her with a smaller share than trollringen despite having the chip lead. Trollringen gave up the ghost and took the $200, all four players agreeing to the adjusted payouts. With $1,500 still on the table for the winner, action resumed. BreezyWest ground up his stack past xF1ONAx's and moved into the chip lead with just over 4 million. Dealt pocket fours in the small blind, BreezyWest three-bet behind MattyFreeman's button raise. Trollringen folded the big blind, MattyFreeman capped and trollringen called. BreezyWest couldn't have asked for a better flop than the [4c][3c][3s] that fell. The betting was capped on the flop, MattyFreeman putting in the third raise. BreezyWest led out on the [Th] turn and the [8s] river and MattyFreeman called him down only to see the bad news. He was left with 303,000 while BreezyWest moved up to 4.85 million. MattyFreeman got his last 266,000 in before the flop against trollringen, his [Kh][Jh] up against [Ad][2h]. MattyFreeman flopped top two pair and rivered jacks full of kings to double up. Trollringen was reduced to 452,000 in chips and punted the rest of his stack off to MattyFreeman a few hands later, his [Kc][5s] falling to [Ah][4h]. Trollringen was out in fourth place but left with second place money, earning $11,858.67 for his finish. Moments later, MattyFreeman lost almost half his stack to BreezyWest. MattyFreeman check-called the whole way on a [Qs][Jh][Kd][8c][Js] board, but couldn't top BreezyWest's [As][Ah]. The rest of his chips went in a short time later on a [Kh][Jh][2s] flop, his [8s][8d] trailing xF1ONAx's [Ah][Kd]. MattyFreeman didn't find another eight, the [Jd] and [4s] hitting the turn and river to end his run in third place. Heads-up chip counts: Seat 3: BreezyWest (6,583,460 in chips) Seat 5: xF1ONAx (3,876,540 in chips) BreezyWest held a 1.7 to 1 chip lead as heads-up play commenced, but xF1ONAx quickly closed the gap and pulled nearly even. BreezyWest regained control in this 1.9 million-chip hand, when xF1ONAx folded for one bet on the river: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> What followed was a slugfest of epic proportions. xF1ONAx would pick up a million or two only to have BreezyWest knock her right back down. Even when BreezyWest had xF1ONAx down to 1.4 million, xF1ONAx hit the accelerator and won 11 of 15 pots to chip back up to 3.5 million. This hand swung the momentum back to BreezyWest, who rivered a gutshot straight draw against xF1ONAx's flopped top pair: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276461_8EB10C0BA9.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276461{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> Down to her last 893,000, xF1ONAx got her money in on a [As][3s][4d] flop holding [6h][6c]. BreezyWest called with [2h][2s]. xF1ONAx needed to fade only a deuce or a five to double up, but the spirit was with BreezyWest tonight, the [5s] hitting the river to make a wheel. xF1ONAx was out in second place but earned the largest share of the prize pool at $12,078.84 thanks to the four-way deal while BreezyWest collected $11,632.67 along with a very snazzy SCOOP watch. 2012 SCOOP Event #34-Low ($55 FL Hold'em 6-max) results Entrants: 2,092 Places paid: 264 1. BreezyWest (Germany) $11,632.67* 2. xF1ONAx (United Kingdom) $12,078.84* 3. MattyFreeman (United Kingdom) $8,361.82* 4. trollrngen (Norway) $11,858.67* 5. Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko (Russia) $3,922.50 6. D. Taylor01 (United Kingdom) $2,207.06 *= reflects the results of a four-way deal that left $1,500 in play for the winner Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337404827) } [4]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(76) "SCOOP 2012: Good beat for ibadbeatyou, Event #34-H winner ($5,200 LHE 6-Max)" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(10765) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />It doesn't often happen that a final table chip leader goes on to win the tournament. It's a tough feat, especially when there are players like Bryn Kenney and Dan Kelly as two of the five competitors, and others have SCOOP titles already in their list of accomplishments. But ibadbeatyou did everything possible to stay aggressive, remain on course, and defeat all comers. That makes a SCOOP champion. ***** Anytime a tournament requires a buy-in of $5K or higher, the field is going to be slim, elite, and filled with recognizable names. The high buy-in level of Event 34 was all of those things. No matter if the players bought in, as many did, or won their way in through any of the available satellites, they all had the skills to compete, making 34-H quite an exciting tournament to watch, despite - and maybe because of - the limited betting. Enough players were interested in this event to more than double the amount set as the guarantee when the prize pool was set. There weren't many payouts to be had, but that made the event even more intriguing. Let's start with the numbers: Players: 62 Guarantee: $125,000.00 Prize pool: $310,00.00 Paid players: 9 The field was filled with members of Team PokerStars, all sporting the red spade next to their names on the player roster. Team Online's Richard "Tzen1" Veenman was the first of the team to exit, followed in short order by Team Pro Eugene Katchalov and fellow Team Pro Ville Wahlbeck. Later in the action, Team Pros Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier were gone in 39th and 31st places, respectively. Team Online's George "Jorj95" Lind sought a follow-up to his <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-shine-a-light-on-george-jorj9-094414.html">Event 26-L win</a> but couldn't do it in this event, exiting in 24th place. And the last Team Pro standing was Andre "aakkari" Akkari of Brazil, who lost his LHE battle in 14th place, though he was in the money in 34-M and going strong with a few tables left at that time. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2010/03/Andre Akkari-93429.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2010/03/Andre Akkari-93429.html','popup','width=450,height=300,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2010/03/Andre Akkari-thumb-450x300-93429.jpg" width="450" height="300" alt="Andre Akkari.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> The money bubble burst after the seven-hour mark with Enon as the tenth place finisher. Gunning4you cashed in ninth place for $12,400.00, and K_O_S_T_Y_A followed in eighth place. After quite a long time of two-table action, it was just before the eight-hour break that zangbezan24 in the big blind tangled with ibadbeatyou. The raised flop came [2d][Kc][2s], and a check-raies and call led to the [6s] on the turn. Zangbezan24 bet, ibadbeatyou raised, and zangbezan24 called all-in with [Qd][Tc]. Ibadbeatyou showed [3c][3h], and nothing about the [Jd] on the turn changed the outcome, as Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi exited in seventh place with $12,400.00. Ibadbeatyou leads final six The final table began in Level 15, with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and these player chip stacks: Seat 1: treezer (24,449 in chips) Seat 2: BrynKenney (27,177 in chips) Seat 3: valesco (51,273 in chips) Seat 4: MaiseE (41,847 in chips) Seat 5: ibadbeatyou (109,704 in chips) Seat 6: djk123 (55,550 in chips) <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34H-164455.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34H-164455.html','popup','width=513,height=377,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34H-thumb-450x330-164455.jpg" width="450" height="330" alt="2012 SCOOP FT - 34H.JPG" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> The table began with some caution in the air. The short stacks suffered but stayed alive, MaiseE to a near-double through valesco and the latter doubling through djk123. Treezer wasn't so lucky. With a very short stack, treezer made an UTG raise, which was met by a djk123 raise. Treezer responded by moving all-in for 6,049 chips holding [Qs][Js], and djk123 showed [Ad][8h]. The board produced [Th][7d][6c][6h][2c], and that left treezer out in sixth place with $17,050.00. No double SCOOP winners tonight MaiseE was still struggling and got involved with djk123 to see a raised flop of [5c][6h]pKh]. Djk123 bet, and MaiseE called. The [2s] turn card prompted another bet from djk123, and MaiseE called all-in with [Ah][8s]. Djk123 showed [Ac][9s] for the better kicker, which remained the game changer as the [Ks] completed the board. MaiseE, <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-maisee-makes-plo-look-easy-wi-094366.html">winner of 2012 SCOOP Event 24-H</a>, was denied a second title but took home $23,250.00 for the fifth place finish. BrynKenney got involved in a capped pot with ibadbeatyou to see a flop of [2h][3h][6h]. BrynKenney bet, and ibadbeatyou raised. BrynKenney called all-in with [Kc][Th], and ibadbeatyou showed [Ah][Qs]. The [Ac] came on the turn to give ibadbeatyou top pair, and the [Jd] on the river finished the hand to eliminate Bryn "BrynKenney" Kenney in fourth place with $31,000.00. Djk123 lost ground, courtesy of hands like this: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276427_8F2D825216.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276427{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276427_8F2D825216.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276427{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> Djk123 never improved. It all led up to a hand with djk123 and ibadbeatyou in which betting was capped preflop. The [Td][Ts][Kc] flop brought a bet from ibadbeatyou and all-in call from djk123 with [Ad][3s]. Ibadbeatyou showed [Kd][4h] for kings and tens, and the [8c] turn and [3h] river ended the tournament for Dan "djk123" Kelly. The <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-dan-djk123-kelly-adds-scoop-t-094511.html">winner of 2012 SCOOP 29-M</a> was out of this event in third place with $46,500.00. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Dan Kelly-164452.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Dan Kelly-164452.html','popup','width=300,height=450,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Dan Kelly-thumb-400x600-164452.jpg" width="400" height="600" alt="Dan Kelly.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Heads-up for the win The last two players in the event started with these chip counts: Seat 3: valesco (94,116 in chips) Seat 5: ibadbeatyou (215,884 in chips) Valesco tried to stay strong but lost chips. Down to less than 50K, valesco climbed back but suffered again at the hands of ibadbeatyou. Finally, valesco pushed with [8s][5s] for 5,616 chips, and ibadbeatyou called with [Kc][3c]. The flop of [4s][2d]]Kh] gave ibadbeatyou top pair, and the [Ac] turn and [4h] river failed to change anything. Valesco had to accept second place and $62,000.00. Taiwan's ibadbeatyou won the SCOOP title, Movado watch, and $93,000.00 in cash. Congrats! 2012 SCOOP Event #34-H ($5,200 LHE 6-Max) Results: Total players: 62 Paid players: 9 1st place: ibadbeatyou (Taiwan) - $93,000.00 2nd place: valesco (Canada) - $62,000.00 3rd place: djk123 (Australia) - $46,500.00 4th place: BrynKenney (Spain) - $31,000.00 5th place: MaiseE (Sweden) - $23,250.00 6th place: treezer (Sweden) - $17,050.00 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section. " ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(11) "Jen Newell " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-good-beat-for-ibadbeatyou-eve-094572.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-good-beat-for-ibadbeatyou-eve-094572.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 20:43:15 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(10765) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />It doesn't often happen that a final table chip leader goes on to win the tournament. It's a tough feat, especially when there are players like Bryn Kenney and Dan Kelly as two of the five competitors, and others have SCOOP titles already in their list of accomplishments. But ibadbeatyou did everything possible to stay aggressive, remain on course, and defeat all comers. That makes a SCOOP champion. ***** Anytime a tournament requires a buy-in of $5K or higher, the field is going to be slim, elite, and filled with recognizable names. The high buy-in level of Event 34 was all of those things. No matter if the players bought in, as many did, or won their way in through any of the available satellites, they all had the skills to compete, making 34-H quite an exciting tournament to watch, despite - and maybe because of - the limited betting. Enough players were interested in this event to more than double the amount set as the guarantee when the prize pool was set. There weren't many payouts to be had, but that made the event even more intriguing. Let's start with the numbers: Players: 62 Guarantee: $125,000.00 Prize pool: $310,00.00 Paid players: 9 The field was filled with members of Team PokerStars, all sporting the red spade next to their names on the player roster. Team Online's Richard "Tzen1" Veenman was the first of the team to exit, followed in short order by Team Pro Eugene Katchalov and fellow Team Pro Ville Wahlbeck. Later in the action, Team Pros Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier were gone in 39th and 31st places, respectively. Team Online's George "Jorj95" Lind sought a follow-up to his <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-shine-a-light-on-george-jorj9-094414.html">Event 26-L win</a> but couldn't do it in this event, exiting in 24th place. And the last Team Pro standing was Andre "aakkari" Akkari of Brazil, who lost his LHE battle in 14th place, though he was in the money in 34-M and going strong with a few tables left at that time. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2010/03/Andre Akkari-93429.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2010/03/Andre Akkari-93429.html','popup','width=450,height=300,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2010/03/Andre Akkari-thumb-450x300-93429.jpg" width="450" height="300" alt="Andre Akkari.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> The money bubble burst after the seven-hour mark with Enon as the tenth place finisher. Gunning4you cashed in ninth place for $12,400.00, and K_O_S_T_Y_A followed in eighth place. After quite a long time of two-table action, it was just before the eight-hour break that zangbezan24 in the big blind tangled with ibadbeatyou. The raised flop came [2d][Kc][2s], and a check-raies and call led to the [6s] on the turn. Zangbezan24 bet, ibadbeatyou raised, and zangbezan24 called all-in with [Qd][Tc]. Ibadbeatyou showed [3c][3h], and nothing about the [Jd] on the turn changed the outcome, as Sorel "zangbezan24" Mizzi exited in seventh place with $12,400.00. Ibadbeatyou leads final six The final table began in Level 15, with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and these player chip stacks: Seat 1: treezer (24,449 in chips) Seat 2: BrynKenney (27,177 in chips) Seat 3: valesco (51,273 in chips) Seat 4: MaiseE (41,847 in chips) Seat 5: ibadbeatyou (109,704 in chips) Seat 6: djk123 (55,550 in chips) <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34H-164455.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34H-164455.html','popup','width=513,height=377,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP FT - 34H-thumb-450x330-164455.jpg" width="450" height="330" alt="2012 SCOOP FT - 34H.JPG" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> The table began with some caution in the air. The short stacks suffered but stayed alive, MaiseE to a near-double through valesco and the latter doubling through djk123. Treezer wasn't so lucky. With a very short stack, treezer made an UTG raise, which was met by a djk123 raise. Treezer responded by moving all-in for 6,049 chips holding [Qs][Js], and djk123 showed [Ad][8h]. The board produced [Th][7d][6c][6h][2c], and that left treezer out in sixth place with $17,050.00. No double SCOOP winners tonight MaiseE was still struggling and got involved with djk123 to see a raised flop of [5c][6h]pKh]. Djk123 bet, and MaiseE called. The [2s] turn card prompted another bet from djk123, and MaiseE called all-in with [Ah][8s]. Djk123 showed [Ac][9s] for the better kicker, which remained the game changer as the [Ks] completed the board. MaiseE, <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-maisee-makes-plo-look-easy-wi-094366.html">winner of 2012 SCOOP Event 24-H</a>, was denied a second title but took home $23,250.00 for the fifth place finish. BrynKenney got involved in a capped pot with ibadbeatyou to see a flop of [2h][3h][6h]. BrynKenney bet, and ibadbeatyou raised. BrynKenney called all-in with [Kc][Th], and ibadbeatyou showed [Ah][Qs]. The [Ac] came on the turn to give ibadbeatyou top pair, and the [Jd] on the river finished the hand to eliminate Bryn "BrynKenney" Kenney in fourth place with $31,000.00. Djk123 lost ground, courtesy of hands like this: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276427_8F2D825216.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276427{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276427_8F2D825216.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276427{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> Djk123 never improved. It all led up to a hand with djk123 and ibadbeatyou in which betting was capped preflop. The [Td][Ts][Kc] flop brought a bet from ibadbeatyou and all-in call from djk123 with [Ad][3s]. Ibadbeatyou showed [Kd][4h] for kings and tens, and the [8c] turn and [3h] river ended the tournament for Dan "djk123" Kelly. The <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-dan-djk123-kelly-adds-scoop-t-094511.html">winner of 2012 SCOOP 29-M</a> was out of this event in third place with $46,500.00. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Dan Kelly-164452.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Dan Kelly-164452.html','popup','width=300,height=450,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/Dan Kelly-thumb-400x600-164452.jpg" width="400" height="600" alt="Dan Kelly.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Heads-up for the win The last two players in the event started with these chip counts: Seat 3: valesco (94,116 in chips) Seat 5: ibadbeatyou (215,884 in chips) Valesco tried to stay strong but lost chips. Down to less than 50K, valesco climbed back but suffered again at the hands of ibadbeatyou. Finally, valesco pushed with [8s][5s] for 5,616 chips, and ibadbeatyou called with [Kc][3c]. The flop of [4s][2d]]Kh] gave ibadbeatyou top pair, and the [Ac] turn and [4h] river failed to change anything. Valesco had to accept second place and $62,000.00. Taiwan's ibadbeatyou won the SCOOP title, Movado watch, and $93,000.00 in cash. Congrats! 2012 SCOOP Event #34-H ($5,200 LHE 6-Max) Results: Total players: 62 Paid players: 9 1st place: ibadbeatyou (Taiwan) - $93,000.00 2nd place: valesco (Canada) - $62,000.00 3rd place: djk123 (Australia) - $46,500.00 4th place: BrynKenney (Spain) - $31,000.00 5th place: MaiseE (Sweden) - $23,250.00 6th place: treezer (Sweden) - $17,050.00 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section. " ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337402595) } [5]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(71) "SCOOP 2012: bleu329 wins Event 32-H ($2,100 PLO/8), 2nd title this week" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(11999) "<img alt="Thumbnail image for SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2009/04/SCOOP logo-thumb-150x115-67825.gif" width="150" height="115" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />It's not often that a two-day SCOOP tournament reaches the final table before the end of the first day of play, but that's exactly what happened on <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-gmcrafter-leads-bleu329-chasi-094517.html">Day 1</a> in Event 32-H. The players who made that final table were all inclined to play through and finish the tournament overnight, but a software issue made it impossible to skip a preprogrammed overnight break. So they eliminated four of their number from contention and then took a breather for the next 13 hours. Play resumed at 2:00pm ET on Level 21 (1,250/2,500 blinds) with these five players, presumably refreshed, still in the hunt: <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2012%20SCOOP-32-H%20Day%202%20restart.jpg"><img alt="2012 SCOOP-32-H Day 2 restart.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP-32-H Day 2 restart-thumb-450x311-164442.jpg" width="450" height="311" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Seat 1: bleu329 (101,344 in chips) Seat 5: PICKLED EGG (33,708 in chips) Seat 6: Aquasces1 (147,292 in chips) Seat 8: Mafews (58,172 in chips) Seat 9: gmcrafter (359,484 in chips) Chile's gmcrafter had entered the final table in the middle of the pack but seized the chip lead by the time play was paused for the overnight break. The first player to chip on Day 2, though, was bleu329. Playing out of Thailand (and hoping for better internet connectivity than on Day 1), bleu329 was chasing a second SCOOP title after winning event 30-H just a few days prior. The fifth hand of play for Day 2 would prove to be another step toward that title. The betting opened with the United Kingdom's Mafews raising to 5,800 in the cutoff. bleu329 reraised to 19,900 out of the small blind, Mafews called leaving 34,522 behind, and the flop came [Ad] [Kh] [5c]. With very little hesitation bleu329 bet the pot, more than enough to put Mafews all-in. The UK's lone representative at the final table dipped into the time bank before ultimately making the call with [Ah] [2h] [5d] [Td] for aces and fives with a backdoor low draw. bleu329's [As] [Qs] [2d] [3d] was behind for the high but drawing to the nut low, and it got there when the turn was the [8h]. What looked likely to be a chopped pot turned into a scoop when the [8d] fell on the river; both players had aces and eights, but bleu329's queen kicker played. That made Mafews the 5th place finisher, good for $16,800. Though the first elimination of Day 2 had come along quite quickly, the others wouldn't be as speedy in arriving. The rest of Level 21 featured a number of confrontations between gmcrafter and the other three players. Most of them resulted in split pots, but all of the scoops went against the Chilean player. Still, the chip lead, while diminished, was intact as Level 22 (1,500/3,000 blinds) began: Seat 1: bleu329 (202,016 in chips) Seat 5: PICKLED EGG (109,506 in chips) Seat 6: Aquasces1 (154,929 in chips) Seat 9: gmcrafter (233,549 in chips) PICKLED EGG managed to pick up about 10 big blinds over the course of the next 39 hands and bleu329's stack dropped by about the same amount as the player from Thailand grappled once again with conectivity issues, but otherwise very little changed over the next 30 minutes of play. The four continued to split pots and shuffle chips back and forth. But once Level 23 and its 2,500/5,000 blinds arrived, all that would change. After limping from the button PICKLED EGG managed to scoop a 187K-chip pot with [Jc] [2c] [3d] [5h] after flopping two pair, jacks and threes, and rivering another jack for a full house, thanks to gmcrafter calling down pot-sized bets on the flop, turn, and river. Now up to 214K, things appeared to be looking up for the Brazilian player - but one hand is all it ever takes to turn things upside down in a big-bet game. That turnabout would come 12 hands later when PICKLED EGG flopped three of a kind, only to discover that bleu329 had flopped a bit better: <Center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276343_E72B21A069.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276343{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276343_E72B21A069.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276343{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers, please click through for replay</center> That Omaha cooler left PICKLED EGG with less a stack worth less than one big blind and left little doubt that the Brazilian would be the next player out. Two hands later the seemingly inevitable finally occurred, with Aquasces1's [Ah] [4h] [Ts] [6s] overcoming PICKLED EGG's [Kd] [Jh] [Th] [9s] to send the latter to the rail in 4th place ($25,200). Only 12 hands later Canada's Aquasces1 would also come up short thanks to a nasty Omaha cooler. The hand began with gmcrafter raising to 10K on the button; after Aquasces1 reraised to 32.5K from the big blind, gmcrafter made the call to see a flop of [Ad] [9c] [2s]. Aquasces1 bet pot and then called gmcrafter's reraise all-in, turning up [As] [Kc] [9s] [6c] for top two pair, but gmcrafter held the better hand with [9d] [9h] [8d] [4h] for middle set. The [8c] turn and [7s] river changed nothing and made Aquasces1's 3rd-place finish ($34,020) official. The chip lead belonged to gmcrafter as heads-up play began, but bleu329 didn't let that stand in the way of a victory. The final matchup between the two lasted for 13 hands, every single one of which was won by bleu329. The majority of those were of the raise-and-take-it variety, but three pots worth at least 22 big blinds did the real damage. In the first, worth 110K, bleu329's [Th] [9h] [3d] [2d] rivered a flush to scoop on a board of [Qh] [5h] [Td] [Qc] [4h]. The second one, worth 290K, was the real key, as bleu329 hit a pretty big flop and only improved from there: <Center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276347_4CF347C8D1.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276347{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276347_4CF347C8D1.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276347{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center><center>RSS readers, please click through for replay</center> Three hands later the tournament would come to a close after a relatively rare preflop raising war resulted in gmcrafter getting all-in for 92K with [As] [2s] [Ks] [9h]. bleu329 was a bit behind with [Ah] [7d] [Th] [3h], but the [6d] [4s] [5d] flop gave the player from Thailand a seven-high straight and the lead for the high half of the pot. The [Ts] on the turn threatened to give gmcrafter a scoop with the nut low and nut high in the event that another spade should hit the river. But instead the [2c] came, giving bleu329's [Ah] [3h] the nut low instead. And since his flopped straight hadn't been outdrawn, the pot was another scoop. That left Chile's gmcrafter with no chips and the runner-up prize of $44,800. And for the second time this week, despite internet connectivity issues, bleu329 was the last player standing at the end of a SCOOP event. The top prize of $64,400 in this event helped to boost this week's take for bleu329 north of $157K. It's been a fine run any poker player would be happy to go on, and congratulations are in order for the now-two-time champion. SCOOP Event 32-H: $2,100 PL Omaha Hi/Lo $250,000 guaranteed 140 entrants, $280,000 prize pool 18 places paid 1st place: bleu329 (Thailand) $64,400 2nd place: gmcrafter (Chile) $44,800 3rd place: Aquasces1 (Canada) $34,020 4th place: PICKLED EGG (Brazil) $25,200 5th place: Mafews (United Kingdom) $16,800 6th place: Rodrigo "caprioli" Caprioli (Brazil) $14,000 7th place: Lyndon360 (New Zealand) $11,200 8th place: kuhns89 (Germany) $8,400 9th place: Lovos111 (Sweden) $7,000 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(11) "Jason Kirk " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(92) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-bleu329-wins-event-32-h-2100-094565.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(92) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-bleu329-wins-event-32-h-2100-094565.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 14:08:29 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(11999) "<img alt="Thumbnail image for SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2009/04/SCOOP logo-thumb-150x115-67825.gif" width="150" height="115" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />It's not often that a two-day SCOOP tournament reaches the final table before the end of the first day of play, but that's exactly what happened on <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-gmcrafter-leads-bleu329-chasi-094517.html">Day 1</a> in Event 32-H. The players who made that final table were all inclined to play through and finish the tournament overnight, but a software issue made it impossible to skip a preprogrammed overnight break. So they eliminated four of their number from contention and then took a breather for the next 13 hours. Play resumed at 2:00pm ET on Level 21 (1,250/2,500 blinds) with these five players, presumably refreshed, still in the hunt: <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2012%20SCOOP-32-H%20Day%202%20restart.jpg"><img alt="2012 SCOOP-32-H Day 2 restart.