SCOOP-96-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event 2nd Chance], $1.5M Gtd Dia 1 | PokerStars SCOOP 2020

2020-05-24 10:26 UTC-4

Welcome to Day 1 of the 2020 SCOOP-96-H: $5,200 Main Event 2nd Chance

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Some of the biggest names of the online and live poker scene are expected to take a shot in the latest high stakes tournament of the extended 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) schedule. One of the most exciting events of today's Super Sunday is the SCOOP-96-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event 2nd Chance], which comes with a guaranteed prize pool of $1.5 million.

The action will get underway at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and a total of 24 levels of 20 minutes each are scheduled for today. A big portion of the day is reserved for the 6h5 of late registration in which players can fire up to two re-entries if they should run out of chips entirely.

All participants receive 250,000 in chips, worth 250 big blinds in the first level of the day which features blinds of 500-1,000 with a running ante of 125. The prize pool information will be available after the end of the late registration period and Day 1 will conclude after nearly nine hours of play including breaks.

The PokerStars ambassadors Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, Ben "Spraggy" Spragg and Fintan "easywithaces" Hand already confirmed via social media that they will take part in the tournament and other big names such as multiple 2020 SCOOP event winners Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer, Connor "blanconegro" Drinan, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard and Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan are expected to take another shot at victory.

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Tags: blanconegro easywithaces L. Veldhuis mararthur1 Mr. Tim Caum pads1161 Spraggy

2020-05-24 13:46 UTC-4

Quads vs Full for Holz

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Nível 3 : 700/1,400, 175 ante

Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz opened the action with a raise to 3,010 and he called a three-bet by fellow High Roller Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker for 10,535 total to see a flop of on which Holz checked and then called a bet of 7,471. Holz check-called another 25,078 on the turn and check-shoved the river for 148,892.

Muehloecker made the call with the for tens full but Holz had rivered quads with to secure the double.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz	387,452 387,452	387,452
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker	95,069 -201,157	-201,157

Tags: CrownUpGuy WushuTM

2020-05-24 14:25 UTC-4

Van Zadelhoff Doubles Through Talbot

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Nível 4 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Parker "tonkaaaa" Talkbot opened the action with a raise to 4,000 and was called by Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt as well as Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff on the button. The flop fell and Talbot check-raised a bet of van Zadelhoff to 19,648 to pick up a call from the Dutchman and force out Alt.

Talbot then bet the turn for 40,000 and bet the river for 100,119, which covered the stack of van Zadelhoff and resulted in a quick call. Talbot turned over and van Zadelhoff doubled with for a set.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff	310,038 106,200	106,200
Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson	309,427 59,427	59,427
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt	260,650 260,650	260,650
Tyler "wonderboy222" Goatcher	221,058 -12,025	-12,025
Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot	100,156 100,156	100,156

Tags: NastyMinder SvZff tonkaaaa

2020-05-24 15:07 UTC-4

Easy With Aces; Difficult With Kings

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Nível 6 : 1,250/2,500, 325 ante

Fintan "easywithaces" Hand raised it up from the cutoff and "roo_400" three-bet to 20,000 from the button in one of the last hands before the break. Hand clicked it back to 49,750 and called the shove of his table neighbor to create a pot of more than 580k.

Fintan "easywithaces" Hand:
"roo_400":

The board came and "roo_400" flopped top set, then rivered a full house for good measure to eliminate Hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
roo_400	713,551 300,646	300,646
Fintan "easywithaces" Hand	Eliminado

Tags: easywithaces roo_400

2020-05-24 15:25 UTC-4

The Kings Misery Continues

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Nível 7 : 1,500/3,000, 375 ante

Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian raised it up to 6,660 from under the gun and Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis three-bet to 27,000 out of the small blind, which Papazian called. They headed to the flop on which Veldhuis continued for 33,000 and then called the shove of Papazian to be the player at risk in the following showdown.

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis:
Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian:

The board completed with the turn and river to send Veldhuis to the rail on the first bullet.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	418,785 -34,879	-34,879
Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian	369,239 212,799	212,799
Alex "dynoalot" Difelice	358,727 160,676	160,676
JoeGall	320,643 65,370	65,370
Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov	285,088 -11,100	-11,100
Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen	83,949 -165,401	-165,401
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	Eliminado

Tags: L. veldhuis steakaddict.

2020-05-24 16:33 UTC-4

Carrel and Pantling Above a Million

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Nível 10 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

The first two players to jump above four times the starting stack are Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel and Andrew "ClockWyze" Pantling with the former hitting a set to eliminate Cassio "cassiopak" Kiles

Kiles had min-raised to 10,000 and Carrel came along out of the big blind. Carrel check-raised a flop to 26,150 and checked the on the turn which prompted a bet of 47,500 by Kiles, Carrel just called. Carrel then check-called a shove for more than 145,000 on the river with and Kiles could only reveal for a pair of kings.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Andrew "ClockWyze" Pantling	1,078,704 358,842	358,842
Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel	1,037,486 264,195	264,195
Cassio "cassiopak" Kiles	Eliminado

Tags: cassiopak ClockWyze Epiphany77

2020-05-24 17:20 UTC-4

Big Pots for Colillas and Barbosa; Muehloecker Doubles

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Nível 12 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas fired three barrels against "lipe piv" in the big blind who eventually check-called a bet of 102,829 into 218,785 on the river of a board. Colillas turned over the for top pair and top kicker to drag in the pot.

