SCOOP 2020 Day 24: Leonard, Nitsche Win Titles Ahead of Big Sunday

Yori Epskamp Senior Content Manager

May 24, 2020 4 min read

The 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars is now in overtime and another massive Sunday lies ahead for the grinders. Before we move on to Sunday, let's check out who were among the big winners on Saturday night.

While the PokerNews live reporting took a rare night off before the big Sunday tournaments, several notables racked up a SCOOP win including Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, who won his second title of 2020 and third overall in SCOOP-93-H: $215+R NLHE [8-Max, Turbo] for $41,809.

Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche was also among the ones to lift a trophy on Saturday night, topping a 956-player field in SCOOP 87-H: $530 NLHE for $82,365.

Meanwhile, the large Twitch-audience of Lex Veldhuis can prepare themselves for another big Sunday as the PokerStars ambassador will be back on Day 2 of the Afternoon Deep Stack.

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Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche Captures First SCOOP Title in SCOOP 87-H: $530 NLHE

Entries	956
Prize Pool	$500,000
Winner	Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche (Germany)
First-place prize	$82,365

Dominik Nitsche — Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche

Despite having an eye-popping poker resum�� with more than $18,000,000 in lifetime cashes on the live felt (according to The Hendon Mob) and almost $5,000,000 under his moniker "Bounatirou" on PokerStars, Dominik Nitsche had never won a SCOOP title until last night. The 29-year old German juggernaut reigned supreme in SCOOP 87-H: $530 NLHE, topping a field of 956 entries that kept the prize pool just below of the guaranteed $500,000.

Streamer Michiel "Easterdamn" Van Elsacker finished fourth in this tournament and won $29,834.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche	United Kingdom	$82,365
2	"Geokarak"	Greece	$58,713
3	Tudor "tdr01" Lazar	Belgium	$41,853
4	Michiel "Easterdamn" Van Elsacker	Belgium	$29,834
5	Sektor17	Finland	$21,267
6	"RUMUKULUS"	Germany	$15,160
7	"boerni21"	Hungary	$10,806
8	"PSMozak"	Bulgaria	$7,703
9	"MarioKJ"	Austria	$5,491

Other Day 24 Results

It was a relatively quiet day at the tables with nine new champions crowned. Take a look at the results from Day 24 below.

SCOOP 87-L: $5,50 NLHE

Entries	29,746
Prize Pool	$145,755
Winner	Hieucbvn96 (Vietnam)
First-place prize	$11,463

SCOOP 87-M: $55 NLHE

Entries	8,782
Prize Pool	$439,100
Winner	eagletore69 (Luxembourg)
First-place prize	$48,285

SCOOP 88-L: $5.50 Fusion [6-Max]

Entries	4,094
Prize Pool	$20,061
Winner	shuriken555 (Germany)
First-place prize	$2,491

SCOOP 88-M: $550 Fusion [6-Max]

Entries	932
Prize Pool	$46,600
Winner	dpsd05 (Netherlands)
First-place prize	$7,677

SCOOP 88-H: $550 Fusion [6-Max]

Entries	139
Prize Pool	$100,000
Winner	bob43155 (Mexico)
First-place prize	$19,945

SCOOP 93-L: $2.20+R NLHE [8-Max, Turbo Rebuy]

Entries	10,609
Prize Pool	$60,078
Winner	NeptuneProject (United Kingdom)
First-place prize	$6,727

SCOOP 93-M: $22+R NLHE [8-Max, Turbo Rebuy]

Entries	4,111
Prize Pool	$195,240
Winner	judgedredd13 (United Kingdom)
First-place prize	$27,881

SCOOP 93-H: $215+R NLHE [8-Max, Turbo Rebuy]

Entries	460
Prize Pool	$232,841
Winner	Patrick "pads1161" Leonard (United Kingdom)
First-place prize	$41,809

Patrick Leonard — Patrick "pads1161" Leonard

The late-night SCOOP 93-H: $215+R NLHE [8-Max, Turbo Rebuy] ended with Patrick "pads1161" Leonard winning all the chips. Leonard received $41,809 and notched his second SCOOP 2020 title �� third title overall �� with the victory. Andras "probirs" Nemeth, Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan, and Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis were also at the final table.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	United Kingdom	$41,809
2	julioassp	Netherlands	$30,125
3	88UG8OSS	United Kingdom	$21,707
4	Andras "probirs" Nemeth	Hungary	$15,641
5	Nelisschuif7	Malta	$11,270
6	Artur "marathur1" Martirosyan	Russia	$8,121
7	MiracleQ	Russia	$5,851
8	Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis	Mexico	$4,216
9	Robin "robinho" Ylitalo	Sweden	$3,539

In-Play Events

Nine SCOOP events are in-play and will resume on Sunday.