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP-32-H Day 2 restart-thumb-450x311-164442.jpg" width="450" height="311" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Seat 1: bleu329 (101,344 in chips) Seat 5: PICKLED EGG (33,708 in chips) Seat 6: Aquasces1 (147,292 in chips) Seat 8: Mafews (58,172 in chips) Seat 9: gmcrafter (359,484 in chips) Chile's gmcrafter had entered the final table in the middle of the pack but seized the chip lead by the time play was paused for the overnight break. The first player to chip on Day 2, though, was bleu329. Playing out of Thailand (and hoping for better internet connectivity than on Day 1), bleu329 was chasing a second SCOOP title after winning event 30-H just a few days prior. The fifth hand of play for Day 2 would prove to be another step toward that title. The betting opened with the United Kingdom's Mafews raising to 5,800 in the cutoff. bleu329 reraised to 19,900 out of the small blind, Mafews called leaving 34,522 behind, and the flop came [Ad] [Kh] [5c]. With very little hesitation bleu329 bet the pot, more than enough to put Mafews all-in. The UK's lone representative at the final table dipped into the time bank before ultimately making the call with [Ah] [2h] [5d] [Td] for aces and fives with a backdoor low draw. bleu329's [As] [Qs] [2d] [3d] was behind for the high but drawing to the nut low, and it got there when the turn was the [8h]. What looked likely to be a chopped pot turned into a scoop when the [8d] fell on the river; both players had aces and eights, but bleu329's queen kicker played. That made Mafews the 5th place finisher, good for $16,800. Though the first elimination of Day 2 had come along quite quickly, the others wouldn't be as speedy in arriving. The rest of Level 21 featured a number of confrontations between gmcrafter and the other three players. Most of them resulted in split pots, but all of the scoops went against the Chilean player. Still, the chip lead, while diminished, was intact as Level 22 (1,500/3,000 blinds) began: Seat 1: bleu329 (202,016 in chips) Seat 5: PICKLED EGG (109,506 in chips) Seat 6: Aquasces1 (154,929 in chips) Seat 9: gmcrafter (233,549 in chips) PICKLED EGG managed to pick up about 10 big blinds over the course of the next 39 hands and bleu329's stack dropped by about the same amount as the player from Thailand grappled once again with conectivity issues, but otherwise very little changed over the next 30 minutes of play. The four continued to split pots and shuffle chips back and forth. But once Level 23 and its 2,500/5,000 blinds arrived, all that would change. After limping from the button PICKLED EGG managed to scoop a 187K-chip pot with [Jc] [2c] [3d] [5h] after flopping two pair, jacks and threes, and rivering another jack for a full house, thanks to gmcrafter calling down pot-sized bets on the flop, turn, and river. Now up to 214K, things appeared to be looking up for the Brazilian player - but one hand is all it ever takes to turn things upside down in a big-bet game. That turnabout would come 12 hands later when PICKLED EGG flopped three of a kind, only to discover that bleu329 had flopped a bit better: <Center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276343_E72B21A069.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276343{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276343_E72B21A069.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276343{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers, please click through for replay</center> That Omaha cooler left PICKLED EGG with less a stack worth less than one big blind and left little doubt that the Brazilian would be the next player out. Two hands later the seemingly inevitable finally occurred, with Aquasces1's [Ah] [4h] [Ts] [6s] overcoming PICKLED EGG's [Kd] [Jh] [Th] [9s] to send the latter to the rail in 4th place ($25,200). Only 12 hands later Canada's Aquasces1 would also come up short thanks to a nasty Omaha cooler. The hand began with gmcrafter raising to 10K on the button; after Aquasces1 reraised to 32.5K from the big blind, gmcrafter made the call to see a flop of [Ad] [9c] [2s]. Aquasces1 bet pot and then called gmcrafter's reraise all-in, turning up [As] [Kc] [9s] [6c] for top two pair, but gmcrafter held the better hand with [9d] [9h] [8d] [4h] for middle set. The [8c] turn and [7s] river changed nothing and made Aquasces1's 3rd-place finish ($34,020) official. The chip lead belonged to gmcrafter as heads-up play began, but bleu329 didn't let that stand in the way of a victory. The final matchup between the two lasted for 13 hands, every single one of which was won by bleu329. The majority of those were of the raise-and-take-it variety, but three pots worth at least 22 big blinds did the real damage. In the first, worth 110K, bleu329's [Th] [9h] [3d] [2d] rivered a flush to scoop on a board of [Qh] [5h] [Td] [Qc] [4h]. The second one, worth 290K, was the real key, as bleu329 hit a pretty big flop and only improved from there: <Center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276347_4CF347C8D1.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276347{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276347_4CF347C8D1.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276347{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center><center>RSS readers, please click through for replay</center> Three hands later the tournament would come to a close after a relatively rare preflop raising war resulted in gmcrafter getting all-in for 92K with [As] [2s] [Ks] [9h]. bleu329 was a bit behind with [Ah] [7d] [Th] [3h], but the [6d] [4s] [5d] flop gave the player from Thailand a seven-high straight and the lead for the high half of the pot. The [Ts] on the turn threatened to give gmcrafter a scoop with the nut low and nut high in the event that another spade should hit the river. But instead the [2c] came, giving bleu329's [Ah] [3h] the nut low instead. And since his flopped straight hadn't been outdrawn, the pot was another scoop. That left Chile's gmcrafter with no chips and the runner-up prize of $44,800. And for the second time this week, despite internet connectivity issues, bleu329 was the last player standing at the end of a SCOOP event. The top prize of $64,400 in this event helped to boost this week's take for bleu329 north of $157K. It's been a fine run any poker player would be happy to go on, and congratulations are in order for the now-two-time champion. SCOOP Event 32-H: $2,100 PL Omaha Hi/Lo $250,000 guaranteed 140 entrants, $280,000 prize pool 18 places paid 1st place: bleu329 (Thailand) $64,400 2nd place: gmcrafter (Chile) $44,800 3rd place: Aquasces1 (Canada) $34,020 4th place: PICKLED EGG (Brazil) $25,200 5th place: Mafews (United Kingdom) $16,800 6th place: Rodrigo "caprioli" Caprioli (Brazil) $14,000 7th place: Lyndon360 (New Zealand) $11,200 8th place: kuhns89 (Germany) $8,400 9th place: Lovos111 (Sweden) $7,000 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337378909) } [6]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(70) "UKIPT Dublin, S3: Kollander rinses the Day 1 field, leads with 151,900" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(8837) "<img alt="ukiptthumb.JPG" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukiptthumb.JPG" width="120" height="92" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />Online grinder Gabriel Kollander took the UKIPT Dublin chip lead at the bell with a stack of 151,900, swiping the overall chip lead away from <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-champion-performance-top-094506.html">Day 1A's William Champion</a>. The 23-year-old American, who plays under the name $indabank111 on PokerStars, is playing his first live tournament and, so far, things seem to be going well as he put himself at the front of the line for the €100,000 first place prize. All well except for the small problem of some errant chips, but we'll come to that. Before Kollander's late surge, thanks to a large pot in the final couple of hands, David Brady was leading the race to be Day 1B chip leader with 114,000. Up until then it was looking like it may be a break in conventional poker wisdom; that the largest stack going into Day 2 would be from the first, smaller half of the draw. Brady wore a greedy hat and seemed to play as such, hoovering up chips like cocktail sausages at a Christmas party. It wasn't blind gluttony. Late on he passed to a single raise on his big blind with relaxed discipline, his opponent flashed aces. Then Kollander came through. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_darren taylor.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477-thumb-300x450-164417.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> <center>Leading until late: David Brady</center> The Californian had been studying at the University of Hawaii when Black Friday struck and after some commuting back and forth decided to relocate to Toronto. Somewhat incredibly this is the online grinder's first major live tournament, but he soon revealed some live inexperience. Having already bagged his chips, Kollander was in the process of being interviewed by the PokerStars Blog, in the presence of tournament floor staff no less, when he absent-mindedly stuck his hand in his hoody pocket and pulled a couple of low denomination chips out, looking slightly confused as to what they were doing there. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27802.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_gabriel kollander.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27802-thumb-450x300-164446.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> <center>Day 1 chip leader Gabriel Kollander</center> "Oh, I didn't even know I had these. Is that a problem?" said Kollander. The floor staff swiftly indicated that it was. Kollander put them on the table, they weren't worth much. "Sorry, I don't know. I just found them. I think it was when I had that huge pot. I can just forget that I had them. I don't care that much," he chuckled, perhaps not realising the gravity of the situation. UKIPT tournament director Toby Stone was called over. "This should make a great blog entry. Guy has a load of chips but is an idiot at the same time and messes up the whole tournament," said Kollander, while waiting for Stone. "They were in your pocket?" asked Stone. "I'm sorry," said Kollander, looking equally amused and surprised by the chips appearance. "I'm keeping them now. What were they doing in your pocket?" asked Stone. Kolander explained that he'd won a big pot late on, that some chips must have fallen over the lip of the table - his stack was certainly large enough, that pot messy enough. The story checked out. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27501.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_chip.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27501-thumb-450x300-164444.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Chips, they have a tendency to roll</center> "You know you can never, ever put chips in your pocket in any tournament in the world?" said Stone. "I didn't realise I had. I prefer to display them out front to scare people." Stone seemed satisfied it was a genuine mistake, it certainly seemed to be. A lesson learnt for the online player: get better at stacking your betting discs. Kollander's topped a 398-strong field, which was exactly twice the size of that yesterday. Just 153 made it through among which were UKIPT Newcastle champion Richard Sinclair (30,100), Mark Muldoon (103,000), Martin Baláž (98,800), Sam Grafton (63,500) and, so we've been told, a Big Brother contestant by the name of Glen 'Spiral' Coroner (103,000). Grafton, 'high in confidence' after his $234,193 SCOOP result (<a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-1-updates-2-094532.html">see 3pm: Getting the SCOOP with Sam Grafton</a>), started badly, down to just 6,000 early on. Quad aces and a set of kings helped breathe life back into his tournament ambitions and he chipped up steadily from there. Come the close of play he had a short stacked WSOPE winner, Scott Shelley, on his right and a big stacked Martin Baláž to his left. Shelley also made it through (32,500). Many others did not. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318-thumb-450x300-164362.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Sam 'Sam Squid' Grafton</center> Andy Black turned up late, sleeping off the night before we've been told, and if the photos are to be believed wasn't necessarily in the finest of fettle. His UKIPT Dublin adventure didn't last but with 244 other fallers today he was far from alone. Craig Burke, looking for three from three Season 3 cashes, hit the rail, as did many others; Ian Woodley, Daiva Barauskaite, Damian Porebski, EPT Tallinn runner-up Grzegorz Cichocki, Michael Leedham, Paul Jackson, Albert Sapiano, Mick McCloskey and Ciaran Taggart were just a few players to go. They are now just footprints in the history of UKIPT Dublin. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430-thumb-300x450-164393.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Andy Black</center> Focus tomorrow will be on the 244 remaining players, the 153 of today that joined the 91 of Day 1A, and which can make the final 72 places that pay. The prize pool was confirmed late in the day and it looks like a juicy one. This season's increase in buy-in has swollen the pay outs making some very attractive prize pools. To find out who makes it and who doesn't, join us from 12 noon tomorrow. To catch up with the action from today click on the links below. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">Click here to see combined Day 1 chip counts</a> and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt-dublin-s3-prizepool-and-payouts.html">here if you you want to see the prize pool</a>. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-1-updates-2-094532.html">Levels 1-4</a> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-5-updates-b-094549.html">Levels 5-8</a> All images are copyright of Mickey May and must credited as such. She can kick at head height even with an injured leg, which is something Chuck Norris is unable to. " ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(11) "Rick Dacey " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "UKIPT" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-kollander-rinses-the-day-094567.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-kollander-rinses-the-day-094567.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "UKIPT" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 14:03:08 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(8837) "<img alt="ukiptthumb.JPG" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukiptthumb.JPG" width="120" height="92" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />Online grinder Gabriel Kollander took the UKIPT Dublin chip lead at the bell with a stack of 151,900, swiping the overall chip lead away from <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-champion-performance-top-094506.html">Day 1A's William Champion</a>. The 23-year-old American, who plays under the name $indabank111 on PokerStars, is playing his first live tournament and, so far, things seem to be going well as he put himself at the front of the line for the €100,000 first place prize. All well except for the small problem of some errant chips, but we'll come to that. Before Kollander's late surge, thanks to a large pot in the final couple of hands, David Brady was leading the race to be Day 1B chip leader with 114,000. Up until then it was looking like it may be a break in conventional poker wisdom; that the largest stack going into Day 2 would be from the first, smaller half of the draw. Brady wore a greedy hat and seemed to play as such, hoovering up chips like cocktail sausages at a Christmas party. It wasn't blind gluttony. Late on he passed to a single raise on his big blind with relaxed discipline, his opponent flashed aces. Then Kollander came through. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_darren taylor.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477-thumb-300x450-164417.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> <center>Leading until late: David Brady</center> The Californian had been studying at the University of Hawaii when Black Friday struck and after some commuting back and forth decided to relocate to Toronto. Somewhat incredibly this is the online grinder's first major live tournament, but he soon revealed some live inexperience. Having already bagged his chips, Kollander was in the process of being interviewed by the PokerStars Blog, in the presence of tournament floor staff no less, when he absent-mindedly stuck his hand in his hoody pocket and pulled a couple of low denomination chips out, looking slightly confused as to what they were doing there. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27802.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_gabriel kollander.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27802-thumb-450x300-164446.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> <center>Day 1 chip leader Gabriel Kollander</center> "Oh, I didn't even know I had these. Is that a problem?" said Kollander. The floor staff swiftly indicated that it was. Kollander put them on the table, they weren't worth much. "Sorry, I don't know. I just found them. I think it was when I had that huge pot. I can just forget that I had them. I don't care that much," he chuckled, perhaps not realising the gravity of the situation. UKIPT tournament director Toby Stone was called over. "This should make a great blog entry. Guy has a load of chips but is an idiot at the same time and messes up the whole tournament," said Kollander, while waiting for Stone. "They were in your pocket?" asked Stone. "I'm sorry," said Kollander, looking equally amused and surprised by the chips appearance. "I'm keeping them now. What were they doing in your pocket?" asked Stone. Kolander explained that he'd won a big pot late on, that some chips must have fallen over the lip of the table - his stack was certainly large enough, that pot messy enough. The story checked out. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27501.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_chip.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27501-thumb-450x300-164444.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Chips, they have a tendency to roll</center> "You know you can never, ever put chips in your pocket in any tournament in the world?" said Stone. "I didn't realise I had. I prefer to display them out front to scare people." Stone seemed satisfied it was a genuine mistake, it certainly seemed to be. A lesson learnt for the online player: get better at stacking your betting discs. Kollander's topped a 398-strong field, which was exactly twice the size of that yesterday. Just 153 made it through among which were UKIPT Newcastle champion Richard Sinclair (30,100), Mark Muldoon (103,000), Martin Baláž (98,800), Sam Grafton (63,500) and, so we've been told, a Big Brother contestant by the name of Glen 'Spiral' Coroner (103,000). Grafton, 'high in confidence' after his $234,193 SCOOP result (<a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-1-updates-2-094532.html">see 3pm: Getting the SCOOP with Sam Grafton</a>), started badly, down to just 6,000 early on. Quad aces and a set of kings helped breathe life back into his tournament ambitions and he chipped up steadily from there. Come the close of play he had a short stacked WSOPE winner, Scott Shelley, on his right and a big stacked Martin Baláž to his left. Shelley also made it through (32,500). Many others did not. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318-thumb-450x300-164362.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Sam 'Sam Squid' Grafton</center> Andy Black turned up late, sleeping off the night before we've been told, and if the photos are to be believed wasn't necessarily in the finest of fettle. His UKIPT Dublin adventure didn't last but with 244 other fallers today he was far from alone. Craig Burke, looking for three from three Season 3 cashes, hit the rail, as did many others; Ian Woodley, Daiva Barauskaite, Damian Porebski, EPT Tallinn runner-up Grzegorz Cichocki, Michael Leedham, Paul Jackson, Albert Sapiano, Mick McCloskey and Ciaran Taggart were just a few players to go. They are now just footprints in the history of UKIPT Dublin. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430-thumb-300x450-164393.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Andy Black</center> Focus tomorrow will be on the 244 remaining players, the 153 of today that joined the 91 of Day 1A, and which can make the final 72 places that pay. The prize pool was confirmed late in the day and it looks like a juicy one. This season's increase in buy-in has swollen the pay outs making some very attractive prize pools. To find out who makes it and who doesn't, join us from 12 noon tomorrow. To catch up with the action from today click on the links below. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">Click here to see combined Day 1 chip counts</a> and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt-dublin-s3-prizepool-and-payouts.html">here if you you want to see the prize pool</a>. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-1-updates-2-094532.html">Levels 1-4</a> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-5-updates-b-094549.html">Levels 5-8</a> All images are copyright of Mickey May and must credited as such. She can kick at head height even with an injured leg, which is something Chuck Norris is unable to. " ["category@term"]=> string(5) "UKIPT" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337378588) } [7]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(76) "SCOOP 2012: sitation handles the situation, winning Event #32-M ($215 PLO8)" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(18426) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="100" width="130" />Gamble or be gone. Cashcid Linc would come to the final table with the right gambling mindset that got the German heads-up for the title but sitation remained calm enough to take down the SCOOP 2012 Event #32-M title. In what was a two-day affair looked like a massive rush to the exit as the 31 20-minute levels only left our final nine holding on to their chip overnight. Players like <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/martin-staszko/">Team PokerStars Pro Martin Staszko</a> (104th place, $383.04), James "Andy McLEOD" Obst (22th place, $839.04) and Noah "Exclusive" Boeken (21st place $839.04) made the cash and threatened late but were swept up by the wave of scoops. 912 players piled into this Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo tournament giving us a $182,400 prize pool which once again beat out the $150,000.00 guarantee. Medium level <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/scoop/player-of-the-series/">Player of the Series</a> leading SebbyGl did not signed up to risk getting a few extra points to bolster the lead. Tied for second place, cyberkanguru did sign up but faded fairly early in the first day finishing 406th. Also tied for second place in the standing was newly minted SCOOP champ <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-dan-djk123-kelly-adds-scoop-t-094511.html">Dan "djk123" Kelly</a> who would fare a little better, but finished out of the cash in 274th place. Down to 12 players left and nearly 30 minutes of play before the tournament would take a break for the evening it was evident that we would reach the final table tonight. With the blinds at 10K/20K midastruck went looking for gold against a short-stacked theone93 preflop. 441,818 chips in the middle as theone93 needed to hit with [As][4c][Qd][9d] but was up against a better low draw [7s][2s][Qh][Ac]. Not a nut-nut hand but close enough as midastruck not only hit a flush but the wheel as well [5d] [Ts] [8s] [4s] [3c] ending theone93's night in 12th place ($1,915.20). Three minutes later trelskig would be in a similar short-stacked position as theone93 hoping to double up before the long break. RoxmorE had another plans and matched the pot bets from trelskig until both were all-in preflop. Suited aces [As] [5h] [Ad] [Qh] for RoxmorE would be a tall order for trelskig's better low draw, pocket eights, and suited ace [8h] [2d] [8c] [Ac]. The flop [4d] [3c] [4c] was everything trelskig could ask for but the turn [Ks] and river [Td] came up woefully short as trelskig would be invited to day two finishing in 11th place ($1,915.20). Eight minutes before the two tables would break for the evening superowl99, who finished <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2011/scoop-ozenc-follows-the-yellow-brick-roa-081632.html">runner up to ozenc in the high-version of this event last year</a> would take a chance against paulgees81 by shoving [Ac][Th][7c][4c]. Unfortunately, the soon-to-be overnight chip leader was more than happy to call with suited aces [Ah][2d][4d][Ad]. Despite picking up a straight flush draw on the turn, the [Ts] [6c] [9h] [5c] [6d] did not get superowl99 out of this jam, and would not return to a SCOOP PLO8 final table as the final table was set below: <center><a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP_Event32-M_051812.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP_Event32-M_051812.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP_Event32-M_051812-thumb-450x328-164440.jpg" width="450" height="328" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a></center> Seat 1: midastruck (515143 in chips) Seat 2: remsi144 (567815 in chips) Seat 3: Cashcid Linc (384854 in chips) Seat 4: daxfut (406739 in chips) Seat 5: XoTime (427582 in chips) Seat 6: paulgees81 (1077729 in chips) Seat 7: sitation (508921 in chips) Seat 8: RoxmorE (460465 in chips) Seat 9: DrKoolDan (210752 in chips) RoxmoreE would be trying to get back into the spotlight today after taking down the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/sm/2009/roxmore-comes-from-behind-and-rocks-the-037989.html">Sunday Million a few years ago for $121K</a>. But, the eyes would be on the overnight chip leader as paulgees81 brings a <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/sm/2011/geez-paulgees81-wins-25389460-for-sunday-077800.html">Sunday Million win from last year for $253K</a>, Semifinalist in this year's <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-shizzleness-wins-this-event-1-094257.html">SCOOP Event #12-H</a> (PLO Heads-up) for $33K, and (5th place ($14,700) <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-borys313-wins-event-15-h-2100-094271.html">Event #15-H</a> (again fittingly Omaha Hi-Lo). No passive play allowed at this final table as the players returned to 20 minute blinds and average stacks near 20 big blinds. True to form the final table's second hand would have DrKoolDan and midastruck all-in preflop but they would split the 459,004 chip pot as the blinds immediately moved up to 12.5K/25K. Cashcid Linc showed a willingness to go toe-to-toe with the most accomplished player at the final table, taking down a 732,208 chip scoop from paulgees81early on. Chip leader asks for more chips paulgees81 would take a hit from losing the all-in to Cashcid Linc, but four hands later would take some of those chips from other sources. With the blinds still at 12.5K/25K, paulgees81 would open for 54,250 chips as DrKoolDan called from the cutoff and the blinds folded to see a [3h][Kh][8c] flop. paulgees81 kept the pressure on with a 146,000 chip bet as DrKoolDan felt it was time to double-up and shoved for 217,752 total. paulgees81 would make the call holding [Ah] [4s] [8d] [Jc] for a pair of eights and a low draw as DrKoolDan's tournament hinged on [5h] [2h] [Ks] [As] top pair, a flush draw, and the nut low draw. Seemed ripe for a scoop by DrKoolDan as the turn [5s] gave DrKoolDan the nut-low, but the [2c] turned a 180 on the hand by giving paulgees81 the wheel and the 581,504 chip pot. Despite the uncool finish, DrKoolDan would take away $2,280.00 in ninth place. sitation sits on the nuts Blinds moving up to 15K/30K as two short stacks would try to pick the pockets of paulgees81. Watch below for the three-way all-in preflop between sitation, paulgees81, and XOTime ends with one player holding 1.2 million chips and one player holding eighth place cash: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276313_2FAD0601D3.