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PokerStars’ SCOOP in hindsight
Posted by: James Carter. - Sat, 2010-05-22 00:59
With
PokerStars’ 2010 SCOOP in the books, it is time to take a look back at the series and to analyze some trends/statistics. The Series culminated in the $10k Main Event the other day, putting the cap on 16 days of wild online poker tournament action which generated more 6-figure winners than quite possibly any other event of a comparable scale.
The Main Event was won by Ryan Fair, who pocketed no less than $1,162,350 for his efforts, setting the record for the biggest single cash of the series as well as for the most money pocketed by any SCOOP player.
In order to truly comprehend the scale of the 2010 SCOOP, you should take a quick glance at the following statistics: over the 16 days, a whooping 114 tournaments were played, many of them featuring more than reasonable buy-in levels and huge starting fields. 130,746 players took part in various SCOOP
poker tournaments, combining buy-ins for a total prize-pool of $63,802,405.
An interesting thing about the SCOOP was the presence of some well-established poker names and the near-absence of others. Sorel Mizzi had a great series, and he used the momentum gathered at the online tables to shoot straight to second place in the WPT Grand Prix De Paris High Roller event. Daniel Negreanu represented the other end of the spectrum. While we all know that the Canadian superstar is more comfortable playing in live events and appearing in televised
poker shows, there are no excuses for his poor SCOOP showing. He only played in 4 events and he failed to cash in any of them. Surely, it wasn’t about the lack of prize-money, as some of the high buy-in poker tournaments of the series managed to generate more than respectable prize-pool even for players of Negreanu’s level.
Mizzi’s SCOOP performance was certainly impressive, but when it comes to impressive SCOOP runs, no one beats George Lind III, who – get this – reached 5 final tables and finished in the money in no fewer than 27 events. Despite the strong showing, victory eluded Lind. His best finish was a second place in the $2,100 Stud Hi/Lo event, which was good enough for a $44k payday.
John Monette also shined at the SCOOP. He became the first ever player to score wins in two consecutive years in the series.
