James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins open shoved his last 70,375 from middle position and Joshua "slayerv1fan" Hoesel was on his left and shoved too, covering not only him but also all the remaining players to act. Everybody folded and they went to showdown.
Joshua "slayerv1fan" Hoesel:
James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins:
The board came and Hoesel eliminated his opponent to reach $2,000 in earned bounties.
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Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi was on the button and shoved for 142,680 after "VitinhO Dzi" opened to 14,000 from the hijack. The blinds got out of the way and the latter called to threaten Shakerchi's tournament life.
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi:
VitinhO Dzi:
The board came and Shakerchi couldn't find help to remain in the event.
"estebangocu" opened the action with a raise to 17,200 from middle position and "FrenchDawg" made it 60,000 from the big blind when it was folded to him.
"estebangocu" called and the flop came with both players checking their option.
The came on the turn and they checked again.
The completed the board on the river and "estebangocu" shoved for 1.5 pot effectively after "FrenchDawg" checked, with the latter calling quickly. "FrenchDawg" opened for a flopped full house but "estebangocu" had {tdts] for flopped quads that sent his opponent to the rail.
Connor "blanconegro" Drinan is out of the tournament after he shoved his last 236,166 from middle position after "zapacanov" raised to 30,000 from early position. "zapacanov" had the goods and called to put Drinan's tournament life at risk.
Connor "blanconegro" Drinan:
zapacanov:
The board ran out and Drinan departed from the field.
Only two hands were enough for the bubble to burst in the event and it was "42ayay" as the last player that left the event before the payouts.
The Swedish player had 306,520 and he put them in the middle from the hijack, with "neeno1990" waking up with a monster from the big blind to call him.
neeno1990:
42ayay:
The board ran out and "42ayay" was eliminated, while all remaining players are guaranteed the minimum payout of $1,102.
TTWIST Leads the Pack After Day 1 of SCOOP-33-M: $1,050 NLHE Thursday Thrill
Ten minutes were left for Level 24: 17,500/35,000 with a 4,500 ante, and play was paused on Day 1 of the PokerStars 2020 SCOOP-33-M: $1,050 NLHE Thursday Thrill with 82 players still in the field. The total field reached 1,350 entries and the $1,000,000 guaranteed was smashed with $1,350,000 finally collected in the prize pool.
After almost 24 levels of play on Day 1, it was Canada's "TTWIST" that took the chip lead with 4,997,226, while he already earned $6,969 through bounties. Following on his tail, "Kurtkaare" bagged 4,429,168 chips and he is the bounty leader of the event after Day 1, with $8,188 in total bounties. "julianpineda" rounds up the top three countes with 4,324,596 as the only three players that are over four million chips.
Other familiar names that managed to advance to Day 2 are Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson, Joao "Naza114" Vieira, David "MissOracle" Yan, Julian "HealTheWorld" Thomas, Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois, Stefan "CrAzY_sTeFaN" Piele Dragos, Henri "buehlero" Buehler, Andras "probirs" Nemeth, Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin, Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast, and Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker.
On the other side, many well-known players didn't manage to build their stacks in order to return tomorrow, and busted through the course of the day. Among those that hit the rail during Day 1 after the bubble burst were Michael "M_Acevedo" Acevedo, Joshua "slayerv1fan" Hoesel, Sebastian "sebasnato" Toro, Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche, Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk, Thiago "KKremate" Crema, Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro, and Anatoly "nl_profit" Filatov.
The bubble period lasted only two hands, as "42ayay" shoved his last fifteen big blinds from middle position with tens, only for "neeno1990" to wake up in the big blind with kings and send his opponent out of the field, one seat away from the payouts.
"42ayay" Eliminated on the Bubble
The 82 remaining players have already secured $1,705 and they will play on Friday, May 8th for the first place prize of $89,119 plus the bounties and the glory of obtaining a SCOOP title. When they will return, 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. Stay tuned here at PokerNews for all the action during Day 2 of SCOOP-33-M: $1,050 NLHE Thursday Thrill.
and Hoesel eliminated his opponent to reach $2,000 in earned bounties.
and Shakerchi couldn't find help to remain in the event.
with both players checking their option.
came on the turn and they checked again. 
completed the board on the river and "estebangocu" shoved for 1.5 pot effectively after "FrenchDawg" checked, with the latter calling quickly. "FrenchDawg" opened 