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276313{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276313_2FAD0601D3.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276313{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <div style="text-align: center;">RSS readers please click through to view video</div> XoTime: [Ac] [2c] [Qc] [3s] paulgees81: [As] [5s] [2h] [Qs] sitation: [Ad] [Jd] [6c] [Ah] All three players holding premium hands but the all-diamond flop [5d] [Kd] [6d] would give sitation the nut flush. Two high cards later on the turn [Qd] and river [Th] shipped the entire 1.29 million chip pot to sitation, leaving paulgees81 with under 500K, and XoTime holding eighth place cash ($3,739.20). Rox'd The 15K/30K blind level went smoothly after that big three-way all-in and the 20K/40K blind level was much of the same except for Cashcid Linc dragging a monster one million chip scoop off daxfut. Seven hands after the seven figure pot RoxmorE would start the betting with a raise to 88,000 as remsi144 shoved all-in for 276,203. Holding a double-suited low hand [3h] [5d] [Jh] [Ad] RoxmorE made the call and needed a little help facing the aces of remsi144 [Ah] [As] [7s] [9s]. The low never materialized but the diamonds did [Jd] [6d] [7c] [Td] [9h] giving RoxmorE the nut flush and sending remsi144 home in seventh place ($5,544.96). Not adding a SCOOP title today Winning a Sunday Major such as the Sunday Million is a tremendous feat. Adding a WCOOP or SCOOP title to that gives you even more tournament cred. paulgees81 has the Sunday Million title and already made one final table in this series. And despite bringing the chip lead into today, it was not to be. With the blinds still at 20K/40K and down to 180,600 chips due to that million chip pot against sitation and only winning the blinds once since that hand, paulgees81 needed some serious help. A pot bet for paulgees81 to lead off the betting got a re-raise from midastruck as paulgees81 only had 40,600 behind to make the call holding [9c] [4c] [Jh] [8d]. midastruck however held a premium double-suited hand much better low possibilities [4h] [3h] [Ts] [As]. Neither player would connect to the [2c] [Qd] [5c] [7s] [5d] as midastruck's nut-low plus ace-ten high played to win the 421,200 chip pot, as paulgees81 settled for sixth place ($7,368.96). Nuts meet the second nuts In the tournament's biggest pot to this point, sitation would trade bets with RoxmorE preflop as both slowly got 1.59 million chips in the middle. RoxmorE turned up [2s] [Qh] [6h] [Ad] as sitation held the same low draw but with a suited aces [Ah] [2c] [4h] [As]. The board would give both players a hearts flush [9h] [5s] [8h] [Kh] [Td] but sitation's ace-high allowed the Swede to extend the chip lead as RoxmorE got rox'd in fifth place ($9,192.96). Winning ugly is necessary, but not nice Thanks to the added cards, Omaha tends to produce more than its share of groan worthy boards where a player comes out of nowhere to win. Feast your eyes on the hand example below between daxfut and midastruck. Aces cracked and then... not so much. <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276330_F9B6FB865A.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276330{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276330_F9B6FB865A.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276330{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <div style="text-align: center;">RSS readers please click through to view video</div> midastruck held the aces [Ad] [Ac] [9h] [4d] after daxfut smooth called the raise from the small blind holding [3h] [2h] [3s] [4h]. The [3d] [6h] [Ts] got daxfut to immediate shove 239,781 chips in as midastruck wept over cracked aces. [6s] on the turn gave daxfut a boat but still open for hitting a low on the river. However, midastruck found the golden touch and wanted it all as the [6d] river counterfeited daxfut's boat giving midastruck the higher full house for the entire 779,562 chip pot. A brief chip-chop discussion would bring Team Online's Adrienne "talonchick" Rowsome http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/team-online/adrienne-rowsome/ out on the floor. However Cashcid Linc had the need to gamble and sitation's chip lead was a little too big to give any money away as the threesome got back into the game. Struck is stuck Blinds moving up to 25K/50K midastruck would take a massive hit against Cashcid Linc as a low draw missed against Cashcid Linc's aces for a 2.1 million chip scoop. Three hands later holding only 291,182 chips midastruck tried to make something happen from the button with a pot sized raise as sitation called out of the big blind to see a [Jd] [4d] [5h] flop. sitation would bet enough to put the short stack all-in as midastruck called holding kings [2c] [Kc] [Th] [Kd]. sitation needed some help with [Ac] [6s] [5s] [2h] was a lock for a low if any non-pairing low card hit. A pair of aces [Ah] [As] was exactly the type of drop needed for sitation as midastruck golden reign came to an end in third place ($17,692.80). Again the players would ask for Rowsome's assistance but Cashcid Linc wanted an even chop despite sitation holding a one million chip lead. sitation declined the offer as Cashcid Linc was ready once again to GAMBOOOOOOOL!. Take it, take it, ok I'll just take it all See this pretty thing? It will go around the winner's wrist (or ankle if you are like Shaun Deeb with four of these watches) <center><a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoopwatch_champion.jpg"><img alt="scoopwatch_champion.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/scoopwatch_champion-thumb-450x600-164438.jpg" width="450" height="600" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a></center> <div style="text-align: center;">SCOOP Champion's Watch</div> Heads-up play consisted of mostly raise it and take it preflop for nine minutes until the big hand hit. With the blinds at 30K/60K both players had plenty of chips to hold out for a while as sitation retained the chip lead and made a raise to 142,00 from the button as Cashcid Linc called to see [Th][7s][6s] on the flop. Cashcid Linc checked as sitation pushed out 240,000 and Cashcid Linc check-raised to a little more than a million. Top set plus a flush draw is hard to get away from as sitation re-raised all-in holding [Ts][Jh][Tc][2s]. Cashcid Linc was true to the gambling form and called with the flush draw and an emergency low draw [8s] [Kh] [8d] [As]. The [8c] turn did not really help Cashcid Linc nor did the [9d] as the straight on the board would chop up a NLHE game, but in Omaha both sets played and sitation's top set would take down the 4.3 million chip pot along with $32,832.00 and the SCOOP 2012 Event #32-M title! Players Entered: 912 Total Prize Pool: $182,400.00 Places Paid: 117 $150,000 guarantee SCOOP 2012 Event #32-M $215 PLO8 results (05-18-12): 1. sitation (Sweden) $32,832.00 2. Cashcid Linc (Germany) $23,712.00 3. midastruck (United Kingdom) $17,692.80 4. daxfut (Austria) $13,224.00 5. RoxmorE (Norway) $9,192.96 6. paulgees81 (Canada) $7,368.96 7. remsi144 (Switzerland) $5,544.96 8. XoTime (Portugal) $3,739.20 9. DrKoolDan (Romania) $2,280.00 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(11) "David Aydt " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-sitation-handles-the-situatio-094563.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-sitation-handles-the-situatio-094563.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 13:03:45 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(18426) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="100" width="130" />Gamble or be gone. Cashcid Linc would come to the final table with the right gambling mindset that got the German heads-up for the title but sitation remained calm enough to take down the SCOOP 2012 Event #32-M title. In what was a two-day affair looked like a massive rush to the exit as the 31 20-minute levels only left our final nine holding on to their chip overnight. Players like <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/martin-staszko/">Team PokerStars Pro Martin Staszko</a> (104th place, $383.04), James "Andy McLEOD" Obst (22th place, $839.04) and Noah "Exclusive" Boeken (21st place $839.04) made the cash and threatened late but were swept up by the wave of scoops. 912 players piled into this Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo tournament giving us a $182,400 prize pool which once again beat out the $150,000.00 guarantee. Medium level <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/scoop/player-of-the-series/">Player of the Series</a> leading SebbyGl did not signed up to risk getting a few extra points to bolster the lead. Tied for second place, cyberkanguru did sign up but faded fairly early in the first day finishing 406th. Also tied for second place in the standing was newly minted SCOOP champ <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-dan-djk123-kelly-adds-scoop-t-094511.html">Dan "djk123" Kelly</a> who would fare a little better, but finished out of the cash in 274th place. Down to 12 players left and nearly 30 minutes of play before the tournament would take a break for the evening it was evident that we would reach the final table tonight. With the blinds at 10K/20K midastruck went looking for gold against a short-stacked theone93 preflop. 441,818 chips in the middle as theone93 needed to hit with [As][4c][Qd][9d] but was up against a better low draw [7s][2s][Qh][Ac]. Not a nut-nut hand but close enough as midastruck not only hit a flush but the wheel as well [5d] [Ts] [8s] [4s] [3c] ending theone93's night in 12th place ($1,915.20). Three minutes later trelskig would be in a similar short-stacked position as theone93 hoping to double up before the long break. RoxmorE had another plans and matched the pot bets from trelskig until both were all-in preflop. Suited aces [As] [5h] [Ad] [Qh] for RoxmorE would be a tall order for trelskig's better low draw, pocket eights, and suited ace [8h] [2d] [8c] [Ac]. The flop [4d] [3c] [4c] was everything trelskig could ask for but the turn [Ks] and river [Td] came up woefully short as trelskig would be invited to day two finishing in 11th place ($1,915.20). Eight minutes before the two tables would break for the evening superowl99, who finished <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2011/scoop-ozenc-follows-the-yellow-brick-roa-081632.html">runner up to ozenc in the high-version of this event last year</a> would take a chance against paulgees81 by shoving [Ac][Th][7c][4c]. Unfortunately, the soon-to-be overnight chip leader was more than happy to call with suited aces [Ah][2d][4d][Ad]. Despite picking up a straight flush draw on the turn, the [Ts] [6c] [9h] [5c] [6d] did not get superowl99 out of this jam, and would not return to a SCOOP PLO8 final table as the final table was set below: <center><a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP_Event32-M_051812.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP_Event32-M_051812.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP_Event32-M_051812-thumb-450x328-164440.jpg" width="450" height="328" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a></center> Seat 1: midastruck (515143 in chips) Seat 2: remsi144 (567815 in chips) Seat 3: Cashcid Linc (384854 in chips) Seat 4: daxfut (406739 in chips) Seat 5: XoTime (427582 in chips) Seat 6: paulgees81 (1077729 in chips) Seat 7: sitation (508921 in chips) Seat 8: RoxmorE (460465 in chips) Seat 9: DrKoolDan (210752 in chips) RoxmoreE would be trying to get back into the spotlight today after taking down the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/sm/2009/roxmore-comes-from-behind-and-rocks-the-037989.html">Sunday Million a few years ago for $121K</a>. But, the eyes would be on the overnight chip leader as paulgees81 brings a <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/sm/2011/geez-paulgees81-wins-25389460-for-sunday-077800.html">Sunday Million win from last year for $253K</a>, Semifinalist in this year's <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-shizzleness-wins-this-event-1-094257.html">SCOOP Event #12-H</a> (PLO Heads-up) for $33K, and (5th place ($14,700) <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-borys313-wins-event-15-h-2100-094271.html">Event #15-H</a> (again fittingly Omaha Hi-Lo). No passive play allowed at this final table as the players returned to 20 minute blinds and average stacks near 20 big blinds. True to form the final table's second hand would have DrKoolDan and midastruck all-in preflop but they would split the 459,004 chip pot as the blinds immediately moved up to 12.5K/25K. Cashcid Linc showed a willingness to go toe-to-toe with the most accomplished player at the final table, taking down a 732,208 chip scoop from paulgees81early on. Chip leader asks for more chips paulgees81 would take a hit from losing the all-in to Cashcid Linc, but four hands later would take some of those chips from other sources. With the blinds still at 12.5K/25K, paulgees81 would open for 54,250 chips as DrKoolDan called from the cutoff and the blinds folded to see a [3h][Kh][8c] flop. paulgees81 kept the pressure on with a 146,000 chip bet as DrKoolDan felt it was time to double-up and shoved for 217,752 total. paulgees81 would make the call holding [Ah] [4s] [8d] [Jc] for a pair of eights and a low draw as DrKoolDan's tournament hinged on [5h] [2h] [Ks] [As] top pair, a flush draw, and the nut low draw. Seemed ripe for a scoop by DrKoolDan as the turn [5s] gave DrKoolDan the nut-low, but the [2c] turned a 180 on the hand by giving paulgees81 the wheel and the 581,504 chip pot. Despite the uncool finish, DrKoolDan would take away $2,280.00 in ninth place. sitation sits on the nuts Blinds moving up to 15K/30K as two short stacks would try to pick the pockets of paulgees81. Watch below for the three-way all-in preflop between sitation, paulgees81, and XOTime ends with one player holding 1.2 million chips and one player holding eighth place cash: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276313_2FAD0601D3.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276313{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276313_2FAD0601D3.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276313{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <div style="text-align: center;">RSS readers please click through to view video</div> XoTime: [Ac] [2c] [Qc] [3s] paulgees81: [As] [5s] [2h] [Qs] sitation: [Ad] [Jd] [6c] [Ah] All three players holding premium hands but the all-diamond flop [5d] [Kd] [6d] would give sitation the nut flush. Two high cards later on the turn [Qd] and river [Th] shipped the entire 1.29 million chip pot to sitation, leaving paulgees81 with under 500K, and XoTime holding eighth place cash ($3,739.20). Rox'd The 15K/30K blind level went smoothly after that big three-way all-in and the 20K/40K blind level was much of the same except for Cashcid Linc dragging a monster one million chip scoop off daxfut. Seven hands after the seven figure pot RoxmorE would start the betting with a raise to 88,000 as remsi144 shoved all-in for 276,203. Holding a double-suited low hand [3h] [5d] [Jh] [Ad] RoxmorE made the call and needed a little help facing the aces of remsi144 [Ah] [As] [7s] [9s]. The low never materialized but the diamonds did [Jd] [6d] [7c] [Td] [9h] giving RoxmorE the nut flush and sending remsi144 home in seventh place ($5,544.96). Not adding a SCOOP title today Winning a Sunday Major such as the Sunday Million is a tremendous feat. Adding a WCOOP or SCOOP title to that gives you even more tournament cred. paulgees81 has the Sunday Million title and already made one final table in this series. And despite bringing the chip lead into today, it was not to be. With the blinds still at 20K/40K and down to 180,600 chips due to that million chip pot against sitation and only winning the blinds once since that hand, paulgees81 needed some serious help. A pot bet for paulgees81 to lead off the betting got a re-raise from midastruck as paulgees81 only had 40,600 behind to make the call holding [9c] [4c] [Jh] [8d]. midastruck however held a premium double-suited hand much better low possibilities [4h] [3h] [Ts] [As]. Neither player would connect to the [2c] [Qd] [5c] [7s] [5d] as midastruck's nut-low plus ace-ten high played to win the 421,200 chip pot, as paulgees81 settled for sixth place ($7,368.96). Nuts meet the second nuts In the tournament's biggest pot to this point, sitation would trade bets with RoxmorE preflop as both slowly got 1.59 million chips in the middle. RoxmorE turned up [2s] [Qh] [6h] [Ad] as sitation held the same low draw but with a suited aces [Ah] [2c] [4h] [As]. The board would give both players a hearts flush [9h] [5s] [8h] [Kh] [Td] but sitation's ace-high allowed the Swede to extend the chip lead as RoxmorE got rox'd in fifth place ($9,192.96). Winning ugly is necessary, but not nice Thanks to the added cards, Omaha tends to produce more than its share of groan worthy boards where a player comes out of nowhere to win. Feast your eyes on the hand example below between daxfut and midastruck. Aces cracked and then... not so much. <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276330_F9B6FB865A.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276330{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276330_F9B6FB865A.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276330{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <div style="text-align: center;">RSS readers please click through to view video</div> midastruck held the aces [Ad] [Ac] [9h] [4d] after daxfut smooth called the raise from the small blind holding [3h] [2h] [3s] [4h]. The [3d] [6h] [Ts] got daxfut to immediate shove 239,781 chips in as midastruck wept over cracked aces. [6s] on the turn gave daxfut a boat but still open for hitting a low on the river. However, midastruck found the golden touch and wanted it all as the [6d] river counterfeited daxfut's boat giving midastruck the higher full house for the entire 779,562 chip pot. A brief chip-chop discussion would bring Team Online's Adrienne "talonchick" Rowsome http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/team-online/adrienne-rowsome/ out on the floor. However Cashcid Linc had the need to gamble and sitation's chip lead was a little too big to give any money away as the threesome got back into the game. Struck is stuck Blinds moving up to 25K/50K midastruck would take a massive hit against Cashcid Linc as a low draw missed against Cashcid Linc's aces for a 2.1 million chip scoop. Three hands later holding only 291,182 chips midastruck tried to make something happen from the button with a pot sized raise as sitation called out of the big blind to see a [Jd] [4d] [5h] flop. sitation would bet enough to put the short stack all-in as midastruck called holding kings [2c] [Kc] [Th] [Kd]. sitation needed some help with [Ac] [6s] [5s] [2h] was a lock for a low if any non-pairing low card hit. A pair of aces [Ah] [As] was exactly the type of drop needed for sitation as midastruck golden reign came to an end in third place ($17,692.80). Again the players would ask for Rowsome's assistance but Cashcid Linc wanted an even chop despite sitation holding a one million chip lead. sitation declined the offer as Cashcid Linc was ready once again to GAMBOOOOOOOL!. Take it, take it, ok I'll just take it all See this pretty thing? It will go around the winner's wrist (or ankle if you are like Shaun Deeb with four of these watches) <center><a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoopwatch_champion.jpg"><img alt="scoopwatch_champion.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/scoopwatch_champion-thumb-450x600-164438.jpg" width="450" height="600" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a></center> <div style="text-align: center;">SCOOP Champion's Watch</div> Heads-up play consisted of mostly raise it and take it preflop for nine minutes until the big hand hit. With the blinds at 30K/60K both players had plenty of chips to hold out for a while as sitation retained the chip lead and made a raise to 142,00 from the button as Cashcid Linc called to see [Th][7s][6s] on the flop. Cashcid Linc checked as sitation pushed out 240,000 and Cashcid Linc check-raised to a little more than a million. Top set plus a flush draw is hard to get away from as sitation re-raised all-in holding [Ts][Jh][Tc][2s]. Cashcid Linc was true to the gambling form and called with the flush draw and an emergency low draw [8s] [Kh] [8d] [As]. The [8c] turn did not really help Cashcid Linc nor did the [9d] as the straight on the board would chop up a NLHE game, but in Omaha both sets played and sitation's top set would take down the 4.3 million chip pot along with $32,832.00 and the SCOOP 2012 Event #32-M title! Players Entered: 912 Total Prize Pool: $182,400.00 Places Paid: 117 $150,000 guarantee SCOOP 2012 Event #32-M $215 PLO8 results (05-18-12): 1. sitation (Sweden) $32,832.00 2. Cashcid Linc (Germany) $23,712.00 3. midastruck (United Kingdom) $17,692.80 4. daxfut (Austria) $13,224.00 5. RoxmorE (Norway) $9,192.96 6. paulgees81 (Canada) $7,368.96 7. remsi144 (Switzerland) $5,544.96 8. XoTime (Portugal) $3,739.20 9. DrKoolDan (Romania) $2,280.00 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337375025) } [8]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(74) "SCOOP 2012: No challenge too tall for DamienRise in Event 32-Low, $27 PLO8" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(10767) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />SCOOP is all about great structures at buy-ins for all bankrolls, low, medium and high. The structures are so great, in fact, that PokerStars has migrated many of the events to two-day events so that the players can be rested and refreshed when making the late-tournament decisions that matter the most. Sometimes, however, the players have other ideas. The action generated in 2012 SCOOP Event 32-Low, $27 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo threatened to turn a two-day event into a one-day affair. But the tournament did make it to its second day, with four players still in, and at the end of that second day DamienRise amassed all of the chips. We're 32 events into the 2012 SCOOP, and Event 32-Low, $27 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo is the closest I've seen to a guarantee not being met. PokerStars set the guarantee for this event at $75,000; the 4,282 registrants created a prize pool of $107,000. It was nowhere close to not meeting the guarantee, but it didn't double the guarantee as many others events have (perhaps a statement about the desire of PokerStars players to play pot-limit split). Nonetheless, 540 players wouldn't have much to complain about, as they would be the ones carving up that prize pool. The lowest payout was worth $44.96; the largest, for the champion, a tidy five-figure sum of $16,808.74 and a Movado watch. Six Team PokerStars Pro and five PokerStars Team Online players entered this tournament. All of Team Online failed to make the money, with Roy "GodlikeRoy" Bhasin's bustout perhaps the most painful. He finished 544th, just four spots out of the money. The Team Pros fared better, with both Martin Staszko (144th, $112.40) and Marcin "Goral" Horecki (31st, $240.86) pushing into the money and making respectably deep runs. Their runs, however, were not deep enough to make the final table in this two-day event - a final table that commenced late on Day 1 with these nine players. Seat 1: AugustasN (5368352 in chips) Seat 2: Martin Glöck (1381888 in chips) Seat 3: remars81 (2048749 in chips) Seat 4: partybong (2008173 in chips) Seat 5: DamienRise (1912452 in chips) Seat 6: willrobrobu (2108415 in chips) Seat 7: Zlushchiy (3775258 in chips) Seat 8: MikLoW86 (1346729 in chips) Seat 9: eitan_2004 (1459984 in chips) Average stack: 2,378,889 There was a former SCOOP champion among the nine. willrobrobu kicked off SCOOP in 2011 by winning the first event, Event 1-Low, $22 No-Limit Hold'em (6-max). To start this final table, willrobrobu was in a pile of players that could all claim to be 3rd in chips. Those players were trying to scramble over each other even as partybong became the first player to get knocked off the final table. partybong's open-raise to 200k was called by willrobrobu before Zlushchiy three-bet to 800k, inducing a shove to 941k by partybong. That was enough to fold willrobrobu but Zlushchiy called with single-suited aces, [ac][ah][2h][7h]. partybong had a reasonable hand, [as][kh][qc][2c], but it turned into nothing of significance, high or low, on a board of [6s][tc][th][2s][7c]. Neither player had a qualifying low, but Zlushchiy's unimproved aces were enough to claim high and send partybong off to chill out in 9th place. 25 more minutes passed before MikLoW86 was 86ed from the tournament. Sitting in the blinds, MikLoW86 called a minimum-raise from under-the-gun player AugustasN. A bet and several raises on a queen-high flop, [6h][qs][8s], ensured that all of MikLoW86's chips were in the middle with top pair and a strong low draw, [ac][qc][5s][3h]. AugustasN showed down a stronger low draw and a baby flush draw, [ad][kc][3s][2s]. The [as] on the turn filled both of those draws for AugustasN; the [3c] river changed nothing. MikLoW86 exited in 8th place. It was another twenty minutes before eitan_2004 became the unfortunate 7th-place finisher. This time, the chips were all in pre-flop. AugustasN was the culprit again, showing down a strong [ah][qc][2h][3s] against eitan_2004's [ac][ks][5s][6s]. Neither player made a low on the [4h][9s][jh][qh][5c] board, but AugustasN came up with the nuts, an ace-high flush, to claim the high and knock out eitan_2004. The former SCOOP champion, willrobrobu, was unable to duplicate the 2011 SCOOP win at this final table. It was a case of a busted draw: <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276304_0992002043.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276304{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276304_0992002043.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276304{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object><center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> The blinds were 100k-200k and the average stack was about 4.3 million. With five players left, it was time to cut a deal. 21 big blinds wasn't going to last very long at all in the split-pot version of this action game. Once the deal was in place, there was one more elimination before Day 1 came to an end. On the very first hand after the deal was cut, short stack Martin Glöck four-bet shoved pre-flop with [jh][jc][5s][2c]. DamienRise, the pre-flop three-bettor, called with [ac][ks][8c][2s] and scooped the whole pot with two pair, kings and eights, on a board of [kd][8h][tc][9d][7d]. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2012%20SCOOP%2032-low%20final%20table.jpg"><img alt="2012 SCOOP 32-low final table.