The Rundown – Monday, May 25, 2020
Publish date: May 25, 2020

It is Monday once again and we are here to give you updates on what happened last week and announcements happening this week.

Pokerstars

Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) Update

One of the yearly biggest online tournament Main events just wrapped up. The good news is that the whole series is extended. You can check new the schedule here. 

Main Events Champion

SCOOP 74 – L
Buy-in: 109 USD
Total Prize Pool: 4,623,800 USD
Champion: “auercan”
registered Latvia 

SCOOP 74 – M
Buy-in: 1,050 USD
Total Prize Pool: 6,475,000
Champion: Joao “HayashiJoão” Hayashi from Brazil

SCOOP 74 – H
Buy-in: 10,300 USD
Total Prize Pool: 6,090,000 USD
Champion: “Alexgirs” registered Belarus

Connor “blanconegro” Drinan Wins Record-Setting Fifth 2020 SCOOP Title

Connor “blanconegro” Drinan has officially made history with his fifth tournament win in the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker, Against a field of 159  SCOOP-75-H: $10,300 PLO [6-Max, PLO Main Event] took 3 days to finish, with a $1.25M Gtd. the top prize of $322,264.

it was just recently that he tied with  Shaun “shaundeeb” Deeb’s single-series record of four victories, but one more title gave him the lead.

PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship Barcelona – postponed till 2021

One of the most anticipated live tournaments this year has been postponed. Scheduled to happened in Barcelona this year. Pokerstars announced that they are postponing the event due to the pandemic. 

Last 2019, One of the biggest news in Asia was Marc Rivera finishing 3rd place at the PSPC Bahamas,turning 575 USD to more than 2.1 Million USD.

Marc Rivera who joined the APPT Nationals having been inspired to join more tournaments after his teammate Mike Takayama won a WSOP bracelet.  He told himself he would win a PSPC seat and he did.

You can read more about it here.

Pokerstars would give away more seats as bonus.

GG Poker – WSOP Super Circuit Online Series

GG Poker’s first WSOP Super circuit online is still ongoing. a few more ring events are waiting.

We are collecting all data of the Ring events winners and will release an update ASAP.

Stay tuned.

J88PT Millionaire Series – May 27 –  31, 2020

It starts this Wednesday!

The J88 PT Millionaire is set to begin this week. The opening event is a 5,000 USD GTD event for only 5 USD.

You can register by clicking this link. 

The next event is a 10,000 GTD for 11 USD. 

For the full Schedule

click this link

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