ONCHAN, Isle of Man – May 5, 2016 – The 2016 Spring Championship of Online Poker begins in three days, and for the first time poker players and fans will be able to root for and bet on their favourite Team Pros, as PokerStars, an Amaya Inc. (Nasdaq: AYA; TSX: AYA) brand, has introduced a dedicated SCOOP 2016 Team PokerStars Leaderboard, with BetStars offering odds on the winner.

In addition to wagers that people can make on BetStars, Jason Mercier and George Danzer have made a $10,000 heads-up bet between themselves on who will finish higher on the SCOOP 2016 Team PokerStars Leaderboard.

More than 30 Team PokerStars Pros will take part in SCOOP 2016, pitting their poker wits and tournament strategies against each other in a battle to be named number one Team PokerStars Pro for SCOOP 2016. The leaderboard will be posted on the PokerStars Blog – http://psta.rs/1W9OHUw – and updated at regular intervals, with revised odds on BetStars as the series progresses.

Any Team PokerStars member (incorporating Team PokerStars Pro and Team PokerStars Pro Online) who plays an event will be included, and the current favourite to take the title is Jason Mercier, who was SCOOP 2015 Player of the Year. The four-time SCOOP winner, who won three events last year, is 5/1 (6.0) to win the Team PokerStars Leaderboard, and is determined to retain his SCOOP ‘Player of the Year’ title, too.