It appears that nobody is safe from the one-man wrecking ball that is Benny “RunGodlike” Glaser when it comes to the PokerStars Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP). Glaser is best known for his mixed game prowess, having secured nine SCOOP titles and eight World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) titles, with all but one coming in non-Hold’em events.

On May 25, Glaser clinched his third victory of the 2023 SCOOP, which puts him on a record-equalling ten titles with Calvin “cal42688” Anderson. Glaser’s latest first-place finish came in the $109 No-Limit Hold’em 7-Max Turbo PKO event, his first NLHE victory across both SCOOP and WCOOP. Nobody has more ‘COOP victories than Gaser.

Is there no game that Glaser cannot turn his hand to? It appears not.

SCOOP 100-M: $109 NLHE 7-Max Turbo PKO Final Table Results

Some 2,681 players turned out in force for SCOOP 100-M: $109 NLHE 7-Max Turbo PKO, creating a $268,100 prize pool as a result. $33,668 of that sum is now in Glaser’s possession. No doubt the uber-talented Brit will be investing a significant chunk of those winnings into the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) grind in the coming weeks.

Three of the seven finalists turned their $109 investments into five-figure scores.

Brazilian “FelipeAA23” busted in third place, and walked away with $10,878 for their efforts. Their untimely demise left Glaser heads-up against Romania’s “Virgillk,” and one elimination away from a tenth SCOOP title.

The rest, as they say, is history, and Glaser left yet another opponent in his wake. “Virgillk” collected $18,860 for their runner-up finish, leaving Glaser to scoop yet another SCOOP win plus $33,668 in prize money.

Sturm Takes Down the $3,150 High Roller; Veldhuis’ Wait Continues

Team PokerStars’ Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis‘ wait for his maiden SCOOP victory continues, with the popular Dutchman reaching yet another final table but ultimately falling short.

Veldhuis was one of 136 entrants in the SCOOP 91-H: $3,150 NLHE PKO High Roller, and reached the final table with enough chips to occupy sixth place. Unfortunately for Veldhuis and his legion of fans, sixth place is where he finished.

Ukraine’s “ContraSpemSper0,” “milanov888,” and “Old brock” were the first players eliminated from the final table.

Then came Veldhuis’ exit hand. Leon” RUMUKULUS” Sturm min-raised from the button, and Veldhuis defended his big blind with queen-three of spades. Veldhuis check-called a 1.4 big blind bet on the six-queen-ace flop, which showed two hearts.

Veldhuis checked again on the offsuit deuce turn, then called a chunkier 6.2 big blind bet, leading to the eight of clubs river. The Dutchman checked for a third time, and Sturm bet enough to set Veldhuis all-in for his last 20.3 big blinds. Veldhuis went into the tank before emerging with a call, only to discover Sturm had the goods with his ace-deuce turning two pair.

Sturm eventually found himself heads-up against “Haringbuis” after Sweden’s “flerrehuve,” Ramiro “ramastar88” Petrone, and Markku “markovitsus” Koplimaa bowed out. Both of the heads-up players locked in $38,080, leaving the massive final bounties to play for.

“Haringbuis” fell at the final hurdle and had to make do with a runner-up prize worth $49,102, leaving Sturm to collect $94,664 thanks in part to a bounty haul in excess of $56,000.

SCOOP 91-H: $3,150 NLHE PKO High Roller

Place	Player	Country	Bounties	Prize	Total Prize
1	Leon “RUMUKULUS” Sturm	Austria	$56,624	$38,040	$94,664
2	Haringbuis	Malta	$11,062	$38,040	$49,102
3	Markku “markovitsus” Koplimaa	Estonia	$10,453	$25,837	$36,290
4	Ramiro “ramastar88” Petrone	Uruguay	$6,187	$20,069	$26,256
5	flerrehuve	Sweden	$9,984	$15,589	$25,573
6	Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis	Belgium	$3,750	$12,109	$15,859
7	Old brock	Austria		$9,406	$9,406
8	milanov888	Bulgaria	$1,500	$7,306	$8,806
9	ContraSpemSper0	Ukraine	$3,937	$6,021	$9,958

Other PokerStars SCOOP Results

Several other SCOOP events concluded on May 25, and several big names helped themselves to titles.

British star Scott “Aggro Santos” Margereson took down the $1,050 NLHE PKO Freezeout for $38,156, while Ognyan “cocojamb0” Dimov triumphed in the $109 NLHE 9-Max Classic, and banked $33,515.

There were also victories for Jamil “Jamil11” Wakil in the $320 Fenomeno worth $32,286, and mixed game specialist Matthew “MUSTAFABET” Ashton in the $1,050 Badugi ($14,909).

