"Durrden" opened to 80,000 from under the gun and "facinho" three-bet to 345,000. "Durrden" then four-bet to 700,000 and "facinho" five-bet all in for 2,500,344. "Durrden" called.
Durrden:
facinho:
The board ran out with kings holding and boosting Durrden up over five million chips.
Jonathan “Corback_fr” Therme has been playing both online and live poker for “a long time”. Last Sunday, he scored the biggest win of his career, picking up life-changing sums and a serious set of accolades.
Therme outlasted a field of 3,419 entries to take down the SCOOP 44-M special edition Sunday Million, earning $216,617. We spoke with the champ to get his thoughts on the win.
“It’s completely insane. I’m still struggling to realize. I’ve been waiting a long time for something this big to happen, but I knew I could do it. I worked a lot in the last months on my game and my mind with the help of some friends, and I’m glad it’s starting to pay off,” says Therme.
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"checktrap11" raised to 400,000 and Jakub "Olorionek" Michalak called on the button. "DrFluturM" called in the big blind and the flop came .
It checked to "checktrap11" who bet 567,679. Both opponents called. The turn was the . It checked to Michalak who bet 864,820 and "DrFluturM" check-raised all in for 2,847,554. "checktrap11" folded and Michalak called.
Jakub "Olorionek" Michalak:
DrFluturM:
The river was the and Michalak's kicker played and he sent "DrFluturM" to the rail.
"DGR.POKEHER" raised to 440,000 on the button and "chininhaltig" three-bet to 1,400,000 in the small blind. "DGR.POKEHER" called and then called 1,000,000 on the flop. The turn was the and "DGR.POKEHER" called 1,750,000 from "chininhaltig".
The river was the and "chininhaltig" shoved for 3,940,891. "DGR.POKEHER" called with but "chininhaltig" held for quads and doubled to over 16.5 million chips.
The Phased SCOOP-01-H $215 event resumed with 1,366 players making it through from a total of 11,933 entrants. This broke the$2,000,000 guarantee - already one of the biggest of the festival - generating a prize pool of $2,386,600.
The winner will take home $225,009, but first the final 27 players had to be reached. It took seven hours, but eventually the star-studded field - featuring SCOOP Main Event champions, PokerStars Ambassadors and more - was whittled down to the final three tables.
The chip leader is Germany's "chininhaltig" with 31,900,561 chips, ahead of the Hungarian duo of "anth0nypappa" (27,268,181) and "suckratess88" (19,801,014).
Behind them comes a raft of notables including Simon "ministerborg" Ravnsbaek, Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves, Michael "merla888" Gathy, Shawn "buck21" Buchanan, Damian "pampa27" Salas, Joao "IneedMassari" Simao and Ezequiel "eze88888" Waigel (pictured) who will all be in contention when play resumes on May 18th at 19:15 WET.
Top 10 Chip Counts
Player
Country
Chip Count
chininhaltig
Germany
31,900,561
anth0nypappa
Hungary
27,268,181
suckratess88
Hungary
19,801,014
Simon "ministerborg" Ravnsbaek
Denmark
16,660,472
beagel 3
United Kingdom
16,451,864
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves
United Kingdom
15,113,841
Michael "merla888" Gathy
Belgium
14,519,637
James "deyrzuited" Noonan
Ireland
12,493,312
timurbaik
Russia
12,450,674
5agittariu5
Austria
12,216,464
Remaining Payouts
Place
Payout
1
$225,009
2
$165,672
3
121,988
4
$89,823
5
$66,139
6
$48,699
7
$35,859
8
$26,404
9
$19,441
10-13
$14,315
14-17
$10,541
18-26
$7,761
27
$5,715
Recap of the Day's Action
With such a huge field to start the day, big names were everywhere you look and some lasted longer than others. Former SCOOP Main Event champion Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi won't be adding to his collection of SCOOP titles after he was rivered from the tournament in the second level of the day.
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford, Manig "swordfish007" Loeser, Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Niklas "Lena900" Astedt and PokerStars Ambassador Ramon Colillas all followed Shakerchi out of the door.
Fellow Ambassador Fintan "easywithaces" Hand lasted a little longer, but was eliminated after clashing with the aces of Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo. That hand boosted Pardo into contention for the overall chip lead but he faded to bust with around 100 players remaining.
New Zealand's "DGR.POKEHER" was the first player to appear with an eight-figure stack, before being joined by "beagel 3". Eventual end-of-day chip leader "chininhaltig" had a spell at the top of the counts after scooping a 16.5 million chip pot from "DGR.POKEHER" when the Kiwi player turned a full house only for the German to hold quads.
This hand ensured "chininhaltig" would remain in contention from then on, with the German clinching the overall chip lead with the final elimination of the day.
PokerNews will be on hand tomorrow with live updates as this event and many others crown their champions!