As I'm sure you're all aware, the SCOOP online festival is underway these days, running from May 5 to May 29, and will give away a total of $75 million in guarantees across 128 tournaments.
We certainly don't need to introduce you to the name of Dutch professional poker player and streamer Lex Veldhuis, so we won't, and we'll get straight to the highlights.
First SCOOP title for Veldhuis
Lex Veldhuis has a lot of successes and wins to his name, but the SCOOP series was the one he was missing. But not only that, Lex didn't have a single title from any COOP festival. But that changed a few days ago.
On Sunday, Lex blasted his way to the final table of the SCOOP 41-H: $5,200 NLHE Titans, a 128-entry, $640,000 prizepool event where a $140,278.96 payday awaited the winner.
The final table was made up of world-class players, with opponents including names like Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski, Kahle "ROFLshove" Burns, Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard and the successful Hungarian player "Wildace_hun".
However, Lex was able to handle his opponents, defeating even the player with the nickname "Nacho12441" in the short final heads-up match to become the new SCOOP champion. This success was followed by Lex's huge burst of joy. You can watch his entire journey through the final table in the attached video.
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis | Netherlands | 140,279$ |
| 2 | "Nacho12441" | Dominican Republic | 108,687$ |
| 3 | Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski | Brazil | 84,210$ |
| 4 | "Wildace_hun" | Hungary | 65,245$ |
| 5 | "RomeOpro" | Ukraine | 50,551$ |
| 6 | Kahle "ROFLshove" Burns | United Kingdom | 39,167$ |
| 7 | "hello_totti" | Mexico | 30,346$ |
| 8 | Patrick "pads1161" Leonard | United Kingdom | 23,512$ |
| 9 | "kirbyl0ve" | Switzerland | 18,630$ |
Two titles in three hours
If the name Matthew "stumpfed" Stumpf doesn't ring a bell, it surely will after today's article. On Monday, this Canadian player reminded everyone why he is one of the most feared players online. Stumpf won not just one, but two High SCOOP tournaments for a total of $121,255. And he did it all in just three hours!
But let's take it one step at a time. The first tournament we'll look at is SCOOP 43-H: $1,050 NLHE [6-Max] with 465 entries and a prizepool of $465,000. Names like Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin, Damian "pampa27" Salas, and Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi sat on the final table here along with Matthew. However, none of these players could stop Matthew Stumpf, and so he took the title and the $83,002 bounty with it.
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew "stumpfed" Stumpf | Canada | $83,002 |
| 2 | Joelauson7 | United Kingdom | $59,595 |
| 3 | Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin | Canada | $42,789 |
| 4 | Damian "pampa27" Salas | Argentina | $30,722 |
| 5 | Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi | United Kingdom | $22,059 |
| 6 | WhatIfGod | Sweden | $15,838 |
On top of that, Stumpf found himself at another final table within three hours, this time in the SCOOP 49-H: $1,050 NLHE [Turbo, PKO, Daily Cooldown] with 183 entries and a $200,000 guarantee that went unfulfilled.
Here, $19,077 plus bounties awaited the winner and runner-up. This final table didn't have a dull line-up either, featuring names like Bruno "great dant" Volkmann, Jans "Graftekkel" Arends, Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii and Jonathan "Proudflop" Proudfoot. Stumpf was not lost at this table and also emerged champion, earning a total reward of $38,252 in addition to his second title. Congratulations!
| Place | Name | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew "stumpfed" Stumpf | Canada | $19,175 | $19,077 | $38,252 |
| 2 | Bruno "great dant" Volkmann | Brazil | $3,895 | $19,077 | $22,972 |
| 3 | nikolai4o0o0 | Bulgaria | $6,289 | $12,848 | $19,137 |
| 4 | Jans "Graftekkel" Arends | Netherlands | $2,719 | $9,927 | $12,646 |
| 5 | Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii | Slovenia | $3,563 | $7,670 | $11,233 |
| 6 | Domenico "ziototo94" Gala | Malta | $2,063 | $5,926 | $7,989 |
| 7 | Jonathan "Proudflop" Proudfoot | Ireland | $1,188 | $4,578 | $5,766 |
| 8 | Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz | Brazil | $1,625 | $3,537 | $5,162 |
| 9 | 000000000136 | Brazil | $2,703 | $2,902 | $5,605 |
Source - PS, Pokernews, Poker.org, Youtube, Tomas Stacha
