PokerStars SCOOP 2021

Day one of Event SCOOP-63-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Sunday Warm-Up SE], $1M Gtd is a wrap after nine hours of play and furious action. The event drew a total of 538 runners and of those, just 27 remain. In a day that saw a plethora of notables register and bust — it was "xMFPx" who came out on top with 4,504,954 in chips (good for 112 blinds). Not far behind is Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov with 4,293,6188 chips (107 blinds).

The final prize pool ended up being $1,076,00 — just enough to cover the guarantee. Notables who entered but failed to cash include Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski, Jason "jakoon1985" Koon, Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle and Team PokerStars Players Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis and Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot.

The bubble burst when Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger lost a race against Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin all-in preflop. From there, eliminations continued at fast-enough pace to jump two pay levels, with "Satosh Nakmoto" being the final bust out of the day and recipient of $7,525.11.

SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Sunday Warm-Up SE] Top Ten Chip Counts

A key hand for Koliakov occurred when he was dealt aces against the kings of "GotADream" in a blind vs. blind battle. That hand led to a near double up late in the day and propelled Koliakov toward the top of the pack as Day 1 came to an end.

Other players to watch out for include WSOP bracelet winner Enrico "WhaTisL0v3" Camosci (58 blinds) and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski (32 blinds).

Play resumes tomorrow at 13:05 EST, where the remaining players will battle it out on the virtual felt for an eventual 1st-place prize of $191,107.98. Play will resume on level 28 with 40k/80k blinds and a 10k ante and 20-minute levels. Once the surviving players reach level 37, the length of each level will increase to 30 minutes and remain there until a champion is determined.

The PokerNews team will continue providing updates on Day 2, so stick with us as we bring you all the action.

Players have stopped play for the day and will resume tomorrow, April 19 at 13:05 EST.

Action folded all the way to Maxime "Daghemuneguu" Chilaud in the small blind, who completed. Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit shoved all-in, which was enough to cover Chilaud's remaining 680,000. Chilaud quickly called.

Chilaud:
Kanit:

Kanit was dominated and found no help on the runout. After the hand, Kanit was left with just 44,000 and busted shortly thereafter.

Action folded to "milennial" in the cutoff, who opened for 88,800. Only Maxime "Daghemuneguu" Chilaud called from the big blind.

Chilaud proceeded to check-call every street — 116,424 on the flop, 230,520 on the turn, and an all-in shove for 529,287 from "milennial" on the river.

"milennial" showed for top pair top kicker, which was best against Chilaud's for top pair with an inferior kicker.

Benjamin "BC1989RF" Chalot opened for 70,000 on the button and was met with a 3-bet from "GotADream" to 245,000 from the small blind. Just behind him, Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov cold 4-bet to 560,000 from the big. Chalot folded, but "GotADream" went back over the top for his last 1,298,000. Koliakov, who had "GotADream" covered, quickly called.

"GotADream":
Koliakov:

It was a classic cooler in No-Limit Hold Em. The board cemented "GotADream"'s fate, shipping the massive pot to Koliakov and propelling him to nearly 3.5 million chips.

The remaining 35 players will return and play for an additional 30 minutes until breaking for the day.

"milennial" opened from the button to 71,750 and action folded to "neeno1990" in the big blind, who went all-in for their last 611,348. "millenial" called after some thought and hands were revealed.

"milennial":
"neeno1990":

The board ran out , which kept "milennial" in the lead and eliminated "neeno1990" from the tournament for a $6,005.15 cash.