PokerStars SCOOP 2026 Main Event
Total Prize Pool: $2,215,000
Entries: 443 (300 entrants, 143 re-entries)
Places Paid: 55
Final Table Prizes:
1. $397,025.06
2. $295,097.14
3. $219,337.05
4. $163,026.87
5. $121,173.12
6. $90,064.33
7. $66,942.17
8. $49,756.20
9. $40,199.59
SCOOP 2026 Main Event Finalists
| Username & Player Name | Country | Stack Size (BB) |
|---|---|---|
| eisenhower1 – Christian Jeppsson | Sweden | 38.4 |
| NY17PATS14 | Canada | 138.4 |
| matheusttcm – Matheus Machado | Brazil | 201.5 |
| bencb789 – Benjamin Rolle | Bulgaria | ~40 |
| Ruba7777leb | Ukraine | 23.9 |
| stek94 – Iago Botelho | Brazil | 67.9 |
| The+EvClown | Brazil | 35.9 |
| ShipitFTW911 | Sweden | 34.9 |
| MyOnlyMemory | New Zealand | 31.7 |
Stacks and Seating
While Ben Rolle (like a boss) spends the beginning of the game sitting out, the Brazilian Plus Clown is faced with a problem.
Eisenhower1 raises to 8 big blinds with . The+EvClown briefly enters the time bank, but can't think of anything smarter than going all-in.
An instant call follows, and an ace on the flop allows the Swedish regular to double up without incident. Meanwhile, The+EvClown busts out with a comfortable stack early in the final table.
Ben Rolle enters the game for the first time, but the cards aren't on his side.
The BB defends preflop and doesn't make any moves postflop, check-raising his opponent's small continuation bet. Ben Rolle doesn't make any moves either, no backdoors with A-high—he just folds.
What an interesting scenario! This hand had many possible outcomes, and the one we saw was far from the craziest.
The New Zealander, MyOnlyMemory, min-raises with . Machado, the huge chip leader, calls. Jeppsson follows with tens. Iago Botelho, in the small blind, spends surprisingly little time sizing his squeeze, not even going into the time bank! His sizing is 10.5 big blinds.
The first two players sadly fold. Jeppsson calls and sees a flop that's not the best for this situation.
Flop (27 bb):
The effective stack is 62.2 big blinds. Botelho continuation bets 11.8 big blinds – it looks a bit greedy, but Jeppsson, of course, isn't ready to fold just yet – he calls.
Turn (50.6 bb, SPR = 1):
After a long pause, Botelho announces the check. A normal line for 2005 – we have , we give up. Now the hijack with his pocket pair must bet for protection, and we are guaranteed to win.
Jeppsson, of course, checks after that. The river comes and Botelho bets 29 big blinds. After thinking for about half a minute, Jeppsson calls and receives bad news.
An interesting prank from the Brazilian! It's worth noting that he made all his decisions quite quickly.
Jeppsson faces another test in the 11th minute.
He calls preflop.
Flop (5.5 bb):
eisenhower1 starts with a check, Botelho wisely checks after him.
Turn (5.5 bb):
Jeppsson, who has made a straight, checks again! Botelho, with an overpair on a 4th-straight board that fits his opponent's range perfectly, bets 2.86 big blinds! What's going on?
Jeppsson calls.
Oh my! The finale's script is being written in broad strokes.
eisenhower1 checks. His opponent bets a solid 5.83 big blinds. A short while later, the all-in comes in. The Brazilian doesn't fold, and as usual, he doesn't think long. Jeppsson doubles up, again with over 50 big blinds!
8th place is taken by bencb.
This time, he fails to get his two outs.
Active Ukrainian player Ruba7777leb is next to go.
He'd just lost a big pot, and now, with the shortest stack, he decides to gamble—all-in! The queens repush, and nothing more.
In less than 20 minutes, three players left the tournament!
A surprising hand between the two leaders begins with a three-bet from Machado. His Canadian opponent calls.
Flop (20.3 bb):
Very combative! Machado continuation bets 8.12 bb. His opponent calls with top pair.
Turn (36.5 bb):
A nasty card for the Brazilian, and he continues with a block bet of 9.12 big blinds. His opponent in position calls again.
River (54.7 bb):
Decent gain! Not as decent as it would be in Omaha, but nothing to complain about. SPR is around 2, what should I do?
Machado bets 15.5 big blinds, a small, reliable sizing. How will the Canadian respond after making the second nuts?
He raises to 35.5 big blinds! That leaves 70 big blinds behind, so the hand doesn't exactly decide much, but it's a very interesting runout, so we decided you couldn't do without it. By the way, how would you have played if you were Machado?
After thinking for less than a minute, he decides not to call 20bb for a pot of 85 and calmly folds his full house.
Bored without decent card, ShipitFTW911 decides to test Machado with a sudden three-bet. However, the Brazilian's intuition is spot on: he makes a small four-bet of 13.2 big blinds and celebrates a victory.
