It’s always jarring and a little unnerving when the power cuts out in your home late at night. The darkness outside deepens and creeps in through the windows as you scurry to turn on your smartphone’s torch. Luckily, if it happens at night, you’re usually in bed anyway, or asleep on the sofa with Netflix asking if you’re still watching something.
But imagine if all your power cut out moments–literally seconds–after you’d just won a flip heads-up in a $5,200 buy-in Spring Championship of Poker event to win $232,156.
That’s what Fintan “easywithaces” Hand experienced on Saturday night when he emerged victorious in the SCOOP-82-H Thursday Thrill for his second SCOOP title. In the final hand, the PokerStars Ambassador and Twitch superstar called his opponent’s shove with pocket fours and was up against ace-queen offsuit.
“I wasn’t sure if I should call or just grind it down to a win, but with the bounty overlay I decided to go for it and I flopped a set,” says Fintan a few days after the biggest win of his career. “I didn’t even see the river because I left my chair, screaming ‘let’s go’ or something. I went to see my fiancée Hannah who jumped off the couch, all of this over about five seconds. Then the electricity died and the moment was kind of ruined.”
Dan "Dannyz0r" Borlan raised to 1,980,000 from the button and Kayhan "KayhanMok" Roshanfekr three-bet shoved from the big blind for Borlan to call for the 25,662,890 he had behind.
Dan "Dannyz0r" Borlan:
Kayhan "KayhanMok" Roshanfekr:
The board ran out for Borlan to hold with the eights to double up and leave Roshanfekr short.
Kayhan "KayhanMok" Roshanfekr shoved from the small blind for 4,276,056 for Dan "Dannyz0r" Borlan to make the call from the big blind.
Kayhan "KayhanMok" Roshanfekr:
Dan "Dannyz0r" Borlan:
The board ran out for Borlan to flop trips to crack the aces of Roshanfekr for him to bust in third place for $791,074 after having agreed to the three-way deal.
"kZhh" raised to 2,000,000 from the button and Dan "Dannyz0r" Borlan three-bet to 7,500,000 for "kZhh" to call.
The flop came for Borlan to continue with a bet of 5,010,000 which "kZhh" called.
The turn was the and Borlan opted to slow down and check. "kZhh" took over the initiative and led out with a bet of 6,400,000 to see Borlan respond with a shove for 22,152,136 for "kZhh" to make the call.
Dan "Dannyz0r" Borlan:
"kZhh":
Borlan had flopped the pair of fives but "kZhh" held the overpair with the kings.
The river completed the board with the for "kZhh" to hold for the higher two pair and their first SCOOP title and Main Event title for $878,781 while Borlan walked away in second place for more as he held the chip lead during the three-way deal for $894,551.
After a tumultuous evening, the three players who came into the final table as the top three also finished as the top three at the end of it all after agreeing to a three-way deal in the 2021 PokerStars SCOOP-92-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event].
"kZhh" held the chip lead at the start of the day and finished at the top when the dust had settled. They walked away $878,781 richer as they claimed the $50,000 that was set aside for the winner.
But it was Day 2 chip leader Dan "Dannyz0r" Borlan who would claim the biggest score of the 2021 Spring Championship of Online Poker festival with $894,551. The third beneficiary of the deal was Kayhan "KayhanMok" Roshanfekr who logged off with $791,074 added to his bankroll.
This is the first SCOOP title for "kZhh" who is no stranger to success on the PokerStars tables. They won a TCOOP event in 2017 and a Sunday Million for example. The Hungarian can always be found in the top of the tournament lobbies during and after the events and is known for their deep runs.
The other players on the final table included "Beowulf3182", David "MissOracle" Yan, Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, Ka Kwan "kaju85" Lau, Jareth "jareth3542" East, and "23tudy23".
SCOOP-92-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
"kZhh"
Hungary
$878,781*
2
Dan "Dannyz0r" Borlan
Romania
$894,551*
3
Kayhan "KayhanMok" Roshanfekr
Norway
$791,074*
4
"Beowulf3182"
Netherlands
$443,934
5
David "MissOracle" Yan
New Zealand
$325,098
6
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph
Germany
$238,074
7
Ka Kwan "kaju85" Lau
Hong Kong
$173,344
8
Jareth "jareth3542" East
United Kingdom
$127,675
9
"23tudy23"
Romania
$102,085
* reflects a three-way deal
Final Table Action
With an average of 74 big blinds at the start, the players were in for a long ride and it was "23tudy23" who came into the final table with the shortest stack. They would also be first to go after almost 30 minutes when they called the three-bet shove of Lau with pocket jacks. Lau's ace-queen found another queen on the turn to get the tournament down to eight. "Beowulf3182" then doubled through "kZhh" for the latter to lose the chip lead which would go back and forth between many players throughout the night.
East went out next when he five-bet jammed with ace-king and got looked up by Borlan who held the aces to send the Brit to the rail. Lau won the $10,300 PLO [8-max, High Roller] last night for $263,099 but couldn't write history by making it two in a year when he bluffed his stack away on the river with king-ten on the five-jack-six-seven-queen board. "kZhh" held pocket jacks for the set to burst that dream. Rudolph busted in the next hand when he ran his ace-king into the kings of "Beowulf3182".
Christian Rudolph finished in sixth place for $238,074
Five-handed play lasted almost two hours with Yan pulling the short end of the stick when he bricked his flopped flush draw and turned gutshot to a straight. Fifteen minutes later, "Beowulf3182" was left short when they doubled Borlan up to then lose the rest of their stack to Roshanfekr who held with the higher kicker. Borlan held the chip lead at that point and held on for about 15 minutes before the three players decided to look at the numbers. They quickly agreed to things and play resumed with $50,000 left to play for.
In 90 minutes of the chips flying around, "kZhh" was the one who would reclaim the chip lead by putting pressure on the two other players. Ultimately, Borlan doubled through Roshanfekr with pocket nines to leave the latter short who then lost the remainder to the Romanian too. Roshanfekr's aces got cracked by the king-ten of Borlan to flopped trips to get the tournament to heads-up.
"kZhh" showed their strength and put the burden on Borlan. When all was said and done, Borlan's turned pair of fives were deemed good enough for him to call the shove of "kZhh" who held kings for the overpair. No five on the river meant the end of the tournament to see a brand-new SCOOP Main Event Champion in the history books.
Huge congrats to "kZhh" from the PokerNews live reporting team as this concludes the coverage for this event.
for Borlan to hold with the eights to double up and leave Roshanfekr short.
for Borlan to flop trips to crack the aces of Roshanfekr for him to bust in third place for $791,074 after having agreed to the three-way deal.
for Borlan to continue with a bet of 5,010,000 which "kZhh" called.
and Borlan opted to slow down and check. "kZhh" took over the initiative and led out with a bet of 6,400,000 to see Borlan respond with a shove for 22,152,136 for "kZhh" to make the call.
