Heath and Muehloecker Bag Big on Day 1 of the PokerStars 2021 SCOOP-92-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event]
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
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "ShipitFTW911" | Sweden | 3,169,951 | 264 |
| 2 | "ZeBaronjù" | Mexico | 3,077,927 | 256 |
| 3 | Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath | United Kingdom | 2,644,821 | 220 |
| 4 | "jancsi69" | Hungary | 2,177,205 | 181 |
| 5 | Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker | Austria | 2,121,496 | 177 |
| 6 | "DeuceofDuc0" | Netherlands | 2,044,494 | 170 |
| 7 | Jans "Graftekkel" Arends | Netherlands | 1,897,109 | 158 |
| 8 | Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann | Germany | 1,726,141 | 144 |
| 9 | "ludako123" | Bulgaria | 1,702,719 | 142 |
| 10 | "Remi Lebo_10" | Ukraine | 1,699,761 | 142 |
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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, "ShipitFTW911" continued with a bet of 85,000 which Hirs called.
and "ShipitFTW911" barreled a bet of 230,895 into the pot and Hirs called again.
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.
for Heath to hold with the kings for two pair to double up. 
for Heath to hold and improve to the nut-flush on the river to bust O'Dwyer.
and Spragg checked again. This time, "Gogac sniper" bet 105,518 and was called.
for two pair.
, it was checked to "Freixa ¡ah!" who bet 40,500 for Grafton to call but for De Moraes to fold.
and Grafton shoved for 187,012 which "Freixa ¡ah!" called with the bigger stack. Grafton showed the 
for the missed flush draw for "Freixa ¡ah!" to bust him as they held the 
and Sanchez checked. Petrone bet 81,459 for Sanchez to raise it up to 264,000. Petrone shoved and Sanchez called for the 521,229 he had behind with the 
for the full house but Petrone held the 
and "serggorelyi7" opted to check. Talbot bet 54,947 for "serggorelyi7" to raise it up to 171,530 which Talbot called.
