The end of one of the yearly highlights in online poker, the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), is nigh. All three buy-in levels of the Main Event will have one final table left and will reach their conclusion today. In the $1,050 Medium Main Event, nine hopefuls still remain, playing from eight different countries across the globe.
They will all have their eyes set on taking the lion's share of $600,639.75 from the $4,206,000 prize pool that comes with claiming the trophy, but they all have secured a five-figure payout of $37,540.23 already.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $600,640.75 |
| 2 | $424,715.72 |
| 3 | $300,318.49 |
| 4 | $212,358.57 |
| 5 | $150,160.66 |
| 6 | $106,179.78 |
| 7 | $75,080.04 |
| 8 | $53,090.81 |
| 9 | $37,540.23 |
Coming in with the massive chip lead is Spain's Vicente "vicenfish" Delgado. The regular, playing from Andorra, amassed 117,395,896, nearly 150 big blinds at the start of Day 4, throughout the three days of play, nearly twice as much as anyone else on the final table. Next in line is "bombon73" from Ukraine, who plays close to 60 million chips with a stack of 59,444,107. They are closely trailed by the 58,912,234 stack of "rolandinjo" from Latvia in third place, while Brazil's "Bretera" is the fourth and final player who will bring more than fifty million into Day 4, playing a stack of 58,061,369 chips.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vicente "vicenfish" Delgado | Andorra | 117,395,896 | 147 |
| 2 | bombon73 | Ukraine | 59,444,107 | 74 |
| 3 | rolandinjo | Latvia | 58,912,234 | 74 |
| 4 | Bretera | Brazil | 58,061,369 | 73 |
| 5 | moffo13 | Croatia | 43,348,030 | 54 |
| 6 | Gabriel "aaurelio" Moura | Brazil | 37,921,750 | 47 |
| 7 | 2ndOnly2God | United Kingdom | 23,319,656 | 29 |
| 8 | IReadB00ks | Malta | 17,464,222 | 22 |
| 9 | FAPTOBbIY_BACK | Switzerland | 4,732,736 | 6 |
Meanwhile, Switzerland's "FAPTOBbIY_BACK" is coming in as the absolute short stack with just six big blinds and a dream. The final countries represented in the finale of the $1,050 Main Event are Croatia by "moffo13" (43,348,030), the United Kingdom by "2ndOnly2God" (23,319,656), and Malta by "IReadB00ks" (17,464,222).
Spectacle surely awaits when play recommences at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Blinds will kick off at 400,000/800,000 with an ante of 100,000, and all levels will be 25 minutes in length. If a deal is made at any point by any number of players, there must be at least $40,000 set aside for the eventual winner.
Stay tuned as PokerNews will provide the details regarding interesting hands, preflop clashes, and chip updates throughout the final table. And don't forget to check out the conclusions of the $10,300 High and $109 Low Main Events as well, by clicking on the drop-down menu above.