SCOOP-44-H: $5,200 NLHE [Sunday HR SE], $1M Gtd Dia 1 | PokerStars SCOOP 2020

2020-05-10 17:17 UTC-4

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress	679,240 451,340	451,340
Sasuke234	74,743 -104,693	-104,693

On his third and final bullet of the tournament, Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger raised to 16,800 in early position and saw action fold around to Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian, who defended his big blind.

The flop came and Papazian checked to Eibinger, who made a continuation-bet of 25,300. Papazian check-raised to 70,400 and Eibinger three-bet jammed for 230,200. Papazian called.

Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger:
Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian:

Eibinger's top pair, top kicker was behind Papazian's top two pair and the turn and river left the situation unchanged, resulting in his elimination from the tournament.

Moments earlier, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos was also eliminated from the tournament for the third time and is officially finished for the event.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian	891,327 220,240	220,240
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger	Eliminado
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos	Eliminado

2020-05-10 16:11 UTC-4

Vieira Backs Into a Double

Nível 9 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

Joao "Naza114" Vieira saw action folded to him in the cutoff and opened to 14,400. "CrazyLissy" three-bet to 43,200 on the button and action folded back to Vieira, who four-bet shoved for 263,600. "CrazyLissy" called.

Joao "Naza114" Vieira:
"CrazyLissy":

Vieira found himself in bad shape but the board came to give him a backdoor flush and score him the double, leaving "CrazyLissy" with crumbs that were dusted off on the following hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Joao "Naza114" Vieira	544,702 544,702	544,702
CrazyLissy	Eliminado

2020-05-10 14:57 UTC-4

Dimov Cripples Mateos, "Sasuke234" Eliminates Him Before Break

Nível 6 : 2,250/4,500, 550 ante

Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs opened to 9,000 in middle position and Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos three-bet to 24,750 on the button. Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov cold four-bet to 67,500, prompting a fold from Ruijs to send action back over to Mateos.

Mateos five-bet shoved for just under 200,000 effective and Dimov made the call.

Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov:
Adrian "amadi017" Mateos:

The jack-high runout left Dimov's aces out in front to earn him the double and leave Mateos with just over 30,000 remaining. Later that orbit, Mateos shoved and received a call from "Sasuke234."

Adrian "amadi017" Mateos:
"Sasuke234":

Mateos saw his opponent further improve to a straight as the board ran out to leave him dry on chips for the second time in as many hours. He wasted no time firing his third and final bullet, and now has a starting stack of 250,000 with one last chance at the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov	413,384
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos	30,751 -203,717	-203,717

2020-05-10 14:25 UTC-4

Giddy Up, Greenwood!

Nível 4 : 1,800/3,600, 450 ante

"xPastorcitox" opened to 7,900 in early position and was called by "RomanHLD" in middle position. Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood
three-bet to 30,600 on the button and action folded back to "xPastorcito," who four-bet to 81,000.

"RomanHLD" folded and Greenwood five-bet jammed for just over a starting stack. "xPastorcito" made the call.

"xPastorcito":
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood:

Greenwood was out in front and watched a safe runout of come to score the double and rake in the pot good for over 500,000 at the expense of "xPastorcito."

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood	536,296 286,296	286,296
RomanHLD	279,337
xPastorcitox	161,018 -233,957	-233,957

2020-05-10 13:16 UTC-4

Filatov First To Fall

Nível 1 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Anatoly "nl_profit" Filatov opened to 4,800 in the hijack and was three-bet to 24,000 by Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez, who was in the small blind. Filatov called and the two players saw the flop come . Benitez made a continuation-bet of 35,300 and Filatov called.

The turn was . Benitez continued with a second barrel of 50,650 and Filatov called once more, bringing the river . Benitez checked and Filatov went all in for 140,000. Benitez made the call.

Filatov showed for a pair of sevens, which proved to be no good to Benitez's . Benitez found his call with a pair of queens to be correct and he earned the first knockout of the tournament, taking an early vault up the leader board as he now finds himself with over 545,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez	545,825 254,200	254,200
Anatoly "nl_profit" Filatov	Eliminado

2020-05-10 11:30 UTC-4

Welcome To the 2020 PokerStars SCOOP Event #44: $5,200 NLHE [Sunday HR SE]

The stakes have been ramped up for the second Sunday of the PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) with the SCOOP Edition of the Sunday High Roller in Event #44-H: $5,200 NLHE ready to begin at 1 p.m. ET.

A guaranteed prize pool of $1 million is featured in this event, which will take place over a two-day period, and with the stakes having been raised from last week’s $2,100 buy-in version of this same event, the accompanying prestige of winning is certain to follow suit.

Late registration is open for the first four hours and 45 minutes of play, closing sharply at 5:45 p.m. ET. Players are allowed up to two re-entries during the registration period should they become eliminated and wish to fire again.

This tournament’s structure features starting stacks of 250,000 and blinds beginning at 1,200/2,400 with an ante of 300. The first 18 levels will be 20 minutes in length, and they will increase to a half-hour at the beginning of Level 19, staying that way for the remainder of the event. Day 1 will continue until play reaches the money, at which point the tournament will be paused for the evening with players set to return for Day 2 on Monday at 1 p.m. ET.

Familiar names to the poker world such as Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder, Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit, Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan, and Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof" have already claimed SCOOP-H titles, and another will have the opportunity to add their name to that list when this two-day race concludes Monday evening.

PokerNews will be providing updates on all the high-stakes action that is about to unfold. Stick around and be sure to catch it all.

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