Welcome to Day 1 of the 2020 SCOOP Event #02-H: $2,100 NLHE
It is that time of the year again as poker enthusiasts from all over the world gather in their homes to battle for the titles in the popular 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). The biggest edition yet features $85 million in guaranteed prize pools throughout 80 events, each of which contain the following three tiers: Low (L), Medium (M), and High (H).
For the first time ever, the PokerNews team will provide conclusive updates of no fewer than 30 SCOOP events and the first high stakes action will be provided in Event #02-H: $2,100 NLHE. This special edition of the Thursday Thrill is an 8-max tournament and features a progressive knockout format with a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000.
All players commence with a bounty of $1,000 on their head while $1,000 of each entry is added to the prize pool. Each time a player is eliminated, 50% of their current bounty is awarded to the player who eliminated them and the remaining 50% is added to that player's bounty. Players will receive a minimum of $500 for eliminating an opponent, in the late stages of the tournament the bounty value may however be worth many times of that.
The two-day event kicks off on Thursday, April 30th, 2020, as of 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) and the late registration is available for the first 4h25 of play. All those that take their seat in the first level of the event have 200 big blinds at their disposal with blinds of 250-500 and a running ante of 60, Day 1 will conclude after 8h50 of play.
An initial time bank of 60 seconds is available and additional 10 seconds will be added to each time bank every three levels during the first 36 levels, which last 20 minutes each. As of level 37, the duration increases to 30 minutes each and an additional 10 seconds of time bank become available every two levels.
Follow along right here on PokerNews as some of the biggest names in online poker will battle for the bounties, cash prizes and SCOOP title!
flop, Veldhuis in the small blind and "gambol_time" in the big blind check-called a bet by Vlad to see the 
turn. Veldhuis check-called another 6,247 by Vlad to see the 
river on which he then checked and faced a third barrel worth 14,089.
to climb back up.
when facing the under-the-gun raise of "GaryT20" and two callers. GaryT20 isolated with 
and failed to get there on a ten-high board.
flop, thx4urm0n3y bet the 
and Veldhuis tripled with 
flop. digopapel jammed and Veldhuis called it off.
and found no help on a 
of "Danila4444" and bricked the 
board as well.
of "YRWTHMELTHR" but got there on a 
board.
in the big blind. "Ldd2911" stuck around from the small blind with 
and scored one bounty on the 
turn. Benitez jammed and the Spaniard used up most of his time bank before making the call with 
river.
