SCOOP-74-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd Day 2 | PokerStars SCOOP 2020

05-18-2020 13:42 UTC-4

Martini Doubles Up

Shirley Ang

Level 18 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

"!!f1ghtback!" limped in from the middle position and "Tootpickz11" raised to 21,000 from the button. "Demokritos" and Julien "KroolhearT-1803" Martini called in the blinds. The action was back on "!!f1ghtback!" who decided to shove for 223,919 for only Martini to make the call for the 171,025 he had behind.

Julien "KroolhearT-1803" Martini:
"!!f1ghtback!":

The board ran out for Martini to flop two pair to double up with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien "KroolhearT-1803" Martini	391,050	391,050
!!f1ghtback!	52,894

Tags: !!f1ghtback!Julien "KroolhearT-1803" Martini

05-18-2020 13:38 UTC-4

Tsutsumi Takes "Alex.Z5518" Out

Shirley Ang

Level 18 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

Edson "TsutsumiJr7" Tsutsumi raised to 14,140 from the cutoff and "Alex.Z5518" three-bet to 42,280 on the button for "TsutsumiJr7" to four-bet to 115,500. "Alex.Z5518" called.

The flop came , Tsutsumi continued with a bet of 62,125 which "Alex.Z5518" called.

The turn brought them the , Tsutsumi now bet 122,500 and "Alex.Z5518" shoved with the bigger stack which Tsutsumi called for the 423,968 he had behind.

Edson "TsutsumiJr7" Tsutsumi:
"Alex.Z5518":

The river completed the board with the to keep Tsutsumi ahead and double him up.

"Alex.Z5518" lost the remainder of their stack shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edson "TsutsumiJr7" Tsutsumi	1,220,686
Alex.Z5518	Busted

Tags: Alex.Z5518 Edson "TsutsumiJr7" Tsutsumi

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,500/7,000

Ante: 875

05-18-2020 13:29 UTC-4

"Purakzoli" Sent Packing by Fernandez

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

"Purakzoli" shoved from the middle position for 67,000 and when the action folded to Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez on the button, he did the same but for more, having the stacks in the blinds covered who both folded.

"Purakzoli":
Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez:

The board ran out for Fernandez to flop trips immediately to send "Purakzoli" out of the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez	467,696	55,300
Purakzoli	Busted

Tags: Javier "que_te_crio" Fernandez Purakzoli

05-18-2020 13:25 UTC-4

Gusma Nears Chip Lead

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

"Sabai Costa" raised to 12,000 from the button and Pedro "gusmaa" Gusma three-bet to 48,000 in the big blind which "Sabai Costa" called.

The flop came , Gusma continued with a bet of 33,300 and "Sabai Costa" raised it up to 84,000 which Gusma called.

The turn brought them the , Gusma check-called the 66,000 bet of "Sabai Costa".

The river completed the board with the , Gusma barreled a bet of 121,500 into the pot which was enough for "Sabai Costa" to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro "gusmaa" Gusma	1,532,308
Sabai Costa	425,935

Tags: Sabai Costa Pedro "gusmaa" Gusma

05-18-2020 13:17 UTC-4

Payout Details Confirmed

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

There were 4,380 unique players reentering 2,095 times to create a prize pool of $6,475,000 in total which means that 799 players will get paid at least $2.247 with a spot at the final table worth $61.338 at the minimum. The eventual SCOOP Main Event Champion will walk away with the title and a whopping $920,067.

For the full prize pool details, please have a look at the payouts tab.

05-18-2020 13:06 UTC-4

Registration Closed; Play Resumes

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

There were 437 players who decided to enter late or reenter before the start of the day to get the total number of entries up to 6,475 to create a prize pool of $6,475,000.

Play has now resumed.

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 750

05-18-2020 12:01 UTC-4

1:05 PM Start for Day 2 of the PokerStars 74-M: $1,050 Main Event With Registration Open Until 1 PM

Shirley Ang

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Day 2 of the PokerStars 2020 SCOOP 74-M: $1,050 Main Event kicks off at 1:05 p.m. EST where the 1,990 players out of 6,038 entries from Day 1 will join the players who registered late or reentered before the start of the day. All those entries ensured that the $5,000,000 guarantee was easily surpassed as it created a prize pool of $6,038,000 and that number is only growing as the end of registration nears.

Coming back into Day 2 with the chip lead is "Fenryr03" from Moldova with 1,565,493. Just behind them in the chip count leader board are "ThEcLaiMEer" (1,555,349), "IHackedRNG" (1,319,263), "KissMyAcePlz" (1,294,402), and "sangnv" with 1.269.594 in chips.

But there are still a bunch of familiar names left in the field. 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 bagged big on Day 1 and are looking to add even more chips to their stacks.

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) will be back in full force with Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas having reentered after play ended on Day 1.

When Day 2 resumes, all players will start with Level 17 which features a small blind of 3,000, big blind of 6,000, and a running ante of 750. The level duration will be 20 minutes each throughout the tournament and play will continue until there are 80 players left for Day 3.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be stalking all the chip changes, players, tables, and action so make sure to keep reading the live updates right here.

Tags: Fenryr03 IHackedRNG KissMyAcePlz sangnv ThEcLaiMEer

SCOOP-74-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd

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