SCOOP 2024 - The Beginning
Week 1 of this year's SCOOP and I have played more events than I had planned, in part because I am part of "Team Spraggy" in the inaugural SCOOP League ! Look, there I am, an integral part of the team, not just some kind of afterthought or anything. A friend asked what I got for being part of the team... and... I don't know. Bragging rights? I suppose it's up to me to make something of the opportunity, some big scores would have me scrapping it out with the pros on the leaderboard. To get those points, I need to play more tournaments and rack up some deep runs. Spurred on by being in the SCOOP League and other social media hype I found myself with some free time around the start of the first SCOOP tournament and jumped in. Ironically event #2 because #1 is the phase tournament which ironically doesn't actually conclude until the end of the series. I should have known better, the demands of parenting means I can't really play poker until 8:30pm because t...