One of the most interesting battles was the one between Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan and Niklas "Lena900" Astedt. Martirosyan had taken a lead early and finally managed to take all of Astedt's chips in a hand where he limped from the button and called Astedt's raise to 5,600.
The flop came Martirosyan called Astedt's continuation bet for 4,800.
The turn was the and both players checked.
The completed the board on the river and Astedt led with a shove for 23,528, getting a call from Martirosyan. The Russian player showed with two pair and it was enough against Astedt's .
These are the players that are already in Round 2 after less than four levels: Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves, "CatLover666", "Danila4444", "FoxNuts1", "MaTitheone", Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez, and "sipinho13".
"FreeLancerZZ", "beginner27", "lechuckpoker", "razvanel1987", "caaaaamel", and "wubblepig" are the players who are already in Round 2.
Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche also managed to overcome "muumipoiss", and in the last hand he opened to 3,000 from the button getting a call. The flop came and "muumipoiss" check-called for 3,438.
The came on the turn and this time Nitsche made an overbet at 19,689 after his opponent's check, getting another call.
The was the river and Nitsche shoved to see another call from and eliminated his opponent with for two pair.
Two players managed to overcome their opponent before the end of the second level of play. "Fepoker20" sent "Passiveaggro" to the rail and the Dutch player is early out of contesting another SCOOP title in this year's series. In the last hand, "Fepoker20" raised to 1,784 on the button and "Passiveaggro" made it 5,678 to go. "Fepoker20" called and the flop came and "Passiveaggro" check-shoved for 22,721 after "Fepoker20" bet 6,400 getting a quick call.
Fepoker20:
Passiveaggro:
The on the turn and the on the river gave the pot and this round's win to "Fepoker20".
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion is another player who advanced to the second round after beating "Distaples". The last hand was big with Schemion raising to 2,360 and calling his opponent's three-bet to 8,720.
The flop came and Schemion called a c-bet from "Distaples" for 8,845.
The hit the turn and Schemion called again his opponent's bet, this time for 19,690.
The completed the board on the river and Schemion shoved with a covering stack after his opponent's check, getting a call. Schemion opened and it was good against the from "Distaples".