In poker, as in life, you usually just should have a little bit faith in yourself. 

"When I got to the second one day of the event, I told myself: To hell with modesty! I'm winning this SCOOP!"

So said SCOOP 8-L winner Aethyr13 from Romania, aka Floki The Carpenter (taken from his favourite show The Vikings), who supressed modesty brilliantly this week to win a SCOOP title within the heads-up format, and the $5,731 that came with it. But then, so far as he was concerned, there has been logic behind it all.

"In the last 32 round, I got right into a huge all-in pre-flop, with ace-queen v ace-king, from that time on I needed to win it all, no other choice."

You get the impression that Aethyr13 The Poker Player is the lively type, as anyone who watched him streaming the development on Twitch might verify. But then there is a for the reason that COOP titles entice such a lot of. It is a badge of honour between peers that every one recognise as an achievement, without reference to size or scale. 

"I was so vigorous until the last hand.. but then reality hit me, I USED TO BE speechless. I COULD NOT believe it, how am i able to just win a SCOOP once I don't usually play MTTs?!"

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Aethyr13, who even before his win professed a love of heads-up tournaments, bought in directly and satellite into other buy-ins of the similar event, where he busted early. A poker player for seven years ("Part-time poker, part-time sloth"), the 25 year old found focus during each round of play to return naturally, often the case when the stakes are high. 

He talked in the course of the highlights. 

"The fist key moment was getting a unusual message on my screen saying the tournament is paused for 13 hours or so. I USED TO BE like, WTF is happening!? #SCOOPfish. Then winning the 40 big blind all-in ace-queen vs ace-king within the round of 32. 

"After that, within the last four, I won another one with similar stacks, eights vs tens - got a runner-runner flush. Like my coach says, if you wish to win: "play bad, get lucky".

"To be honest, I USED TO BE a bit of scarred each time I got a small stack, or once I got all-in with so few outers, but not an excessive amount of. This SCOOP was my destiny and that i knew that, only a temporary loss in faith!"

At $5,700 the primary prize money won't rank as one of the vital biggest wins on this SCOOP season, nevertheless it means much to Aethyr13, who as a $15 spin and go player now has a beefier bank roll with which to soak up those occasional set-backs. Aethyr13 knows them, being a former 1c/2c player and all. 

"I was one of these fish back then, fun times." 

My guess is that there are more fun times ahead for Aethyr13 The Poker Player. 

Stephen Bartley is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.

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