PokerStars SCOOP 2021

After a hectic Day 2, 40 players have made it through to the next stage of the PokerStars 2021 SCOOP-92-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event]. When the dust settled it was Dan "Dannyz0r" Borlan who would log off knowing he'd come back for Day 3 with the chip lead of 16,354,262.

Day 1 attracted 599 entries and before the start of today, another 65 players decided to jump in last minute to get to 664 entries in total to get to a prize pool of $6,640,000. This meant that 87 players would get paid at least $21,328 while the first-place prize everyone aspires to win is a whopping $1,130,396.

Borlan grabbed the chip lead when he eliminated "jancsi69" in 43rd place. "jancsi69" had flopped a full house but Borlan had hit the runner-runner quads to scoop the monsterpot. Following Borlan in the top three are David "MissOracle" Yan (13,782,929) and "kZhh" (11,044,677). Bruno "great dant" Volkmann is the only other player to return for Day 3 with more than 10 million.

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

But there are more familiar names who will be back to battle it out for a bigger share of the prize pool. Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang, Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson, Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath, Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood, Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress, and Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph are just some of them.

For Team PokerStars, today didn't go to plan as Sam "SamSquid" Grafton reentered but busted before making the money. This was also the case for Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand and Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis. Ben "Spraggy" Spragg fell in 71st place when he ran his jack-ten into the kings of Liviu "0human0" Ignat.

But Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot might be the most disappointed of all, he bubbled Day 3 when he had flopped top pair to see Jacobson had hit a set of kings to end the day for him and the rest of the field.

Volkmann got a big part of his stack when he burst the bubble as he caught "s0nny_bLacCk" with a bluff. From there on, the eliminations kept coming in at a steady pace with defending champion Aliaksandr "Alexgirs" Hirs busting in 70th place when he ran his ace-king into the eights of "kZhh".

Plan for Day 3

When play resumes at 7:05 p.m. CEST on Tuesday, April 27, the 40 remaining players will finish the rest of Level 27 which has a small blind of 40,000, a big blind of 80,000, and a running ante of 10,000. The level duration is slated to stay at 30 minutes and play will continue until the final table of nine players has been reached.

On Wednesday, April 28, the final table will be streamed on the PokerStars Twitch and YouTube channels on a 30-minute security delay as there will be cards-up coverage. Commentary will be provided by James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton and they will be joined by special guests.

PokerNews will be back from the start of Day 3 to bring you all the exciting updates so make sure to follow along with all the action!

This is what they are all still playing for:

Play has ended for today as there are 40 players left in the field.

The full chip counts and a recap are to follow.

Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot raised to 160,000 from the hijack and was called by Martin "M.nosbocaJ" Jacobson in the cutoff and Darrell "FourSixFour" Goh in the big blind.

The flop came , Goh checked and Talbot continued with a bet of 147,484 which was called by all.

The turn was the and Goh checked again. Talbot fired a bet of 458,470 over the line which only Jacobson called.

The river completed the board with the and Talbot shoved for 960,032 which Jacobson called too. Talbot showed the for top pair to see him bubble Day 3 as Jacobson held the for the set of kings.

"ja.sam.gale" completed their small blind and "Beowulf3182" raised it up to 240,000 which "ja.sam.gale" called.

The flop came , "Beowulf3182" continued with a bet of 160,000 for "ja.sam.gale" to check-call.

The turn was the and "Beowulf3182" now bet enough to put "ja.sam.gale" all-in who called for the 463,448 they had behind.

"ja.sam.gale":
"Beowulf3182":

"Beowulf3182" had flopped the flush draw while "ja.sam.gale" held the overpair.

The river completed the board with the for "Beowulf3182" to hit the flush indeed.

Dan "Dannyz0r" Borlan raised to 280,000 from the small blind and "jancsi69" opted to defend.

The flop came , Borlan continued with a bet of 189,000 and got called.

The turn was the and Borlan barreled a bet of 680,000 into the pot and was called again.

The river completed the board with the and Borlan bet 680,000 for "jancsi69" to raise it up to 4,080,000. Borlan decided to shove with the bigger stack for "jancsi69" to call for the 6,246,243 they had behind with the for the full house but Borlan held the for quads and the chip lead.

Dan "Dannyz0r" Borlan raised to 154,000 from the hijack and "jancsi69" three-bet to 525,000 from the cutoff. Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov four-bet jammed for 3,256,702 from the button for Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo to call in the small blind for the 1,611,852 he had behind while the rest folded.

Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo:
Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov:

The board ran out to not help Pardo as he was eliminated in 44th place.

Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams shoved from the button for 966,020 and Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath called from the big blind.

Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams:
Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath:

The board ran out for both of them to turn two pair but for Heath to bust Adams with the higher kicker.