2017 PokerStars SCOOP Day 1: Cards in the Air

Anthony Charter

May 08, 2017 2 min read

Though the 2017 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has been running for a week, Sunday truly marked the beginning of the largest series guarantee in online poker history.

From April 30 to May 23, PokerStars is offering up $55 million in guarantees over 57 events. That's over $15 million more than SCOOP 2016.

SCOOP-1, a Phase structure event, has been running since April 30. Phase 1s will continue until the final days of the series where players who have survived a Phase 1 will gather to play for massive prize pools in the Phase 2 step. Through the three buy-in levels that SCOOP offers for each event, players will play for $1 million, $1.5 million, and $5 million prize pools on May 21.

The series kicked it into overdrive on Sunday featuring the start of five events, and with that, 15 different tournaments. Some of Sunday��s headline events included SCOOP-03-H: $2,100 Progressive KO, SCOOP-04-M: Sunday Million SE and SCOOP-04-H, all boasting a guarantee of $1 million.

With all the action on Sunday, none of the events crowned a champion. All 15 tournaments played were two-day structures, though some did reach a final table. Brazil��s ��v1garista�� leads the final nine players in SCOOP-02-M with fellow countryman ��JJUCIFER��. More impressive, maybe, ��JJUCIFER�� is also at the final table of SCOOP-02-L. Playing out of Malta, ��hurrrrican3�� leads the final seven players in SCOOP-02-H.

Fedor ��CrownUpGuy�� Holz is making a charge in SCOOP-05-H finishing Day 1 with the chip lead. Players in the $2,100 PLO Sunday Grand Special Edition are in the money with 32 remaining and chasing a $170,000 top prize.

Each of the events will play down to a winner on Monday. Also on the slate for Monday are the next four events, including an NL Omaha Hi/Lo event and a H.O.R.S.E. event.

Day 1 SCOOP Events

Event	Buy-In	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize
#2 NLHE-L	$11	$137,060	N/A	N/A
#2 NLHE-M Sunday Kick-Off SE	$109	$435,500	N/A	N/A
#2 NLHE-H	$1,050	$749,000	N/A	N/A

#3 NLHE Progressive KO-L	$27	$442,440.10	N/A	N/A
#3 NLHE Progressive KO-M	$215	$1,039,200	N/A	N/A
#3 NLHE Progressive KO-H	$2,100	$1,400,000	N/A	N/A

#4 NLHE-L	$27	$327,300.60	N/A	N/A
#4 NLHE-M Sunday Million SE	$215	$1,350,800	N/A	N/A
#4 NLHE-H	$2,100	$1,504,000	N/A	N/A

#5 PLO-L	$27	$159,206.75	N/A	N/A
#5 PLO-M	$215	$387,800	N/A	N/A
#5 PLO-H Sunday Grand SE	$2,100	$850,000	N/A	N/A

#6 NLHE-L	$11	$101,280	N/A	N/A
#6 NLHE-M	$109	$380,100	N/A	N/A
#6 NLHE-H	$1,050	$926,000	N/A	N/A