Alexander "Akademnuk" Lakhov opened for 3 million from the button. Mario "livinmydream1" Mosboeck jammed from the big blind and Lakhov called off for 26 million in total.
Alexander "Akademnuk" Lakhov:
Mario "livinmydream1" Mosboeck:
Lakhov didn't hit a piece of the board and Mosboeck's flush was good enough to eliminate Lakhov in 11th place for $39,866.
The day will end with one more elimination as this will set the nine-max final table. The action will be hand-for-hand until the day has ended.
Pablo "elmelogno4" Melogno was left with crumbs after the following hand.
Melogno opened for 3.2 million from the cutoff and was called by "PopAShush" from the big blind.
"PopAShush" check-called a bet of 1.74 million on the flop before firing out for 1.92 million on the turn. Melogno called and bet 7,560,000 on the river leaving just 2.5 million behind. "PopAShush" called and turned over to win the hand against Melogno's .
Melogno limped from under the gun the very next hand leaving just a small blind left in his stack. This went in too after "PopAShush" three-bet to 4.8 million from the small blind.
Pablo "elmelogno4" Melogno:
PopAShush:
Melogno was ahead but his opponent hit quads on the board and the day ended with Melogno finishing in 10th place for $39,866.
The final table will begin tomorrow at 6:05 p.m. BST (1:05 p.m. EDT) with all players guaranteed at least a $55,926 payday and with their eyes on the $838,909 top prize.
Stay tuned at PokerNews for the recap of Day 3 of the SCOOP-92-M: $1,050 NLHE Main Event.
After three days of play, the SCOOP-92-M: $1,050 NLHE Main Event at PokerStars migrated from a massive 5,903-entry field to just nine players with Greece's "alimounda" heading into the final table with the chip lead after virtually bagging a stack of 145,160,826 in chips.
"alimounda" was near the top of the pile a good part of the penultimate day and took the chip lead near the end of it after hitting a hitting a set with treys against the top two pair held by Day 2 chip leader Mario "livinmydream1" Mosboeck, who survived with a stack of 38,662,286. The Day 1 chip leader "Morrison830" is also still in the mix with a stack of 31,639,642.
Meanwhile, "PopAShush" (127,656,449) and "j_peso4" will join "alimounda" at the start of the final table in the 100 million chip club with Bernardo "betsoares" Soares (61,184,522), "mvpalls" (30,240,444), "rmiguel2007" (22,474,710), and "onlyuknowme" (19,360,416) also still in the hunt tomorrow for the $838,909 top prize.
Lex Veldhuis
The event had a huge buzz from the start with PokerStars Team Online member Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis still in the mix and streaming at his Twitch channel to thousands of fans. He doubled up early on and had the chip lead on a few occasions before his deep run ended in 17th place for $20,257.
Final Table Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
alimounda
Greece
145,160,826
91
2
PopAShush
Ireland
127,656,449
80
3
j_peso4
Canada
113,920,695
71
4
Bernardo "betsoares" Soares
Brazil
61,184,532
38
5
Mario "livinmydream1" Mosboeck
Austria
38,662,286
24
6
Morrison830
Argentina
31,639,642
20
7
mvpalls
Belarus
30,240,444
19
8
rmiguel2007
Peru
22,474,710
14
9
onlyuknowme
Greece
19,360,416
12
Total
590,300,000
369
Average
65,588,889
41
Day 3 Action
Day 3 took about six hours from start to finish to get from an 80 player field down to just nine with all all returning players guaranteed at least the 80th place prize of $5,979.
In addition to Veldhuis, many big names advanced to Day 3 but made it no further including the final four eliminations of the day in Pablo "elmelogno4" Melogno, Alexander "Akademnuk" Lakhov, Pablo "pabritz" Brito, and Ramon "ramonkrop" Kropmanns.
The day ended after Melogno bluffed off a good bit of his stack before running into the quads held by "PopAShush" to finish him off.
Final Table Payouts
All returning players are guaranteed at least a ninth-place prize of $55,926 with payouts going up fast from there. Tomorrow's winner will bank $838,909 unless a deal is made. Any deals must leave at least $50,000 for the eventual winner.
Place
Prize
1
$838,909
2
$598,000
3
$426,275
4
$303,863
5
$216,604
6
$154,402
7
$110,063
8
$78,457
9
$55,926
Be sure to join us again tomorrow, as PokerNews will be back on Wednesday, April 29 at 6:05 p.m. BST (1:05 p.m.) for the start of the final table to see who will win the 2021 SCOOP-92-M: $1,050 NLHE Main Event title.
board and Mosboeck's flush was good enough to eliminate Lakhov in 11th place for $39,866.
river leaving just 2.5 million behind. "PopAShush" called and turned over 
to win the hand against Melogno's 
board and the day ended with Melogno finishing in 10th place for $39,866.
