SCOOP-105-H: $5,200 NLHE [6-Max, Midweek Freeze High Roller], $400K Gtd
Day 1 Completed
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-105-H: $5,200 NLHE [6-Max, Midweek Freeze High Roller], $400K Gtd
Day: 1
Level 19
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
It's a wrap for Day 1 of the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker -105-H: $5,200 NLHE [6-Max, Midweek Freeze High Roller]. A total of 96 entry slips were sold for this event creating a prize pool of $480,000 but the night left off with only 11 survivors.
"shuhpat" from Uzbekistan bagged the chip lead with a massive stack 7,665,305, almost one third of the total chips in play.
The Uzbekistani found himself near the top of the counts mid-day after eliminating Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach and "Stefan11222" in a double knockout. He caught even more fire during the last levels of the night to take over the chip lead, and kept extending it from thereon. First, he took a big chunk from "FouEnculePL" who was second in chips when he rivered trips and managed to get paid well at Level 18 of the tournament, and shortly after, he won a massive pot when he turned a wheel against "Lackoo87gcb"'s aces and kings and managed to get full value to send him to the exit.
"shuhpat" is followed by Bruno "great dant" Volkmann with 2,811,497 and Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams rounds up the top three with 2,173,665.
Other big names still in contention include Preben "prebz" Stokkan (2,003,019) who has already secured a SCOOP title this series after taking down the SCOOP 62-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller], as well as Niklas "Lena900" Astedt (1,844,264), Simon "Igorkarkarof" Ronnow Pedersen (1,534, 171) and Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger (766,962).
Among the notables who tried and failed were Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood, Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger, Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi and Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira.
The 11 remaining players are all guaranteed $13,847 but all eyes will be on the six-figure top prize of $114,704 and the title.
Action will resume tomorrow, on Thursday May 28th at 1:00 pm EST and play will continue at Level 19 which features a small blind of 17,500 and big blind of 35,000 with a 4,500 ante.
Level 19
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,665,305
-206,125
|
-206,125 |
|
||
|
2,811,497
48,500
|
48,500 |
|
2,173,665
-328,167
|
-328,167 |
|
||
|
2,003,019
-79,500
|
-79,500 |
|
1,962,693
-13,500
|
-13,500 |
|
|
1,844,264
662,646
|
662,646 |
|
|
1,534,171
500,199
|
500,199 |
|
|
1,093,062 | |
|
1,082,867
-604,875
|
-604,875 |
|
1,062,495
-528,246
|
-528,246 |
|
|
766,962
271,839
|
271,839 |
Level 19
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
Play has halted for the day with 11 players remaining. End-of-day chip counts and a recap will follow shortly.
Level 19
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov raised to 245,000 under the gun and "diogol" three-bet jammed for 740,815 from the small blind. Ustimov called for less with a total of 290,247.
Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov: 
"diogol": 
The board came 
and "diogol" won the pot with his jack kicker, eliminating Ustimov on the money bubble. The remaining 11 players are all guaranteed a min-cash of $13,847.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,093,062
538,247
|
538,247 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 19
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
"Geokarak" limped from the small blind and Bruno "great dant" Volkmann checked from the big blind.
The flop came 
and was checked through to the 
turn. "Geokarak" checked again but Volkmann bet 52,500. "Geokarak" check-called.
The 
completed the board and "Geokarak" checked for a third time. Volkmann fired 342,500 and "Geokarak" called. Volkmann showed 
for a flush and "Geokarak" mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,762,997
917,815
|
917,815 |
|
|
1,976,193
-909,955
|
-909,955 |
Level 19
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
With 12 players remaining and 11 of them being guaranteed to reach the money, play is now in hand-for-hand mode.
Level 19
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
Preben "prebz" Stokkan raised to 70,000 from the cutoff and Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams three-bet to 238,000 from the small blind. Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts four-bet jammed for 568,834 from the big blind and Stokkan rshoved for 1,257,685. Adams let it go.
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts: 
Preben "prebz" Stokkan: 
The flop fell 
giving Stokkan a set of queens. The turn and 
river filled up the board and Stokkan won the pot, eliminating Aerts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,082,519
809,093
|
809,093 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 19
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
Action folded to "Lackoo87gcb" who raised to 140,000 from the small blind and "shuhpat" defended from the big blind.
The flop fell 
and "Lackoo87gcb" checked. "shuhpat" bet 35,000 and "Lackoo87gcb" check-raised to 210,000. "shuhpat" added the remainder to call.
The turn was the 
and "Lackoo87gcb" fired 545,680. "shuhpat" raised it up to 2,355,040 and "Lackoo87gcb" snap-called for less, putting at risk a total of 2,002,853.
"Lackoo87gcb":
"shuhpat": 
"Lackoo87gcb" had aces and kings but "shuhpat" had a straight. The 
filled up the board and "shuhpat" took down the pot, ending "Lackoo87gcb"'s tournament life.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,871,430
3,785,257
|
3,785,257 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
Level: 19
Blinds: 17,500/35,000
Ante: 4,500