SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars SCOOP 2020

05-17-2020 18:22 UTC-4

Martini On the Rise

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

Julien "KroolhearT-1803" Martini and Ben "Spraggy" Spragg had already chipped up by quite a margin and just trailed "serggorelyi7" and "Wildace_hun" at their table. Martini then nearly closed the gap to the table chip leaders when he raised the button and called the three-bet shove of Andras "probirs" Nemeth for 152,814.

Andras "probirs" Nemeth:
Julien "KroolhearT-1803" Martini:

On a board, Martini turned the nuts to send Nemeth to the rail once more.

Player	Chips	Progress
serggorelyi7	835,494	-13,125
Wildace_hun	787,412	87,808
Julien "KroolhearT-1803" Martini	735,496	581,730
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg	545,630	205,348
Andras "probirs" Nemeth	Busted

Tags: KroolhearT-1803 probirs Spraggy Wildace_hun

05-17-2020 18:15 UTC-4

Koliakov Busts van Zadelhoff; Eibinger Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

A classic flip decided over the fate of Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff on his first bullet when he got it in via three-bet jam with and was called by initial raiser Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov with the .

The flop spelled trouble for the Malta resident and the turn and river sent van Zadelhoff to the rail for now.

Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger is already on his second bullet and a rather small pot to the river somehow exploded. Eibinger had raised to 10,500, bet small on flop and turn, and then bet 67,500 into 67,000 on the river. "9cream4" moved all-in for 273,228 effective and Eibinger snap-called with for the nuts, catching his opponent bluffing with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger	613,456	613,456
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov	373,849	119,513
Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff	Busted

Tags: 9cream4 Futti18 iambest2

05-17-2020 18:09 UTC-4

Stuer Eliminated by Holz

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

Moments before the blinds went up, Julian "nailuj90" Stuer jammed his short stack of fewer than 12 big blinds on the button and was called by Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz in the small blind.

Julian "nailuj90" Stuer:
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz:

The board sent the final tablist of the last two years to the rail and he will have to re-enter to make it three in a row.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz	599,613	-20,500
Julian "nailuj90" Stuer	Busted

Tags: CrownUpGuy nailuj90

Level: 10

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 625

05-17-2020 18:05 UTC-4

Updated Big Stacks

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The remaining 325 players out of a field of 455 entries have just returned from their next scheduled 5-minute break and the first two chip millionaires have emerged. Further big stacks can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
David "deivid29" Tovar	1,135,484	230,227
Fraser "BigBlindBets" Russell	1,129,517	176,066
E. Aequitas	912,484	84,098
Daghemuneguu	893,122	893,122
2000kg	890,367	151,752
Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles	863,419	283,345
serggorelyi7	848,619	848,619
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden	835,252	143,760
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin	824,630	72,128
Bomber&Granater	806,830	164,309
Chun Lei "SamRostan" Zhou	795,592	-70,800
Fedor "GlitchSystem" Kruse	757,129	76,952
Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer	748,527	748,527
MLS20	741,513	24,430
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo	732,266	-71,707
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt	723,933	71,597
Manuel "fellatiado" Ruivo	709,253	75,681
Simon "simon1471" Higgins	701,020	-3,204
Gary "quiditbear" Hasson	700,322	700,322
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	697,870	697,870

05-17-2020 17:53 UTC-4

Leonard Eliminated by "Wildace_hun"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

"Wildace_hun" opened to 8,920 and was called by Patrick "pads1161 Leonard in the big blind. On a flop, Leonard checked and called a bet of 14,000 to see the on the turn. Leonard checked once more and faced a bet worth 31,520, which prompted his shove for 194,934 and the call of "Wildace_hun".

Patrick "pads1161" Leonard:
"Wildace_hun":

The on the river improved the Hungarian to the nutflush and Leonard vanished on his first bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wildace_hun	699,604	53,479
Christopher "Apotheosis92" Kruk	617,884	325,706
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	Busted

Tags: pads1161 Wildace_hun

05-17-2020 17:49 UTC-4

Addamo Takes a Hit

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The recent surge of Michael "imluckbox" Addamo, who pushed towards one million in chips, has been temporarily halted as "Kungfumonk" doubled in a battle of the blinds. "Kungfumonk" limp-called a raise to 16,000 and check-called 9,000 on the flop, then check-jammed the turn for 121,815.

Addamo called with the but needed one of the two remaining kings in the deck as "Kungfumonk" had flopped trips and turned a flushdraw with the . The river was a blank and that secured the double of "Kungfumonk".

Other notables that were not as fortunate and bowed out recently are listed below. Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph became the first player to bust three times and cannot re-enter anymore.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo	803,973	17,856
Keith "Kungfumonk" Johnson	297,630	92,004
JoseGuti	Busted
Andreas "daskalos20" Christoforou	Busted
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker	Busted
Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot	Busted
NeedBeat	Busted
Preben "prebz" Stokkan	Busted
pure durr	Busted
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich	Busted
Jordan "bigbluffzinc" Drummond	Busted
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	Busted
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	Busted

Tags: imluckbox Kungfumonk WATnlos

05-17-2020 17:43 UTC-4

Schemion Cleans Up van Hoof

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof three-bet jammed for a stack of just over 108,000 on the button and was instantly called by initial raiser Ole "wizowizo" Schemion in the hijack.

Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof:
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion:

The board delivered no miracle for the UK-based Dutchman and he departed on the first bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian	546,921	258,564
Filipe "Zagazaur" Oliveira	471,340	129,598
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion	413,026	-230,876
Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast	79,490	-31,450
Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof	Busted

Tags: TheCleaner11 wizowizo

05-17-2020 17:38 UTC-4

Triple Up for "gambol_time"; Five-Bet Jam by "MLS20"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

"gambol_time" jammed his short stack of 13 and a half big blinds in from under the gun and was called by "M1TR4ND1R" in the cutoff and "MLS20" on the button. The two active players checked down the board and "gambol_time" tripled up with for top pair.

The fireworks continued in the next hand when "M1TR4ND1R" raised to 8,480 and "MLS20" three-bet to 32,000. A four-bet to 104,400 by "M1TR4ND1R" was shot down via five-bet jam as they elected to fold to "MLS20".

Player	Chips	Progress
MLS20	717,083	109,853
gambol_time	174,086

Tags: MLS20 M1TR4ND1R gambol_time

Level: 9

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500