PokerStars SCOOP 2020

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

PokerStars SCOOP 2020

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$6,090,000
Entries
609
Level Info
Level
46
Blinds
700,000 / 1,400,000
Ante
175,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
40
Players Left
9

"hello_totti" and Stokkan Bust; Addamo Takes the Lead

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

"hello_totti" got his short stack in with the {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs} out of the big blind and initial raiser Jack "Swaggersorus" Sinclair called with the {a-Spades}{j-Spades}. While the {q-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts} provided one of the two live cards for the Russian, he was drawing dead on the {5-Spades} turn to make the {7-Clubs} river a formality.

Preben "prebz" Stokkan was at risk shortly after with the {a-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins had him dominated with the {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}. The {a-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{4-Hearts}{q-Spades} board ensured that the kicker played.

Last but not least, the biggest pot of the tournament so far took place right before the blinds moved up and Job "DeadNylan" Greben was sent to the rail by Michael "imluckbox" Addamo.

Greben min-raised from under the gun and Addamo called in the small blind. On a {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} flop, Addamo check-raised to 587,000 and Greben clicked it back to 1.2 million in order to pick up a call.

The {k-Clubs} on the turn was check-min-raised by Addamo from 1,040,000 too 2,080,000 and he instantly called the shove of Greben for nearly 3.45 million total.

Job "DeadNylan" Greben: {k-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo: {5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}

The {a-Spades} river bricked and Greben was next to go.

DeadNylan eliminated by imluckbox
DeadNylan eliminated by imluckbox
Player Chips Progress
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo
12,682,892 6,809,409
James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins
James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins
5,074,707 1,877,771
Jack "Swaggersorus" Sinclair gb
Jack "Swaggersorus" Sinclair
WSOP 1X Winner
2,273,103 523,502
hello_totti ru
hello_totti
Busted
Preben "prebz" Stokkan no
Preben "prebz" Stokkan
Busted
Job "DeadNylan" Greben nl
Job "DeadNylan" Greben
Busted

Tags: Cmon_GasquetDeadNylanhello_tottiimluckboxprebzSwaggersorus

McConnon and Telker Eliminated; Spragg Binks the Flush

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Jason "JASON.MAC100" McConnon was the second player to bust and made the pay jump, then jammed his stack of fewer than a million with the {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}. Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin looked him up with the {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs} and the {k-Spades}{6-Spades}{2-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} board left McConnon drawing dead on the turn.

JASON.MAC100 eliminated by MarToMchat
JASON.MAC100 eliminated by MarToMchat

Up next it was Michael "munchenHB" Telker who jammed his short stack and Ben "Spraggy" Spragg reshoved for two times of that in the hjack and "hello_totti" rejammed the button to isolate with the superior stack.

Michael "munchenHB" Telker: {a-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg: {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
"hello_totti": {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

The board came {j-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{2-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and Spragg hit running diamonds for a flush to more than double and eliminate Telker.

Spraggy Rivers Flush
Spraggy Rivers Flush
Player Chips Progress
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin
7,097,372 1,293,538
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg gb
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg
2,414,094 1,309,144
hello_totti ru
hello_totti
963,102 -788,950
Michael "munchenHB" Telker
Michael "munchenHB" Telker
Busted
Jason "JASON.MAC100" McConnon gb
Jason "JASON.MAC100" McConnon
Busted

Tags: hello_tottiMarToMchatmunchenHBSpraggy

Alt Doubles Through Dvoress; Shakerchi First to Bust

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress opened the action with a raise to 168,000 in the hijack and Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt was the only caller in the cutoff. Dvoress bet the {k-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} flop for 144,000 and fired a second bet of 544,000 on the {9-Clubs} turn, which Alt called both times.

The {3-Spades} fell on the river and Dvoress emptied the clip for nearly 1.9 million effective, and Alt eventually called after activating his time bank. Dvoress tabled {j-Spades}{10-Clubs} for a missed gutshot and Alt doubled with {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}.

NastyMinder doubles through Oxota
NastyMinder doubles through Oxota

In the third all-in showdown of the day, Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi was at risk from under the gun for just over half a million in chips and "MLS20" flat-called from one seat over while the rest of the table got out of the way.