Event	Entrants	Prize Pool	Champion	Prize
#91-M: $320 NLHE PKO	1,218	$365,400	paniaguamos	$51,887*
#95-H: $530 NLHE 9-Max	547	$273,500	earthquake	$48,293
#99-H: $1,050 NLHE 6-Max Turbo Freezeout	228	$228,000	fearfightr	$44,056
#93-H: $1,050 NLHE PKO Freezeout	235	$235,000	Scott “Aggro Santos” Margereson	$38,156*
#95-M: $109 NLHE 9-Max	2,256	$225,600	Ognyan “cocojamb0” Dimov	$33,515
#99-M: $215 NLHE 6-Max Turbo Freezeout	1,001	$200,200	mahmuttt88	$32,714
#94-H: $320 NLHE Fenomeno	624	$187,200	Jamil “Jamil11” Wakil	$32,286
#96-H: $1,050 5-Card PLO8	120	$120,000	FAL1st	$26,977
#93-M: $109 NLHE PKO Freezeout	2,276	$227,600	vladulaNko	$26,610*
#92-H: $1,050 Badugi	38	$38,000	Matthew “MUSTAFABET” Ashton	$14,909

*includes bounty payments

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Another day, another tournament win for Bin Weng, who took down the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown on Thursday in Las Vegas for $1,128,250. And now he can go get some sleep and try to win yet another final table on Friday.

Weng, who lives in Pennsylvania, is on the heater of a lifetime and apparently cannot be stopped this year. The $3,500 buy-in tournament began in late April at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, where it played down to the final six. Play was paused for a few weeks and the remaining players traveled across the country to the Esports Arena at Luxor.

The champ can’t spend much time celebrating his big win because less than 20 hours after winning the SHRPS, he’ll return to the same venue to compete at the final table of the WPT Choctaw tournament, where he also holds the chip lead. First place in that event pays $400,740 and he could become the first player ever to win World Poker Tour events in consecutive days.

Weng Loses Lead, Rallies to Win

Weng entered the final table with larger than a 2-1 chip advantage over everyone else. Early on, he was pretty much unstoppable and quickly extended his lead.

The shortest stack entering the final table, Rafael Farah, was his first victim and went home in sixth place for $238,000. Jack Thu was next out the door in fifth place ($312,000) when he moved all in preflop with a weaker ace to that of Weng, who held on in the hand.

Weng won a race to eliminate David Mzareulov in fourth place ($550,000) and had over 70% of all chips in play at that point. Shortly after, he’d win a 60/40 to take out Mitch Garshofsky (third place for $745,000), which brought about heads-up play against Sridhar Sangannagari who’d never won a live poker tournament.

When heads-up play in the 612-player tournament began, Weng had more than a 4-1 chip advantage and seemed to be unstoppable. But the wheels would quickly come off when his opponent started to pick up a couple of small pots right off the bat, and then Sangannagari would continue to chip away at that lead.

Before long, the match was almost even, and then it turned completely around when Weng attempted a massive bluff with jack-high that didn’t get through against middle pair. All of a sudden, Sangannagari was in the lead by nearly 2-1 and had all the momentum on his side.

But Weng’s been on such a heater this year — two major tournament wins already in 2023 entering the SHRPS. The contest would turn back around in the red hot poker pro’s favor with 7♠7♣ on a flop of 8♠7♥2♠ when his opponent jammed all in with Q♦Q♣. There would be no two-outer on the turn or river and just like that, Weng was back out in front.

For more than a half hour following, the heads-up competitors would battle back and forth before Sangannagari went all in with top pair on the river only to find out Weng had rivered the nut straight. That left the player with the losing hand down to crumbs and would soon bow out in second place for $745,000.

Weng now has two seven-figure scores already this year. In January, he took down The Return, a $5,300 buy-in tournament at Borgata in Atlantic City, for $1,000,000.

He can’t win another million on Friday, but he can become a poker legend and pull off one of the most impressive accomplishments in poker history if he goes back-to-back at WPT Choctaw.

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Final Table Results

The Rattlesnake Open VI on Global Poker has been running all month and has awarded several big winners across dozens of Gold Coins (GC) and Sweeps Coins (SC) events. Some of the early winners on the social poker site that PokerNews has highlighted include “CardTzar”, “CoRexVicious” and Team PokerNews streamer Kyle “KAA17” Anderson.

Here’s a look at the latest winners of the Rattlesnake Open VI, which will culminate this weekend with Main Events on May 28.

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Gold Coin Winners Include “Skrublove” & “Java21”

There have been plenty of big winners in the last few days in the Rattlesnake Open.

On May 23, “Skrublove” took down the GC 2,500,000 guaranteed 24-L: NLHE for 524,960 after getting through a field of 272 players. Later in the evening, “JPORTA19” got through 188 runners to win the GC 10,000,000 guaranteed 24-H: NLHE for GC 2,040,000.

