Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-15-H: $2,100 NLHE [Sunday HR SE], $1M Gtd
Day: 1
Holz Eliminates Botteon
Level 19
: 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
"deivi29" saw action folded to the hijack and opened to 29,400. Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz three-bet to 84,000 and Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon cold four-bet all in for 219,700 on the button. Action folded back to Holz and he made the call.
Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon: 
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz: 
The flop came 
to give Holz an open-ended straight draw and flush draw to go along with his two live cards. It proved to be too much for Botteon to fade despite the turn 
being safe, as the river 
gave Holz queens up to win the pot and eliminate Botteon from the tournament just 20 spots before reaching the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,304,419 | 222,590 |
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667,439 | 353,823 |
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Seven-Figure(ish) Stacks
Level 19
: 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,334,002 | -5,250 |
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1,695,732 | 886,155 |
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1,501,250 | |
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1,461,373 | |
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1,314,424 | |
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1,289,578 | 98,687 |
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1,239,369 | 773,928 |
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1,219,033 | -630,919 |
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1,191,871 | 301,096 |
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1,171,240 | 298,004 |
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1,130,017 | |
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1,081,829 | 582,865 |
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1,043,414 | |
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1,026,889 | |
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1,025,254 | |
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974,581 | |
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974,082 | -215,910 |
Van Hoof Eclipses Two Million
Level 19
: 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
"flippetyflop" was under the gun and opened to 28,000. "MCalai" three-bet to 86,500 in early position and action folded around to Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof, who cold-called in the small blind. "flippetyflop" called as well and the three players saw the flop come 
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Action checked to "MCalai," who made a continuation-bet of 106,775. Van Hoof called and "flilppetyflop" folded, taking action heads up to the turn 
. Van Hoof checked again and MCalai bet another 160,800. Van Hoof called again. Action then went check-check on the river 
to take the hand to showdown.
Van Hoof showed 
for the missed nut flush draw and nut kickers to go with the board's pair of fives. It proved best as "MCalai" mucked and Van Hoof took down the pot, bringing his stack to 2.39 million and becoming the first player in the field to reach 2 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,339,252 | 1,198,867 |
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765,319 | -638,075 |
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Field Under 100
Level 19
: 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
Ninety-eight players now remain in the tournament. Here's another round of players who have been eliminated as of late.
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Level: 19
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 1,750
Pdilha Flops Trips Against Bustillo
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
Leandro "leitalopez" Bustillo opened to 24,000 under the gun and saw action fold around to Pedro "PaDiLhA SP" Padilha, who defended his big blind. The flop came 
and Padilha checked. Bustillo made a continuation-bet of 18,000 and Padilha called.
The turn was . Padilha checked again and Bustillo fired a second barrel for 51,750. Padilha called once more, bringing the river . Both players checked to take the hand to showdown.
Padilha showed 
for flopped trips that became a full house, threes full of queens as the board double paired on the river. Bustillo mucked and Padilha took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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873,236 | 404,549 |
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356,222 | -62,000 |
Grafton Picks Up a Bit More
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
Sergio "zcedrick" Aido opened to 24,000 under the gun and saw both Rui "sousinha23" Sousa and Sam "SamSquid" Grafton call from the next two positions. Action then folded around to Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon, who defended his big blind to take action four ways to a flop of 
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Action checked to Sousa, who bet 40,280 an received calls from Grafton and Botteon. Aido then folded and the three remaining players proceeded to check the turn and river 
to take the hand to showdown.
Botten showed 
for a pair of sevens. Sousa topped that with 
, but Grafton beat Sousa's nines by showing 
to take down the pot with his pair of tens, bringing him up to 1.85 million and further extending his chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,849,952 | 167,560 |
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498,964 | 156,457 |
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398,398 | |
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312,349 | |
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245,290 | -344,052 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,500
Updated Counts; Grafton On Top
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton is now atop the leader board with 1.68 million and 121 players remaining. Just 50 more eliminations are needed before play reaches the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,682,392 | 1,325,080 |
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1,403,394 | 1,403,394 |
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1,222,364 | 1,222,364 |
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1,190,891 | 1,190,891 |
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1,189,992 | 1,189,992 |
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1,140,385 | -275,852 |
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890,775 | -127,784 |
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815,787 | 269,179 |
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694,985 | 236,686 |
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532,012 | 159,751 |
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468,687 | 213,668 |
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436,687 | 163,895 |
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418,222 | 322,698 |
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418,022 | 255,931 |
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368,072 | 110,200 |
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342,211 | 7,448 |
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327,351 | -46,202 |
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318,490 | 41,775 |
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296,070 | -118,124 |
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250,877 | 138,555 |
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241,630 | 53,814 |
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238,332 | -185,686 |
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226,228 | -196,230 |
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171,561 | -17,455 |
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170,250 | 1,325 |