Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress Bags Huge Chip Lead in SCOOP-102-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller
It was an action-packed Day 1 of the 2020 SCOOP-102-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller], 1M Gtd at PokerStars.
The event began with eight entrants and ballooned to 118 entrants including 38 re-entries by the time the nearly 5 1/2 hour late registration period ended to create a $1,180,000 prize pool.
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress virtually bagged an overwhelming chip lead of 8,117,321 for more than double his nearest opponent. Dvoress took the chip lead late in the day before extending it further while bubbling Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski in 16th place to end Day 1 slightly more than eight hours after the day began.
Closest behind Dvoress was Finland's "osw666" with 3,288,708 in chips. Little is known about this player, along with another player that bagged chips with the "megaliciou$$$" screenname, but they appear to have qualified through a $53 feeder tournament into a $530 satellite into a seat into the High Roller. Now this player is guaranteed at least a $21,566 min-cash with a chance at the $258,639 top prize.
Rounding out the top five are well-known poker pros Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo (2,823,372), Ole "wizowizo" Schemion (2,667,623), and Wiktor "limitless" Malinowski (2,532,664).
Other big names still in the mix on Day 2 are Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer, Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach, Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz, Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts, Simon "Igorkarkarof" Ronnow Pedersen, Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Laurynas "LaurisL91" Levinskas, and Alexander "Alexgirs" Girs.
Day 2 Chip Counts
| Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress | Canada | 8,117,321 | 162 |
| osw666 | Finland | 3,288,708 | 66 |
| Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo | United Kingdom | 2,823,372 | 56 |
| Ole "wizowizo" Schemion | Austria | 2,667,623 | 53 |
| Wiktor "limitless" Malinowski | Macau | 2,532,664 | 51 |
| megaliciou$$$ | Romania | 2,423,118 | 48 |
| Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer | Ireland | 1,366,608 | 27 |
| Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach | United Kingdom | 1,079,936 | 22 |
| Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz | Austria | 1,057,753 | 21 |
| Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts | Belgium | 877,206 | 18 |
| Simon "Igorkarkarof" Ronnow Pedersen | Denmark | 836,811 | 17 |
| Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli | United Kingdom | 715,338 | 14 |
| Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos | United Kingdom | 670,115 | 13 |
| Laurynas "LaurisL91" Levinskas | Lithuania | 645,478 | 13 |
| Alexander "Alexgirs" Girs | Belarus | 397,749 | 8 |
The action resumes on Wednesday, May 27 at 1 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. BST with blinds at 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,000.
Stay tuned to see who wins the SCOOP High Roller along with the huge $258,639 top prize.