PokerStars SCOOP 2021

After 15 levels of 30 minutes each, 599 entries were collected on Day 1 of the PokerStars 2021 SCOOP-92-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] to get to a prize pool of $5,990,000 while registration remains open until 7:05 p.m. CEST on Monday, April 26. At the end of the day, "ShipitFTW911" claimed the Day 1 chip lead with 3,169,951.

A big chunk of their stack used to belong to the defending champion Aliaksandr "Alexgirs" Hirs who busted in the last level of the night. Following "ShipitFTW911" in the top five of the counts are "ZeBaronjù" (3,077,927), Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath (2,644,821), "jancsi69" (2,177,205), and Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker (2,121,496).

SCOOP-92-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] Top Ten Chip Counts

Seven members of Team PokerStars joined in today but only four made it through to Day 2. Ben "Spraggy" Spragg is leading them with 1,412,896, followed by Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis (1,352,054_, Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot (664,791), and Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand (587,106). Things didn't go to plan for Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban, Felix "xflixx" Schneiders, and Sam "SamSquid" Grafton with the latter even firing two bullets.

And there were many more familiar names who won't be returning tomorrow as they used up all three possible bullets. Players like Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani, Noah "Exclusive" Boeken, Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian, Andras "probirs" Nemeth, Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov, Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs, Michael "imluckbox" Addamo, Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro, Stevan "random_chu" Chew, Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras, and some more won't be winning this year's Main Event.

But players like Jorma "jobetzu" Nuutinen, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger, Maxi "mikki696" Lehmanski, Ami "UhhMee" Barer, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias, Chris "Moorman1" Moorman, and Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle all finished in the top 50 with more well-known players joining them spread out over the field.

Plan for Day 2

When play resumes at 7:10 p.m. CEST, players could be back in with a starting stack worth 21 big blinds as Level 16 features a small blind of 6,000, a big blind of 12,000, and a running ante of 1,500. The level duration will remain at 30 minutes each and play will continue until there are 40 players left for Day 3.

Those 40 players will return on Tuesday, April 27 to play down to the final table which will be played out on Wednesday and broadcasted on the PokerStars Twitch and YouTube channels.

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Play has ended with 192 remaining players out of 599 entries.

A selection of chip counts and the recap are to follow.

Patrick "pads1161" Leonard raised to 22,000 from the hijack and Aliaksandr "Alexgirs" Hirs made the call from the cutoff. "ShipitFTW911" three-bet to 115,000 from the small blind for the big blind and Leonard to fold but Hirs called.

The flop came , "ShipitFTW911" continued with a bet of 85,000 which Hirs called.

The turn was the and "ShipitFTW911" barreled a bet of 230,895 into the pot and Hirs called again.

The river completed the board with the and "ShipitFTW911" shoved for Hirs to call for the 671,020 he had behind with the . "ShipitFTW911" tabled the for the full house and the elimination of the defending champion to their name.

Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer raised to 22,800 from the middle position and "Zas91" called from the button. Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath three-bet to 120,000 from the small blind for O'Dwyer to four-bet to 300,000. "zas91" folded but Heath five-bet jammed for 1,344,420 which O'Dwyer called.

Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath:
Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer:

The board ran out for Heath to hold with the kings for two pair to double up.

On the next hand, O"Dwyer shoved from under the gun for 38,695 and Heath three-bet to 67,390 from the button for the blinds to fold.

Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer:
Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath:

The board ran out for Heath to hold and improve to the nut-flush on the river to bust O'Dwyer.

Dan "NukeTheFish!" Wilson raised to 21,000 from the middle position and "hello_totti" called from the cutoff. Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker three-bet to 89,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Wilson four-bet to 565,000 for "hello_totti" to fold and Muehloecker to five-bet for Wilson to make the call for the 640,396 he had behind in total.

Dan "NukeTheFish!" Wilson:
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker:

The board ran out for Muehloecker to hold with the kings for a full house.

"Grozzorg" raised to 20,000 from the middle position and Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand three-bet to 50,000 from the button. The blinds folded and "Grozzorg" called.

The flop came , "Grozzorg" checked and Hand opted to bet 25,750. "Grozzorg" decided to raise to 65,000 for HAnd to shove for 186,678 which "Grozzorg" called.

Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand:
"Grozzorg":

Hand had flopped top pair but "Grozzorg" had picked up the gutshot to a straight and nut-flush draw.

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for Hand to stay alive and double up.

Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson raised to 22,000 from under the gun and Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath three-bet to 56,000 from the middle position. "zoleykgb" four-bet shoved from the cutoff for 398,824. The action folded back to Heath who made the call.

"zoleykgb":
Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath:

The board ran out for "zoleykgb" to flop a set but for Heath to river the higher set to bust "zoleykgb"