Ninety-nine players remain as Level 14 comes to a close. Here's a look at some players who are no longer in contention.
Ninety-nine players remain as Level 14 comes to a close. Here's a look at some players who are no longer in contention.
Hand #1: Joao "INeedMassari" Simao raised to 28,000 in early position and "xnrobix" three-bet to 77,000 in the hijack. Action folded back to Simao, who called to take action heads up to a flop of ![]()
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. Simao was first to act and shoved all in for 125,200, roughly two-thirds of the size of the pot, and "xnrobix" called.
Joao "INeedMassari" Simao: ![]()
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"xnrobix" was ahead with ace high but needed to fade Simao's live cards and flush draw. the turn
was safe, but the river
gave Simao a flush and scored him the double.
Hand #2: Moments later on an adjacent table, "ross_654" opened to 31,500 in early position and Joao "Naza114" Vieira
three-bet all in on their direct left for 130,200. Action made its way back to "ross_654" and a call was made.
Joao "Naza114" Vieira: ![]()
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Vieira faded the two outer as the board ran out ![]()
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to earn him the double with queens up.
Level: 14
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 1,750
Four hours and 45 minutes have surpassed since the first hand of the tournament was dealt and registration has now officially closed for SCOOP Event #44-H. In total, 264 entries generated a total prize pool of $1,320,000 from 190 entries and 74 re-entries.
Thirty-one players will make it into the money and play will continue until the tournament reaches the money, at which point Day 1 will conclude. Just 113 of the 264 remain with just moments left in Level 13.
A first-level payout is good for $12,025 and the eventual winner will earn $253,819. Complete prize pool information can be found in the Payouts Tab.
Joao "INeedMassari" Simao saw action folded to him in the cutoff and raised to 26,400. Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov three-bet shoved for 296,000 on the button and action folded back to Simao, who called.
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov: ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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to keep Koliakov out in front and the turn
took two of Simao's six outs away, leaving Koliakov in need of fading the four remaining non-heart kings and queens in the deck on the river. He would do just that as the river came
to complete the runout and score him the double, leaving Simao with under seven big blinds left. Simao doubled a few hands later, and is now at 15 big blinds with just a couple of minutes remaining in the registration period.
On the last hand of the previous level, Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer opened to 20,000 in the hijack and Daniil "Dancer King" Kiselev three-bet shoved for 178,000 on the button. Rodrigo "Seijistar" Seiji was in the big blind and reraised all in for 404,000, prompting a fold from O'Dwyer.
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Kiselev hit a jack on the flop ![]()
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but Seiji picked up a flush draw and had 15 outs. The turn
was all he would need to hit the nuts, leaving Kiselev drawing dead as the river
appeared to complete the runout. With the pot, Seiji now finds himself over 600,000.
Level: 13
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,500
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo opened to 20,000 in early position and action folded around to Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves in the small blind, who called. Action was then on Rui "sousinha23" Sousa in the big blind, and he defended to take acton three ways to a flop of ![]()
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Action checked to Pardo, who made a continuation-bet of 21,375 and Reeves check-raised to 70,000. Sousa folded to put action back onto Pardo, who came over the top for 306,000 effectively. Reeves called all in.
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves: ![]()
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Pardo had found his flopped top two pair had run into Reeves' bottom set. He needed the board to pair to improve, and the turn
brought eight more outs to a chop. However, the river
paired the board to give Reeves a full house and secure the double, leaving Pardo short. A few hands later, Reeves finished Pardo off and Pardo wasted no time re-entering tournament, receiving a new stack of 250,000.

Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress was in early position and opened to 20,000. Action folded around to "Sasuke234" on the button, who three-bet to 58,500. Dvoress four-bet jammed and "Sasuke234" called.
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Dvoress found his shove had run into a monster but the flop ![]()
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came to the rescue, giving him a pair of aces that remained out in front as the turn
and river
completed the runout to earn him the double.