SCOOP-121-M: $109 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Million SE], $2.5M Gtd
Day 1 Completed
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-121-M: $109 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Million SE], $2.5M Gtd
Day: 1
Van Brabander Through to Day 2 of SCOOP 121-M: $109 NLHE with Cowen Leading the Way
Level 27
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
After 8 hours and 30 minutes, Day 1 of the SCOOP 121-M: $109 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Million SE] has come to an end with 502 players making it through to Day 2 from a total of 30,809 entrants. This broke the$2,500,000 guarantee and generated a prize pool of $3,080,900. When Day 2 restarts, all the remaining players will get paid at least $363 with the winner walking away with $153,743.
Claiming the Day 1 chip lead is Rob "robc1978" Cowen with 6,605,708, the only player above the 6-million mark. Many of those chips were won during the final hand of the day. Cowen had rivered a full house against the two pair of "devana ONE" when all the chips went in on the river and they got paid. He is followed on the podium by "DemonOfDawn" with 5,189,504 and "Elena20" with 4,801,177.
Also on the top five chipcounts is a familiar face in the live and online poker scene with Charlotte "Sjilot" Van Brabander, who collected a nice pot over a million chips against "lynxeye63" during the last hour of the day when she check-raised on the flop and forced a fold on the turn when she fired a big bet.
With such a huge field to start the day, big names were everywhere you look and some lasted longer than others. Many of felted before the money was reached, such as Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle, Daniel "Cabeça Tilt" Cost, PokerStars streamer Georgina "GJReggie" James, SCOOP champion Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah, PokerStars Ambassador Ben "Spraggy" Spragg and Ricardo "2Much$4U_08" Lima just to name a few.
Amongst those who finished in the money, but won't be making it to Day 2, are PokerStars Ambassador Tom "MajinBoob" Hayward (795th), Bruno "B.Paulino" Paulino (965th), Dalton "daltonhb" Hobold (1,356th), and Benjamin "BC1989RF" Chalot (2,046th).
Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. EST on Monday, June 1st to finish Level 27 which has a small blind of 15,000, big blind of 30,000, and a running ante of 3,750. All players will be eyeing up many more pay jumps towards the final table. Level duration will remain at 20 minutes each with play continuing until one winner walks away with the title.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the live updates so see you again at 1 p.m. EST!
Top Twenty End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
Level 27
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,605,708 | 139,208 |
|
5,189,504 | 18,546 |
|
4,801,177 | 4,801,177 |
|
4,730,563 | 4,730,563 |
|
|
4,574,645 | -34,055 |
|
4,496,902 | 4,496,902 |
|
|
4,436,889 | 4,436,889 |
|
4,291,583 | -4,087 |
|
4,223,696 | 863,246 |
|
|
4,171,067 | |
|
4,163,781 | |
|
|
4,053,392 | |
|
4,029,661 | |
|
|
3,977,356 | |
|
|
3,939,942 | -254,618 |
|
3,939,204 | |
|
|
3,931,366 | 761,806 |
|
|
3,893,620 | |
|
|
3,811,788 | 2,209,788 |
|
3,754,065 |
Play Ended
Level 27
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
The tournament has come to an end for Day 1 with 502 players making it through to Day 2. All players have already secured $363.39 with play resuming on Monday, June 1st.
The chip counts and a recap are to follow.
"CrAcky_Marty" Mucks River
Level 27
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
"CrAcky_Marty" opened to 66,300 in the middle position and it was called by "EduardoGarl@" and "Jesseonboss" in teh blinds.
The flop came 
and "CrAcky_Marty" continued for 89,797 after it was checked to him. Only "EduardoGarl@" called. Both checked the 
turn.
When the 
hit the river, both players checked once more and "EduardoGarl@" took down the pot with 
after "CrAcky_Marty" mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,029,661 | 2,254,021 |
|
|
1,276,541 | |
|
|
814,672 |
More Chipcounts
Level 27
: 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,466,500 | 3,303,780 |
|
|
4,608,700 | 621,357 |
|
|
4,295,670 | 984,430 |
|
|
2,316,000 | 686,200 |
|
|
2,223,566 | |
|
|
1,271,300 | -211,040 |
|
|
885,670 |
Level: 27
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,750
"boypoker21" Takes Some Chips Back
Level 26
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
"boypoker21" opened on the button to 55,000 and it was called by "atredezini" and "bah23" in the blinds.
The flop appeared 
and it was checked to "boypoker21" who continued for 75,000. Only "atredezini" stayed in the hand. The turn was the and "atredezini" checked to "boypoker21" who sent175,000 in the pot. "atredezini" folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,104,500 | |
|
|
1,900,588 | -780,612 |
|
|
1,143,200 | -1,445,500 |
Massive Hand for "DemonOfDawn"
Level 26
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
"DemonOfDawn" opened to 62,500 in the cutoff and "nikito bolso" called in the small blind. "seksoterapia" three-bet to 225,000 i the big blind and "DemonOfDawn" four-bet shoved for 2,923,864. "nikito bolso" called all-in with 1,999,344 and "seksoterapia" let it go.
"nikito bolso": 
"DemonOfDawn": 
"nikito bolso" was in terrible shape for the double up and found no help on the board 
while "DemonOfDawn" climbed over the 5-million mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,170,958 | |
|
|
939,130 | |
|
|
Busted |
Top Ten Chipcounts Update
Level 26
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,194,560 | |
|
|
3,987,343 | |
|
|
3,360,450 | |
|
|
3,339,060 | |
|
|
3,311,240 | |
|
|
3,169,560 | |
|
|
3,162,720 | |
|
|
3,107,809 | |
|
|
3,097,340 | |
|
|
3,080,700 |