SCOOP-102-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller], $1M Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars SCOOP 2020

05-26-2020 16:07 UTC-4

Strike Two for Greenwood

Jaxon

Level 8 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

"hwhw638" opened the button for 12,000. Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood jammed for 63,433 before Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger four-bet jammed for 152,990. "hwhw638" got out of the way and the players turned over their cards.

Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger:
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood:

The ran out on the board and Greenwood was left to firing off his third and last bullet after the hand.

Meanwhile, around the same time on another table Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles hit the rail at least for now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood	250,000
Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger	233,673 -16,327	-16,327
Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles	Busted

05-26-2020 16:01 UTC-4

Chip Count Update

Jaxon

Level 8 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
CrazyLissy	597,963 347,963	347,963
ArtHouse2011	412,062 103,595	103,595
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi	328,284 147,532	147,532
Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli	288,503 11,147	11,147
hwhw638	251,832 -14,618	-14,618
Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles	184,332 -100,669	-100,669
Darrell "FourSixFour" Goh	162,568 -87,432	-87,432
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger	144,013 -105,987	-105,987
Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach	138,958 -111,042	-111,042
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt	124,013 -125,987	-125,987
Markus "makeboifin" Leikkonen	110,770 -139,230	-139,230

05-26-2020 15:55 UTC-4

Break #3

Jaxon

Level 8 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

The High Roller is on its third five-minute break of the day.

05-26-2020 15:51 UTC-4

Vousden First Over 1 Million

Jaxon

Level 8 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden opened for 13,200 from early position before Wiktor "limitless" Malinowski three-bet to 37,125 from the hijack.

Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani four-bet jammed from the big blind for 248,010. Vousden called and Malinowski folded.

Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani:
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden:

Garagnani was unable to win the flip to save his buy-in with the running out on the board and Vousden became the first player over 1 million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden	1,016,466 444,202	444,202
Wiktor "limitless" Malinowski	255,687 -49,875	-49,875
Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani	Busted

05-26-2020 15:47 UTC-4

Leonard on the Rail

Jaxon

Level 8 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

Patrick "pads1161" Leonard lost all his chips. He still has plenty of time to re-enter with late registration not closing until 6:25 p.m. ET / 11:25 p.m. BST.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	Busted

05-26-2020 15:44 UTC-4

Top Five Stacks Entering Level 8

Jaxon

Level 8 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vicent "gordon0410" Bosca	929,436 4,050	4,050
Alexander "Alexgirs" Girs	661,084 152,355	152,355
Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer	575,124 -27,575	-27,575

Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden	572,264 -22,399	-22,399
Joao "vovo_leo" Studart	562,662 48,063	48,063

Level: 8

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 750

05-26-2020 15:41 UTC-4

Field Grows to 75 Entrants

Jaxon

Level 7 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

The field has grown to 75 entrants and counting.

05-26-2020 15:37 UTC-4

Malinowski Doubles Off Butjas

Jaxon

Level 7 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

Wiktor "limitless" Malinowski opened for 10,000 from the hijack. Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas three-bet jammed for 101,187 from the button and Malinowski called.

Wiktor "limitless" Malinowski:
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas:

Bujtas was ahead when the chips were in the middle but this didn't last long as Malinowski paired the flop. Neither the on the turn nor the on the river was able to save Butjas and he re-entered after the hand. Also recently re-entering was Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wiktor "limitless" Malinowski	305,562 55,562	55,562
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas	250,000 250,000	250,000
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood	250,000 250,000	250,000

05-26-2020 15:31 UTC-4

Field Grows to 71 Entrants

Jaxon

Level 7 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

Five new players magically popped into the field to grow the total field up to 71 entrants. Another 29 are needed during the next three hours of late registration to meet the lofty $1 million guarantee.