Event 17 at the 2016 Spring Championship of Online Poker was one of the anticipated tournaments at the schedule. NUMEROUS players love heads-up action and Pot Limit Omaha brings out the action junkies. Combine them along side a small buy-in and also you get an enormous field. The tournament drew 1,836 players and ten matches later it was begood9999 adding a ninth title for Brazil this series.

The low buy-in version of the development created a prize pool worth $45,073 with the last 256 players getting paid. They'd need to win the primary three matches to get a work of the money and play was halted with 64 players remaining. Team PokerStars member Chris Moneymaker was the one player to make the cash however the 2003 WSOP Main Event champion fell out within the round of 16.

The quarterfinals rolled around, the ninth round of matches where the winner would book a spot into the general Four. Three of the eight players had previous success while the opposite five were trying for his or her first major online victory.

probirs was the newest champion when he won SCOOP Event #9-M last May and Born2Ca$h was the one other SCOOP winner. His coming in the course of the 2012 SCOOP 5-Card Draw event. ante-geia AA doesn't have a COOP title to his credit but he did pick up $243,000 for winning a Sunday Million tournament in 2012.

begood999 defeated Born2Ca$hMucka Wasem defeated ante geia AAprobirs defeated TMaxx805Pastello defeated mikmipa

Semi-final matches

The match between probirs and Pastello on Table 2 had on big hand in a brief period of time to book one seat within the final match. probirs dominated the primary two levels until Pastello found an enormous double when his two pair A♠K♥Q♦5♠ was good against K♣J♥T♠7♠ at the K♠8♦2♠5♦4♦ board.

It left probirs with only 2,600 and the match was over quickly.

The other match running on Table 1 wasn't nearly as fast. begood9999 and Mucka Wasem went after one another for greater than 20 minutes. Ten levels of action and not using a huge pots or anyone putting themselves at risk.

begood9999 held the lead when he three-bet and Mucka Wasem called before the Q♣J♥9♥ flop. begood9999 check/called 1,600 from Mucka Wasem then they both checked the K♠ turn. The J♦ river prompted begood9999 to bet enough to place Mucka Wasem in peril when he called to peer the wear and tear. His flopped set, rivered full house A♥9♣9♠6♦ was prior to begood9999's A♠Q♥J♣5♠ until the unlucky river.

That completed the semi-finals to pit begood9999 against Pastello for the title.

begood9999 earns another Brazilian title

The system reset the starting stacks and the 2 players kicked things off on the top of Level 1. And it wouldn't go hundreds further.

There was little movement over the primary two four-minute levels but begood9999 took command of the match within the third. He called a gap bet from Pastello to peer the J♦4♥3♥ flop then check/raised to 753, a big gamble that was called before the T♠ turn.

begood9999 became the aggressor, leading out for 1,207 to get a decision from Pastello before the 9♥ river. begood9999 bogged down with a check/call of 2,776 and it turned out his 6♣5♦5♥2♥ flush was good against Pastello's K♣J♣9♣4♦ two pair. It was a 9,800 chip swing to begood9999 to provide him a commanding lead.

Seat 1: begood9999 (14,894 in chips)Seat 2: Pastello (5,106 in chips)

Blinds: 40/80

The tournament lasted only 11 more hands before Pastello tried to double his long ago into the match. There have been three bets within the middle before the 6♦5♥2♣ flop when Pastello made a pot-sized bet. begood999 hit the re-pot button and it was enough to position Pastello at risk.

Pastello: 9♣8♥7♥6♠ - top pair, wrap drawbegood9999: T♥8♣5♦4♦ - middle pair, gutshot

Pastello was ahead with a large number of outs to enhance however the T♣ turn was not good for him. That left 13 outs to maintain the match going however the A♦ river ended the tournament right there.

It was a handy guide a rough match to wrap things up. Pastello earned $3,618 for winning ten out of 11 heads-up matches, an excellent return on his $27 investment. begood9999 earned his first major online title, won eleven straight matches, and grabbed the ninth SCOOP title of the series for Brazil.

SCOOP-17-L ($27 PL Omaha Heads-Up) resultsEntrants: 1,836Total prize pool: $45,073.80Places paid: 256

1. begood9999 (Brazil) $5,689.432. Pastello (Netherlands) $3,618.973. Mucka Wasem (Brazil) $1,810.164. probirs (Hungary) $1,810.165. Born2Ca$h (Canada) $1,007.856. mikmipa (Finland) $1,007.857. TMaxx805 (Russia) $1,007.858. ante geia AA (Cyprus) $1,007.85

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