button in SafariLevel: 17
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-96-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event 2nd Chance], $1.5M Gtd
Day: 1
Players Left 1 / 465
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Level 16
: 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
Level 16
: 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
With just under 190 players out of 465 entries remaining, the field has been sent into another scheduled 5-minute break. When they return, the blinds will go up in five minutes and the late registration then closes.
Level 16
: 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
Within two consecutive hands, there was plenty of action as two players were eliminated and the table closed right after.
First up, Will "hellzito" Aruda left "WRUUUUM" short when his 
held up versus 
on a 
board.
One hand later, "WRUUUUM" was all-in and "Hasseh922" raised to 148,280 in the cutoff.
Belarmino "PaGaOVelhinho" de Souza in the small blind shipped it in for more than 780k and "Hasseh922" quickly called.
"WRUUUUM": 
Belarmino "PaGaOVelhinho" de Souza: 
"Hasseh922": 
The best pocket pair flopped top set and held up on the 
runout to secure a double elimination.
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg then raised to 30,800 and was called by Brazil's "TheGrinderØ" and "xnrobix" in the big blind. On the 
flop, only Spragg check-called a bet of 45,360 by "TheGrinderØ" and did so again for 138,802 on the 
turn. With 531,125 behind, Spragg was slightly covered and check-called the shove of his opponent on the 
river.
"TheGrinderØ" tabled the 
for a full house and Spragg was eliminated with 
for aces and treys.
Level 16
: 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
Level 16
: 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
A big pot of more than 850k emerged in a battle of decent aces that involved Joao "IneedMassari" Simao and Gary "quiditbear" Hasson.
Simao was the player at risk with 
versus and failed to connect with the 
board to join the rail.
Bartlomiej "bartek901" Machon then won a three-way all-in which also included Orpen "OrpTheTurk" Kisacikoglu and Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson.
Kisacikoglu was all-in for three bis and Jeppsson min-raised, which Machon in the big blind called. Machon then check-called two bets on the 
flop and turn to check-jam the river with 
for the runner-runner nutflush. Jeppsson called with 
for a set and Kisacikoglu was gone with 
for top two pair.
Level: 16
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 1,750
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg has turned on the heat as of late and just won a pot against Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov to further increase his stack.
Spragg opened first to act to 26,400 and was called by Dimov in the cutoff and Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz in the big blind. On the 
flop, only Dimov called a bet of 30,624 by Spragg and they checked the on the turn. Spragg checked the river and eventually called a bet worth 62,779 by Dimov to catch the Bulgarian bluffing with as he claimed the pot with .
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa was at risk with the 
out of the big blind and "EEE27" looked him up with the .
The seemingly secured the double but the 
on turn and river improved "EEE27" to a flush. The table closed right after as the field was reduced to just over 200 remaining players with plenty of casualties in the last few minutes.
Paul "Fold Machiii" Dando joined that list when he was all-in for crumbs while Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov and Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi played a big side pot. Koliakov check-called three barrels on the 
board and mucked to the of Shakerchi, Dando also mucked his cards.
