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12pm: Day 2 excitement is building...

For the first time in the tournament, our entire field (and our eventual champion) will be in the same room. It's time for Day 2 of Eureka6 Bucharest, and 248 players who made it through either the Day 1A, 1B, or the last night's turbo 1C flight will be combining.

The plan is to play eight levels today; Levels 11 to 14 will remain 45 minutes in length, and from Level 15 onwards they'll be increasing to one hour.

The player leading the pack is Victor Emanuel Beteringhe - a teacher who lives right here in Bucharest. He qualified for this event in a live satellite and told us after his epic Day 1A run that had he not qualified he wouldn't have even played. Well, right now he's the only player with more than 200K in chips (202,425 to be precise).

Today we'll be able to announce the prize pool, which also means the little matter of the bubble. Stick around - you won't want to miss it.

Play kicks off at 1pm.

PokerStars Blog Reporting Team at Eureka6 Bucharest: Jack Stanton. Photos by Tomas Stacha. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog

SCOOP-High tournaments are without a doubt some of the most entertaining poker in the world to watch these days. With deep stacks, slow structures, and small fields full of the world's best poker players, they produce the kind of epic battles that used to come around every few years on a near-daily basis. And when an off-the-wall variant is the game of choice, the likelihood of one of those epic battles going down seems to grow exponentially. Paul "paulgees81" Volpe found himself at one of those final tables today in Event #39-H and fought his way through some heavy hitters to lay claim to his second career SCOOP title.

A $2,100 No-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo tournament with up to three re-entries per player, Event #39-H drew the biggest names in the game and cruised past its $100,000 guarantee. With 135 entries and 107 re-entries, the prize pool swelled to $484,000. At Day 1's end there were 35 players remaining in the field, just five shy of the first payout.

It took just a half hour for lasagnaaammm to bust in 31st place on Day 2 and start the parade of heavy hitters. James "Andy McLEOD" Obst (30th), Marco "NoraFlum" Johnson (28th), omaha4rollz (26th), Vladimir "vovtroy" Troyanovskiy (24th), Shawn "buck21" Buchanan (19th), and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom (16th) all cashed in this tournament. So did two Team Online pros, Naoya "nkeyno" Kihara (15th, $5,566) and Adrienne "talonchick" Rowsome (12th, $8,470).

When Nick "FU_15" Maimone busted in 7th ($13,794) after nearly eight hours of Day 2 poker, this murderer's row took their seats at the final table:

Seat 1: Paul "paulgees81" Volpe (245,048 in chips)
Seat 2: Mark "SHIPP ITT" Herm (737,625 in chips)
Seat 3: Nick "TheTakeover" Schulman (660,919 in chips)
Seat 4: Adam "Adamyid" Owen (301,451 in chips)
Seat 5: Niklas "Lena900" Astedt (98,803 in chips)
Seat 6: Team PokerStars Pro Jason "JasonMercier" Mercier (376,154 in chips)

It was as experienced a final table as you'd expect from a SCOOP-High tournament. In Seat 1 was Paul "paulgees81" Volpe, a past winner of WCOOP and SCOOP titles and a Sunday Million who made the final table of Event #28, $2,100 FL Triple Draw just three days ago. That event was taken down by the occupier of Seat 3, Nick "TheTakeover" Schulman, who earned his first COOP title to go along with his big bag of WSOP and WPT titles. Between them sat Mark "SHIPP IT" Herm, a past Sunday Million winner and SCOOP 2014 NLO/8-Medium champ.

Adam "Adamyid" Owen, owner of Seat 4, was making his 19th cash (sixth in an Omaha variant) of SCOOP 2016, including a runner-up finish in Event #03-H and another final table yesterday in Event #34-M. Seat 5 occupant and past Super Tuesday champion Niklas "Lena900" Astedt was appearing at his second SCOOP 2016 final after Event #14-L, another NL Omaha tournament. And in Seat 6 was one of the single most successful players in SCOOP history, Team PokerStars pro Jason Mercier, collecting his 26th cash of the series and ninth in an Omaha variant.

Mercier picked up a huge pot early on after opening under the gun with [As] [Ac] [Jh] [7c], being re-raised by SHIPP ITT in the cutoff, and jamming for 344K. SHIPP ITT called with the other two aces [Ad] [Ah] [Ts] [4h] and had a slight edge in equity before Mercier hit the [Jd] [2s] [Js] flop and hit it hard. The [5s] turn held out hope for a wheel to scoop the pot or at least a low card for a split, but the [Ks] on the river gave Mercier the double to 699K.

About 15 minutes later Lena900, who'd been unable to make anything happen so far, defended the big blind with [As] [Td] [6c] [5d] after paulgees81 opened with [Ac] [7s] [3s] [3d] and check-called all-in after the [4s] [7h] [4c] flop. Lena900's open-ended straight draw there was still alive after the [7d] on the turn gave Volpe trip sevens, but the the [Qd] river closed it off and sent Lena900 to the rail in 6th place ($19,844).

Four minutes later it looked for a brief moment like Adamyid would be joining Lena900 on the rail. He raised all-in from the big blind for 200K with [Kc] [Kd] [3d] [2h] over the top of a Jason Mercier raise, and Mercier called with [Ah] [As] [Qs] [2c]. At 71.8 percent, Mercier's chances were about as good as they could get before an Omaha flop, but when it came [Jd] [3c] [Qd], Owen had himself a diamond flush draw. That draw came home on the [Ad] turn, giving Mercier outs to a full house, but the [6h] on the river wasn't one of them.

Adamyid doubled to 407K with that win, still the short stack but now holding about 68 big blinds. Short of an action flop forcing two players to go to war, the flow of play made it seem unlikely that anybody would be knocked out soon, and in fact such a flop never showed up. There wouldn't be another situation where a player had his tournament life on the line until 11:19pm ET.

The stacks were deep, and the blind levels advanced so slowly as to exert almost no pressure. And while there was plenty of action, there simply weren't many showdowns - where you might expect more of them, there was a lot more deliberate folding, and more often than not it a hand ended with the winner dragging the pot sans showdown. There wasn't much to separate the players, making the game as much an endurance contest as a test of Omaha skill.

As chaotic as NLO/8 has a reputation for being, this particular game looked less like the Tasmanian Devil of poker variants and closer to something like an old-school no-limit hold'em world championship final table. And that wasn't lost on the participants, either.

