{"id":5765,"date":"2018-05-06T22:56:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T22:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=5765"},"modified":"2018-12-16T11:59:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T11:59:49","slug":"scoop-powerfest-online-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/scoop-powerfest-online-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Online Storm? SCOOP, POWERFEST Offer $100m+ in GTDs in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Online poker players who can\u2019t get enough tournament action are going to love the month of May with<strong> two massive online series<\/strong> set to go off at nearly the same time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PokerStars<\/strong>&#8216; iconic <strong>Spring Championship of Online Poke<\/strong>r (SCOOP) is set to run May 6-21, 2018, with <strong>a total of 183 tournaments <\/strong>and <strong>$65 million in guaranteed prize money<\/strong>. It\u2019s the 10th anniversary of SCOOP and PokerStars is planning to throw in some extras for this year\u2019s series.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>partypoker&#8217;s<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/partypoker-powerfest-schedule\/\">POWERFEST<\/a> will run May 6-20, 2018, with<strong> 366 different events<\/strong> and<strong> over $40 million in prize pool guarantees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Between SCOOP and POWERFEST poker players will be able to choose between <strong>549 different tournaments b$100m+ in prize pools <\/strong>during the month of May.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"scoop_offers_1m-gtd_tournament_every_day\">SCOOP offers $1m-GTD tournament every day<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Players who live for<strong> big prize pool tournaments<\/strong> will want to pay special attention to the SCOOP schedule.<\/p>\n<p>This year PokerStars spring series will be <strong>running at least one tournament with a $1 million-GTD prize pool every single day of the series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, all 61 events will each offer three different buy-ins at low, medium and high for a tournament of 366 different events.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the different buy-in levels the 2018 SCOOP will offer something for everyone with <strong>buy-ins ranging from just $2.20 to a whopping $25,000 for the super high roller event<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mix game players<\/strong> will be happy to note that there\u2019s plenty of non-Hold\u2019em action on the docket with everything from <strong>Triple Draw<\/strong> to <strong>Badugi<\/strong> on display.<\/p>\n<p>Players will want to pay special attention to the following highlight tournaments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The 2018 SCOOP will culminate with<\/strong> <strong>three different Main Events on May 20<\/strong> with buy-ins set at $109, $1,050 and $10,300 with a combined $10.5 million in guaranteed prize pools.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PokerStars will also offer a special Phase event throughout the series<\/strong> where Phase 2 plays out on May 20. 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With over $4.5 million in guarantees, this could be a make-or-break day for hardcore grinders.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Five different $25,000 Platinum Passes will be awarded over the course of the series.<\/strong> Winners receive a package to the first-ever PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold&#8217;em Championship next spring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"partypoker_set_for_biggest_powerfest\">partypoker set for biggest POWERFEST<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>partypoker has been expanding its flagship POWERFEST online series for years but the upcoming edition represents the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\">poker site\u2019s<\/a> biggest ever <strong>with 366 different tournaments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The series offers a variety of buy-in levels thanks to its micro, low, mid and high format. <strong>Buy-ins start at $1.10 and move up to $215<\/strong> but that\u2019s not including the super high roller events that reach into the stratosphere with a $25,000 buy-in tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the best online poker players in the world have competed in the $25,000 buy-in tournament including <strong>Sam Trickett<\/strong>, <strong>Viktor Blom<\/strong>,\u00a0and <strong>Ben Tollerene<\/strong> so this year\u2019s tournament is sure to be a highlight-reel worthy event.<\/p>\n<p>This edition of POWERFEST also <strong>offers a slightly more balanced scheduled <\/strong>with slightly less reliance on standard No-Limit Hold\u2019em thanks to an increase of PLO and 6-Max tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the eye-popping numbers for this edition of POWERFEST:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>366 events <\/strong>with a total of <strong>$40 million in guaranteed prize money<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>58 high roller tournaments<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>17 championship events<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>13 events <\/strong>offering guaranteed prize pools of <strong>over $1 million<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>3 main events on May 20<\/strong> with combined guaranteed prize pools of<strong> over $3 million<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 super high roller with a $25,000 buy-in <\/strong>on May 17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"powerfest_vs_scoop\">POWERFEST vs. SCOOP<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Online poker players have some big decisions to make this May with two of the biggest online series in recent memory taking place at essentially the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, most players <strong>won\u2019t actually have to choose<\/strong> thanks to the magic of <strong>multi-tabling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If \u2014 for some reason \u2014 players are looking to play just one series than <strong>small-stakes players will likely want to take a closer look at POWERFEST<\/strong> as the series offers a massive amount of small buy-in tournaments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Players looking for bigger buy-in tournaments will likely want to check out SCOOP<\/strong> thanks to its plethora of high roller events.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, players looking to play non-Hold\u2019em events will also want to log onto PokerStars for SCOOP with <strong>PLO<\/strong>, <strong>Omaha-8<\/strong>, <strong>Badugi<\/strong>, <strong>Razz<\/strong>, <strong>2-7 Triple Draw<\/strong>, and more on the schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, players at POWERFEST will likely have slightly better odds at avoiding the more serious grinders considering the cache that comes with winning a COOP title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online poker players who can\u2019t get enough tournament action are going to love the month [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","vebbtech_seo_disable_yoast":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_author":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_date":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_factchecker":false,"vebbtech_seo_fact_check_enabled":false,"vebbtech_seo_post_reviewer":55,"vebbtech_seo_post_review_date":"2025-01-16T11:59","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,373],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-category","8":"category-tournament"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Perfect Online Storm? 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