SCOOP 90-L: $5.50 NLHE [8-Max, Afternoon Deep Stack]

Entries	17,186
Players left	295
Prize Pool	$84,211
Chip leader	hinarey (Lebanon)
First-place prize	$9,005

SCOOP 90-M: $55 NLHE [8-Max, Afternoon Deep Stack]

Entries	5,792
Players left	176
Prize Pool	$289,600
Chip leader	Goronk0r (Canada)
First-place prize	$41,168

SCOOP 90-H: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Afternoon Deep Stack]

Entries	734
Players left	50
Prize Pool	$62,273
Chip leader	FreeLancerZZ (Malta)
First-place prize	$62,273

Lex Veldhuis is among the final 50 players but will return as one of the shortest stacks.

SCOOP 91-L: $11 NLHE [Progressive KO]

Entries	36,583
Players left	384
Prize Pool	$358,513
Chip leader	Ioannis Milan (Greece)
First-place prize	$14,692

SCOOP 91-M: $109 NLHE [Progressive KO]

Entries	9,262
Players left	296
Prize Pool	$926,200
Chip leader	TrumpTT13 (Ukraine)
First-place prize	$54,514

SCOOP 91-H: $1,050 NLHE [Progressive KO]

Entries	793
Players left	42
Prize Pool	$793,000
Chip leader	WizardOffAz (Brazil)
First-place prize	$58,126

SCOOP 92-L: $5.50 HORSE

Entries	4,167
Players left	106
Prize Pool	$20,418
Chip leader	servuscol (United Kingdom)
First-place prize	$3,270

SCOOP 92-M: $55 HORSE

Entries	1,173
Players left	89
Prize Pool	$58,650
Chip leader	MariaPLO8 (Russia)
First-place prize	$10,323

SCOOP 92-M: $530 HORSE

Entries	223
Players left	25
Prize Pool	$111,500
Chip leader	Chrosty (Finland)
First-place prize	$22,579

Events Scheduled on May 24

It's another huge Sunday at PokerStars, with both the SCOOP going into overtime as well as some of the regular tournaments returning to the schedule, including the $109 Sunday Million at 5 p.m. GMT. The second chance No-Limit Hold'em events will also kick off at 5 p.m. GMT and are scheduled to last four days. The PLO Main Event second chances start at 6:15 p.m. GMT and will be three-day events.

Check out the full SCOOP program for Sunday May 24 below!

Time (EDT)	Time (GMT)	Tournament	Guarantee
8:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.	SCOOP-94-L: $5.50 NLHE [Mini Sunday Kickoff SE]	$75,000
8:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.	SCOOP-94-M: $55 NLHE [Sunday Kickoff SE]	$250,000
8:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.	SCOOP-94-H: $530 NLHE	$350,000
10:30 a.m.	2:30 p.m.	SCOOP-95-L: $11 NLHE [Progressive KO]	$150,000
10:30 a.m.	2:30 p.m.	SCOOP-95-M: $109 NLHE [Progressive KO, Sunday Warm-up SE]	$500,000
10:30 a.m.	2:30 p.m.	SCOOP-95-H: $1,050 NLHE [Progressive KO, Sunday Warm-up SE]	$500,000
1:00 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	SCOOP-96-L: $55 NLHE [Main Event 2nd Chance]	$1,000,000
1:00 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	SCOOP-96-M: $530 NLHE [Main Event 2nd Chance]	$1,500,000
1:00 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	SCOOP-96-H: $5,200 NLHE [Main Event 2nd Chance]	$1,500,000
2:15 p.m.	6:15 p.m.	SCOOP-97-L: $55 PLO [Main Event 2nd Chance]	$150,000
2:15 p.m.	6:15 p.m.	SCOOP-97-M: $55 PLO [Main Event 2nd Chance]	$300,000
2:15 p.m.	6:15 p.m.	SCOOP-97-H: $530 PLO [Main Event 2nd Chance]	$750,000
5:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	SCOOP-98-L: $5.50 [Turbo, Progressive KO, Mini Sunday Cooldown SE]	$60,000
5:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	SCOOP-98-M: $55 [Turbo, Progressive KO, Sunday Cooldown SE]	$200,000
5:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	SCOOP-98-H: $530 [Turbo, Progressive KO, Sunday Cooldown SE]	$500,000

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Yori Epskamp Senior Content Manager

A former professional poker player with a background in sports marketing and journalism. Yori has been a part of PokerNews since 2016 and manages the content team.

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