Level: 15
Blinds: 3,500/7,000
Ante: 875
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-02-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd
Day: 1
Payout Information
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 750 ante
On top of the bounty prize for each eliminated player, the remaining participants also fight for the remaining 50% of the prize pool. The top 71 spots are taking home the following cash prizes:
| Place | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|
| 1 | $88,383.68 |
| 2 | $88,383.36 |
| 3 | $55,810.36 |
| 4 | $41,384.36 |
| 5 | $30,687.23 |
| 6 | $22,755.10 |
| 7 | $16,873.31 |
| 8 | $12,511.82 |
| 9 | $9,796.67 |
| 10-12 | $7,670.61 |
| 13-15 | $6,006.04 |
| 16-23 | $4,702.63 |
| 24-31 | $3,682.12 |
| 32-47 | $2,883.05 |
| 48-71 | $2,257.39 |
Once Upon a Break
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 750 ante
The registration has already closed with 575 total entries, creating a prize pool of $1,150,000, and the remaining 174 players are grabbing some late night motivation in the next 5-minute break.
Moraes Back on Track
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 750 ante
Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes kept bleeding chips for a while as he dropped out of the top spots but he has just scored a knockout to move back up. It was a flip with the 
for the Brazilian and 
for "DaryaSt".
Thanks to a board of 
, Moraes got there with two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
428,970 | -34,656 |
|
|
Busted |
Matsson Falls; Benitez Doubles
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 750 ante
In the late stages of the last level, the currently ranked fourth player on Pocket Fives fell while another big name of the online poker circuit doubled.
"busto_soon" jammed the button into two shorter stacks including Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson, who called as second-shortest stack with the 
in the big blind. "Ldd2911" stuck around from the small blind with 
. "busto_soon" was flipping with 
and scored one bounty on the 
board as Mattsson was done for the event, Ldd2911 tripled up.
It wouldn't take long for the next fireworks on the same table. Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez raised to 10,000 and Pablo "pabritz" Brito called. Juan “Malaka$tyle” Pardo three-bet to 45,000 and Benitez was the only caller.
On the 
flop, Pardo bet small and was called, then checked the 
turn. Benitez jammed and the Spaniard used up most of his time bank before making the call with 
. Benitez had outs with the 
and got there thanks to the 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
629,997 | 629,997 |
|
|
467,002 | 218,818 |
|
|
404,925 | 404,925 |
|
|
142,948 | -211,001 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 750
More Notables Fall
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
There are 193 players out of 575 entries remaining as the big blind has increased to one twentieth of the starting stack and all players below came up short as of recently.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Fireworks Between Mattsson and Brito
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
Four big names in the online and live poker scene share the same table and in fact sit next to each other in Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson, Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, Pablo "pabritz" Brito and Juan “Malaka$tyle” Pardo.
Astedt raised the small blind to 17,500 and subsequently bet the 
flop for 15,000, the 
turn for 58,640 and and jammed the river for his last 253,969. Brito called the first two barrels and succumbed to the final jam.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
655,622 | -126,904 |
|
|
435,010 | 126,842 |
|
|
353,949 | 221,279 |
|
|
33,095 | -73,101 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 625
Game Over for Reeves
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Eventually, Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves succumbed to the grind with an below-average stack when he got it in with the and faced of "soleej".
The kicker played a crucial role as the board came 
to eliminate Reeves.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
377,941 | 377,941 |
|
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Busted |