All that action had failed to produce either an overwhelming leader or a clear short stack. Instead SHIPP IT and Nick Schulman found themselves within two big blinds of each other, at 386K and 362, respectively, when the first all-in situation in over two hours finally arose. SHIPP IT open-shoved with [Ac] [8d] [5h] [3h] in the cutoff and Schulman called with [Ad] [Qd] [5s] [2s]. The board came down [5c] [6d] [Jd] [4c] [Ks] and the two players split the 373K-chip high pot with a pair of fives, ace kicker, but Schulman alone took the low with 6-5-4-2-A.

Left short enough after that loss that a steal of the blinds and antes represented a 10-percent stack increase, SHIPP ITT began to move all-in before the flop for the better part of an orbit. Jason Mercier, holding [Ad] [Kh] [8d] [5h], looked him up in the small blind the fourth time he shoved pre-flop, but this time SHIPP ITT was holding [Ac] [Ks] [Jh] [2c]. A near-perfect flop of [Tc] [Kc] [Qh] gave him a Broadway straight, and though Mercier picked up flush outs on the [6h] turn, the 542K-chip pot was SHIPP ITT's after the [3d] came on the river.

Mercier managed a few all-in steals of his own before the flop in the next few orbits, and Nick Schulman looked him up the fourth time with [As] [Kc] [9s] [2c]. Mercier's [Ah] [Ad] [Kd] [Qh] had a 10-percent edge, and even after the [Js] [Qs] [5h] flop the there was just a 1.6-percent difference in equity for Schulman and Mercier. The PokerStars pro moved ahead on the [7d] turn, but the [4s] river gave Schulman both a spade flush and a low to scoop the pot. After battling through more than two and a half hours of five-handed final table play, Jason Mercier was denied his fifth SCOOP title in 5th place ($29,040).

With Mercier gone and the table four-handed, Schulman had the advantage in chips:

Seat 1: Paul "paulgees81" Volpe (514,178 in chips)
Seat 2: Mark "SHIPP ITT" Herm (662,342 in chips)
Seat 3: Nick "TheTakeover" Schulman (838,208 in chips)
Seat 4: Adam "Adamyid" Owen (405,272 in chips)

Aside from one split pot between paulgees81 and SHIPP ITT and another between paulgees81 and TheTakeover, the only pot to top 10 big blinds in the next hour of play was a 277K-chip pot taken by SHIPP ITT without showdown after a bet on the river. It was the same brand of smart, attacking poker that had been on display from the whole table for four hours, and it finally provoked another standoff when SHIPP ITT opened for 33K on the button with [Ac] [As] [9c] [4s]. He called Adamyid's all-in re-raise to 497K in the big blind and Adamyid's [Ad] [Tc] [6s] [5c] was live the whole way, but without a low possible on the [4h] [7s] [4d] [Th] [Qd] board, SHIPP ITT won the pot with trip fours. With that, Adam "Adamyid" Owen left in 4th place ($38,720).

That 1.01M-chip pot on the 8K/16K level gave SHIPP ITT more chips at 1.24M than both Schulman and Volpe combined. Then minutes later Volpe would bring his count a little closer to SHIPP ITT's by taking out Schulman. After opening on button for effectively a min-raise, Schulman jammed for 439K. After thinking it over and typing, "not sure if I should be calling, lol," Volpe finally did call Schulman's re-raise and showed [Ah] [Jd] [9c] [2h], a slight underdog against Schulman's [Ad] [Qd] [Qc] [8s]. Volpe made two pair on the flop and held on through the rest of the [9s] [5s] [As] [7h] [3h] board to scoop the pot, sending Nick "TheTakeover" Schulman to the rail in 3rd place ($58,080).

The last two players standing quickly agreed to split the remaining prize money up according to ICM, leaving $2,000 on the table for the winner. Then, after SHIPP ITT won the first pot back for 383K after flopping trip aces, they agreed to skip the 12:55am ET break and continue playing. They split three pots in 20 hands after the deal before the turning point, which started with Volpe limping on the button with [Qc] [7c] [4s] [3s]. SHIPP ITT re-raised to 60K in the big blind with [Ah] [Th] [9d] [5h] and then called after Volpe jammed for 671K total to set up a standard Omaha coin flip situation. There was no low possible on the [9c] [Qd] [4c] [7d] [Tc] board, so Volpe's club flush scooped the 1.34M chips in the pot.

Four hands later Volpe was on the button again, this time with [As] [9d] [9h] [5h], and opened all-in. SHIPP ITT called for 950K as a 60.7-percent favorite with [Ah] [Kh] [Qs] [2s], but the deuce on the [8h] [Td] [2c] flop gave Volpe the better low draw to go with a better pair for the high. The [Th] turn kept SHIPP ITT's hopes alive with a flush draw, but the [4d] river gave Volpe the scoop - and the SCOOP.

After an epic four hours and 29 minutes, Paul "paulgees81" Volpe had overcome a stacked final table lineup to take down his second career SCOOP title and $93,300.26. Mark "SHIPP ITT" Herm had to settle for second place but took the largest prize of the tournament with his $95,459.74 share of the heads-up deal. Congratulations to everyone who made this final table for putting on an entertaining show in an under-appreciated poker variant, and to Paul Volpe on grabbing champion's watch number two.

SCOOP-39-H ($2,100 NL Omaha Hi/Lo, 6-Max) results
Entrants: 242 (135 entries, 107 re-entries)
Total prize pool: $484,000
Places paid: 30

1. Paul "paulgees81" Volpe (Canada) $93,300.26*
2. Mark "SHIPP ITT" Herm (Canada) $95,459.74*
3. Nick "TheTakeover" Schulman (Turks and Caicos Islands) $58,080
4. Adam "Adamyid" Owen (United Kingdom) $38,720
5. Team PokerStars Pro Jason "JasonMercier" Mercier (Canada) $29,040
6. Niklas "Lena900" Astedt (Sweden) $19,844
*Reflects the results of a two-way deal that left $2,000 in play for the winner

"Let's gamble."

