

May 09, 2017

CrownUpGuy: “greetings to my boys and god bless the beautiful game of PLO


And it was not from lack of trying, as the players remained aggressive throughout the final table. Both Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz and runner-up Alexey “LuckyGump” Makarov were denied their second SCOOP titles as raconteur took the title and $118,428.26 after a four-way deal.

Check out below for raconteur’s two-day adventure into the winner’s circle.

Some players such as Joe “jcada99” Cada and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom pumped in their fourth bullet during the final late registration break while others like two-time SCOOP champ Mike “goleafsgoeh” Leah waited to put down their $2,100 with 20 big blinds five and a half hours into tournament.


Cada and Leah’s late entries and re-entries did not receive a return on investment as 32 players would start up Day Two already assured $5,100. People firing multiple bullets like raconteur and European Poker Tour 12 Grand Final Super High Roller champ Ole “wizowizo” Schemion were hoping to hit one of two six figure scores at the final table.




Ole “wizowizo” Schemion

Holz and Schemion would be seated next together for the first three hours of Day Two and were still bosom buddies as the tournament moved into hand-for-hand play on the four-handed table. Schemion would run low on chips as the blinds moved up to 4K/8K. After calling a three-bet and seeing a flop of K♥J♠9♦ Schemion pushed over the top of Alexey “LuckyGump” Makarov’s bet. Makarov already owns a PLO SCOOP title (2010 Event #18-H) and will get a chance at a second one after backing into a turned straight thus overcoming Schemion’s flopped two pair and starting up the final table below:


Seat 1: Tagult (983355 in chips)
Seat 2: Ognjen “psjebemvas” Šekularac (589005 in chips)
Seat 3: mikki696 (637602 in chips)
Seat 4: Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz (631576 in chips)
Seat 5: Alexey “LuckyGump” Makarov (774353 in chips)
Seat 6: raconteur (634109 in chips)

Fedor would welcome everyone to the final table with the above quote about 15 minutes in while tangled with a sizable river decision against Ognjen “psjebemvas” Šekularac. The two-time -COOP winner would take about half his time bank and calmly called for nearly half his stack, correctly picking off a King-high bluff with a low two pair. An hour later Ognjen “psjebemvas” Šekularac would do the same to Holz by calling a half-pot bet on the river and turning over deuces and threes for the win. Even adding a little ribbing with “easy game” in the chat box.


Almost made it to hour three without sending someone to the showers as both Šekularac and Holz were all-in but they both managed timely double-ups. Then with the blinds up to 10K/20K with Šekularac all-in after a flop of K♥2♠10♥, a resurgent Makarov would call Šekularac’s small raise with top pair a flush draw K♦ A♠ 4♥ 8♥ as Šekularac’s 10♠ 7♠ 6♥ 9♣ exited quietly in sixth place ($30,175.00) after the 3♥ completed the flush.



Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz – fifth place $47,175.00


mikki696: $114,226.11
LuckyGump: $111,910.52
Tagult: $109,335.11
raconteur: $106,428.26

Tagult’s run as the final table chip leader would end shortly before the deal making then halfway through the following hour Tagult and Makarov both sitting with similar, smaller stacks would shove them both in the middle pre-flop with Makarov covering. Tagult’s J♠ 10♣ 8♣ Q♦ was dead in the water after Makarov’s turned flush 10♥ A♠ A♦ 9♦ on the K♦ 2♦ 3♠ J♦ 3♥ board. Tagult earned $109,335.11 for the two days of labor.

Makarov’s run towards a second SCOOP title (nearly seven years later) would become a heads-up match away after mikki696’s shove into raconteur’s flopped trips earned mikki696 $114,226.11. LuckyGump would start the heads-up match ahead 2.3 million to raconteur’s 1.91 million with blinds holding at 12K/24K.


Alexey “LuckyGump” Makarov – runner up $111,910.52

By break time Makarov extended that lead to 3.25 million over raconteur’s 992K while continuing to apply pressure by taking four out of the first five hands after the interlude. Fifteen minutes in and raconteur’s persistence to Makarov’s aggression would pay off after finding kings and jacks and getting it all-in preflop against Makarov’s medium wrap hand. A flopped set of jacks was enough to turn the chip lead.


Entrants: 246 (179 re-entries)
Total prize pool: $850,000
Places paid: 54

1. raconteur (United Kingdom) $118,428.26*
2. Alexey “LuckyGump” Makarov (Russia) $111,910.52*
3. mikki696 (Austria) $114,226.11*
4. Tagult (United Kingdom) $109,335.11*
5. Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz (Austria) $47,175.00
6. Ognjen “psjebemvas” Šekularac (Serbia) $30,175.00

* denotes part of four-way deal



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