PokerStars SCOOP largest online festival EVER; Martin wins Big Brother

PokerStars create all sorts of online poker records with the 2017 Spring Championships of Online Poker, and Kevin Martin wins Big Brother at the second time of asking.

If Mike Sexton and John Duthie intend on making partypoker the world’s largest online poker room, then they have a humdinger of a scrap on their hands.

Partypoker LIVE may well be the trendiest live tournament in the world, right now. But PokerStars reminded everyone that they are a monster when it comes to hosting online festivals with a record-breaking Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP).

The low, medium, high tiered festival amassed $93.8m in prizes, nearly doubling the $55m guarantee, and surpassing the $91m record created last year.