Tomas "MASUR0N1KE" Kubaliak Secures Top Stack as 132 Players Survive Day 1
The 2021 Spring Championship of Online Poker on PokerStars has seen the first day of the SCOOP-64-M: $530 NLHE [Progressive KO], $1M GTD come to an end. The first day saw 3,835 total entries (2,895 unique & 920 re-entries) take part in the bounty hunting but after 7 hours and 45 minutes of play, just 132 players found Day 2 birth.
After the final hand of the evening it was Tomas "MASUR0N1KE" Kubaliak sitting atop the leader board with a hearty 4,383,162 in chips. Kubaliak was the only player to surpass the four-milly mark but "Sajanas23 (3,792,553), CPaiCR (3,621,370), "hanibal1301" (3,517,709), and Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas (3,499,833) all secured themselves a top five stack heading into Day 2.
All of the remaining players are now guaranteed at least a piece of the $1,917,500 prize pool with lots of bounties up for grabs. The eventual winner will be taking home $116,993 first-place money, along with every bounty they claimed along the way.
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1 of SCOOP-64-M: $530 NLHE [Progressive KO], $1M GTD
| Position | Player | Country | Bounty | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomas "MASUR0N1KE" Kubaliak | Hungary | $2,214.84 | 4,383,162 |
| 2 | Sajanas23 | Lithuania | $3,718.75 | 3,792,553 |
| 3 | CPaiCR | Costa Rica | $4,109.38 | 3,621,370 |
| 4 | hanibal1301 | Montengero | $3,718.76 | 3,517,709 |
| 5 | Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas | Lithuania | $4,527.34 | 3,499,833 |
| 6 | Alister307 | Russia | $2,484.38 | 3,410,029 |
| 7 | E6yperoff, | Ukraine | $2,648.44 | 3,280,197 |
| 8 | dasslo007 | Luxembourg | $3,421.88 | 3,276,125 |
| 9 | doulas 12 | Netherlands | $1,015.63 | 3,079,322 |
| 10 | CallMeGio | Netherlands | $3,804.69 | 3,042,360 |
"E6yperoff" (1,969,069), "neeno1990" (3,280,197), "dasslo007" (3,276,125), and "CallMeGio" (3,042,360) all found a top ten stack as well. "kleinebakker007", who was seen atop the chip counts fell out of the top ten after a rollercoaster of a day that saw their stack continuously shift.
Many notable players managed to find a final day birth and some of those to do so include Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski, Luis "Lg#born2win" Gustavo, Jorge "jorginho88" Abreu, Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian, Thiago "KKremate" Crema, Matthias "MLS20" Lipp, Manuel "manupochat" Pochat, and Luiz "G1a1u1s1s" Arruda.
The 132 players will be returning Monday, April 19 at 1:05 p.m. ET to battle down to a winner with action resuming in Level 27 (15,000/30,000/3,750). All players are guaranteed at least a min-cash of $1,014 so expect play to continue with an onslaught of eliminations off the bat.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $116,993 |
| 2 | $116,989 |
| 3 | $68,531 |
| 4 | $48,459 |
| 5 | $34,265 |
| 6 | $24,229 |
| 7 | $17,133 |
| 8 | $12,115 |
| 9 | $8,567 |
| 10-13 | $6,057 |
| 14-17 | $4,283 |
| 18-26 | $3,029 |
| 27-44 | $3,142 |
| 45-71 | $1,514 |
| 72-107 | $1,126 |
| 108-152 | $1,014 |
The PokerNews team will be bringing all of the updates on Day 2, so stay tuned as the action unfolds.
runout and he was eliminated from the tournament.
eliminated him from the tournament.
secured him a full double along with "slv458's" bounty.
flop appeared giving Kubaliak a set of sevens. The 
turn left Valli needing a cowboy on the river but the 
appeared, "UlDuffer" continued for 16,482 and Simunic raised to 52,500. Action was back on "UlDuffer" who three-bet jamme dfor 299,414 and Simunic called. 
river ended their tournament as it gave Simunic quad nines.
turn and Maslak check-jammed for 51,137 after "guiramoss" fired out 37,084. "guiramoss" quickly called and both players hands were revealed. 
river was no help to Maslak as he was eliminated from the tournament.
flop. 
turn however, gave a gutshot straight draw, which they completed after the 
