by FTR Poker Admin | May 8, 2014 | PokerStars, SCOOP
PokerStars has scheduled an exclusive satellite to SCOOP Event #30 just for Flop Turn River's visitors! The top ten finishers in the NLHE tournament will receive tickets to Event #30 which has a $300K guarantee. The satellite begins at 13:30 ET on Sunday, May 11, 2014.
by FTR Poker Admin | May 28, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
We are at the end of the 2013 SCOOP series, and we’ve seen a few stories pop out over the last few weeks. SCOOP Richest Online Poker Tournament Series in History This SCOOP has smashed all the records for an online poker series. No-one was really...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 28, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
Last night, Viktor Blom closed out the 2013 SCOOP series with a more than $1 Million win after he won the SCOOP Main Event high tournament. This Event was split over two days, and Day 1 ended with Viktor sitting in second place with 412,539 in chips, just behind the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 21, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
Today, we have the results from the weekend, and tomorrow we’ll be catching you up on all the action from beginning of the week. SCOOP 15 Mid ($82) saw a 30 hour marathon NLHE Ante Up event come to a close with a four way deal. 1,794 players had started, 234 got...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
Yesterday saw a Finnish truck driver, playing on a mobile phone, see off stiff competition at the final table of SCOOP 08 High to make the most money from deal done by the final five players. The $1050 buy in event ran over two days, and had a $1,000,000 guaranteed...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
The monster that is SCOOP 2013 is rolling on, giving PokerStars the chance to hand out some very nice watches to some very interesting poker players. Yesterday saw the culmination of the 2-day SCOOP 03 (6-Max Action hour 2-Day), and the High ($530 rebuy) tournament...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
The Spring Championship Of Online Poker started on Sunday, and we already have 2 days of information to catch you up with. The SCOOP format is the same as last year, with each Event having a Low, Mid and High buy in tournament. SCOOP 01 High (6-Max NLHE) was won by...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 19, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
Today, PokerStars have released the final version of the schedule for SCOOP 2013. It includes the now expected unique 3 tier system we all know and love. All the events have Low, Medium and High versions, and range from $5.50 all the way through to a massive $21,000....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 27, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
PokerStars have announced the first draft of the schedule for the 2013 Spring Championship Of Online Poker. With 42 events it’s 2 events bigger than the 2012 schedule, and has some interesting changes from last year’s line up. The event is planned to run...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 21, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
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...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 21, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
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...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 21, 2012 | Poker News, SCOOP
PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker continues in full force and with the end in site many players are even more desperate to try and grab a SCOOP title as well as that PokerStars wristwatch. Event # 33 was a 1rebuy 1addon tournament that was jam...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 20, 2012 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
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...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 17, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
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,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2012 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
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....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2012 | Poker News, SCOOP
PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker or SCOOP is in full swing with many players vying for the top prize and that wrist watch. Here is a recap of what went down in Event # 20. Event #20 was a two day event that featured a High ($2,100), Medium ($215) and a...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2012 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
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...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2012 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
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...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
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...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 10, 2012 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
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....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 10, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
Event #8 of the 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has concluded after many hours of play. This event was the “SuperKnockout” event, which featured a very large bounty on each player’s head. Most bounty/knockout tournaments put a small,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 9, 2012 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
Viktor Blom aka Isildur1 has been absolutely dominating the PokerStars SCOOP tournaments so far. Isildur1 began this hot streak by first winning the SCOOP-02-M $215 9 max for $247,200. He beat out RaisingRay91 with AJ against Ray’s K8s to claim the title,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 9, 2012 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
A trio of winners took home first place in the seventh event of PokerStars' Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP).
by FTR Poker Admin | May 7, 2012 | Poker News, SCOOP
The 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker is underway. SCOOP 2012 kicked off yesterday afternoon with two huge events. With so many players entering each event, the tournaments themselves could not be relegated to just one day of play. After a long grind yesterday,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 25, 2011 | Poker News, SCOOP
SCOOP #31 High Buy-In Canadian player Gambit360 won the high stakes SCOOP #31 event winning $160,000 cash money. 151 players entered the $2,100 buy-in tournament for a total prize pool of $696,000, smashing the $400,000 guarantee. The tournament featured 1 rebuy in...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 24, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
PokerStars has continued to uphold and improve its reputation as the home of online tournament poker over the last couple of weeks as players from around the world have been competing against each other in the Spring Championship of Online Poker. Although player...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 20, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The SCOOP has been entertaining players and railboards for a couple of weeks now. Event 22 has a nice change of pace than what most people have ever played before. Instead of the usual Full Ring or 6-handed games, this tournament had four players at maximum per table....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
Check out our recap of the top finishers from SCOOP Events 16,19, and 20.