Poland's luk45zp uttered those words heads-up when Belarus' Oledjan offered to chop the money in Event #39-M $215 NL Omaha 8. Oledjan was running out of gas after a remarkable comeback three-handed in which Oledjan was super-short and on life support. Somehow, the Belarusian orchestrated a counter-revolution and redistribution of wealth to rise from the outhouse to the penthouse and knock out the former chip leader -- Australia's ZeGrimReaper in third place -- who had imploded after a vast margin. Once it got heads-up, luk45zp sought to take advantage of a gassed Oledjan. Little did both players know they'd play for over 100 minutes in a grueling match that saw a revolving glass door of a chip lead. During the last half hour of heads-up play, the action intensified. The pots grew bigger. The swings were more massive. They weren't playing small ball any more or waiting for the other to make a mistake. It was an all out blitzkrieg and thermonuclear war of total annihilation. Just when it appeared Oledjan was about to gain the upper hand, luk45zp swiftly counterattacked and landed the crushing coup de grace. Oledjan fell to the wayside in second place, and luk45zp picked up a SCOOP bracelet for Poland. The mantra "Let's gamble!" paid off handsomely.

The medium version of SCOOP Event #39-M $215 NL Omaha Hi/Lo, 6-Max attracted 584 original runners and 442 re-entries for a total of 1,026 entries. The total prize pool was $205,200. The top 132 places paid out with $34,371.00 set aside for the champ.

Day 1 of this two-day affair ended with only 45 players. The haunting image of Australia's ZeGrimReaper loomed overhead with the biggest stack with 861K. With 18 to go on the final three tables, ZeGrimReaper was closing in on 2M and Fedor 'CrownUpGuy' Holz was lurking right in the middle of the pack with 600K.

CrownUpGuy busted just before the final table. CrownUpGuy had gotten it all-in with [Ac][Kd][Qh][4h] against rbkgutt's [As][Qd][3d][2d]. Neither player had a qualifying low, so rbkgutt turned a flush to win the pot and Fefor 'CrownUpGuy' Holz was dunzo in ninth place.

Seven-handed last a couple of levels because the trio of shorties wouldn't budge...they always managed to stave off an elimination when put to the test. Alas, one of the shorties finally cracked. Australia's Try__An__Hit bubbled the final table in seventh place with Aces and [Ad][Ah][Kc][9s] agianst luk45zp's [As][9h][3h][2s]. Without a qualifying low, luk45zp flopped a nut flush and test was history.

SCOOP-39-M - Final Table Chip Counts:
Seat 1: aDrENalin710 (1,679,045)
Seat 2: Oledjan (808,044)
Seat 3: rbkgutt (2,271,619)
Seat 4: ZeGrimReaper (2,984,515)
Seat 5: luk45zp (1,860,925)
Seat 6: TJR43 (655,852)

The final table commenced during Level 33 with blinds at 12K/24K and a 3K ante. Australia's ZeGrimReaper was the big stack with nearly 3M. Canada's TJR43 was the shorty with 656K.

Russia's aDrENalin710 won 2 WCOOPs in 2014 and a pair of SCOOPs in 2013. Could this be SCOOP #3?

Also, a trio of players had gone deep in SCOOPs, but fell short of the mark: ZeGrimReaper final tabled the first event and Try__An__Hit final tabled a 2010 SCOOP, and luk45zp final tabled a 2015 WCOOP, plus a 2013 SCOOP.

STAND!: rbkgutt eliminated in 6th place

This particular final six felt each other up for a while before they decided it was time for a rumpus. They small-balled for nearly two full levels before we saw the first bustout. Instead of one of the small stacks busting, one of the medium stacks jousted with the big dog. rbkgutt opened and 80,000 and ZeGrimReaper defended his big blind. On a flop of [Ks][5s][4d], rbkgutt bet 93,840, and ZeGrimReaper called. The turn was an action-inducing [Js]. rbkgutt checked, ZeGrimReaper fired out 188,888, rbkgutt check-raised all-in for 794,348 and ZeGrimReaper called.

rbkgutt: [Ad][As][5d][2h]
ZeGrimReaper: [Ah][8s][7s][3s]

ZeGrimReaper was ahead with a flush. Ouch. Aces flushed out in almost a 2M pot. The river was the [5h]. Without a qualifying low, rbkgutt lost with backdoor trip fives against ZeGrimReaper's King-high flush. Norway's rbkgutt became the first player to exit the final table. Sixth place paid out $6,156.00.

SING A SIMPLE SONG: TJR43 eliminated in 5th place

Short-stacked TJR43 couldn't fend off a siege of the castle. This hand actually went all the way to the river before someone shoved. ZeGrimReaper opened to 80,888 and TJR43 called. The flop was [8h][5d][4h]. TJR43 check-called an 88,888 bet. The turn was the [Ts]. TJR43 check-called a bet of 108,888. The [9c] fell on the river. TJR43 checked, ZeGrimReaper shoved for 5,090,266, and TJR43 called all-in for 289,732.

ZeGrimReaper: [Ac][Ah][4d][2s]
TJR43: [Ad][7h][5c][3d]

At showdown, ZeGrimReaper scooped with a pair of Aces and a 8-5-4-2-A low, which edged out TJR43's pair of fives and 8-5-4-3-A low. TJR43 busted in fifth place, which paid out $9,234.00.

With four to go, ZeGrimReaper was closing in on 6M, followed by aDrENalin710 and luk45zp with 1.6M each, and Oledjan was the shorty with 1M.

YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU TRY: aDrENalin710 eliminated in 4th place

Aces for Aces. Fight for the death. aDrENalin710 instigated the ruckus with a bet of 80,000, luk45zp bombed it all-in for 1,890,905, and aDrENalin710 called all-in for 1,643,504.

luk45zp: [As][Ac][7c][4h]
aDrENalin710: [Ad][Ah][Ts][3d]

The board ran out [Qc][8s][3c][4c][Jh]. Aces vs. Aces, but the flush won. luk45zp scooped with an Ace-high club flush and a low of 8-7-4-3-A. Yup, Aces held up against aDrENalin710's pair of Aces and no qualifying low. Russia's aDrENalin710 was knocked out in fourth place, which paid out $13,338.00. Two-time SCOOP champ and 4-time COOP winner aDrENalin710 will have to wait another day for a fifth overall COOP title.

With three to go, Oledjan was in trouble with 648K. ZeGrimReaper sat atop the big stack with nearly 6M, and luk45zp chipped up to 3.6M.

