SCOOP-13-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max], $1M Gtd
Day 1 Started
PokerStars SCOOP 2021
SCOOP-13-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max], $1M Gtd
Day: 1
7:05 PM CEST Start for Day 1 of the PokerStars SCOOP-13-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max], $1M Gtd
Welcome to Day 1 of SCOOP-13-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max], $1M Gtd, the second tournament of the 2021 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker which features a buy-in of $10,300. The wonderful $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool is sure to attract some of the elite of the poker world.
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas won the SCOOP 06-H: $10,300 NLHE 8-Max, High Roller, $1M Gtd last night by defeating Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz heads-up for $254,256 and will probably be back today to try and make it to Day 2 and another win as this tournament will be played out on Wednesday, April 7.
Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo, Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson, Laurynas "LaurisL91" Levinskas, Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet, Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian, Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche, and Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden joined them on the final table and are expected back in the running today too.
Players will get 250,000 chips in their starting stack and can enter during the first five hours of play. Reentering is possible up to a maximum of two times if needed. Level duration will remain at 20 minutes throughout the day and play will end once the final table has been reached. The level length will then increase for the final day and table to 30 minutes.
The PokerStars Twitch stream will be covering the final table with a 30-minute security delay as the hole cards will be shown with commentary provided by James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton who will be joined by guests commentators throughout this year's festival.
PokerNews will be there from the first raise until the final chip has been bagged so make sure to follow along with all the live updates right here.
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
With 8 players in the field, the tournament has just kicked off.
First Players to Enter
Level 1
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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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 |
Kovalski Gets Alt to Fold on the Turn
Level 1
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski raised to 4,800 from under the gun and Dinesh "nastyminder" Alt defended his big blind.
The flop came 
, Alt check-called the 3,600 continuation-bet of Kovalski.
The turn was the 
for Alt to check again. This time, Kovalski bet 18,000 and that was enough for Alt to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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270,100 | 20,100 |
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264,358 | 14,358 |
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252,100 | 2,100 |
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235,900 | -14,100 |
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222,742 | -27,258 |
Stevens Keeps on Betting
Level 1
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder raised to 5,280 from the cutoff and Bert "girafganger7" Stevens three-bet to 24,000 from the small blind for Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian to fold and Mulder to make the call.
The flop came 
, Stevens continued with a bet of 17,028 for Mulder to let this pot go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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275,500 | 25,500 |
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264,400 | 14,400 |
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254,020 | |
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210,880 | -39,120 |
Three New Players
Level 1
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Three more players have entered the tournament just now to join the two tables that have currently been opened for this event:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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250,000 | |
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250,000 | |
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250,000 |
Mulder Shoves on Martirosian
Level 1
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian raised to 6,000 from under the gun and Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder three-bet to 16,800 from the button. The blinds folded but Martirosian made the call.
The flop came 
, Martirosian check-raised the 9,600 continuation-bet of Mulder to 33,600 and was called.
The turn was the 
and Martirosian bet 26,400 for Mulder to come along for the river to complete the board with the . Martirosian checked and then folded when Mulder jammed for 119,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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277,900 | 67,020 |
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272,200 | -3,300 |
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271,180 | 6,780 |
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183,520 | -70,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,400/2,800
Ante: 350