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2011 | Poker News, SCOOP
The Spring Championship of Online Poker 2011 has been exciting thus far. Events 12, 13, and 15 were certainly no exception. These events, as with all SCOOP events, were played in three tiers: low, medium, and high. This gave all players of any sized bankroll a chance...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The poker landscape may have altered drastically since the last time PokerStars rolled out the tournament red carpet, but that hasn’t stopped them from presenting the very latest Spring Championship of Online Poker. Although U.S. players were noticeably absent,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2011 | Poker News, SCOOP
The 2011 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker is off to an incredible start. Even the removal of American players from the world’s largest poker site has not stopped this year’s SCOOP from once again being a premier online tournament series....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 9, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The 2011 Spring Championship is just around the corner! With nearly 40 events with 3 buy-in levels each, the 2011 SCOOP is sure to be the biggest and best yet. Each and every year the world’s leading online poker site, PokerStars, runs two majors tournament...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
It's one of the biggest events in the online poker world, with prizes so rich that it takes a full two days to dole them out. It's the annual Spring Championship of Online Poker's Main Event, and it's made more than one player rich beyond their imagining.
by FTR Poker Admin | May 17, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
Nearly 1000 runners paid a hefty buy-in of $2100 to compete in the high orbit of SCOOP Event 37. The game was the Cadillac of poker: No Limit Hold ‘Em. The eventual champion was Taknapotin. He battled through a tough field to claim just over $230,000. The final...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 17, 2010 | Poker News, SCOOP
The 2010 PokerStars Spring Championships of Online Poker is drawing to a close, with the remaining Main Event contenders currently preparing for the start of Day 2. As the grand finale was getting underway, the last few one-on-one battles of Event #35 were being...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
After an epic tournament that rolled on late into the night, poker pro Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul came from behind to win SCOOP 2010 Event 31 for nearly $191K after agreeing to a deal with only three players remaining. The event, a 1 Rebuy 1 Add-on No Limit...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
About 350 of the highest rollers ponied up $1050 for SCOOP Event 23 H, NLHE with rebuys. In the end, mistakooll took it down for nearly $250,000. His road the to the championship was not easy. Online poker legend Isaac Baron, aka westmenloAA, finished in 18th place....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2010 | Poker News, SCOOP
Players of all skills looked forward to Event 28 of this year’s SCOOP as rebuy events have become increasingly popular over the years. As usual there were 3 buy-ins for this event: a $10 rebuy for the low stakes players, $100 rebuy for the medium stake players, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2010 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
In what turned out be one of the best-attended events in this year's Spring Championship of Online Poker, three players walked away with some major cash. All told, 21,526 players showed up for the trio of events, with nearly $1.5 million on the line. Check out the results for each below:
by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The PokerStars SCOOP 2010 Event #20 is in the books! Many dreams came true, and others got shattered, in what was an awesome display of tournament magnificence. As we know, each SCOOP event is broken down into 3 tourneys, with each one catering to a different audience...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
Many players enjoy playing six-max tables over full-ring. There are more chances to raise as players are in position more often. Marginal hands increase in value as does the action from all players. However, some players just don’t feel six-max is loose enough. These...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 10, 2010 | Poker News, SCOOP
Anyone who’s read The Godfather of Poker (Doyle Brunson’s autobiography) will know that poker games can sometimes result in genuine gun fights. Most of the time though, a poker shootout means a special kind multi-table tournament. That’s the way it was in Event #16 at...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 10, 2010 | SCOOP
The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker reached the half-way mark this weekend as the tournament series hit Event #19 of 38 with the No-Limit Hold’em “Big Ante” event. For those unfamiliar with these special ante tournaments the ante is in...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 8, 2010 | Poker News, SCOOP
To say that the Ante Up format is different would be an understatement. While it’s played in the familiar game of No Limit Hold Em, players have to adjust to the blinds always remaining at 5/5 with the antes raising each level. It’s a relatively new format that can be...
