SCOOP-24-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE], $1M Gtd
Day 1 Completed
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-24-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE], $1M Gtd
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
Buy-in
$1,050
Prize Pool
$1,250,000
Entries
1,105
Level
45
Blinds
700,000 / 1,400,000
Ante
175,000
Entries
1,105
Players Left
72
Leah Leads the Final 72 Players into Day 2 of SCOOP-24-M: $1,050 Super Tuesday SE
Level 24
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
With a few minutes left of Level 24, play has come to an end on Day 1 of the PokerStars 2020 SCOOP-24-M: $1,050 Super Tuesday SE with 72 players out of 1,105 entries making it through to the final day. The tournament originally had a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 but earlier today PokerStars announced that they would increase the guarantee of several tournaments to total $95,000,000 over the whole series. And the Super Tuesday was one of them as the guarantee was increased to a whopping $1,250,000.
Taking the chip lead honors for Day 1 is a familiar name and face in the poker world: Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah has collected 4,933,992 in chips for Day 2. The Canadian has won millions of dollars playing poker live and online already and probably won't mind another title to his already lengthy resumé with two SCOOP wins in 2019 and four in total over the years. Leah is followed in the chip counts by "Neanderthal4" (3,709,616), "sangnv" (3,551,245), Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino (3,246,246), and "olle1FIN" with 3,200,727.
Other familiar names making it through to Day 2 include Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson, Patrick "prepstyle71" Serda, Vlad "dariepoker" Darie, Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira, Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii, Mike "SirWatts" Watson, Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin, Luke "lb6121" Schwartz, Felipe "TheGrinderØ" Badotti, Alberto "alberto.m7" Meran, Flavio "flavioreis88" Reis, and Elias "SinKarma" Gutierrez.
Not everyone was that fortunate though, players like Vicent "gordon0410" Bosca, Leandro "leitalopez" Bustillo, Naoya "nkeyno" Kihara, Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff, Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson, Sven "SvenCalls" McDermott, Adam "adamyid" Owen, Leon "Flippetyflop" Louis, Anthony "GrindHeaps" Aston, and Joep "Pappe_Ruk" van den Bijgaart all managed to cash but not "bag".
Watson got the field to the bubble before the break when he eliminated "NukeTheFish!" with king-queen but it was "gaul17" who would really burst the bubble when he looked up "nilsef" who held king-queen. "gaul17" had ace-trey and turned a pair of aces to make sure everyone that was left had locked up $2,158. Unfortunately for "gaul17", the end of the day went a bit sour for them when they first doubled up Ferreira and then kept losing chips. They will be returning as the absolute short stack with 77,094 chips.
When the players return at 1 p.m. EST, they will finish Level 24 which has a small blind of 17,500, big blind of 35,000 and a running ante of 4,500. All players have already secured and received $3,183 for their results today but there's a lot more up for grabs as the winner will walk away with $199,127 and the SCOOP title. One more player will leave the tournament without a pay jump but they will all be battling it out hard on the final day and PokerNews will be there to witness it all for you. So make sure to return for all the action.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 24
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,933,992 | |
|
3,709,616 | |
|
|
3,551,245 | |
|
3,246,246 | |
|
3,200,727 | |
|
|
2,999,013 | |
|
2,996,724 | |
|
2,911,827 | |
|
|
2,795,645 | |
|
|
2,748,230 | |
|
|
2,723,532 | |
|
|
2,718,622 | |
|
|
2,454,239 | |
|
|
2,279,052 | |
|
|
2,237,126 | |
|
|
2,176,903 | |
|
2,169,899 | |
|
2,108,412 | |
|
|
2,026,713 | |
|
1,897,978 | |
|
1,867,564 | |
|
1,854,042 | |
|
|
1,828,402 | |
|
|
1,828,220 | |
|
1,805,939 |
Play Ended
Level 24
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
Play has ended with 72 players out of 1,105 entries making it through to the final day on May 6 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. All playeers have received $3,183 already for their efforts today.
The chip counts and a recap are to follow.
Ferreira Finds a Double-Up
Level 24
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira raised to 73,261 from the button and "gaul17" three-bet to 245,000 in the small blind for the big blind to fold. Ferreira responded with a shove to 725,182 which "gaul17" called.
Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira: 
"gaul17": 
The board ran out 
for Ferreira to flop top pair and improve to two pair to double up with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,521,364 | |
|
|
986,333 | -117,964 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 17,500/35,000
Ante: 4,500
Boivin Loses Chunk to "THCHunter"
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin raised to 64,800 from the cutoff and "THCHunter" three-bet to 246,092 in the big blind which Boivin called.
The flop came 
, "THCHunter" continued with a bet of 156,527 which Boivin called.
The turn brought them the 
, "THCHunter" now fired a bet of 263,574 into the pot, and Boivin went along.
The river completed the board with the 
, "THCHunter" barreled 630,000 over the line. Boivin went into the tank but opted to fold in the end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,587,122 | 796,918 |
|
|
1,154,552 | -509,795 |
"Manjelleg" Eliminated by Kihara
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
"Manjelleg" shoved from under the gun for 212,445 and when action folded to Naoya 'nkeyno' Kihara in the big blind, he called.
"Manjelleg":
Naoya "nkeyno" Kihara: 
The board ran out 
for Kihara to hold with the pocket pair of nines to eliminate "Manjelleg".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
648,147 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,750
"EverFla" Falls to Leah
Level 22
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
"EverFla" raised to 50,00 from the cutoff and was called by Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah on the button and "LastJesus" in the big blind.
It was checked to Leah on the 
flop who bet 74,000, "LastJesus" folded but "EverFla" shoved for 428,205 which Leah called.
"EverFla":
Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah: 
"EverFla" held the overpair but Leah had the open-ended straight draw which got there when the came on the turn.
The river completed the board with the 
as a formality as "EverFla" was eliminated in 117th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,987,825 | 1,515,417 |
|
|
Busted |