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi: {a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
"MLS20": {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

On a board of {k-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}, "MLS20" rivered the nut flush for good measure to eliminate Shakerchi in 40th place.

raidalot eliminated
raidalot eliminated
Player Chips Progress
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt at
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt
4,616,888 2,238,444
MLS20 at
MLS20
3,684,192 -345,338
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress
3,120,393 -2,178,444
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
Main Event Champion
Busted

Tags: MLS20NastyMinderOxotaraidalot

First Double Up to Silver

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

The action in three-bet pots commenced right away and there was even an all-in showdown, though no player would bust to keep the pay jump bubble in play. In a preflop raising war, Max "goodeh99" Silver was the player at risk against Michael "merla888" Gathy and had the best of it heading in the showdown.

Max "goodeh99" Silver: {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Michael "merla888" Gathy: {5-Clubs}{5-Spades}

On a board of {j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}, Silver's kings held up for the double.

Right after on the same table, Michael "imluckbox" Addamo defended the big blind against an open-raise by Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle and check-called a small bet on the {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{6-Spades} flop. They checked the {9-Spades} turn and Addamo check-raised the {7-Diamonds} river. Rolle had bet 343,312 into 714,560 and Addamo raised big to 1,884,614, which Rolle eventually called.

Addamo tabled {10-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and Rolle claimed the big pot with {k-Spades}{q-Hearts} for the superior two pair.

Michael "munchenHB" Telke then doubled with {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} against the {8-Hearts}{5-Clubs} of "hello_totti" who called the shove of the shortest stack when in the big blind. The board came {j-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{j-Spades} to keep ace-high in the lead.

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle
8,938,718 2,271,894
Michael "merla888" Gathy be
Michael "merla888" Gathy
6,583,036 -2,198,856
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo
5,873,483 -2,211,894
Max "goodeh99" Silver gb
Max "goodeh99" Silver
WSOP 1X Winner
4,797,712 2,438,856
hello_totti ru
hello_totti
1,752,052 194,303
Michael "munchenHB" Telker
Michael "munchenHB" Telker
424,194 92,097

Tags: bencb789goodeh99hello_tottiimluckboxmerla888munchenHB

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

Who Will Reach the Final Table of the 2020 SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 Main Event?

Michael Gathy second in chips heading into Day 3
Michael Gathy second in chips heading into Day 3

Two days ago the flagship tournament of the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has kicked off and the SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] attracted a field of 609 entries, of which 40 players remain to battle for one of the most-coveted titles in the world of online poker.

All those in contention have locked up a payday of $26,786.25 thus far but an immediate pay jump to $33,121.68 awaits after the first elimination of the day. The lion's share of the $6,090,000 prize pool remains up for grabs and all eyes are set on a six-figure score and the top prize of $1,062,966.47, however, the penultimate day will just play down to the final table of the last nine for tomorrow's big showdown.

Leading the 40 survivors into the penultimate day is former SCOOP, WCOOP and three-time Sunday Million champion Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov with a stack of 8,785,576, very closely followed by Michael "merla888" Gathy with 8,781,892. Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Michael "imluckbox" Addamo sits in third with 8,085,377 and "Alexgirs" from Belarus is hot on his heels with 7,970,277.

Some big stacks and notables to watch out for include streamer and poker coach Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle (6,666,824), online MTT legend "girafganger7" (6,025,576), Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin (5,803,834), Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress (5,298,837), Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez (4,419,885), Ignat "0human0" Liviu (3,965,152), Ben "Ben86" Tollerene (3,177,602), former SCOOP Main Event finalists Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt (2,378,444) and Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker (1,378,915), as well as Max "goodeh99" Silver (2,358,856) and WSOPE Main Event champion Jack "Swaggersorus" Sinclair (1,749,601).

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi also remains in contention to become the second player to win this very event for the second time but enters Day 3 as the second-shortest stack with 700,902.

The two PokerStars ambassadors Both PokerStars ambassadors Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis (1,715,528) and Ben "Spraggy" Spragg (1,104,950) will be streaming their exploits on Twitch for poker enthusiasts from all over the world to follow. On top of that, Spragg is looking for a special present to celebrate his 30th birthday.

The action resumes at 1.05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time with nearly the entire level 27 to play for, which features blinds of 40,000/80,000 with a running ante of 10,000. Once the final table of the last nine has been reached, Day 3 will conclude. Tune back in regularly to find out who gets one step closer to become the 2020 SCOOP Main Event champion right here on PokerNews as we provide conclusive updates until the final river card.

Tags: AlexgirsBen86bencb789girafganger7goodeh99imluckboxMarToMchatmerla888NastyMinderOxotaraidalotSpraggySwaggersorusTomateeveeeaWushuTM

SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd

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