SCOOP Day 9 -- Michael 'amrasaralond' Binger Wins Event No. 18Brett 'get crunk' Richey Makes Fifth Final Table |
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The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) events are now in full swing. The SCOOP is a 22-tournament series spread out over 11 days of action. Each tournament is offered with three different sets of buy-ins ranging from low, to mid, to high stakes. Buy-ins are offered for as little as $5.50 and can be as high as $25,500. Make sure you check out the full schedule of events.
Event No. 17 -- No-Limit Hold'em with One Rebuy, One Add-On
The low-stakes, $20 buy-in tournament drew in 9,657 entrants, most of whom used their rebuys, to create a total prize pool of $459,580. The tournament was won by Rob "TheChosenWun" Kahlon for $62,732.
The mid-stakes, $200 buy-in tournament was won by thewh00sel, who scored a $139,680 payday. Randall "RandALLin" Flowers finished in second and earned $104,760.
The high-stakes tournament featured a $2,000 buy-in and some of the best players, both live and online. Hevad "RaiNKhAN" Khan picked up another big cash for $123,200 for finishing in fourth place. Frank "gator93" Hernadez (pictured above right) also scored big with $165,440 for third place at his third final table of the series. So far at the SCOOP, Hernandez has pocketed $360,000.
The eventual winner was Jason "jakoon1985" Koon, who earned $302,720 for the win. This was the second major win for Koon, who topped the $1K Monday field back in early March.
Event No. 18 -- Omaha Eight-or-Better
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi picked up a win in 7-Card Stud on Thursday and almost picked up another one in the $50 buy-in, low-stakes version of event no 18. Mizrachi fell just short and finished runner-up to AJB444. Also at the final table was Brett "get crunk" Richey, who made his fourth final table of the series. Richey didn't stop there, continue reading to find out more about his impressive series run.
The mid-stakes, $500 buy-in tournament was won by Lileor99, who took home nearly $50,000.
A total of 82 players put up the $5,000 buy-in for the high-stakes tournament. Michael "amrasaralond" Binger (pictured above left) came out on top and took home the $123,000 first-place prize.
Joining Binger at the final table was the aforementioned Richey (pictured right), who has made an amazing five final tables thus far this series. His consistency has been rewarded by putting him at the top of the PokerStars SCOOP series leader board. Should his score hold through the weekend, Richey will also win a WCOOP Main Event seat, 2010 EPT Monte Carlo package, 2010 Caribbean Adventure package and a player of the series trophy.
Looking Ahead
Today's SCOOP action will feature pot-limit Omaha and limit hold'em.
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