SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd
Day 2 Completed
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$6,090,000
Entries
609
Level
46
Blinds
700,000 / 1,400,000
Ante
175,000
Entries
247
Players Left
40
Vezhenkov Tops Day 2 of 2020 SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 Main Event; Veldhuis and Spragg Among 40 Survivors
Level 27
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Only 40 hopefuls remain in the flagship tournament of the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) and battle for the title in the SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event]. The registration had remained open until five minutes prior to the restart and four dozen players entered to boost the field to 609 entries, consisting of 415 unique players and 194 re-entries.
The top 79 spots earned a portion of the $6,090,000 prize pool and a top prize of $1,062,966.47 awaits to the eventual champion in two days time on Wednesday, May 20th, 2020. All survivors so far have $26,786.25 locked up for their efforts but six-figure prizes await all but one contenders that also make it through the following day.
After 11 levels of 30 minutes each and a fraction of level 27, Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov claimed 8,785,576 to his name and narrowly beat Michael "merla888" Gathy for the top spot, as the Belgian ended Day 2 with 8,781,892. Michael "imluckbox" Addamo sits in third with 8,085,377 and "Alexgirs" is hot on his heels with 7,970,277. The overnight top 10 also features streamer and poker coach Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle (6,666,824), online MTT legend "girafganger7" (6,025,576), Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin (5,803,834) and Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts (5,439,874).
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 2
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov | Russia | 8,785,576 | 110 |
| 2 | Michael "merla888" Gathy | Belgium | 8,781,892 | 110 |
| 3 | Michael "imluckbox" Addamo | UK | 8,085,377 | 101 |
| 4 | Alexgirs | Belarus | 7,970,277 | 100 |
| 5 | Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia | Brazil | 7,058,459 | 88 |
| 6 | Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle | Austria | 6,666,824 | 83 |
| 7 | AverageGreg | Canada | 6,164,727 | 77 |
| 8 | girafganger7 | UK | 6,025,576 | 75 |
| 9 | Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin | UK | 5,803,834 | 73 |
| 10 | Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts | Belgium | 5,439,874 | 68 |
Both PokerStars ambassadors in contention for Day 2 survived the money bubble as shorter stacks and scored late doubles to live another day. Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis made it through to the penultimate day with a stack of 1,715,528 and Ben "Spraggy" Spragg is the third-shortest stack with 1,104,950. Right behind Spragg sits Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi with 700,902 and will need an early double up tomorrow if he wants to repeat his victory from 2016.
Further notables to watch out for include Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress (5,298,837), Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez (4,419,885), Ignat "0human0" Liviu (3,965,152), Ben "Ben86" Tollerene (3,177,602), the former SCOOP Main Event finalist Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt (2,378,444) and Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker (1,378,915), Max "goodeh99" Silver (2,358,856) and WSOPE Main Event champion Jack "Swaggersorus" Sinclair (1,749,601).
Steady Stream of Eliminations Throughout the Day
Barely any minute passed by in the early stages without any elimination as the field was rapidly cut down by more than 40 participants in the first two levels of the day. Some of those that entered late and busted early on were Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov, Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah and 2017 winner Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel. Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro, who had topped the 2011 edition, was also among those to bow out much sooner than he had hoped for.
The 2020 SCOOP two-time champion Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan and this year's four-time winner Connor "blanconegro" Drinan didn't get anything going and joined the rail, too. Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson lost his entire stack within two hands and Alexander "joiso" Kostritsyn saw his jacks cracked by the flopped two pair of Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis.
As the money bubble kept coming closer, football striker Neymar was still in contention under his moniker "neymar-jr". However, the Brazilian came up short a couple spots when he jammed his short stack with sixes and ran into the kings of Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche and the ace-queen of Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov. An ace on the river kept Filatov in contention.
The money bubble then burst in rather surprising fashion as it was not one of the several short stacks that ended up without anything to show for. Russia's "serggorelyi7" called the open-shove of Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov for more than 50 big blinds with ace-king suited and lost a flip to fives.