DEAL? NO

With three to go, action was paused for a lengthy time to discuss a deal. ZeGrimReaper's lead dwindled to 4M but Oledjan rallied all the way to second with 3.3M and luk45zp was last by default with 2.8M. Any deal had to leave, $1,000 on the table for the champ. The ICM numbers were floated: ZeGrimReaper ($27,328.71), Oledjan ($26,088.26), luk45zp ($25,098.02). And tha's when all mayhem broke loose. ZeGrimReaper asked for $29K and luk45zp wanted $27K. Oledjan was kind enough to offer up $500 but luk45zp refused to take anything less than second place.

"That is not reasonable," said ZeGrimreaper. The Reaper counter-offered to take $750 from each player. Oledjan said yes, but luk45zp didn't want to give up any money and instead wanted an additional $500 from Oledjan.

"Okay, we play. luk does not negotiate," said ZeGrimreaper.

Without a deal in place, action resumed 17 minutes after it was paused.

EVERYDAY PEOPLE: ZeGrimreaper eliminated in 3rd place

ZeGrimreaper sealed his own tomb. After the deal negotiations collapsed, ZeGrimreaper coughed up the lead to Oledjan. with in a few minutes, ZeGrimReaper had gone from the big stack to out in third. Oledjan limped 30,000, ZeGrimReaper bumped it up to 178,888, Oledjan shoved for 4,506,653 and ZeGrimReaper called all-in for 2,086,147.

Oledjan: [Ac][Kh][5s][2h]
ZeGrimReaper: [As][Ad][9c][7d]

Yeah, Aces cracked when the board ran out [Kd][Qd][8h][Ks][Qc] and without a qualifying low Oledjan won the pot with trip Kings. ZeGrimReaper's two pair -- Aces up -- were no good. ZeGrimReaper busted in third place, which paid out $19,494.00. Shrewed negoatiating paid off for the final two.

HEADS-UP: Oledjan (Belarus) vs. luk45zp (Poland)
Seat 2: Oledjan (6,794,188)
Seat 5: luk45zp (3,465,812)

Oledjan had opened up a 2-1 edge. Could Poland rally for the win? Or will Belarus ship the bracelet?

Oledjan lost a pot early and offered up a chance for an even deal with a slight lead. luk45zp said, "Let's gamble."

DEAL 2.0? YES!

After an hour or so of rigorous play, Oledjan led 5.6M to 4.6M. They decided to discuss a chop. They originally had to leave $1,000 on the table for the champ, but they agreed to an even money deal in which Oledjan would lock up $29,000 and luk45zp would get $29,000, and instead they would play out for $2,021.00. A light twist, but at least the negotiations went quick.

I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER: Oledjan eliminated in 2nd place; luk45zp wins SCOOP bracelet!

Even with a deal, heads-up lasted over 100 minutes. The lead changed times too many times to count during the first half of heads-up play which was passive considering the rugged nature of the second half of their bout post-deal. The pots increased significantly and the swings widened dramatically. Both players were attempting haymakers with every swing.

The cliff notes on the final stretch went like this: luk45zp took an early lead with a scoop, Oledjan rallied back with a 5.4M pot with trip eights, luk45zp counterattacked with a big win in an 8M pot with a Queen-high straight to beat trip fives. At that point, Oledjan was on the ropes and nearly out of gas. Twenty hands later, luk45zp delivered the decisive blow.

On the final hand... luk45zp led 9M to 1.1M. luk45zp opened to 7.2M and Oledjan called all-in for 1,00,5738.

Oledjan: [Th][6h][4s][2h]
luk45zp: [Kc][7h][7c][3h]

The board ran out [Jd][Td][3s][Kd][6d]. Oledjan lost with two pair (tens an sixes) against luk45zp's stronger two pair -- Kings and treys.

For a gutsy and gritty runner-up performance, Belarus' Oledjan took home $29,000.00.

Congrats to Poland's luk45zp for finally breaking through to the winner's circle. First place paid out $31,021.00 plus a champion's watch courtesy of Movado.

SCOOP-39-M ($215 NL Omaha Hi/Lo [6-Max]) results
Entrants: 1,026 (584 entries, 442 re-entries)
Total prize pool: $205,200
Places paid: 132

1. luk45zp (Poland) $31,021.00 *
2. Oledjan (Belarus) $29,000.00 *
3. ZeGrimReaper (Australia) $19,494.00
4. aDrENalin710 (Russia) $13,338.00
5. TJR43 (Canada) $9,234.00
6. rbkgutt (Norway) $6,156.00

* Denotes a deal between the final two players

Head over to the SCOOP homepage for a schedule of remaining events and find out who is in contention for Player of the Series.

Pauly McGuire is the author of "Lost Vegas" and a freelance contributor to PokerStars Blog.

Players are running out of chances to earn an Omaha event this series, only a few more remain on the 2016 SCOOP schedule as the series winds down towards completion. Event #39 combined some split pot, four-card poker with the excitement of no limit betting. Players came out in big numbers to sling some chips and chop some pots. They played a fast-paced tournament and it was kwerqeradaus winning after a short, 40-minute final table.

The low buy-in No Limit Omaha Hi/Lo tournament had a $27 buy-in and more than 2,000 players hit the virtual felt. They had three optional re-entries at their disposal if they went busto and another 1,452 entries went into the prize pool before registration closed. They all added up to 3,524 entrants to push the prize pool to $86,514. The tournament paid out the last 450 players and the eventual winner was set to earn $13,412.

The tournament paused for the first day with 55 players still alive with a chance for the title and MarekW13 leading the way. He was looking for his first major title after coming close in another No Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event, finishing second to chickensssss in the 2015 WCOOP $1,050 version.

The tournament never slowed down after the restart and they were down to two tables in no time. The final table bubble burst when Perrymejsen flopped an open-ended straight flush draw against eltrebol899, not getting the big hand but settling for the normal flush to send the tournament down to the final table.

Seat 1: hendo17 - 7,974,579
Seat 2: kwerqeradaus - 10,085,565
Seat 3: Jonny White1 - 3,120,523
Seat 4: teckidtq - 3,382,192
Seat 5: Perrymejsen - 7,226,251
Seat 6: anelka79 - 3,450,890

Blinds: 60K/120K with 15K Ante

anelka79 finds monster under the bed, eliminated in 6th

anelka79 was firmly in the middle of the pack when they joined as one but lost a third of his stack right off the bat. He took a quick shot to get them back when he open-shoved from the small blind with [ad][9d][5s][2h].

hendo17 woke up in the big blind with [kc][ks][jh][2d] and stayed ahead on the [qd][9c][6h] flop. anelka79 picked up a nut low draw/gutshot draw on the [3s] turn but missed it all on the [kh] river to go out in 6th place.

teckidtq feeling a little flushed, eliminated in 5th

No one was really short at the final table but the action kept moving right along, mostly thanks to the joy of all those draw possibilities. teckidtq was gunning for his second SCOOP title and needed to make a move to improve his odds.