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP 32-low final table-thumb-450x329-164430.jpg" width="450" height="329" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Day 2 started with the blinds up to 125k-250k. The fireworks began within five minutes of the resumption of play. DamienRise's unimproved kings held up against remars81's wrap draw, with all the chips going in on the flop. Neither player had a qualifying low. When remars81's draw bricked out, Day 2 was over for remars81 in 4th place. The stacks stayed relatively unchanged as the blinds rolled up to 150k-300k. AugustasN led with roughly 10 million, DamienRise followed with roughly 7 million, and Zlushchiy pulled up the rear with roughly 3 million. Sure, there were minor variations along the way, but each player's relative chip stack remained the same until the moment when Zlushchiy picked up single-suited aces, [ah][ad][7d][4s] against AugustasN's single-suited kings, [ks][kd][6d][7h]. It looked like a great piece of luck for Zlushchiy - until the river. The [jd][4c][js][th][kc] board made a full house for AugustasN and sent Zlushchiy to the rail in 3rd place. That elimination left AugustasN as the leader to start heads-up play by about a 2-to-1 margin. AugustasN jumped out to the early lead, but one quick double-up by DamienRise drew the stacks level. A few more small pots pushed DamienRise into the lead, but then AugustasN fired back and took down a big pot with a flopped straight to reset the match. DamienRise responded by quartering AugustasN, all in pre-flop, to swing the lead back the other way. But all good things come to an end, and so did this see-saw heads-up battle. After DamienRise limped the button in the 250k-500k level, AugustasN bet pot to 1.5 million. DamienRise called to a flop of [8c][9c][3h]. That flop brought another pot-sized bet from AugustasN of 3 million, leaving AugustasN 1.6 million behind. It went in after a raise from DamienRise. At showdown, DamienRise produced a strong hand: [th][tc][jc][qs], an overpair, a partial wrap draw and a flush draw. AugustasN showed down [js][jh][8s][7h], an overpair of jacks and a straight draw. The [4c] turn card gave DamienRise a flush and left AugustasN drawing to a low for a chop. The [7c] river was a low card, but not one that was of any use to AugustasN. Day 2 was finished in less than an hour. DamienRise is a new SCOOP champion and will be receiving a Movado watch to prove it. 2012 SCOOP Event 32-Low, $27 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo results (including 5-way deal): Number of entrants: 4,282 Places paid: 540 1st: DamienRise (China) ($9,149.00)* 2nd: AugustasN (Lithuania) ($16,000.00)* 3rd: Zlushchiy (Russia) ($9,435.03)* 4th: remars81 (Spain) ($7,974.10)* 5th: Martin Glöck (Germany) ($6,312.07)* 6th: willrobrobu (United Kingdom) ($3,479.12) 7th: eitan_2004 (Poland) ($2,408.62) 8th: MikLoW86 (Hungary) ($1,338.12) 9th: partybong (Germany) ($856.40) Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(10) "Dave Behr " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-no-challenge-too-tall-for-dam-094559.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(93) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-no-challenge-too-tall-for-dam-094559.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 12:01:04 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(10767) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />SCOOP is all about great structures at buy-ins for all bankrolls, low, medium and high. The structures are so great, in fact, that PokerStars has migrated many of the events to two-day events so that the players can be rested and refreshed when making the late-tournament decisions that matter the most. Sometimes, however, the players have other ideas. The action generated in 2012 SCOOP Event 32-Low, $27 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo threatened to turn a two-day event into a one-day affair. But the tournament did make it to its second day, with four players still in, and at the end of that second day DamienRise amassed all of the chips. We're 32 events into the 2012 SCOOP, and Event 32-Low, $27 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo is the closest I've seen to a guarantee not being met. PokerStars set the guarantee for this event at $75,000; the 4,282 registrants created a prize pool of $107,000. It was nowhere close to not meeting the guarantee, but it didn't double the guarantee as many others events have (perhaps a statement about the desire of PokerStars players to play pot-limit split). Nonetheless, 540 players wouldn't have much to complain about, as they would be the ones carving up that prize pool. The lowest payout was worth $44.96; the largest, for the champion, a tidy five-figure sum of $16,808.74 and a Movado watch. Six Team PokerStars Pro and five PokerStars Team Online players entered this tournament. All of Team Online failed to make the money, with Roy "GodlikeRoy" Bhasin's bustout perhaps the most painful. He finished 544th, just four spots out of the money. The Team Pros fared better, with both Martin Staszko (144th, $112.40) and Marcin "Goral" Horecki (31st, $240.86) pushing into the money and making respectably deep runs. Their runs, however, were not deep enough to make the final table in this two-day event - a final table that commenced late on Day 1 with these nine players. Seat 1: AugustasN (5368352 in chips) Seat 2: Martin Glöck (1381888 in chips) Seat 3: remars81 (2048749 in chips) Seat 4: partybong (2008173 in chips) Seat 5: DamienRise (1912452 in chips) Seat 6: willrobrobu (2108415 in chips) Seat 7: Zlushchiy (3775258 in chips) Seat 8: MikLoW86 (1346729 in chips) Seat 9: eitan_2004 (1459984 in chips) Average stack: 2,378,889 There was a former SCOOP champion among the nine. willrobrobu kicked off SCOOP in 2011 by winning the first event, Event 1-Low, $22 No-Limit Hold'em (6-max). To start this final table, willrobrobu was in a pile of players that could all claim to be 3rd in chips. Those players were trying to scramble over each other even as partybong became the first player to get knocked off the final table. partybong's open-raise to 200k was called by willrobrobu before Zlushchiy three-bet to 800k, inducing a shove to 941k by partybong. That was enough to fold willrobrobu but Zlushchiy called with single-suited aces, [ac][ah][2h][7h]. partybong had a reasonable hand, [as][kh][qc][2c], but it turned into nothing of significance, high or low, on a board of [6s][tc][th][2s][7c]. Neither player had a qualifying low, but Zlushchiy's unimproved aces were enough to claim high and send partybong off to chill out in 9th place. 25 more minutes passed before MikLoW86 was 86ed from the tournament. Sitting in the blinds, MikLoW86 called a minimum-raise from under-the-gun player AugustasN. A bet and several raises on a queen-high flop, [6h][qs][8s], ensured that all of MikLoW86's chips were in the middle with top pair and a strong low draw, [ac][qc][5s][3h]. AugustasN showed down a stronger low draw and a baby flush draw, [ad][kc][3s][2s]. The [as] on the turn filled both of those draws for AugustasN; the [3c] river changed nothing. MikLoW86 exited in 8th place. It was another twenty minutes before eitan_2004 became the unfortunate 7th-place finisher. This time, the chips were all in pre-flop. AugustasN was the culprit again, showing down a strong [ah][qc][2h][3s] against eitan_2004's [ac][ks][5s][6s]. Neither player made a low on the [4h][9s][jh][qh][5c] board, but AugustasN came up with the nuts, an ace-high flush, to claim the high and knock out eitan_2004. The former SCOOP champion, willrobrobu, was unable to duplicate the 2011 SCOOP win at this final table. It was a case of a busted draw: <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276304_0992002043.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276304{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276304_0992002043.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276304{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object><center>RSS readers click through to see replay</center> The blinds were 100k-200k and the average stack was about 4.3 million. With five players left, it was time to cut a deal. 21 big blinds wasn't going to last very long at all in the split-pot version of this action game. Once the deal was in place, there was one more elimination before Day 1 came to an end. On the very first hand after the deal was cut, short stack Martin Glöck four-bet shoved pre-flop with [jh][jc][5s][2c]. DamienRise, the pre-flop three-bettor, called with [ac][ks][8c][2s] and scooped the whole pot with two pair, kings and eights, on a board of [kd][8h][tc][9d][7d]. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2012%20SCOOP%2032-low%20final%20table.jpg"><img alt="2012 SCOOP 32-low final table.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/2012 SCOOP 32-low final table-thumb-450x329-164430.jpg" width="450" height="329" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Day 2 started with the blinds up to 125k-250k. The fireworks began within five minutes of the resumption of play. DamienRise's unimproved kings held up against remars81's wrap draw, with all the chips going in on the flop. Neither player had a qualifying low. When remars81's draw bricked out, Day 2 was over for remars81 in 4th place. The stacks stayed relatively unchanged as the blinds rolled up to 150k-300k. AugustasN led with roughly 10 million, DamienRise followed with roughly 7 million, and Zlushchiy pulled up the rear with roughly 3 million. Sure, there were minor variations along the way, but each player's relative chip stack remained the same until the moment when Zlushchiy picked up single-suited aces, [ah][ad][7d][4s] against AugustasN's single-suited kings, [ks][kd][6d][7h]. It looked like a great piece of luck for Zlushchiy - until the river. The [jd][4c][js][th][kc] board made a full house for AugustasN and sent Zlushchiy to the rail in 3rd place. That elimination left AugustasN as the leader to start heads-up play by about a 2-to-1 margin. AugustasN jumped out to the early lead, but one quick double-up by DamienRise drew the stacks level. A few more small pots pushed DamienRise into the lead, but then AugustasN fired back and took down a big pot with a flopped straight to reset the match. DamienRise responded by quartering AugustasN, all in pre-flop, to swing the lead back the other way. But all good things come to an end, and so did this see-saw heads-up battle. After DamienRise limped the button in the 250k-500k level, AugustasN bet pot to 1.5 million. DamienRise called to a flop of [8c][9c][3h]. That flop brought another pot-sized bet from AugustasN of 3 million, leaving AugustasN 1.6 million behind. It went in after a raise from DamienRise. At showdown, DamienRise produced a strong hand: [th][tc][jc][qs], an overpair, a partial wrap draw and a flush draw. AugustasN showed down [js][jh][8s][7h], an overpair of jacks and a straight draw. The [4c] turn card gave DamienRise a flush and left AugustasN drawing to a low for a chop. The [7c] river was a low card, but not one that was of any use to AugustasN. Day 2 was finished in less than an hour. DamienRise is a new SCOOP champion and will be receiving a Movado watch to prove it. 2012 SCOOP Event 32-Low, $27 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo results (including 5-way deal): Number of entrants: 4,282 Places paid: 540 1st: DamienRise (China) ($9,149.00)* 2nd: AugustasN (Lithuania) ($16,000.00)* 3rd: Zlushchiy (Russia) ($9,435.03)* 4th: remars81 (Spain) ($7,974.10)* 5th: Martin Glöck (Germany) ($6,312.07)* 6th: willrobrobu (United Kingdom) ($3,479.12) 7th: eitan_2004 (Poland) ($2,408.62) 8th: MikLoW86 (Hungary) ($1,338.12) 9th: partybong (Germany) ($856.40) Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337371264) } [9]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(36) "SCOOP 2012: By George! Lind is hyper" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(3867) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />I am not a psychiatrist. I am not a psychologist. I have no medical training whatsoever outside of a class in infant CPR which scared me away from children for several months. That is a long way of saying, I cannot, with any degree of medical certainty, diagnose PokerStars Team Online's George Lind III with any sort of attention deficit disorder. But, if there was ever a time to offer a lay opinion, this is it. George Lind recently won his first Spring Championship of Online Poker title. He did it in a Stud-8 event (as chronicled in this <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-shine-a-light-on-george-jorj9-094414.html">Exile on Main Street-themed recap</a> from Paul McGuire). It was the sixth time he played a SCOOP Stud-8 tournament in his life. In the five previous runnings, he had a runner-up and third place finish. So you'd think Lind would be really, really focused on the title. Instead? "I was 6-12 tabling hypers throughout the final table," he said. For the uninitiated, the hypers of which he speaks are hyper-turbo sit & go tourneys. They are SNG crack, and in some jurisdictions considered a Schedule-1 amphetamine. Lind eats them or breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Seriously, if McGuire was looking for a Stones tune in a Lind recap, he might have picked "Mother's Little Helper." <img alt="george_lind_teamonline.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/george_lind_teamonline.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>George Lind, crazy like a fox</center> Keep in mind, Lind did this while playing a Stud-8 final table--the kind of tournament where paying attention is sort of a big deal. I've played my fair share of Stud-8, and for people like me (read: sort of slow on the uptake), if I'm not watching every card that comes off the stub, you might as well just take my chips and call me a cab. And then ask the cab driver to run me over. Lind? While he was freaking winning a SCOOP event, he was playing up to a dozen hyper turbo SNGs at a time. The logical question is this: how much could Lind legitimately be expected to win in the hypers if he's actually winning the SCOOP event? The unexpected answer: Lind profited $80,000 in the hypers and 76,000 VIP player points that day. As I said, I'm no doctor. Two years ago, Lind took third in the very same event. He's a man who has a brain that can flip switches faster than most people can find the switches to flip. "It's nice to have a chance to improve on that in such a big field tournament," he said. "I'm really happy to finally get a SCOOP title after winning Player of the Year in 2010, but not actually winning an event that year. It's definitely nice to get a watch to go along with my 2010 POTY trophy." As of this morning, Lind held the top spot on the low buy-in leaderboard. If he can manage to keep his head in the game, the payoff could offer a little more than pride. "I'm hoping to win that PCA package with a consistent final few days," he said. Consistency? How much consistency can Lind possibly have if he's dozen-tabling hyper tourneys? Well, a lot apparently. *Consult your physician before beginning any sort of Lind regimen. Side effects include trouble sleeping, motion sickness, and not having enough places in your house to hide all your money." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(12) "Brad Willis " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(87) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-by-george-lind-is-hyper-094556.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(87) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-by-george-lind-is-hyper-094556.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 09:12:27 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(3867) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />I am not a psychiatrist. I am not a psychologist. I have no medical training whatsoever outside of a class in infant CPR which scared me away from children for several months. That is a long way of saying, I cannot, with any degree of medical certainty, diagnose PokerStars Team Online's George Lind III with any sort of attention deficit disorder. But, if there was ever a time to offer a lay opinion, this is it. George Lind recently won his first Spring Championship of Online Poker title. He did it in a Stud-8 event (as chronicled in this <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-shine-a-light-on-george-jorj9-094414.html">Exile on Main Street-themed recap</a> from Paul McGuire). It was the sixth time he played a SCOOP Stud-8 tournament in his life. In the five previous runnings, he had a runner-up and third place finish. So you'd think Lind would be really, really focused on the title. Instead? "I was 6-12 tabling hypers throughout the final table," he said. For the uninitiated, the hypers of which he speaks are hyper-turbo sit & go tourneys. They are SNG crack, and in some jurisdictions considered a Schedule-1 amphetamine. Lind eats them or breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Seriously, if McGuire was looking for a Stones tune in a Lind recap, he might have picked "Mother's Little Helper." <img alt="george_lind_teamonline.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/george_lind_teamonline.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>George Lind, crazy like a fox</center> Keep in mind, Lind did this while playing a Stud-8 final table--the kind of tournament where paying attention is sort of a big deal. I've played my fair share of Stud-8, and for people like me (read: sort of slow on the uptake), if I'm not watching every card that comes off the stub, you might as well just take my chips and call me a cab. And then ask the cab driver to run me over. Lind? While he was freaking winning a SCOOP event, he was playing up to a dozen hyper turbo SNGs at a time. The logical question is this: how much could Lind legitimately be expected to win in the hypers if he's actually winning the SCOOP event? The unexpected answer: Lind profited $80,000 in the hypers and 76,000 VIP player points that day. As I said, I'm no doctor. Two years ago, Lind took third in the very same event. He's a man who has a brain that can flip switches faster than most people can find the switches to flip. "It's nice to have a chance to improve on that in such a big field tournament," he said. "I'm really happy to finally get a SCOOP title after winning Player of the Year in 2010, but not actually winning an event that year. It's definitely nice to get a watch to go along with my 2010 POTY trophy." As of this morning, Lind held the top spot on the low buy-in leaderboard. If he can manage to keep his head in the game, the payoff could offer a little more than pride. "I'm hoping to win that PCA package with a consistent final few days," he said. Consistency? How much consistency can Lind possibly have if he's dozen-tabling hyper tourneys? Well, a lot apparently. *Consult your physician before beginning any sort of Lind regimen. Side effects include trouble sleeping, motion sickness, and not having enough places in your house to hide all your money." ["category@term"]=> string(5) "SCOOP" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337361147) } [10]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(31) "EPT Season 8: Memorable Moments" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(11190) "<img alt="ept-thumb-promo.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ept-thumb-promo.jpg" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />Season 8 on the European Poker Tour was one for the ages. Not only were 13 champions crowned and millions of dollars won, but also, numerous memories were made. We're here to talk about some of those memories, specifically the most memorable ones as we see them. It's important to point out that these are in no particular order. Let's get to it. We'll start all the way back to EPT London and Benny Spindler's big win, which took place at the end of September and beginning of October in 2011. Spindler was often regarded as one of the best young players in the game, but he hadn't won a major title to really solidify his stance. He had previous deep runs in all kinds of events across the EPT, the World Series of Poker and also the World Poker Tour, but no major victories. When the final table in London began, Spindler was third in chips. He assumed the chip lead early on at the final table after picking off a big bluff from Mattias Bergstrom. Then, he won a massive flip with start-of-the-day chip leader Martins Adeniya to get a massive stack. When heads-up play began, only American Steve O'Dwyer stood in the young German's way. Spindler had the lead to start the battle and it didn't last too long. Many were saying that because of Spindler's previous close calls, this victory knocked the monkey off his back. When asked if he felt like he had a giant weight lifted off his back, Spindler simply shook his head and responded, "No." <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/benny_spindler_ept8_win.jpg"><img alt="benny_spindler_ept8_win.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/benny_spindler_ept8_win-thumb-450x675-164381.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Benny Spindler</center> Speaking of EPT London runner-up Steve O'Dwyer, he had one heck of a season on the EPT and that brings us to the next memorable moment. He banked numerous cashes including two big final table appearances in London and then in Copenhagen. In London, O'Dwyer scooped £465,000 for his second-place finish to Spindler and in Copenhagen he took seventh for DKr 290,000. He also had a second-place finish in the EPT Campione High Roller for €74,000. Not a bad season for the American, who really broke out over on European soil. If we're going to talk about players who broke out during Season 8 of the EPT, the biggest of them all was German Philipp Gruissem. When it came to High Roller events, Gruissem always had his hands on a massive amount of chips deep at a final table it seemed. Things all started when Gruissem took third in last season's EPT Berlin €10,000 High Roller for €67,000. He then went on to win the EPT Barcelona High Roller for €234,500 and beat Igor Kurganov in the EPT London High Roller to win the title and £450,200. Along with those impressive scores, Gruissem took fourth in the EPT San Remo High Roller, third in the EPT Prague High Roller and cashed in the EPT Berlin Main Event. All of that came before he went on to final table the EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller and take third for €266,000. Basically, Gruissem is the resident EPT high roller and we can't wait to see the results he puts up in Season 9. It's always been known that no player has ever won a second EPT title. In Season 8, Kevin MacPhee nearly did it twice and each time everyone was pulling for him to become the first to do so. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/kevin_macphee_ept8.jpg"><img alt="kevin_macphee_ept8.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/kevin_macphee_ept8-thumb-450x675-164384.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Kevin MacPhee </center> A former EPT Berlin champion, MacPhee's first real shot in Season 8 came in San Remo when he found himself at the final table. Unfortunately, the short-stacked MacPhee couldn't gather any momentum and bowed out in eighth place. From there, he recorded a few in-the-money finishes with aspirations of a second title, but the second really big push didn't come until Berlin. In the same city he won his first EPT title, MacPhee found himself still alive on the penultimate day with the field down to 24 players. With this being the last stop before the EPT Grand Final and the culmination of the season, MacPhee had a second EPT Main Event trophy dangling right in front of him. Unfortunately, it wasn't in the cards for MacPhee as he was eliminated short of the final table in 19th place. Even with hopes of a two-time champion in MacPhee falling, Anton Wigg and Vladimir Geshkenbein were two other former champions still in the mix. As the day wore on, it looked at though both of them may make the final table, but then Wigg fell in 14th place and left only Geshkenbein carrying the torch to a would-be two-time champion. But just like his fellow former champions fell before him, Geshkenbein headed to the rail short of the final table in 10th place to open up the throne to a brand new title winner. One of those players remaining after Geshkenbein's exit was Belgian pro Davidi Kitai. Although there may be some skepticism about the defining criteria behind Kitai's WPT Celebrity Invitational win, he technically had a WPT title to go along with his WSOP gold bracelet coming into the final table and that made him eligible for poker's Triple Crown achievement. Even though the excitement of having a two-time EPT champion crowned in Berlin was washed away with the eliminations of MacPhee, Wigg and Geshkenbein, Kitai could still win the Triple Crown and steal the headlines. Kitai had a tough group of competitors in front of him, but he gathered a ton of chips early on in the final table to really put a stranglehold on things. From there, he seemed to cruise to victory and win a massive payday of €712,000 along with a prestigious EPT title. While on the topic of close calls, plenty of big-name pros had their fair share of them this season, including many Team PokerStars Pros. Eugene Katchalov took third in Barcelona before fellow Team Pro Juan Manuel Pastor took fourth in London the following stop. Luca Pagano, who is arguably the best overall performer on the EPT since its inception, took seventh in Deauville and Pierre Neuville finished runner-up to Mickey Petersen in Copenhagen. Speaking of Petersen, as if all those final table runs by team players weren't good enough, the PokerStars Team Online member went out and won his first major title at EPT Copenhagen. Petersen seemed to use his youth, energy and aggressive online nature to beat down the older Team Pro until Neauville just couldn't hold on any longer. Prior to Copenhagen, another Team Pro had a major result and that was Viktor Blom. He conquered the elite field that came out for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller for his first major victory and $1,254,400. The final table was jam-packed with poker power, including some of the biggest names in the game maneuvering their way to the final five spots that were all in the money. Daniel Negreanu and Jonathan Duhamel finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively, and then Galen Hall fell in third before Blom dismantled Dan Shak to win the trophy. Besides Blom winning his first major title, the other name that sticks out from the 2012 PCA was Duhamel's. After scoring fourth in this event for $313,600, the 2010 WSOP Main Event champion took fifth in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo event for $17,990, won the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event for $239,830 and then finished runner-up to Leonid "Alex" Bilokur in the $25,000 High Roller for $634,550. Altogether, Duhamel scored over $1,200,000 from his trip to the Bahamas and shot his way to the top of nearly all Player of the Year leaderboards around the community. Duhamel may have won over seven figures from his four cashes in January, but between the PCA and the EPT Grand Final alone, nine players had seven-figure scores. Those players included Blom and Bilokur for the aforementioned wins at the PCA along with John Dibella and Kyle Julius, who took one and two in the PCA Main Event. The rest of the list is made up by Justin Bonomo, who won the EPT Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller, the second-place finisher from that event, Tobias Reinkemeier, the EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller champion Igor Kurganov and then places one and two from the EPT Grand Final Main Event, Mohsin Charania and Lucille Cailly. Just think about this for a second: nine people had a single score of seven figures or more just from the PCA and EPT Grand Final in Season 8. We, too, just said "wow" out loud. The final moment we're going to talk about was from the EPT Grand Final and it's only fitting that arguably the most memorable moment from the entire season came at the final stop in Monaco. Everyone knows the name Justin Bonomo. He's young, he's solid and he has plenty of results on record. No week will compare to the one he had in Monaco, though, at the EPT Grand Final. Things didn't start off in the right direction for Bonomo, as he found himself firing in a second €100,000 bullet in the Super High Roller. Went it came time for the final table, Bonomo had a massive lead on the rest of the field. He rode that chip lead all the way to a victory and one worth a whopping €1,640,000 -- easily the largest score of his career. From there, Bonomo took his run good to the Main Event and worked his way into the money. We kept an eye on him at all times and he was playing with a massive amount of confidence coming off the big win. He ended up finishing in 28th place for €35,000, but we had yet to hear the last from him. After that very deep run from the field of 665 players, Bonomo entered the €25,000 High Roller and again found himself making a big splash. He bobbed and weaved his way down to the final eight and was at a second major final table within a week. Bonomo eventually fell in fourth place, but it was worth another €266,000 in prize money to put his weekly total at €1,941,000. Easily one of the best weeks of poker we've ever seen. As much fun as Season 8 of the EPT was, we had a great time reliving all of the big moments with you here. When August rolls around, it's going to be time for Season 9 of the tour and things will be kicking off in Barcelona. With all of these amazing moments from Season 8, Season 9 sure has a lot to live up to, but we're confident things will be bigger and better than ever." ["dc"]=> array(4) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(14) "Donnie Peters " ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(19) "European Poker Tour" } ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(81) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ept/2012/ept-season-8-memorable-moments-094548.html" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(81) "http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ept/2012/ept-season-8-memorable-moments-094548.html" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(19) "European Poker Tour" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 18 May 2012 08:37:17 -0800" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(11190) "<img alt="ept-thumb-promo.