SCOOP-74-L: $109 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $3M Gtd Day 3 | PokerStars SCOOP 2020

05-19-2020 11:19 UTC-4

The Penultimate Day of the SCOOP-74-L: $109 NLHE Main Event is Here!

Yori Epskamp

After two days of intense action in the 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), a gargantuan field of 46,238 entries has been whittled down to its final 159 contenders. The survivors have already seen a great return on investment on their $109 buy-in, as $2,353 is awaiting them should they be the first to bust today.

The real money is at the top, as always, and the first-place prize of $434,762 will no doubt be on everyone's minds. Before that's up for grabs, the remaining players will first play down to the final table of 9, after which action will be suspended for the day. Blinds are already in level 45 with the blinds at 100,000/200,000 and an ante of 25,000.

Czech hopeful "larvovec" will return as the overwhelming chipleader with 44,059,712, nearly double that of his nearest challenger maaciehj. Notables such as Joep "Pappe_ruk" van den Bijgaart (3,260,693) and Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast (11,999,415) will also be back on the penultimate day.

Cards will be back in the air at 7 p.m. CET (5 p.m. GMT / 1 p.m. EDT). Blind levels are at 15 minutes so expect fast and furious action as we get closer to the big money today!

05-19-2020 13:17 UTC-4

Darrell "FourSixFour" Goh Disconnects Against "BeatZer0"

Yori Epskamp

Level 46 : 125,000/250,000, 32,500 ante

Darrell "FourSixFour" Disconnects Midway During Hand

Darrell "FourSixFour" Goh limped the small blind, "BeatZer0" made it 812,500 and Goh called. The flop was and Goh check-called 717,500 from "BeatZer0".

The turn brought the and Goh got disconnected. "BeatZer0" bet 960,000 and Goh timed out with 16 big blinds left.

Player	Chips	Progress
BeatZer0	18,793,628	802,000
Darrell "FourSixFour" Goh	4,132,022	-1,210,000

05-19-2020 13:26 UTC-4

Goh Returns, is Eliminated

Yori Epskamp

Level 46 : 125,000/250,000, 32,500 ante

Back from the disconnect moments earlier, Darrell "FourSixFour" Goh raised in early position from a 20 big blind stack and called off a three-bet shove from "Mikel Unanue" in the big blind.

Darrell "FourSixFour" Goh:
"Mikel Unanue":

The overpair held up during the runout and Goh was gone in

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikel Unanue	13,025,951
Darrell "FourSixFour" Goh	Busted

05-19-2020 14:06 UTC-4

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Yori Epskamp

Level 48 : 175,000/350,000, 45,000 ante

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05-19-2020 14:41 UTC-4

"larvovec" Loses Chip Lead to Fast

Yori Epskamp

Level 49 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

In a blind-versus-blind battle against "LisaLizard", long-time chip leader "larvovec" got it in for thirty bigs with against . The flop brought an ace and the Czech player had to fork over 30 big blinds to "LisaLizard".

Meanwhile, Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast is now the new chip leader after winning a big pot with versus "young_diam18"'s . On a flop, Fast called a bet before raising a bet of 2,500,000 on the to 8,250,000. "young_diam18" called.

Both players checked the river and Fast picked up the 20M+ pot with a rivered straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast	40,925,265	24,356,500
larvovec	37,445,682	-10,550,983
SP3WMONKEY	36,573,473	13,954,038
LisaLizard	24,491,964	24,491,964

05-19-2020 16:09 UTC-4

"auercan"'s Catches Gigantic Bluff

Yori Epskamp

Level 53 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

Just before the break, "BCBoiii" and "auercan" played what's the biggest pot in the tournament so far. It started out innocious enough with "BCBoiii" completing the small blind and "auercan" checking his option.

The flop was and "BCBoiii" bet 1,200,000. "auercan" raised to 2,845,000 and "BCBoiii" called. On the turn, "BCBoiii" checked, "auercan" bet 2,796,500, "BCBoiii check-raised to 8,400,000 and "auercan" called to create an already sizable pot.

The river was the and "BCBoiii" jammed all the chips in. "auercan" called it off for 22,517,808 with for the rivered two pair, while "BCBoiii" had nothing more than for a whiffed open ender.

Player	Chips	Progress
auercan	69,825,616
BCBoiii	25,386,850	11,605,385

05-19-2020 16:18 UTC-4

"LOL_U_91" Finishes "larvovec" Off

Yori Epskamp

Level 53 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

Just like that, the deep run of "larvovec" has come to a screeching halt. The Czech, who finished Day 2 off as the overwhelming chip leader, lost all of his to his bane "LOL_U_91" in a pot of more than 100 big blinds.

It was "LOL_U_91" who raised to 1,600,000 in middle position. "larvovec" who three-bet to 4,800,000 in the cutoff and "LOL_U_91" who called. The flop came and "LOL_U_91" checked. "larvovec" bet 6,400,000 and received a call.

The turn was the and Use checked. "larvovec kept up the aggression with a bet of 12,000,000, "LOL_U_91" check-raised all in for nearly 40 million and "larvovec called it off for 20,077,558 extra to create a pot of nearly 90 million in chips.

"LOL_U_91":
"larvovec"

"larvovec" was drawing dead to the remaining queens but caught the instead to end his bid in 46th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
LOL_U_91	88,555,116	-7,919,089
larvovec	Busted

05-19-2020 16:33 UTC-4

"young_diam18" Eliminates Fast and "Rhamaneyd" in Three-Way Clash

Yori Epskamp

Level 54 : 500,000/1,000,000, 125,000 ante

Down to not even eight big blinds, Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast moved all in from early position and "Rhamaneyd" three-bet shoved all in for 37,736,625 on the button. Behind him, "young_diam18" woke up with a big hand and came over the top to put both players at risk.

Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast:
"Rhamaneyd":
"young_diam18":

There was no help for both at-risk players during the runout, launching "young_diam18" up the leaderboard and ending the tournaments of Fast and "Rhamaneyd".

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel "young_diam18" Blaschke	102,863,716	75,080,708
Rhamaneyd	Busted
Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast	Busted

05-19-2020 17:15 UTC-4

"auercan" With Heaps Now

Yori Epskamp

Level 56 : 700,000/1,400,000, 175,000 ante

Short stacked, "Mr.Raigo" shoved all in for 13,758,460 from early position. It got folded around to "auercan" in the small blind, who reshoved all in to isolate "Mr.Raigo".
However, "PolecatRider" found a hand in the big blind and overcalled all in for 45,112,545 total to create a 100M+ pot.

"Mr.Raigo":
"PolecatRider":
"auercan":

The flop all but sealed it, giving "auercan" a commanding lead in the hand. Neither the turn nor river threatened it and two players were eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
auercan	175,157,167	76,385,005
PolecatRider	Busted
Mr.Raigo	Busted

05-19-2020 18:10 UTC-4

"mikuasz" Runs into Kings

mnuwwarah

Level 59 : 1,250,000/2,500,000, 325,000 ante

"mikuasz" shoved for about 25 million on the button over a cutoff open from "penguy2" but the latter snapped it with . mikuasz had and the didn't bring enough improvement.

At another table, "Fisherman FV" also busted.

Player	Chips	Progress
penguy2	136,834,444	40,704,034
mikuasz	Busted
Fisherman FV	Busted