SCOOP-43-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, Sunday Warm-Up SE], $1M Gtd
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PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-43-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, Sunday Warm-Up SE], $1M Gtd
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
Buy-in
$2,100
Prize Pool
$1,156,000
Entries
578
Level
39
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
62,500
Entries
578
Players Left
32
Welcome to Day 1 of the 2020 SCOOP-43-H: $2,100 NLHE PKO
Another progressive knockout tournament of the PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker will determine a champion in the next 48 hours and big field is expected for SCOOP-43-H: $2,100 NLHE PKO. The special edition of the Sunday Warm-Up comes with a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 and will certainly attract some of the biggest names of online poker as part of their busy Sunday schedule.
Dutch players have already been very successful and earned nine titles half-way through the online series and it all kicked off with the victory of Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof in SCOOP-02-H: $2,100 NLHE PKO after he defeated fellow countryman "0m3rta" in heads-up. Two days later it was "Passiveaggro" that topped SCOOP-10-H: $1,050 NLHE [PKO] and two days ago, it was Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder that claimed the title in SCOOP-33-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, High Roller].
The action for this two-day event will get underway at 10.30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and the late registration will remain open for the first 4h45 of play. During the registration period, all participants can re-enter up to two times in case they run out of chips and wish to take another shot at the action.
Everyone receives 100,000 in chips and the first level features blinds of 250-500 with a running ante of 60. From each buy-in, $1,000 will be added to the bounty prize pool and $1,000 will go towards the cash prize pool. A progressive bounty of at least $500 will be awarded for each player eliminated while half of that bounty will be added to the bounty of the player that dealt the final blow.
Day 1 will conclude after nine hours of play and recommence the following day at 1.05 p.m. EST. The first 36 levels will last 20 minutes each whereas the duration then increases to 30 minutes each for the remainder of the tournament. For each hour players, the participants will receive an additional 10 seconds on top of their 60-second time bank.
Will another Dutchman earn a SCOOP PKO title? Find out right here on PokerNews as the live reporting team will provide updates from start-to-finish.
Level: 1
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 60
First Batch of Notables in the Field
Level 1
: 250/500, 60 ante
Nearly 50 players were registered right away and that number is expected to grow tenfold in the hours to come.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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|
100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
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100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Colillas Crashes Out; Danchev Left Short
Level 1
: 250/500, 60 ante
On a table filled with big names including two PokerStars ambassadors, the first bullet of Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas came to a crashing end after just five minutes when he ran with 
into the 
of Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira. The board came 
to provide no help for the Spaniard.
Another big name in trouble on the first of three possible bullets is Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev, who was left with crumbs. In a four-bet for 27,500 preflop, Danchev took on "s3c3_1978" who continued for 22,316 on the 
flop, which Danchev check-called in the small blind. After the 
turn, Danchev check-raised from 8,000 to 20,000 and called the shove of "s3c3_1978" with only to find himself drawing dead against 
already.
The 
river was a formality and Danchev was left with seven and a half big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,278 | 210,278 |
|
197,880 | 197,880 |
|
|
106,010 | 106,010 |
|
|
99,390 | 99,390 |
|
|
98,810 | -1,190 |
|
93,162 | 93,162 |
|
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Busted |
New Entries
Level 1
: 250/500, 60 ante
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas re-entered shortly after he was eliminated and the field size has quickly doubled as there are now 85 players out of 86 entries remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 |
Felipe Loses to Kubaliak
Level 1
: 250/500, 60 ante
Luan "Pseudo Fruto" Felipe was very active early on to build a profit but just dropped a bigger chunk of his stack to Tomas "MASUR0N1KE" Kubaliak. Three ways to the 
flop, initial raiser Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis continued for 1,308 and Kubaliak raised to 4,179 in the hijack. Felipe reraised to 14,000 and was called only by Kubaliak.
On the 
turn, Felipe continued for 16,764 and Kubaliak stuck around to see the 
on the river. Both players checked and Felipe tabled 
, Kubaliak won the pot with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
127,326 | 27,326 |
|
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96,496 | -3,504 |
|
|
75,481 | 75,481 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Three Bounties Awarded Until First Break
Level 2
: 300/600, 75 ante
After 25 minutes of poker action, the first scheduled break has commenced and the field shows 109 players out of 112 entries remaining. "Loks82" claimed the bounty of Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev while Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov was eliminated by Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts.
Further assorted counts can be found below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
226,403 | 126,403 |
|
155,770 | |
|
|
141,240 | 41,240 |
|
|
122,003 | |
|
|
120,081 | |
|
|
119,689 | |
|
112,007 | |
|
|
80,557 | -19,443 |
|
75,595 | |
|
|
68,840 | |
|
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54,619 | -45,381 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Yurasov Chips Up
Level 2
: 300/600, 75 ante
Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov won a bigger pot on a jack-high board with 
for top pair and top kicker against "luckyfish89", who sports a BBZ Staking logo as his avatar.
Yurasov defended his big blind against a raise by "joshuah333" in the next hand and check-called a bet on the 
flop. The fell on the turn and this time Yurasov check-folded to a second barrel.
Tatiana "Mysters_Y" Barausova can also be found on the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
119,683 | 19,683 |
|
|
106,325 | 106,325 |
|
|
99,711 | -289 |
|
95,360 | 95,360 |