Two Weeks, $140 Million in Prizes: A Look at SCOOP, Powerfest and XL Inferno Performance Two Weeks, $140 Million in Prizes: A Look at SCOOP, Powerfest and XL Inferno Performance
Key Takeaways
  • All three online operators finished on a high as they surpassed their main event guarantees with ease.
  • SCOOP awarded a little over $90 million.
  • Powerfest awarded more than $50 million.
  • XL Inferno paid out just over $3 million.

The month of May has always been one of the biggest on the online poker yearly calendar, but this spring the top three poker rooms in the industry paid out a staggering amount of over $140 million in prize money at their respective tournament series.

All three online operators finished on a high as they surpassed their main event guarantees with ease. Over $33 million was on the line this past Sunday making it the one of the biggest in recent history.