An Eighth SCOOP Title for Patrick 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
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 |