SCOOP-02-M: $215 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, Mini Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd Dia 1 | PokerStars SCOOP 2020

2020-04-30 15:26 UTC-4

"KufDrahepus" Takes Chip Lead

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Nível 9 : 600/1,200, 150 ante

"sn0ch" raised to 2,640 from under the gun and "KufDrahepus" called in the hijack. "Nurlux" shoved in the cutoff for 40,556 for action to fold back to "sn0ch" who also folded but "KufDrahepus" called.

"Nurlux":
"KufDrahepus":

The board ran out for "KufDrahepus" to hold with the higher pocket pair and scoop the pot, bounty and take the chip lead.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
"KufDrahepus"	460,962 460,962	460,962
"Nurlux"	Eliminado

Tags: "KufDrahepus""Nurlux"

2020-04-30 14:13 UTC-4

A Bounty for "Gwinhard"

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Nível 4 : 250/500, 60 ante

"Gwinhard" raised to 1,150 from under the gun, "87bowser" three-bet to 3,500 from the early position and was called by "wek339" in the hijack and "xxCelticFCxx" in the small blind. "Gwinhard" responded with a four-bet to 14,250 which only "wek339" called.

The flop came , "Gwinhard" continued with a bet of 13,498 which was called.

The turn brought them the and "Gwinhard" shoved enough for "wek339" to put their tournament life at risk for his remaining 36,792 which they did.

"wek339":
"Gwinhard":

The board was completed with the on the river for "Gwinhard" to hold with their rockets to collect a bounty.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
"Gwinhard"	189,376
"wek339"	Eliminado

Tags: "Gwinhard"

2020-04-30 13:14 UTC-4

Muka82 Takes Two Out

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Nível 1 : 125/250, 30 ante

"Muka82" has had a great start to the first tournament of the day.

They raised to 500 from the hijack and was called by "STEAMROLL3R" in the cutoff and "msm89dk" in the small blind. But "Manson_rnd" three-bet to 2,250 in the big blind which was called by both "Muka82" and "STEAMROLL3R" while "msm89dk" got out of their way.

The flop came , "Manson_rnd" continued with a bet of 5,000 which was called by "Muka82". "STEAMROLL3R" raised to 14,225 and "Manson_rnd" decided to shove for 47,720 in total. "Muka82" called for the exact same amount and so did "STEAMROLL3R".

"Manson_rnd":
"STEAMROLL3R":
"Muka82":

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for "Muka82" to hold with the trip queens to eliminate both of his opponents to collect $50 each for their bounties.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
"Muka82"	150,650
"Manson_rnd"	Eliminado
"STEAMROLL3R"	Eliminado

Tags: "Muka82""Manson_rnd""STEAMROLL3R"

2020-04-30 09:28 UTC-4

PokerStars 2020 SCOOP Live Coverage Kicks Off at 1 PM ET with SCOOP-02-M: $215 NLHE

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Welcome to the first day of live coverage of the PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker by PokerNews. The action kicks off at 1 p.m. Eastern Time with SCOOP-02-M: $215 NLHE which has a maximum of eight players at each table and will feature a progressive knock-out format. It is the special edition of the usual Mini Thursday Thrill.

The first-ever SCOOP took place in 2009 and has been around since then. With buy-ins ranging from $2.20 to a whopping $25,000, there will be something to play for everyone. In 2019, the entire schedule was spread over 16 days but this year it has been increased to 21 days with 80 events and three buy-in levels each to get to a total of 240 tournaments. And all of this comes with a gargantuan prize pool of more than $85,000,000. PokerNews will be all over it with live coverage of no fewer than 30 tournaments!

The first tournament covered has a buy-in of $215 with a guaranteed prize pool of $750,000. Players will receive 50,000 in chips and late registration is possible for the first three hours and thirty minutes. of play Players will start with a time bank of 60 seconds and 10 seconds will be added after every four levels on the first day of play. Play will end after 8 ours and 30 minutes of play with a 5-minute synchronized break every 55 minutes past the hour.

As this is played as a progressive knock-out, $100 will be added to the prize pool, another $100 goes towards the bounty, and $15 is retained by PokerStars. All players start with a bounty of $100 and when a player gets eliminated, 50% of their bounty is awarded to the player who eliminated them while the other 50% will be added to that player's bounty.

With this much action coming up, who will be making their first deep runs towards a win in this series? Following along with the updates as we find out.