Before SCOOP, Vitor “vitoradiron” Adiron enjoyed success in low stakes MTTs, hitting a few $3k prizes and building up his knowledge and skills.
Now Adiron is a SCOOP champion. He outlasted a 7,817 strong field in Event #36-M, cutting a three way deal on the final table and emerging victorious for an astounding $96,848.
After many ups and downs in the Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche vs "KennedyPK97" clash, Nitsche managed to prevail and be the last player that advances to Round 4.
In the last hand, "KennedyPK97" called from the big blind Nitsche's minraise to 7,000 and the flop came and both players checked.
The turn was the and "KennedyPK97" made an overbet at 19,350 getting a call from Nitsche.
The river was the and this time "KennedyPK97" checked, with Nitsche shoving for 48,748 effectively, which was the stack of "KennedyPK97". "KennedyPK97" tanked and called with only to see Nitsche's for a rivered top pair and hit the rail.
"sipinho13" raised to 2,100 from the button and "CatLover666" called from the big blind. The flop came and "CatLover666" check-raised to 4,766 after "sipinho13" c-bet to 1,202.
"sipinho13" called and the came on the turn, with "CatLover666" betting 10,487 and "sipinho13" shoving for 49,218. "CatLover666" called and they went to showdown.
CatLover666:
sipinho13:
The came on the river and "sipinho13" hit the rail for $4,760.
"wubblepig" is the next player that secures his seat onto Day 2, after eliminating "chtrumfeinz". In the last hand, "chtrumfeinz" open raised to 2,200 and "wubblepig" defended his big blind.
The flop came and "wubblepig" check-called a bet for 1,349.
The turn was the and "wubblepig" check-called again, this time for 9,000.
The hit the river "chtrumfeinz" shoved after the third check from "wubblepig", to get called by . "chtrumfeinz" showed for a bluff and departed from the field on 14th place for $4,760.
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves opened to 3,514 from the button and "fetopoker1" defended his big blind.
The flop came and "fetopoker1" check-called a bet for 5,534.
The turn was the and "fetopoker1" check-called again, this time for 13,835.
The completed the board on the river and Reeves shoved all in for 74,780 on a 46,116 pot, after his opponent's third check. But "fetopoker1" called again showing which was good against Reeves' .
Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche opened to 4,000 from the button and "Mukhin1" called from the big blind. The flop came and Nitsche bet 4,675 with his opponent check-calling.
The hit the turn and Nitsche bet 18,000, getting another check-call from "Mukhin1".
The completed the board on the river and this time Nitsche shoved for almost 1.5x pot, getting a third check-call from "Mukhin1" with a slightly smaller stack. Nitsche opened for a top set, while "Mukhin1" had for flopped two pair which wasn't enough.
The last couple of Day 1 finished their clash after a lot of back and forth. "mamamamama70" was short for the biggest part of the heads-up but seemed like always he found a way to double up when he needed to.
In the final hand, "mamamamama70" limped from the button and Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs made it 16,250 to go. "mamamamama70" shoved and Ruijs snap-called to send the hand to showdown.
Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs:
mamamamama70:
The board ran out and Ruijs held his lead to send his opponent to the rail and clinch his ticket for Day 2.
Day 1 of the PokerStars 2020 SCOOP-58-H: $2,100 NLHE [Heads-Up] is over, and after more than seven hours of play, there are just eight players left in the field. Those are the players that won all their heads-up clashes and managed to reach the end of Day 1, securing a place into the money and returning tomorrow for a run into the first prize.
The event had a cap of 128 players and 119 were registered at the start of the day, with no late registration available. The guaranteed prize pool was $200,000 but the event managed to surpass it, reaching $238,000. Many familiar names managed to advance to Day 2 and the list consists of Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs, Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche, Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez, Connor "blanconegro" Drinan, "CatLover666", "Grindation", "fetopoker1", and "wubblepig".
Among those that were eliminated before the payouts were "Passiveaggro", Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira, Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson, Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza, Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov, Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle, Ole "wizowizo" Schemion, and Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis.
Based on the payout structure of the event, 16 players should have finished in the money, and eight of them busted during the last round of Day 1. Some notables that were eliminated into the payouts are Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves and Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras. They all earned $4,760 for their efforts, while the eight players that advanced to Day 2 have already secured $9,520.
Day 1 Results
Place
Winner
Country
Prize (in USD)
1
$71,400
2
$42,840
3
$23,800
4
$23,800
5
$9,520
6
$9,520
7
$9,520
8
$9,520
9
mamamamama70
Sweden
$4,760
10
Mukhin1
Russia
$4,760
11
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves
United Kingdom
$4,760
12
AmStAf88
Estonia
$4,760
13
Kalapoju
Finland
$4,760
14
chtrumfeinz
United Kingdom
$4,760
15
sipinho13
Hungary
$4,760
16
Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras
Finland
$4,760
A great night was indeed for Drinan whose longest heads-up lasted for six levels. In the first round he was drawn without any opponent and just observed his way to Round 2. There, he was paired with Veldhuis and their match went on for six levels before he eliminate the Team Pro with sevens against deuces. The next two rounds were just a matter of five minutes each for Drinan, firstly against Sven "SvenCalls" McDermott and then against Ayras.
It wasn't the same for Nitsche, who had two long battles for Round 3 and 4, in order to earn his seat to Day 2. In Round 3, he faced "KennedyPK97" and they were the last heads-up of the round. In Round 4 Nitsche faced "Mukhin1" and they were the second to last heads-up before the end of the day. Nitsche managed to overcome his last opponent with a flopped set against a flopped two pair.
Day 2 will start on Thursday at 2:15 p.m. ET and the eight finalists will be paired again with each other to continue their race for the SCOOP title. After each heads-up they receive again the starting stack of 100,000 and start from Level 1 their efforts to beat their rivals. Just three rounds remain between the eight players of Day 2 and the title, meaning that whoever manages to win all three matches will be the next champion of SCOOP.
Come back tomorrow here at PokerNews to find out who will be the winner.