SCOOP-44-H: $5,200 NLHE [Sunday HR SE], $1M Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars SCOOP 2020

Player	Chips	Progress
Sintoras	5,199,138 218,000	218,000
Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson	4,299,837 1,128,000	1,128,000
Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak	3,862,582 299,000	299,000
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress	3,733,801 666,550	666,550
makeboifin	3,547,476 476,416	476,416
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov	3,156,875 1,768,449	1,768,449

ross_654	3,016,142 1,475,990	1,475,990
Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist	2,698,690 197,261	197,261
Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias	2,625,662 346,633	346,633
3DTemujiN	2,569,324 29,000	29,000
boerni21	2,439,388 402,520	402,520
[Removed:567]	2,305,295 833,616	833,616
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford	2,224,003 189,365	189,365
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle	2,138,084 254,284	254,284
Pedro "pm_marke" Marques	2,132,746 49,291	49,291

Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk	2,044,159 603,725	603,725

Daniel "Razer2311" Rezaei	1,770,115 218,000	218,000

Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood	1,733,714 88,562	88,562
Kahle "ROFLshove" Burns	1,433,196 244,500	244,500
hotmark777	1,361,606 246,810	246,810
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	1,354,824 160,375	160,375
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves	1,305,315 288,796	288,796
Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver	1,299,945 21,000	21,000
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza	1,275,187 688,153	688,153
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	1,246,282 10,930	10,930

Player

Chips

Progress

Sintoras

5,199,138

218,000

Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson

4,299,837

1,128,000

Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak

3,862,582

299,000

Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress

3,733,801

666,550

makeboifin

3,547,476

476,416

Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov

3,156,875

1,768,449

ross_654

3,016,142

1,475,990

Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist

2,698,690

197,261

Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias

2,625,662

346,633

3DTemujiN

2,569,324

29,000

boerni21

2,439,388

402,520

[Removed:567]

2,305,295

833,616

Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford

2,224,003

189,365

Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle

2,138,084

254,284

Pedro "pm_marke" Marques

2,132,746

49,291

Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk

2,044,159

603,725

Daniel "Razer2311" Rezaei

1,770,115

218,000

Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood

1,733,714

88,562

Kahle "ROFLshove" Burns

1,433,196

244,500

hotmark777

1,361,606

246,810

Mike "SirWatts" Watson

1,354,824

160,375

Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves

1,305,315

288,796

Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver

1,299,945

21,000

Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza

1,275,187

688,153

Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts

1,246,282

10,930

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress	4,250,801 517,000	517,000
Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian	747,698 456,000	456,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress

4,250,801

517,000

Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian

747,698

456,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist	3,211,770 513,080	513,080
RJYJYR	Busted

Player

Chips

Progress

Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist

3,211,770

513,080

RJYJYR

Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Sintoras	5,205,138 6,000	6,000
Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson	4,287,837 12,000	12,000
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress	4,224,801 26,000	26,000
Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak	3,750,582 112,000	112,000
makeboifin	3,708,476 161,000	161,000
ross_654	3,252,142 236,000	236,000
Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist	3,211,770
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov	3,144,875 12,000	12,000

Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias	2,613,662 12,000	12,000
3DTemujiN	2,394,824 174,500	174,500
boerni21	2,352,388 87,000	87,000
[Removed:567]	2,293,295 12,000	12,000
Pedro "pm_marke" Marques	2,243,746 111,000	111,000

Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford	2,212,003 12,000	12,000
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle	2,095,800 42,284	42,284
Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk	2,032,159 12,000	12,000

Daniel "Razer2311" Rezaei	1,758,115 12,000	12,000

Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood	1,696,714 37,000	37,000
Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver	1,465,945 166,000	166,000
Kahle "ROFLshove" Burns	1,421,196 12,000	12,000
hotmark777	1,349,606 12,000	12,000
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	1,267,824 87,000	87,000
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza	1,263,187 12,000	12,000
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	1,234,282 12,000	12,000
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves	1,180,815 124,500	124,500

Player

Chips

Progress

Sintoras

5,205,138

6,000

Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson

4,287,837

12,000

Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress

4,224,801

26,000

Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak

3,750,582

112,000

makeboifin

3,708,476

161,000

ross_654

3,252,142

236,000

Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist

3,211,770

Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov

3,144,875

12,000

Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias

2,613,662

12,000

3DTemujiN

2,394,824

174,500

boerni21

2,352,388

87,000

[Removed:567]

2,293,295

12,000

Pedro "pm_marke" Marques

2,243,746

111,000

Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford

2,212,003

12,000

Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle

2,095,800

42,284

Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk

2,032,159

12,000

Daniel "Razer2311" Rezaei

1,758,115

12,000

Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood

1,696,714

37,000

Chris "ImDaNuts" Oliver

1,465,945

166,000

Kahle "ROFLshove" Burns

1,421,196

12,000

hotmark777

1,349,606

12,000

Mike "SirWatts" Watson

1,267,824

87,000

Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza

1,263,187

12,000

Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts

1,234,282

12,000

Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves

1,180,815

124,500

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.