SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd
Day 1 Completed
PokerStars SCOOP 2021
SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd
Day: 1
Dzivielevski Bags Big on Day 1 of SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE]
Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
After almost 8.5 hours, Day 1 of the PokerStars 2021 SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE] has come to an end with 26 players making it through to the final day which will take place on Saturday, April 10. The tournament attracted 539 players to create a prize pool of $1,078,000 which easily surpassed the original $1,000,000 that was set aside.
After all the dust had settled, "darogio" went on a late surge to claim the chip lead with 16,284,694 in the bag for Day 2. "darogio" was hovering around the middle of the pack for most of the day but when there were 34 players left, they skyrocketed to the top.
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 in SCOOP 09-M: $215 HORSE, $65K Gtd for $17,024 and will be looking for another win here.
Completing 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 many players who managed to find a virtual bag at the end of the night.
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
Action of the Day
Kayhan "KayhanMok" Roshanfekr would be responsible for claiming the first bounty of the day when he took out "untouchble10" but he wouldn't make it to the money stages himself either. As today's tournament was a freezeout, many of the big names fell before the late registration period closed. Recent SCOOP winners Julian "julianpineda" Pineda, Thiago "KKremate" Crema, Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden, Jargo "bungakat" Alavali, Bruno "great dant" Volkmann, Ilya "Leqenden" Anatsky, Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, and Ilari "Fabahaba" Tahkokallio all busted before that point.
It was a similar story for the PokerStars Ambassadors. Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot, Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas, Sam "SamSquid" Grafton, and [/b]Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand[/b] all busted in the earlier stages of the tournament with Hand running the deepest, finishing in 179th place.
With only 63 players getting paid, a lot of poker talent saw their hopes of a deep run in this event dashed before even cashing. Dejan "dejanlc357" Kaladjurdjevic has won three SCOOP events this year already but wouldn't make it four in this one as he was eliminated as the bubble boy when his raise was called by "vladxxxro". On the four-five-deuce flop, "vladxxxro" check-shoved on Kaladjurdjevic's continuation-bet and was called. "vladxxxro" had flopped the open-ended straight draw while Kaladjurdjevic held the overpair with the pocket jacks. In the end, "vladxxxro" would hit the runner-runner flush to burst the bubble.
Things moved fast from there onwards. Many more well-known players would find their way to the rail like Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson, Dario "Secret_M0d3" Sammartino, Ismael "Isidinho" Bojang, and Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche.
"darogio" took out Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov and Jonas "donut604" Mackoff in one hand, to then bust David "dpeters17" Peters, before downing "baneris" in 28th place. This would normally mean that the rest would break for the final day but "grigorq77" had put their tournament life at risk at the same time to bust to Silverstein to get the field down to 26.
Plan for Day 2
The 26 returning players will finish the last few seconds of Level 24, on Saturday, April 10 at 7:05 p.m. CEST, 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 and that first-place prize of $83,473 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.
Left to Play for:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $83,473 |
| 2 | $83,473 |
| 3 | $53,731 |
| 4 | $40,332 |
| 5 | $30,274 |
| 6 | $22,724 |
| 7 | $17,057 |
| 8 | $12,803 |
| 9 | $9,611 |
| 10-13 | $7,214 |
| 14-17 | $5,415 |
| 18-26 | $4,064 |
End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts
Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,284,694 | |
|
|
13,213,812 | |
|
10,546,668 | |
|
10,227,214 | |
|
8,014,796 | 330,500 |
|
6,922,301 | -225,000 |
|
6,742,654 | |
|
6,719,537 | |
|
|
5,531,824 | -1,655,049 |
|
|
5,518,739 | -766,657 |
|
5,037,130 | 1,132,312 |
|
4,874,767 | |
|
|
4,754,040 | |
|
4,599,416 | -75,000 |
|
3,894,297 | |
|
3,244,104 | |
|
|
3,088,912 | -125,003 |
|
|
3,043,186 | -312,500 |
|
2,681,288 | 1,214,394 |
|
2,432,482 | 412,497 |
|
2,428,405 | 850,000 |
|
1,730,877 | |
|
976,798 | -462,500 |
|
958,912 | |
|
673,838 | -25,000 |
"grigorq77" Eliminated in 27th Place ($3,051 + $4,313)
Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
As "baneris" was eliminated, there were 27 players left but there was still one hand going on.
"grigorq77" had raised to 210,000 from the hijack and Jonah "RaiseUpBlind" Silverstein three-bet to 750,000 from the big blind. "grigorq77" responded with a four-bet shove for 3,226,848 which Silverstein called.
"grigorq77": 
Jonah "RaiseUpBlind" Silverstein: 
The board ran out 
for Silverstein to hold with the rockets and even improve to a set to get the tournament down to 26 players for the final day.
