SCOOP-33-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, High Roller], $1M Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars SCOOP 2020

05-07-2020 14:25 UTC-4

Amy Schumer, Bryan Cranston & Other Celebs to Play 'Stars Call for Action' Charity Event This Saturday

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 1,800/3,600, 450 ante

This Saturday at 2 p.m. EDT, PokerStars will play host to the “Stars Call for Action” charity event featuring dozens of A-list celebrities.

Amy Schumer, Bryan Cranston, Michael Cera, Jon Hamm, Neymar Jr., Don Cheadle, Jeff Garlin, David Schwimmer and Edward Norton are among those confirmed to play the “Stars Call for Action – Powered by PokerStars,” which will be live reported here on PokerNews. It will also broadcast live on Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube.

Noted actor and poker player Hank Azaria and director/screenwriter Andy Bellin played key roles in organizing the event.

The celebrities will be playing to raise funds for relief efforts during the current global pandemic crisis. PokerStars will donate $1 million for the prize pool, and the top finishers will direct portions corresponding to their finish to a charity of their choice.

Half of the prize pool will automatically go to CARE International, while the other half, including donations from fans, will be distributed via grants to charities and will be administered by the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a Charity Navigator Four-Star Charity that meets all 20 BBB Charity Standards.

What’s more, players and fans will have a chance to get in on the action as for each celebrity that plays, PokerStars will invite one randomly-selected fan to join the tournament in a separate field. The two fields – celebrities and players – will then play down to their respective final tables and combine for the ultimate showdown. Celebrities who get knocked out early will be added into a side event where the winner will direct 10% of the total to charity.

James Hartigan and Lex Veldhuis will host the stream, which will see the celebrities show their faces via Zoom. Viewers will not only have the chance to watch all the action, but they can also help support the cause via a “Donate” button on each platform.

The online charity event was the brainchild of Azaria and Bellin, who was recently a guest on the PokerNews Podcast. The pair basically wanted to expand their home game to help during the current crisis.

Other celebrities joining the festivities include Brian Koppelman, Eric Bogosian, Jason Alexander, Brad Garrett, Michael Ian Black, Kevin Pollak, Max Kruse, and Tony Yazbeck.

Click here for more information on the charity event.

05-07-2020 13:50 UTC-4

Veldhuis Runs Kings Into Aces

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 1,600/3,200, 400 ante

While Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis dodged the curse of the first hand of the last year, nothing much went his way in the first two and a half levels. He dropped to half the starting stack and then opened, online crusher Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson three-bet and the PokerStars ambassador ripped it in for 123,680 to get snap-called by Mattsson.

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis:
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson:

The board came and Velhuis was gone on the first bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois	407,317 50,534	50,534
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	339,706 339,706	339,706
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	339,389 68,929	68,929
Paul "topdoll827" Newey	283,736 34,650	34,650
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov	242,750 242,750	242,750
Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs	151,238 7,800	7,800
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	Busted

05-07-2020 11:36 UTC-4

Welcome to Day 1 of the 2020 SCOOP Event 33-H: $10,300 NLHE PKO High Roller

Christian Zetzsche

Several progressive knockout tournaments have already determined their respective winners during the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) and the most expensive one to date will play down to a champion within the next two days. Event 33-H: $10,300 NLHE PKO High Roller will certainly attract some of the biggest names in poker and promises to deliver non-stop action from start to finish thanks to the ever-growing bounty prizes.

Of the $10,300 buy-in, $5,000 are added to the cash prize pool and the second $5,000 are added to the bounty pool. Each time a player is eliminated, 50% of their current bounty is awarded to the player who eliminated them and the remaining 50% is added to that player's bounty.

Since all participants can re-enter twice during the registration period which lasts for 4 hours and 45 minutes, it is technically possible to knock out the same opponent up to three times and sweeten the memories with an instant payday of at least $2,500.

The event comes with a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 and kicks off at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), upon registration a starting stack of 250,000 is awarded. The first 18 levels last 20 minutes each whereas all following levels increase to a duration of 30 minutes each. For every hour played, the 60-second time bank will be topped up by an additional 10 seconds. Players who reach the final table will receive 90 additional seconds in their pursuit of a six-figure cash and the elusive SCOOP title.

Day 1 will play down all the way to the money and then top for the night, all survivors will return the following day at 1 p.m. EST to play down to a champion. You can follow all the high stakes action right here on PokerNews from start to finish!

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