SCOOP-62-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, High Roller], $1M Gtd Dia 1 | PokerStars SCOOP 2020

2020-05-14 14:42 UTC-4

Stokkan First To Seven Figures

Nível 5 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger opened to 9,800 in the cutoff and was called by Preben "prebz" Stokkan, who was ;oon the button. "L1veYrdrEamS" was in the small blind and three-bet to 54,000, getting a fold from Loeliger and a call from Stokkan.

Action went heads up to the flop and "L1veYrdrEamS" made a continuation-bet of 43,800. Stokkan called and the turn came . "L1veYrdrEamS" continued with a second barrel of 54,000 and Stokkan raised all in for the effective 161,500 that "L1veYrdrEamS" had behind in their stack.

"L1veYrdrEamS" folded and Stokkan took down the pot, bringing his stack to 1.14 million in the process. With the won pot, Stokkan has now become the first player in the tournament to reach 1 million in chips.

2020-05-14 13:52 UTC-4

Papazian's Cowboys Get Trampled

Nível 3 : 1,600/3,200, 400 ante

Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach opened the action with a raise to 6,400 in middle position and Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian three-bet to 19,200 in the cutoff. Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves cold four-bet shoved for an effective starting stack in the big blind and Reixach folded. Papazian then called all in for just under 200,000.

Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian:
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves:

Papazian was unable to hold as the flop came to give Reeves a set of tens. The turn and river left Papazian's kings no good and he was sent to the rail for a couple of moments, having since moved onto his second entry in the tournametn.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves	637,281 278,159	278,159
Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian	250,000 -7,233	-7,233
Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach	249,100 249,100	249,100

2020-05-14 13:16 UTC-4

Margereson Gets Double KO - Nemeth Onto Bullet Number Two, O'Dwyer Out

Nível 1 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson opened the action with a raise to 5,280 in middle position and received calls from Andras "probirs" Nemeth on the button and Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer in the small blind. "Danila4444" called in the big blind and the four saw a flop of .

Action checked to Nemeth, who bet 7,600. O'Dwyer raised to 26,400, prompting a raise from "Danila4444" before Margereson put in a check-three-bet to 69,600.

Nemeth went into the tank and then shoved for 238,000. O'Dwyer thought for a while and proceeded to call, and then Margereson also called, covering both players.

Andras "probirs" Nemeth:
Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer:
Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson:

Margereson faded the spades and the one out to quads that Nemeth and O'Dwyer had as the turn and river left his set of jacks best, scoring the early double knockout and finding an early chip lead of 732,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson	732,660 482,660	482,660
Andras "probirs" Nemeth	250,000
Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer	Eliminado

2020-05-14 11:31 UTC-4

The Hunt Begins Shortly in SCOOP-62-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, High Roller] $1M Gtd

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More progressive knockout action is on the schedule Thursday in the PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), as Event #62-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, High Roller] looks to get underway at 1 p.m. ET.

The tournament features a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million and is sure to see many of the best No-Limit Hold’em players in the world contend for the prestige and six-figure payday that will accompany victory in this event. Players will be battling over two days in a progressive knockout format, where half of each player’s buy-in will be placed atop their heads as bounties. Each time someone earns a knockout, they receive half of that player’s bounty, while the other half is added to their own head.

Up to two re-entries are available within the late registration period, which will last sharply five hours and five minutes. Players receive starting stacks of 250,000, with blinds beginning at 1,200/2,400/300 and increasing every 20 minutes through the first 18 levels of play. Blinds will then increase to 30 minutes in length for the rest of the tournament, with play concluding for the day when the field reaches the money.

Yesterday, players such as Steve “Mr. Tim Caum” O’Dwyer, Andras “probers” Nemeth, Tyler “Wonderboy222” Goatcher, Patrick “pads1161” Leonard were among those to add their names to the list of 2020 SCOOP champions across various tournaments. More will do so today as this tournament makes its way towards Day 2, which will resume Friday at 1 p.m. ET and play down to a winner.

PokerNews will be guiding you through the field with updates on the action as it all unfolds, so be sure to stick around.