Day 2 of the PokerStars 2021 SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE] attracted 539 players on Day 1 to create a prize pool of $1,078,000. Out of all those players, 26 of them made it through to today to play for the win that comes with a pretty first-place prize of $83,473 and bounties.
Poland's "darogio" is coming back with the chip lead of 16,284,694 in chips. Following "darogio" in the counts is a more familiar name in Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski with 13,213,812. The Brazilian won his first SCOOP title a few days ago in SCOOP 09-M: $215 HORSE, $65K Gtd for $17,024 and will be looking for another win here.
Following them in the top five are "lildani9" (10,546,668, Jonah "RaiseUpBlind" Silverstein (10,227,214), and "pappos_11" (8,014,796). But there are some more familiar names to be found if you look further down the list of chip counts. Joao "joaovbarb" Barbosa, Jans "[Removed:566]" [Removed:565], and Mike "SirWatts" Watson are just some of the players who will be battling for a bigger share of the prize pool.
SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE] Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds* |
| 1 | "darogio" | Poland | 16,284,694 | 136 |
| 2 | Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski | Brazil | 13,213,812 | 110 |
| 3 | "lildani9" | Hungary | 10,546,668 | 88 |
| 4 | Jonah "RaiseUpBlind" Silverstein | Canada | 10,227,214 | 85 |
| 5 | "pappos_11" | Greece | 8,014,796 | 67 |
| 6 | Pedro "LgwZ" Grochocki | Brazil | 6,922,301 | 58 |
| 7 | "roohoz" | Finland | 6,742,654 | 56 |
| 8 | "drew.derzh" | Ukraine | 6,719,537 | 56 |
| 9 | "BasedAces" | Finland | 5,531,824 | 46 |
| 10 | "roo_400" | Canada | 5,518,739 | 46 |
*number of big blinds based on Level 25: 60,000/120,000/15,000
Plan for Day 2
The returning players will finish the last few seconds of Level 24 which features a small blind of 50,000, a big blind of 100,000, and a running ante of 12,500. The level after that features a small blind of 60,000, a big blind of 120,000, and a running ante of 15,000. The level duration should remain at 20 minutes but might increase once the final table has been reached.
All 26 players have secured $4,064 but will all be looking to add more bounties to their bankrolls.
The PokerStars Twitch stream will be live too with hole cards coverage on a 30-minute delay so the PokerNews updates will be on a similar delay to avoid any spoilers. Make sure to keep following along with all the action from 7:35 p.m. CEST.
Left to Play for:
| Place | Prize |
| 1 | $83,473 |
| 2 | $83,473 |
| 3 | $53,731 |
| 4 | $40,332 |
| 5 | $30,274 |
| 6 | $22,724 |
| 7 | $17,057 |
| 8 | $12,803 |
| 9 | $9,611 |
| 10-13 | $7,214 |
| 14-17 | $5,415 |
| 18-26 | $4,064 |