He shoved for 4.6 million from the small blind after hendo17 min-raised under the gun. hendo17 called with [ah][6s][4h][6s] up against teckidtq's [ad][qd][4c][3d] and picked up a flush draw on the [qh][th][ts] flop. teckidtq was ahead with the pair of queens and the [8s] turn changed nothing, but the [6h] completed the flush for hendo17 to send teckidtq out in 5th place.

Pump-faking a deal

The four remaining players paused the clock to discuss a possible deal with each holding the following chip count:

hendo17 - 14,182,184
kwerqeradaus - 12,119,255
Perrymejsen - 5,967,116
Jonny White1 - 2,971,445

They were provided with these ICM numbers and conversation was underway.

hendo17 - $10,200.87
kwerqeradaus - $9,819.05
Perrymejsen - $8,070.30
Jonny White1 - $6,493.90
Left for the winner: $500

Perrymejsen tried to hold out for more money with the standard claim of holding an edge in this game. He requested more money and was immediately shot down in flames, it looked like they were going to get back to action with no deal.

Then Perrymejsen had a change of heart and a smiley emoji for everyone. They all agreed to the numbers and they were back underway.

Jonny White1 tries to move up, eliminated in 4th

With no pressure from the payout jumps, Jonny White1 was free to make moves to get more chips for a title run. He moved all-in from the small blind after kwerqeradausd min-raised the button and the cards were flying once again.

Jonny White1 was gambling up with [ac][jh][th][5h] against [ah][ts][3s][3d] and picked up a flush draw on the [qh][6h][6s] flop. The flush went out the window when the boat-giving [6c] came on the turn and Jonny White1 was drawing dead to his 4th place exit. For the record, the completely useless case [6d] hit the river just for fun.

Perrymejsen dodges a payout bullet, eliminated in 3rd

Perrymejsen half-heartedly tried to get extra money in the deal discussion before the rest of them called his bluff. He said he had to give it a shot but eventually agreed to a bigger number than 3rd would have normally paid out.

He moved all-in with [ad][jh][7d][4s] from the small blind after kwerqeradaus min-raised the button holding [ac][7h][4c][2s]. Perrymejsen was ahead and improved with the [qd][jc][9c] flop though kwerqeradaus was now on a flush draw. The [qc] turn completed the flush and Perrymejsen needed another queen or jack on the river to stay alive.

The [ks] river was a blank for the Swede and he was sent out in 3rd place for his newly agreed upon $8,070.

hendo17 - 13,637,518
kwerqeradaus - 21,602,482

Blinds: 80K/160K with 20K Ante

kwerqeradaus goes boat-over-boat to win Event #39-L

The heads-up match lasted only three hands when both players nailed a flop to get their chips in the middle. hendo17 called a three-bet to see the [qh][8s][6s] flop and raised after kwerqeradaus put out a 2 million chip bet. kwerqeradaus put hendo17 all-in and received a quick call.

hendo17 had to be happy with his flopped top two/nut flush draw holding [ac][qd][8c][2c] until he saw kwerqeradaus' flopped top set [ah][qc][qs][4s]. The [8d] turn gave them both a full house with kwerqeradaus' on the bigger side. hendo17 was left with 15 chop outs to the game-saving low but the [td] wrapped up the tournament.

It took less than 40 minutes to play out the final table and hendo17 did well to the negotiated 2nd place cash for a little under 1st place money. kwerqeradaus played a nice game throughout Day 2 to earn his first major online title along with the custom Movado watch and the $10,319 that came with the honors.

SCOOP-39-L ($27 NL Omaha Hi/Lo 6-Max) results
Entrants: 3,524 (2,072 entries, 1,452 re-entries)
Total prize pool: $86,514.20
Places paid: 450

1. kwerqeradaus (Germany) $10,319.05*
2. hendo17 (United Kingdom) $10,200.87*
3. Perrymejsen (Sweden) $8,070.30
4. Jonny White1 (Russia) $6,493.90
5. teckidtq (Canada) $2,811.71
6. anelka79 (Russia) $1,513.00
*Reflects the results of a four-way deal that left $500 in play for the winner

The 2016 Spring Championship of Online Poker was winding down and players hit the middle portion of the final week with a simple No Limit Hold'em tournament for Event #38. Nine-handed tables, standard structure, no frills but big fields. alejorojas57 was the last player standing, after stopping a huge comeback by Keep3r, to earn his first major online title.

The low version of the event had a $27 buy-in that blasted past 10,000 entries to destroy the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. A total of 7,978 players took part with 3,690 addition buy-ins with the optional re-entries during the late registration period. They all combined for 11,668 entrants to create a prize pool worth $286,449 and a whopping 1,530 of them earned a piece. The tournament set aside nearly $40,000 for the winner, a fine return on a $27 investment, and everyone at the final table guaranteed at least a four-digit payout.

The tournament was put on pause after Level 33 with 127 players set to return for Day 2. Former Super Tuesday winner Rafael "zugzwang16" Porzecanski was the end-of-day leader as the only player with more than 3 million on the extended break. Still a lot of work to get done, dropping down from 127 players to a winner made for a long second day.

They played down to the final table bubble faster than anticipated and it was almost an express trip there. With ten players remaining, SCOOP Event #10-M champion Keep3r was all-in and behind with [as][9c] against Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath's [ah][jd]. Behind until he flopped trip nines to double up.

Heath, a Sunday Million runner-up in 2015, still had 10 million behind but that quickly departed. He found himself the next one all-in but his [ad][kd] couldn't outrace alejorojas57's [js][jd] to set the final table nine. Beside Keep3r and the previously mentioned Porzecanski, bevved was the only other player at the final table with major tournament success, his title coming in the 2015 SCOOP $27 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max event.

