SCOOP-02-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd
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PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-02-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd
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Welcome to Day 1 of the 2020 SCOOP Event #02-H: $2,100 NLHE
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It is that time of the year again as poker enthusiasts from all over the world gather in their homes to battle for the titles in the popular 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). The biggest edition yet features $85 million in guaranteed prize pools throughout 80 events, each of which contain the following three tiers: Low (L), Medium (M), and High (H).
For the first time ever, the PokerNews team will provide conclusive updates of no fewer than 30 SCOOP events and the first high stakes action will be provided in Event #02-H: $2,100 NLHE. This special edition of the Thursday Thrill is an 8-max tournament and features a progressive knockout format with a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000.
All players commence with a bounty of $1,000 on their head while $1,000 of each entry is added to the prize pool. Each time a player is eliminated, 50% of their current bounty is awarded to the player who eliminated them and the remaining 50% is added to that player's bounty. Players will receive a minimum of $500 for eliminating an opponent, in the late stages of the tournament the bounty value may however be worth many times of that.
The two-day event kicks off on Thursday, April 30th, 2020, as of 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) and the late registration is available for the first 4h25 of play. All those that take their seat in the first level of the event have 200 big blinds at their disposal with blinds of 250-500 and a running ante of 60, Day 1 will conclude after 8h50 of play.
An initial time bank of 60 seconds is available and additional 10 seconds will be added to each time bank every three levels during the first 36 levels, which last 20 minutes each. As of level 37, the duration increases to 30 minutes each and an additional 10 seconds of time bank become available every two levels.
Follow along right here on PokerNews as some of the biggest names in online poker will battle for the bounties, cash prizes and SCOOP title!
Nível: 1
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 60
First Batch of Notables
Nível 1
: 250/500, 60 ante
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt is widely regarded as one of the biggest names in the world of online poker and it certainly comes as no surprise that the Swede is currently the world number one.
Besides Astedt, several other well-known names entered the field early on as Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez, Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann, Niall "Firaldo87" Farrell and Bertie "bigstealer" Bayley are all in the mix.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
Colillas Drops Some Chips Early On
Nível 1
: 250/500, 60 ante
PSPC Champion and PokerStars ambassador Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas has been spotted in action on a table that also features Josip "Jozinho6" Simunic. With the flop showing 
, "The Great Amu" checked and Colillas on the button continued for 1,014, one third of the pot, to pick up another call by "The Great Amu".
The 
fell on the turn and Colillas now made it 1,500 to go, which resulted in yet another call. No betting action happened on the 
river and "The Great AmU" tabled 
for a flushdraw that improved to top pair, which was good enough for the pot.
Simunic then lost a pot on the same table and also raise-folded to a three-bet by "OneH1tWonder".
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
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94,876 | |
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91,620 |
More Notables Enter
Nível 1
: 250/500, 60 ante
The field has more than doubled since the cards got underway and now shows a total of 240 entries. Several further big names jumped right in with 200 big blinds at their disposal.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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108,290 | |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
|
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 |
"VladTheSlaye" Among Early Leaders
Nível 1
: 250/500, 60 ante
On a table that also features Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis, "VladTheSlaye" three-bet a min-raise of "TopSecret500" from 1,000 to 3,500 in order to pick up a call. The flop came 
and a continuation bet did the trick for "VladTheSlaye", who has already increased his stack by more than 30 percent in the first level of the day.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
131,505 |
Nível: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Veldhuis Enters the Fray
Nível 2
: 300/600, 75 ante
Well-known Dutch poker pros Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof and PokerStars ambassador Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis have been spotted in the field. The latter has a big following on Twitch where he regularly streams tournaments. Early on, Veldhuis has lost some chips and faces Vlad "dariepoker" Darie and Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast.
On a three-way 
flop, Veldhuis in the small blind and "gambol_time" in the big blind check-called a bet by Vlad to see the turn. Veldhuis check-called another 6,247 by Vlad to see the 
river on which he then checked and faced a third barrel worth 14,089.
That proved to be enough to force a fold from Veldhuis, who dropped to just over 80k. The Dutchman won the next pot with ¢Jd10d] versus 
to climb back up.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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115,554 | 15,554 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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91,738 | 91,738 |
First Bounty Awarded
Nível 2
: 300/600, 75 ante
While the field has climbed above 300 entries, the first seat open has guaranteed a portion of the prize pool to be awarded. UK's "NukeTheFish!" has claimed the $500 for sending "Dajvey" to the rail and took over the lead.
Not far behind him is WSOP bracelet winner Christopher "lissi stinkt" Frank, who already increased his starting stack by 50%.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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184,981 | |
|
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158,059 | |
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|
100,000 | |
|
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96,655 | |
|
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93,557 | |
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Eliminado |