SCOOP-74-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd
Day 1 Completed
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-74-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd
Day: 1
"Fenryr03" Leads The Pack on Day 1 of the PokerStars 2020 SCOOP-74-M: $1,050 Main Event; Leonard in Top 20
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
After 16 levels of 25 minutes each, Day 1 of the PokerStars 2020 SCOOP 74-M: $1,050 Main Event has come to an end with 1,990 players out of 6,038 entries making it through to Day 2. All those entries ensured that the $5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool was crushed as it tallied up to $6,038,000. And it will only go up as players can still register until 1 p.m. on Day 2 Monday, May 18.
Claiming the Day 1 chip lead is "Fenryr03" from Moldova with 1,565,493 in chips. They have been near the top of the counts for most of the day and got some of those chips when they eliminated Jordan "bigbluffzinc" Drummond with top pair as Drummond failed to hit his flush draw. They are followed in the chip counts by "ThEcLaiMEer" (1,555,349), "IHackedRNG" (1,319,263), "KissMyAcePlz" (1,294,402), and "sangnv" with 1.269.594 in chips.
But with such a big field, there are still plenty of notable contenders left for deep runs in this year's main event. Players like Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Marc "Rowniwn" Radgen, Stevan "random_chu" Chew, Damian "pampa27" Salas, Michael "merla888" Gathy, Adrian "Amadi_17" Mateos, Ignat "0Human0" Liviu, Pablo "elmelogno4" Melogno, Daniil "Dancer King" Kiselev, Florencio "immortalite3" Campomanes, Simon "Simon1471" Higgins, Joao "Naza114" Vieira, Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves, and Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan all finished in the top 100.
Looking at the PokerStars Ambassadors, Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis (334,232), Mikhail "innerpsy" Shalamov (207,107), Ben "Spraggy" Spragg (121,740), and Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand (87,753) have made it through with Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas coming back tomorrow with a fresh stack for his third bullet.
When Day 2 starts, the players who reenter will have almost 17 big blinds as Level 17 features a small blind of 3,000, big blind of 6,000, and a running ante of 750. The level duration will be reduced to 20 minutes each and play will continue until there are 80 players left to go through to Day 3.
PokerNews will be back on Monday, May 18 at 1 p.m. EST to bring you all the Main Event action so see you then!
Selection of End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,565,493 | 343,091 |
|
1,555,349 | 346,078 |
|
1,319,263 | 1,319,263 |
|
1,294,402 | 274,668 |
|
1,269,594 | -75,695 |
|
1,175,861 | 213,275 |
|
1,148,526 | 1,148,526 |
|
1,108,517 | 1,108,517 |
|
|
1,079,996 | -1,664 |
|
|
1,070,801 | 1,070,801 |
|
1,068,568 | 1,068,568 |
|
|
1,022,832 | -167,375 |
|
|
1,019,836 | 346,952 |
|
|
1,001,581 | 1,001,581 |
|
|
998,603 | 998,603 |
|
998,603 | 998,603 |
|
|
955,497 | -91,225 |
|
943,746 | 943,746 |
|
929,289 | 929,289 |
|
|
914,271 | 914,271 |
|
911,134 | 594,919 |
|
910,401 | -59,375 |
|
|
910,391 | 282,730 |
|
|
893,670 | 893,670 |
|
882,951 | 882,951 |
Play Ended
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
Play has ended for today with 1.990 players out of 6,038 entries making it through to Day 2.
End-of-day chip counts and a recap are to follow.
Astedt Doubles Before the End of the Day
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
Sean "MonkeyBudg" Prendiville raised to 10,000 from the early position and was called by Nicolas "verkannt" Reis in the hijack. Niklas "Lena900" Astedt three-bet to 40,000 from the cutoff for the action to fold back to Reis who shoved and Astedt called for the 173,912 he had behind.
Nicolas "verkannt" Reis: 
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt: 
The board ran out 
for Astedt to flop top pair and improve to two pair to double up with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,324 | |
|
210,000 | -24,105 |
|
|
85,510 |
"sangnv" Flops Top Pair
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
"ppludwig" shoved from the cutoff for 184,831 and was called by "sangnv" on the button while the blinds folded.
"ppludwig": 
"sangnv": 
The board ran out 
for "Sangnv" to flop top pair to bust "ppludwig".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,345,289 | |
|
|
Busted |
"copag holdem" Busts "CatLover666"
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
"copag holdem" raised to 10,000 from the middle position and "CatLover666" three-bet to 32,500 on the button. The action folded back to "copag holdem" who made the call.
They both checked through the 
to the 
on the turn. "copag holdem" check-called the 40,300 bet of "CatLover666".
The river completed the board with the 
, "copag holdem" checked for the last time. "CatLover666" shoved for 131,305 and "copag holdem" made the call with the bigger stack. "CatLover666" tabled 
for "copag holdem" to bust them with 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,190,207 | 1,190,207 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 625
"Bigronz1" Wins With a Straight
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
"Miltos14" raised from the middle position and was called by "Bigronz1" in the cutoff and "baritos1" in the big blind.
The flop came 
, it was checked to "Miltos14" who continued with a bet of 18,000 which only "Bigronz1" called.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. "Miltos14" checked for the last time and "Bigronz1" bet 72,000 which was called. "Bigronz1" tabled 
for the straight to get his opponent to muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,046,722 | 307,310 |
|
64,050 |
Top Ten Chip Counts After the Break
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,222,402 | 228,623 |
|
|
1,209,271 | |
|
1,131,302 | |
|
|
1,081,660 | |
|
|
1,019,734 | |
|
|
979,214 | |
|
977,184 | 222,949 |
|
|
969,776 | |
|
969,439 | 308,238 |
|
|
962,586 | 215,025 |