A hand with some very unusual action!
Machado called preflop.
Postflop went like this: Machado lead – raise – call! Machado lead – raise – call! And then, on the third consecutive lead, on the river, Botelho painfully folded. Basically, Machado read him like yesterday's newspaper.
Hispit adds to his collection of subtle folds. Preflop call (ahead), flop call (ahead), turn, seemingly little change, opponent barrels with a small sizing – but the regular has seen everything he wanted and reliably folds.
Another big splash! After some thought, the Canadian cold-bet to 18.9 big blinds. Jeppsson immediately folds, and Botelho has the decision. How could they not be afraid? Third stack, they'll have to sit it out forever... The Brazilian shoves all-in, slightly ahead, but only until a king flops... 6th place, the last five-figure prize—from now on, it'll be all six-figure ones.
We continue to watch Jeppsson dodge bullets. Here he is, raising to 2.1 big blinds with from first position, getting called by the Canadian on the button, who has taken the lead.
Flop (6.35 bb):
Jeppsson doesn't have the queen of clubs. He checks, and the opponent bets 1.85 big blinds. Jeppsson calls.
Turn (10 bb):
Jeppsson checks, and his opponent bets 3.72bb. Jeppsson is calling, but somehow without enthusiasm.
River (17.5 bb):
He checks. The dealer puts down a card that's not even worth a hero call. The opponent bets 7.47 big blinds. Jeppsson folds.
His opponent had .
Jeppsson has 25 blinds left.
Meanwhile, Machado is in full swing. First, he three-bets ShipitFTW911 open from first position with KTo, and the unlucky Swede, with 20 blinds, is forced to fold a better hand—AJo. Then he simply shoves all-in from the button into two shorts with queen-high. We won't even mention the aggressive standard steals.
In the next hand, he makes a wide call from the small blind against a raise from the chip leader and catches the nut flush draw on the flop.
Machado opens with a standard check, his opponent with two pair checks a little unexpectedly after, and sees one of the most unpleasant turns – .
Machado checks again, the Canadian chip leader bets 2.09 big blinds. He check-raises to 12 big blinds and gets a call.
The river brings the fourth card to the flush ( ). Machado tries to get 22 blinds, but his opponent easily folds. The lead shifts to the Brazilian.
In the next hand, Canadian NY17PATS14 opens KTs from first position. His neighbor, MyOnlyMemory, is ATo, has just under 30 big blinds, and hasn't played in a while. He decides to three-bet 5.5 big blinds. Everyone folds, and NY17PATS14 calls.
On the flop , NY17PATS14 has a backdoor diamond and makes an unexpected move, leading 2.5bb into a 13.2bb pot. Except for A-high, MyOnlyMemory is completely valueless. He doesn't want to waste his stack and quickly folds.
“I’m the chip leader,” thinks Machado, “maybe I should steal on some random flop too?”
With KJo he defends the BB against Shipit and on the flop , he leads with a small sizing. But the fundamental problem is that he's not the one stealing here—he has the best hand. Therefore...
But Machado isn't so simple – call! It seems he has a plan.
Turn brings , and the SPR is slightly less than one. Machado... leads again – 3.03 big blinds! It's poker checkmate. Shipit can't raise, because that would effectively be all-in. Going all-in is reckless, and floating without equity would be too flamboyant for the Scandinavian regular. So he folds.
Machado is some kind of king of leads. A couple of rounds later, he defends the BB with T8o against NY17PATS14 and on the flop , converts his low gutshot draw with a quarter-pot lead. NY17PATS14 has only Q8o and no clubs, and he prefers to fold such a hopeless hand.
MyOnlyMemory loses the coin flip and is eliminated in 5th place ($121,173).
In the next hand, Shipit's short stack with KTo goes head to head with . Machado catches the king and doubles up. Now we have two big chip leaders with stacks over 150bb and two relatively short stacks with 20-26bb.
The big stacks, however, don't sign the peace treaty and continue playing poker. Machado raises , NY17 defends the BB. On the flop The Brazilian bets a quarter and gets check-called.
Turn is a , and Machado still has just one bad gutshot, but he fires a second barrel for 40%. NY17 calls again.
And the river:
The pot's been filled, the match at showdown isn't particularly relevant, so we need to bluff again! Machado bets 11 big blinds after his opponent checks. A quick fold follows.
Unlucky, ShipitFTW911 keeps making correct folds with the best hands.
And, as a logical result, in the battle of the Swedes, Jeppsson turns out to be stronger...
...and luckier.
ShipitFTW911 finishes the tournament in 4th place, winning $163,026.
Deep, even super-deep stacks in the top 3! Now that's structure, my respects.
Jeppsson raises with from the button (his standard 2.1 bb), NY17 calls with in the small blind, Machado makes the call with on the big one.
