Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

How to prepare for SCOOP

The three tier buy-in series begins this Sunday, check out our videos on how to adjust for long days, big fields and deep stacks.

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Get ready for SCOOP

luckylukeps on how to prepare for this unique tournament series

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Adjusting to big MTTs

If you are used to playing fast MTTs, see how to adjust in long deep ones

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SCOOP live MTT review

Watch how a live session looks in this long series

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Final table review

Collin Moshman reviews two final tables from the series

SCOOP begins this Sunday

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One of the most popular online festivals of any poker year, the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) returns between May 12 to 27

There are 67 events, each with a low, medium and high buy-in variant (so 201 tournaments in total) with $75 million guaranteed overall ($10 million more than 2018). 

May 26 will see three Main Events, with $109, $1,050 and $10,300 buy-ins, guaranteeing $2.5 million, $4 million and $5 million respectively.

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.