Leonard and Chew Shine in SCOOP Mystery Bounties; Double Delight for Kerber

Calum Grant Editor & Live Reporter

May 17, 2024 5 min read Last updated May 22, 2024

Plenty more card-playing action took place on the virtual felts for the 2024 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) on PokerStars yesterday, with several poker variants taking centre stage.

Champions were crowned in Razz, Mystery Bounty, and Fixed Limit Hold'em events, which saw some familiar faces add to their legacies while Team Lex continued to dominate the inaugural SCOOP League.

So, sit back, grab a cup of coffee and check out these latest SCOOP highlights.

Eighth SCOOP Title for Leonard

Patrick "pads1161" Leonard is the latest name to enter the eight-time SCOOP winners club after tasting triumph in SCOOP 59-M: $530 NLHE [Wednesday Mystery]. The Brit joined Ole "wizowizo" Schemion and Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson as the only other players with eight titles, with only luminaries such as Niklas "Lena900" Astedt (nine titles), Andrey "Premove" Skvortsov, Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser and Calvin "cal42688" Anderson (ten titles) having more.

Leonard's SCOOP Titles

Year	Event	Entries	Payout (USD)
2024	SCOOP 59-M: $530 NLHE [Wednesday Mystery], $250K Gtd	724	$35,639
2023	SCOOP 75-H: $5 200 NLHE [8-Max Progressive KO Titans]	154	$197,117
2022	SCOOP 47-H: $530 6+ Hold'em [8-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO], $50K Gtd	105	$12,583
2021	SCOOP 57-H: $1,050 NLHE Afternoon Deep Stack, $250K Gtd	324	$60,953
2021	SCOOP 64-H: $5,200 NLHE PKO, Sunday HR SE, $850K Gtd	255	$257,957
2020	SCOOP 53-H: $2,100 PLO8 [6-Max], $200K Gtd	117	$52,606
2020	SCOOP 93-H: $215+R NLHE [8-Max, Turbo, Rebuy], $200K Gtd	460	$41,809
2017	SCOOP-20M: $215 PLO [Heads-Up]	512	$18,567

Leonard added the extra notch to his belt, defeating "Alister307" in a very one-sided heads-up battle that awarded him the $26,322 up top. In addition to his $9,317 bounty prize, Leonard's final payout reached $35,639.

Despite that, "Alister307" was actually the big winner on the day, thanks to pulling the top mystery bounty prize of $25,000. In the end, their total prize came out to $48,998, which was $13,000 more than what Leonard received.

Overall, the event attracted 724 entries, creating a $362,000 prize pool that smashed the $250,000 guarantee. Several PokerStars ambassadors were also in contention. Lex Veldhuis narrowly missed out on the final table, bowing out in 11th place for $5,488 after Benjamin Spragg finished in 40th for $834.

Laurie Tournier, Sebastian Huber, Parker Talbot and Fintan Hand found themselves on the wrong side of the rail ahead of the money bubble.

SCOOP 59-M: $530 NLHE [Wednesday Mystery] Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Bounty	Prize	Total
1	Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	United Kingdom	$9,317	$26,322	$35,639
2	Alister307	Belarus	$28,958	$20,040	$48,998
3	SSchranck	United Kingdom	$12,167	$15,258	$27,425
4	Blaz 'Scarmak3r' Zerjav	Slovenia	$2,508	$11,617	$14,125
5	Samuel "�urop�an" Vousden	Finland	$1,075	$8,844	$9,919
6	Cesar1no	Malta	$5,000	$6,734	$11,734
7	FelipeAA23	Brazil	$10,375	$5,127	$15,502
8	babygabriiel	Brazil	$8,225	$3,903	$12,128
9	kirill1845	Belarus	$5,375	$2,972	$8,347

Memorable Night for Chew and "Klopp4zeKop"

In the high version of the Wednesday Mystery Bounty, which came with a $2,100 buy-in, Stevan "random_chu" Chew topped the 144 entry-field for his maiden SCOOP win. The Australian denied Jans "Graftekkel" Arends a fourth title after coming out on top in their heads-up duel. Chew added $50,751 to his bankroll while Arends took home $30,390.

Similar to the Medium edition, the Mystery Bounty prizes had a significant influence on who won the most money. Malta's "Klopp4zeKop" binked the $30,000 envelope, making up for half of the $60,000 he collected in bounties. His fourth-place result produced a $73,527 payout, the largest SCOOP prize of the day.

SCOOP 59-H: $2,100 NLHE [Wednesday Mystery] Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Bounty	Prize	Total
1	Stevan "random_chu" Chew	Australia	$24,167	$26,584	$50,751
2	Jans "Graftekkel" Arends	Netherlands	$9,167	$21,223	$30,390
3	aminolast	Canada	$42,500	$16,944	$59,444
4	Klopp4zeKop	Malta	$60,000	$13,527	$73,527
5	avr0ra	Thailand		$10,800.	$10,800
6	Dominykas "Mikensonas" Mikolaitis	Lithuania		$8,622	$8,622
7	Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	Austria	$9,167	$6,884	$16,051
8	Jonathan "Proudflop" Proudfoot	Ireland		$5,496	$5,496
9	Kelvin "Kelvin_FP:AR" Kerber	Brazil	$5,000	$4,388	$9,388

Smiljkovic Leads the $10,300 Thursday Thrill PKO

SCOOP 65-H: $10,300 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill High Roller] was the most expensive buy-in event that ran, although it has yet to reach its conclusion.

