It is almost that time of year again when online poker tournament grinders flock to PokerStars in an attempt to boost their bankrolls with massive prizes. We are, of course, talking about the Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP). Although PokerStars is still finalizing the 2024 SCOOP schedule, PokerNews has learned that the latest edition of SCOOP runs for 25 days betweenMay 5-29, so keep those dates free in your diary.

After more than 14 hours of exciting bounty action, San Diego’s Adrian Lopez won the $1,600 Mystery Bounty at the 2024 Wynn Millions Festival for a career-best $190,950 and the golden Wynn trophy. Lopez, a business owner and longtime recreational grinder, won more than four times his previous career earnings as he triumphed in a back-and-forth heads-up battle with runner-up Chad Wassmuth. “It’s my biggest win yet so far, so it feels pretty good," Lopez told PokerNews in a winner’s interview.

Last week, Doug Polk revealed that he’s been a losing player lifetime in livestreamed ring games by around $400,000. On Sunday, the Upswing Poker founder won big in a marathon session at The Lodge Card Club. But was it big enough to get unstuck? Not only did Polk book a sizable profit, Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot redeemed himself after a 20-minute tank on The Lodge stream Saturday night by winning over $380,000 the following day.

High Stakes PokerSeason 12 has been action-packed through the first four shows. But it really picked up in Episode 5, which aired Monday night on PokerGO. The table remained the same from Episode 4, with Andrew Robl having everyone easily covered and nearly $1 million in front of him. Vivian Yang, Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot, Phil Laak, Santhosh Suvarna, Jean-Robert Bellande, and Chino Rheem rounded out the table at the start of the show.

At the beginning of the year, Ludovic Geilich was unveiled as the latest ambassador to join Grosvenor Poker and the popular Scottish grinder has kicked off the new partnership in fine fashion after taking down the £1,100 GUKPT Blackpool Main Event over the weekend for £56,150. The triumph marks Geilich’s second major title on the tour and also follows his recent High Roller victory at 888poker LIVE Coventry, all coming within the last ten months.

Robert Rohlich clinched victory in the highly contested 2024 Eureka Rozvadov €1,100 Main Event, besting a field of 1,526 contenders at King’s Resort. His commanding performance on the final table earned him the title and a substantial first-place prize of €243,500, marking the largest payout in Eureka Poker Tour Rozvadov history. Rohlich joins the ranks of esteemed Czech champions, following in the footsteps of Petr Svoboda, who secured victory in the Eureka Rozvadov 2017 edition.

The Irish Open is renowned for its vibrant atmosphere and this year promises even more excitement as PokerStars Team Pros Fintan Hand and Benjamin Spragg go head-to-head in a series of challenges as part of Team Ireland vs Team England. Set against the backdrop of the Royal Dublin Society, from March 25 to April 1, this festival is shaping up to be an unforgettable experience. The festivities kick off with a variety of challenges in the Irish Open Entertainment Lounge, where players can witness Fintan and Spraggy battle it out in activities ranging from flip-cup, darts, and beer pong tournaments to scavenger hunts and jockey races.

The PokerStars Sunday Million Season completed its second week on March 18, and Brazilian Guilherme “GZingano” Zingano will look back on Week 2 with fond memories. While the online poker community was buzzing with excitement after the 2024 Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) announcement, Zingano was one of 95 PokerStars players returning for Day 2 of the $1 million guaranteed Sunday Million PKO. The $109 buy-in event drew 10,646 entrants, creating a guarantee-busting $1,046,000 prize pool.

The 888poker Mystery Bounty Festival kicked off over the weekend, and every 888poker dreamed of getting the series off to a flying start. United Kingdom-based “LODDENThinks” did precisely that, taking down the $120,000 Mystery Bounty Opening event for $9,620, boosting their bankroll, and giving their confidence a shot in the arm. On Day 1, the 1,171-strong crowd was whittled to the final table of eight. Among the casualties were “thegreatdonk” and “Steed4321,” who crashed out in 123rd and 46th place, respectively, but not before pulling a mystery bunty worth $3,600!

The latest Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT) event took place inside the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas over the weekend, and a third consecutive woman champion was crowned. Maria Ho defeated the single-table field of TikTok stars and poker vloggers to win $10,000 and the golden CPT belt. The poker commentator and Women in Poker Hall of Famer was a favorite to win the sit-and-go-style CPT Game Night I, and she delivered as she battled vloggers Brad Owen, Alexander “Wolfgang” Seibt and Ethan “Rampage” Yau, NFL running back Austin Ekeler and influencers Bryce Hall, Trent “BookitWithTrent” Attyah and Tommy Unold, who was an alternate but managed to finish runner-up for $5,000.

The first two of 11 World Series of Poker Circuit rings have been awarded at the 2024 WSOP Circuit UK at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham. Peggy Crawford took down the £230 Ladies Event, with Andrew Maskell crowned the £340 Colossus champion. The festival concludes on March 24, and there are another nine gold rings waiting to be won, making for a busy few days at the home of British poker, Dusk Till Dawn.

A few eyebrows were raised when the Irish Poker Tour decided to run a €100,000 guaranteed poker tournament that only cost €100 (€80+€20) to enter, and do so over the St. Patrick’s weekend celebrations. The tournament needed 1,250 entrants to hit the ambitious guarantee; had founder Fintan Gavin lost the plot? It seems that Gavin knows his clientele because 1,771 poker enthusiasts turned out in force for the €100K for €100 event at Dublin’s Green Isle Hotel, creating a €136,722 prize pool, over a third more than the advertised guarantee.

