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Join PokerStars now! For an event that sounds exciting, it turns out that No Limit Omaha Hi-Lo can be a real grind. Sure, you can stick in all your chips preflop if you want, which may attract a few Hold’em players, but in Omaha you’re rarely a big favourite, and with so many chopped pots, it takes a lot of patience and not just a little gamble to survive. The SCOOP Event #35-M $215 No Limit Omaha Hi/Lo attracted a field of 617 runners.

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SCOOP 2012: kev19 comes from behind to win SCOOP Event #35-M $215 NL Omaha H/L

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SCOOP 2012: sitation handles the situation, winning Event #32-M ($215 PLO8)

Join PokerStars now! Online grinder Gabriel Kollander took the UKIPT Dublin chip lead at the bell with a stack of 151,900, swiping the overall chip lead away from Day 1A’s William Champion . The 23-year-old American, who plays under the name $indabank111 on PokerStars , is playing his first live tournament and, so far, things seem to be going well as he put himself at the front of the line for the €100,000 first place prize. All well except for the small problem of some errant chips, but we’ll come to that.

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UKIPT Dublin, S3: Kollander rinses the Day 1 field, leads with 151,900

Join PokerStars now! It’s not often that a two-day SCOOP tournament reaches the final table before the end of the first day of play, but that’s exactly what happened on Day 1 in Event 32-H. The players who made that final table were all inclined to play through and finish the tournament overnight, but a software issue made it impossible to skip a preprogrammed overnight break

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SCOOP 2012: bleu329 wins Event 32-H ($2,100 PLO/8), 2nd title this week

Join PokerStars now! It doesn’t often happen that a final table chip leader goes on to win the tournament. It’s a tough feat, especially when there are players like Bryn Kenney and Dan Kelly as two of the five competitors, and others have SCOOP titles already in their list of accomplishments

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SCOOP 2012: Good beat for ibadbeatyou, Event #34-H winner ($5,200 LHE 6-Max)

Join PokerStars now! Some of the best poker stories are those that include a fair amount of struggle. C.Darwin2 had more than a player’s fair share, as short-stacked play required comeback after comeback. But C.Darwin2 did it, fighting back against players like William Reynolds and Vincent van der Fluit to score a coveted Movado SCOOP champion’s watch and more than $38K in cash

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SCOOP 2012: C.Darwin2 wins Event #34-M, Akkari final tables ($530 LHE 6-Max)

Join PokerStars now! There is probably no more fitting game for the Spring Championship of Online Poker than pot-limit Omaha hi/lo, where scooping pots instead of splitting them is the path to success. You can scoop while you SCOOP, and if you SCOOP really well you can scoop up some serious cash. A total of 140 players agreed with that sentiment today, putting up $2,100 apiece for a chance at the latest High-level SCOOP tournament title.

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SCOOP 2012: gmcrafter leads, bleu329 chasing after Day 1 in Event 32-H ($2,100 PLO/8)

Join PokerStars now! Sumerki-2012 looked strong throughout the final table. From the time the final five paused to discuss a deal, sumerki-2012 was either the chip leader or the strongest fighter to regain that lead.

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SCOOP 2012: Sumerki-2012 sits out, Flakon2010 wins Event #25-L ($11 Triple Draw 2-7)

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SCOOP 2012: Hefty.TILT muscles way to #25-M title ($109 FL 2-7 Triple Draw)

Join PokerStars now! There are a handful of players in the 2012 SCOOP series who are dominating the headlines. Viktor Blom is a Team PokerStars Pro and online poker legend, in some respects. Shaun Deeb is a skilled online player with many titles, including a previous SCOOP win, to go with the two from this year thus far.

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SCOOP 2012: Second SCOOP title for joacowalter with Event #25-H win ($1,050 Triple Dr