Level: 15
Blinds: 3,500/7,000
Ante: 875
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-15-H: $2,100 NLHE [Sunday HR SE], $1M Gtd
Day: 1
Three Players Hit a Million
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 750 ante
"patapong" was in early position and opened to 13,500. Action folded around to "bebaimis777" in the big blind, who defended to take action heads up to a flop of 
. Both players checked.
The turn was 
and "bebaimis777" bet 18,000. "patapong" made the call and the river came 
. "bebaimis777" bet another 36,375 and "patapong" made the call.
"bebaimis777" showed 
for a straight and "patapong" mucked. With the pot, "bebaimis" found themselves at the 1.1 million mark.
Jack "Swaggersorus” Sinclair and "Isidinho" also reached seven figures, with the three claiming the top stops on the leader board with just over 200 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,046,034 | 184,270 |
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1,018,559 | 1,018,559 |
More Eliminations
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 750 ante
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Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 750
Holz Sighted Making a Straight
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
"iamivar" opened the action with a raise to 10,000 in the cutoff and was three-bet to 27,500 by Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz, who was on the button. Both players in the blinds folded and "iamivar" called, taking action heads up to a flop of 
. Both players checked.
The turn came and "iamivar" bet 32,500. Holz made the call and the river fell . "iamivar" made just under a pot-sized shove of 126,000 and Holz made the call.
"iamivar": 
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz: 
"iamivar" found their bottom end of the straight had run into Holz's top end. Their nine-high straight was no good to the ten-high straight that Holz held, and the pot of 386,000 was shipped to Holz as "iamivar" was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Registration Closed; Official Prize Pool Posted
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
Registration has officially closed with the tournament now running for more than four-and-a-half hours. In total, 557 entries were logged to generate a prize pool of $1,114,000.
Seventy-one players will make it into the money and earn a first-level payout of $4,435, with payouts escalating until the eventual winner erns $196,648. Full payout details can be found in the Payouts Tab
Updated Chip Counts
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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861,764 | 761,285 |
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480,300 | -114,626 |
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458,299 | -33,165 |
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422,458 | 335,080 |
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357,312 | 221,689 |
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320,595 | 74,676 |
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276,715 | -33,025 |
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255,019 | 61,584 |
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250,788 | 101,493 |
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168,925 | 131,639 |
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163,989 | 66,217 |
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163,159 | 90,391 |
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162,091 | 64,076 |
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139,690 | 16,941 |
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138,079 | 40,553 |
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112,322 | -31,130 |
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95,250 | 47,284 |
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61,943 | -148,167 |
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Level: 13
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 625
Botteon Makes the Correct Call
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon saw action folded to him in the small blind and pumped it up to 14,000. "RPILON" defended their big blind and the two saw the flop come 
. Botteon checked to his opponent, who bet 12,750 and was called.
Botteon checked again on the turn 
and called another bet of 22,750, bringing the river 
. Botteon checked again and his opponent went all in for 83,500. Botteon thought for some time, activating his time bank to consider his decision. Eventually, he committed to a call.
"RPILON": 
Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon: 
Botteon's call with kings and queens proved to be right as he caught his opponent bluffing with ace high. The pot was sent Botteon's way and "RPILON" was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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392,532 | 244,787 |
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Spinella Holds In Fun Fashion, Continues Climbing
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Anthony "holdplz" Spinella opened the action with a raise to 7,350 in early position and was called by both Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez in the hijack and Rens "Rens02" Feenstra, who was on the button. "donut604" then three-bet jammed for 254,000.
Spinella called all in for less and both Fernandez and Feenstra folded, prompting the cards to be shown.
Anthony "holdplz" Spinella: 
"donut604": 
Spinella found himself way out in front but the flop came 
to give his opponent a flopped full house. All of a sudden, he was in trouble and the turn was of no help. However, the river was a miraculous 
to give Spinella a higher full house and score him the double and take his stack up to 376,000.
In the following few hands, Spinella was further able to chip up and now finds himself nearing a half-million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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491,464 | 170,634 |
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476,169 | 475,987 |
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309,740 | 3,766 |
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76,499 | 76,499 |