Leading the way is high roller Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic, who has the chip lead on the nine-handed final table, that features notables such as Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz and Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky.

An $80,237 prize awaits first and second place, plus any additional bounties that are picked up along the way.

Final Table Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Bounty	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic	Austria	$23,125	1,613,421	115
2	spud989	United Kingdom	$28,906	1,425,798	102
3	Succeeed	Austria	$13,750	868,999	62
4	flerrehuve	Sweden	$5,000	758,238	54
5	AchoBogdanov	Bulgaria	$8,750	649,470	46
6	starwins :)	Denmark	$5,000	563,569	40
7	Eccentric_BG	Bulgaria	-	489,841	35
8	Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz	Brazil	$2,500	287,464	21
9	Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky	Ukraine	-	143,200	10

Kerber's Two Wins Not Enough for Team Spraggy

In a stunning performance in the Fixed Limit Hold'em streets, Team Spraggy pick Kelvin "Kelvin_FP:AR" Kerber bagged his fifth and sixth SCOOP titles after taking down SCOOP 64-M: $109 FLHE [6-Max], and SCOOP 64-H: $530 FLHE [6-Max].

The two victories paid out a combined score of $11,057, which boosted his daily tally to over $20,000 after his ninth-place finish in the High Mystery Bounty event netted him a further $9,388.

Despite this, Kerber's efforts were insufficient to lessen the deficit between Team Spraggy and Team Lex.

Thanks to Jerry "perrymejsen" Odeen getting his seventh SCOOP accolade in SCOOP 60-M: $109 Razz and Leonard's Mystery Bounty win, Team Lex increased the gap by a further 185 points.

Team Tonkaaa and Team Fintan continue to trail behind and will need their horses to hit a canter for any hopes of coming out on top.

Team	Points	Change
Lex	7,880	+1,190
Spraggy	6,225	+1,005
Tonkaaaa	3,835	+385
Fintan	3,225	+340

SCOOP Results from Thursday, May 16

Event	Field	Prize Pool	Winner	Payout
SCOOP 59-L: $109 NLHE [Wednesday Mystery], $325K Gtd	4,484	$224,200	upstrick77	$25,329*
SCOOP 59-M: $530 NLHE [Wednesday Mystery], $250K Gtd	724	$362,000	Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	$35,639*
SCOOP 59-H: $2,100 NLHE [Wednesday Mystery], $300K Gtd	144	$300,000	Stevan "random_chu" Chew	$50,751*
SCOOP 60-M: $109 Razz, $20K Gtd	285	$28,500	Jerry "Perrymejsen" Odeen	$5,400
SCOOP 60-H: $1,050 Razz, $50K Gtd	58	$58,000	Adam "Adamyid" Owen	$14,147
SCOOP 61-L: $11 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO], $75K Gtd	9,185	$90,013	sh7eva	$7,083*
SCOOP 61-M: $109 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO], $250K Gtd	2,011	$301,100	Extra-Lost	$30,367*
SCOOP 61-H: $1,050 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO], $225K Gtd	265	$265,000	Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs	$48,765*
SCOOP 63-L: $5.50 NLHE, $35K Gtd	7,523	$36,863	Infinity899	$5,227
SCOOP 63-M: $55 NLHE, $150K Gtd	3,445	$172,250	FEXX1	$20,005**
SCOOP 63-H: $530 NLHE, $200K Gtd	463	$231,500	Lucio "WizardOffAz" Lima	$41,568
SCOOP 64-L: $22 FLHE [6-Max], $12.5K Gtd	614	$12,500	baller139	$2,199
SCOOP 64-M: $109 FLHE [6-Max], $15K Gtd	137	$15,000	Kelvin "Kelvin_FP:AR" Kerber	$3,164
SCOOP 64-H: $530 FLHE [6-Max], $25K Gtd	50	$25,000	Kelvin "Kelvin_FP:AR" Kerber	$7,893
SCOOP 67-L: $11 NLHE [6-Max], $70K Gtd	9,034	$88,533	Rpfeitosa	$12,346
SCOOP 67-M: $109 NLHE [6-Max], $175K Gtd	2,358	$235,800	Lincoln "Lincownz" Freitas	$34,939
SCOOP 67-H: $1,050 NLHE [6-Max], $225K Gtd	246	$246,000	Fantomet1029	$47,534
SCOOP 68-L: $5.50 NLHE [Turbo, Progressive KO, Freezeout], $25K Gtd	5,731	$1,714	felipe22w	$2,674*
SCOOP 68-M: $55 NLHE [Turbo, Progressive KO, Freezeout], $125K Gtd	3,139	$156,950	traumfanger1	$16,626*
SCOOP 68-H: $530 NLHE [Turbo, Progressive KO, Freezeout], $175K Gtd	402	$201,000	MAnthony89	$32,863*
SCOOP 69-L: $3.30 NLHE [7-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Mystery Bounty], $10K Gtd	6,321	$19,089	1hmm11	$1,222*
SCOOP 69-M: $33 NLHE [7-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Mystery Bounty], $50K Gtd	3,731	$117,265	crpppp	$8,617*
SCOOP 69-H: $320 NLHE [7-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Mystery Bounty], $100K Gtd	592	$180,418	Shadissimo	$20,845*

_{* includes bounties, ** denotes three-way deal}

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Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game. Calum has written for various poker outlets but found his home at PokerNews, where he has contributed to various articles and live updates, providing insights and reporting on major poker events, including the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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