"Pimmss" made it 660,000 to go and Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli called from one seat over in the cutoff. Short stack "CrazyLissy" jammed for 3.7 million on the button and the reshove of "Pimmss" forced out Loosli.
"CrazyLissy":
"Pimmss":
On a board of , "Pimmss" paired up right away on the flop and earned the second bounty in a row. "CrazyLissy" departed in 5th place for $18,468.75 in bounty prizes and a cash prize of $30,847.33.
An under-the-gun raise by "girafganger7" for 735,000 was called by Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli and "DEX888" out of the blinds. On a flop, Loosli opted for a check-jam when facing a continuation bet worth 1,192,500 from "girafganger7" and earned two instant folds.
That suddenly made "girafganger7" the short stack and he jammed once to steal the blinds.
When he faced a button raise to 700,000 by "DEX888", he stuck it in from the small blind for 6,850,962 and was quickly called.
"girafganger7":
"DEX888":
The flip went in favor of "DEX888" on a and that ensured an extra payday of $10,171.87 for sending the start-of-day chip leader out. "girafganger7" exits in 4th place and receives $19,343.76 in bounty prizes along with a cash prize of $41,600.27.
The lull continued for another couple of hands and once the blinds went up, Germany's "DEX888" dropped to around 18 big blinds. He raised the button to 1,110,000 and "Pimmss" three-bet the small blind to 3,500,000. A quick jam and a call led to the following showdown.
"DEX888":
"Pimmss":
Nothing changed on the flop but "Pimmss" gained the lead on the turn, the river then bricked off to send "DEX888" to the rail in 3rd place. A consolation prize of $39,976.56 and cash prize of $56,101.54 will ease the pain.
And just like that a winner has been crowned! In a matter of two hands, the lead of Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli vanished into thin air and he had to settle for second place while "Pimmss" continues the hot streak of Dutch players in PKO events of the 2020 SCOOP.
A button raise by "Pimmss" to 1,000,000 was three-bet to 4,000,000 by Loosli and he picked up a call to then lead the flop for 2,681,250, which "Pimmss" called. The on the turn was checked through and Loosli check-shoved the on the river when facing a bet of 8,750,000.
"Pimmss" called with for a flush and Loosli was caught bluffing with for a busted gutshot.
Down to three blinds, Loosli was all-in the next hand.
Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli:
"Pimmss":
Both hit top pair on the flop and "Pimmss" picked up flush outs on the turn. Sure enough, the appeared on the river to seal the victory for the Dutchman.
Loosli receives $13,078.13 in bounties and a cash prize worth $88,844.49 but misses out on his second SCOOP title. He conceded it with a "gg" in chat and "Pimmss" replied with an "gg mate".
Until today, nine Dutch players had won a title during the PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker and three of those victories came in high stakes progressive knockout tournaments. A fourth Dutch winner emerged in SCOOP-43-H: $2,100 NLHE PKO as "Pimmss" defeated Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli in heads-up to score a payday of $190,243. More than half of that came from bounty prizes as "Pimmss" was responsible for several late bustouts and kept his own to boost the bankroll significantly.
"Pimmss" is no stranger to the PKO tables on PokerStars as he won two events during the PokerStars High Rollers festival in December 2019. First he claimed the honors in High Rollers 02: $1,050 NLHE 8-Max PKO for $56,901.33 + $57,015.59 and followed that up with a victory in High Rollers 12: $530 NLHE 8-Max for $41,674.50.
The tournament featured 431 unique players and 147 re-entries on top of that created a field of 578 entries, which resulted in a prize pool of $1,156,000 for this Special Edition of the Sunday Warm-Up. Only the top 71 spots secured a portion of the cash prize pool and 32 survivors returned for the final day after nine hours of play the previous evening. "girafganger7" was leading the pack and the online legend with more than $7.4 million in cashes on PokerStars reached the final table but eventually had to settle for 4th place.
Final Result SCOOP-43-H: $2,100 NLHE PKO
Place
Winner
Country
Bounty Prize
Cash Prize
Total Payout
1
"Pimmss"
Netherlands
$101,398
$88,845
$190,243
2
Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli
France
$13,078
$88,844
$101,923
3
"DEX888"
Germany
$39,977
$56,102
$96,078
4
"girafganger7"
United Kingdom
$19,344
$41,600
$60,944
5
"CrazyLissy"
Russia
$18,469
$30,847
$49,316
6
"Alchemist.AJ"
South Korea
$7,438
$22,874
$30,311
7
Thiago "KKremate" Crema
Brazil
$4,438
$16,961
$21,399
8
Vitor "VitinhO Dzi" Dzivielevski
Brazil
$2,500
$12,577
$15,077
9
Jareth "jareth3542" East
United Kingdom
$9,375
$9,848
$19,223
Slow Start; Frantic Middle Stage on the Final Day
One Dutch player and two Portuguese that are based in the Netherlands were among the 32 survivors of the previous day and the final kicked off with a small surprise. Unlike previous high stakes PKO tournaments, half an hour passed without elimination. But once Eder "edercampana" Campana had missed out on a pay jump, the action really kicked off and Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira was eliminated in a three-way all-in shortly after.
Getting from 27 hopefuls down to the last 17 contenders barely took more than 15 minutes in total and Morten "-MortenVM-" Mortensen was among those quick fire casualties. Short-handed action prior to the final two tables took a while and "Pimmss" doubled up twice to get back in contention from a rather short stack.
Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli followed a very similar path as he was very short, then doubled three times. Suddenly, the Frenchman who is currently based in the UK went on a heater and knocked out "temoni18", "ChristianBR4", and Ilya "Leqenden" Anatsky in a row. "Pimmss" and Loosli took their turns to eliminate "Razer2311" and "BC1989RF", and Gary "quiditbear" Hasson could not return from a very short stack to bust shy of the final table.
Only moments later the final nine were combined to one table as "wisopekeno!" ran with queens into aces and Loosli racked up another bounty when his ace-king suited beat the ace-queen suited of "zazano". Still in the lead by then was "girafganger7" while Loosli sat in third and "Pimmss" was in the middle of the pack.
"Pimmss" Rises to the Top and Clinches Victory
Jareth "jareth3542" East lasted all but a few hands on the final table and "girafganger7" went on a roller coaster ride, bled chips only to get them back by sending the Brazilians Vitor "VitinhO Dzi" Dzivielevski and Thiago "KKremate" Crema to the rail in 8th and 7th place respectively.
"Pimmss" took over the top spot after his flopped set sent "Alchemist.AJ" with top two pair to the rail and the Dutchman also took care of "CrazyLissy" right after when ten-eight suited got there versus king-jack suited. Two double ups followed as Loosli and "DEX888" returned from a short stack, and it was "girafganger7" that came up short in a flip with fours against the ace-jack suited of "DEX888" to finish fourth.
Loosli took over the lead with a double through "DEX888", who dropped further behind and was knocked out by "Pimmss" to set up the duel for the SCOOP title. Ultimately, Loosli lost the vast majority of his stack on a bluff which he later described as follows on Twitter:
just setting up my twttr
— jack (@jack)
"2nd for 101k$, Somewhat questionable bluff in the penultimate hand of heads-up but happy with my performance!"
It was all over the very next hand as "Pimmss" rivered a flush with ace-four suited versus ace-eight. For Loosli it would have been the second SCOOP title after he topped a huge field of 7,580 entries in a $215 NL Hold'em for $178,368.64 back in 2015. Instead, it was yet another victory for the Dutch players as "Pimmsss" earned a first SCOOP title of his own.
That's a wrap for today but stay tuned for further PokerNews updates for the remainder of the festival.