Claas "ssicK_OnE" Segebrecht defended his big blind against a min-raise by "mahairong" in one of the last hands before the break and they headed to the flop on which Segebrecht check-raised to 16,000 and picked up a call. Segebrecht bet the turn for 31,104 and once he was called, emptied the clip with a jam on the river.
The all-in was for an effective 121,094 and "mahairong" reluctantly called with for top two while Segebrecht had flopped two pair with the .
"Kungfumonk" raised to 2,652 in the last hand before the break while in the cutoff and Michael "imluckbox" Addamo on the button three-bet to 10,800. Scott "Aggro Santos "Margereson" four-bet to 32,400 and Addamo was the only caller.
Margereson checked the flop and called a bet of 35,000 by Addamo to then check behind the turn. After the river, Margereson bet 100,800 and Addamo called to get shown the , which he had beat with for top pair on a four card flush board.
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Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon scooped two bigger pots on a table that also includes former SCOOP Main Event champion Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, who then ended up in a far bigger pot.
UK's "2000kg" raised to 2,160 and Shakerchi defended out of the big blind to see a flop which resulted in the following raising war: Shakerchi check-raised from 2,968 to 10,845, faced a reraise to 24,875 and then made it 48,214 to go. "2000kg" pushed all-in with the superior stack and Shakerchi eventually called for less.
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi:
"2000kg":
The turn and river sent Shakerchi out on the first bullet.
Jonathan “Corback_fr” Therme has been playing both online and live poker for “a long time”. Last Sunday, he scored the biggest win of his career, picking up life-changing sums and a serious set of accolades.
Therme outlasted a field of 3,419 entries to take down the SCOOP 44-M special edition Sunday Million, earning $216,617. We spoke with the champ to get his thoughts on the win.
“It’s completely insane. I’m still struggling to realize. I’ve been waiting a long time for something this big to happen, but I knew I could do it. I worked a lot in the last months on my game and my mind with the help of some friends, and I’m glad it’s starting to pay off,” says Therme.
For the 12th time, the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) will crown a champion in one of the most-prestigious online poker tournaments of the year.
The SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] comes with a guaranteed prize pool of $5,000,000 and the defending champion is Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza, who has done the unthinkable and won the event in the previous two years.
The Vienna-based Italian defeated a field of 654 entries in 2018 and came out on top of a heads-up battle with Julian "nailuj90" Stuer, the final table then also featured such big names as Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen, Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker, Niklas "Lena900" Åstedt, Kilian "caaaaamel" Kramer, and James "JayP-AA" Park.
One year later, Speranza made the final table once more in a field of 662 entries. Again he had to battle through big names such as Dinesh “NastyMinder” Alt, Francisco “Tomatee” Benitez, Nick “caecilius” Petrangelo, and Preben “prebz” Stokkan. Stuer was there once more and had to settle for 5th place. In heads-up, Speranza cut a deal with Ihar "OMGitshunt" Soika and scored the next seven-figure payday on the virtual felt.
All players receive 250,000 in chips and the first level features blinds of 500-1,000 and a running ante of 125. The late registration remains open for the first 24 hours until the restart of Day 2 on Monday, May 18th, 2020 as of 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. During the registration period, players can re-enter a maximum of two times for three bullets in total.
The tournament will play down to a champion throughout the next four days and all levels last 30 minutes each until the conclusion of the event. All participants have a time bank of 60 seconds available right away and will receive an additional 10 seconds each two levels.
Day 1 will kick off at 1 p.m. EST and features a total of 15 levels whereas Day 2 will play down to the final five tables, the penultimate tournament then concludes when the final table of the last nine has been determined. For the first time, the PokerNews live reporting team will provide conclusive updates from start-to-finish, and you can follow all the action to find out who becomes the new SCOOP-H Main Event champion!