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Mercier, Galfond and Gardner Flip for a SCOOP title, Deeb wins 2nd event

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The 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is moving fast forward with new champions crowned daily. On day 7, Shaun "shaudeeb" Deeb catched up with Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, when he won already his second SCOOP title of the series (and third overall).

Having won already the $2K Limit Stud event last Wednesday, Deeb took down his second title of the series in the $2K Triple Stud event. In addition to Deeb, the final table featured players like Eugene Katchalov and Brian “$tinger 88” Hastings.

With his win, Deeb is now leading the 2012 SCOOP Player of the Series Leader Board.

SCOOP Event #19-High, $2,100 Triple Stud Final Results:

1st shaundeeb (Mexico) - $44,200
2nd stevie444 (United Kingdom) - $28,560
3rd E. Katchalov (Ukraine) - $20,400
4th JohnSmith (Russia) - $13,600
5th PerpCzech (New Zealand) - $10,200
6th GVOZDIKA55 (Russia) - $7,480
7th $tinger 88 (Canada) - $6,120
8th Spokey (Norway) - $5,440

The final table of the SCOOP Event #18-High ($1,050+R PL Omaha 6-max) was also star-filled, with players like Phil "MrSweets28" Galfond and Jason Mercier.

The final three players, Galfond, Mercier and Julian "MrCoco" Gardner made a deal, that left only $4K to play for + the SCOOP title.

Right after the deal was done, the trio decided to flip to decide the champion. Gardner won the flip, the extra $4K and the SCOOP title.

SCOOP Event #18-High, $1,050+R PL Omaha 6-max Final Results:

1st - Julian 'MrCoco' Gardner, $118,606
2nd - Jason 'JasonMercier' Mercier, $114,606
3rd - Phil 'MrSweets28' Galfond, $114,606
4th - O.Klunssila, $54,560
5th - Joseph 'subiime' Cheong, $40,920
6th - Sira Al Aziz, $27,962

HighstakesDB will continue bringing you the latest updates from the 2012 SCOOP.

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