Canada's Jonas "donut604" Mackoff outlasted a tough field of 245 players to win SCOOP-36-H: $1,050 PLO8 [8-Max], $100K Gtd at PokerStars for $45,438 as part of a heads-up deal with former EPT champion Frederik "Fred_Brink" Jensen from Denmark.
The second day of the tournament began with all 17 players remaining deep in the money with 32 players cashing. Among the notable players who virtually bagged chips on Day 1 but failed to appear on the final table included Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi (16th place - $3,675), Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel (14th place - $3,675) and Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick (11th place - $4,900).