"Rekond" Leads After Day 1 of SCOOP-44-M: $530 NLHE [Sunday Million SE]
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Day 1 of the PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker -44-M: $530 NLHE [Sunday Million SE] has come to a conclusion after 8 hours and 50 minutes of play.
This event drew 3,419 entrants creating a prize pool of $1,709,500 and surpassing the initial $1 million guarantee, but the night left off with only 263 survivors .
Sitting at the top of the counts is "Rekond" from Andorra with 6,545,522, the only stack above the 6-million mark. "Rekond" was steadily climbing throughout the day and he was the first player to surpass the million in chips. With 20-minute levels throughout the tournament, Day 1 was fast-paced and action-packed, but Rekond managed to remain atop the leaderboard throughout the day, closing on a strong finish to the night after scoring multiple eliminations including a double knockout.
Second in chips is "kappawhit3" with "5,040,146" and "CryFishCry" rounds up the top three with 4,384,710.
Other notables still in contention include Chun Lei "samrostan" Zhou (2,713,032), Stefan "mindgamer" Jedlicka (2,619,407) and Blaz "Scarmak3r" Zerjav (758,024).
PokerStars Ambassadors Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand, Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, Ben "Spraggy" Spragg, and Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas also took a shot at becoming the next Sunday Million Champion but Colillas was the only one to make it through with a stack of 1,381,699. Joao "Naza114" Vieira, Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress also couldn't find any luck in this event.
Play will resume on May 11th at 1 p.m. EST and action will resume at Level 24 which features a small blind of 17,500, big blind of 35,000 and an ante of 4,500.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out who becomes the next Sunday Million champion.
and action was checked to "5agittariu5" who threw in a bet of 70,060. "hellzito" folded but "ZLbIDeNb_PrO" check-raised to 195,000. "5agittariu5" added the remainder to call.
and "ZLbIDeNb_PrO" fired a bet of 210,280 that "5agittariu5" called.
completed the board and "ZLbIDeNb_PrO" moved all in for 713,024. "5agittariu5" instantly called. "ZLbIDeNb_PrO" showed 
for aces and eights but that wasn't good enough as "5agittariu5" turned over 
to win the pot with aces and queens.
but the the 
turn and 
river completed the board and "majagua69" took down the pot with his flush, eliminating "Shippotamus" from the tournament.
and "ArlesG" check-called a bet of 72,800 from "Purakzoli". 
and "ArlesG" checked again. "Purakzoli" continued with a bet of 437,600 and "ArlesG" check-raised to 437,600. "Purakzoli" added the remainder to call.
filled up the board and "ArlesG" checked. "Purakzoli" threw in a bet of 288,988 and "ArlesG" went deep into the tank, but opted to fold.
and "ZLbIDeNb_PrO" checked. Veldhuis bet 27,819 and "ZLbIDeNb_PrO" check-raised to 96,000. Veldhuis went deep into the tank then moved all in for 405,632. "ZLbIDeNb_PrO" snap-called and the cards were revealed.
turn and 
river completed the board and "ZLbIDeNb_PrO" took down the pot, ending Veldhuis' tournament life.
and Veldhuis threw in a bet of 21,000. "carinokid" folded but "FLiST" check-called.
and was checked through to the 
river. "FLiST" bet 35,000 and Veldhuis called. "FLiST" showed 
for jacks and nines but that wasn't good enough as Veldhuis revealed 
and "WATnlos" checked. "Rekond" bet 12,000 and "WATnlos" check-raised to 36,000. "Rekond" added the remainder to call.
for a pair of sevens and "Rekond" revealed 
river completed the board and "Rekond" took down the pot with queens and nines eliminating "oterosbay"