May 5, 2018
PokerStars tenth annual Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) starts this Sunday and runs for 15 days, with the online poker provider promising the biggest yet guarantee for any PokerStars series with a $65 million overall guarantee as well as $150,000 in Platinum Passes to the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) in The […]
April 20, 2018
PokerStars has continued its shared player pool success with the debut Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) for France and Spain, which the company reports surpassed its record-breaking Euro 10 million guarantee in shared liquidity markets by more than Euro 1.7million, reaching Euro 11,768,035. The series ran from March 25-April 9 and attracted more than […]
April 5, 2018
The tenth annual Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) makes a return to PokerStars from May 6-21, 2018 with at least one $1 million guaranteed tournament per day, with the action pitched at three levels (Low, Medium and High), with buy-ins ranging from $2.20 to $25,000. “It is an honour to celebrate 10 years of […]
May 25, 2017
Amaya Inc.’s PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has reached a series of all-time-high’s with the total prize pool of $93.8 million surpassing its original $55 million series guarantee. Interesting take aways as the 2017 series winds down include: Total prize pool of $93.8 million exceeded last year’s $91 million prize pool. The Main […]
May 24, 2017
UK poker pro Charlie “Epiphany77” Carrel has walked away with a $1,200,899.97 prize having won the Spring Championship of Online Poker(SCOOP) – $10,300 NLHE Main Event. Defeating a field of 574 entries and 119 re-entries that generated a prize pool of $6,930,000, Carrel entered the main event final the lowest in chips but emerged victorious […]
May 23, 2017
Amaya Inc’s PokerStars reported a new online poker tournament high this past Sunday, achieving record-breaking total prize pools of more than $39 million in a single day, almost 40 percent more than the $28 million guarantee. The Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) events delivered more than $29.5 million in prize pools and the High […]
April 27, 2017
This year’s Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is just around the corner, commencing on April 30 with PokerStars’ biggest ever-online series guarantee of $55 million. SCOOP has teamed up with PokerStars Makes Millionaires to guarantee that two players will walk away from the series as millionaires. The first week of the series (April 30 […]
March 28, 2017
There’s a packed schedule in planning for the next Pokerstars Spring Championship of Online Poker, which will feature 57 events and run from April 30 to May 23 this year. SCOOP 2017 is set to be the largest guaranteed PokerStars series with a guaranteed prize pool of $55 million enticing both professional and recreational poker […]
May 25, 2016
Talal Shakerchi (53), a hedge fund manager from Britain, is $1,468,001 wealthier today after taking down the 2016 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker $410,000 buy-in NLHE main event, besting a field of 824 entries to do so. The $4 million guarantee on the prize pool was easily doubled by entries and re-entries, making it […]
May 25, 2016
PokerStars’ 2016 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) claims a series of All Time Highs and the world record for richest ever online poker series. Held over the past 17 days, the total prize pool of $90,984,283.44 across 56 events crushed the previous record of $81,222,158.66, set during SCOOP 2014, by nearly $10 million. All […]