PokerStars SCOOP 2020

SCOOP-96-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event 2nd Chance], $1.5M Gtd
Day: 3
Event Info

PokerStars SCOOP 2020

Final Results
Winner
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
Winning Hand
k7
Prize
$416,742
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,200
Prize Pool
$2,325,000
Entries
465
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
125,000
Players Info - Day 3
Players Left
1

Heads-Up Underway

Level 40 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois won the first two hands of heads-up, the first one preflop and the second when betting the {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{2-Clubs} turn. Right after that, Lefrancois and Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson headed into a scheduled 5-minute break without any deal discussion thus far.

The cards are now already back in the air.

Player Chips Progress
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
63,930,968 4,868,000
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson se
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson
52,319,032 -4,868,000

Tags: KzzonPass_72

Will "hellzito" Arruda Eliminated in 3rd Place ($230,230)

Level 40 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

Down to around 10 big blinds, Will "hellzito Arruda jammed the button and was called by Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois in the small blind. Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson jammed for more than 40 million in the big blind and Lefrancois folded.

Will "hellzito" Arruda: {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The dominated ace found no help or chop on a board of {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades}{3-Clubs}{4-Spades} to end Arruda's run in third place for $230,229.63. Heads-up will commence with near even stacks for Lefrancois and Karlsson.

Will "hellzito" Arruda Eliminated in 3rd Place
Will "hellzito" Arruda Eliminated in 3rd Place
Player Chips Progress
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
59,062,968 -8,394,888
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson se
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson
57,187,032 16,789,776
Will "hellzito" Arruda br
Will "hellzito" Arruda
Busted

Tags: hellzitoKzzonPass_72

Arruda Short Once More

Level 40 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

In a limped pot, Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois checked the {j-Clubs}{8-Spades}{6-Hearts} flop and called a min-bet by Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson to then check-call another 2.66 million on the {j-Diamonds} turn. They checked the {6-Clubs} on the river and Lefrancois tabled {7-Clubs}{6-Spades} for a full house.

Two Hands later, Will "hellzito" Arruda limped the small blind and called a raise to 2.24 million by Lefrancois. The Brazilian check-called bets of 1.195 million on the {9-Hearts}{7-Spades}{2-Spades} flop and 3.6 million on the {6-Diamonds} turn. He then checked the {5-Hearts} river and used a big portion of his time bank to fold when Lefrancois emptied the clip with a jam.

Player Chips Progress
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
67,457,856 14,895,000
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson se
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson
40,397,256 -5,060,000
Will "hellzito" Arruda br
Will "hellzito" Arruda
8,394,888 -9,835,000

Tags: hellzitoKzzonPass_72

Rinse and Repeat; Karlsson Doubles Twice!

Level 40 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

Will "hellzito" Arruda limped in from the small blind and Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois checked his option from the big blind.

Arruda min-bet the {k-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} flop and called a raise to 2.2 million, the Brazilian then check-called a bet of 4.41 million on the {3-Clubs} turn. The {k-Hearts} river was checked and Arruda tabled {k-Spades}{j-Clubs} for a full house to jump to nearly 32 million in chips.

Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson then open-shoved the button and Will "hellzito" Arruda looked him up from the small blind.

Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Will "hellzito" Arruda: {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}

On a board of {a-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{10-Hearts}, Karlsson turned a king.

Lefrancois adjusted his strategy and open-shoved once again in quick succession from the button. This time it was for more than 22.1 million effective as Karlsson called in the small blind, Arruda forfeited his big blind.

Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson: {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois: {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}

One trey was not enough on the {k-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{j-Spades} board and Karlsson doubled to nearly close the gap to Lefrancois.

Big double for Kzzon
Big double for Kzzon
Player Chips Progress
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
52,562,856 -27,788,628
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson se
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson
45,457,256 32,117,942
Will "hellzito" Arruda br
Will "hellzito" Arruda
18,229,888 -4,329,314

Tags: hellzitoKzzonPass_72

Another Double for Karlsson

Level 40 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

Will "hellzito" Arruda limp-jammed into Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois and earned a fold.

