SCOOP-44-M: $530 NLHE [Sunday Million SE], $1M Gtd
Day 1 Completed
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-44-M: $530 NLHE [Sunday Million SE], $1M Gtd
Day: 1
"Rekond" Leads After Day 1 of SCOOP-44-M: $530 NLHE [Sunday Million SE]
Level 24
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
Day 1 of the PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker -44-M: $530 NLHE [Sunday Million SE] has come to a conclusion after 8 hours and 50 minutes of play.
This event drew 3,419 entrants creating a prize pool of $1,709,500 and surpassing the initial $1 million guarantee, but the night left off with only 263 survivors .
Sitting at the top of the counts is "Rekond" from Andorra with 6,545,522, the only stack above the 6-million mark. "Rekond" was steadily climbing throughout the day and he was the first player to surpass the million in chips. With 20-minute levels throughout the tournament, Day 1 was fast-paced and action-packed, but Rekond managed to remain atop the leaderboard throughout the day, closing on a strong finish to the night after scoring multiple eliminations including a double knockout.
Second in chips is "kappawhit3" with "5,040,146" and "CryFishCry" rounds up the top three with 4,384,710.
Other notables still in contention include Chun Lei "samrostan" Zhou (2,713,032), Stefan "mindgamer" Jedlicka (2,619,407) and Blaz "Scarmak3r" Zerjav (758,024).
PokerStars Ambassadors Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand, Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, Ben "Spraggy" Spragg, and Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas also took a shot at becoming the next Sunday Million Champion but Colillas was the only one to make it through with a stack of 1,381,699. Joao "Naza114" Vieira, Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress also couldn't find any luck in this event.
Play will resume on May 11th at 1 p.m. EST and action will resume at Level 24 which features a small blind of 17,500, big blind of 35,000 and an ante of 4,500.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out who becomes the next Sunday Million champion.
Top 30 End-of-Day Chip Counts
Level 24
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,545,522 | 607,372 |
|
|
5,040,146 | 149,550 |
|
4,384,710 | 22,000 |
|
|
4,174,055 | -75,000 |
|
4,101,691 | -506,500 |
|
3,955,194 | -18,000 |
|
3,878,738 | -34,481 |
|
|
3,825,094 | -507,819 |
|
|
3,629,714 | 108,500 |
|
3,564,734 | |
|
3,133,963 | 3,133,963 |
|
3,073,688 | -358,423 |
|
3,032,105 | 3,032,105 |
|
2,946,656 | 2,226,171 |
|
|
2,922,752 | 2,922,752 |
|
2,915,745 | 2,915,745 |
|
|
2,770,346 | 2,770,346 |
|
|
2,713,032 | 2,713,032 |
|
2,709,560 | 2,654,112 |
|
2,694,870 | 822,445 |
|
|
2,687,319 | 2,687,319 |
|
|
2,657,849 | 2,657,849 |
|
|
2,636,194 | 2,636,194 |
|
|
2,622,734 | 467,610 |
|
|
2,619,407 |
Play Has Halted for the Day
Level 24
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
Play has halted for the day with 263 players remaining out of the 3,419 entries. End-of-day chip counts and a recap will follow shortly.
"lNormaJean" Sends Out "kleanthous1930":
Level 24
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
"kleanthous1930" moved all in for 286,232 under the gun and "lNormaJean" made the call from the cutoff.
"kleanthous1930": 
"lNormaJean": 
The runout was 
and "lNormaJean"'s took down the pot with his better kicker eliminating "kleanthous1930" from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,564,734 | 365,712 |
|
|
Busted |
Top Ten Counts
Level 24
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,938,150 | 194,000 |
|
|
4,890,596 | 4,890,596 |
|
|
4,608,191 | 4,608,191 |
|
|
4,362,710 | 593,310 |
|
|
4,332,913 | 1,693,587 |
|
|
4,249,055 | 3,579,090 |
|
|
3,973,194 | -811,775 |
|
|
3,913,219 | 1,001,807 |
|
|
3,521,214 | 604,407 |
|
|
3,199,022 | 2,299,444 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 17,500/35,000
Ante: 4,500
"drew.derzh" Doubles Through "Picasso 2"
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
"drew.derzh" moved all in for 177,711 from early position and "Picasso 2" made the call from the big blind.
"drew.derzh": 
"Picasso 2": 
The runout was 
and "drew.derzh" doubled up with his pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
855,004 | 85,145 |
|
|
404,172 | -694,652 |
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"sexysmith579" Doubles Through "Rudolf148814"
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
"sexysmith579" moved all in from middle position for 241,561 and "Rudolf148814" called from the big blind.
"sexysmith579": 
"Rudolf148814":
The board came 
and "sexysmith579" doubled up with jacks and tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
531,872 | -944,563 |
|
|
505,097 | 73,079 |