The PokerStarsSpring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) featured a mob of PocketFives.com members claiming titles. In the low-stakes version of Event #12, 14,711 players gathered for a $27 No Limit Hold’em Knockout tournament. When the final TKO had been delivered, Jeremy SNGWizardMcCann (pictured at right) was the sole survivor, earning $34,000 after beating out a top three that included Steve Illini213 Barshak. McCann hails from the great state of Texas and sat down with PocketFives.com to rehash the tournament and break down his still blooming poker career.

PocketFives.com: Tell us about the field that turned out for the low-stakes SCOOP event.
Jeremy McCann: Just like most lower buy-in tournaments, the field was pretty soft. You will get a few regulars here and there, but you're hoping they sit on your right once you get deep. People weren't as crazy for the knockouts as I thought, probably because of the deep stacks.

PocketFives.com: Talk about the play of Barshak (pictured at left) down the stretch.

Jeremy McCann: I knew Illni213 was very solid and, as aggressive as he is, I was hoping to double through him. Once were five-handed or so and I had somewhat of a stack, I was basically trying to avoid any large pots against him because I would never know where he was. I actually played one hand very poorly against him when we were four-handed where I flat called a 3bet on the button with A-J offsuit knowing I was going to have to go with the hand if I hit any piece of it.

PocketFives.com: It had to be a great feeling to record your largest online poker score to date.

Jeremy McCann: I've had a few $10,000 scores, but nothing this large. It’s definitely a boost for me before playing in some of the smaller World Series of Poker (WSOP) events this year.

PocketFives.com: Can you tell us about your WSOP plans?

Jeremy McCann: I rented a small townhouse with three other people: Drewace34, his friend Uri, and tgoodwin000‘s horse mikedagreat1. I will be there from June 1st to July 15th and will mostly be playing in the $1,000 and $1,500 events as well as some $330 and $550 tournaments at the Venetian. I’ll play that out and see how it goes from there. I’m going to grind some steps for a Main Event package in the next couple of weeks and give that a shot.

PocketFives.com: How did you get started in poker originally?

Jeremy McCann: I remember home games with Acey Deucey, Guts, and Baseball with my friends from back home in Longview, Washington, but I honestly can't think of when I started playing No Limit Hold’em. I used to play $3/$6 Limit while drinking with friends and would play these little $20 tournaments at the local casino. Billy billywestom Westom (pictured at right) and I probably have the most all-time wins between the two casinos in our town. It could be the greatest poker brag of my career.

I used to play online whenever I got a chance when I wasn't working. I started in the $16 nine-man sit and gos having really no clue what was going on. I had an argument with my boss at work and decided to go home for the day. I called in sick the next day and picked up my final check on Friday so I didn't have to deal with it.

Then, I grinded $16 sit and gos until I came to visit family in Texas back in October 2007. I ended up randomly playing the $162 Nightly Hundred Grand and taking fourth for $8,000. I also took second in a $3 rebuy for $3,000 and sixth in a $55 tournament for $2,000. I thought the game was super easy and decided to take my love of Texas and move down here permanently in April 2008. I currently reside in Haltom City with my roommate and poker player RyanGSXR.

PocketFives.com: What are the origins of the SNGWizard name? It’s great advertising for the poker software of the same name.

Jeremy McCann: I randomly picked that name because I thought it would be cool and no one had it. Then, I went with a picture of Mickey Mouse from Fantasia to go along with it.

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