SCOOP-96-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event 2nd Chance], $1.5M Gtd
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Some of the biggest names of the online and live poker scene are expected to take a shot in the latest high stakes tournament of the extended 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) schedule. One of the most exciting events of today's Super Sunday is the SCOOP-96-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event 2nd Chance], which comes with a guaranteed prize pool of $1.5 million.
The action will get underway at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and a total of 24 levels of 20 minutes each are scheduled for today. A big portion of the day is reserved for the 6h5 of late registration in which players can fire up to two re-entries if they should run out of chips entirely.
All participants receive 250,000 in chips, worth 250 big blinds in the first level of the day which features blinds of 500-1,000 with a running ante of 125. The prize pool information will be available after the end of the late registration period and Day 1 will conclude after nearly nine hours of play including breaks.
The PokerStars ambassadors Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, Ben "Spraggy" Spragg and Fintan "easywithaces" Hand already confirmed via social media that they will take part in the tournament and other big names such as multiple 2020 SCOOP event winners Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer, Connor "blanconegro" Drinan, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard and Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan are expected to take another shot at victory.
Follow the conclusive live updates of all the action from start to finish right here on PokerNews.
Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 125
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
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250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
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250,000
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250,000
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250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
In a four-bet pot for 43,925 each, "xMOOMOx" from the Netherlands continued for 52,888 on the 
flop and called the shove of Andrew "ClockWyze" Pantling to set up the following showdown in one of the first hands played.
"xMOOMOx": 
Andrew "ClockWyze" Pantling: 
The 
on the turn and the 
on the river failed to improve the Dutchman and he re-entered almost immediately.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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500,750
250,750
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250,750 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
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Level 1
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
Connor "blanconegro" Drinan was cut down to half the starting stack after he clashed with "RistaSM" who improved to the nuts with 
on a board of 
.
Drinan then got some chips back when he cut a slice out of the second entry of "xMOOMOx" when his was the bst hand versus 
on a board of 
for a pot worth more than 80 big blinds total.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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377,425 | |
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208,662
41,338
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41,338 |
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169,378
80,622
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80,622 |
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
In a battle big blind versus button, Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves took on Joao "vovo_leo" Studart and opted to check-raise from 1,000 to 4,500 with the 
flop showing and that won the pot right there.
Reeves and Jorma "jobetzu" Nuutinen have already increased their stacks by some margin and further assorted early big stacks can be found below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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296,226
46,226
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46,226 |
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289,826
39,826
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39,826 |
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278,850
28,850
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28,850 |
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269,625 | |
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256,125 | |
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247,750 | |
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238,695
11,305
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11,305 |
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238,005 | |
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207,974
42,026
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42,026 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 150
Level 2
: 600/1,200, 150 ante
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt raised it up to 2,500 and called a three-bet by "Geokarak" from one seat over in the hijack to see a flop of 
on which Astedt check-called a bet of 12,573. Astedt then led the 
turn for 29,727 to pick up a call and fired the river for 86,450. The call of "Geokarak" followed and Astedt won the pot with 
for a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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394,025
144,025
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144,025 |
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268,955
268,955
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268,955 |
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261,625
11,625
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11,625 |
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249,500
249,500
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249,500 |
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246,000
246,000
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246,000 |
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89,310
89,310
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89,310 |
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87,770
162,230
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162,230 |
