Sami 'Lrslzk' Kelopuro Wins SCOOP Main EventBertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier Tops Lackluster $25K Heads-Up Field |
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Sami Kelopuro
The main event’s guaranteed prize pool— cut in half as a result of Black Friday (shrinking to $2.5 million) — was divided between 45 players, with the top five finishers all taking home at least $369,000. First place was set to receive $735,300 prior to the final-table deal.
Here is a look at the final results:
SCOOP Event No. 38 ($10,300 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event)
1. Sami “Lrslzk” Kelopuro (Finland)— $504,691.09*
2. Tagult (Germany) — $540,125,82*
3. StigR (Norway) — $390,000.00*
4. altiFC (Germany) — $369,581.05*
5. Marius “danskemann” Olsvik (Norway) — $430,002.05*
6. Toby “810ofclubs” Lewis (United Kingdom) — $167,200.00
7. GotURead (Netherlands) — $129,200.00
8. el_klonkador (Sweden) — $91,200.00
9. Hernan “HN Kakaroto” Novick (Uruguay) — $66,500.00
In the $25,000 heads-up event, Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier bested a tiny field of just nine players. The event failed to reach its guaranteed prize pool of $250,000. Other winners from the SCOOP’s high buy-in events include Cyriel “Supa4real” Dohmen, Jason “StatusUp” Lavallee, Charlie “JIZOINT” Combes, Dan “javahound” Tarnopol, Sebastian “S.Ruthenberg” Ruthenberg, Paul “Paolo69” Foltyn, Alex Jung, Calvin “cal42688” Anderson, Elad “Gambit360” Nosimaj, and Anders “Donald” Berg.