The full chip counts and a recap are to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,546,668 | -881,100 |
|
|
10,227,214 | 3,155,848 |
|
|
6,719,537 | 1,639,000 |
|
|
3,894,297 | -287,500 |
|
|
1,730,877 | -917,900 |
|
|
958,912 | 191,000 |
|
|
Busted |
"baneris" Bubbles the Final Day
Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
"baneris" raised to 200,000 from the hijack for "darogio" to make the call from the cutoff while the rest folded.
The flop came 
, "baneris" opted to check and so did "darogio".
The turn was the 
and "baneris" bet 400,000 for "darogio" to call.
The river completed the board with the 
, "baneris" shoved for 1,396,946 which "darogio" called. "baneris" tabled the 
for top pair but "darogio" held the 
for the same top pair but higher kicker for "baneris" to bust in 28th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,284,694 | 2,246,946 |
|
|
13,213,812 | 25,000 |
|
|
6,742,654 | -212,500 |
|
|
4,874,767 | -62,500 |
|
|
4,754,040 | -425,000 |
|
|
3,244,104 | -162,500 |
|
Busted |
"Lukin Dan" Out Too
Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
"Lukin Dan" shoved from the cutoff for 1,524,848 and "pappos_11" three-bet shoved for more from the small blind for Joao "joaovbarb" Barbosa to fold his big blind.
"Lukin Dan": 
"pappos_11": 
The board ran out 
for "Lukin Dan" to bust in 29th place as "pappos_11" held with the pocket queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,684,296 | 1,151,848 |
|
|
7,147,301 | 723,826 |
|
|
4,674,416 | 2,252,458 |
|
|
3,213,915 | 1,931,959 |
|
|
2,019,985 | -237,497 |
|
|
902,309 | -487,500 |
|
|
698,838 | -3,284,458 |
|
|
Busted |
Clark Chucked Out by "roohoz"
Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
Jon "luckyfish89" Clark shoved from under the gun for 2,097,726 for "roohoz" to reshove for 4,619,928 from the cutoff and the rest of the table to fold.
Jon "luckyfish89" Clark: 
"roohoz": 
The board ran out 
for "roohoz" to hold with the higher pocket pair to eliminate Clark before the end of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,188,812 | -12,500 |
|
|
6,955,154 | 2,322,726 |
|
|
5,179,040 | -112,500 |
|
|
4,937,267 | -62,500 |
|
|
3,406,604 | -12,500 |
|
|
1,534,446 | -12,500 |
|
Busted |
"AchoBogdanov" Eliminated by Dzivielevski
Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
"AchoBogdanov" raised to 225,000 from the middle position and Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski three-bet to 675,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to "AchoBogdanov" who four-bet shoved for 3,940,428 which Dzivielevski called.
"AchoBogdanov":
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski: 
The board ran out 
for Dzivielevski to flop the pair of aces to eliminate "AchoBogdanov".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,201,312 | 4,182,428 |
|
|
5,291,540 | -201,000 |
|
|
4,999,767 | -208,000 |
|
|
4,632,428 | 262,500 |
|
|
3,419,104 | 284,800 |
|
|
2,110,226 | -1,108,800 |
|
|
1,546,946 | -262,500 |
|
Busted |
"Tasdron61" Taken Out by "BasedAces"
Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
"Tasdron61" raised to 200,000 from the hijack and "BasedAces" called from the small blind.
The flop came 
, "Tasdron61" shoved for 1,156,886 which "BasedAces" check-called with the bigger stack.
"Tasdron61": 
"BasedAces": 
"Tasdron61" had the overpair and open-ended straight draw while "BasedAces" had hit a set.
Any hopes "Tasdron61" had were gone when the 
came on the turn to give "BasedAces" the full house as the 
completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,186,873 | 2,277,386 |
|
|
6,285,396 | -245,500 |
|
|
3,904,818 | -37,500 |
|
|
3,355,686 | -137,500 |
|
|
1,578,405 | -187,500 |
|
|
1,466,894 | -37,500 |
|
|
1,439,298 | -237,500 |
|
|
Busted |
"darogio" Rivers Peters
Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
David "dpeters17" Peters shoved from the early position for 1,302,308. The action folded to "darogio" in the big blind who made the call.
David "dpeters17" Peters:
"darogio": 
The board ran out 
for "darogio" to river the higher pair to send Peters out in 33rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,037,748 | 2,542,308 |
|
|
11,427,768 | -1,463,000 |
|
|
7,071,366 | -212,500 |
|
|
5,080,537 | -877,500 |
|
|
4,181,797 | 368,544 |
|
|
2,648,777 | -112,500 |
|
|
2,333,348 | -62,500 |
|
|
Busted |