SCOOP-105-H: $5,200 NLHE [6-Max, Midweek Freeze High Roller], $400K Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars SCOOP 2020

05-27-2020 19:42 UTC-4

"shuhpat" Extends his Lead Through "FouEnculePL"

Sandra Barbour

Level 18 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

"shuhpat" Extends his Lead Through "FouEnculePL"

"shuhpat" raised to 60,000 from the cutoff and "FouEnculePL" called from the button along with Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas in the big blind.

On a flop of , action was checked to "shuhpat" who bet 106,875. "FouEnculePL" called but Bujtas folded.

The turn brought the and "shuhpat" continued with another bet of 213,750 that "FouEnculePL" called again.

The completed the board and "shuhpat" fired 427,500. "FouEnculePL" called. "shuhpat" tabled for trip threes and "FouEnculePL" mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
shuhpat	4,086,173 1,069,000	1,069,000

FouEnculePL	1,687,742 -2,270,367	-2,270,367

05-27-2020 19:47 UTC-4

Bujtas Eliminated by "Lackoo87gcb"

Sandra Barbour

Level 18 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas raised to 120,000 from the button and "Lackoo87gcb" three-bet to 315,000 from the small blind. Bujtas made the call for less, putting at risk his last 306,605.

Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas:
"Lackoo87gcb":

The flop came giving "Lackoo87gcb" a set of fours. The turn and river filled up the board and "Lackoo87gcb" claimed the pot, sending Bujtas to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lackoo87gcb	2,457,103 332,875	332,875
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas	Busted

05-27-2020 19:55 UTC-4

"shuhpat" Takes Out "Lackoo87gcb"

Sandra Barbour

Level 19 : 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

Action folded to "Lackoo87gcb" who raised to 140,000 from the small blind and "shuhpat" defended from the big blind.

The flop fell and "Lackoo87gcb" checked. "shuhpat" bet 35,000 and "Lackoo87gcb" check-raised to 210,000. "shuhpat" added the remainder to call.

The turn was the and "Lackoo87gcb" fired 545,680. "shuhpat" raised it up to 2,355,040 and "Lackoo87gcb" snap-called for less, putting at risk a total of 2,002,853.

"Lackoo87gcb":
"shuhpat":

"Lackoo87gcb" had aces and kings but "shuhpat" had a straight. The filled up the board and "shuhpat" took down the pot, ending "Lackoo87gcb"'s tournament life.

Player	Chips	Progress
shuhpat	7,871,430 3,785,257	3,785,257

Lackoo87gcb	Busted

05-27-2020 20:01 UTC-4

Aerts Eliminated by Stokkan

Sandra Barbour

Level 19 : 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

Preben "prebz" Stokkan raised to 70,000 from the cutoff and Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams three-bet to 238,000 from the small blind. Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts four-bet jammed for 568,834 from the big blind and Stokkan rshoved for 1,257,685. Adams let it go.

Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts:
Preben "prebz" Stokkan:

The flop fell giving Stokkan a set of queens. The turn and river filled up the board and Stokkan won the pot, eliminating Aerts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Preben "prebz" Stokkan	2,082,519 809,093	809,093
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts	Busted

05-27-2020 20:15 UTC-4

"diogol" Bursts the Money Bubble by Eliminating Ustimov

Sandra Barbour

Level 19 : 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

"diogol" Bursts the Money Bubble by Eliminating Ustimov

Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov raised to 245,000 under the gun and "diogol" three-bet jammed for 740,815 from the small blind. Ustimov called for less with a total of 290,247.

Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov:
"diogol":

The board came and "diogol" won the pot with his jack kicker, eliminating Ustimov on the money bubble. The remaining 11 players are all guaranteed a min-cash of $13,847.

Player	Chips	Progress
diogol	1,093,062 538,247	538,247
Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov	Busted

05-27-2020 21:03 UTC-4

"shuhpat" Leads Day 1 of SCOOP-105-H: $5,200 NLHE Midweek Freeze

Sandra Barbour

Level 19 : 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

"shuhpat" Leads Day 1 of SCOOP-105-H: $5,200 NLHE Midweek Freeze

It's a wrap for Day 1 of the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker -105-H: $5,200 NLHE [6-Max, Midweek Freeze High Roller]. A total of 96 entry slips were sold for this event creating a prize pool of $480,000 but the night left off with only 11 survivors.

"shuhpat" from Uzbekistan bagged the chip lead with a massive stack 7,665,305, almost one third of the total chips in play.
The Uzbekistani found himself near the top of the counts mid-day after eliminating Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach and "Stefan11222" in a double knockout. He caught even more fire during the last levels of the night to take over the chip lead, and kept extending it from thereon. First, he took a big chunk from "FouEnculePL" who was second in chips when he rivered trips and managed to get paid well at Level 18 of the tournament, and shortly after, he won a massive pot when he turned a wheel against "Lackoo87gcb"'s aces and kings and managed to get full value to send him to the exit.

"shuhpat" is followed by Bruno "great dant" Volkmann with 2,811,497 and Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams rounds up the top three with 2,173,665.

Other big names still in contention include Preben "prebz" Stokkan (2,003,019) who has already secured a SCOOP title this series after taking down the SCOOP 62-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller], as well as Niklas "Lena900" Astedt (1,844,264), Simon "Igorkarkarof" Ronnow Pedersen (1,534, 171) and Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger (766,962).

Among the notables who tried and failed were Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood, Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger, Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi and Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira.

The 11 remaining players are all guaranteed $13,847 but all eyes will be on the six-figure top prize of $114,704 and the title.

Action will resume tomorrow, on Thursday May 28th at 1:00 pm EST and play will continue at Level 19 which features a small blind of 17,500 and big blind of 35,000 with a 4,500 ante.