It’s game over for Kevin Martin and his livestreamed poker bankroll challenge after 500 hours and just $500 of poker profit. The GGPoker ambassador took on one of the wildest bankroll challenges in poker history. Dubbed “Poker from Zero,” he set out to turn $0 into $5,000 and he livestreamed his entire life until he reached the goal or hit 500 hours. His first step was to pawn off a few items so that he could have a few hundred bucks in his online poker account.

The 888poker Mystery Bounty Festival is crowning champions left, right, and center, but there is one tournament where we won’t know who the winner is until March 26: the Mystery Bounty Festival Main Event. The 888poker Mystery Bounty Festival Main Event, costing £215 to enter and guaranteeing at least $300,000 will be won, is by far the largest tournament on the busy schedule. Approximately one dozen Day 1s take place before Day 2 on March 25, which seems like plenty of time to build a stack that challenges for the lead, but that final Day 1 will be on you quicker than you realize.

Shared liquidity in online poker may be coming to Pennsylvania thanks to a state lawmaker’s efforts to “nudge” Governor Josh Shapiro into entering the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA). While there is technically nothing stopping Pennsylvania from entering the multi-state compact with Nevada,New Jersey, Delaware, Michigan and West Virginia, House Bill 2078, introduced by State Rep. George Dunbar, would initiate the process through the legislative body rather than relying on action from the governor.

The 2024 edition of the WPT Prime Amsterdam Main Event has reached its final day’s play, with only nine of the 1,340 players who started the €1,100 buy-in event with high hopes of becoming a World Poker Tour champion still in the hunt for the title. The bulk of the €1,289,400 prize pool will be awarded on March 22, with €208,095 reserved for the eventual champion. The 1,340 buy-ins was a massive increase on last year’s WPT Prime Amsterdam Main Event, when exactly 1,000 players bought in.

The excitement is ramping up for one of the most unique events of the year as time draws closer to the start of the highly anticipated WPT Voyage. From March 31 to April 6, 2024, the World Poker Tour will take over an entire Virgin Voyages cruise ship—the 1,400-cabin Valiant Lady—for a six-day poker festival that features $1.5 million in guarantees, including a $5,000 buy-in and $1,000,000 GTD WPT Main Event.

The Casino Portomaso is the location for the next stop on the popular EAPT, with the tour calling it home from April 5-10. The 2024 EAPT Malta festival features five action-packed tournaments, including the €200,000 guaranteed Main Event, which the PokerNews Live Reporting team is bringing you all of the action from. EAPT Malta’s Main Event features six Day 1s, including a pair of turbo-structures flights, each costing €560 to enter.

Stanley Grandon is a former leading ophthalmologist (eye doctor) who spent 45 years helping others. These days, Grandon spends his days on the golf course, playing poker and following his passion for painting. Two of Grandon’s favorite pastimes have combined, resulting in him creating unique paintings that put the viewer in the thick of the action at the poker table. Grandon stepped away from the hustle-bustle of the medical world during the COVID-19 pandemic, freeing up time to follow his passion for painting.

Poker players at Canada’s Playground Poker Club got an unexpected surprise in the form of seven figures on Friday as the club’s bad beat jackpot hit for nearly CAD $2 million. The bad beat jackpot at Playground Poker had climbed to CAD $1,817,990 (approximately $1.3 million USD) before a straight flush versus quads collision that the club documented and shared across social media. Seven Figures for Lucky Canadian Poker Players Details have yet to come about the bad beat jackpot, including the game stakes, payouts for both players and table share.

. Imagine putting your entire net worth on a single roulette spin. That’s exactly what rising vlogging star Corey Eyring plans to do at the end of 2024 with a half-a-million goal. Even if he doesn’t he plans to put whatever he has on the line come year’s end. “The goal is to have $500,000 at the end of the year and however much I have at the end of the year on December 31st, I’m just gonna put it on red or black,” said Eyring, who is documenting the journey in his vlogs, which has built a strong audience thanks to its fun tone and wild antics.

888poker has taken its wildly successful YouTube series, 888Ride, to the airwaves with the launch of its brand-new podcast. This thrilling online venture promises to be a rollercoaster ride featuring top poker personalities and players, giving listeners an intimate glimpse into the lives of their favorite poker celebrities. Podcasts have become one of the most popular mediums for poker players to indulge in their passions both on and off the poker table.

The WSOP International Circuit is back in the UK a year after Matthew Gray’s triumph and a fter four starting flights it’s time for Day 2 at Dusk till Dawn in Nottingham. After four starting flights, including one online flight, 108 players have survived from a starting field of 462 — up from 439 just 12 months ago. Leading the way is Carlo Solazzo with 664,000, narrowly ahead of former UKIPT Blackpool champion Tuan Le and Daniel Charlton, who finished 32nd in the 2019 WSOP Main Event.

With decades of poker experience, Illinois’ Monika Heppner is ready to take on the pros, and hopefully get a few photos with them, on the upcoming WPT Voyage after winning a package on ClubWPT. From March 31 to April 6, 2024, the World Poker Tour (WPT) will take over an entire Virgin Voyages cruise ship for a six-day poker festival that features $1.5 million in guarantees, including a $5,000 buy-in and $1,000,000 guaranteed WPT Main Event.