SCOOP-15-H: $2,100 NLHE [Sunday HR SE], $1M Gtd
Day 1 Completed
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-15-H: $2,100 NLHE [Sunday HR SE], $1M Gtd
Day: 1
“0m3rta” Leads SCOOP Event #15-H After Day 1; Kelopuro, and Van Hoof Among Top Stacks
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
The PokerStars SCOOP 2020 is off to a fast start for a few players, namely that of ”0m3rta” and Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof. The two players wound up heads up for the title of Event #2-H, a $2,100 No Limit Hold’em event just two days ago, and “0m3rta” (5.48 million) will now be taking the chip lead into Day 2 of Event #15-H: $2,100 NLHE $1M Gtd.
Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz (2.1 million) and Sami "Lrslzk” Kelopuro (1.69 million) also finished in the top 10. Holz made a charge up the leader board shortly after registration closed and was seen with an above-average stack throughout the rest of the evening by way of knocking out players such as ”iamivar” and Brunno “botteonpoker” Botteon. Kelopuro’s journey to the top 10 came within the last 10 minutes of the night after he won two straight coin flips to launch him up the counts before play came to a close.
”fukuruku” (2.24 million) is another player to follow on Day 2, finishing seventh in chips on the day and doing so while also winning Event #9-H ($530 8-Max), topping a field of 930 entries for a first-place prize of $77,273.
Van Hoof (1.74 million) finished ninth in chips when Day 1 came to an end. He was at or near the top of the leader board all day long, propelled by winning two huge pots with pocket aces. The first instance occurred when he knocked out Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood with a river overbet that was more than three times the size of the pot, and he followed it up with a three-way all in that involved a full double through Jack “Swaggersorus” Sinclair, who wound up finishing with 907,000.
Other notable players to advance include Pedro “PaDiLhA SP” (1.53 million), Sam “SamSquid” Grafton (1.51 million), Eder “edercampana” Campana[/b[ (1.19 million), Twitch streamer [b]Joshua "slayerv1fan" Hoesel (1.18 million), and Leo “LeoFernandez” Fernandez (510,000).
Many more were less fortunate, including the likes of PokerStars Team Pro Ramon “RamonColillas” Colillas as well as Twitch streamers and PokerStars Online Team Pros Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis and Fintan “easywithaces” Hand.
Adrian “Amadi_17” Mateos, Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot, and Charlie “Epiphany77” Carrel also were eliminated as the day went on, falling short of the money by less than an hour’s worth of play. Vicent “gordon0410” Bosca became the bubble boy not long after, when he called off all of his chips with pocket jacks to run into end-of-day chip leader “0m3rta’s” pocket aces.
Bosca’s elimination brought the field down to 71, which was the number needed to reach the money. From there, the entire first round of payouts was completed, and players such as Gary “quiditbear” Hasson (69th place), Arsenii “Josef_shvejk” Karmatckii (55th place), Kayhan “KayhanMok” Roshanfekr (52nd place), and Anthony “holdplz” Spinella (51st place) were among those to make it into the money and earn a first-level payout of $4,435.
Forty-two will advance to Monday’s Day 2, which will begin at 1 p.m. ET. Play will resume with approximately five minutes left in Level 23 (15,000/30,000/3,750), and levels will be 20 minutes in length until the completion of Level 36, at which point they will increase to half an hour and continue until a winner has been determined and the top prize of $196,648 has been claimed.
Who will be the last one standing? Come back to PokerNews Monday to find out.
Play Finished (full)
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
Play has concluded for Day 1 with approximately five minutes remaining in Level 23 (15,000/30,000/3,750). Forty-two players have advanced to Day 2, and complete chip counts have been provided below.
A recap of the day's action will be provided shortly, so stay tuned for that as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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5,476,709 | 2,462,087 |
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3,033,434 | 1,907,031 |
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2,762,881 | 1,073,708 |
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2,657,420 | 544,379 |
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2,574,166 | 1,284,588 |
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2,336,706 | 678,814 |
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2,239,958 | -433,822 |
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2,099,634 | 564,740 |
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1,742,321 | -762,281 |
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1,686,690 | -155,550 |
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1,594,283 | 18,750 |
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1,533,220 | 286,048 |
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1,514,531 | -141,777 |
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1,408,876 | 278,353 |
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1,392,114 | 1,392,114 |
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1,333,493 | 547,894 |
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1,317,945 | 84,072 |
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1,277,362 | 1,277,362 |
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1,190,862 | -304,250 |
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1,177,606 | 1,177,606 |
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1,086,868 | 1,086,868 |
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1,051,541 | 359,441 |
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1,034,281 | -188,083 |
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1,031,684 | 1,031,684 |
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981,842 | 981,842 |
Remaining First-Level Payouts
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
The following players finished 45-55th place, rounding out the first-level payout of $4,435.39.
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Kelopuro Wins A Second Straight Coin Flip
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
"19Pistike93" raised to 63,300 under the gun and Sami “Lrslzk” Kelopuro three-bet to 180,000 on their direct left. Action folded back to "19Pistike93," who four-bet jammed 825,000. "Kelopuro called.
"19Pistike93": 
Sami “Lrslzk” Kelopuro: 
Kelopuro hit a set as the flop appeared 
, but he wasn't out of the woods as he needed to fade his opponent's nut flush draw and backdoor Broadway draw. The turn 
added three more outs to the tally, but the river 
was clean and Kelopuro scored a second knockout in short succession to take his stack up to 1.84 million with minutes remaining in the evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,842,240 | 893,306 |
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Busted |
Kelopuro Ships a KO
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
"0409479" was in the hijack and saw action folded to them. They shoved all in for 211,000 and received a call from Sami “Lrslzk” Kelopuro, who was in the big blind.
"0409079": 
Sami “Lrslzk” Kelopuro: 
The two were in a coin flip situation and Kelopuro stayed ahead the whole way as the board ran out 
to win the pot with nines up and score the knockout with just under 10 minutes of play remaining in Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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948,934 | -169,821 |
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Busted |
In-the-Money Eliminations
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
The following players finished 56-71st place, earning a first-level payout of $4,435.39.
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Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,750
Spinella Can't Summon His Screen Name
Level 22
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
Anthony "holdplz" Spinella raised to 222,500 in middle position, leaving less than an ante remaining in his stack. Action folded around to "deivid29" in the small blind, who reraised all in. The big blind folded and Spinella called off the last of his chips.
Anthony "holdplz" Spinella: 
"Deivid29": 
Spinella did not remain out in front for long as the flop came 
. The turn and river were of no help to him and he found himself out of chips near the end of the penultimate level of the evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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944,658 | 277,219 |
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Busted |
Karmatckii Runs Into a Set
Level 22
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii opened to 50,000 under the gun and was called by Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs, who was on his direct left. Action then folded around to the big blind, where "DEX888" defended to take action three ways to a flop of . All three players checked.
The turn came 
and "DEX888" led out with an overbet of 245,000. Karmatckii came over the top, shoving for 684,000. Ponakovs quickly folded and "DEX888" just as quickly called.
Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii: 
"DEX888": 
Karmatckii found himself drawing dead on the turn after shoving and getting called. The river improved him to top two pair, but it was still not enough to overcome "DEX888's" set of sixes and he was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,345,709 | -63,000 |
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1,126,403 | -747,113 |
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Busted |