Seat 1: pokertaumes - 11,265,429
Seat 2: DSMaverick - 5,010,445
Seat 3: bevved - 18,241,134
Seat 4: Rafael "zugzwang16" Porzecanski - 14,052,586
Seat 5: Vichyn88 - 8,447,722
Seat 6: darkziv - 14,520,773
Seat 7: alejorojas57 - 20,412,988
Seat 8: Keep3r - 14,489,616
Seat 9: xxxALBxxx - 10,239,307

Blinds: 160K/320K with 40K Ante

DSMaverick shoves his big, eliminated in 9th

DSMaverick was the shortest stack to start the final table but he was still above the ten big blind danger zone. He found the perfect opportunity to exploit from his big blind after Keep3r opened from the cutoff and pokertaumes called in the small blind.

He moved all-in for a bit over 5 million and Keep3r responded with a shove of his own to get a fold from pokertaumes. DSMaverick was ahead with [as][9h] but had to block the suited live cards [ks][qs] of Keep3r. The [9s][8d][5s] flop piled up flush outs that DSMaverick had to dodge and the [jh] turn put a gutshot up there on top.

It was a flush that got DSMaverick, the [2s] river sending the pot to Keep3r and DSMaverick off the final table.

xxxALBxxx doubles through alejorojas57

xxxALBxxx went to battle against the chip leader looking to move up the counts. He opened for a min-raise from UTG+1 and alejorojas57 defended in the big blind to the [jd][tc][5h] flop.

alejorojas57 pulled a check/raise out of his arsenal up to 2 million and xxxALBxxx called to see the [ks] hit the turn. alejorojas57 went hardcore this time with a big stack shove and received a quick call from xxxALBxxx with his flopped set [5d][5c]. alejorojas57 had top pair/open-ended straight draw with [qd][th] but missed the KO on the [3c] river.

alejorojas57 - 20,886,989
xxxALBxxx - 12,033,998

alejorojas57 gets his chips back

The dip for alejorojas57 was only a temporary setback and soon took those chips back from xxxALBxxx plus some. It was a three-way three-bet pot to the [ac][5s][3s] flop and all checked before alejorojas57 bet 2,345,000 on the [td] turn. Keep3r got out of the way but xxxALBxxx called to see the [jd] river then called another 7.5 million.

alejorojas57 showed the rivered straight [kh][qh] to get a muck from xxxALBxxx and the 30 million chip pot.

alejorojas57 - 36,253,739
Keep3r - 15,590,186
xxxALBxxx - 4,175,373

pokertaumes doubles through Vichyn88

pokertaumes was watching as other players fortified their final table stacks and took a shot with an under the gun shove for his 8.2 million stack with [9d][9c]. Vichyn88 followed up with a shove of his own for 15.8 million holding [ad][kh] and they were off to the races.

pokertaumes' pair moved much further ahead on the [9h][7c][4s] flop and Vichyn88 found himself in the awkward position of drawing dead with two cards to come.

pokertaumes - 17,918,358
Vichyn88 - 7,563,765

darkziv takes his turn, eliminated in 8th

Not to be left behind in the parade of doubles, darkziv found two big suited face cards and shoved the button for 5.2 million. His [kc][qc] had to look good at that point but Keep3r woke up with [ad][kc] in the big blind.

darkziv's predicament was bad enough pre-flop but his odds dropped much further when Keep3r hit the [kd][8d][5c] flop. The [3h] turn finished it up and the Brazilian was drawing dead to 8th place money.

pokertaumes on poker fumes, eliminated in 7th

pokertaumes' time with a contending stack was short-lived and he tried to get back up there after Keep3r shoved from the button with his big stack. pokertaumes was ahead with [ah][8h] in the big blind against [jd][9c] until they both hit the [kd][jh][8d] flop.

Keep3r hit it harder and pokertaumes couldn't find a comeback on the [kc] turn or [td] river to go out in 7th place.

Vichyn88 snapped off on the river, eliminated in 6th

Two hands after pokertaumes hit the rail, Vichyn88 picked up a big pair to take into battle. He three-bet shoved for 7 million from the small blind with [kd][kh] after xxxALBxxx opened from the cutoff.

He called the bet but was behind for the knockout with [jc][jd] and Vichyn88 never saw a single sweat with the board reading [qd][8c][3d] to the turn. It was the river [js] that did all the damage with the ol' two-outer to send Vichyn88 out in 6th place, the $8,593 money not likely much of a consolation for the monster cracking.

xxxALBxxx gets it on the turn, eliminated in 5th

The string of quick all-in hands continued two hands later when xxxALBxxx got his chips in the middle with the better hand, just like Vichyn88 before him. He called an all-in from the big blind with [ad][6c] after Keep3r shoved the small blind with [ac][2d].

The [as][tc][4d] was safe for xxxALBxxx but unlike Vichyn88, his bad news came on the [2h] turn. No love for xxxALBxxx on the [5s] river and xxxALBxxx was the next in the exit line.

Porzecanski follows suit, eliminated in 4th

Former Super Tuesday winner Porzecanski joined the conga line of big hands and moved all-in from the button with [kd][ts] five hands after xxxALBxxx finished his tournament. Keep3r had 700,000 sitting out for the big blind and easily called off the rest of the shove with [ac][qs].

Porzecanski had two live cards to hit but neither player connected on the [9d][8s][5d][7c][2c] board. Porzecanski was one of the top players during Day 2 but finished short of another major title.

bevved's aces wheeled out, eliminated in 3rd

bevved was the odd man out, looking up at both alejorojas57 and Keep3r's huge stacks when he was dealt the king of all starting hands. He opened for a little more than a min-raise from the button and his [ah][ac] had to like seeing alejorojas57 pop it up from the small blind.

bevved moved all-in for this last 8.3 million and alejorojas57 called behind with [ad][4h]. The [ts][7s][2d] seemed harmless enough and alejorojas57 picked up a gutshot wheel draw on the [5s] turn. The ace-cracking finished with the runner-runner wheel [3h] to deal bevved a bad beat out to 3rd place.

Seat 7: alejorojas57 - 56,466,733
Seat 8: Keep3r - 60,213,267

Blinds: 400K/800K with 100K Ante

alejorojas57 completes comeback to win Event #38-L

Keep3r had a small chip lead to start off the heads-up match but alejorojas57 battled back to take the lead. The match could have lasted for a long time with evenly matched stacks but alejorojas57 pulled away until Keep3r was forced to take a stand by moving all-in after an open from alejorojas57.

The shove was called and Keep3r needed help with [kd][8d] against [ah][6s] but found nothing on the [9s][7h][4h] flop. alejorojas57 had to dodge a double-up gutshot draw after the [5h] turn but the [5d] river finished it up right there.

