Current chip leader is relatively recent entrant Kahle "ROFLshove" Burns, with just shy of 230,000. Only a handful of others approach this stack size at this early point, Tyler "Wonderboy222" Goatcher and Michael "merla888" Gathy among them.
Level: 4
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 125
It's one of the biggest nights of the year for online poker, with no fewer than six SCOOP Main Events (three in NLHE, three in PLO) kicking off tonight. PokerNews' Sarah Herring breaks down what to expect tonight.
Rob "batoelrob" Hollink opened for 1,680, finding cutoff "hotmark777" three-betting to 7,140. Back to Hollink, who threw in around a third of his chips as a four-bet: 24,000. Quick as you like, a jam for 100,000 from "hotmark777" and a call.
played 
with no tough outdraw (the board a chop-creating 
).
Level: 3
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Mike “SirWatts” Watson proved undislodgeable from the button, calling a three-bet to 6,600 from big blind “nikolaaa1234” after he’d called a cutoff open (to 1,440). Heads up to a 
flop, Watson called 7,808, then a further 15,616 when the turn paired the board with the 
. The river brought the 
; both players checked and Watson’s 
picked up the pot (his opponent showing down .
With the traditional just-before-hour break upon them, the top chip counts include a few new entries into the now 94-strong field.
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis has been involved in a large number of pots in the first level though his near starting stack may not reflect it at first glance. He dropped over 15,000 in the first half of Level one, but back they came in a couple of hands in a row, the first blind on blind vs. "onlymany" who led 500 on a 
flop. Veldhuis made the call, and again to a second lead of 1,250 on the turn. The river brought the innocuous seeming 
; "onlymany" check-called a bet of 3,000 from Veldhuis and mucked seeing his 
.
Another rivered two pair came along seconds later, as a three-way hand vs. Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann (big blind) and "ja.sam.gale" (under the gun plus one) saw Veldhuis check back the button on a flop of 
. Hartmann checked the turn, "ja.sam.gale" bet 2,000, and Veldhuis alone called. On the 
river, "ja.sam.gale" bet out 8,000, called quickly by Veldhuis with 
; his opponent's 
went into the muck.
Recent entry Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak is on the same table, with over 115,000 at the first break.
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
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