Sami "LrsLzk/LarsLuzak" Kelopuro.
Final five players make a deal.
The 2011 Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) has come to an end after Sami "LrsLzk" Kelopuro took down the SCOOP High Main Event title and $504,691,09.
A total of 380 players registered for this $10,300 buy-in tournament, creating a prize pool of $3.800.000.
This was the first big tournament win for Kelopuro, who is known primarily as a big cash game player.
Let's hope we will see "LarsLuzak" now back in action after this great score!
SCOOP Main Event High final results:
*1 Sami 'Lrslzk' Kelopuro Finland $504,691.09
*2 Tagult Germany $540,125.82
*3 StigR Norway $390,000.00
*4 altiFC Germany $369,581.04
*5 danskemann Norway $430,002.05
6 810ofclubs United Kingdom $167,200.00
7 GotURead Netherlands $129,200.00
8 el_klonkador Sweden $91,200.00
9 HN Kakaroto Uruguay $66,500.00
10 nikov Sweden $57,000.00
11 JoeHachem Australia $57,000.00
12 p0cket00 Canada $57,000.00
*= 5-way deal (see the picture).
Despite the fact that American players were unable to participate, this year's edition of the SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker) on Pokerstars ended up with a total combined prize pool of well over $40 million.
Check out all SCOOP 2011 results from here.