The two day SCOOP 2012 Main Event tournaments began on Sunday May 20th. Play was halted at the conclusion of level 20 (10 hours) and resumed early this afternoon. After two weeks worth of events, and many players entering many of the available events, a mere 10 hour first day was welcomed by those who [...]

PokerStars has set a new record for the largest ever online poker tournament series. This year’s Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP 2012) ran for two weeks, featuring 40 events of three tournaments each for a total of 120 events. Registration for the last event has just closed, resulting in a grand total of $65,332,179 [...]

Part of SCOOP 2012, Event #37 is an exciting heads up, no limit Hold’em contest that has three levels of play:  low, medium and high.  Event #37 began on Saturday and ended on Sunday, May 20, with action starting at 12:30pm EST. Event #37′s low end tournament had a buy-in of $200 + $15 and [...]

Event number 30 of PokerStars’ SCOOP 2012 was action-packed and took surprisingly little time to determine the winners. It was a Turbo “SuperKnockout” 6-Max bounty tournament, in which half of each player’s buy in became a bounty on their head. This prize structure, along with the quick 5 minute blinds turbo structure and 6 handed [...]

PokerStars SCOOP continues with Event #23, an event featuring four-max tables. As usual, three tournaments were played with low, medium, and high buy-ins. Only players looking to open the majority of their hands and play aggressively would do well in this tournament. FlopTurnRiver member, nutsinho, made the final table of the high buy-in tournament and [...]

Event #21 of this year’s Spring Championship of Online Poker, or SCOOP 2012, included three levels of play: low, medium and high.  Each level included in this two-day event had its own corresponding buy-in.  The lowest No Limit Hold’em tournament that was part of Event #21 had a buy-in of $25 + $2 with a [...]

Spain’s new cash-strapped, conservative government is now demanding that online poker license applicants pay backdated taxes for their last 4 years of operation within Spain. This abrupt ultimatum comes just weeks before the first licenses were slated to be issued on June 1st. It has been reported that Pokerstars is facing a €200 million tax [...]

Event 16 of the PokerStars 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) took place on May 11th and featured a No Limit Holdem Turbo 2x Chance tournament. This meant that if a player busted within the first 90 minutes of play, they would be able to buy-in one more time for the original buy-in amount. [...]

The second of three knockout events during PokerStars’ SCOOP 2012 kicked off yesterday as Event #13. Players played down to approximately the final three tables, at which time they went on break for 12 hours, resuming today, May 11th to finish off the tournaments. Event 13 Low buy in $20+$5 bounty+$2, $200k gtd An astounding [...]

The return of PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker means awesome online tournament action to take part in and follow. As always, each PokerStars SCOOP event is divided into three separate tournaments: a low buy-in, a medium buy-in, and a high buy-in. PokerStars SCOOP Event #3 boasted a short-handed table, turbo format, and allowed rebuys/add-ons. [...]