SCOOP-62-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, High Roller], $1M Gtd
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SCOOP-62-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, High Roller], $1M Gtd
Day: 2
Welcome to Day 2 of SCOOP-62-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, High Roller], $1M Gtd
Day of 1 SCOOP-62-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, High Roller], $1M Gtd saw players reach the money, and now it's on to Day 2 with 27 competitors remaining fighting it out for $101,026 and SCOOP glory.
Plenty of notables remain as is usually the case in the high-stake Spring Championship of Online Poker events. Some of the known nicknames belong to Juan Pardo, Preben Stokkan, Niklas Astedt, Conor Beresford and Sam Greenwood.
Also, Conor Drinan goes for an unprecedented fifth SCOOP title in one series.
However, all are looking up in the chip counts at Dutch player "Pimmss," who leads the way with 6,570,223 at 17,500/35,000/3,750.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to follow the action here on Day 2.
Level: 19
Blinds: 17,500/35,000
Ante: 3,750
Martirosyan First Out on a Beat
Level 19
: 17,500/35,000, 3,750 ante
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan opened for 70,000 in the cutoff and Alexander "BIack88" Trofimov made it 210,000 on his left. Action folded back to Martirosyan and he jammed for 833,908. Trofimov called with 
but was way behind 
.
Unfortunately for Martirosyan, he hit his set at the worst time as the board ran 
to give his opponent a winning straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,406,359 | 938,658 |
|
|
Busted |
Drinan's Five-Win Bid Over For Now
Level 19
: 17,500/35,000, 3,750 ante
Alexander "BIack88" Trofimov opened for 78,750 under the gun and called the shove of Connor "blanconegro" Drinan for 871,302. Trofimov had the blades 
and Drinan needed a seven as he showed down 
.
The board ran out seven-free, ending Drinan's bid for a fifth SCOOP title in this series for the time being.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,343,661 | 937,302 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Kolonias Busted by Beresford
Level 20
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias opened for 80,000 under the gun and Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford three-bet to 212,750 on his left. Action folded back to Kolonias, who jammed for 924,444. Beresford called with 
and was crushing 
.
The 
flop brought more pain for Kolonias but he had a chance after the turn. However, the river was a .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,755,827 | 1,150,603 |
|
|
Busted |
Greenwood's Bounty Hunt Backfires
Level 20
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Action folded to the button, where Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii min-raised for most of his chips. Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood shoved in the small blind for 834,284, but big blind "Daghemuneguu" woke up with a snap-call and Karmatckii put his last crumbs in.
Karmatckii: 
Greenwood: 
Daghemuneguu:
Daghemuneguu was looking great for a double bounty, especially after the 
flopped but a 
turn and 
river left Karmmatckii the victor in the main pot while Greenwood busted in the side.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,664,589 | 610,294 |
|
|
625,288 | -61,964 |
|
|
Busted |
Karmatckii FInished
Level 20
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Alexander "BIack88" Trofimov opened for 86,000 and called the shove of Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii, who had just over 600,000. The latter was in a dominating spot with 
against 
but the former found a ten on the river to collect a bounty and reduce the field to 22.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,927,240 | 583,579 |
|
|
Busted |
"merlow3" Busted
Level 20
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Down to just 279,914 in the small blind, "merlow3" shoved when it folded to him, but his 
was dominated by the 
of Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo. Both paired their kickers on the flop, but deuces didn't improve by the river and Pardo added to his hefty stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,880,149 | 329,014 |
|
Busted |