A great run from Keep3r who made it all the way to 2nd place after being all-in and looking at a likely 10th place finish. The result was short of a second title but he picked up a nice bankroll boost. alejorojas57 spent most of his time on top of the chip counts and did a nice job of fighting to win his first major online title.

SCOOP-38-L ($27 NL Hold'em) results
Entrants: 11,668 (7,978 entries, 3,690 re-entries)
Total prize pool: $286,449.40
Places paid: 1,530

1. alejorojas57 (Colombia) $39,853.10
2. Keep3r (Austria) $28,644.94
3. bevved (Israel) $20,051.45
4. Rafael "zugzwang16" Porzecanski (Uruguay) $14,322.47
5. xxxALBxxx (Germany) $11,457.97
6. Vichyn88 (Sweden) $8,593.48
7. pokertaumes (Germany) $5,728.98
8. darkziv (Brazil) $2,864.49
9. DSMaverick (Romania) $1,804.63

For anyone who busted on Day 1A or Day 1B of Eureka6 Bucharest, there was one last shot at redemption. One more chance for glory. A last chance saloon, if you will, that could see you play less than half the time of the other Day 2 qualifiers but still make it through. 

It was Day 1C, a turbo flight that had 10 20-minute levels and was only open to those players who busted on Day 1A or Day 1B. 102 players decided to take one more shot, and at the end of play there were 57 more players added to the Day 2 field tomorrow.

The player who led them all was Vlad Alexandru Lazariciu who will be taking 118,100 into the battlefield tomorrow. Close behind him were Mitesh Anjaria  (102,101), Lahmani Oshri (101,500), and Zhiping Zeng (90,900).

Other notable names who made it through included two-time Eureka €2k High Roller champ Tobias Peters (76,400), and Australian Poker Hall of Famer Jason Gray (23,200)

However, this final shot wasn't as successful for some. Among those who tried their luck for the second time were Eureka 4 Vienna winner Zoltan Gal, two-time EPT Main Event finalist Slaven Popov, EPT11 Deauville runner-up Dany Parlafes, Eureka 5 Prague fourth place finisher Vladas Burneikis, Eureka 4 Prague finalist Vladimir Velikov, Eureka 4 Vienna finalist Erik Scheidt, and Romanian pro Robert Cezarescu. None of them could make it through.

So, now we're onto Day 2, which starts tomorrow (Friday) at 1pm. If you want to find out how the other players made it through to Day 2, click on the links below and catch up on the action:

Grzegorz Taranko comes out top on Day 1B, while Negreanu's day was cut short
Beteringhe bests them all to top huge Day 1A field

All photos are copyright of Tomas Stacha

Russians and razz. As the 'COOP series frequently demonstrate, there are a lot of razz masters playing from the Federation on PokerStars, and this week's SCOOP Event #37-L (a $27 buy-in razz tournament) confirmed the point once again.

Three of the final four players in this one came from Russia, with two making it to a heads-up deal before Vovan7778 eventually proved the best at making the worst hands to win the title and a $7,520.26 prize. That makes nine titles overall for the Razzians -- er, Russians -- in this year's SCOOP so far.

They had just reached the final table when Day 1 concluded, meaning only eight players were left from that big field to return on Thursday. Three Russians were among them, though it was Ozenc "ozenc" Demir of the Netherlands bringing the chip lead to the final day:

Seat 1: Ozenc "ozenc" Demir (Netherlands) -- 4,463,396
Seat 2: Vovan7778 (Russia) -- 2,284,568
Seat 3: YaSashok86 (Russia) -- 5,105,928 
Seat 4: recusant_89 (Russia) -- 2,057,158
Seat 5: Respect8871 (Hungary) -- 2,777,889
Seat 6: Eric "AceQuad" Brix (Mexico) -- 219,788
Seat 7: lautokastar (Australia) -- 1,143,852
Seat 8: cardiaftw (Brazil) -- 1,307,421

Eric "AceQuad" Brix came to the final table as the short stack with only a little more than a single big bet with which to play. Brix brought an impressive tournament résumé to this final table, having earned the 2013 SCOOP Player of the Series before while also having once won the Sunday Million. 

On just the second hand AceQuad raised on third street, Ozenc "ozenc" Demir reraised and lautokastar called, Demir reraised again all-in, and both of the others stayed in.

Demir then led on both fourth and fifth streets, with lautokastar calling once and then folding, at which point Demir showed (7-5) / 4-8-2 for an 8-low while AceQuad had but (8-9) / 6-Q-K. Indeed, after drawing another queen on sixth, AceQuad couldn't come back and so went out in eighth.

About 10 minutes after that it was lautokastar raising with a trey showing and Respect8871 calling with a seven up. lautokastar then led with bets on the next three streets, going all-in on sixth, and Respect8871 called the whole way. 

By then lautokastar had a J-low with (2-4) / 3-2-9-J while Respect8871 had that beat with (4-6) / 7-Q-9-3. lautokastar could still draw to a better nine, but picked up yet another deuce on seventh to go out in seventh place. Another great finish for lautokastar who last week took runner-up in Event #6-M ($215 NL Omaha Hi/Lo).

Just about 10 minutes after that the limits were up to 120,000/240,000 when Vovan7778 completed, YaSashok86 raised, and both cardiaftw and Vovan7778 called.  cardiaftw led with bets on fourth and fifth, with both calling initially then only Vovan7778 sticking around. Then a leading bet by Vovan7778 earned an all-in call from cardiaftw, and the players' hole cards were revealed:

cardiaftw: (10-A) / 4-2-Q-A
Vovan7778: (6-3) / 8-2-6-5

Alas for cardiaftw, that 10-low couldn't improve enough on seventh to beat the 8-6-5-3-2 of Vovan7778, and cardiaftw hit the rail in sixth.

Just a few minutes later Respect8871 raised showing a five, Ozenc "ozenc" Demir reraised with a four up, and Respect8871 called. Ozenc picked up an ace on fourth and bet, and Respect8871 called despite drawing a king. Ozenc continued with another bet on fifth and Respect8871 called all-in, showing (3-6) / 5-K-7 while Ozenc had (7-A) / 4-A-J.

Respect8871 had the edge with two cards to come, but would draw a queen and a six to finish with a Q-7-6-5-3. Meanwhile Ozenc picked up a trey on sixth street and a king on the end, finishing with a J-7-4-3-A to knock Respect8871 out in fifth.