Flop (6.69 bb):
One big stack has top pair, another has open-ended, and only eisenhower1 has absolutely nothing.
Check, check. Eisenhower1 continuation bets 2.17 bb. Both players call!
Turn (13.2 bb):
Check, check. It's Jeppsson's turn. Still nothing and really wanting to give up, right? And he bets a melancholy 5.25 big blinds.
And this bet has a devastating effect – both opponents fold.
And when two barrels are missing, send in a third! Machado couldn't make that bet.
At the new level, the stack ratio has changed: Jeppsson is still third, but he has 60 big blinds, Machado has 85 big blinds, and NY17 has 130 big blinds.
Preflop, Jeppsson raised and called his opponent's big three-bet. The flop is a nightmare for the three-bettor, and NY17 checks. And even though Jeppsson doesn't even have backdoor equity, he immediately starts pressing.
NY17 can't call even a third of the pot—he folds. eisenhower1's relentless rise continues.
Machado raises 3.5bb from the small blind, Jeppsson with reraises to 10 bb. Opponent calls.
Flop (20.4 bb):
True to form, Machado donks – 5.1 big blinds, a quarter of the pot. Jeppsson calls.
Turn (30.6 bb):
The Brazilian doesn't continue – he checks. His opponent checks back.
River (30.6 bb):
Machado bets 12.2 big blinds. Jeppsson immediately calls (without a spade, it's apparently hard to think about raising). His opponent has ATo with a ten of spades—the Swedish regular moves into second place!
How familiar! Machado feels the urgent need to win a pot as quickly as possible.
NY17 had been giving up a lot in this final table, but then he apparently sensed something. After thinking for a while, he made the call.
NY17 raises to 2.15 bb with . Jeppsson calls in the BB.
Flop (5.18 bb):
The Canadian has a combo draw, so he bets 1.41 bb, and gets called.
Turn (8 bb):
After his opponent checks, NY17 (who has made a flush) bets 2.46 big blinds. He gets called again.
River (12.9 bb):
Jeppsson checks. NY17, despite having a pair, bets a big draw – 10.8 big blinds. Trips queens is a very likely hand, but it's likely not very flexible in sizing.
Jeppsson responds with a big check-raise – 34.5 bb!
But NY17's fold tolerance seems to have run out. He calls with a very weak flush and loses to a full house. . Change of leader!
Jeppsson gets and raises to 2.1 BB from the button. Machado defends the BB.
On the flop , the Brazilian doesn't donk. But when he gets a continuation bet of 1.77 big blinds (a third of the pot), he check-raises to 5.5 big blinds! With top pair and a long flush, Jeppsson calls.
Turn (16.1 bb):
Machado bets 10.6 bb. Call.
River (37.3 bb):
Machado bets 31.5bb, leaving himself with 1.26bb.
It looks very menacing! But Jeppsson finds a call.
And he's right. Machado was bluffing with .
In the following hands, the Brazilian manages to spin from one blind to 10, and in order to knock him out, extreme measures have to be taken.
Machado flopped a gutshot, but failed to improve. Third place earned him $219,337.
Heads-up! Jeppsson has double the chips, but the battle is just beginning.
The first minutes of the HU are dominated by the eisenhower1. He hits the boards much more often and bluffs very economically, stopping at the right time, so his opponent's stack steadily dwindles. And the very first big pot turns out to be a cooler in his favor.
Let's give the Canadian credit; he folded that flush.
The battle continues evenly for a while. The cards come out roughly evenly, the hands proceed logically, and both players play carefully. The pot explodes, and Jeppsson decides to re-raise his opponent's continuation bet on backdoors. After getting called, he barrels for extra equity on the turn—and he's called again. The river is a blank.
The Swede thinks for a long time, but doesn't bluff. NY17 also thinks for a long time, although he could have checked—his kicker is in play here. But he moves all-in and partially restores his stack from the beginning of heads-up play.
Another ten minutes of mixed success, and then a big hand. Jeppsson min-raises J3o preflop and continuation bets with top pair.
Call.
On the turn, NY17 continues to play his double gutshot aggressively, falling just short of an overbet.
Call.
The river brings the flush and NY17 goes all-in.
The difference between first and second place is one hundred thousand dollars.
It takes Jeppsson about 10 seconds to call with his second pair without a kicker.
Victory!
Christian Jeppsson (eisenhower1) is a true veteran of the movement. He's been playing on PokerStars for 20 years, since 2006!
In 2015-16, he reached his peak, holding the number one spot in the PocketFives rankings for 16 weeks. He was named Player of the Year in Sweden in 2015. His Stars avatar is a full-tilt avatar, awarded for winning FTOPS tournaments. Jeppsson achieved this feat in 2013. He also has victories in the WCOOP and GG Super Millions, the Sunday Million, and the 2020 WPT Online Championship on partypoker.
In 2008, he won a side event at EPT Budapest, taking home $151,000. His Hendon Mob profile has been deleted.