One hand later, Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson as the shortest stack was in the big blind and called the shove by Lefrancois in the small blind.

Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois: {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson: {a-Spades}{2-Diamonds}

The {j-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{6-Spades} board kept Karlsson in contention once more.

Player Chips Progress
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
80,351,484 -10,507,157
Will "hellzito" Arruda br
Will "hellzito" Arruda
22,559,202 2,592,500
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson se
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson
13,339,314 7,944,657

Tags: KzzonPass_72hellzito

Level: 40

Blinds: 400,000/800,000

Ante: 100,000

Karlsson Below Ten Blinds

Level 39 : 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante

Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson opened to 1,407,000 on the button and was called by Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois in the big blind. Lefrancois check-called once for 822,360 on the {q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flop and then check-shoved the {7-Hearts} turn when facing a second barrel for 3,217,093.

Karlsson let go and dropped to 11 blinds.

From there on out, Lefrancois won the next five hands in a row to further decimate his two opponents.

Player Chips Progress
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
90,858,641 12,096,453
Will "hellzito" Arruda br
Will "hellzito" Arruda
19,966,702 -4,055,000
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson se
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson
5,394,657 -8,071,453

Tags: KzzonPass_72

Lefrancois Back in the Driver's Seat

Level 39 : 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante

Will "hellzito" Arruda raised to 2.1 million out of the small blind and was called by Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois in the big blind. Arruda check-called 1,338,750 on the {10-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{2-Spades} flop, the {8-Hearts} turn and {9-Diamonds} river were checked.

Arruda tabled {a-Spades}{7-Clubs} and Lefrancois had the best hand in {9-Spades}{8-Spades}.

Karlsson won the next hand against Arruda and Lefrancois then bet the {7-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{3-Spades}{k-Clubs} and the {7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{3-Diamonds} turn in consecutive hands against Karlsson to win the pots uncontested.

Player Chips Progress
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
78,762,188 11,058,250
Will "hellzito" Arruda br
Will "hellzito" Arruda
24,021,702 -6,581,750
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson se
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson
13,466,110 -4,476,500

Tags: Pass_72hellzito

Two Double Ups in Quick Succession

Level 39 : 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante

Chip leader Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois pulled further ahead once more without any major showdown and suddenly the action escalated when Will "hellzito" Arruda was all-in from the small blind and at risk against Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson" as initial raiser on the button.

Will "hellzito" Arruda: {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}

The board came {k-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{k-Spades} and Karlsson dropped below nine million. One hand later, Lefrancois open-shoved the small blind and Karlsson called from the big blind.

Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois: {9-Spades}{7-Spades}
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson: {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}

The {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} board kept Karlsson in contention.

Player Chips Progress
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
67,703,938 -2,583,805
Will "hellzito" Arruda br
Will "hellzito" Arruda
30,603,452 12,632,976
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson se
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson
17,942,610 -10,049,171

Tags: KzzonPass_72hellzito

Arruda Gets Short vs Karlsson; Doubles After

Level 39 : 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante

Yet another episode of button min-raise by Will "hellzito" Arruda and big blind defense of Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson resulted in the {q-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop on which Karlsson check-called 1,126,125.

Karlsson then check-jammed the {j-Spades} turn into a bet of 3,776,500 and Arruda folded.

One orbit later, Arruda was all-in from the button for fewer than nine million and Karlsson caleld in the big blind.

Will "hellzito" Arruda: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson: {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}

The {9-Spades}{7-Clubs}{3-Spades}{q-Spades}{k-Diamonds} board gave Arruda the check-mark on the turn as he doubled back into contention.

hellzito doubles through Kzzon
hellzito doubles through Kzzon
Player Chips Progress
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
70,287,743 -2,457,000
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson se
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson
27,991,781 868,137
Will "hellzito" Arruda br
Will "hellzito" Arruda
17,970,476 1,588,863

Tags: hellzitoKzzon