Big Names Bust in Frantic Post-Bubble Period
What followed was a spectacle of eliminations for the next hour and 25 minutes as the field of 79 was cut down all the way to the final 40 hopefuls to wrap up the action for the night. Included in the batch of big names in the money were Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo, Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz, Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche, 10-time SCOOP champion Calvin "cal42688" Anderson, defending champion Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza, Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden, Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky and Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer.
Holz got short and stood no chance with queen-jack versus ace-jack while Nitsche ran his kings into a flopped six-high straight. Speranza's bid for an unprecedented third title in a row ended in 49th place as his king-nine suited trailed the king-queen of Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov.
Vousden flopped top pair and top kicker but "Alexgirs" turned an unbeatable ten-high straight and instantly called the shove of the Finnish MTT grinder. Sulsky lost a flip with sevens to ace-king and O'Dwyer was gone moments later as his king-queen suited could not connect with the board when facing pocket sevens.
Only a few minutes later play concluded as the field was already down to the final 40. They will return after a good night's sleep to make the next step as of 1.05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time when the action recommences for nearly the entire level 27 which features blinds of 40,000/80,000 and a running ante of 10,000.
Stay tuned to find out who will reach the final table and follow along right here on PokerNews.
End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)
Level 27
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,785,576 | 823,330 |
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8,781,892 | |
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8,085,377 | 590,000 |
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7,970,277 | 1,174,244 |
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7,058,459 | -858,352 |
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6,666,824 | -562,196 |
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6,164,727 | -296,100 |
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6,025,576 | 226,770 |
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5,803,834 | 892,588 |
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5,439,874 | 1,200,100 |
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5,298,837 | 3,880,141 |
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5,196,245 | 4,665,852 |
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4,528,179 | -712,500 |
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4,419,885 | 926,564 |
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4,157,771 | 692,338 |
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4,149,394 | 535,750 |
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4,029,530 | -90,560 |
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3,965,152 | 1,007,365 |
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3,938,204 | 1,597,271 |
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3,834,797 | 2,313,737 |
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3,470,862 | 952,750 |
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3,351,918 | |
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3,196,936 | 1,658,002 |
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3,177,602 | -720,064 |
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2,591,424 | -1,629,294 |
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Pedes and "totti1992100" Eliminated to Conclude Day 2
Level 27
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Just a few minutes into the next level, Daris "DEX888" Pedes and "totti1992100" became the last two casualties on Day 2 as the field was whittled down to the last 40 already.
Pedes had pushed his short stack from the cutoff and Jason "JASON.MAC100" McConnon jammed the button for more than 1.8 million, which "deivid29" in the big blind called.
Daris "DEX888" Pedes: 
Jason "JASON.MAC100" McConnon: 
"deivid29": 
The 
board kept the best hand preflop in the lead and "DEX888" was eliminated in 42nd place.
"totti1992100" was then all-in with the 
from the under-the-gun position and Michael "merla888" Gathy made the call in the cutoff with 
.
The dominating pair held on a 
board to reduce the field to the last 40 contenders.
McConnon almost bowed out in 40th place in the last hand of the night but his 
rivered a straight to double through Gustavo "22ehnutzz" Mastelotto with 
on a 
board when the Brit had jammed first to act.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,781,892 | 3,885,840 |
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3,351,918 | 825,671 |
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1,136,738 | -2,257,290 |
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1,114,492 | -857,763 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Sudden Burst of Eliminations
Level 26
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden was one of the bigger stacks heading into the day and the accomplished online MTT grinder made it through the bubble without trouble. However, his tournament just came to an end when he clashed with "Alexgirs".
"Alexgirs" raised the cutoff to 140,000 and Vousden just flat-called in the small blind. On a 
flop, Vousden check-raised from 130,000 to 450,000 and picked up a call to then jam the 
turn for 1,565,480. "Alexgirs" snap-called.
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden: 
"Alexgirs":
The 
river had become a formality as the Belorussian already held the nuts.
Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky was next to fall after losing a flip to "Hatrick19911". Sulsky had doubled his severe short stack previously and then got it in with on the button to face the 
of "Hatrick19911" in the cutoff. Sulsky had spades covered on the 
flop but the on the turn and on the river ended his run.
In a battle button versus small blind, Alex "dynoalot" Difelice raised to 140,000 and called the shove of Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer for nearly 1.6 million.
Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer:
Alex "dynoalot" Difelice: 
The flop brought no help while O'Dwyer picked up some outs on the turn. A blank followed and that spelled the end for O'Dwyer.
Last but not least, "kimokh" was all-in from the big blind in a pot of 3.7 million when he defended the big blind and check-called three barrels by Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia on a board of 
. Correira tabled 
for a pair of nines and "kimokh" had a bluff catcher with the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,916,811 | 1,620,104 |
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6,796,033 | 2,088,080 |
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3,613,644 | 1,047,146 |
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2,518,112 | 1,342,584 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Doubles for Spragg and Veldhuis
Level 26
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Both PokerStars ambassadors were very short for a long time but both scored doubles shortly after returning from the break.
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg was up first with on the button against the raise of Michael "imluckbox" Addamo, who turned over the . The board came 
and Spragg doubled.
Addamo's relentless aggression earned him the chips back the next hand against Michael "munchenHB" Telker.
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis then jammed for 826,639 from under the gun and found a customer in fellow short stack Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa out of the small blind.
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis:
Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa:
After a board of , Koplimaa was reduced to one big blind. Two hands later, the Estonian was at risk with and Gustavo "22ehnutzz" Mastelotto in the big blind had the 
. Mastelotto got there on the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,495,377 | -670,187 |
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1,881,523 | 738,433 |
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1,793,278 | 1,019,989 |
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1,212,450 | -828,400 |
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Busted | |
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47 Players Remain on Break
Level 26
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Prior to the elimination of Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza by Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov, the High Roller regulars Orpen "OrpTheTurk" Kisacikoglu and Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams were sent to the rail in 51st and 50th place respectively.
Filatov would not survive until the scheduled 5-minute break kicked off either as he clashed with Michael "imluckbox" Addamo and exited in 48th place.
It was one of those flips as the Russian held and Addamo two overcards in on the button. A pot worth 2.8 million was shipped to Addamo as he binked the turn and river of a board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,165,564 | 1,777,234 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Defending Champion Speranza Eliminated
Level 26
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Only minutes before the next scheduled 5-minute break, the field was reduced to the final six tables and the title defense of Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza came to an end.
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov had been cut down, then flopped the nuts to double and open-shoved the button for the last 12 big blinds and change. Speranza was even shorter than that with 374,130 behind and in the big blind, and he made the call.
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza:
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov: 
The board came 
and the kicker played to eliminate Speranza.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,296,707 | -597,250 |
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5,240,679 | 3,785,732 |
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1,972,255 | 1,290,440 |
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1,763,708 | 1,320,202 |
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869,354 | -1,697,104 |
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394,750 | 394,750 |
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Busted | |
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Down to 51 Players
Level 26
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Among others, start-of-the-day chip leader Calvin "cal42688" Anderson, Zachary "nofingclue11" Clark, Simon "simon1471" Higgins, and Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles have all been eliminated as the field was reduced to only 51 remaining contenders in rapid fashion.
Clark lost a flip for the remainder of his short stack when he pushed the first to act and was called by Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts with the .
The 
board improved the equity of Aerts on each street.
By then, Anderson was gone when he came up short with against the of Michael "imluckbox" Addamo on a 
board.
"golovorez777" departed with when Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez hit a set with on a board to earn the checkmark on the turn.
Aerts also knocked out Gieles with versus in a preflop all-in, nothing changed on a 
board. However, Aerts then doubled "MLS20" as his could not hold versus for a 4.12 million pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,388,330 | 2,759,491 |
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4,239,774 | 66,144 |
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4,120,090 | 2,210,715 |
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3,493,321 | 1,821,424 |
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Busted | |
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