Three Events to Watcapps and gamesh: The Magic Of SCOOP's 42nd Events

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Table Of Contents

• SCOOP 42-L: $55 NLHE Mini Sunday Million
• SCOOP 42-M: $530 NLHE Sunday Million
• SCOOP 42-H: $5,200 NLHE Titans
• Don't Forget About the Rest of SCOOP!

According to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the number 42 is known for being the answer to the "Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything." While Douglas Adams plucked the number 42 out of thin air when writing his science fiction comedy series, he may have actually been onto something because the 42nd events of the 2025 PokerStars Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) are something special.

All the buy-in levels, low, medium, and high, kick off at precisely 5:30 p.m. BST on May 18. The trio has buy-ins of $55, $530, and $5,200, and the guarantees are a cool $400,000, $1 million, and $400,000, respectively.

SCOOP 42-L: $55 NLHE Mini Sunday Million

First up is SCOOP 42-L: $55 NLHE Mini Sunday Million, a $400,000 guaranteed event running over two days. Cards are in the air on Day 1 from 5:30 p.m. BST. Late registration remains open for 3 hours and 35 minutes, and up to five re-entries are permitted. Day 1 concludes 7 hours and 55 minutes after the tournament starts, with surviving players returning to the action at 5:30 p.m. BST on May 19.

Whether you buy in directly for $55 or win your seat from as little as $2.20, you'll sit down with a war chest of 25,000 chips and play to a 15-minute clock where the blinds start at 75/150/20a. By the time the worthy champion is known, this event will have awarded not a cent less than $400,000!

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SCOOP 42-M: $530 NLHE Sunday Million

This weekend's Sunday Million is a SCOOP special edition featuring a $530 buy-in and a $1 million guarantee. You may think that the $530 buy-in would limit the field to professional grinders or well-heeled players, but you'd be wrong. Why? Because PokerStars is running satellites from only $5.50, meaning this could be one of the softest $530 buy-in fields you play in this year.

The best value satellite starts at 4:05 p.m. BST on May 18. It has 50x $530 seats guaranteed despite costing only $22 to enter!

If you win your seat or flick in the required $530, you'll receive 50,000 chips and play to blinds starting at 125/250/30a. Levels increase every 15 minutes for the first 28 levels before extending to 20 minutes thereafter.

Be prepared for the long haul because the $530 Sunday Million spans two days. Day 1 ends 7 hours 55 minutes after the tournament starts, with Day 2 scheduled for a 5:30 p.m. BST restart on May 18. Should you dust off your starting stack during the first 3 hours 45 minutes of play, you can re-enter up to four times.

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SCOOP 42-H: $5,200 NLHE Titans

The high edition of Event #42 is the $5,200 Titans, a $400,000 guaranteed high-stakes tournament that regularly attracts some of the biggest names in online poker. PokerStars is running an "on-time rake refund" promotion for this event. Anyone who directly buys into Event 42-H: $5,200 NLHE Titans and is in their seat before the first cards are dealt will receive their rake back ($200) within 48 hours.

_{Unfortunately, this promotion is not available to residents of Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and Sweden.}

Satellites from $215 feed into this monster-sized tournament, and it is worth trying to win a couple of seats because three re-entries are allowed during the first 4 hours 35 minutes, which is when late registration slams shut.

Day 1 players start their quest to slay the Titan with 100,000 chips. The first four levels each last 15 minutes, with Level 5 onward spanning 20 minutes. Blinds start at 300/600/75a, with Day 1 scheduled to finish when only nine players remain. Those finalists sit back down at 5:30 p.m. BST on May 19 to crown the champion.

Don't Forget About the Rest of SCOOP!

Though this trio of tournaments is a bit on the special side, don't forget about the rest of the 2025 PokerStars SCOOP. Dozens of events are still waiting to crown their champions, and millions of dollars are at stake.

Check out this article where you'll find the full 2025 SCOOP schedule.