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ept-thumb-promo.jpg" width="130" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />Season 8 on the European Poker Tour was one for the ages. Not only were 13 champions crowned and millions of dollars won, but also, numerous memories were made. We're here to talk about some of those memories, specifically the most memorable ones as we see them. It's important to point out that these are in no particular order. Let's get to it. We'll start all the way back to EPT London and Benny Spindler's big win, which took place at the end of September and beginning of October in 2011. Spindler was often regarded as one of the best young players in the game, but he hadn't won a major title to really solidify his stance. He had previous deep runs in all kinds of events across the EPT, the World Series of Poker and also the World Poker Tour, but no major victories. When the final table in London began, Spindler was third in chips. He assumed the chip lead early on at the final table after picking off a big bluff from Mattias Bergstrom. Then, he won a massive flip with start-of-the-day chip leader Martins Adeniya to get a massive stack. When heads-up play began, only American Steve O'Dwyer stood in the young German's way. Spindler had the lead to start the battle and it didn't last too long. Many were saying that because of Spindler's previous close calls, this victory knocked the monkey off his back. When asked if he felt like he had a giant weight lifted off his back, Spindler simply shook his head and responded, "No." <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/benny_spindler_ept8_win.jpg"><img alt="benny_spindler_ept8_win.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/benny_spindler_ept8_win-thumb-450x675-164381.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Benny Spindler</center> Speaking of EPT London runner-up Steve O'Dwyer, he had one heck of a season on the EPT and that brings us to the next memorable moment. He banked numerous cashes including two big final table appearances in London and then in Copenhagen. In London, O'Dwyer scooped £465,000 for his second-place finish to Spindler and in Copenhagen he took seventh for DKr 290,000. He also had a second-place finish in the EPT Campione High Roller for €74,000. Not a bad season for the American, who really broke out over on European soil. If we're going to talk about players who broke out during Season 8 of the EPT, the biggest of them all was German Philipp Gruissem. When it came to High Roller events, Gruissem always had his hands on a massive amount of chips deep at a final table it seemed. Things all started when Gruissem took third in last season's EPT Berlin €10,000 High Roller for €67,000. He then went on to win the EPT Barcelona High Roller for €234,500 and beat Igor Kurganov in the EPT London High Roller to win the title and £450,200. Along with those impressive scores, Gruissem took fourth in the EPT San Remo High Roller, third in the EPT Prague High Roller and cashed in the EPT Berlin Main Event. All of that came before he went on to final table the EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller and take third for €266,000. Basically, Gruissem is the resident EPT high roller and we can't wait to see the results he puts up in Season 9. It's always been known that no player has ever won a second EPT title. In Season 8, Kevin MacPhee nearly did it twice and each time everyone was pulling for him to become the first to do so. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/kevin_macphee_ept8.jpg"><img alt="kevin_macphee_ept8.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/kevin_macphee_ept8-thumb-450x675-164384.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Kevin MacPhee </center> A former EPT Berlin champion, MacPhee's first real shot in Season 8 came in San Remo when he found himself at the final table. Unfortunately, the short-stacked MacPhee couldn't gather any momentum and bowed out in eighth place. From there, he recorded a few in-the-money finishes with aspirations of a second title, but the second really big push didn't come until Berlin. In the same city he won his first EPT title, MacPhee found himself still alive on the penultimate day with the field down to 24 players. With this being the last stop before the EPT Grand Final and the culmination of the season, MacPhee had a second EPT Main Event trophy dangling right in front of him. Unfortunately, it wasn't in the cards for MacPhee as he was eliminated short of the final table in 19th place. Even with hopes of a two-time champion in MacPhee falling, Anton Wigg and Vladimir Geshkenbein were two other former champions still in the mix. As the day wore on, it looked at though both of them may make the final table, but then Wigg fell in 14th place and left only Geshkenbein carrying the torch to a would-be two-time champion. But just like his fellow former champions fell before him, Geshkenbein headed to the rail short of the final table in 10th place to open up the throne to a brand new title winner. One of those players remaining after Geshkenbein's exit was Belgian pro Davidi Kitai. Although there may be some skepticism about the defining criteria behind Kitai's WPT Celebrity Invitational win, he technically had a WPT title to go along with his WSOP gold bracelet coming into the final table and that made him eligible for poker's Triple Crown achievement. Even though the excitement of having a two-time EPT champion crowned in Berlin was washed away with the eliminations of MacPhee, Wigg and Geshkenbein, Kitai could still win the Triple Crown and steal the headlines. Kitai had a tough group of competitors in front of him, but he gathered a ton of chips early on in the final table to really put a stranglehold on things. From there, he seemed to cruise to victory and win a massive payday of €712,000 along with a prestigious EPT title. While on the topic of close calls, plenty of big-name pros had their fair share of them this season, including many Team PokerStars Pros. Eugene Katchalov took third in Barcelona before fellow Team Pro Juan Manuel Pastor took fourth in London the following stop. Luca Pagano, who is arguably the best overall performer on the EPT since its inception, took seventh in Deauville and Pierre Neuville finished runner-up to Mickey Petersen in Copenhagen. Speaking of Petersen, as if all those final table runs by team players weren't good enough, the PokerStars Team Online member went out and won his first major title at EPT Copenhagen. Petersen seemed to use his youth, energy and aggressive online nature to beat down the older Team Pro until Neauville just couldn't hold on any longer. Prior to Copenhagen, another Team Pro had a major result and that was Viktor Blom. He conquered the elite field that came out for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller for his first major victory and $1,254,400. The final table was jam-packed with poker power, including some of the biggest names in the game maneuvering their way to the final five spots that were all in the money. Daniel Negreanu and Jonathan Duhamel finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively, and then Galen Hall fell in third before Blom dismantled Dan Shak to win the trophy. Besides Blom winning his first major title, the other name that sticks out from the 2012 PCA was Duhamel's. After scoring fourth in this event for $313,600, the 2010 WSOP Main Event champion took fifth in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo event for $17,990, won the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event for $239,830 and then finished runner-up to Leonid "Alex" Bilokur in the $25,000 High Roller for $634,550. Altogether, Duhamel scored over $1,200,000 from his trip to the Bahamas and shot his way to the top of nearly all Player of the Year leaderboards around the community. Duhamel may have won over seven figures from his four cashes in January, but between the PCA and the EPT Grand Final alone, nine players had seven-figure scores. Those players included Blom and Bilokur for the aforementioned wins at the PCA along with John Dibella and Kyle Julius, who took one and two in the PCA Main Event. The rest of the list is made up by Justin Bonomo, who won the EPT Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller, the second-place finisher from that event, Tobias Reinkemeier, the EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller champion Igor Kurganov and then places one and two from the EPT Grand Final Main Event, Mohsin Charania and Lucille Cailly. Just think about this for a second: nine people had a single score of seven figures or more just from the PCA and EPT Grand Final in Season 8. We, too, just said "wow" out loud. The final moment we're going to talk about was from the EPT Grand Final and it's only fitting that arguably the most memorable moment from the entire season came at the final stop in Monaco. Everyone knows the name Justin Bonomo. He's young, he's solid and he has plenty of results on record. No week will compare to the one he had in Monaco, though, at the EPT Grand Final. Things didn't start off in the right direction for Bonomo, as he found himself firing in a second €100,000 bullet in the Super High Roller. Went it came time for the final table, Bonomo had a massive lead on the rest of the field. He rode that chip lead all the way to a victory and one worth a whopping €1,640,000 -- easily the largest score of his career. From there, Bonomo took his run good to the Main Event and worked his way into the money. We kept an eye on him at all times and he was playing with a massive amount of confidence coming off the big win. He ended up finishing in 28th place for €35,000, but we had yet to hear the last from him. After that very deep run from the field of 665 players, Bonomo entered the €25,000 High Roller and again found himself making a big splash. He bobbed and weaved his way down to the final eight and was at a second major final table within a week. Bonomo eventually fell in fourth place, but it was worth another €266,000 in prize money to put his weekly total at €1,941,000. Easily one of the best weeks of poker we've ever seen. As much fun as Season 8 of the EPT was, we had a great time reliving all of the big moments with you here. When August rolls around, it's going to be time for Season 9 of the tour and things will be kicking off in Barcelona. With all of these amazing moments from Season 8, Season 9 sure has a lot to live up to, but we're confident things will be bigger and better than ever." ["category@term"]=> string(19) "European Poker Tour" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337359037) } [11]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(69) "UKIPT Dublin, S3: Day 1B, level 5-8 updates (blinds 300-600, ante 75)" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(20994) "<img alt="ukiptthumb.JPG" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukiptthumb.JPG" width="120" height="92" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />9.10pm: Play has finished The players have bagged, tagged and dispersed into the Dublin night. Happiest of all will be Gabriel Kollander who is the overnight and overall chip leader with 151,900. A<a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-kollander-rinses-the-day-094567.html"> full wrap of the day's play</a> and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt-dublin-s3-start-of-day-2-chips.html">chip counts</a> of the survivors will be coming shortly. The survivors from the two day one flights will combine at noon tomorrow. -- NW 8.45pm: Last few hands The clock has stopped and we're playing down through the last three hands. 8.35pm: Chip leaders With 20 minutes left to play these players appear to be the chip leaders: David Brady- 118,000 Martin Balaz - 105,000 Gabriel Kollander - 100,000 Mihai Ciucu - 90,000 Niclas Martinsson - 90,000 8.20pm: Floor! Table 19 A little bit of controversy here in Dublin. There had been one limper to Domonic Cugudda before he moved all-in for around 8,500. It then passed to the small blind who said 'call' and then almost immediately put out the 300 chips to make up the big blind, having obviously missed Cugudda's all-in. The floor was called and made what I believe falls under the banner of 'common sense rulings', in that he surmised, from the information given, that it was obviously the small blinds intention to just call and therefore he had the option to either surrender his 600 or call the all-in. He opted for the former and everyone else folded too. It was obvious that Cugudda did not agree with this ruling he said: "He should be following the action, it's happened to me before. He said call and then put the chips in and yes fair enough he did only mean to call the big blind, but verbal decelerations are binding. I think it's a bull$@@% ruling." -- NW 8.07pm: There's no easy way to say this but ... If you were hoping that any of the following players would make it to Day 2 then you're going to be sorely disappointed; Konstantin Teresko, Paul Grace, Alan Hickey, Danny Mchugh, Edgard Cabacas Cuenca, Ryan Mcguffie, Peter Andersson, Rick Schilder, Keith Brennan, Oluwashola Akindele, John Willoughby, Niall Dowds, Saulius Slavinskas, Adrian Gray, Oliver Baeten, James Kenny and Darren Taylor. All are busto. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27187.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_akindele.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27187-thumb-300x450-164432.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Oluwashola Akindele is among those not playing Day 2</center> <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 300-600 ante 75</h2> 8pm: Burke busts Craig Burke will not be making it three cashes in a row in season three of the UKIPT. The Irishman finished fourth in Galway and followed that up with a 35th place finish in Nottingham, but he's just bust out here in Dublin after firing three barells and getting it wrong. I joined the action to see him betting 2,875 on a flop of [5h][3s][2c], call from Jose Aisa. The [8c] fell on turn, second barrel from Burke, second call from Aisa, this time for 4,425 a-piece. The [2s] completed the board and Burke emptied the clip moving all-in for 12,175. After getting a count Aisa announced call, Burke showed [As][Kh], but Aisa had called down with [9c][9s] and is up to 55,000 after winning that pot. -- NW 7.50pm: Interesting table with Grafton, Shelley, Baláž and Desmond There's a table in the middle of the room that appears to be sucking in both chips and players of talent. Sam Grafton is now up to 60,000, a good haul, but has one of the chip leaders on his direct left: Martin Baláž, a Czech player with what looks to be 87,000 in front of him. A couple of seats to Grafton's right is WSOPE champ Scott Shelley who is looking a little down on his luck with a smaller 22,000 stack. To the direct left of Baláž is Cory Desmond, a player that performed well at UKIPT Manchester back in Season 1. He finished 18th there for £1,950. We haven't seen a great deal of him since but he seems quite willing to tangle with the table today. Desmond lost a chunk to Baláž after the Czech player flopped the nuts on a [5d][2s][as][8c][ad] board with [3c][4c]. Desmond was not deterred. Baláž opened the button for 900 and Desmond three-bet to 1,975 from the small blind. He picked up a call in the big blind from Ewan Brown. Baláž also called. Desmond led 1,975 into the [qc][kd][2s] flop, Brown made the call. Desmond checked the [6h] turn card looking like he'd given up on the hand. He had. Brown popped a blue 5,000 chip across the line and Desmond passed leaving himself with around 23,000. -- RD <img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg " src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27566.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>Sam Grafton on the grind</center> 7.40pm: How much? We're tracking the names, notables and big stacks over on the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a>. Like UKIPT Galway winner Emmett Mullin who's on 53,000. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27459.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_emmett mullin.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27459-thumb-300x450-164427.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Emmett Mullin</center> 7.25pm: Snippets I didn't catch any big pots on my last lap of the cardroom, but I did see a couple that went to showdown. Hand One: Jonas Lauck raised to 950 from under-the-gun+1 and then called Mick Graydon's three-bet of 2,050 total. The two of them checked all the way to the river on a board of [Kd][5h][Ac][5s][4c] at which point Lauck bet 2,100, Graydon swiftly called but mucked when Lauck revealed [Ah][Js], Graydon is back to starting stack. Hand Two: I caught the action live from the turn, the board was [3s][4c][10s][9h], there was 6,300 in the pot and Robert O´Reilly fired out a bet of 4,500. This sent Peter Wigglesworth into the tank, after he had the dealer spread the pot to calculate his odds he made the call. The [Ad] fell on the river, Wigglesworth checked and O'Reilly, after some thought, did likewise and showed [Kd][Ks] and Wigglesworth mucked his hand. -- NW 7.10pm: Chip leaders During the break my blogging colleague and I did a sweep of the tables to unearth the chip leaders. It's still Niclas Martinsson who heads the field, he's followed closely by Martin Baláž and Tom Kitt - he finished third in this event in Season One. Niclas Martinsson, Sweden, PokerStars player, 94000 Martin Baláž, Czech Republic, PokerStars player, 84000 Thomas Kitt, Ireland, PokerStars qualifier, 80000 Terry Plummer, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, 59000 Patricia Mclean, Ireland, PokerStars player, 57000 <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_Niclas_Martinsson_MickeyMay_27617.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_niclas martinssonjpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_Niclas_Martinsson_MickeyMay_27617-thumb-450x675-164422.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> <center>I need your <strike>clothes, your boots and your motorcycle</strike> chips: Niclas Martinsson</center> 7pm: Back at it Cards are once more in the air, roughly 216 of the 398 players who started the day have made it to the start of level seven. -- NW 6.45pm: And break The remaining players are now on their last 15 minute break of the day. They'll return to play two more levels before bagging and tagging. -- NW 6.40pm: Taxi for... Players continue to bust out in their droves here in Dublin, tournament staff are, it seems, shuttling us large numbers of Player I.D cards every 15 minutes or so. So...there's no easy way to say this but: Ian Woodley, Daiva Barauskaite, David Caffrey, Philipp Hardy, Stacey Coore, Pauric Martin, Robert Nooney, Phil Bowler, Kieran Mccloskey, William Duffy, Aleksander Doan, David Van-Cauter, Mark Wagstaff, Mario Lazarou, Dominick Hever, Damian Porebski, Christopher Barrow, Nico Kostons, Thomas Dunwoodie, Anthony Rafter, Fiachra Meere, Rory Curtis and Noel Murphy are all free to hit Dame Street for a few beers. --NW 6.35pm: False celebrations Never celebrate too soon. It's bad karma, you know. Steven Bartley (not the PokerStars blogger) let out a yelp when his [9s][9h] connected better than Robert Scott's [ah][kh] on a [9c][6h][ac] flop. The chips had all gone in pre-flop and Scott was in need of a runner-runner. Runner 1: [jh] Runner 2: [7h] Scott doubled to around 20,000 leaving Bartley short. At another table Stacey Coore must have thought for a moment that his [td][8d] had won on the [2d][2c][7d][6c][3d] board. He'd shoved the flop and been tank-called by Dave Brady with pocket threes, which had filled up on the river. Coore was sent to pasture, Brady topped up to 35,000. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_darren taylor.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477-thumb-300x450-164417.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Dave Brady: raspberry blower</center> 6.25pm: Chips I've just updated the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a>, Niclas Martinsson from Sweden appears to be the current chip leader, he has 64,00. -- NW 6.10pm: Atherton stacking up again Lee Atherton is getting himself into a prime position for another deep UKIPT run. In Nottingham last month Atherton finished 15th for a decent £8,000 payday, but the big money final table just managed to elude him. On the penultimate day a short stacked Atherton three-bet jammed with [as][jc] into the [ah][kh] of Ian Senior. He failed to catch a jack, Senior's kicker played. Here in Dublin however things are looking up again. He's just won a decent pot check-calling down with [9d][9c] on a [jc][jh][js][4d][2s] board against Alan Mcauly's pocket sevens to chip up to 48,000. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27295.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_lee atherton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27295-thumb-300x450-164413.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Lee Atherton sporting some facial furniture</center> 6pm: Curse of the chip leader They say that being chip leader can be as much of a curse as a blessing and Bastiaan Van Den Brink has definitely strengthened that argument. The Dutchman doubled up to 30,000 early on after eliminating a player and although he climbed to a peak of 34,000 he's slid back down to around 18,000. But, he's still fighting and I just saw him pick up a useful pot. It folded to Keith Brennan in the cut-off and he put in a min-raise to 600. This bet was flat called by both Thomas Dunwoodie and Adrian Gray before Van Den Brink raised it to 2,900 from the big blind. This quickly forced out Brennan and Dunwoodie, but Gray, who was getting a massage at the time, was not so swift to fold. "You don't want a call do you?" said Gray before eventually folding [4s][4c] face-up. -- NW 5.50pm: Bettingen loses flip, still doing well Tim Bettingen opened for 700 from the cut-off and was quickly shoved on by Rober O´Reilly from button. The action folded back to Bettingen who requested a count. The shove was for 5,350. Bettingen made the call. Bettingen: [7c][7s] O´Reilly: [js][td] It wasn't the ideal flop for Bettingen: [ad][qh][kd]. O´Reilly had flopped Broadway. The [2d] turn and [kc] made little difference. Bettingen still sits healthily on 40,000. Quinn up to 11,000. -- RD <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 150-300, ANTE 25</h2> 5.40pm: Exits There's no easy way to say this but if you had a bet on: Mick Mccloskey, Nik Stylianou, Michael Pantelli, Grzegorz Cichocki, Peter Gors, Majid Iqbal, Euan Cameron, Eric Tam, Anibal De Campos Sanchez , Michael Muldoo, Marc Radgenn, Raymond Caabay, Michael Coleman, Gary Ludgate, Balbir Singh Potttiwal, Michael Leedham, Colette Murphy, Hasmukh Khodiyara, Noel O'Brien, Dimitri Pembroke, Andy Flannaghan, Antonis Poulengeris, Tobias Revenäs, Marko Ojdanic, Bill Mulrooney, Paul Jackson, Albert Sapiano, Shella O'Donoghue, Joe Murray, Robert Panayi or Etienne Kramer then tear up that slip, it's about as much use as a chocolate fireguard as they're all out. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27106.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_mick mccloskey.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27106-thumb-450x675-164403.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Mick McCloskey - one of 140 exits during the first five levels</center> 5.30pm: Ludgate flops top set, busts Gary Ludgate has just bust after squeezing jacks on the button. Ludgate flopped top set on a [j][t][7] flop and was check-called. The turn was an ace and Ludgate was check-raised into to. He called and was shown king-queen for Broadway. The board didn't pair and he was sent to the rail. -- RD 5.20pm: Graydon let off the hook? Mick Graydon has chipped back up to around 12,000 after seemingly being let off the hook by Barry Foley. On a flop of [4c][6c][6d] Foley led for 1,400 and Graydon moved all-in for around 8,500. After a short think Foley passed [ac][qc] face-up. Quick eyebrow raise from Graydon who seemed happy to rake in the chips unopposed. -- RD 5.10pm: Cookie getting chips Tim 'BakinCookies' Bettingen is one of the many names and notable that we're keeping track of on the<a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html"> chip counts page</a>. The German is going great guns at the moment and he's motoring along on 49,500. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27269.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_tim bettingen.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27269-thumb-450x675-164396.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Tim Bettingen</center> 5pm: Gilligan gets value Ronan Gilligan might just have the most unenviable record in UKIPT main events - he's finished runner-up on two occasions. The first of those was right here in Dublin in 2010, Max Silver got the better of him that time. The second was in Galway this season where Emmett Mullin defeated him heads-up. And, Gilligan' two other Hendon Mob entries are for third place finishes so the man obviously goes deep or goes out early. It's looking more likely to be the former at the moment as he's up to 29,000. I saw him bet 700 on the turn and 1,5000 on the river of a [8c][10s][4c][Kd][3d] board with [ks][7s] and get paid off. He's looking comfortable right now. - NW 4.53pm: Someone was out on the tiles last night Andy Black snuck in just before the end of registration and we've been reliably informed that he was enjoying himself out on the town last night. Our photographer Mickey May went hunting for the evidence. Good papping by May. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27425.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27425-thumb-300x450-164387.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Out last night? Maybe I was</center> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27426.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27426-thumb-300x450-164389.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Of course, I feel fine</center> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27428.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27428-thumb-450x675-164391.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Okay, maybe I don't feel so great</center> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430-thumb-300x450-164393.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>But it was worth it</center> 4.40pm: There's no easy way to say this but... If you're relying on your percentage of Amby Travers, Ronald Lawton, David Langridge, Lars Stockenschneider, Sinem Melin, John Kelly, Mads Onsberg, George Power, Artur Olczyk, Chris Cooper, David Barnes, Darren Miller, Ciaran Taggart, Cathal O'Malley, Michael Sheridan, Thomas Gill, Krisztian Rack, Mark Spelman and Robert Lawrie to win you a new motorbike, you're going to have to stick to your push bike. They're all out. Play is just about to resume. Antes kick in next level. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27086.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sinem melin.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27086-thumb-450x300-164378.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>UKIPT Brighton final tablist Sinem Melin, out</center> PokerStars Blog reporting team in Galway (in order of hot dogs consumed): Nick Wright (one) and Rick Dacey (soon to be one). Photos by Mickey May (who you calling a dog?)