SCOOP-01-H: $215 NLHE [Phase Event], $2M Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars SCOOP 2020

05-17-2020 15:08 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts & Eliminations

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs	504,278 137,056	137,056
Tom "hitthehole" Middleton	444,806 444,806	444,806

Kyriakos "9cream4" Papdopoulos	439,919 188,874	188,874
Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser	389,765
Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot	327,700 327,700	327,700
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin	304,769 304,769	304,769
Morten "-MortenVM-" Mortensen	259,780 221,045	221,045
Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff	Busted
Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani	Busted
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio	Busted

05-17-2020 15:17 UTC-5

"illbemillion" Extends Chip Lead

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Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

"IRINA553" opened to 40,000 and "illbemillion" called on the button. "LoloFernandez00" called in the big blind.

The flop came . It checked to "IRINA553" who bet 50,000. "illbemillion" was the only caller.

"IRINA553" continued for 140,000 on the turn and "illbemillion" called again.

The river was the . "IRINA553" checked and "illbemillion" bet 530,000 into a pot of around that amount. "IRINA553" called but was shown the nut flush of their opponent who took down the 1.6 million chip pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
illbemillion	3,165,574 775,000	775,000
IRINA553	966,588
LoloFernandez00	442,295

Level: 9

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,750

05-17-2020 15:18 UTC-5

Hand Sends "altzera" to the Rail

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Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

"altzera" moved all in for 227,350 and Fintan "easywithaces" Hand three-bet all in from the button. Both blinds folded.

altzera:
Fintan "easywithaces" Hand:

The board ran out with no help for the at-risk player who was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fintan "easywithaces" Hand	890,901 890,901	890,901
altzera	Busted

05-17-2020 15:21 UTC-5

Million Chip Pot Heads to Benitez

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Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Vlad "tweny1" Mare opened to 55,750 and "WoodyVee" moved all in for 57,452. Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez called as did Mare.

The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and Benitez bet 135,022. Mare called. The river was the and Benitez bet 315,951. Mare called again.

Benitez showed for a set of fives and that was good enough to win the pot, eliminating "WoodyVee" in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez	2,607,531 2,607,531	2,607,531
Vlad "tweny1" Mare	591,058 591,058	591,058
WoodyVee	Busted

05-17-2020 15:22 UTC-5

Recent Eliminations

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Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker came into the day with a top five chip stack, but has been eliminated with around 400 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker	Busted
Kyriakos "9cream4" Papdopoulos	Busted
Jorge "jorginho88" Abreu	Busted
Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot	Busted

05-17-2020 15:24 UTC-5

390 Players Remaining; All Guaranteed $1,237

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Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Here are the remaining payouts up until the final table:

Place	Payout
10-13	$14,315
14-17	$10,541
18-26	$7,761
27-44	$5,715
45-71	$4,208
72-107	$3,098
108-152	$2,281
153-260	$1,680
261-404	$1,237

05-17-2020 15:29 UTC-5

"Italians Love the SCOOP Main Event!"

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Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

A mouth-watering $135 million in guarantees is up for grabs in this year's extended 2020 Spring Series of Online Poker (SCOOP) on PokerStars, each featuring their own low, medium, and high buy-in for a total of 240 poker tournaments.

Known as "lasagnammm" online, not only is the Winamax Team Pro a former SCOOP Main Event champion, winning $1,304,720 after defeating Emil "Maroonlime" Patel heads-up back in 2015, but earlier this series he added a third SCOOP title to his poker resume.

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05-17-2020 15:35 UTC-5