Level: 2
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-01-H: $215 NLHE [Phase Event], $2M Gtd
Day: 1
Everyone Loves a Chop Pot
Level 1
: 3,500/7,000, 875 ante
Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk opened to 14,000 and Niklas "Lena900" Astedt three-bet to 45,550. "Hustlaaaaaa" then four-bet all in for 140,508.
Pateychuk folded and Astedt made the call.
Hustlaaaaaa: 
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt: 
Astedt was up against it with the inferior pocket pair, but the board came 
giving both players a straight and chopping the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,465 | 360,465 |
|
156,695 | |
|
|
99,511 |
Alex Lynskey Eliminates an Opponent
Level 1
: 3,500/7,000, 875 ante
"yesss!!!92" moved all in for 60,708 from early position and Alex "lynskey99" Lynskey three-bet all in for 192,084 from the next position. The remaining players all folded and the cards were turned over.
Alex "lynskey99" Lynskey:
yesss!!!92: 
It was a flip with no help for "yesss!!!92" on the 
flop. The turn 
meant that they were drawing dead and the river was the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
271,167 |
Early Payouts
Level 1
: 3,500/7,000, 875 ante
The players in Phase 2 are all guaranteed $540. Here are the initial payouts down to 405th place.
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 405-584th | $911 |
| 585-800th | $671 |
| 801-1,052nd | $594 |
| 1,053-1,366th | $540 |
Top 10 Chip Counts
Level 1
: 3,500/7,000, 875 ante
Here are the top 10 chip counts at the start of Phase 2
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
972,417 | |
|
900,736 | |
|
839,261 | |
|
832,030 | |
|
|
805,206 | |
|
|
793,212 | |
|
770,619 | |
|
|
760,474 | |
|
755,761 | |
|
752,268 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 3,500/7,000
Ante: 875
Phased SCOOP-01-H Continues with 1,100+ Players Remaining
Welcome to Phase 2 of the SCOOP-01-H $215 NLHE event. Phase 1s to this event have been running throughout the entirety of the Spring Championship of Online Poker, and tonight these players reconvene to play on in pursuit of a slice of more than $2m prize pool.
Notable players through to Phase 2 with big stacks include Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker, Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pard, Pascal "Paffchen" Hartmann, Stefan "C. Darwin2" Mattsson and Henri "Buehlero" Buehler who all currently sit inside the top 100 chip counts.
PokerStars Ambassador Ramon Collilas and Fintan "easywithaces" Hand will also be battling it out during Phase 2.
The tournament resumes with blinds at 3,500/7,000 with an ante of 875. The levels are 15-minutes long and the tournament will continue until 27 players are remaining.
Stay tuned to the PokerNews SCOOP live updates on what will be an incredible day of poker!
SCOOP-01-H: $215 NLHE [Phase Event], $2M Gtd
Day 1 Started