Sami 'LarsLuzak' Kelopuro Takes Down SCOOP Main Event
Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro, the noted Finnish high stakes cash games player, won the $10,000 buy-in main event of the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker series Monday. He outlasted 379 players to take the title and $504,691 for his biggest tournament score yet.
Known mainly as high stakes NLHE and PLO cash game player, Kelopuro produced his best tournament finish in the prestigious online event under the username "Lrslzk."
When play got five handed, with so much money available to be won or lost on the chance of the cards, the players worked out a chip chop that saw eventual second place finisher "Tagult" collected the largest money with $540,125. Third place finisher "StigR" from Norway earned $390,000, followed by another German, "altiFC", in fourth for $369,581.
Other notable finishes included Ville Wahlbeck in 45th place, Nacho Barbero finishing up in 34th place, and Joe Hachem ending his tournament run in 11th place.
The $3.8 million prizepool was generated from a star-studded field that included Liv Boeree, Ivan Demidov, Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, Lex Veldhuis, JP Kelly, and Jonathan Duhamel, as well as former champions Jude Ainsworth and Ryan Fair.
Although numbers were down considerably from last year's SCOOP that included the U.S. market, PokerStars officials were pleased with the turnout that saw 16 days of play with 114 tournaments and more than $40 million in the combined prize pool. Only the $25k heads up event didn't meet the guarantee with most beating their reduced guarantees handily.
Known mainly as high stakes NLHE and PLO cash game player, Kelopuro produced his best tournament finish in the prestigious online event under the username "Lrslzk."
When play got five handed, with so much money available to be won or lost on the chance of the cards, the players worked out a chip chop that saw eventual second place finisher "Tagult" collected the largest money with $540,125. Third place finisher "StigR" from Norway earned $390,000, followed by another German, "altiFC", in fourth for $369,581.
Other notable finishes included Ville Wahlbeck in 45th place, Nacho Barbero finishing up in 34th place, and Joe Hachem ending his tournament run in 11th place.
The $3.8 million prizepool was generated from a star-studded field that included Liv Boeree, Ivan Demidov, Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, Lex Veldhuis, JP Kelly, and Jonathan Duhamel, as well as former champions Jude Ainsworth and Ryan Fair.
Although numbers were down considerably from last year's SCOOP that included the U.S. market, PokerStars officials were pleased with the turnout that saw 16 days of play with 114 tournaments and more than $40 million in the combined prize pool. Only the $25k heads up event didn't meet the guarantee with most beating their reduced guarantees handily.
