Round 1, Level 5: 800-1,600, 200 ante
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Round 1, Level 5: 800-1,600, 200 ante
One of the most interesting battles was the one between Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan and Niklas "Lena900" Astedt. Martirosyan had taken a lead early and finally managed to take all of Astedt's chips in a hand where he limped from the button and called Astedt's raise to 5,600.
The flop came 
Martirosyan called Astedt's continuation bet for 4,800.
The turn was the 
and both players checked.
The 
completed the board on the river and Astedt led with a shove for 23,528, getting a call from Martirosyan. The Russian player showed 
with two pair and it was enough against Astedt's 
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The first level of the day just started and players will return in five minutes.
Round 1, Level 4: 700-1,400, 175 ante
These are the players that are already in Round 2 after less than four levels: Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves, "CatLover666", "Danila4444", "FoxNuts1", "MaTitheone", Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez, and "sipinho13".
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Round 1, Level 3: 600-1,200, 150 ante
"FreeLancerZZ", "beginner27", "lechuckpoker", "razvanel1987", "caaaaamel", and "wubblepig" are the players who are already in Round 2.
Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche also managed to overcome "muumipoiss", and in the last hand he opened to 3,000 from the button getting a call. The flop came 
and "muumipoiss" check-called for 3,438.
The 
came on the turn and this time Nitsche made an overbet at 19,689 after his opponent's check, getting another call.
The 
was the river and Nitsche shoved to see another call from 
and eliminated his opponent with 
for two pair.
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Round 1, Level 2: 500-1,000, 125 ante
Two players managed to overcome their opponent before the end of the second level of play. "Fepoker20" sent "Passiveaggro" to the rail and the Dutch player is early out of contesting another SCOOP title in this year's series. In the last hand, "Fepoker20" raised to 1,784 on the button and "Passiveaggro" made it 5,678 to go. "Fepoker20" called and the flop came 
and "Passiveaggro" check-shoved for 22,721 after "Fepoker20" bet 6,400 getting a quick call.
Fepoker20: 
Passiveaggro: 
The 
on the turn and the 
on the river gave the pot and this round's win to "Fepoker20".
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion is another player who advanced to the second round after beating "Distaples". The last hand was big with Schemion raising to 2,360 and calling his opponent's three-bet to 8,720.
The flop came 
and Schemion called a c-bet from "Distaples" for 8,845.
The hit the turn and Schemion called again his opponent's bet, this time for 19,690.
The 
completed the board on the river and Schemion shoved with a covering stack after his opponent's check, getting a call. Schemion opened 
and it was good against the 
from "Distaples".
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Round 1, Level 1: 400-800, 100 ante
The first level of the event just started and the event's field is finalized to 119 entrants. This means that not all players will find an opponent to play, so that there are 64 players left after the first round.
Among those that weren't paired with player and wait for the first round to finish are Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis and Connor "blanconegro" Drinan.
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The second heads-up tournament of the PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker is about to begin and an elite field is expected for SCOOP-58-H: $2,100 NLHE [Heads-Up]. This unique event comes with a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool and there is a cap of 128 entrants.
Many big names are already registered and given the fact that there is no late-registration, anyone who wants to play must pay the $2,100 buy-in up until two minutes before the start of the tournament. Among notables are Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle, Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche, Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira, Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza, Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez, and Ole "wizowizo" Schemion.
The event starts at 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time and every time a player wins a heads-up clash he will have to wait until all other heads-up matches are concluded, in order to move to the next phase of the event.
The blinds start at 400/800 with a 100 ante leveling up every ten minutes and Day 1 will end as soon as there are 8 players left. Those will be the last four heads-up matches, with a winner being crowned on Thursday.
Who will manage to beat every opponent that will stood in his way and ship the prestigious heads-up SCOOP title? Stay tuned here on PokerNews to find out through the updates of the live reporting team.
SCOOP-58-H: $2,100 NLHE [Heads-Up], $200K Gtd
Day 1 Started
