PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Event 14 $530 action and results.
When the original SCOOP schedule was released, the medium-stakes version of Event #14, 6-max No Limit Hold'em, sported a $500,000 guarantee.
But by the time late registration had closed today, a crowd of 1,714 players had signed up to build a prize pool worth $857,000.
Among those in attendance were a number of Team PokerStars Pro players. While Chad Brown, Dario Minieri, Gavin Griffin, Marcin Horecki, Ivan Demidov, Peter Eastgate, Hevad Khan, and Vicky Coren left without any cash, their teammates Vanessa Rousso (94th place) and William Thorson (116th) did collect some money for their time. 2008 WSOP Main Event final tablist and Friend of PokerStars Darus Suharto also managed a money finish in 194th place. Other notable players to cash included steamraise (40th), iMsoLucky0 (51st), MrSmokey1 (77th), and thedonator (107th).
In a 6-max game aggression is the key to victory. Roach11 caught good cards at the right time and took advantage of the situation to apply pressure his opponents. As a result he's the newest SCOOP champion, taking home a champion's watch and $134,977.50 for the win.
Final table results for SCOOP Event #14, medium
1. Roach11 - $134,977.50
2. Unst0pab13 - $100,697.50
3. gavz101 - $74,987.50
4. thorladen - $49,277.50
5. charder30 - $33,594.40
6. doncarignano - $19,196.80
SCOOP is still going on – qualify, register and play here at PokerStars.