." 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A<a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-kollander-rinses-the-day-094567.html"> full wrap of the day's play</a> and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt-dublin-s3-start-of-day-2-chips.html">chip counts</a> of the survivors will be coming shortly. The survivors from the two day one flights will combine at noon tomorrow. -- NW 8.45pm: Last few hands The clock has stopped and we're playing down through the last three hands. 8.35pm: Chip leaders With 20 minutes left to play these players appear to be the chip leaders: David Brady- 118,000 Martin Balaz - 105,000 Gabriel Kollander - 100,000 Mihai Ciucu - 90,000 Niclas Martinsson - 90,000 8.20pm: Floor! Table 19 A little bit of controversy here in Dublin. There had been one limper to Domonic Cugudda before he moved all-in for around 8,500. It then passed to the small blind who said 'call' and then almost immediately put out the 300 chips to make up the big blind, having obviously missed Cugudda's all-in. The floor was called and made what I believe falls under the banner of 'common sense rulings', in that he surmised, from the information given, that it was obviously the small blinds intention to just call and therefore he had the option to either surrender his 600 or call the all-in. He opted for the former and everyone else folded too. It was obvious that Cugudda did not agree with this ruling he said: "He should be following the action, it's happened to me before. He said call and then put the chips in and yes fair enough he did only mean to call the big blind, but verbal decelerations are binding. I think it's a bull$@@% ruling." -- NW 8.07pm: There's no easy way to say this but ... If you were hoping that any of the following players would make it to Day 2 then you're going to be sorely disappointed; Konstantin Teresko, Paul Grace, Alan Hickey, Danny Mchugh, Edgard Cabacas Cuenca, Ryan Mcguffie, Peter Andersson, Rick Schilder, Keith Brennan, Oluwashola Akindele, John Willoughby, Niall Dowds, Saulius Slavinskas, Adrian Gray, Oliver Baeten, James Kenny and Darren Taylor. All are busto. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27187.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_akindele.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27187-thumb-300x450-164432.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Oluwashola Akindele is among those not playing Day 2</center> <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 300-600 ante 75</h2> 8pm: Burke busts Craig Burke will not be making it three cashes in a row in season three of the UKIPT. The Irishman finished fourth in Galway and followed that up with a 35th place finish in Nottingham, but he's just bust out here in Dublin after firing three barells and getting it wrong. I joined the action to see him betting 2,875 on a flop of [5h][3s][2c], call from Jose Aisa. The [8c] fell on turn, second barrel from Burke, second call from Aisa, this time for 4,425 a-piece. The [2s] completed the board and Burke emptied the clip moving all-in for 12,175. After getting a count Aisa announced call, Burke showed [As][Kh], but Aisa had called down with [9c][9s] and is up to 55,000 after winning that pot. -- NW 7.50pm: Interesting table with Grafton, Shelley, Baláž and Desmond There's a table in the middle of the room that appears to be sucking in both chips and players of talent. Sam Grafton is now up to 60,000, a good haul, but has one of the chip leaders on his direct left: Martin Baláž, a Czech player with what looks to be 87,000 in front of him. A couple of seats to Grafton's right is WSOPE champ Scott Shelley who is looking a little down on his luck with a smaller 22,000 stack. To the direct left of Baláž is Cory Desmond, a player that performed well at UKIPT Manchester back in Season 1. He finished 18th there for £1,950. We haven't seen a great deal of him since but he seems quite willing to tangle with the table today. Desmond lost a chunk to Baláž after the Czech player flopped the nuts on a [5d][2s][as][8c][ad] board with [3c][4c]. Desmond was not deterred. Baláž opened the button for 900 and Desmond three-bet to 1,975 from the small blind. He picked up a call in the big blind from Ewan Brown. Baláž also called. Desmond led 1,975 into the [qc][kd][2s] flop, Brown made the call. Desmond checked the [6h] turn card looking like he'd given up on the hand. He had. Brown popped a blue 5,000 chip across the line and Desmond passed leaving himself with around 23,000. -- RD <img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg " src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27566.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>Sam Grafton on the grind</center> 7.40pm: How much? We're tracking the names, notables and big stacks over on the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a>. Like UKIPT Galway winner Emmett Mullin who's on 53,000. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27459.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_emmett mullin.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27459-thumb-300x450-164427.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Emmett Mullin</center> 7.25pm: Snippets I didn't catch any big pots on my last lap of the cardroom, but I did see a couple that went to showdown. Hand One: Jonas Lauck raised to 950 from under-the-gun+1 and then called Mick Graydon's three-bet of 2,050 total. The two of them checked all the way to the river on a board of [Kd][5h][Ac][5s][4c] at which point Lauck bet 2,100, Graydon swiftly called but mucked when Lauck revealed [Ah][Js], Graydon is back to starting stack. Hand Two: I caught the action live from the turn, the board was [3s][4c][10s][9h], there was 6,300 in the pot and Robert O´Reilly fired out a bet of 4,500. This sent Peter Wigglesworth into the tank, after he had the dealer spread the pot to calculate his odds he made the call. The [Ad] fell on the river, Wigglesworth checked and O'Reilly, after some thought, did likewise and showed [Kd][Ks] and Wigglesworth mucked his hand. -- NW 7.10pm: Chip leaders During the break my blogging colleague and I did a sweep of the tables to unearth the chip leaders. It's still Niclas Martinsson who heads the field, he's followed closely by Martin Baláž and Tom Kitt - he finished third in this event in Season One. Niclas Martinsson, Sweden, PokerStars player, 94000 Martin Baláž, Czech Republic, PokerStars player, 84000 Thomas Kitt, Ireland, PokerStars qualifier, 80000 Terry Plummer, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, 59000 Patricia Mclean, Ireland, PokerStars player, 57000 <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_Niclas_Martinsson_MickeyMay_27617.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_niclas martinssonjpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_Niclas_Martinsson_MickeyMay_27617-thumb-450x675-164422.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> <center>I need your <strike>clothes, your boots and your motorcycle</strike> chips: Niclas Martinsson</center> 7pm: Back at it Cards are once more in the air, roughly 216 of the 398 players who started the day have made it to the start of level seven. -- NW 6.45pm: And break The remaining players are now on their last 15 minute break of the day. They'll return to play two more levels before bagging and tagging. -- NW 6.40pm: Taxi for... Players continue to bust out in their droves here in Dublin, tournament staff are, it seems, shuttling us large numbers of Player I.D cards every 15 minutes or so. So...there's no easy way to say this but: Ian Woodley, Daiva Barauskaite, David Caffrey, Philipp Hardy, Stacey Coore, Pauric Martin, Robert Nooney, Phil Bowler, Kieran Mccloskey, William Duffy, Aleksander Doan, David Van-Cauter, Mark Wagstaff, Mario Lazarou, Dominick Hever, Damian Porebski, Christopher Barrow, Nico Kostons, Thomas Dunwoodie, Anthony Rafter, Fiachra Meere, Rory Curtis and Noel Murphy are all free to hit Dame Street for a few beers. --NW 6.35pm: False celebrations Never celebrate too soon. It's bad karma, you know. Steven Bartley (not the PokerStars blogger) let out a yelp when his [9s][9h] connected better than Robert Scott's [ah][kh] on a [9c][6h][ac] flop. The chips had all gone in pre-flop and Scott was in need of a runner-runner. Runner 1: [jh] Runner 2: [7h] Scott doubled to around 20,000 leaving Bartley short. At another table Stacey Coore must have thought for a moment that his [td][8d] had won on the [2d][2c][7d][6c][3d] board. He'd shoved the flop and been tank-called by Dave Brady with pocket threes, which had filled up on the river. Coore was sent to pasture, Brady topped up to 35,000. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_darren taylor.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27477-thumb-300x450-164417.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Dave Brady: raspberry blower</center> 6.25pm: Chips I've just updated the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a>, Niclas Martinsson from Sweden appears to be the current chip leader, he has 64,00. -- NW 6.10pm: Atherton stacking up again Lee Atherton is getting himself into a prime position for another deep UKIPT run. In Nottingham last month Atherton finished 15th for a decent £8,000 payday, but the big money final table just managed to elude him. On the penultimate day a short stacked Atherton three-bet jammed with [as][jc] into the [ah][kh] of Ian Senior. He failed to catch a jack, Senior's kicker played. Here in Dublin however things are looking up again. He's just won a decent pot check-calling down with [9d][9c] on a [jc][jh][js][4d][2s] board against Alan Mcauly's pocket sevens to chip up to 48,000. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27295.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_lee atherton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27295-thumb-300x450-164413.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Lee Atherton sporting some facial furniture</center> 6pm: Curse of the chip leader They say that being chip leader can be as much of a curse as a blessing and Bastiaan Van Den Brink has definitely strengthened that argument. The Dutchman doubled up to 30,000 early on after eliminating a player and although he climbed to a peak of 34,000 he's slid back down to around 18,000. But, he's still fighting and I just saw him pick up a useful pot. It folded to Keith Brennan in the cut-off and he put in a min-raise to 600. This bet was flat called by both Thomas Dunwoodie and Adrian Gray before Van Den Brink raised it to 2,900 from the big blind. This quickly forced out Brennan and Dunwoodie, but Gray, who was getting a massage at the time, was not so swift to fold. "You don't want a call do you?" said Gray before eventually folding [4s][4c] face-up. -- NW 5.50pm: Bettingen loses flip, still doing well Tim Bettingen opened for 700 from the cut-off and was quickly shoved on by Rober O´Reilly from button. The action folded back to Bettingen who requested a count. The shove was for 5,350. Bettingen made the call. Bettingen: [7c][7s] O´Reilly: [js][td] It wasn't the ideal flop for Bettingen: [ad][qh][kd]. O´Reilly had flopped Broadway. The [2d] turn and [kc] made little difference. Bettingen still sits healthily on 40,000. Quinn up to 11,000. -- RD <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 150-300, ANTE 25</h2> 5.40pm: Exits There's no easy way to say this but if you had a bet on: Mick Mccloskey, Nik Stylianou, Michael Pantelli, Grzegorz Cichocki, Peter Gors, Majid Iqbal, Euan Cameron, Eric Tam, Anibal De Campos Sanchez , Michael Muldoo, Marc Radgenn, Raymond Caabay, Michael Coleman, Gary Ludgate, Balbir Singh Potttiwal, Michael Leedham, Colette Murphy, Hasmukh Khodiyara, Noel O'Brien, Dimitri Pembroke, Andy Flannaghan, Antonis Poulengeris, Tobias Revenäs, Marko Ojdanic, Bill Mulrooney, Paul Jackson, Albert Sapiano, Shella O'Donoghue, Joe Murray, Robert Panayi or Etienne Kramer then tear up that slip, it's about as much use as a chocolate fireguard as they're all out. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27106.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_mick mccloskey.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27106-thumb-450x675-164403.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Mick McCloskey - one of 140 exits during the first five levels</center> 5.30pm: Ludgate flops top set, busts Gary Ludgate has just bust after squeezing jacks on the button. Ludgate flopped top set on a [j][t][7] flop and was check-called. The turn was an ace and Ludgate was check-raised into to. He called and was shown king-queen for Broadway. The board didn't pair and he was sent to the rail. -- RD 5.20pm: Graydon let off the hook? Mick Graydon has chipped back up to around 12,000 after seemingly being let off the hook by Barry Foley. On a flop of [4c][6c][6d] Foley led for 1,400 and Graydon moved all-in for around 8,500. After a short think Foley passed [ac][qc] face-up. Quick eyebrow raise from Graydon who seemed happy to rake in the chips unopposed. -- RD 5.10pm: Cookie getting chips Tim 'BakinCookies' Bettingen is one of the many names and notable that we're keeping track of on the<a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html"> chip counts page</a>. The German is going great guns at the moment and he's motoring along on 49,500. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27269.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_tim bettingen.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27269-thumb-450x675-164396.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Tim Bettingen</center> 5pm: Gilligan gets value Ronan Gilligan might just have the most unenviable record in UKIPT main events - he's finished runner-up on two occasions. The first of those was right here in Dublin in 2010, Max Silver got the better of him that time. The second was in Galway this season where Emmett Mullin defeated him heads-up. And, Gilligan' two other Hendon Mob entries are for third place finishes so the man obviously goes deep or goes out early. It's looking more likely to be the former at the moment as he's up to 29,000. I saw him bet 700 on the turn and 1,5000 on the river of a [8c][10s][4c][Kd][3d] board with [ks][7s] and get paid off. He's looking comfortable right now. - NW 4.53pm: Someone was out on the tiles last night Andy Black snuck in just before the end of registration and we've been reliably informed that he was enjoying himself out on the town last night. Our photographer Mickey May went hunting for the evidence. Good papping by May. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27425.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27425-thumb-300x450-164387.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Out last night? Maybe I was</center> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27426.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27426-thumb-300x450-164389.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Of course, I feel fine</center> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27428.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27428-thumb-450x675-164391.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Okay, maybe I don't feel so great</center> <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_andy black.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27430-thumb-300x450-164393.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>But it was worth it</center> 4.40pm: There's no easy way to say this but... If you're relying on your percentage of Amby Travers, Ronald Lawton, David Langridge, Lars Stockenschneider, Sinem Melin, John Kelly, Mads Onsberg, George Power, Artur Olczyk, Chris Cooper, David Barnes, Darren Miller, Ciaran Taggart, Cathal O'Malley, Michael Sheridan, Thomas Gill, Krisztian Rack, Mark Spelman and Robert Lawrie to win you a new motorbike, you're going to have to stick to your push bike. They're all out. Play is just about to resume. Antes kick in next level. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27086.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sinem melin.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27086-thumb-450x300-164378.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>UKIPT Brighton final tablist Sinem Melin, out</center> PokerStars Blog reporting team in Galway (in order of hot dogs consumed): Nick Wright (one) and Rick Dacey (soon to be one). Photos by Mickey May (who you calling a dog?)." 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On those Day 1B players, 37 qualified on PokerStars. When play concluded for the day, there were 72 players remaining. A total of 121 players will return Friday for Day 2 of the €1,000+€100 Estrellas Poker Tour Ibiza Main Event. Casino Ibiza plays host to this event, the second time the tour has visited the Med's favourite party island. A total of 269 players from 29 different countries have participated in this leg, including 47 Swedish players. In total, 32 players will cash, with the winner taking home €65,800 from a total prize pool of €258,240. It was once again a tough day on the felt here in Ibiza, with many players being eliminated, including Estrellas Poker Tour 2011 Tournament Leaderboard winner (Álvaro Santamaría Velasco) and runner up (German player Fabian Deimann). Team PokerStars Online Javier Dominguez Gomez and Team PokerStars Pro Ana Marquez are other players who now have more time to concentrate on the remainder of the SCOOP schedule. Team PokerStars Pros Juan Manuel Pastor and Jaume Niell Alomar, a finalist in Valencia, have both made it through the day and will be back on Friday for Day 2. <img alt="juan_manuel_pastor_ibiza.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/juan_manuel_pastor_ibiza.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>Juan Manuel Pastor </center> The overnight chip leader is Jaume Niell Alomar with 111,700 chips, followed by Pablo Rojas, who has 96,300 chips. In third position is Carlos Sanchez Brito, with 77,900." 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On those Day 1B players, 37 qualified on PokerStars. When play concluded for the day, there were 72 players remaining. A total of 121 players will return Friday for Day 2 of the €1,000+€100 Estrellas Poker Tour Ibiza Main Event. Casino Ibiza plays host to this event, the second time the tour has visited the Med's favourite party island. A total of 269 players from 29 different countries have participated in this leg, including 47 Swedish players. In total, 32 players will cash, with the winner taking home €65,800 from a total prize pool of €258,240. It was once again a tough day on the felt here in Ibiza, with many players being eliminated, including Estrellas Poker Tour 2011 Tournament Leaderboard winner (Álvaro Santamaría Velasco) and runner up (German player Fabian Deimann). Team PokerStars Online Javier Dominguez Gomez and Team PokerStars Pro Ana Marquez are other players who now have more time to concentrate on the remainder of the SCOOP schedule. Team PokerStars Pros Juan Manuel Pastor and Jaume Niell Alomar, a finalist in Valencia, have both made it through the day and will be back on Friday for Day 2. <img alt="juan_manuel_pastor_ibiza.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/juan_manuel_pastor_ibiza.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>Juan Manuel Pastor </center> The overnight chip leader is Jaume Niell Alomar with 111,700 chips, followed by Pablo Rojas, who has 96,300 chips. In third position is Carlos Sanchez Brito, with 77,900." ["category@term"]=> string(20) "Estrellas Poker Tour" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1337350686) } [14]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(53) "UKIPT Dublin, S3: Day 1B, level 1-4 updates (100-200)" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(24711) "<img alt="ukiptthumb.JPG" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukiptthumb.JPG" width="120" height="92" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" />4.15pm: Break That's the end of level 4 and the halfway point of the day. We're waiting on final confirmation of numbers. Join us in a <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-5-updates-b-094549.html">new post</a> in 20 minutes. -- RD 4.15pm: Table captain We're regularly updating the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a> players are busting out pretty quickly today and tables are being broken and condensed all the time. As a result of a table breakage Sam Grafton (38,000) and Dean Lyall (42,000) are on the same table. That could be an interesting one to watch. -- NW 4.10pm: Sorry man You sense that poker players saying sorry when they've got it in behind and won is an empty gesture and as gestures go it's even more empty when they get it in good and hold up. But, somehow it just seems the appropriate response when you eliminate someone from a poker tournament. And I just witnessed John Willoughby and George Power perform this little dance after the former eliminated the latter. I only caught the action from the turn but there was already about 10,000 in the pot and with the board showing [4c][Ac][5s][2h] Willoughby bet 3,600, he was flat called and Power then moved all-in for around 12,000. Back on Willoughby he re-raised all-in and the flat caller got out the way. Willoughby: [3h][3c] - turned straight Power: [4s][4d] - flopped set Although he was behind Power had a re-draw but he couldn't get there on the [Qh] river after winning that pot Willoughby is up to 40,000. -- NW 4pm: Ledders spots the live tell Gerry Hegarty had limped under-the-gun and picked up multiple callers; two of which were Michael Leedham in the big blind and Daiva Barauskaite on the button. All six players checked the [ah][7s][ks] flop but on the [4c] turn Michael Leedham looked set to take a stab at the pot. Just as he was reaching for his chips Hegarty reached for his own. Leedham pulled a quizzical face and opted to check instead. Hegarty bet 725 and all his opponents, Leedham included, passed. "I went for my chips too quickly, he was going to bet," said Hegarty. Yes, I think everyone realized that. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27342.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_daiva barauskaite.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27342-thumb-300x450-164374.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Daiva Barauskaite</center> 3.45pm: Lively table 17 Matt Nolan has just bought himself a consolation pint after getting knocked out of the main event. He told us that he was the sixth player to get knocked out at table 17, yet strangely no-one is ridiculously stacked up there, but someone no doubt will be in the coming levels. Nolan has jumped into a cash game and, there's no easy way to say this, but if you're looking for Ali Duncan, Michael Duffy, Mark Karoulas, UKIPT Killarney champ Femi Fakinle, Jarlath Kilgallon, Lee Dixon, Jay Cleere, Mike Hill, Deborah Worley-Roberts, Callum Smith or, a man with a great name for poker, Raik Fischer, then perhaps you should look to that cash game. They're all out. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27418.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_matt nolan.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27418-thumb-300x450-164376.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Matt Nolan</center> 3.35pm: Blain can't summon the magic I feel I might have put the hex on Dermot Blain after praising him earlier (see post at 1.50pm) as the Irishman is now out. He ran ace-king into Lee Taylor's aces and the latter now has a stack approaching 50,000. -- NW 3.23pm: The structure The UKIPT structure is a great one and which can be seen by<a href="http://www.ukipt.com/tournaments/structure/"> clicking here</a>. Today, like yesterday, we'll be playing eight one-hour levels with no dinner break. The all-important antes kick in during level six. -- RD <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 100-200</h2> 3.15pm: Chips I'm updating the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a> as often as possible. It's not comprehensive but it contains the names, notables and big stacks. Someone who covers all three categories is UKIPT S3 Galway champion Emmett Mullin who's off to a good start as he's up to 35,000. But, that's not the biggest stack at his table, as on his direct right Conor Beresford has 47,000. -- NW 3.10pm: Always the river "Damn river," exclaimed Kevin Monroe as he passed 6,575 of his stack in the direction of Sean Clery. "It's always the river," he added, perhaps to ease the pain or maybe in case anyone missed it the first time. In an all-in pre-flop encounter, Monroe was a big favourite as he held pocket queens, Clery had the dominated [Ad][Qs] and looked to be heading out as the flop of [6s][Kd][Jc] bought him only an unlikely gutshot to go with his overcard. The [3h] didn't help, but the [Ah] river certainly did. As players who are about to be eliminated so often do, Clery was half out of his chair before the river was dealt so had to do the sit-back-down-shuffle as he collected his chips. -- NW 3pm: Getting the SCOOP with Sam Grafton "Sorry I didn't win the SCOOP. You could have been, like, 'let's interview SCOOP winner Sam Grafton wearing his bracelet'," said Sam Grafton. While some players have to have quotes crowbarred out of them, Grafton has to be sat on like an over-packed suitcase. There's just too much coming out. He talks quickly and enthusiastically, hands waving as if he's swatting imaginary flies. And with that opening salvo he does himself a disservice, although he didn't win the SCOOP title and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-greezhool-great-in-event-2-hi-094105.html">bust out in third place in SCOOP-2-H</a>, a $2,100 buy-in, Grafton, playing under the name 'SamSquid', took the largest slice of the money, a massive $234,193. "I felt like I played really well anyway," continued Grafton, unprompted, "I had the chip lead with about 500 - halfway through the field - and I don't think I ever fell outside the top five after that. I went to the final table second in chips. I was so consistent throughout the tournament that I feel I deserved it." <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318-thumb-450x300-164362.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Sam 'SamSquid' Grafton</center> Grafton's rail was loud and vociferous in the chat box, on Twitter and Facebook. It was heartwarming stuff. James Dempsey's tweet summed it up: "News has reached me that you are doing well in a virtual poker game. Best of luck mate, be a very popular result #squidlovesthegame" <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/dempsey.jpg"><img alt="dempsey.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/dempsey-thumb-300x450-164364.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>James Dempsey</center> Did that level of support surprise Grafton? A little, but not a lot. "The British poker community is amazingly supportive of their own. I think we have incredible morale among all of us. Everyone roots for everyone else which culminated in last year's Vegas, but it's continued since. I was pretty overwhelmed by the amount of Facebook messages I received. The amount of people that said they stayed up and watched it, I'd be like 'thanks' then they'd ask, 'What did you have in this or that hand?' They actually had watched it, not just had it on in the background, you know. That was really nice. "All of us who are playing on Stars all the time are very close. Whenever someone makes a final table you get it up. The game's quite tough with all the swings that you go through so you need that network of support and everyone gets to celebrate together." Another way of balancing those swings is obviously by selling and swapping action, so how much did Grafton actually have of himself? "I only had 30% (still an uptick of around $70,000) but it's my biggest score to date. I've probably worked the hardest I ever have on my game since January. I was comfortable for a while but Chris Brammer, who's one of my closest friends, had a sick end of last year with his FCOOP results. That spurred me on to really want to do it; crack the top 100 on PocketFives, get that marquee score. This is what I've been working towards. "I don't think I've ever played this much volume, never missing a Sunday, hand reviewing. In this game you don't always get what you deserve so it's really nice to have something that vindicates the work that I've been doing with Toby (Lewis), Brammer and Craig McCorkell," he said. