The first day of the 2026 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is in the books, and while a couple of titles have been claimed, it’s Santos striker Neymar who is making all the headlines.
Brazil’s all-time top scorer has made a pair of major SCOOP Day 2s. The PokerStars ambassador is chip-leading the SCOOP 02-H: $530 SCOOP Kickoff while also making the SCOOP 03-H: $1,050 NLHE Mystery Warm-Up final table.
SCOOP 03-H: $1,050 NLHE Mystery Warm-Up final table
The SCOOP $1K Mystery Bounty is down to the final nine players, and it’s Neymar bringing up the rear. He is the short stack, with 865,316 chips, with the blinds at 12,500/25,000, giving the Brazilian superstar just under 35 big blinds.
Despite the 141-player field being reduced to the final nine, Neymar has, unfortunately, not claimed a bounty.
$13,291 is reserved for the champion, but valuable envelopes of $20,000 and $10,000 are still up for grabs.
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounty | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HardiZ1 | Germany | $1,875.00 | 2,208,621 |
| 2 | Simon “C. Darwin2” Mattsson | Sweden | – | 2,150,636 |
| 3 | Niklas “Lena900” Astedt | Sweden | – | 1,769,937 |
| 4 | Patrick “pads1161” Leonard | United Kingdom | $11,875.00 | 1,637,390 |
| 5 | Mikita “fish2013” Badziakouski | Ukraine | $2,291.67 | 1,555,106 |
| 6 | FAL1st | Thailand | $416.67 | 1,418,526 |
| 7 | PeroQmaloSoy | Andorra | – | 1,350,288 |
| 8 | 1EP3 | Andorra | $22,291.67 | 1,144,180 |
| 9 | Neymar Jr | Brazil | – | 865,316 |
SCOOP 02-H: $530 NLHE SCOOP Kickoff
In the $530 NLH SCOOP Kickoff, Neymar finished Day 1 leading the 16 remaining players from the 240-entry field. With 2,244,918 chips to his name and the blinds at 17,500/35,000, Neymar has roughly 64 big blinds to play with. A prize of $23,074 is reserved for the champion, though we’re positive that the Brazilian is solely focused on winning his maiden SCOOP title.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neymar Jr | Brazil | 2,244,918 |
| 2 | Andrey “Anjeyyy” Novak | Ukraine | 2,044,012 |
| 3 | Pavel “silentm0de” Plesuv | Moldova | 1,883,128 |
| 4 | assel007 | Germany | 1,849,133 |
| 5 | rbh4970 | Denmark | 1,817,224 |
| 6 | WYIYW | Austria | 1,686,090 |
| 7 | Edouard Dumas | Mexico | 1,657,118 |
| 8 | 10Badboy10 | Thailand | 1,602,881 |
| 9 | Paulo “paulinhoo00” Brombin | Brazil | 1,453,784 |
| 10 | shapkera | Bulgaria | 1,452,251 |
Neymar’s biggest poker results
While Neymar has yet to win a COOP title, he has posted a few very impressive results against the best players in the world.
Neymar’s biggest online tournament cash to date came in the 2022 PokerStars Winter Series, finishing third in a $10,300 High Roller for $125,678.
His best COOP finish didn’t come during SCOOP, but during last year’s WCOOP. He finished second in WCOOP Event #73-H Titans NLHE, a 129-entry $5,200 buy-in event, cashing for $99,075.
It appears that the PokerStars Titans $5,200 High Roller is Neymar’s preferred tournament of choice. He’s finished 2nd ($66,056) in 2024, 4th in 2025 ($30,234), 5th in 2025 ($16,995), and 6th in 2023 ($29,313).
In live play, he often hosts super-high roller events in Brazil. He most recently came in 4th place in a 32-entry R$100,000 (~$20,000 USD) BSOP One Neymar Jr. Edition Super High Roller, earning $63,400. William Arruda and Gerardo Rodriguez chopped the top prize, taking roughly $150,000 each.
Though Neymar frequents poker stops, especially at WSOP and in Brazil, he only has 11 live cashes to his name, totalling $116,632.
2026 SCOOP results
March 1st was one of the biggest poker days of the year, with the 2026 SCOOP schedule kicking off, alongside rivals GGPoker kicking off their $180M GTD WSOP Online Super Circuit.
Here is a list of some of the early SCOOP champions.
| Event | Field | Winner | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOOP 02-L: $5.50 NLHE [SCOOP Kickoff] | 10,845 | Rabeinho | $6,969 |
| SCOOP 02-M: $55 NLHE [SCOOP Kickoff] | 3,442 | mathiace | $21,334 |
| SCOOP 07-L: $22 NLHE [Turbo, Mystery Bounty, Sunday Cooldown] | 7,568 | dekciww | $9,980 |
| SCOOP 07-M: $109 NLHE [Turbo, Mystery Bounty, Sunday Cooldown] | 1,899 | Viejolobo66 | $14,061 |
| SCOOP 07-H: $530 NLHE [Turbo, Mystery Bounty, Sunday Cooldown] | 163 | konsti1710 | $9,031 |
