With 89 entries out of 59 unique players, a prize pool of $2,182,725 has been created. Eleven players will be in the money at the end of play today for at least $55,088 and the winner will walk away with the SCOOP title and the first-place prize of $521,598.
Juan “Malaka$tyle” Pardo raised to 84,000 from under the gun, keeping 12,312 behind. Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira made the call in the hijack while the rest of the table folded.
The flop came , Pardo pushed his last chips in which Ferreira called.
Juan “Malaka$tyle” Pardo:
Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira:
Pardo had a pair of fours but Ferreira had flopped the higher pair of jacks.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river to send Pardo out of the tournament.
Zachary "nofingclue11" Clark shoved from the middle position and was called by Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams in the hijack while the rest of the table folded so their cards could go on their backs.
Just before the break, Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv raised to 53,750 from the middle position and was called by Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang in the hijack. Action folded to Andras "probirs" Nemeth in the small blind who shoved for 572,846. The big blind folded but Plesuv shoved for more and Vogelsang called for the 735,692 he had behind.
Andras "probirs" Nemeth:
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang:
Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv:
The board ran out for Nemeth to river a pair of kings to triple up with while the remainder of Vogelsang's stack went to Plesuv.
Andras "probirs" Nemeth raised to 60,000 from the hijack and was called by Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky in the cutoff. Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv three-bet to 270,000 from the small blind for both Nemeth and Sulsky to make the call.
The flop came , Plesuv jammed for 970,037 and Nemeth did the same but for more which was enough to get Sulsky out of the way.
Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv:
Andras "probirs" Nemeth:
Plesuv had the overpair but Nemeth had flopped a set of nines.
The turn brought them the which didn't change things and neither did the on the river as Plesuv was eliminated in 18th place for no money.
Chun Lei "SamRostan" Zhou raised to 72,800 from under the gun and was called by Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi in the cutoff and Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira on the button. Christopher "Apotheosis92" Kruk decided to shove from the small blind for 465,738 for the big blind to fold. Zhou responded with a four-bet shove of his own for 1,028,539. Shakerchi and Ferreira quickly folded.
Christopher "Apotheosis92" Kruk:
Chun Lei "SamRostan" Zhou:
The flop came for Zhou to hit the pair of queens but for Kruk to pick up the straight and flush draw.
The turn was another for Zhou to improve to trips.
Kruk still needed a diamond or ten to stay alive but the river completed the board with the instead of give Zhou quads to eliminate Kruk.
Ryhor "Grisha1983" Karapanau raised to 80,000 from the button and Andras "probirs" Nemeth three-bet to 360,000 in the small blind. Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams folded his big blind and Karapanau shoved for 1,823,060 which Nemeth called.
Pauli "fiilismies" Ayras shoved from the small blind with the shortest stack in the tournament of 327,545 and was called by Ole "wizowizo" Schemion in the big blind.
Pauli "fiilismies" Ayras:
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion:
The flop came for Ayras to pick up a gutshot to a straight.
The turn was the which didn't change things and neither did the on the river as Ayras busted in 12th place without any money.
Once the bubble burst, the tournament would be over but there was still a hand going on over on the other table. Andras "probirs" Nemeth raised to 87,600 from the hijack and Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams three-bet to 480,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Nemeth who shoved while on the other table Pauli "fiilismies" Ayras was eliminated as the bubble boy. Adams took some time and then made the call for the 1,066,128 he had behind.
A hectic day filled with loads of high stakes and high-level poker, Day 1 of the PokerStars 2020 SCOOP-52-H: $25,000 Super High Roller has come to an end with 10 players making it through to Day 2. The tournament attracted 59 unique players who reentered a total of 30 times to create a prize pool of $2,182,725 and 11 players getting paid.
Taking the chip lead to Day 2 is Andras "probirs" Nemeth with 6,061,664 in chips. Nemeth is no stranger to the high roller tournaments, claiming several wins in the live and online arenas. He did need two bullets though but got a bunch of his chips when he eliminated Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv first, then Ryhor "Grisha1983" Karapanau just before the bubble, and Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams on the bubble. Adams got paid though as Pauli "fiilismies" Ayras busted just before him when he ran his shortstack into the ace-ten of Ole "wizowizo" Schemion while holding queen-jack.
Second in the counts is Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi who won a big pot against Nemeth during the bubble where he flopped a Broadway and a few more well-timed bets gave him 3,225,908 in the end. Completing the top three is Schemion with 2,560,483. But as expected the players making it through are some of the best and well-known players in the world. Chun Lei "SamRostan" Zhou (2,044,930), Joao "Naza114" Vieira (2,042,144), Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky (2,018,569), Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin (1,249,913), Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz (1,170,863), Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer (1,038,224), and Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden (837,302) have all made it through.
Not everyone was that fortunate though, Christopher "Apotheosis92" Kruk, Kahle "ROFLshove" Burns, Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan, Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo, "E. Aequitas", Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas, Juan “Malaka$tyle” Pardo, Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress, Wiktor "limitless" Malinowski, and Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois all fired three bullets each and failed to hit any targets.
Leon "Flippetyflop" Louis was the first player to bust today and wasn't seen again. He five-bet shoved his pocket queens into the kings of Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood who busted too later on the day. Markus "makeboifin" Leikkonen finished in fourth place yesterday in SCOOP-44-G: $5,200 High Roller SE but couldn't repeat that feat here. Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang was part of a three-way all-in twice. In the first, he managed to eliminate Addamo and Ayras but in the second one, he was the one to get eliminated.
And it wasn't smooth sailing for so many people, players like Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles, Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit, Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel, Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford, Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira, Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias, and Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle will all need to try one of the many other tournaments that are coming up.
When the players return, they will finish the remainder of Level 20 which has a small blind of 20,000, big blind of 40,000, and a running ante of 5,000. They have all already been paid the $55,088 they have secured so one more player will bust without a pay jump on Wednesday, May 13. Play will resume at 1 p.m. EST with 30-minute levels throughout and play continuing until a new champion has been crowned.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there from the start until the final all-in so make to come back for all the live updates.