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/brammer.jpg"><img alt="brammer.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/brammer-thumb-300x450-164367.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Chris 'nigdawg' Brammer</center> Grafton, a man well known for his Shoreditch style of sartorial elegance; all trend shoes, weird jeans, big glasses, tilted cap atop explosive hair, doesn't strike you as the type to just sit back and quietly enjoy his win. In fact, it's hard to imagine him do anything quietly. "We had a bit of a celebration. I play at a club in East London with some good friends and we had a good night out on the Saturday. I also invited all my non-poker friends. They were a bit overwhelmed: 'This is actual money that you won?' I've neglected them a bit because I've been playing so hard so it was good to take them out too." <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27126.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27126-thumb-300x450-164369.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Grafton on the grind once again</center> The next step - after winning UKIPT Dublin, of course - is the World Series and Grafton already has an apartment booked for seven weeks with Chris Brammer, the UKIPT Season 1 leader board champion. The win has certainly eased some of the financial pressures that Las Vegas can exert. "I can do that a lot more comfortably now. There's less pressure. When it comes to credit card roulette you're still sweating it but it's not a case of staying in and eating sandwiches for the next week if you lose the CCR! "It was great last year kicking off with Jake (Cody) and Pez getting a bracelet. Whenever someone got a result they paid for the result and box off the club. I had so many freeroll nights I was lik, 'Oi oi!' I'm really excited and going into it with my confidence really high. Someone's going to do something really silly out there," said Grafton. The break was coming to a close and Grafton bounced back towards the tournament floor to spin up his starting stack. He 'called a man with ace-high' and was wrong which had dropped him down to 6,000 but quad aces and a set of kings later put Grafton back up to 15,000. If you have this guy at your table don't expect an easy ride, you won't get one. -- RD 2.50pm: Latecomers People are still buying into the tournament and amongst the latecomers is none other than Andy Black, I saw him get his seating assignment, he was clutching his seat card in one hand and a hastily purchased sandwich in the other. -- NW 2.35pm: Action table There's already been three eliminations from table 17 today, which in my mind at least gives it a status as an action table, a hub of big chunky pots whilst the blinds are still low if you like. And if by magic as I wandered past it, a big pot was in progress. I joined the action live to see a flop of [Qc][6s][9h] on the felt and roughly 3,500 in the pot. From the big blind Phillip McAllister fired out a bet of 1,650 and Terry Plummer (button) made the call. The [2d] fell on the turn McAllister bet again, this time 3,800 and again Plummer flat called. The [Kh] completed the board, McAllister stood up to get a better look at Plummer's stack before asking how much he had left (about 18,000), he then fired out a curious bet of 3,300, less than he had bet on the previous street. After around 15 seconds of thought Plummer slid out a raise, betting 7,900 in total. Again McAllister stood up to gauge Plummer's remaining chips, after a few head shakes and grimaces he folded the [Ks] face-up, Plummer showed [7s][5s] for the missed gutshot draw that he turned into a river bluff. -- NW <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 75-150</h2> 2.22pm: Back from the break The remaining players are now back in their seats and level three is underway. There's no easy way to say this but: George Stewart, Marinos Mina, Richard Heelas, Kevin Steele, Dag Ahlse, Michael Watson, Gareth Parry, Darren Sweeney, Stephen Kenna, Roman Dohnal, Romero Borze, Daniel Perez, Jamil Ogunmakinwa, Michalis Michael, Julian Thew and Tomlin Colburn are not back in their seats as they were all eliminated during the first two levels. -- NW 2.02pm: Break time That's two levels in the books, players are now on a 20 minute break. -- NW 1.50pm: Blain picks one off When you think of Ireland and poker, names like Padraig Parkinson, Fintan Gavin, Roy Brindley and Andy Black come to mind. There are all of the chatty, eccentric, up for the craic type personalities but there is another rarer breed of Irish poker player, the get it quietly type. One player who fits that mould is Dermot Blain, no table histrionics, no fuss just impeccable table presence and consistency. The young Irishman has a string of impressive cashes to his name including winning the APPT Maccau Main Event in 2009 and a fifth place finish in the WSOPE Main Event in 2011. I just saw a hand that encapsulated all this, he called a raise of 275 from Matthew Gilmartin and the two of them checked all the way to the river on a board of [2s][Qs][6c][8h][Jh]. At his juncture Gilmartin threw out a bet of 400, no insta-call here from Blain, he made a face that looked like he was chewing a wasp, thought for about 15 seconds and then called. Gilmartin showed [8s][7s] but Blain had [Ac][Js] to take the pot. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27119.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_dermot blain.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27119-thumb-450x675-164349.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Dermot Blain</center> 1.35pm: One for the cameras Small round of applause for Damien Quinlivan who just three-barrel bluffed [8h][5h] into a [ad][jd][5d][6s][3s] board. Well, I assume it was a bluff. That would be some pretty thin value betting if not. Mike Hill had opened the pot for 225 and had picked up three callers, including Quinlivan in the small blind and Mark Spelman in the big. Flop: [ad][jd][5d] Quinlivan led 450 and was called by Spelman. The others passed Turn: [ad][jd][5d][6s] Quinlivan fired another 1,000 into the pot. Spelman called again. River: [ad][jd][5d][6s][3s] Quinlivan confidently - perhaps too confidently - threw 2,600 into the middle. Spelman tank-folded. Quinlivan took a look at his cards, looked up, caught my eye and showed the table the bluff. Bravo, sir. It was one for the cameras. Mike Hill was still chortling as I walked away. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27138.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_mike hill.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27138-thumb-450x675-164345.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Mike Hill looking for his fourth UKIPT final table</center> 1.10pm: Tables chips and exits The table draw has thrown up the odd doozy, which we'll be keeping an eye on. Like table 42 where Dean Lyall, Jeff Burke, Bastiaan Van Den Brink and Daiva Barauskaite are sat in a row. That table has already seen one elimination, earlier we reported how Van Den Brink had doubled up but didn't have the name of the first player out. We can now report that the unlucky player to exit was Antonius Van Venrooij. Meanwhile Richard Sinclair (18,000) and Iwan Jones (17,000) have got off to good starts whilst things have gone south so far for Julian Thew (7,000) and Nick Newport (13,900). -- NW <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 50-100</h2> 12.50pm: Seat open By this time on Day 1A two players (including Nick Abou Risk) had been sent to the rail, both as the result of aces versus kings (although the kings won on one occasion). Today it took a bit longer to lose the first player, around 50 minutes in fact. The identity of the eliminated player is unknown but Bastiaan Van Den Brink was the beneficiary and he told me what happened: "I opened the button with [10][9], he three-bet with [10][5] and I called. The flop came [9][7][5] he c-bet, I called. The turn was a ten he fired a second barrel and I called. The river was a blank, he shoved all-in and I called." So two pair against smaller two pair accounts for the first player today, much more interesting than boring aces versus kings. -- NW 12.35pm: Walking the floor This looks to be a great event to play. A lot of players that you might not want to see at your table - think of the likes of Jake Cody, Matt Perrins, JP Kelly, James Keys, Chris Brammer, Rupiner Bedi - aren't here because of the upcoming World Series, some have headed out early, and because of <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/">SCOOP</a>, which has been hitting some unbelievable numbers. That's a chunk of tough players who would severely reduce your tournament expectation so to the 500 or so that are playing this €770 main event, well done, you've made a fantastic decision. Among the players today that do have some previous are EPT winner Julian Thew, EPT and UKIPT regular Dermot Blain, Dean 'deanosupremo' Lyall and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-greezhool-great-in-event-2-hi-094105.html">SCOOP hero Sam 'SamSquid' Grafton</a>. We'll be catching up with Grafton at the break to speak to him about his $234,193 bink. He doesn't know it yet, but we will. Thew is at a table nearby sporting a small red and yellow dollar bill badge. It's not a bounty button, it's a lucky charm from one of his kids: "I thought I'd check out its luckbox potential. I'll give it a couple of hours," said Thew. Fifteen minutes of the first level remain. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27226.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_julian thew.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27226-thumb-450x675-164342.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Julian Thew</center> 12.20pm: Who's here? There's a much larger field today than yesterday and amongst the 300 or so runners is a sprinkling of stardust. So far I've spotted EPT winner Julian Thew, UKIPT Champion of Champions Richard Sinclair who's resplendent in his usual Day 1 Ed Hardy hoodie. Also spotted were UKIPT Galway runner-up Ronan Gilligan, UKIPT Nottingham S2 fourth place finisher Tim Bettingen, Paul Jackson, Nicholas Newport and UKIPT Killarney champion Femi Fakinle. True to form Fakinle was involved in a pot as I passed his table, he bet 600 on the river of a [8c][6d][8h][4h][9s], his opponent called but mucked when Fakinle showed [8s][6h] for a full house. Keep an eye on the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a>, where we'll be keeping track of the names, notables and big stacks as stories develop on Day 1B. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27157.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_femi fakinle.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27157-thumb-450x300-164340.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Femi Fakinle</center> 12pm: And we're off... The clock is running/the cards are in the air/add your own 'the tournament has begun' euphemism here. -- RD 11.50pm: Day 1B revving up Today's looking like a busy one. Plenty of players milling around and making their way to the tables. We had 199 player yesterday, 91 of whom made it through the eight one-hour levels. We'll be playing the same today: no dinner break and done by 9pm. Lovely. The board is currently showing 300 players so we can expect a field of 500-plus. We can break the news that the defending champion Dutchman Joeri Zandvliet will not be defending his title. He's in Ibiza at the Estrellas Poker Tour trying win a new one instead. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_26567.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_stacks.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_26567-thumb-450x675-164306.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Loading up the starting stacks</center> PokerStars Blog reporting team in Dublin (in order of score out of ten they give Ballymaloe relish): Rick Dacey (8 - it's tangy, tasty and just a little bit naughty) and Nick Wright (7 - it's no Devonian chutney, but it's close).Photos by Mickey May (Ballymallymoolee what?). James Dempsey and Chris Brammer image credits go to Neil Stoddart." 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Join us in a <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2012/ukipt-dublin-s3-day-1b-level-5-updates-b-094549.html">new post</a> in 20 minutes. -- RD 4.15pm: Table captain We're regularly updating the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a> players are busting out pretty quickly today and tables are being broken and condensed all the time. As a result of a table breakage Sam Grafton (38,000) and Dean Lyall (42,000) are on the same table. That could be an interesting one to watch. -- NW 4.10pm: Sorry man You sense that poker players saying sorry when they've got it in behind and won is an empty gesture and as gestures go it's even more empty when they get it in good and hold up. But, somehow it just seems the appropriate response when you eliminate someone from a poker tournament. And I just witnessed John Willoughby and George Power perform this little dance after the former eliminated the latter. I only caught the action from the turn but there was already about 10,000 in the pot and with the board showing [4c][Ac][5s][2h] Willoughby bet 3,600, he was flat called and Power then moved all-in for around 12,000. Back on Willoughby he re-raised all-in and the flat caller got out the way. Willoughby: [3h][3c] - turned straight Power: [4s][4d] - flopped set Although he was behind Power had a re-draw but he couldn't get there on the [Qh] river after winning that pot Willoughby is up to 40,000. -- NW 4pm: Ledders spots the live tell Gerry Hegarty had limped under-the-gun and picked up multiple callers; two of which were Michael Leedham in the big blind and Daiva Barauskaite on the button. All six players checked the [ah][7s][ks] flop but on the [4c] turn Michael Leedham looked set to take a stab at the pot. Just as he was reaching for his chips Hegarty reached for his own. Leedham pulled a quizzical face and opted to check instead. Hegarty bet 725 and all his opponents, Leedham included, passed. "I went for my chips too quickly, he was going to bet," said Hegarty. Yes, I think everyone realized that. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27342.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_daiva barauskaite.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27342-thumb-300x450-164374.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Daiva Barauskaite</center> 3.45pm: Lively table 17 Matt Nolan has just bought himself a consolation pint after getting knocked out of the main event. He told us that he was the sixth player to get knocked out at table 17, yet strangely no-one is ridiculously stacked up there, but someone no doubt will be in the coming levels. Nolan has jumped into a cash game and, there's no easy way to say this, but if you're looking for Ali Duncan, Michael Duffy, Mark Karoulas, UKIPT Killarney champ Femi Fakinle, Jarlath Kilgallon, Lee Dixon, Jay Cleere, Mike Hill, Deborah Worley-Roberts, Callum Smith or, a man with a great name for poker, Raik Fischer, then perhaps you should look to that cash game. They're all out. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27418.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_matt nolan.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27418-thumb-300x450-164376.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Matt Nolan</center> 3.35pm: Blain can't summon the magic I feel I might have put the hex on Dermot Blain after praising him earlier (see post at 1.50pm) as the Irishman is now out. He ran ace-king into Lee Taylor's aces and the latter now has a stack approaching 50,000. -- NW 3.23pm: The structure The UKIPT structure is a great one and which can be seen by<a href="http://www.ukipt.com/tournaments/structure/"> clicking here</a>. Today, like yesterday, we'll be playing eight one-hour levels with no dinner break. The all-important antes kick in during level six. -- RD <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 100-200</h2> 3.15pm: Chips I'm updating the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a> as often as possible. It's not comprehensive but it contains the names, notables and big stacks. Someone who covers all three categories is UKIPT S3 Galway champion Emmett Mullin who's off to a good start as he's up to 35,000. But, that's not the biggest stack at his table, as on his direct right Conor Beresford has 47,000. -- NW 3.10pm: Always the river "Damn river," exclaimed Kevin Monroe as he passed 6,575 of his stack in the direction of Sean Clery. "It's always the river," he added, perhaps to ease the pain or maybe in case anyone missed it the first time. In an all-in pre-flop encounter, Monroe was a big favourite as he held pocket queens, Clery had the dominated [Ad][Qs] and looked to be heading out as the flop of [6s][Kd][Jc] bought him only an unlikely gutshot to go with his overcard. The [3h] didn't help, but the [Ah] river certainly did. As players who are about to be eliminated so often do, Clery was half out of his chair before the river was dealt so had to do the sit-back-down-shuffle as he collected his chips. -- NW 3pm: Getting the SCOOP with Sam Grafton "Sorry I didn't win the SCOOP. You could have been, like, 'let's interview SCOOP winner Sam Grafton wearing his bracelet'," said Sam Grafton. While some players have to have quotes crowbarred out of them, Grafton has to be sat on like an over-packed suitcase. There's just too much coming out. He talks quickly and enthusiastically, hands waving as if he's swatting imaginary flies. And with that opening salvo he does himself a disservice, although he didn't win the SCOOP title and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-greezhool-great-in-event-2-hi-094105.html">bust out in third place in SCOOP-2-H</a>, a $2,100 buy-in, Grafton, playing under the name 'SamSquid', took the largest slice of the money, a massive $234,193. "I felt like I played really well anyway," continued Grafton, unprompted, "I had the chip lead with about 500 - halfway through the field - and I don't think I ever fell outside the top five after that. I went to the final table second in chips. I was so consistent throughout the tournament that I feel I deserved it." <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27318-thumb-450x300-164362.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Sam 'SamSquid' Grafton</center> Grafton's rail was loud and vociferous in the chat box, on Twitter and Facebook. It was heartwarming stuff. James Dempsey's tweet summed it up: "News has reached me that you are doing well in a virtual poker game. Best of luck mate, be a very popular result #squidlovesthegame" <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/dempsey.jpg"><img alt="dempsey.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/dempsey-thumb-300x450-164364.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>James Dempsey</center> Did that level of support surprise Grafton? A little, but not a lot. "The British poker community is amazingly supportive of their own. I think we have incredible morale among all of us. Everyone roots for everyone else which culminated in last year's Vegas, but it's continued since. I was pretty overwhelmed by the amount of Facebook messages I received. The amount of people that said they stayed up and watched it, I'd be like 'thanks' then they'd ask, 'What did you have in this or that hand?' They actually had watched it, not just had it on in the background, you know. That was really nice. "All of us who are playing on Stars all the time are very close. Whenever someone makes a final table you get it up. The game's quite tough with all the swings that you go through so you need that network of support and everyone gets to celebrate together." Another way of balancing those swings is obviously by selling and swapping action, so how much did Grafton actually have of himself? "I only had 30% (still an uptick of around $70,000) but it's my biggest score to date. I've probably worked the hardest I ever have on my game since January. I was comfortable for a while but Chris Brammer, who's one of my closest friends, had a sick end of last year with his FCOOP results. That spurred me on to really want to do it; crack the top 100 on PocketFives, get that marquee score. This is what I've been working towards. "I don't think I've ever played this much volume, never missing a Sunday, hand reviewing. In this game you don't always get what you deserve so it's really nice to have something that vindicates the work that I've been doing with Toby (Lewis), Brammer and Craig McCorkell," he said. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/brammer.jpg"><img alt="brammer.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/brammer-thumb-300x450-164367.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Chris 'nigdawg' Brammer</center> Grafton, a man well known for his Shoreditch style of sartorial elegance; all trend shoes, weird jeans, big glasses, tilted cap atop explosive hair, doesn't strike you as the type to just sit back and quietly enjoy his win. In fact, it's hard to imagine him do anything quietly. "We had a bit of a celebration. I play at a club in East London with some good friends and we had a good night out on the Saturday. I also invited all my non-poker friends. They were a bit overwhelmed: 'This is actual money that you won?' I've neglected them a bit because I've been playing so hard so it was good to take them out too." <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27126.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_sam grafton.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27126-thumb-300x450-164369.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Grafton on the grind once again</center> The next step - after winning UKIPT Dublin, of course - is the World Series and Grafton already has an apartment booked for seven weeks with Chris Brammer, the UKIPT Season 1 leader board champion. The win has certainly eased some of the financial pressures that Las Vegas can exert. "I can do that a lot more comfortably now. There's less pressure. When it comes to credit card roulette you're still sweating it but it's not a case of staying in and eating sandwiches for the next week if you lose the CCR! "It was great last year kicking off with Jake (Cody) and Pez getting a bracelet. Whenever someone got a result they paid for the result and box off the club. I had so many freeroll nights I was lik, 'Oi oi!' I'm really excited and going into it with my confidence really high. Someone's going to do something really silly out there," said Grafton. The break was coming to a close and Grafton bounced back towards the tournament floor to spin up his starting stack. He 'called a man with ace-high' and was wrong which had dropped him down to 6,000 but quad aces and a set of kings later put Grafton back up to 15,000. If you have this guy at your table don't expect an easy ride, you won't get one. -- RD 2.50pm: Latecomers People are still buying into the tournament and amongst the latecomers is none other than Andy Black, I saw him get his seating assignment, he was clutching his seat card in one hand and a hastily purchased sandwich in the other. -- NW 2.35pm: Action table There's already been three eliminations from table 17 today, which in my mind at least gives it a status as an action table, a hub of big chunky pots whilst the blinds are still low if you like. And if by magic as I wandered past it, a big pot was in progress. I joined the action live to see a flop of [Qc][6s][9h] on the felt and roughly 3,500 in the pot. From the big blind Phillip McAllister fired out a bet of 1,650 and Terry Plummer (button) made the call. The [2d] fell on the turn McAllister bet again, this time 3,800 and again Plummer flat called. The [Kh] completed the board, McAllister stood up to get a better look at Plummer's stack before asking how much he had left (about 18,000), he then fired out a curious bet of 3,300, less than he had bet on the previous street. After around 15 seconds of thought Plummer slid out a raise, betting 7,900 in total. Again McAllister stood up to gauge Plummer's remaining chips, after a few head shakes and grimaces he folded the [Ks] face-up, Plummer showed [7s][5s] for the missed gutshot draw that he turned into a river bluff. -- NW <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 75-150</h2> 2.22pm: Back from the break The remaining players are now back in their seats and level three is underway. There's no easy way to say this but: George Stewart, Marinos Mina, Richard Heelas, Kevin Steele, Dag Ahlse, Michael Watson, Gareth Parry, Darren Sweeney, Stephen Kenna, Roman Dohnal, Romero Borze, Daniel Perez, Jamil Ogunmakinwa, Michalis Michael, Julian Thew and Tomlin Colburn are not back in their seats as they were all eliminated during the first two levels. -- NW 2.02pm: Break time That's two levels in the books, players are now on a 20 minute break. -- NW 1.50pm: Blain picks one off When you think of Ireland and poker, names like Padraig Parkinson, Fintan Gavin, Roy Brindley and Andy Black come to mind. There are all of the chatty, eccentric, up for the craic type personalities but there is another rarer breed of Irish poker player, the get it quietly type. One player who fits that mould is Dermot Blain, no table histrionics, no fuss just impeccable table presence and consistency. The young Irishman has a string of impressive cashes to his name including winning the APPT Maccau Main Event in 2009 and a fifth place finish in the WSOPE Main Event in 2011. I just saw a hand that encapsulated all this, he called a raise of 275 from Matthew Gilmartin and the two of them checked all the way to the river on a board of [2s][Qs][6c][8h][Jh]. At his juncture Gilmartin threw out a bet of 400, no insta-call here from Blain, he made a face that looked like he was chewing a wasp, thought for about 15 seconds and then called. Gilmartin showed [8s][7s] but Blain had [Ac][Js] to take the pot. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27119.jpg"><img alt="ukiptdublin_day1B_dermot blain.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27119-thumb-450x675-164349.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Dermot Blain</center> 1.35pm: One for the cameras Small round of applause for Damien Quinlivan who just three-barrel bluffed [8h][5h] into a [ad][jd][5d][6s][3s] board. Well, I assume it was a bluff. That would be some pretty thin value betting if not. Mike Hill had opened the pot for 225 and had picked up three callers, including Quinlivan in the small blind and Mark Spelman in the big. Flop: [ad][jd][5d] Quinlivan led 450 and was called by Spelman. The others passed Turn: [ad][jd][5d][6s] Quinlivan fired another 1,000 into the pot. Spelman called again. River: [ad][jd][5d][6s][3s] Quinlivan confidently - perhaps too confidently - threw 2,600 into the middle. Spelman tank-folded. Quinlivan took a look at his cards, looked up, caught my eye and showed the table the bluff. Bravo, sir. It was one for the cameras. Mike Hill was still chortling as I walked away. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27138.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_mike hill.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27138-thumb-450x675-164345.