SCOOP 2012: Viktor "Isildur1" Blom wins Event 2-M ($215 NLHE) and $247,200!

Written by: Teemu

The 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker is now well underway on PokerStars, with first champions already crowned. Viktor "Isildur1" Blom was one of the first players to capture this year a SCOOP title.

Blom outlasted a huge field of 8,240 players in the SCOOP Event #2-M ($215 NLHE freezeout), taking down the title and almost $250,000 in the process.

In addition to Blom, the final table featured Frederik 'Fred_Brink' Brink Jensen.

Here is the final hand of the tournament:

PokerStars Hand #80089715319: Tournament #2012050022, $200+$15 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XLVII (250000/500000) - 2012/05/07 20:31:34 ET
Table '2012050022 513' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 8: Isildur1 (66829719 in chips)
Seat 9: RaisingRay91 (15570281 in chips)
Isildur1: posts the ante 62500
RaisingRay91: posts the ante 62500
RaisingRay91: posts small blind 250000
Isildur1: posts big blind 500000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
RaisingRay91: raises 500000 to 1000000
Isildur1: raises 1650000 to 2650000
RaisingRay91: raises 12857781 to 15507781 and is all-in
Isildur1: calls 12857781
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** []
*** RIVER *** []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Isildur1: shows [ ] (a pair of Queens)
RaisingRay91: shows [ ] (a pair of Queens - lower kicker)
Isildur1 collected 31140562 from pot
RaisingRay91 finished the tournament in 2nd place and received $181889.76.
Isildur1 wins the tournament and receives $247200.00 - congratulations!

SCOOP Event 2-M: $215 No-Limit Hold'em, final results:
$1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool
8,240 entrants, $1,648,000 prize pool
1,080 places paid

1st place: Viktor "Isildur1" Blom (United Kingdom) $247,200
2nd place: RaisingRay91 (Canada) $181,889.76
3rd place: szwindel (Malta) $131,840
4th place: Fred_Brink (Denmark) $87,344
5th place: vikAAAA (Russia) $67,568
6th place: rzr900rzr (Antigua and Barbuda) $51,088
7th place: cloaknet (Russia) $35,432
8th place: Gusparo (Hungary) $19,776
9th place: lubor74 (Czech Republic) $12,772