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PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-44-H: $5,200 NLHE [Sunday HR SE], $1M Gtd
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Level 21
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
It took eight hours and a few minutes to reach the money in the 2020 PokerStars SCOOP Event #44-H: $5,200 NLHE [Sunday HR SE] $1M Gtd. The event drew a total of 264 entries (190 entries and 74 re-entries) and generated a prize pool of $1,320,000, which is set to be distributed among the 31 remaining players when Day 2 resumes on Monday at 1 p.m. ET.
”Sintoras” (5.2 million) leads the pack at the end of the day. Their journey to 5 million was punctuated with a double knockout that sent Ismael “Isidinho” Bojang and Joao “Naza114” Vieira” to the virtual rail by way of a flopped set of nines. The pot came with what wound up to be roughly 90 minutes left in the day, and “Sintoras” coasted the rest of the way without anybody truly contesting the chip lead.
Scott “Aggro Santos” Margereson (4.29 million) and Daniel “Oxota” Dvoress (4.22 million) finished the day second- and third in chips, respectively after seeing their chip stacks continue to climb as the evening went on. Both look to be among the many forces to be reckoned with when all advancing players resume their hopeful journeys to victory.
Other notable players to finish within the top 10 include Joel “Odonkor1” Nordkvist (3.21 million), Sergei “Futti8” Koliakov (3.14 million), and Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias (2.61 million).
However, the bottom two-thirds of the leader board is also stacked with players like [Removed:565] (2.29 million), Conor “1_conor_b_1” Beresford (2.21 million), Sam Str8$$$Homey” Greenwood (1.7 million), Kahle “ROFLshove” Burns (1.42 million), and Christian “WATnlos” Rudolph (952,000) being only a few of the names visible in the remaining field.
Many of those who did not advance found themselves out of multiple buy-ins given the tournament’s format to allow two re-entries. Adrian “Amadi_017” Mateos, Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi, Artur “mararthur1” Martirosyan, Steve “Mr. Tim Caum” O’Dwyer, and Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz were on the list of players who were already out of the mix when the homestretch loomed near.
One by one, the field dropped and players such as Team PokerStars member Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis, Ivan “Negriin” Luca, and Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo added their names to the list of those who would not make it to Day 2, and all of a sudden the field reached 32 and hand-for-hand play began. The bubble lasted for roughly half a level until RJYJYR got their last six big blinds in with ace-eight and found themselves unable to beat the pocket nines of Joel “Odonkor1” Nordkvist.
The elimination resulted in Day 1's conclusion with all 31 remaining players making it into the money and being guaranteed at least a first-level payout of $12,025. Play will resume Monday at 1 p.m. ET midway through Level 21 (25,000/50,000/6,000), and everybody’s eyes will be set on the first-place prize of $253,819.
PokerNews has updates coming your way for the rest of the tournament. Be sure to follow along all the way until the next SCOOP champion has been crowned.
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Official chip counts for the 31 remaining players who made it into the money and advanced to Day 2 of the SCOOP Event #44-H have been provided below.
Stay tuned for a full end-of-day recap.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,205,138
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
4,287,837
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
4,224,801
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
3,750,582
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
3,708,476
161,000
|
161,000 |
|
3,252,142
236,000
|
236,000 |
|
3,211,770 | |
|
3,144,875
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
||
|
|
2,613,662
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
2,394,824
174,500
|
174,500 |
|
2,352,388
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
|
2,293,295
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
2,243,746
111,000
|
111,000 |
|
||
|
2,212,003
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
2,095,800
42,284
|
42,284 |
|
2,032,159
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,758,115
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,696,714
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
1,465,945
166,000
|
166,000 |
|
|
1,421,196
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
1,349,606
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
1,267,824
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
1,263,187
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
1,234,282
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
1,180,815
124,500
|
124,500 |
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Down to their last 280,000, "RJYJYR" shoved in early position and received a call from Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist in the cutoff. All remaining players folded.
"RJYJYR": 
Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist 
'RJYJYR" was at risk of bubbling the tournament and their odds went from bad to worse, and eventually to zero as the board ran out 
to result in their elimination from the tournament in 32nd place.
With the elimination, 31 players now remain and the tournament is a break until Day 2 begins at 1 p.m. ET. All remaining players are in the money and have locked up at least a first-level payout of $12,025.