The following day, “Java21” got through 235 runners in 25-M: NLHE GC 9,000,000 Guaranteed to win GC 2,080,800 before “_BadatPoker” took down the GC 25,000,000 guaranteed 25-H: NLHE to win GC 5,434,560 to be the biggest Gold Coins winner of the day.

Other winners these past two days include “Sheggmun” (25-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed – GC 597,720), “UmphLuv” (25-L: NLHE GC 4,000,000 Guaranteed – GC 772,000) and “Toughtobeat” (24-M: NLHE GC 6,000,000 Guaranteed – GC 1,352,520).

Latest Global Poker Rattlesnake Open VI Gold Coins Winners

“Zooch718” & “Tripp3hippi3” Find Sweeps Coin Wins

Taking a look at the Sweeps Coins side of things, May 23 began with “Zooch718” defeating 768 runners in 24-L: NLHE SC 6,000 Guaranteed to lock up SC 1,378.57, followed by victories from “TheRealCappy” (24-M: NLHE SC 10,000 Guaranteed – SC 2,032.67), “Kiwiboy” (24-H: NLHE SC 10,000 Guaranteed – SC 2,325.66) and “Fesouy” (24-L: NLHE SC 4,000 Guaranteed – SC 961.88).

On May 24, “Jabrony50” started things off by getting through the biggest field of the day, 953 players, in the 24-L: NLHE SC 4,000 Guaranteed to win SC 2,074.17. But the biggest Sweeps Coins winner of the day was “GodsBigToe”, who took down the SC 30,000 guaranteed 25-H: NLHE to win SC 6,373.62.

Other winners on May 24 include “Tripp3hippi3” (25-M: NLHE SC 20,000 Guaranteed – SC 3,741.88) and “Muppet Baby” (25-L: NLHE SC 6,000 Guaranteed – SC 1,410.94).

Latest Global Poker Rattlesnake Open VI Sweeps Coins Winners

Biggest Events Still to Come

Many of the biggest events are still to come as the Rattlesnake Open VI closes out this weekend. May 28 will feature both Gold Coin and Sweeps Coin Main Events.

The Gold Coin 31-H: Main Event NLHE will kick off on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. ET and will feature a guaranteed prize pool of GC 40,000,000. The Sweeps Coin Main Event, meanwhile, offers up a guarantee of SC 200,000 as it gets underway at the same time.

Bin Weng has an opportunity to become a poker legend this week when he attempts to take down consecutive World Poker Tour (WPT) final tables.

At 4:30 p.m. PT on Thursday, the live-stream for the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown kicked off with the six players who advanced to Las Vegas following the conclusion of the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood (Florida) portion earlier this month.

When play began, Weng had more than a 2-1 chip advantage over everyone else at the table. While that alone might not be significant news — there’s often a big chip leader in major tournaments — the Chinese-born poker pro who now resides in Philadelphia is playing for even more this weekend than just the potential $1,128,250 first place prize in the current event.

Two World Poker Tour Final Tables in a Row

Regardless of where Weng finishes up at the SHRPS final table on Thursday, he’ll have to refocus on Friday. That’s because he also reached the finale of the WPT Choctaw event two weeks ago in Durant, Oklahoma, which also wraps at Luxor’s Esports Arena in Las Vegas.

Weng is also the chip leader in the Choctaw tournament, although his advantage is slimmer. Should he win both, he’d be the first to ever win consecutive World Poker Tour events, and it would go down as one of, if not the best accomplishment in poker history, not just the WPT.

What’s even crazier is Weng’s heater spans far beyond what he’s done this month in WPT events. The former restaurant industry worker took down the $5,300 buy-in The Return at Borgata in January for $1,000,000, beating out 1,142 entries. One month later, he shipped his first World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring in Las Vegas for $227,344, outlasting a field of 833 players.

And just for good measure, in the two weeks since Choctaw, he cashed in three high roller events at The Lodge Card Club in Austin, Texas. The heater was a surprise to Weng, who told PokerNews after reaching the Choctaw final table that he struggled last year.

“I was not doing so great in the second half of 2022,” Weng said. “I skipped a couple of events, I spent a month at home. I skipped a WSOP ring series, studying at home. So I changed my strategy a little bit. I hope that works, but I know I’m just running good, running pure this year in a lot of big spots.”

Weng said that he played too passive prior to 2023 and is now playing more aggressive. According to Hendon Mob, he already has nearly $1.8 million in live tournament cashes this year and could add more than $1 million more this week in Las Vegas. On top of that, he could go down as pulling off one of the greatest accomplishments in World Poker Tour — no, poker history.

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Final Table Chip Stacks

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