Jareth "jareth3542" East knocked out "xKoSSSx" with versus thanks to a board.
He then doubled "VitinhO Dzi" when could not crack on a board.
However, East returned to winning ways in a huge 2.1 million pot that earned him a double knockout. IAmSoSo was at risk with on the button for 234,240 and "DeuceofDuc0" ripped the small blind for 959,354, which East called for more than half of his stack.
The money bubble has burst eventually and it is "19Pistike93" that came up short. He was one of the shorter stacks below 20 big blinds and called the shove of "Pimmss" in the small blind with .
"Pimmss" had the and the board delivered the final blow on the river to reduce the field to the final 71 contenders. Expect a lot of bustouts in the next half an hour.
Austria's "Dhr. Awesome" ended up at risk along with Spaniard and UK resident Manuel "manuverd0n" Bardon as they were called by big stack Gary "quiditbear" Hasson on the button.
"Dhr. Awesome":
Manuel "manuverd0n" Bardon:
Gary "quiditbear" Hasson:
On a board, Hasson rivered trips nines to score two bounties.
"EliteInk" flippd with against the of Michael "M_Acevedo" Acevedo and the board delivered the on the flop and the on the turn.
Alongside Hasson, Jareth "jareth3542" East continued his smooth ride as of lately and his beat the of short stack "EEE27" in a preflop all in thanks to the board.
On Saturday, PokerStars played host to the “Stars Call for Action” charity event and saw David Costabile, who played Gale Boetticher on Breaking Bad, defeat a field chock full of A-list celebrities – including co-stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul – to win $100,000 to donate to World Central Kitchen, a charity that supplies food to those who most need it.
Just for participating in the tournament, which was organized by Hank Azaria and Andy Bellin, $10,000 was donated to charity on behalf of each celebrity. The final six then received bonuses for their respective charities.
Eventually, the short stack ride of Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins has come to an end. He three-bet jammed the button with the and was called by initial raiser "ChristianBR4 with the .
The one overcard or broadway cards never came on a board and Martins headed to the rail.
"girafganger7" then knocked out "StupidFr3nch" with versus as the board delivered no upset.
The same table also featured "Passiveaggro" who had won a SCOOP title in this exact format earlier in the series. No longer a big stack he was down to around 18 big blinds and got those in against a raise and a flat-call by "girafganger7".
The initial raiser folded but "girafganger7" made the call.
"Passiveaggro":
"girafganger7":
The Dutchman failed to get there despite plenty of outs on the board to become a late casualty on Day 1.
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The next high stakes progressive knockout tournament of the PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker is one step closer to crowning a champion as a field of 578 entries has been whittled down to the last 32 survivors on Day 1 of SCOOP-43-H: $2,100 NLHE PKO.
All remaining contenders have ensured their slice of the $1,156,000 prize pool already, be it in the form of bounty prizes by knocking out opponents or as part of the separate cash prize pool. Only one finalist will have to settle for $2,898.09 as the next pay jump follows right away and the winner takes home $88,844.76 as cash prize. However, the rising progressive bounties will certainly play a pivotal role for the remainder of the tournament.
Leading the charge after nine hours of play is online legend "girafganger7", who has already cashed for more than $9.6 million on the virtual MTT tables. Nearly $7.4 million of that has come under his moniker on PokerStars, however, a SCOOP title is missing on his resume so far. The Belgian came close to victory during the 2017 SCOOP when he came second to Gordon "holla@yoboy" Vayo in Event #1-H ($1,050 NLHE) but scored the biggest prize of the five-way deal.
"girafganger7" finished Day 1 with 5,903,984 in chips, and he is followed by Gary "quiditbear" Hasson (5,245,498) and Jareth "jareth3542" East (4,548,537), "DEX888" (3,882,161) and "SinKarma" (2,716,236) complete the top five spots overnight.
Some notables that made it through to battle for a SCOOP title include Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira (1,921,915), Pimmss (1,641,744), Thiago "KKremate" Crema (1,489,228), Morten "-MortenVM-" Mortensen (1,153,017), 2020 SCOOP two-time champion Ilya "Leqenden" Anatsky (745,454) and Eder "edercampana" Campana (340,282).
"Passiveaggro", who topped a field of 1,157 entries in SCOOP-10-H: $1,050 NLHE PKO, was among the 39 players that took home a portion of the cash prize pool and fell victim of the late surge by "girafganger7" when he failed to catch any help with ace-seven suited versus jacks.
Other notables that cashed but failed to make it to the final day were Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins, Vlad "dariepoker" Darie, Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura, Michael "M_Acevedo" Acevedo, Michael "munchenHB" Telker, Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof, Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel, Timofey "hello_totti" Kuznetsov and Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza.
Kuznetsov and Speranza were knocked out in the same hand shortly after the bubble had burst shortly after "19Pistike93" failed to hold up with ace-king against the jack-ten suited of "Pimmss" to lock up a min-cash of $2,269.17. Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford came up short of that as his kings were cracked by Hasson's ace-queen.
Many others only had their bounty prizes to show for as the big names of online poker arrived and left in rapid fashion during the registration period such as Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson and Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak.
Two PokerStars ambassadors took part and the day started with a disaster for Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas when he ran with kings into aces after just five minutes. The Spaniard re-entered but bowed out around two dozen spots away from the money. Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis had similar fortune when he turned trips with six-five suited and crashed out against a full house.
Besides "girafganger7", second in chips Hasson also knocked out several opponents late on when his draws either hit or he improved to trips to rack up a bounty of $13,968.75 so far. It is the second-biggest bounty prize up for grabs behind "DEX888"'s $14,468.75.
The action will recommence with very few minutes left at blinds of 17,500/35,000 and a running ante of 4,500 before immediately increasing to 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante. Day 2 will kick off on Monday, May 11th, 2020, at 1.05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and the PokerNews team will provide all the key hands from start to finish.