The final four all made it to the one-hour break of Day 2, with Ozenc having become the short stack with about 1.86 million and the other three players -- recusant_89, Vovan7778, and YaSashok86 -- all sitting in the 5.5-6.3 million range.

As the limits went up YaSashok86's stack went down, then came a hand in which YaSashok86 opened, Ozenc raised, and YaSashok86 reraised all-in for 871,784 total (not two big bets). Ozenc called, and the pair watched fourth through seventh streets be dealt:

YaSashok86: (7-2) / A-A-Q-2 / (8)
ozenc: (8-7) / 4-10-9-3 / (10)

Ozenc ended with a 9-8-7-4-3, good enough to beat YaSashok86's Q-8-7-2-A and the latter was out in fourth.

Soon after that a big hand played out between Ozenc and Vovan7778, one that began with Vovan7778 calling Ozenc's third-street open, then saw them trade back and forth leading bets on the next three streets with Ozenc betting fourth and sixth while Vovan7778 led on fifth. Each kept calling, then seventh street saw Vovan7778 check-raise a bet from Ozenc which the latter then called all-in, having ultimately committed his whole stack of 2.73 million during the hand.

The showdown...

Vovan7778:  (A-5) / J-2-4-K / (7)
ozenc: (7-10) / 6-4-4-3 / (2)

In the end both players made 7-low hands, and Ozenc might have thought that deuce on the end had given him the best hand. But Vovan7778's 7-5-4-2-A just beat Ozenc' s 7-6-4-3-2 to send the latter out in third. Ozenc barely missed earning a second career SCOOP title after having won a PLO-8 event back in 2010. 

Soon the tournament was paused for a deal discussion, with Vovan7778 leading with 11,569,116 and recusant_89 sitting with 7,790,884 (and limits up to 320K/640K). The pair quickly agreed to terms -- leaving $500 and the SCOOP title for which play -- and the dealing began anew.

Before long recusant_89 had been chipped down under 3.85 million while the limits increased again to 500K/1M. A hand then arose that saw Vovan7778 raising on third and recusant_89 calling, then recusant_89 led on fourth with Vovan7778 sticking around. After that recusant_89 started check-calling bets from Vovan7778 on fifth, sixth, and seventh, the last one putting recusant_89 all-in.

The hole cards were flipped, and recusant_89 saw the bad news:

Vovan7778: (4-6) / 3-Q-2-7 / (6) -- a 7-6-4-3-2
recusant_89: (A-7) / 9-3-J-8 / (Q) -- a 9-8-7-3-A

Having won a TCOOP before in a $27 stud event, recusant_89 had to settle for a near-miss in this quest for a SCOOP title, too. Meanwhile, congratulations to Vovan7778 who took down the event to earn a nifty $7,500-plus return on a $27 investment.

SCOOP-37-L ($27 Razz) results
Entrants: 1,936
Prize pool: $47,528.80
Places paid: 256

1. Vovan7778 (Russia) $7,520.26*
2. recusant_89 (Russia) $6,656.03*
3. Ozenc "ozenc" Demir (Netherlands) $4,515.23
4. YaSashok86 (Russia) $3,327.01
5. Respect8871 (Hungary) 
6. cardiaftw (Brazil) $1,425.86
7. lautokastar (Australia) $950.57
8. AceQuad (Mexico) $475.28
*denotes two-way deal. 

Throughout SCOOP 2016 there has been a unique way to win your way into a SCOOP Main Event. Spin & Go's not only award bumped up cash prizes but award SCOOP tickets as well, as several thousand PokerStars players have discovered in the past few weeks. 

For those interested in just how many here are some figures to put things into perspective. 

In all there have been a total of 40,746 SCOOP Spin & Go's so far. 

From that figure some 3,970 "Low" tickets have been won.
Also a total of 245 "Medium" tickets have been won.
And in the "High" category 41 tickets have been won.

To put that into a cash figure that means the total value of SCOOP tickets won as Spin & Go prizes currently stands at $1,052,000. 

SCOOP continues through the weekend, with an extra event added to the schedule meaning things come to a close on Monday. Meanwhile Spin & Go's remain an option to win your seat. Good luck at the tables. 

Another day of SCOOP 2016 and seven new results (and champions) to read back on. As has become the pattern, one or two results stood out from the day's box scores (all of which are on our SCOOP 2016 results page), which you can read about below. 

Starting with Tom "tjbentham" Bentham in SCOOP 34-H. Bentham, from Britain but boxing out of Brazil (as if Brazil were short of SCOOP winners this year) picked up $189,200 along with the title. Finishing fourth in the same event was Julian "jutrack" Track from Germany, a former EPT Prague winner. He finished two places ahead of countryman Dominik Nitsche, all of which you can read in Martin Harris's report.

Brazilian players continued to prove that the "Brazilian Storm" was still well and truly thundering down on everyone, winning the country's 16th SCOOP title of the year. It was no easy task for felipe52 who had to defeat Olivier "Adonis112" Busquet heads up to win the title and a first prize of $189,750. You can read the full report by Heath Chick here.

Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah has made several title bids this year, coming close in SCOOP 23-H (fourth) and even closer in SCOOP 33-M (third). Yesterday though he cracked it, winning SCOOP 36-L and beating Ari "BodogAri" Engel heads up to do so. A modest prize of $6,312 by Leah's standards but a welcome title nonetheless. Read Pauly McGuire's report for the full story .

Finally there were good results for two Player of the Year leader board contenders. 

Current leader Shaun Deeb did no harm to his PoY bid by finishing fifth in SCOOP 36-M. Meanwhile Team Pro Jason Mercier kept pace with his own fifth place finish in SCOOP 36-H. Click each link to go to those stories. 

Talking of the leader board here's how it looks this morning:

The SCOOP overall Player of the Year leader board for 19 May 2016

Deeb's fifth place extended his lead over second place Vladimir "vovtroy" Troyanovskiy, while Jason Mercier's result moved him up one place into third within reach of second place. Mike Leah's win did him no harm, moving him into fourth place from outside the top ten. 

For all the leader board details, including Low, Medium and High standings as well as the overall picture, go to the SCOOP 2016 homepage. Meanwhile all the SCOOP results can be found on our results page, which includes links to every single final table report from this year's Championship. 

We'll have more from SCOOP 2016 tomorrow.