by carlcarlsoniv | May 8, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
With over 1.8 million dollars in its total prize pool, PokerStars’ SCOOP Event 15 ended with big wins for Peter “Belabacsi” Tarply who won the high stakes pool for $196,080, AMBlues19 who won the mid stakes for $89,065, and ricardo4473 who won the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 7, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker has been in full swing for several days now, and few events have matched the quality of play and prizes found in Event 12. Made up of three separate tournaments, there were nearly 20,000 participants combined. Here are the results of each of the trio of tourneys.
by FTR Poker Admin | May 6, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
Almost 25,000 players formed combined prize pools of nearly $2,000,000 in the 2010 SCOOP Event 8. Over 1,100 players entered SCOOP 8 High, a $1050 NLHE event. It took nearly a day to decide the winner, but in the end, poker force BrynKenney came out on top. BrynKenney...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 5, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
PokerStars’ SCOOP Event 7 is one of the most exciting events in this season’s series of online poker tournaments. Event 7 was the first of many No Limit Holdem Heads-up tournaments. Players went at it in what is said to be the purest form of poker, heads-up. Unlike at...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 5, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The PokerStars SCOOP 2010 Event #3 is in the books! Many dreams came true, and others got shattered, in what was an awesome display of tournament magnificence. As we know, each SCOOP event is broken down into 3 tourneys, with each one catering to a different audience...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 4, 2010 | Poker News, SCOOP
The sun is peeking out from behind the clouds and the trees are in blossom once again. This can mean only one thing: it’s time for the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker. After a successful debut last year, the SCOOP returns in 2010 with millions in...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 3, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
As the Full Tilt Online Poker Series comes to an end this weekend, another series begins. The world’s largest online poker site, PokerStars.com, is hosting their 2nd annual Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) from May 2nd through the 16th. The tournament...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 30, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
PokerStars’ second annual Spring Championship of Online Poker, or SCOOP, is coming soon and PokerStars is kicking it off in style. They are giving their players a bonus matching their reload for 20% up to $100, C$100, €75, or £65. This translates to extra money to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 14, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
Sunday 12th April saw the beginning of Event 22 of SCOOP, the long awaited Main Event. There were 3 events, low, medium and high as normal. Event #22 low certainly drew a crowd with 18,747 players entering. Those thousands created a massive prize pool of $1,874,700...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 13, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
21-L SCOOP event 21-L can easily be cataloged as a who’s who in online HU play. 1550 of the very best players online duked it out in this HU shootout tournament. The field was large, but this was definitely not an indication of an easy ride for tough players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 12, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker is down to its final day after the completion of Event 20. This event was a fixed limit, 6-max Hold’em tournament, with starting stack sizes of 5,000 chips and 15 minute blinds. Once again there were three...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 11, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The first ever Poker Stars Spring Championships of Online Poker is drawing close to its triumphant conclusion. The series has been very well attended so far, and that continued to be true of Event #17, which concluded early this morning. It was a No Limit Hold ‘em...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 9, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
April 8th saw a huge turnout for PokerStars’ Event 14 of the Spring Championship of Online Poker. Event 14 was set up as a No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 6-max tables. In accordance with all other events for SCOOP, three tournaments made up the event ...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 8, 2009 | Poker News, SCOOP
Event 10 of the Spring Championship of Online Poker, known as SCOOP, has concluded. This event was NL Hold’em Heads Up Match Play. There were 3 events with different buy-ins. Low, Medium and High. $16.50, $162 and $1,575 respectively. All events passed their...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 8, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
Event 11 of the Spring Championship of Online Poker, known as SCOOP, has concluded. This special Mixed-Hold’em 6max Event alternated between Limit Hold’em and No-Limit Hold’em on each blind/level change. For those unaware, the SCOOP is a special...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 7, 2009 | Poker News, SCOOP
The last two days saw the first 2 day event of the SCOOP series. Event 10 was a single freezeout. The small event eclipsed the $250,000 garanteed by PokerStars. 20,353 entered making a massive $610,590.00 prize pool. 4,500 players walked away with some money for their...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 5, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
Okay guys, here I am presenting you a tournament recap for all 3 SCOOP Event 5s, both in the low buy-in spectrum, medium buy-in spectrum, and high buy-in spectrum. Event 5 is special, because it was a shootout event. A shootout event is just like a SNG, where the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The first ever PokerStars Summer Championships of Online Poker began on Thursday with the first of its innovative three-tier tournaments. In an attempt to make these large online festivals accessible to everyone, every event has three versions at three different...
