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The 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker is now over as 2 days of Main Event action, low, medium and high, are over. The Main Even Low attracted a field of 22,128 players which generated a prize pool of $2,212,800! 3,150 players received a share of the prize pool and "john_tri80" from Greece took down the event for $198,725,75.

2012 SCOOP Event #40-L ($109 NLHE Main Event) Results (reflects deal):
1st place: john_tri80 (Greece) - $198,725.75*
2nd place: FrandsenDK (Denmark) - $187,000.00*

3rd place: Fiskin1 (UK) - $110,640.00

4th place: T_Dot_D (Canada) - $88,512.00

5th place: flowstone80 (Germany) - $66,384.00

6th place: Lyznypapa (Poland) - $44,256.00

7th place: Jonath3501 (UK) - $31,089.84

8th place: slavOuchka (New Zealand) - $19,915.20
9th place: MrWeesy (Germany) - $13,276.80

*Based on two-way deal with $20K added to winner's money

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In a brand new interview, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom talks about his two SCOOP titles, his very first World Series of Poker this year, how the high-stakes scene online has been after Black Friday, and more.

Viktor Blom on...

his very first WSOP this year
I'm really looking forward to going to Las Vegas, playing in the Main Event, and just experiencing what it's like to be there. I haven't quite decided which events I'm definitely going to play yet, but I'm under pressure to decide. I talked to a lot of other players in Monte Carlo recently about what it's like over there and it sounds full on, so it will be cool to actually experience it myself.

Read more » Viktor Blom in new interview about his SCOOP titles, his first WSOP, and more!

The Swedish High Roller "MaiseE, who is rumored to be ex PokerStars Pro William Thorson, dominated the final table of Event 24-High $1,050 Pot Limit Omaha and took home $107,422 after defeating Milana Jones heads-up.

Read more » 2012 SCOOP: High-Stakes Phenomenon "MaiseE" wins Event 24 for $107,422

The 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars is now halfway through and 7 action filled days and lots of events are in the books. Last week, we wrote about Viktor "Isildur1" Blom's two wins and Daniel Negreanu's second place finish. During the weekend Shaun Deeb joined Viktor Blom as the only multi-event winners when he took down Event #19-High ($2,000 Triple Stud) for $44,200 while Jason Mercier and Phil Galfond each earned six figures in Event #18-High ($1,000 PLO Omaha 6-Max with rebuys).

Read more » 2012 SCOOP: Shaun Deeb wins his second event

After winning Event #2-Medium for $247,200 on Monday night, it didn't even take 24 hours until Viktor "Isildur1" Blom striked again and won his second Spring Championship of Online Poker event! The win came in Event #3-High NLH 6-max rebuy Action Hour - after defeating a player called "Ruxandescu" from Romania heads-up.

Read more » Viktor "Isildur1" Blom wins his second SCOOP Event!

PokerStars 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker started 2 days ago and already 10 of the 40 events are in the books. However, the most notable win so far has to be Viktor "Isildur1" Blom's win of of Event #2-Medium last night - $215 NLH (1 million guaranteed)! No deal was made among the finalists so Blom received amazing $247,200 - his biggest online tournament cash ever!

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