Day 1 of SCOOP-73-H: $2,100 NLHE [Sunday Warm-Up SE] is in the bag, and so are the virtual chips of the 37 remaining players from a total field of 501. Though the tournament began nine hours ago with fewer players in their seats than survived to Day 2 (36), late registration brought interest that comfortably surpassed the $750,000 guarantee: the final prizepool totalled $1,002,000, with $177,965 set aside for the eventual winner.
Leading the Day 2 players (who will reconvene to play to a winner at 6:05pm WET/1:05pm ET on Monday) is “zivziv” with 3,684,880 chips, half a million clear of current second place“boerni21”. The latter had risen to the top of the counts mid-way through the day, only relinquishing his grip on the top spot during the last levels. Stefan "baeks22" Schillhabel lies in third, with 2,933,699 chips; the only other players to have finished the day with over two million chips are Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit and Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv. Kanit had an especially dramatic end to his Day 1 run, out-flipping Joao "Naza114" Vieira in a huge ace-king vs. queens pot (all in preflop). His spike of two pair eliminated Vieira in the closing minutes of the day and propelled him into fourth in chips overall.
The unenviable bubble spot went to Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger in Level 22 (out of 24); his far-from-short-stacked blind on blind clash with "XxJoaoFeraxX" left the latter with 1,809,126 chips going into Day 2.
Other well-stacked notables moving into the business end of this event tomorrow are Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz (1,823,227), Tyler "Wonderboy222" Goatcher (1,734,235), Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson (1,634,204), Alex "dynoalot" Difelice (1,587,117) and Ignat "0human0" Liviu (1,362,158). Returning shortest stacked, with 155,983, is Ivan "Negriin" Luca, who spent hours vying (successfully, for the most part) for the chip lead today but finished with under five big blinds.
All 37 Day 2 players will return guaranteed at least $5,910 in total prize money, having already been paid out $1,384 each as play paused for the night. Rejoin PokerNews from 6:05pm WET for live coverage of the final five tables as they fight for a spot on the final and the potential for a six-figure payday.
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"zivziv"“boerni21”Alex "dynoalot" DifeliceChristian "eisenhower1" JeppssonFedor “CrownUpGuy” HolzIgnat "0human0" LiviuMustapha "lasagnaaammm" KanitPavel "silentm0de" PlesuvStefan "baeks22" SchillhabelTyler "Wonderboy222" Goatcher
for Kanit vs. the 
of Vieira. A tournament-changing two pair fell for Kanit on the flop, the board running out fully 
; Vieira exited in 38th place ($5,910).