Complete end-of-day chip counts and a recap of the day's action will be provided shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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3,211,770
513,080
|
513,080 |
|
Busted |
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress saw action fold to him in the cutoff and opened to 100,000. Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian defended his big blind and the flop came 
. Papazian checked and Dvoress made a continuation-bet of 75,000, which Papazian called.
The turn was and Papazian checked again. Dvoress fired a second barrel of 275,000 and Papazian called, bringing the river . Both players checked and the hand went to showdown.
Papazian showed 
for a missed flush draw and a pair of eights. Unfortunately for him, Dvoress also had a missed flush draw with 
that picked up a pair of nines on the river to pick up the pot and leave Papazian with under 750,000 as bubble play continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,250,801
517,000
|
517,000 |
|
|
747,698
456,000
|
456,000 |
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
The final 32 players are still on the bubble and players are on a five-minute break. Here's an updated look at the full leader board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,199,138
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
|
4,299,837
1,128,000
|
1,128,000 |
|
|
3,862,582
299,000
|
299,000 |
|
|
3,733,801
666,550
|
666,550 |
|
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3,547,476
476,416
|
476,416 |
|
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3,156,875
1,768,449
|
1,768,449 |
|
|
||
|
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3,016,142
1,475,990
|
1,475,990 |
|
|
2,698,690
197,261
|
197,261 |
|
|
2,625,662
346,633
|
346,633 |
|
|
2,569,324
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
2,439,388
402,520
|
402,520 |
|
|
2,305,295
833,616
|
833,616 |
|
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2,224,003
189,365
|
189,365 |
|
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2,138,084
254,284
|
254,284 |
|
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2,132,746
49,291
|
49,291 |
|
|
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|
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2,044,159
603,725
|
603,725 |
|
|
||
|
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1,770,115
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
|
||
|
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1,733,714
88,562
|
88,562 |
|
|
1,433,196
244,500
|
244,500 |
|
|
1,361,606
246,810
|
246,810 |
|
|
1,354,824
160,375
|
160,375 |
|
|
1,305,315
288,796
|
288,796 |
|
|
1,299,945
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
1,275,187
688,153
|
688,153 |
|
|
1,246,282
10,930
|
10,930 |
Level 21
: 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
976,257
376,316
|
376,316 |
|
|
885,964
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
741,136
308,500
|
308,500 |
|
|
701,359
551,500
|
551,500 |
|
|
648,904
95,952
|
95,952 |
|
|
303,080
329,500
|
329,500 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 6,000
Level 20
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
"crazome" was under the gun and jammed for just under 400,000. "Anjeyyy" called in the hijack, as did Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress in the big blind.
The flop fell 
and Dvoress checked. "Anjeyyy" bet 370,000 and Dvoress folded.
"crazome": 
"Anjeyyy": 
It was not the flop that "crazome" was hoping to see as their pair of tens was now way behind "Anjeyyy's" pair of aces. The turn 
and river 
were of no help to "crazome" and they finished the tournament in 33rd place.
With the elimination, 32 players remain and just one more knockout is needed before play concludes. The tournament is officially on the bubble and hand-for-hand play has begun.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,161,582
4,161,582
|
4,161,582 |
|
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3,067,251
315,739
|
315,739 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Hand #1: Leo "LeoFernandez" Fernandez was down to his last 283,000 and saw action folded to him in the small blind. He shoved and was called by "Anjeyyy" in the big blind.
Leo "LeoFernandez" Fernandez: 
"Anjeyyy": 
Both players connected on the flop 
and the turn 
and river left the situation unchanged, resulting in Fernandez being eliminated from the tournament.
Hand #2: Moments before on adjacent tables, Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo was eliminated after defending his big blind to an early-position open from "boerni21" and getting stacks in on a flop of 
.
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo:
"boerni21":
The turn 
and river left Pardo outkicked and out of the tournament.
Hand #3: Meanwhile on a third table, "3DTemujiN" opened to 80,000 under the gun and saw "allin2bluff" three-bet shove 1.27 million on the button. "3DTemujiN" called.
"allin2bluff": 
"3DTemujiN":
"allin2bluff" saw no help as the board came 
and they were eliminated from the tournament.
The three bust outs brings the field down to 33, just two eliminations away from play finishing for the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,598,324
1,497,437
|
1,497,437 |
|
|
2,086,044
472,573
|
472,573 |
|
|
2,036,868
1,013,967
|
1,013,967 |
|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
