The SCOOP-series have come to an end, and the most prestigious tournament of them all, the $10K SCOOP (H) Main Event was won by hedge fund manager and pokerfanatic Talal Shakerchi. To be able to do that, he had to beat a strong field of 824 entries.
At the final table, Shakerchi was accompanied by the likes of Scott Seiver and John Juanda, just to name two. At the start of the final table, these were the chipcounts.
Seat 1: Sean “Nolez7” Winter (Romania) — 3,888,664
Seat 2: EvnomiYa (Russia) — 2,876,963
Seat 3: Pablo “pablotenisis” Fernandez (Mexico) — 3,433,591
Seat 4: Scott “gunning4you” Seiver (Canada) — 4,617,287
Seat 5: Markku “markovitsus” Koplimaa (Estonia) — 5,861,868
Seat 6: s0nny_bLacCk (Thailand) — 3,962,436
Seat 7: IReadB00ks (Denmark) — 4,229,194
Seat 8: Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi (United Kingdom) — 9,258,971
Seat 9: LuckBox (Japan) — 3,071,026
Shakerchi already held the commanding chiplead, and never gave that away. These were the final payouts, with an astronomical $1,468,000.88 on top for Shakerchi.
SCOOP-54-H ($10,000 NL Hold’em Main Event) results
Entrants: 824
Prize pool: $8,000,001.76
Places paid: 99
1. Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi (United Kingdom) $1,468,000.88
2. Sean “Nolez7” Winter (Romania) $1,048,000.23
3. s0nny_bLacCk (Thailand) $792,000.17
4. Scott “gunning4you” Seiver (Canada) $596,000.13
5. Markku “markovitsus” Koplimaa (Estonia) $416,000.09
6. Pablo “pablotenisis” Fernandez (Mexico) $336,000.07
7. Luckbox (Japan) $256,000.05
8. IReadB00ks (Denmark) $176,000.03
9. EvnomiYa (Russia) $104,000.02