A pot of more than 850k emerged between Joao "joaovbarb" Barbosa and "Harleyy30040" when the latter was at risk before the flop for more than 420,000 to create the following showdown.

"Harleyy30040":
Joao "joaovbarb" Barbosa:

On a board of , Barbosa hit a set to jump into the lead.

Last but not least, Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker was at risk with against the of "Prof. Hitman" and the provided no upset.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Joao "joaovbarb" Barbosa	1,388,171 478,465	478,465

Gary "quiditbear" Hasson	1,007,090 -18,275	-18,275
Prof. Hitman	580,806 -222,010	-222,010
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas	574,379 306,254	306,254
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker	435,980 435,980	435,980
lipe piv	174,435 174,435	174,435
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	110,051 -139,349	-139,349
Harleyy30040	Eliminado

Tags: joaovbarb RamonColillas WushuTM

2020-05-24 17:47 UTC-4

Vieira and Geilich Depart

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Nível 13 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas raised it up to 16,720 and was called by Joao "Naza114" Vieira who had fewer than 100k behind to the flop on which they got it in as follows:

Joao "Naza114" Vieira:
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas:

The turn gave Vieira an additional gutshot but the river kept Colillas in the lead with his nutflush.

At nearly the same time on a different table, Daniel "DANMERRRRRRR" Merrilees limped the cutoff, the button limped and Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich raised to 48,000 with 184,502 behind out of the small blind. Merrilees jammed and Geilich used his time bank before calling it off.

Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich:
Daniel "DANMERRRRRRR" Merrilees:

The board instantly gave Merrilees quads on the flop.

Shortly after, Merrilees scored another knockout when his flip with against the of "WalmartCNXN" hit a flush on the river.

Another Brit then took the vacated seat of Geilich as Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford arrived with a stack of more than a million.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford	1,173,588 717,193	717,193
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas	700,690 126,311	126,311
Daniel "DANMERRRRRRR" Merrilees	691,693 359,903	359,903
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	562,287 73,628	73,628
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	511,853 -59,022	-59,022
caipsa	330,764 330,764	330,764
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza	215,582 -30,541	-30,541
Matt "OLD TIME GIN" Stone	192,935 -291,957	-291,957
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	Eliminado
WalmartCNXN	Eliminado
Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich	Eliminado

Tags: DANMERRRRRRR ludovi333 RamonColillas

2020-05-24 18:51 UTC-4

"Hasseh922" Busts Two; Spragg Out With Aces

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Nível 16 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

Within two consecutive hands, there was plenty of action as two players were eliminated and the table closed right after.

First up, Will "hellzito" Aruda left "WRUUUUM" short when his held up versus on a board.

One hand later, "WRUUUUM" was all-in and "Hasseh922" raised to 148,280 in the cutoff.

Belarmino "PaGaOVelhinho" de Souza in the small blind shipped it in for more than 780k and "Hasseh922" quickly called.

"WRUUUUM":
Belarmino "PaGaOVelhinho" de Souza:
"Hasseh922":

The best pocket pair flopped top set and held up on the runout to secure a double elimination.

Ben "Spraggy" Spragg then raised to 30,800 and was called by Brazil's "TheGrinderØ" and "xnrobix" in the big blind. On the flop, only Spragg check-called a bet of 45,360 by "TheGrinderØ" and did so again for 138,802 on the turn. With 531,125 behind, Spragg was slightly covered and check-called the shove of his opponent on the river.

"TheGrinderØ" tabled the for a full house and Spragg was eliminated with for aces and treys.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Hasseh922	2,238,352 1,063,206	1,063,206
Diego "TheGrinderØ" Falcone	1,584,845 1,584,845	1,584,845
Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs	999,610 -78,000	-78,000

Will "hellzito" Arruda	688,420 688,420	688,420
xnrobix	515,865 515,865	515,865
Belarmino "PaGaOVelhinho" de Souza	Eliminado
WRUUUUM	Eliminado
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg	Eliminado

Tags: Spraggy TheGrinderØ xnrobix

2020-05-24 19:17 UTC-4

Game Over for Veldhuis and Aido

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Nível 17 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis lost a big portion of his stack blind-on-blind with against the of "OLD TIME GIN" when the chips went in preflop and the board provided no help for the Dutchman.

Soon after Sergio "zcedrick" Aido departed from the same table as his had a kicker problem against Daniel "DANMERRRRRRR" Merrilees with the . Aido was merely hoping for a chop after the turn and the river bricked.

Three hands later, Veldhuis found a pair in but Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza on the button held the superior pair in . The board changed nothing whatsoever.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Daniel "DANMERRRRRRR" Merrilees	1,097,497 405,804	405,804
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza	781,926 566,344	566,344
Matt "OLD TIME GIN" Stone	703,852 510,917	510,917
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	Eliminado
Sergio "zcedrick" Aido	Eliminado

Tags: DANMERRRRRRR Tankanza zcedrick