SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd Day 3 | PokerStars SCOOP 2020

05-19-2020 17:06 UTC-4

Fortunate Double for Difelice

Christian Zetzsche

Level 34 : 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante

Following a raise by Max "goodeh99" Silver in early position, Alex "dynoalot" Difelice stuck his 24 big blinds in from the button and Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle overshoved in the big blind to force out Silver.

Alex "dynoalot" Difelice:
Benjamin "Bencb789" Rolle:

Difelice needed help and he got there thanks to a runout to leave Rolle short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max "goodeh99" Silver	14,216,614	-850,000
Alex "dynoalot" Difelice	10,389,592	5,544,796
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle	3,899,482	-4,844,796

Tags: bencb789 dynoalot goodeh99

05-19-2020 17:01 UTC-4

Updated Counts on the Break

Christian Zetzsche

Level 34 : 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo	29,988,543	-2,531,400
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	23,778,705	82,900
Pablo "pabritz" Brito	16,755,267	731,988
Max "goodeh99" Silver	15,066,614	-1,410,000
Alexgirs	11,688,892	287,500
James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins	10,603,424	384,600
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle	8,744,278	3,104,000
Jack "Swaggersorus" Sinclair	8,183,294	831,400
EEE27	6,443,278	900,000
Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia	4,986,746	-1,710,788
Alex "dynoalot" Difelice	4,844,796	-510,000
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress	3,682,964	106,000
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin	3,497,047	-333,700
AverageGreg	3,033,362	557,500
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	952,790	-490,000

05-19-2020 16:57 UTC-4

Break With 15 Remaining

Christian Zetzsche

Level 34 : 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante

A couple hands with medium-sized pots lifted the stack of Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle while Michael "imluckbox" Addamo dropped below 30 million in chips. Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis will be under immediate pressure as he went through the blinds and dropped below five bigs total.

Nothing major happened and that sent the remaining 15 players into the next scheduled 5-minute break.

Tags: bencb789 imluckbox L. Veldhuis

Level: 34

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 25,000

05-19-2020 16:47 UTC-4

Difelice Doubles Through Dvoress

Christian Zetzsche

Level 33 : 90,000/180,000, 22,500 ante

Michael "imluckbox" Addamo used his big stack to pull further ahead of the competition on his table with Max "goodeh99" Silver in a distant second place. There was no showdown in sight when suddenly the two Canadians Daniel "Oxota" Dovress and Alex "dynoalot" Difelice clashed in a battle of the blinds with the latter at risk.

Alex "dynoalot" Difelice:
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress:

The board ensured that the kicker played and Difelice doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo	32,519,943	3,363,300
Max "goodeh99" Silver	16,476,614	4,897,400
Jack "Swaggersorus" Sinclair	7,351,894	-1,329,000
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle	5,640,278	-4,182,000
EEE27	5,543,278	-1,163,000
Alex "dynoalot" Difelice	5,354,796	3,407,198
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress	3,576,964	-3,665,098
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	1,442,790	-1,065,000

Tags: dynoalot goodeh99 imluckbox Oxota

05-19-2020 16:42 UTC-4

Boivin Up and Down

Christian Zetzsche

Level 33 : 90,000/180,000, 22,500 ante

Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin won a bigger pot against "Alexgirs" when he got involved in the action on the button and Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia also called out of the big blind. On a flop, "Alexgirs" continued for 450,000 and Boivin was the only caller.

The turn brought a second barrel for 1.12 million and they checked the river. "Alexgirs" tabled and Boivin had the best of it with .

"Alexgirs" got some chips back without showdown and Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts then made trips eights with to earn a pot of almost 4.7 million.

Boivin and "Alexgirs" then clashed once more when the former defended the big blind and check-called bets of 330,000 on the flop and 1.08 million on the turn. Boivin bet the river for just 384,750 and "Alexgirs" called to win the pot with versus ,

Player	Chips	Progress
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	23,695,805	2,364,490
Pablo "pabritz" Brito	16,023,279	-585,000
Alexgirs	11,401,392	2,410,176
James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins	10,218,824	-270,000
Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia	6,697,534	-118,100
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin	3,830,747	-3,295,100
AverageGreg	2,475,862	-2,786,990

Tags: Alexgirs chicalltreta MarToMchat XMorphineX

05-19-2020 16:34 UTC-4

Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov Eliminated in 16th Place ($50,642)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 33 : 90,000/180,000, 22,500 ante

Pablo "pabritz" Brito raised it up to 360,000 in the cutoff and a short-stacked Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov pushed for just over 4.4 million out of the small blind, which Brito called.

Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov:
Pablo "pabritz" Brito:

The flop gave Brito broadway while Vezhenkov had outs to a chop and hearts for the double. Instead, the turn and river bricked off to eliminate the Russian in 16th place for $50,642.

Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov Eliminated in 16th Place

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo "pabritz" Brito	16,608,279	4,411,141
Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov	Busted

Tags: pabritz veeea

05-19-2020 16:27 UTC-4

Down to the Last 16 Players

Christian Zetzsche

Level 33 : 90,000/180,000, 22,500 ante

Pablo "pabritz" Brito doubled through "Alexgirs" when his held up versus . It was a four-bet pot preflop and "Alexgirs" had made it 2.4 million to go, he then jammed the flop and Brito called.

The turn and river blanked.

"Alexgirs" doubled through big stack Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts shortly after when his went runner-runner to crack thanks to a board.

Instead, it was Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez who had to settle for 17th place when he ended up second-best to James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins in the following preflop all-in.

Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez:
James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins:

The board came and Hopkins made a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	21,331,315	-5,260,608
Pablo "pabritz" Brito	12,197,138	8,310,569
James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins	10,488,824	1,727,507
Alexgirs	8,991,216	-2,497,961
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez	Busted

Tags: Alexgirs Cmon_Gasquet Tomatee XMorphineX

Level: 33

Blinds: 90,000/180,000

Ante: 22,500

05-19-2020 16:22 UTC-4

"Cosmos0224" Eliminated by Addamo

Christian Zetzsche

Level 32 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins raised it up to 329,600 from under the gun and Michael "imluckbox" Addamo three-bet to 1 million in the cutoff. Japan's "Cosmos0224" jammed it in for more than 6.5 million from the big blind and once Hopkins had released his cards, Addamo snap-called.

"Cosmos0224":
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo:

The board left "Cosmos0224" with no chance and he departed in 18th place.