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Mike Hill looking for his fourth UKIPT final table</center> 1.10pm: Tables chips and exits The table draw has thrown up the odd doozy, which we'll be keeping an eye on. Like table 42 where Dean Lyall, Jeff Burke, Bastiaan Van Den Brink and Daiva Barauskaite are sat in a row. That table has already seen one elimination, earlier we reported how Van Den Brink had doubled up but didn't have the name of the first player out. We can now report that the unlucky player to exit was Antonius Van Venrooij. Meanwhile Richard Sinclair (18,000) and Iwan Jones (17,000) have got off to good starts whilst things have gone south so far for Julian Thew (7,000) and Nick Newport (13,900). -- NW <h2>LEVEL UP: BLINDS 50-100</h2> 12.50pm: Seat open By this time on Day 1A two players (including Nick Abou Risk) had been sent to the rail, both as the result of aces versus kings (although the kings won on one occasion). Today it took a bit longer to lose the first player, around 50 minutes in fact. The identity of the eliminated player is unknown but Bastiaan Van Den Brink was the beneficiary and he told me what happened: "I opened the button with [10][9], he three-bet with [10][5] and I called. The flop came [9][7][5] he c-bet, I called. The turn was a ten he fired a second barrel and I called. The river was a blank, he shoved all-in and I called." So two pair against smaller two pair accounts for the first player today, much more interesting than boring aces versus kings. -- NW 12.35pm: Walking the floor This looks to be a great event to play. A lot of players that you might not want to see at your table - think of the likes of Jake Cody, Matt Perrins, JP Kelly, James Keys, Chris Brammer, Rupiner Bedi - aren't here because of the upcoming World Series, some have headed out early, and because of <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/">SCOOP</a>, which has been hitting some unbelievable numbers. That's a chunk of tough players who would severely reduce your tournament expectation so to the 500 or so that are playing this €770 main event, well done, you've made a fantastic decision. Among the players today that do have some previous are EPT winner Julian Thew, EPT and UKIPT regular Dermot Blain, Dean 'deanosupremo' Lyall and <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2012/scoop-2012-greezhool-great-in-event-2-hi-094105.html">SCOOP hero Sam 'SamSquid' Grafton</a>. We'll be catching up with Grafton at the break to speak to him about his $234,193 bink. He doesn't know it yet, but we will. Thew is at a table nearby sporting a small red and yellow dollar bill badge. It's not a bounty button, it's a lucky charm from one of his kids: "I thought I'd check out its luckbox potential. I'll give it a couple of hours," said Thew. Fifteen minutes of the first level remain. -- RD <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27226.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_julian thew.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27226-thumb-450x675-164342.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Julian Thew</center> 12.20pm: Who's here? There's a much larger field today than yesterday and amongst the 300 or so runners is a sprinkling of stardust. So far I've spotted EPT winner Julian Thew, UKIPT Champion of Champions Richard Sinclair who's resplendent in his usual Day 1 Ed Hardy hoodie. Also spotted were UKIPT Galway runner-up Ronan Gilligan, UKIPT Nottingham S2 fourth place finisher Tim Bettingen, Paul Jackson, Nicholas Newport and UKIPT Killarney champion Femi Fakinle. True to form Fakinle was involved in a pot as I passed his table, he bet 600 on the river of a [8c][6d][8h][4h][9s], his opponent called but mucked when Fakinle showed [8s][6h] for a full house. Keep an eye on the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ukipt/season-3-4/dublin-2/chipcount.html">chip counts page</a>, where we'll be keeping track of the names, notables and big stacks as stories develop on Day 1B. -- NW <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27157.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_femi fakinle.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_27157-thumb-450x300-164340.jpg" width="450" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Femi Fakinle</center> 12pm: And we're off... The clock is running/the cards are in the air/add your own 'the tournament has begun' euphemism here. -- RD 11.50pm: Day 1B revving up Today's looking like a busy one. Plenty of players milling around and making their way to the tables. We had 199 player yesterday, 91 of whom made it through the eight one-hour levels. We'll be playing the same today: no dinner break and done by 9pm. Lovely. The board is currently showing 300 players so we can expect a field of 500-plus. We can break the news that the defending champion Dutchman Joeri Zandvliet will not be defending his title. He's in Ibiza at the Estrellas Poker Tour trying win a new one instead. <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_26567.jpg"><img alt="ukipt dublin_day 1b_stacks.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/UKIPT_Dub_2012_MickeyMay_26567-thumb-450x675-164306.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a><center>Loading up the starting stacks</center> PokerStars Blog reporting team in Dublin (in order of score out of ten they give Ballymaloe relish): Rick Dacey (8 - it's tangy, tasty and just a little bit naughty) and Nick Wright (7 - it's no Devonian chutney, but it's close).Photos by Mickey May (Ballymallymoolee what?). James Dempsey and Chris Brammer image credits go to Neil Stoddart." 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Only the top 27 places paid out. <img alt="scoopwatch_champion.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoopwatch_champion.jpg" width="333" height="444" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>The coveted SCOOP champion's watch</center> The star-studded field featured familiar faces such as Team PokerStars Online George "Jorj95" Lind and slew of PokerStars Team Pros... Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, ElkY, Nacho Barbero, Johnny Lodden, and Eugene Katchalov. Notables who cashed in Event #33-High included PokerStars Team Pros Max Lykov (5th) and Vicky Coren (17th). When the money bubble burst at 27, zugzwang16 held the lead with 130K with Shaun Deeb lurking in the Top 10. With two tables remaining, HITTHEPANDA took command of the lead with 222K and Max moved up to 6th overall with Shaun Deeb not far behind. Vicky Coren held the short stack with 14K. Coren's comeback was thwarted by römpsä's pocket Kings. On a board of [Qc][4d][3h], she check-raised all-in with [Ks][Qd] but was trailing römpsä's [Kh][Kd]. The turn and river did not held Coren and she busted out in 17th place, which paid out $10,100. Shaun Deeb (a.k.a. the Mayor of SCOOP) was seeking another final table, but fell short of the mark and busted out in 12th place. Deeb four-bet shoved with [4h][4d] and ran into zugzwang16's [Qc][Qd]. Deeb missed his chance to win his fourth title and 8th final table, but he earned $14,140 for 12th place. With 11 players remaining, zugzwang16 took over the lead with 300K. Max Lykov chipped up to third place after he knocked out BrynKenney. Kenney's pair of jacks with [Ks][Jd] lost to Lykov's Ace-high flush with [Ah][4h]. Kenney took home $14,140 for 11th place. With ten players left, action went hand-for-hand. It took almost two full levels before someone busted. Short-stacked Naza114 open-shoved for 48,084. Max Lykov re-raised all-in to isolate and everyone else got out of his way. Lykov was flipping with [Ac][Ks] against Naza114's [4c][4s]. A King on the flop gave the lead to Lykov. The board ran out [Kd][Jd][2d][7h][6s] and Lykov's pair of Kings held up. Naza114 bubbled off the final table in tenth place ($14,140). <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP_33H_FT-thumb-450x315-164474.jpg" width="450" height="315" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Event #33-H - Final Table Chip Counts: Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (106,896) Seat 2: römpsä (224,355) Seat 3: Mafews (68,601) Seat 4: HITTHEPANDA (49,100) Seat 5: HC_68 (316,810) Seat 6: Sphinx87 (74,329) Seat 7: zugzwang16 (85,800) Seat 8: Maxim Lykov (238,546) Seat 9: RandALLin (47,563) HC_68 began the final table as the chip leader with RandALLin holding onto the short stack. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka was fourth overall. PSYCHO KILLER: Mafews eliminated in 9th place It didn't take very long before two players rumbled at the final table. The-Toilet 0 opened-shoved for 129,869 and Mafews called. The-Toilet 0 was behind with [6c][6h] against Mafews' [Th][Tc], but the board ran out [Jc][5h][4s][Qc][6s]. The [6s] spiked on the river to improve The-Toilet 0 to a set of sixes. Mafews hit the road and became the first player to bust at the final table. For ninth place, Mafews earned $16,160.00. LIFE DURING WARTIME: RandALLin eliminated in 8th place Another short stack was liquidated when Sphinx87 min-raised to 5,000, RandALLin shoved for 38,713, and Sphinx87 called. RandALLin was in trouble with [As][Qs] against Sphinx87's [Ad][Kd]. The board ran out [8d][4s][3c][Qd][3d]. RandALLin's pair of Queens were ravished when Sphinx87 caught running diamonds for an Ace-high flush. RandALLin collected $24,240 for eighth place. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: HITTHEPANDA eliminated in 7th place The-Toilet 0 started the skirmish with 6,000. HITTHEPANDA re-raised all-in for 72,700, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 was flipping with [Ac][Kc] against HITTHEPANDA's [7h][7d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][7c]. HITTHEPANDA improved to a set of sevens, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a nut-flush draw. The turn was the [6h] and the river was the [Jc]. The-Toilet 0 rivered his flush and HITTHEPANDA was dunzo. For seventh place, HITTHEPANDA won $32,320. With five to go, Max Lykov sat in the top spot with 312K and The-Toilet 0 chipped up to second with almost 300K. Lykov coughed up the top spot when he ran into pocket Aces. On a flop of [8s][6s][4c], römpsä bet 15,070, Lykov raised to 31,225, römpsä shoved for 161,827, and Lykov called. Lykov held [7h][4h] for bottom pair and a gutshot against römpsä's [Ac][Ad]. Lykov was crippled and römpsä rocketed to the top with 333K. SWAMP: Sphinx87 eliminated in 6th place Here's a hand that involves cracked Aces and quads... Sphinx87 min-raised to 6,000. Max Lykov shoved all-in and Sphinx87 called all-in for 54,792. Sphinx87 led with [Ac][As] versus [9s][9d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][9h] and Lykov flopped quads. Sphinx87 needed running Aces to win, but the turn was the [Kc], and the river was the [4h]. Sphinx87's Aces were brutally snapped off. Lykov chipped up to 137K. Despite the tough beat, Sphinx87 collected $40,400 for sixth place. 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The-Toilet 0 (361K) held the lead, followed by römpsä (325K), HC_68 (270K), Max Lykov (137K), and zugzwang16 (117K). The-Toilet 0 and römpsä clashed back and forth over Level 25. The-Toilet 0 opened to 8,520, römpsä raised to 18,999, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 37,800, römpsä five-bet shoved for 496,694, and The-Toilet 0 called. Another flip... römpsä was racing with [Ah][Ks] against The-Toilet 0's [Td][Tc]. The flop was [Ts][7h][6d] and The-Toilet 0 strengthened is hand to a set. The turn was the [2s] and the river was the [2h]. The-Toilet 0 won the pot with a full boat. The-Toilet 0 chipped up to 491K. SLIPPERY PEOPLE: Max Lykov eliminated in 5th place The-Toilet 0 had just run his [Qs][Qh] into zugzwang16's [Ah][Ad]. While zugzwang16 lived to fight another day, The-Toilet 0 found himself getting dealt pocket Queens in consecutive hands. The-Toilet 0 min-raised to 8,000, Lykov pushed all-in for 131,026, and The-Toilet 0 called. Lykov was trailing with [Ac][Qd] against The-Toilet 0's [Qh][Qs]. The board ran out [Js][Tc][6c][6d][4d]. The-Toilet 0's Queens held up when he faded a Broadway gutshot and an Ace. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov collected $48,480 for a fifth-place finish. The-Toilet 0 passed the half million mark with römpsä (287K) in second. Meanwhile, zugzwang16 was the shorty with 162K. BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE: römpsä eliminated in 4th place It was zugzwang16's turn to seize momentum. He crawled out of the basement and doubled up wit [Qh][Jc] against römpsä's [9d][9s]. Both players bombed it all-in preflop. The board ran out [Ah][Jd][6c][8d][3h] and römpsä's nines failed to improve. On the next hand... römpsä got the rest of his chips all-in from the big blind, and römpsä made a final stand with [6h][5c] against zugzwang16's [Qc][Tc]. The board ran out [Qh][Jh][4d][5h][2d] and zugzwang16 won the pot. Finland's römpsä took home $70,700 for fourth place. DEAL? Faraz "The-Toilet 0"Jaka still lead with 515K and zugzwang16 (434K) moved up to second, while HC_68 was in last with (262K). Action was paused while the final three discussed a deal. The-Toilet 0 didn't like the number offered for first place. "Nothing personal," Jaka wanted his opponents to know. Unable to come to a comprise, the discussion was halted and play resumed. Once cards went back into the air, The-Toilet 0 launched an offensive surge. He struck first blood by winning a pot worth 191K against HC_68. On a board of [Qc][6s][6c][9h][4c], The-Toilet 0 showed [Qs][7d] for a better two pair against HC_68's [3h][3c] and inferior two pair. The-Toilet 0 won the next few pots and chipped up to 775K. ONCE IN A LIFETIME: zugzwang16 eliminated in 3rd place HC_68 gained some momentum and won a pot against The-Toilet 0 before he picked on zugzwang16. While HC_68 chipped up, zugzwang16's stack headed south. In a few hands, zugzwang16 met his untimely fate when a raising war broke out. The-Toilet 0 opened to 10,000, HC_68 called from the small blind, zugzwang16 raised to 31,075, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 62,022, HC_68 folded, but zugzwang16 five-bet shoved all-in for 231,366, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 took [Tc][Ts] to war against zugzwang16's [Ah][Th]. The-Toilet 0 flopped a boat and that's all she wrote. The board finished up [Kd][Kh][Td][5h][9s] and zugzwang16 busted in third place, which paid out $94,940. HEADS-UP: The-Toilet 0 (Mexico) vs. HC_68 (Austria) Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (890,003) Seat 5: HC_68 (321,997) WHAT A DAY THAT WAS: HC_68 eliminated in 2nd place; The-Toilet 0 prevails! The-Toilet 0 patiently chiseled away at HC_68's stack over a twenty minute stretch. During a few instances, The-Toilet 0 acted like a menacing cat that was toying with a cornered mouse. HC_68 was in trouble. He had lost three hands in a row and lost nine out of twelve. HC_68's remaining stack was under siege and he desperately needed to do something about that. HC_68 min-raised to 12,000 and The-Toilet 0 called. The flop was [Jd][7s][2s]. The-Toilet 0 checked, HC_68 fired out 12,000, The-Toilet 0 check-raised to 1,000,000, and HC_68 called all-in. HC_68 showed [Tc][Ts] and was ahead, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a flush draw with [6s][3s]. The [Js] spiked on the turn and The-Toilet 0 filled in his flush. However, HC_68 still had outs with a higher flush draw and a boat draw. Alas, the river was the [8h]. HC_68 failed to improve his hand and was knocked out in second place. Austria's HC_68 collected $12,5240 for a runner-up performance. Meanwhile, Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka shipped his first SCOOP title of the year. He won a champion's watch and earned $173,720 for first place. If Jaka is looking to invest his windfall, he won enough cash to purchase 4,571 shares of Facebook. Check out the final hand in the replayer: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers must click thru to view the replayer</center> Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) Final Table Payouts and Results: Entrants: 175 Payouts: 27 1. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka (Mexico) - $173,720 2. HC_68 (Austria) - $125,240 3. zugzwang16 (Uruguay) - $94,940 4. römpsä (Finland) - $70,700 5. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov (Russia) - $48,480 6. Sphinx87 (Poland) - $40,400 7. HITTHEPANDA (Canada) - $32,320 8. RandALLin (Mexico) - $24,240 9. Mafews (U.K.) - $16,160 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." ["post_excerpt"]=> string(16500) "<img alt="SCOOP logo.gif" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP%20logo.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="100" width="130" />Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka made a deep run a couple of days in SCOOP Event #29-High, but he could only muster up a ninth-place finish. Jaka took another shot at a SCOOP title this evening and advanced to his second final table, which also included Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov. Lykov busted out in fifth place, and Jaka eventually found himself heads-up against HC_68 from Austria. Only one person stood in his way of immortality. Jaka rose to the occasion and like a veteran pugilist, he methodically wore down his opponent before he delivered a decisive knock-out blow. Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) attracted 175 runners. The prize pool ballooned to $808,000 and included 120 re-buys and 109 add-ons. First place was guaranteed $173,720 and a cool champion's watch. Only the top 27 places paid out. <img alt="scoopwatch_champion.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoopwatch_champion.jpg" width="333" height="444" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /><center>The coveted SCOOP champion's watch</center> The star-studded field featured familiar faces such as Team PokerStars Online George "Jorj95" Lind and slew of PokerStars Team Pros... Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, ElkY, Nacho Barbero, Johnny Lodden, and Eugene Katchalov. Notables who cashed in Event #33-High included PokerStars Team Pros Max Lykov (5th) and Vicky Coren (17th). When the money bubble burst at 27, zugzwang16 held the lead with 130K with Shaun Deeb lurking in the Top 10. With two tables remaining, HITTHEPANDA took command of the lead with 222K and Max moved up to 6th overall with Shaun Deeb not far behind. Vicky Coren held the short stack with 14K. Coren's comeback was thwarted by römpsä's pocket Kings. On a board of [Qc][4d][3h], she check-raised all-in with [Ks][Qd] but was trailing römpsä's [Kh][Kd]. The turn and river did not held Coren and she busted out in 17th place, which paid out $10,100. Shaun Deeb (a.k.a. the Mayor of SCOOP) was seeking another final table, but fell short of the mark and busted out in 12th place. Deeb four-bet shoved with [4h][4d] and ran into zugzwang16's [Qc][Qd]. Deeb missed his chance to win his fourth title and 8th final table, but he earned $14,140 for 12th place. With 11 players remaining, zugzwang16 took over the lead with 300K. Max Lykov chipped up to third place after he knocked out BrynKenney. Kenney's pair of jacks with [Ks][Jd] lost to Lykov's Ace-high flush with [Ah][4h]. Kenney took home $14,140 for 11th place. With ten players left, action went hand-for-hand. It took almost two full levels before someone busted. Short-stacked Naza114 open-shoved for 48,084. Max Lykov re-raised all-in to isolate and everyone else got out of his way. Lykov was flipping with [Ac][Ks] against Naza114's [4c][4s]. A King on the flop gave the lead to Lykov. The board ran out [Kd][Jd][2d][7h][6s] and Lykov's pair of Kings held up. Naza114 bubbled off the final table in tenth place ($14,140). <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg"><img alt="SCOOP_33H_FT.jpg" src="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/assets_c/2012/05/SCOOP_33H_FT-thumb-450x315-164474.jpg" width="450" height="315" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a> Event #33-H - Final Table Chip Counts: Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (106,896) Seat 2: römpsä (224,355) Seat 3: Mafews (68,601) Seat 4: HITTHEPANDA (49,100) Seat 5: HC_68 (316,810) Seat 6: Sphinx87 (74,329) Seat 7: zugzwang16 (85,800) Seat 8: Maxim Lykov (238,546) Seat 9: RandALLin (47,563) HC_68 began the final table as the chip leader with RandALLin holding onto the short stack. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka was fourth overall. PSYCHO KILLER: Mafews eliminated in 9th place It didn't take very long before two players rumbled at the final table. The-Toilet 0 opened-shoved for 129,869 and Mafews called. The-Toilet 0 was behind with [6c][6h] against Mafews' [Th][Tc], but the board ran out [Jc][5h][4s][Qc][6s]. The [6s] spiked on the river to improve The-Toilet 0 to a set of sixes. Mafews hit the road and became the first player to bust at the final table. For ninth place, Mafews earned $16,160.00. LIFE DURING WARTIME: RandALLin eliminated in 8th place Another short stack was liquidated when Sphinx87 min-raised to 5,000, RandALLin shoved for 38,713, and Sphinx87 called. RandALLin was in trouble with [As][Qs] against Sphinx87's [Ad][Kd]. The board ran out [8d][4s][3c][Qd][3d]. RandALLin's pair of Queens were ravished when Sphinx87 caught running diamonds for an Ace-high flush. RandALLin collected $24,240 for eighth place. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: HITTHEPANDA eliminated in 7th place The-Toilet 0 started the skirmish with 6,000. HITTHEPANDA re-raised all-in for 72,700, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 was flipping with [Ac][Kc] against HITTHEPANDA's [7h][7d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][7c]. HITTHEPANDA improved to a set of sevens, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a nut-flush draw. The turn was the [6h] and the river was the [Jc]. The-Toilet 0 rivered his flush and HITTHEPANDA was dunzo. For seventh place, HITTHEPANDA won $32,320. With five to go, Max Lykov sat in the top spot with 312K and The-Toilet 0 chipped up to second with almost 300K. Lykov coughed up the top spot when he ran into pocket Aces. On a flop of [8s][6s][4c], römpsä bet 15,070, Lykov raised to 31,225, römpsä shoved for 161,827, and Lykov called. Lykov held [7h][4h] for bottom pair and a gutshot against römpsä's [Ac][Ad]. Lykov was crippled and römpsä rocketed to the top with 333K. SWAMP: Sphinx87 eliminated in 6th place Here's a hand that involves cracked Aces and quads... Sphinx87 min-raised to 6,000. Max Lykov shoved all-in and Sphinx87 called all-in for 54,792. Sphinx87 led with [Ac][As] versus [9s][9d]. The flop was [Qh][9c][9h] and Lykov flopped quads. Sphinx87 needed running Aces to win, but the turn was the [Kc], and the river was the [4h]. Sphinx87's Aces were brutally snapped off. Lykov chipped up to 137K. Despite the tough beat, Sphinx87 collected $40,400 for sixth place. 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The-Toilet 0 (361K) held the lead, followed by römpsä (325K), HC_68 (270K), Max Lykov (137K), and zugzwang16 (117K). The-Toilet 0 and römpsä clashed back and forth over Level 25. The-Toilet 0 opened to 8,520, römpsä raised to 18,999, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 37,800, römpsä five-bet shoved for 496,694, and The-Toilet 0 called. Another flip... römpsä was racing with [Ah][Ks] against The-Toilet 0's [Td][Tc]. The flop was [Ts][7h][6d] and The-Toilet 0 strengthened is hand to a set. The turn was the [2s] and the river was the [2h]. The-Toilet 0 won the pot with a full boat. The-Toilet 0 chipped up to 491K. SLIPPERY PEOPLE: Max Lykov eliminated in 5th place The-Toilet 0 had just run his [Qs][Qh] into zugzwang16's [Ah][Ad]. While zugzwang16 lived to fight another day, The-Toilet 0 found himself getting dealt pocket Queens in consecutive hands. The-Toilet 0 min-raised to 8,000, Lykov pushed all-in for 131,026, and The-Toilet 0 called. Lykov was trailing with [Ac][Qd] against The-Toilet 0's [Qh][Qs]. The board ran out [Js][Tc][6c][6d][4d]. The-Toilet 0's Queens held up when he faded a Broadway gutshot and an Ace. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov collected $48,480 for a fifth-place finish. The-Toilet 0 passed the half million mark with römpsä (287K) in second. Meanwhile, zugzwang16 was the shorty with 162K. BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE: römpsä eliminated in 4th place It was zugzwang16's turn to seize momentum. He crawled out of the basement and doubled up wit [Qh][Jc] against römpsä's [9d][9s]. Both players bombed it all-in preflop. The board ran out [Ah][Jd][6c][8d][3h] and römpsä's nines failed to improve. On the next hand... römpsä got the rest of his chips all-in from the big blind, and römpsä made a final stand with [6h][5c] against zugzwang16's [Qc][Tc]. The board ran out [Qh][Jh][4d][5h][2d] and zugzwang16 won the pot. Finland's römpsä took home $70,700 for fourth place. DEAL? Faraz "The-Toilet 0"Jaka still lead with 515K and zugzwang16 (434K) moved up to second, while HC_68 was in last with (262K). Action was paused while the final three discussed a deal. The-Toilet 0 didn't like the number offered for first place. "Nothing personal," Jaka wanted his opponents to know. Unable to come to a comprise, the discussion was halted and play resumed. Once cards went back into the air, The-Toilet 0 launched an offensive surge. He struck first blood by winning a pot worth 191K against HC_68. On a board of [Qc][6s][6c][9h][4c], The-Toilet 0 showed [Qs][7d] for a better two pair against HC_68's [3h][3c] and inferior two pair. The-Toilet 0 won the next few pots and chipped up to 775K. ONCE IN A LIFETIME: zugzwang16 eliminated in 3rd place HC_68 gained some momentum and won a pot against The-Toilet 0 before he picked on zugzwang16. While HC_68 chipped up, zugzwang16's stack headed south. In a few hands, zugzwang16 met his untimely fate when a raising war broke out. The-Toilet 0 opened to 10,000, HC_68 called from the small blind, zugzwang16 raised to 31,075, The-Toilet 0 four-bet to 62,022, HC_68 folded, but zugzwang16 five-bet shoved all-in for 231,366, and The-Toilet 0 called. The-Toilet 0 took [Tc][Ts] to war against zugzwang16's [Ah][Th]. The-Toilet 0 flopped a boat and that's all she wrote. The board finished up [Kd][Kh][Td][5h][9s] and zugzwang16 busted in third place, which paid out $94,940. HEADS-UP: The-Toilet 0 (Mexico) vs. HC_68 (Austria) Seat 1: The-Toilet 0 (890,003) Seat 5: HC_68 (321,997) WHAT A DAY THAT WAS: HC_68 eliminated in 2nd place; The-Toilet 0 prevails! The-Toilet 0 patiently chiseled away at HC_68's stack over a twenty minute stretch. During a few instances, The-Toilet 0 acted like a menacing cat that was toying with a cornered mouse. HC_68 was in trouble. He had lost three hands in a row and lost nine out of twelve. HC_68's remaining stack was under siege and he desperately needed to do something about that. HC_68 min-raised to 12,000 and The-Toilet 0 called. The flop was [Jd][7s][2s]. The-Toilet 0 checked, HC_68 fired out 12,000, The-Toilet 0 check-raised to 1,000,000, and HC_68 called all-in. HC_68 showed [Tc][Ts] and was ahead, but The-Toilet 0 picked up a flush draw with [6s][3s]. The [Js] spiked on the turn and The-Toilet 0 filled in his flush. However, HC_68 still had outs with a higher flush draw and a boat draw. Alas, the river was the [8h]. HC_68 failed to improve his hand and was knocked out in second place. Austria's HC_68 collected $12,5240 for a runner-up performance. Meanwhile, Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka shipped his first SCOOP title of the year. He won a champion's watch and earned $173,720 for first place. If Jaka is looking to invest his windfall, he won enough cash to purchase 4,571 shares of Facebook. Check out the final hand in the replayer: <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="475" height="327" id="handplayer" align="top"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/"/><embed src="http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/_swf/hr.swf" FlashVars="configUrl=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/config/PS/small_475x327.xml&handListPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/handList/0/276/handList_276481_2A9CAF14A0.xml&handPath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/pCodeCache/0/276/hand_276481{PCODE_HASH}.xml&showOddscalc=0&showControls=1&showLog=1&showActiveButtons=0&title_id=2&lang=en&gameEntity=0&playerMode=hrp&themePath=http://replayer.intellipoker.com/replayer/themes/table_PS_475x327.jpg&calcPath=https://www.intellipoker.de/tools/oddsCalc/" menu="false" wmode="opaque" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="475" height="327" name="handplayer" align="top" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object></center> <center>RSS readers must click thru to view the replayer</center> Event #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A) Final Table Payouts and Results: Entrants: 175 Payouts: 27 1. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka (Mexico) - $173,720 2. HC_68 (Austria) - $125,240 3. zugzwang16 (Uruguay) - $94,940 4. römpsä (Finland) - $70,700 5. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov (Russia) - $48,480 6. Sphinx87 (Poland) - $40,400 7. HITTHEPANDA (Canada) - $32,320 8. RandALLin (Mexico) - $24,240 9. Mafews (U.K.) - $16,160 Looking for more SCOOP reporting? Visit our special <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/scoop/2012-3/">SCOOP 2012</a> coverage section." 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