SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd | PokerStars SCOOP 2021

04-10-2021 17:44 UTC

Rodrigo "peceli" Presutti Eliminated in 26th Place ($4,064 + $5,125)

Shirley Ang

Level 25 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

"drew.derzh" raised to 252,000 from the late position and "lildani9" three-bet to 782,400 from the cutoff. Rodrigo "peceli" Presutti four-bet shoved for 3,662,551 from the small blind. "drew.derzh" responded with a five-bet shove for 6,342,537 for "lildani9" to fold.

Rodrigo "peceli" Presutti:
"drew.derzh":

The board ran out for "drew.derzh" to flop two pair to eliminate Presutti in 26th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
lildani9	14,344,268	3,797,600
drew.derzh	11,042,488	4,322,951
sebastion86	6,094,346	1,219,579
Joao "joaovbarb" Barbosa	4,618,516	19,100
mrG01R4NG	2,727,882	295,400
Joshua "slayerv1fan" Hoesel	2,002,405	-426,000
BasedAces	1,560,324	-3,971,500
Gary "quiditbear" Hasson	453,838	-220,000
Rodrigo "peceli" Presutti	Busted

04-10-2021 17:43 UTC

"pappos_11" Keeps On Betting

Shirley Ang

Level 25 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

"roohoz" raised to 240,000 from the middle position and "dalemati24" three-bet to 700,000 from the cutoff. "pappos_11" four-bet to 1,995,500 from the big blind. "roohoz" folded but "dalemati24" made the call.

The flop came , "pappos_11" continued with a bet of 989,888 for "dalemati24" to give up.

Player	Chips	Progress
darogio	16,047,194	-237,500
pappos_11	10,650,296	2,635,500
Pedro "LgwZ" Grochocki	7,179,801	257,500
roohoz	6,880,154	137,500
roo_400	5,411,239	-107,500
Yuri "Y.Zakharov" Zakharov	2,886,604	-357,500
dalemati24	2,541,040	-2,213,000
Andreas "mrAndreeew" Berggren	1,673,377	-57,500
Ivan "zufo16" Zufic	554,809	-54,500

04-10-2021 17:37 UTC

Full House for "Uivelo88"

Shirley Ang

Level 25 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

In the last hand of the previous level, Josip "Jozinho6" Simunic raised to 215,000 from the early position and "Uivelo88" made the call from the middle position. The action folded to Jans "Graftekkel" Arends in the small blind who made the call and so did "vladxxxro" in the big blind.

The flop came , it was checked to "Uivelo88" who bet 331,000 which only Arends called.

The turn was the and they both checked to the on the river. Arends bet 500,000 and "Uivelo88" called. Arends tabled the for "Uivelo88" to pick up the pot with the for the full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski	13,201,312	-12,500
Jonah "RaiseUpBlind" Silverstein	10,214,714	-12,500
Uivelo88	4,606,686	1,563,500
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	3,076,412	-12,500
Jans "Graftekkel" Arends	2,835,797	-1,058,500
Josip "Jozinho6" Simunic	2,453,788	-227,500
Andriy "Andre_Hansen" Lyubovetskiy	964,298	-12,500
vladxxxro	731,412	-227,500

Level: 25

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 15,000

04-10-2021 17:35 UTC

Shuffle Up and Deal

Shirley Ang

Level 24 : 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante

The 26 remaining players have returned to their seats and play has resumed.

Level: 24

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 12,500

04-10-2021 15:53 UTC

26 Players Return for the Title Battle in the PokerStars SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE]

Shirley Ang

Day 2 of the PokerStars 2021 SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE] attracted 539 players on Day 1 to create a prize pool of $1,078,000. Out of all those players, 26 of them made it through to today to play for the win that comes with a pretty first-place prize of $83,473 and bounties.

Poland's "darogio" is coming back with the chip lead of 16,284,694 in chips. Following "darogio" in the counts is a more familiar name in Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski with 13,213,812. The Brazilian won his first SCOOP title a few days ago in SCOOP 09-M: $215 HORSE, $65K Gtd for $17,024 and will be looking for another win here.

Following them in the top five are "lildani9" (10,546,668, Jonah "RaiseUpBlind" Silverstein (10,227,214), and "pappos_11" (8,014,796). But there are some more familiar names to be found if you look further down the list of chip counts. Joao "joaovbarb" Barbosa, Jans "Graftekkel" Arends, and Mike "SirWatts" Watson are just some of the players who will be battling for a bigger share of the prize pool.

SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE] Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds*
1	"darogio"	Poland	16,284,694	136
2	Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski	Brazil	13,213,812	110
3	"lildani9"	Hungary	10,546,668	88
4	Jonah "RaiseUpBlind" Silverstein	Canada	10,227,214	85
5	"pappos_11"	Greece	8,014,796	67
6	Pedro "LgwZ" Grochocki	Brazil	6,922,301	58
7	"roohoz"	Finland	6,742,654	56
8	"drew.derzh"	Ukraine	6,719,537	56
9	"BasedAces"	Finland	5,531,824	46
10	"roo_400"	Canada	5,518,739	46

*number of big blinds based on Level 25: 60,000/120,000/15,000

Plan for Day 2

The returning players will finish the last few seconds of Level 24 which features a small blind of 50,000, a big blind of 100,000, and a running ante of 12,500. The level after that features a small blind of 60,000, a big blind of 120,000, and a running ante of 15,000. The level duration should remain at 20 minutes but might increase once the final table has been reached.

All 26 players have secured $4,064 but will all be looking to add more bounties to their bankrolls.

The PokerStars Twitch stream will be live too with hole cards coverage on a 30-minute delay so the PokerNews updates will be on a similar delay to avoid any spoilers. Make sure to keep following along with all the action from 7:35 p.m. CEST.