Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson won the $5,200 No-Limit Hold'em SCOOP Main Event at PokerStars on March 25, collecting $397,025 and his third SCOOP title. The Swedish pro closed out a nine-player final table that featured notable title holders and roughly an hour of heads-up play against Canada's "NY17PATS14."
A Field of 443, a Prize Pool of $2.2M
The tournament drew 443 entries, building a $2,215,000 prize pool shared among the top 55 finishers. Notable players who cashed but fell short of the final table included Joao "Naa114" Vieira, Bruno "great dant" Volkmann, Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, and Guillaume "Nolet20" Nolet.
Brazil's Matheus "matheusttcm" Machado took the chip lead into the final table with 36,380,184 chips, ahead of Canada's "NY17PATS14" at 24,931,713. Jeppsson sat fifth with 7,114,156 chips.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matheus "matheusttcm" Machado | Brazil | 36,380,184 |
| 2 | NY17PATS14 | Canada | 24,931,713 |
| 3 | stek94 | Brazil | 12,250,037 |
| 4 | Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle | Bulgaria | 7,238,183 |
| 5 | Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson | Sweden | 7,114,156 |
| 6 | The+EVClown | Brazil | 6,484,604 |
| 7 | ShipitFTW911 | Sweden | 6,305,302 |
| 8 | MyOnlyMemory | New Zealand | 5,721,531 |
| 9 | Ruba7777leb | Ukraine | 4,324,290 |
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle, founder of Raise Your Edge, entered the final with a chance to add a SCOOP Main Event title to the $5,000 WSOP Online Main Event he won in September 2025. Brazil's "stek94" had won this same event in 2025 and was gunning for back-to-back SCOOP Main Event victories — a feat previously achieved by Gianluca Speranza.
Neither got there.
Eliminations: Ninth Through Fifth
The first hand of consequence came quickly. "The+EVClown" min-raised from the cutoff with pocket nines, Jeppsson 3-bet from the small blind with pocket aces, and called the shove. An ace on the flop left "The+EVClown" drawing dead on the turn.
Rolle ran into a similar wall one hand later. He min-raised with pocket nines, Machado 3-bet with pocket jacks on the button, and Rolle shoved for 32 big blinds. Machado called instantly. The jacks held on a queen-high board, and Rolle was out in eighth.
"Ruba7777leb" went out seventh. "MyOnlyMemory" opened with pocket queens, Machado flat-called with ace-five of hearts, and "Ruba7777leb" squeezed all-in from the button with pocket sevens for 12 big blinds. "MyOnlyMemory" moved all-in and Machado folded. No sevens arrived, and Ukraine's representative exited in seventh.
Six-handed play ended 40 minutes later when "stek94" ran pocket jacks into "NY17PATS14's" ace-king following a 4-bet pot. Jeppsson had opened from the cutoff with ace-ten and folded to the action. "NY17PATS14" spiked a king on the flop and won a pot that effectively ended "stek94's" title defense.
"MyOnlyMemory" exited fifth in a dramatic hand. "NY17PATS14" opened with pocket jacks, "MyOnlyMemory" 3-bet with king-queen of hearts, and called off ten big blinds after a 4-bet. "NY17PATS14" flopped a set, the turn gave "MyOnlyMemory" a king-high straight, but a nine on the river paired the board for a full house. The New Zealander finished fifth for $121,173.
Fellow Swede "ShipitFTW911" was the next to go. Down to 14 big blinds, they raised to 11 big blinds under the gun with pocket fours. Their fellow Swede called with pocket sevens in the big blind and called off the remaining three big blinds. The sevens held. Three players remained.
Jeppsson Grinds Back From the Short Stack
Jeppsson began three-handed play as the clear short stack — 41 big blinds against Machado's 121 and "NY17PATS14's" 147. He stayed patient, picked his spots against Machado, and won enough confrontations to claw back into contention.
The hand that flipped the dynamic came at the three-hour mark. Jeppsson raised with king-queen on the button, Machado called in the big blind with eight-seven, then check-raised a queen-six-five flop. Jeppsson called. An eight on the turn gave Machado top pair, and he led for two-thirds pot. Jeppsson called again. A jack on the river prompted Machado to bet 32 of his 33 remaining big blinds. Jeppsson called and won the pot.
Machado managed to spin a single big blind back up to ten, but then committed with jack-ten of spades and ran into Jeppsson's pocket aces. Machado was eliminated in third for $219,337.
Heads-Up: An Hour of Back-and-Forth
Jeppsson held a 147-to-74 big blind advantage over "NY17PATS14" when play went heads-up, but the Canadian dug in. The two traded pots for roughly an hour before the final hand developed.
Jeppsson raised with jack-trey, "NY17PATS14" called with eight-seven, and the flop ran out five-jack-nine with two diamonds — "NY17PATS14" holding the eight of diamonds. "NY17PATS14" check-raised, Jeppsson called with top pair. The four of spades on the turn brought a large bet from "NY17PATS14," which Jeppsson called again. The ace of diamonds completed the board, "NY17PATS14" moved all-in for 25.3 million into a 27.4 million pot, and Jeppsson called after roughly 15 seconds in the tank.
"NY17PATS14" could not beat Jeppsson's hand and finished as runner-up for $295,097. Jeppsson claimed the title and $397,025.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson | Sweden | $397,025 |
| 2 | NY17PATS14 | Canada | $295,097 |
| 3 | Matheus "matheusttcm" Machado | Brazil | $219,337 |
| 4 | ShipitFTW911 | Sweden | $163,026 |
| 5 | MyOnlyMemory | New Zealand | $121,173 |
| 6 | stek94 | Brazil | $90,064 |
| 7 | Ruba7777leb | Ukraine | $66,942 |
| 8 | Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle | Bulgaria | $49,756 |
| 9 | The+EVClown | Brazil | $40,199 |
SCOOP 2026 is now in the books. Jeppsson's third trophy puts him among the most decorated players in the history of the series.
