The PokerStars US 2023 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) wrapped up earlier this week after awarding nearly $6.8 million in prize money across dozens of events in Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Several players had multiple victories throughout the series and “LetsGoGlobal”, “mcleskey” & “tittybumpin2” respectively topped the High, Medium and Low US SCOOP Leaderboards to take home and additional cash prizes.
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“LetsGoGlobal” Wins US SCOOP High for $2,000 After Three Victories
Starting with the US SCOOP High Leaderboard, Michigan’s “LetsGoGlobal” took home the top prize of $2,000 after a dominant series that saw them winning two High buy-in events.
“LetsGoGlobal” first took down 06-H: $100 NLH Sunday Warm Up PKO, $20K GTD for $4,903.37 before also winning 15-H: $250 NLH Turbo Storm, $30K GTD for $6,488.09.
Daniel “loxonbagel” Buzgon finished second on the leaderboard for $1,500 after also winning three events: 01-L: $20 8-Game Championship, $4K GTD for $1,049.15, 04-H: $100 NLH Turbo PKO, $25K GTD for $6,323.71 and 31-H: $100 5-Card PLO, $5K GTD for $1,996.31.
“1WINATATIME”, “mariopartypoker” and “mcleskey”, all from Michigan, rounded out the US SCOOP leaderboard for respective prizes of $750, $500 and $250.
US SCOOP Leaderboard – High Top 5
| RANK | PLAYER | Licence | PRIZE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “LetsGoGlobal” | Michigan | $2,000 | |
| 2 | Daniel “loxonbagel” Buzgon | New Jersey | $1,500 | |
| 3 | “1WINATATIME” | Michigan | $750 | |
| 4 | “mariopartypoker” | Michigan | $500 | |
| 5 | “mcleskey” | Michigan | $250 |
“mcleskey” Denies “LetsGoGlobal” US SCOOP High Leaderboard Victory
“LetsGoGlobal” had a third victory in 36-M: $100 NLH Deepstack Championship, $22.5K GTD for $6,972.73, a win that gave them a shot at winning a second leaderboard title.
However, “LetsGoGlobal” was denied Michigan’s “mcleskey”, whose series highlights included winning 02-M: $100 NLH Turbo Night Fight, PKO, $15K GTD for $4,333.21, 13-M: $30 NLH 6-Max Big PKO, $10K GTD for $2,589.43 and 31-M: $30 5-Card PLO, $2K GTD for $946.28.
Others who ended up on the Medium Leaderboard included Michigan’s “Owens18853” and “Rogggggy” and New Jersey’s Xingang “wxg1989” Wang, “Coolriver84”, and “cl1ckinbtns”.
US SCOOP Leaderboard – Medium Top 10
| RANK | PLAYER | Licence | PRIZE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “mcleskey” | Michigan | $1,000 | |
| 2 | “LetsGoGlobal” | Michigan | $600 | |
| 3 | “Owens18853” | Michigan | $400 | |
| 4 | “Rogggggy” | Michigan | $300 | |
| 5 | “Tilt-Donkeyy” | New Jersey | $200 | |
| 6 | Xingang “wxg1989” Wang | New Jersey | $100 | |
| 7 | “Coolriver84” | Michigan | $100 | |
| 8 | “cl1ckinbtns” | New Jersey | $100 | |
| 9 | “Binkwen” | New Jersey | $100 | |
| 10 | “DOZER519” | New Jersey | $100 |
“tittybumpin2” Defeats “Trump&Glantz” for US SCOOP Low Leaderboard Victory
Nobody did better in the low-stakes US SCOOP events than “tittybumpin2” in Michigan, who took down 28-L: $10 NLH Hyper-Turbo Adrenaline, $5K GTD for $1,072.24 and ended on top of the Low Leaderboard for a $500 prize.
New Jersey’s “Trump&Glantz”, meanwhile, took home a $300 prize after finishing runner-up for winning 10-L: $10 PLO8, $2.5K GTD for $535.60 and 33-L: $10 FL 2-7 Triple Draw, $1K GTD for $433.40.
The two were joined on the Low Leaderboard by Michigan’s “DeeerTaaaY”, “ivegotstylekid” and “new_doc793”, as well as New Jersey’s Benji “OtB_RedHeron” Felson and “1025191”.
US SCOOP Leaderboard – Low Top 10
| RANK | PLAYER | Licence | PRIZE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “tittybumpin2” | Michigan | $500 | |
| 2 | “Trump&Glantz” | New Jersey | $300 | |
| 3 | “DeeerTaaaY” | Michigan | $200 | |
| 4 | “ivegotstylekid” | Michigan | $150 | |
| 5 | “new_doc793” | Michigan | $100 | |
| 6 | Benji “OtB_RedHeron” Felson | New Jersey | $50 | |
| 7 | “Marv.Illis” | Michigan | $50 | |
| 8 | “1025191” | New Jersey | $50 | |
| 9 | “smftt” | Michigan | $50 | |
| 10 | “jdrisco6” | Michigan | $50 |